MTL - I Was an Abbot in Ancient Times-Chapter 37

"Leave us with any work that needs to be done!" He held the words in his mouth for a while, and then spit out loudly. They don't eat and drink for nothing, the subtext weighed on his clear, clear voice.

Lin Zhao looked at this sixteen-year-old boy. His shoulders were thin, he was tall, his whole body was like a bamboo pole, and his ragged clothes dangled outside. Even though he was so thin and weak, his eyes were so bright and energetic, so determined that black and white were distinct.

Lin Zhao, infected by the youthful energy, smiled, "Okay, wash the bowls first, and then help me water the backyard and the farmland at the foot of the mountain in the evening."

"Okay!" The young man nodded heavily, turned around and patted the shoulders of a few who were about the same age, and asked them to clean up the empty dishes with him, put them in a large basin and carry them to the well for washing.

Lin Zhao brought Huitong and the others to the second monk's dormitory, which also had two Datong shops, with the same door and window structure as the first one, two bookcases and a large wardrobe. He was going to clean up the place for the twenty-two children to live in.

Everyone took brooms, basin rags and other tools to clean up the fallen dust and cobwebs in the corners. Then put on the thick cotton quilt produced by the system, and the brown wood and blue and white fabrics complement each other. Looking from the position of the door, it is very fresh and bright, and it is no longer stale and stale that choked people's throat when the door was just opened.

When I returned to the Zhaitang, the working teenagers had finished their work and sat down on the dining table to rest on their stomachs. Looking again, there is a row of shiny white porcelain dishes on the dish rack, the floor has obviously been scrubbed, and even the pot ashes on the stove have been cleaned up. Obviously, the dining hall didn't look messy before, so why does it seem to be a little brighter after cleaning up?

When I got up for lunch break, I found that this group of children was scattered in twos and threes to clean up. It was obvious that someone was leading them and assigning tasks to them. Lin Zhao looked at the boy who was picking up fallen leaves with his back turned to him. Lin Zhao heard the other children calling him the boss, and some of the same age calling him Youtung. It seems that this young man is the core figure of this group, and the children all admire him and obey his words.

In the afternoon, the group of children went to water the five acres of farmland at the foot of the mountain as promised, and Bu Er led the way.

It was late at night, and he came back in a mighty way, and then Lin Zhao found that Bu Er took the initiative to sit next to the young Youtong. He raised his eyebrows unobtrusively, and then he saw Youtong kindly greeted Shantong who served them food, and the other monks did not leave behind either.

Lin Zhao raised his eyebrows again. It seemed that half the afternoon was enough for him to inquire clearly about the situation of people waiting in the temple from his mouth. He continued to observe, and found that this tung tree was indeed very unusual. Just a few words of greetings were enough for him to figure out the character and temper of the monks in this temple, and then he changed his tone and topic with the right medicine.

He seemed casual, but in fact every raise of his eyebrows and every gesture of his hand was a temptation. He was smooth and unsophisticated. In just one day, the monks and cooks were already very warm to him.

This is a smart guy who understands social psychology and uses his personality charm well. It is very suitable to be his monk.

After eating, Lin Zhao beckoned Youtong to come over.

"The place to live has been packed for you." Seeing that he wanted to thank him, Lin Zhao made a stop gesture, "Don't rush to thank me, I have other things to discuss with you."

"You guys came from the north, and you can't find a place to stay for a while. I suggest that you should eat and live in a temple first," he said intentionally when he saw the boy's anxious expression full of words that he wanted to express but could not be easily interrupted.

"Don't be too happy, it's not for you to eat and live for free. Every day, you have to get up early to clean all the halls, including the Bell and Drum Tower, the Daxiong Hall of the Heavenly King Hall, and the Ancestral Hall. Currently, the Jialan Hall and other places are still being repaired. You don’t need to clean it for the time being. The Buddha statues in each hall should also be dusted regularly to avoid dust. Clean up the incense ash accumulated in the incense burner in time, and the fallen leaves and soil in each courtyard and main road should also be swept away. The dishes and chopsticks in the dining hall are all washed by you. No problem Bar?"

"Of course no problem!" Youtong's black and white eyes lit up, "Thank you abbot! Thank you for taking us in!"

This young man who learned to talk nonsense when he met people on the road to escape from the wilderness, choked up when he really wanted to express his emotions. He couldn't think of other words except thank you, and his throat was full of gratitude and joy. The abbot knew that they wanted to be strong and would not live for free, so he specially arranged work...

【Ding—Congratulations on your achievement. You initially own five acres of temple land.

Obtain rewarded papyrus recipe x1, □□ design drawing x1. 】

The system prompt sounded in his head, and Lin Zhao knew that the transfer procedures for the five-acre field had been completed. He bought the wasteland from the village chief before, and the village chief gave him a deed and took care of the government's transfer procedures, so that he didn't have to make an extra trip.

It seems that only when the five mu of land at the foot of the mountain is officially named under the Qingquan Temple in the official records, the temple is considered to have the temple land. So rewards are delayed until now.

But this reward really made Lin Zhao elated, and he was so happy that he immediately hugged Bu Wake next to him and held it high. Unaware of his sudden rise, he looked at the high ground and turned around, feeling a little dizzy.

Lin Zhao put him back on the safe ground, and happily looked at the two blueprints, one producing force and the other force, which really poked people's hearts.

Suddenly feel the full care of the system father.

In the evening, he copied a copy of the first design in the meditation room, and asked the hidden guard to send it to His Majesty the Emperor. I opened the straw paper formula and took a closer look.

The next day, he found the workers who were working on the Garan Temple. Some of them had worked in forest farms and knew wood best. Lin Zhao approached them to ask if there were mulberry trees locally.

"Yes, the sloping land behind the forest farm is full of mulberry trees! Abbot, if you want it, we will bring it to you." The worker's dark face showed a row of white teeth.

"Okay, please send me a piece of mulberry tree first." The main material for making papyrus is a mulberry tree, and he wanted to get a piece of it to try first.

As soon as he said so, the mulberry tree was delivered that afternoon.

The first step in making straw paper is to remove the bark of the tree, and then beat it repeatedly with a hammer until it is flat like a piece of dough, then tear it up and beat it repeatedly until the pulp is drawn.

Then tear up the pulp and put it into clear water, stir evenly, add papermaking glue to stir and precipitate, then make paper on the filter gauze, and pour the slurry water repeatedly. Then place it in a ventilated place and peel off the paper after it dries.

Papermaking glue is prepared by steaming and rolling plants rich in glial fibers in advance, and then squeezing them hard. There is a kind of grass in the local area that is rich in colloidal sap. Lin Zhao has tested that it is better than other plants. In addition to vegetable glue, there are also fish bladder glue and pigskin glue in ancient times.

The fish maw glue needs to be boiled in water, cut into small pieces, and then beaten repeatedly. This process takes a lot of effort until the fish maw becomes a paste, wrapped in gauze and boiled in water to burn out the gelatin, and then Evaporate the water to dryness to obtain the isinglass. It takes a whole day's work to get a little bit of isinglass in the palm of your hand.

The straw paper produced by such a process is very thin, and Lin Zhao covered it with multiple layers to make a straw paper of appropriate thickness.

After the experiment was successful, Lin Zhao found an abandoned area in the temple and set up a workshop with sheds, specializing in making papyrus. There happened to be more than 20 children to help.

There are many people and strength is great. In just a few days, they made several large boxes of toilet paper.

After discussion, everyone agreed that the straw paper could be sent to the county town for consignment, and Lin Zhao also thought it was feasible, so he kept the amount needed for his own temple, and took the rest to the county town with Huitong and Busetiao.

When he came to the county seat, Buse went down the mountain many times to beg for alms. He knew where consignment would be more suitable, so he led the way to a grocery store called Guangyuanzhai.

In addition to selling porcelain pots, Guangyuan Zhai also sells pens, ink, paper and inkstones, as well as needlework and brains.

Walking to the counter, a bored middle-aged man with drooping eyelids was propping his chin and calculating his income and expenses for the morning. He sighed, and looked up at Lin Zhao and the others.

Just as the club was taking out a stack of straw paper from the box, Lin Zhao took it to the shopkeeper and asked him if he knew it.

When the shopkeeper asked him, he immediately straightened his leaning body, took the straw paper in his hand, and carefully stroked it carefully.

"This paper... is softer than writing paper, and it seems to absorb water easily..." Speaking of this, he couldn't tell where it would be used for a while.

"The shopkeeper has good eyesight." Lin Zhao took him over and pondered for a while, "This paper is suitable for wiping dirt and has a wide range of uses. It is most suitable for use after the ceremony."

The shopkeeper showed a look of sudden realization. "How much does the shopkeeper think this paper will cost?" Lin Zhao asked him with a smile.

"Let me see..."

"I don't think anyone wants this pickled thing upside down!" A vicious voice from the back door cut off the shopkeeper's words.

Everyone turned around and looked at the unexpected guest.

He was wearing a melon cap and brocade gown, and he was holding a cage with a red-haired parrot in his hand.

"Smelly Monk! Stinky Monk, hello!" The red-haired parrot suddenly made a sharp and hoarse voice, and blinked at them innocently.

The man with the red-haired parrot is Mao Ying. He hates monks the most in his life, and has never had a good impression of monks. Just now at the door, I heard some dirty words from these monks, and now I come in and take a look, they are still selling for profit.

Sure enough, they are worthy of being stinky monks, cheating and abducting, there is nothing they can't do for money. He speaks the most ascetic words on his mouth, eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles behind his back, and is more dirty than anyone else.

Lin Zhao turned his back directly.

It is best to ignore the inexplicable mad dog outside. This person obviously has a prejudice against the monk. He might have some past life grudges, so he would walk up to the monk when he passed by and provoke him.

Look at his parrot, it can be seen that he often scolds monks on weekdays.

If this is the case, why do I have to send it to my door to make others angry? Which monk provokes him to go to which monk, what does it have to do with him?

However, he ignores others, but others still think that he is guilty of being bullied, and they want to push forward and take a step forward to speak out for the justice of the world.

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