Lin Wanwan sent Hua Nong to recruit people, and they were precisely the Daoists from the Daoist Temple on the mountain.
In that Daoist Temple, Lin Wanwan herself had left a golden jade hairpin as collateral for medicine fees, which could now serve a dual purpose as a deposit.
Lin Wanwan promised the Temple Master of the Daoist Temple a donation of incense money, which amounted to twenty bolts of silk and twenty pounds of pepper.
Indeed, Lin Wanwan would rather give all this wealth to the Daoist Temple than compromise with the bullies.
The Imperial Family of Li Tang, trying to enhance their prestige, recognized Laozi as their ancestor, thus raising the status of Daoist Temples in the Early Tang era. Both male and female Daoists were frequented by high society members of the Great Tang.
Since Lin Wanwan had established an image of her "master" as an aloof old Daoist, she naturally wanted to be close to Taoism.
