My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Jiang Li was speechless and said, "When did I say that my master could give birth to a child? I was talking about my uncle Zhe Gu, who specializes in giving birth to a child and nurturing the soul."

"You can ask believers who come to you to pray for children to come to Qingyun Temple in Lingxiu Mountain. We are just opening up new business now, which is a perfect complement to yours."

Huang Silang was surprised to hear this and said, "Really? That's great. This way I will have enough time to improve my medical skills, and then I will definitely shine!"

Jiang Li was shocked by Huang Silang's positive attitude. You know, he was very resistant to learning before, but now he was actively studying and worried about not having enough time.

Huang Silang saw Jiang Li's surprised look and said, "I was shallow before. After I knew the benefits of studying, I started to study hard!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li took out a few Taoist scriptures and said, "If you like to read, read more. I happen to have a few Taoist scriptures here. Take a look when you have time. If you want to achieve higher achievements, these seemingly useless things can help you."

Although Huang Silang didn't know what the Taoist scripture was used for, he still kept it.

At this time, Mao Shanming, who had just finished his work outside, came in and said to Huang Silang, "Huang Daxian, I have finished the count. This morning, there were a total of 103 believers who donated 18 copper coins, three eggs, 11 corn buns, 13 catties of grains, 20 catties of fruits, and 120 catties of wild vegetables."

"I'll deliver it to the orphans down the mountain later."

Mao Shanming smiled and greeted Jiang Li when he saw him, saying, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Brother Jiang, I hope you are doing well!"

Jiang Li also bowed and said with a smile, "I am not ill at all. On the contrary, you have been supporting me during this period of time, which is a great deed!"

Mao Shanming said, "It's all the merits of the believers. I'm just running errands."

Jiang Li said, "I just heard from fellow Taoist that there are only 13 catties of grains, but there are more than 100 catties of wild vegetables. I wonder what's going on?"

Mao Shanming smiled and said, "Most of the believers who come here to burn incense are poor people. They are poor and have no money to offer as tribute."

"But I saw that this amount of tribute was not enough to feed those widows and orphans, so I told them that Wong Tai Sin did not care about mundane things, and that anything edible, even wild vegetables and leaves, could be used as tribute."

"When the people heard this, they all praised Wong Tai Sin for his kindness, so more people went up the mountain to offer sacrifices. Moreover, everyone who went up the mountain would dig some wild vegetables to show their sincerity, so now a large amount of wild vegetables is received every day."

Jiang Li heard this and said, "You are really amazing, you have created so much food with just one sentence. But eating only wild vegetables is not enough."

"How about this, from now on I will order people to send 20 kilograms of coarse grains to the mountain every day as tribute, to help those lonely and widowed people."

Then he took out another ten dollars and said, "We came in a hurry and didn't prepare anything. These are today's tribute. You keep them and buy them some delicious food later."

Mao Shanming wanted to refuse but didn't know why, because it wasn't for him, so he took it and said to Jiang Li, "Then I will thank Master Jiang on behalf of those widows and orphans."

Then Jiang Li asked again, "I see that the copper coins received don't seem to be much. I wonder if you and your wife are living a decent life?"

Maoshan Mingdao said, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, don't worry about this. I will make some incense, candles and paper money with Dabao and Xiaobao at night to accumulate some good karma for them. I can also sell them to make some money, which is enough to support my family."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "That's the best. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'd be harming you by introducing you to this place."

Mao Shanming heard this and said, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, I will take my leave now. Now these things need to be sent down the mountain in time, otherwise some people will starve."

Then Mao Shanming loaded all the tributes onto a wheelbarrow and pushed it down the mountain.

Huang Silang smiled and said, "The temple master you introduced to me is really amazing. He is both able to give advice and is hardworking. He is truly a rare talent!"

Jiang Li looked at Mao Shanming's back and smiled, "Yes, it seems that he has found his own way!"

Afterwards, Jiang Li said goodbye to Huang Silang and went down the mountain. Not long after, a servant of the Jiang family brought two chickens, twenty eggs, and twenty kilograms of cornmeal, and burned a stick of incense for Huang Silang.

Before leaving, he said to Huang Silang, "I am here on the orders of the Second Young Master to deliver twenty pounds of cornmeal to the widows at the foot of the mountain, two fat chickens to Huang Silang of Daxian Mountain, and twenty eggs to the priest of Silang Temple. Please accept them."

After saying this, he bowed again and left.

Huang Silang was very envious of the two chickens, but he did not start eating immediately. Instead, he waited for Mao Shanming to come back and share them with him.

Jiang Li returned home and told his family about what had happened in the past few days, of course he edited out some of the information. He then asked about family matters. All in all, the family had a very happy chat.

Soon it was time for dinner. After dinner, Jiang Li washed up and returned to his room. At this time, Ren Tingting was looking at Jiang Li with loving eyes. Jiang Li understood everything when he saw this, so he took off his clothes and went to bed to pay his dues.

The bed rocked for an hour before I could rest.

The next morning, Jiang Li got up early to practice boxing and exercise his body, then found the twenty orphans and helped them solve some difficult problems in cultivating bacterial strains.

Afterwards, he checked the training status of the village protection team and the cavalry team, and felt relieved when he found that they had all made obvious progress.

At this time, the housekeeper found Jiang Li and said, "Second Young Master, the eldest young master in Teng Teng Town sent a message saying that the grain there will be harvested in a few days. You can go and take a look when you have time."

Jiang Li heard this and said, "Okay, Old Wu, I got it. I'll go take a look when I have time."

"I asked you to continue purchasing guns, ammunition and war horses. How is it going?"

Old Wu said, "Good horses in the south are really hard to buy. I only bought four. As for guns, I bought thirty more. There are 20,000 rounds of bullets stored in the warehouse now. The next batch will arrive in a few days."

Afterwards, Old Wu said with an embarrassed look on his face, "But Second Young Master, the price that foreigner is asking is getting higher and higher. Should we continue to buy?"

Jiang Li frowned and asked, "How much higher?"

Old Wu said with a bitter face, "The gun is 50% more expensive and the bullets are twice as expensive. The price is really too high. We can't be taken advantage of again."

Jiang Li shook his head and said, "This price is appropriate. There are indeed wars everywhere right now. It doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive. But you can't hang yourself on a tree. You can secretly find other ways. Now one or two hundred guns are far from enough."

Then he said to Lao Wu, "Don't buy the war horses yet. Tell people to buy more cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, donkeys, etc. The more we can raise, the better."

Old Wu frowned and asked, "I wonder where we should keep these animals after we buy them."

Jiang Li said, "There are many uninhabited mountains in Teng Teng Town. I'll find a suitable mountain and keep it there someday!"

Although Old Wu looked puzzled, he did not ask any more questions. Instead, he said goodbye and left.