My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 554 Lama in the grassland
Bapu did not wait long in the tent. Soon he saw Buman and Nier walking in from the outside. From the smiles on their faces, Bapu had already guessed their decision.

"Master Bapu, we can agree to the conditions you proposed."

I saw Buman saying with a smile, which also made Bapu show a relaxed smile, and his goal was finally achieved.

But Bu Man then said, "But we also have a condition!"

"Oh? Under what conditions?"

Bapu raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the leader of the Kara tribe was quite difficult to deal with.

"Master Bapu, you built the temple for the purpose of preaching. As far as I know, you don't have many people. You will definitely need to recruit some more people to become monks in the future, right?"

Buman asked Bapu with a smile.

"Yes, we do plan to recruit more disciples for future missionary use."

Bapu also answered truthfully. In fact, if he were not too busy now, he would have liked to recruit more lamas immediately and train them while building the temple. In this way, when the temple is built, the lamas can go out to preach.

"That's great. There are many people in our tribe who want to practice Buddhism. I wonder if Master Bapu will accept you as a disciple?"

Buman asked with a smile, this was also the condition he wanted to put forward.

In Buman's view, lamas like Bapu are outsiders. If they want to gain a foothold on the grassland, they must integrate into the grassland people. For example, by recruiting some lamas from the grassland people, they can better preach.

And if their Kara tribe can send people to join the lamas, and most of the lamas in Sakya Mountain will be from the Kara tribe in the future, wouldn’t it mean that the power of these lamas will be completely controlled by their Kara tribe?
In other words, people like Bapu Lama have been busy for half their lives, but the successors are all from the Kara tribe. By then, the lama and the Kara tribe will be indistinguishable from each other, or in other words, the Kara tribe will completely annex the lama's influence. It was Buman's wishful thinking.

Lama Bapu is also a smart man. When he heard Buman's words, he immediately understood the other party's plan.

However, Bapu laughed and said: "If people from the Kara tribe are willing to become disciples of our sect, of course I would be happy to do so. However, our sect has rules and all lamas must start practicing at a young age, so generally only those under eight years old are recruited. Children, but for the Kara tribe, I can recruit children under ten years old as disciples!"

"Great, Master Bapu, you are indeed a cheerful person. I will pick the child right away and send it to Sakya Mountain with the workers!"

When Nier saw Bapu agreeing, he slapped his thigh with equal joy. He looked at Buman as he said so. Both of them felt the pleasure of succeeding in their conspiracy.

However, Nier and Buman didn't know that Bapu was also laughing secretly in his heart at this time.

Bapu knew their plans better than anyone else, but he didn't care at all, because Nier and Buman knew nothing about the strength of religion. No matter what the lama's background was, as long as he entered Buddhism, he would not be able to do anything about it in the future. I want to go out again and put the interests of my master first for the rest of my life.

Both parties had their own motives, but the deal was reached, so Bapu said goodbye and left. Nier and Buman also personally sent him out of the tribe.

A few days later, the Kara tribe loaded some goods from the tribe into a truck and then sent a team of people to escort them. Bapu sent a lama to accompany them to take them to the Ming Dynasty's territory for trading.At the same time, the Kara tribe also sent 300 people to help Lama Bapu and others build temples. There were also [-] children under the age of ten to study Buddhism with Lama Bapu.

Buman and Nier had a good plan. In their opinion, when these thirty children grew up, they would be able to replace Bapu and take charge of the entire Sakya Mountain.

But they don’t know that no matter which Buddhism, the ability to brainwash is the most basic. If these children enter Bapu’s sect to study Buddhism, it is estimated that within one or two years at most, they will only recognize the Buddha and not their family members, let alone their family members. What about tribe?

A month later, the people sent by the Kara tribe to escort the goods came back very smoothly. The carriage was loaded with tea leaves exchanged for sheep skins and horns.

Although Lama Bapu and others will take a commission from it, it is still a very profitable business for the Kara tribe, because they can sell tea to other tribes at a higher price, thereby earning more. Big profits.

It can be said that not only the Ming Dynasty made money from this business, but also the lamas and the Kara tribe. The only ones who lost money were probably the tribes who ultimately consumed the tea.

But there is no way, tea is the hard currency on the grassland. For the grassland people who lack vitamins, tea is a life-saving medicine, especially in winter, so no matter how expensive the tea is, people will buy it.

So after Buman and Nier got the tea, they almost jumped up with joy. They sold the tea as quickly as possible, bought a batch of goods from other tribes, and then begged Lama Bapu to take them there again. trade.

Lama Bapu also strongly agrees with this kind of transaction. First, through this kind of transaction, it can bring them closer to the Kara tribe, tightly bind the interests of both parties, and reduce their worries in Sakya Mountain.

Secondly, they can also take a commission from the business. After all, even lamas need money to do things, so no one will dislike too much money.

In addition, Bapu Lama has a bigger plan and needs to use transactions to achieve this plan.

So in the next six months, Bapu Lama helped the Kara tribe make many transactions, which also allowed the Kara tribe to quickly accumulate a lot of wealth and expand outward again.

However, the rapid expansion of the Kara tribe has also attracted the attention of some surrounding areas. Originally, the expansion of the Kara tribe from a medium-sized tribe to a large eastern tribe was already very alarming. However, I did not expect that the Kara tribe is still expanding outwards. If this continues, Kara may become the overlord of an area.

And what makes the surrounding tribes even more curious is, where did the Kara tribe get the Ming Dynasty goods?
Although this matter is very confidential, there is no airtight wall in this world, and soon the transaction between Bapu Lama and the Kara tribe was found out by interested people.

After learning that the lamas of Sakya Mountain could trade with the Ming Dynasty, these large tribes also sent people to contact Bapu Lama, hoping to get on the other side's line and gain the power to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

For these people, Bapu Lama did not refuse, but selected a few capable ones, and then used his connections to take them to the Ming Dynasty to trade. These tribes also quickly tasted the benefits.

So in order to please Lama Bapu, these tribes also followed the example of the Kara tribe. They not only sent people to help build temples, but also sent their children to Sakya Mountain to study Buddhism, and even allowed lamas to enter their own tribes to preach.

As a result, within just over half a year, Bapu and others of the Sakya sect also completely opened up the situation on the grassland and officially spread the teachings.

(End of this chapter)