Li Mu smiled, patted Li Zhien's buttocks, and said, "You girl, you won't come to my studio if you have nothing to do, say, what are you thinking?" ”

"No, no......" Li Zhien bit his lip, hooked his little fingers, and pointed to the tiger skin 'mink' that Li Mu took off and put on the workbench, and said, "Master, can you make me one too?" ”

"Of course you can, but I'm tired today, I'll do it tomorrow, I'll make one for my wife first, and then I'll make one for you, and we'll all have one for our family of three."

A family of three?

Li Zhien pouted, why did it sound a little weird. But she didn't say anything, she responded happily, and said, "Master, the expenses of the house for the last month have been calculated, and Madame has already seen it, so I'll bring it to you." ”

"I don't look at it." Li Mu waved his hand and said, "When our family has no money to buy rice, you can show me again, I will find a way to make money." As long as there is money to spend, you can do it. Tell Madame about the big expenses, and you can decide the rest. ”

"Oh......" Li Zhien thought for a while and asked, "How big is that expense, is it a big expense?" ”

"Uh," Li Mu thought for a while, and said, "One hundred, ask Madame if it's more than one hundred, and if it's less than one hundred, you make your own decisions." ”

Li Zhien's eyes flashed, and he tilted his head and asked, "Isn't the master afraid that I will hide the money?" ”

"Hiding money?" Li Mu raised his hand and nodded at Li Zhien's little head, and said, "Why do you want to hide money?" You can spend the money at home, but you don't have no money, so you can hide it? Besides, you are even mine, what am I afraid of? ”

"It's ......," Li Zhien also laughed.

In fact, her heart was very moved, because Li Mu trusted her. In the current social environment, concubines are not even as good as maids. The maid still has a deed, the daughter of a good family, who came to the rich man's house, and it is considered a part-time job. When the time limit of the contract is up, I have to return it home. But concubines are different, concubines enter the house, and that is a lifelong thing. If you meet a good person, it's fine, but if you meet a beast, it's really better to live than die.

But Li Zhien followed Li Mu, but he enjoyed treatment that ordinary wives could not enjoy. Not only are all the affairs of the house assigned by her, but the financial power is also safely handed over to her. You know, that's not a lot of money. The monthly accounts of the Zhulu Hou Mansion are as high as tens of thousands. It is said that wealth is moving, if you change the family of others. Who can manage so much money with one concubine?

Li Mu didn't care, in Li Zhien's memory, he didn't seem to ask. This undoubted attitude and open-mindedness towards money made Li Zhien feel from the bottom of his heart that his master was so charming.

But being the housekeeper of the Zhulu Hou Mansion is not a simple matter. Li Mu doesn't care about money, but Bai Qiaoqiao, except when he wants to buy something, he doesn't care much. All the worries fell on Li Zhien, which made her feel a great responsibility. For example, after exchanging the market with the horse farm, and giving the market to Bai Hao'er, Li Mu was not very distressed, but Li Zhien was distressed to death. This indicates that there will be less money in the government next month.

Although there is certainly enough money to spend, who thinks that there is too much money? Seeing that Li Mu seemed to be in a good mood today, he told him about it.

Li Mu listened and laughed again. Li Zhien felt that he didn't take his words seriously, and said coquettishly: "Master, don't you always look like you don't care, aren't you worried at all?" ”

"Why are you worried?" Li Mu patted Li Zhien and asked her to get up, and then stood up himself. When he came to the southwest corner of the studio, Li Zhien saw that there was something covered in a black cloth somewhere.

"What is this?"

"This is a good baby, let you open your eyes." Li Mu said, pulling the black cloth, Li Zhien's little mouth suddenly grew big, and he stammered: "Lord, master, where did you get such a big glass bottle!" It's still multicolored glass, oh my God, how much is it worth! Master, you're spending money again! ”

Li Mu was very satisfied with Li Zhien's reaction, raised his hand and knocked on the glass bottle, and said, "Don't make a fuss, tell you the truth, this bottle didn't come from anywhere, but your master and I fired it with my own hands!" ”

"Burn, fire?" Li Zhien was completely stunned, but the facts in front of her made her have to believe it, because there was no way to explain it.

In ancient China, colored glass, that is, glass, was a very rare thing. The reasons are complex, and there are two main reasons that have been studied by later scholars. The first is that China has mastered the firing method of porcelain very early, and the skill is superb, and the demand for glass products is very small, and glass is extremely difficult to obtain, so it is difficult to become popular. The main reason why the glass technology of the West was more advanced than that of China in ancient times was that the Western world lacked porcelain clay and could not produce good porcelain, so it had to retreat to the second best place and find alternatives.

The second reason is very scientific, because glass requires a high melting point, and it is not easy to refine, so it is difficult to popularize.

In fact, the history of glass that was common in later generations is not many years at all. In the Tang Dynasty, a large part of the people still believed that glass was a kind of mineral deposit, and only some alchemists, or craftsmen who had been passed down from generation to generation and served the upper echelons, knew how to fire glass, but the output was also very low.

The most important thing is that the glass at this time is ugly and toxic.

The glass fired in the Tang Dynasty contains a lot of 'lead' in the recipe, and if it is used to hold food, it will inexplicably poison people to death. Since people have no concept of 'elements', they feel that glass is poisonous. And because I didn't master the color mixing technology, the color of the glass I wanted was free. Purple, white, red, and green are randomly switched, and no one can guarantee what color will come out. It was only in modern times that the secret of glass's color was discovered. The green color comes from the small amount of iron in the raw material, and the compound of ferric iron gives the glass a green color. After the addition of manganese dioxide, the original ferric iron becomes trivalent iron and appears yellow, while the tetravalent manganese is reduced to trivalent manganese and is purple.

The best glassware in the Tang Dynasty can have three colors, which is already the limit. Li Mu's shot is colorful, how can Li Zhien not be surprised. She has only seen three colors, colorful glass, only seen in the book, the real thing is really not seen.

Li Mu picked up the colorful glass bottle casually, Li Zhien was worried that he would break the baby, so he quickly reached out to hold it below.

"You don't need to be so careful, I told you that I fired it myself, and if it is broken, it will be broken, and I will make another one." Li Mu put the bottle on the workbench and said, "Girl, do you know what this thing is made of?" ”

Li Zhien hurriedly shook her head, she knew where to go.

Li Mu lowered his voice and said, "The main raw material is sand!" ”

"Huh?"

"Really!" Li Mu nodded heavily and said, "After more than a dozen experiments, I finally mastered the method of firing colored glass. Do you still think our family will be short of money? Just this bottle, I'll take it out and sell it, a hundred taels of gold isn't too much, right? ”

"Not too much!" Li Zhien said categorically. The contemporary master of the highest technology of firing glass is the big cannibal, the big cannibal's three-color glass bottle, at least a thousand copper coins. What Li Mu took out was a multicolored glass bottle, and the color distribution was so beautiful, selling it at the same price, it was definitely not expensive.

What's more, Li Mu actually said that the main raw material of this glass is sand.

That is equivalent to no cost, the same as picking up money for nothing!

Li Mu seemed to guess what Li Zhien was thinking, and said, "Silly girl, don't just keep your eyes on money." A bottle is worth a hundred taels of gold. A hundred bottles, and it's worth only one or two gold. When you are short of money, you can sell a few of them, which is not a long-term solution. ”

When Li Zhien heard him say this, he was a little puzzled and asked, "Master, since it is not a long-term solution, then we still have to worry about money." ”

"Listen to me." Li Mu said, unfolded the drawings rolled up on the workbench, and introduced Li Zhien: "This is the greenhouse I designed according to the characteristics of this glass in the past few days. With this greenhouse, you can also eat green vegetables in winter. Li Mu laughed and said, "Doesn't our family have fifty hectares of land?" But we can build this greenhouse vigorously, plant it full of green vegetables, and sell it to the rich people in Chang'an City, you say, can we still lack money? ”

Although Li Zhien couldn't understand what was going on in the greenhouse, he believed him when he saw that Li Mu was so sure. As if he saw a golden mountain appear in front of him, he was so excited that he threw himself into Li Mu's arms.

With the warm fragrant nephrite in his arms, Li Mu was a little moved. He leaned into Li Zhien's ear and said softly: "Zhien, can you discuss, you go back to your room tonight to sleep, and my wife and I ...... A little intimate to say. You're too young to know. ”

Li Zhien looked up at Li Mu, blinked his eyes, blushed, and said, "I know what you're going to do!" ”

"What knows?" Li Mu hurriedly sloppy: "What do you know again?" Don't be cranky at a young age! ”

"I've laid so much groundwork today, it's not just for ......" Li Zhien stuck out his tongue, broke away from Li Mu's arms, ran to the door and turned around: "I have also read that booklet!" ”

"What a mess!" Li Mu still has to make up for it, and Li Zhien has already run away. Li Mu shook his head helplessly, locked the door of the studio, and shook back to the backyard step by step.

……

Early the next morning.

Li Mu pressed his waist and climbed into the carriage. He didn't sleep much this night, and when the rooster crowed, he was almost busy, but he was worried about sending Li Ji and had to wash up and go out. The horse was too much to ride, so I had to ride it. But when he arrived at the British Mansion, he learned that the Li Ji brothers had left.

The porter handed over a letter to Li Mu, which was written by Li Ji himself. After watching it, Li Mu was a little stunned.

There is nothing special about the content of the letter. That is to say, it is better to say goodbye to the injury, it is better to avoid it, the mountains are high and the water is long, and there will always be a day to meet. But Li Mu was a little empty in his heart. He looked up at the plaque of the 'British Mansion' that had just been replaced for a day, and Li Mu suddenly felt that it had been so long since he came to Chang'an.

Things are not people, and they always come to the front of me unconsciously.