Collector-type tycoon

Chapter 545 Choosing Incense Between Progress and Work

"Our Confucius family has a century-old tradition, and the descendants of the main branches are all over the world. Every year on the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, our Confucius family burns incense and worships our ancestors. This has never stopped for a hundred years."

"I hope that after Tang Xiaoyou's Tianmu Taoist Palace is opened to welcome guests, he can give the first incense on the first day of the tenth lunar month to our Kong family."

Facing Tang Yuan's gaze, Kong Tingshan slowly stated his conditions.

The Chinese nation's custom of sweeping tombs and worshiping ancestors can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. Ordinary families still attach great importance to it, let alone a large family like the Kong family. Every ancestor worship must be solemn and solemn to the extreme.

Kong Tingshan proposed such conditions, which made Tang Yuan feel a little surprised, but also felt a little natural.

These extremely precious and rare coins must be very difficult for Kong Tingshan to collect, but in the face of the overall interests of the family, personal preferences are insignificant.

Kong Tingshan is now nearly eighty years old. In the entire Kong family, if not the highest, he is still at the top. Naturally, he has to consider the overall development and continuation of the family.

What surprised Tang Yuan was that the Tianmu Dao Palace had just been built, and the foundation hadn't even been laid yet. Now, people were already thinking about the top fragrance of the Tianmu Dao Palace?

If sweeping tombs and worshiping ancestors is a tradition passed down by the Chinese nation from ancient times, then offering incense, praying to gods and worshiping Buddha is also a tradition passed down by the Chinese nation from ancient times.

Everything and everything can be incense-filled.

Incense is needed to worship ancestors, to move house, to study, to start a business, to be sick, to be buried, to beg for a child...

In the past, offering incense was only a habit of the older generation, but now, I don’t know when it started. The habit of offering incense in temples and temples without asking for help has gradually become younger among the younger generation.

The new generation of young people, between making progress and going to work, choose to go to work.

This is a joke, but it is also the status quo.

Under this trend, the incense in the more famous temples and Taoist temples has become more and more prosperous.

For ordinary people, simply offering incense and praying for blessings is enough, but for those with great power, they will not be satisfied with this. Only the first incense can meet their needs.

Because in the traditional thinking, everyone believes that the first incense is the most effective and the most direct way to hear from heaven. So in recent years, whenever there is a special day, the more famous temples and Taoist temples will be opened before dawn. There will be people lining up in long lines to compete for the first incense stick. There are even rumors that the first incense stick from a certain Taoist temple is worth up to one million.

Tianmu Taoist Palace is the Taoist cultural holy land with the largest investment in history, and it has the authentic works of Taoist ancestors as the treasure of the palace. Since the signing ceremony of Tianmu Taoist Palace, it has been paid attention to and expected by countless people at home and abroad.

Many people must be thinking about the top incense of the Tianmu Dao Palace. Tang Yuan knew this very well, but he never expected that some people would start thinking about the top incense of the Tianmu Dao Palace. This couldn't help but Tang Yuan was vaguely doubting whether he was a hunter or a prey during this trip.

I am thinking about Kong Tingshan’s collection. Could it be that Kong Tingshan has also long been thinking about the top incense from Tianmu Taoist Palace in his hand?

Tang Yuan's thoughts were spinning, and the reality was only a short moment. He pondered for a moment, and then responded to Kong Tingshan: "Mr. Kong, I can agree to your condition, provided that you have a deadline."

There are many traditional days for worshiping ancestors in the Chinese nation, including New Year's Eve, the second day of the lunar month, Lantern Festival, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Hanyi, Winter Solstice, and Laba. These are all traditional days for ancestor worship, and the tenth day of the lunar calendar mentioned by Kong Tingshan The first day of the lunar month, which is the traditional Winter Clothes Festival, is undoubtedly much smaller than the big days such as Qingming, Zhongyuan and Double Ninth Festival, so giving it to the Kong family is of no importance to Tang Yuan.

In addition to the days of worshiping ancestors, there are also many top incense on special days, which countless people flock to. As the owner of Tianmu Dao Palace, Tang Yuan can use these top incense quotas in exchange for resources in the future.

Sometimes, the more senior a person is, the more they believe in traditional metaphysics.

Tang Yuan had seen many examples like this in his past and present lives.

Those who have true and practical knowledge here are basically the guests of many dignitaries. Making money and getting hand cramps is no joke.

Facing the answer given by Tang Yuan, Kong Tingshan knew that it was impossible for him to fish in troubled waters. He thought for a moment, slowly raised five fingers and said: "Little friend Tang, what do you think of fifty years?" Tang Yuan smiled directly after hearing this. He shook his head: "Mr. Kong, if you let me choose three of your ten coins for free, it will be fifty years if you say fifty years."

Of course, it is impossible to give away for free. Just pick three of his ten coins, and the total price would be over 100 million. Although Kong Tingshan's family was rich, he would not give away something worth hundreds of millions for nothing.

"Ok."

"Then thirty years, that's okay, right?"

Kong Tingshan didn't say anything else. He silently put away his two fingers and asked Tang Yuan again.

Tang Yuan still shook his head: "Mr. Kong, although the Winter Clothes Festival is not as good as Qingming Festival and Zhongyuan Festival, it is a traditional festival after all. I will give you fifteen years at most."

"Twenty-five years?"

"fifteen years!"

"Young Tang, these coins are the old man's darling!"

"Mr. Kong, when I built the Tianmu Taoist Palace, it became the largest Taoist holy land in the world. From now on, I will ask the Tianmu Taoist Palace to seal the Kong family's mountain for two hours every year during the Winter Clothes Festival so that I can burn incense and worship the ancestors. Who will know about this by then? , Can’t you give the Kong family a thumbs up and say goodbye?”

"But...but fifteen years is really a bit too short!"

……

When Tang Yuan said this, Kong Tingshan's momentum suddenly weakened.

But every time the scene Tang Yuan just described appeared in Kong Tingshan's mind, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

If this is true, when he meets those old guys again in a few days, he will be able to show off, not to mention making them jealous, or at least he will be sore for a while.

Thinking of this, Kong Tingshan became slightly entangled.

Finally, after a few minutes of ideological struggle, Kong Tingshan raised his eyes again and looked at Tang Yuan: "Little friend Tang, can I exchange a favor from our Kong family for ten more years?"

Tang Yuan was holding a cup of tea to soothe his throat. When he heard Kong Tingshan's words, he couldn't help but pause. Then he put down the tea cup, looked at Kong Tingshan and said, "Mr. Kong, do you really mean what you said?"

"Of course it's true!"

Kong Tingshan nodded slightly, with a solemn expression.

"In this case, the Hanyi Festival incense in Tianmu Taoist Palace for the next thirty years will belong to the Kong family."

Tang Yuan looked at Kongting Mountain and said solemnly.

"Hahaha!"

"So good!"

"A word is settled!"

(End of this chapter)