"It's all gone!" Li Zhi smiled, "I think he was amazed for a while, and he was just hot-headed!" We're already familiar with each other now, and I think this person is quite straightforward! ”

"The straightforwardness of the bullshit, most of the people from him have this temperament, all of them have extremely high eyelids, and they have a face up all day long!" Guan Ming couldn't help but burst into foul language, it was obvious that the Arab Empire sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to deal with the imperial court in a high-profile and flamboyant manner.

Li Zhi hehe Zhile, the Arabs are quite tough, tall, the Arab Empire once swept through Central Asia, North Africa, Southern Europe, once defeated the army of the Great Tang, they like to talk with war, and they all believe in Allah, strong unity ability, with strong combat effectiveness.

Moreover, because it is a mixed-race ethnic group, it has an ethnographic advantage, so it is generally strong and tough, and the height of the Han people in the Tang Dynasty at this time is a huge shortcoming.

"This kind of person sometimes can't be too polite to them, and the momentum is overpowered, so that they obviously feel that they are inferior in strength, and their bold personality is shown!" Li Zhi has a deep understanding of this.

Guan Ming pursed his lips dissatisfiedly, "But how many people like you are in the world?" Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back! ”

Li Zhi did not argue, Guan Ming is a typical intelligent official, the literati temperament is too strong, and he has never been on the battlefield, so it is understandable that he does not know the reason.

"It's so late, Aunt Jiang is relieved to hand over her daughter to you?"

"Why don't you worry! I went to the East Mountains before dinner, and I thought that when you went back in the evening, you saw that the hour did not appear, so I had to go down the mountain to look for it. Even when I heard that you were here, Qin Xin's parents had worried expressions on their faces, if it wasn't for the ancestor to speak, I wouldn't dare to pull it stiffly! ”

"You have to take it easy, Qin Xin is only twelve years old, can you do something?"

"You think I'm like you? We had already agreed that we would wait until she was fifteen, but what about you people? I always said that I was a big problem, and I was forced to introduce women, how did I finally open up, but you all have the same tone? ”

Li Zhi couldn't help laughing, the ones who could say such things unscrupulously in the face of him were none other than Li Yu, Li Ling, and Li Yi, it can be said that that group of people, that is, the most promising group of the three generations of the Li family in Chang'an City.

"Let's go, I'll also let go of my belly and drink it, the wine you sent, the old man watched it closely, and finally went to the East Mountains and it was not easy to let go of it, I still like high wine, that thing is exciting!"

As if he was afraid that Li Zhi would mention himself and Qin Xin again, Guan Ming hurriedly pulled him back to the wine table.

There are many roasting workshops in Fengxiang County, among which Liulin Town produces the best wine, and Li Zhi's high-grade Xifeng wine is produced there, which is infinitely close to the taste of the best quality period in history, and it has been advanced by nearly a hundred years.

As long as his winery opens, Li Zhi is confident that it will spread all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an City within a day, plus wine and monkey wine, this unlimited consumption of drinks, will be more optimistic than the profits of the paper industry.

Among the Arab entourages present, Li Zhi opened another table for them, and those people only had a soft spot for high alcohol, and the two of them walked all the way over, and they did not hesitate to raise their glasses.

It's a pity that the communication between them is not smooth, otherwise Li Zhi would be happy to have a few drinks with them.

Guan Ming's arrival was quickly co-opted by Li Qi and Ah Ming, after all, there are very few people who like to drink liquor in this Table Mountain, and what surprised Guan Ming was that this included Aunt Yu Ling.

I don't know when, Princess Afifa had a huge cat eye in her hand, thinking that among his three wives, I don't know who gave her one.

The three women all carried a string of such beads tied to their wrists, and it is said that someone offered three thousand taels of silver, but none of them were tempted.

It was obvious that Princess Afifa was already drunk, and Li Zhi instructed Nasir to look at her a little, and Nasir sighed:

"This child's life is hard, it's rare to indulge and let her go, I think this is the first time she has shown the mentality of a little girl, and she has no playmates when she is young. Mr. Li, it looks like I'm going to stay overnight tonight, do you think it's convenient? ”

"There's nothing inconvenient, it's just enough to sleep here! My people can go to the Visionary Pavilion. ”

Nasir shook his head, "Most of us will go back, leaving the princess and a few of her retinue and Amin!" ”

Li Zhi knew that people of faith like them still had a lot of inconveniences, so he didn't persuade them anymore.

The next moment, Nasir mentioned the issue of cooperation again: "Mr. Li, you see that the relationship between us is indeed a lot closer, do you want me to think of a way to cooperate again?" Relying on the fact that I have some wine tonight, I will tell you the truth, just bringing back the papermaking process will be of great help to my future development, and whether I make money or not is secondary. ”

"Tell me about your plans!" Li Zhi didn't refuse him this time, but he was not in a hurry to express his position.

"Don't look at me as Affa's own uncle, there are seventeen of my brothers, not including Affa's six aunts! Among the seventeen people, I am not conspicuous in terms of intelligence and combat effectiveness, and the reason why I was sent here to serve as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty is only because this child is only close to me except for her father. I didn't contribute anything else, and when she was called back to marry at the age of eighteen, it would be difficult to keep this position! ”

"Well, since Mr. Nasir is so open and honest with me, and intends to help you, which way do you think the cooperation is more suitable for you?"

As soon as Li Zhi said this, Nasir's eyes lit up immediately, and he raised his cup and drank it all with a heavy touch with him.

"For me, of course, I hope you go there to open a factory, otherwise there will be no such paper towels and rice paper!"

In Nasir's eager eyes, Li Zhi pondered for a long time before he spoke: "Mr. Nasir, do you think this is good?" You arrange for me to have a few people join my paper mill, and I will teach them the most basic processes as soon as possible, and by the way, let them learn some Chinese. In the name of our Zhengqing Wenqitang craftsmen, we will go back to you, first make low-grade paper, and then gradually let go of the process quality step by step according to the trust of those people. I only have one requirement for them, they must be cultivators who know a little Chinese! ”

Historically, Samarkand's abundant hemp and flax plants, coupled with water from irrigation canals, provided natural resources for paper production, and the production of paper gradually increased, not only to meet local needs, but also to become an important commodity in Samarkand's trade with other countries.

The art of papermaking came from China to Samarkand because of the captured Chinese soldiers, some of whom were engaged in papermaking, and with the help of those people set up factories to make paper, which soon became famous.

After the development of the local paper industry, paper became an important export of Samarkand's foreign trade, and early intervention at this time could not only enhance Nasir's own status in the country, but also quickly spread the name of Zhengqing Wenqitang early.

Papermaking is prosperous, and it is convenient to copy, not only for the benefit of one party, but also for the benefit of mankind all over the world, and it is unrealistic and extremely narrow-minded to think about trying to stop it.

Li Zhi's paper industry continued to spread from Samarkand to Baghdad, the capital of the Arab Empire and one of the richest cities in the world at the time, where European countries bought paper before they established paper mills.

Baghdad Paper has been popular on the European continent for hundreds of years, and the name of Zhengqing Wenqitang will also spread there with the paper.

At this time, the Middle East is still in the widespread use of parchment, as a writing material of semi-primitive life under the state of life, the so-called parchment paper is a general term, refers to the use of animal leather made of paper, mainly sheepskin, including goatskin, calfskin, etc., the best quality parchment paper is made of calf skin, its expensive price is self-evident.

In contrast, paper is clearly cheaper, and its raw material does not rely on livestock by-products, but on waste cloth, which is widely available and in abundant supply.

At that time, paper will be completely squeezed out of the market by virtue of its superior writing characteristics, low cost and stable supply, and what kind of profit will be obtained.

Li Zhi borrowed Nasir's subordinates, and specifically asked for the identity of a cultivator, that is, he planned to use his unique cultivation improvement method to truly control those people.

Otherwise, how can their own interests be guaranteed if they are so far away? He intended to create another Li Zhilai in that country, and he really had no way to make Nasir completely subjugate.

"At the moment, I can only find one of my subordinates, and that is it." Barely on the wrist, Nasir mentioned one of them, and he pointed to someone at a table among his attendants, "His name is Azamu, and he is not my previous subordinate, but he has been with Afifa since she was five or six years old, and he is one of her most trustworthy men. This person learned some Chinese in advance because of Afifa, and is currently more fluent than me. Moreover, this person is not only loyal to Afifa, but his own cultivation is also a second-level hunter realm, which can be regarded as the middle strength of our people. ”

"Since he is so loyal, of course he will not agree to join my Zhengqing Wenqitang, I'm afraid it's not suitable, right?"

"Mr. Li, I intend to introduce papermaking into our country in the name of Afifa, and with her status in the eyes of our emperor, I will not only be equally valued, but the development of the paper industry will also be extremely beneficial in the future. With her identity, the business will not be robbed by my brothers, I know this very well! ”

Li Zhi suddenly realized that he really didn't realize this, so things would be much simpler, as long as Princess Afifa was done.

He was thinking about it, and Nasir had already said his next plan: "Zhengqing Wenqitang's other trades also need to use Afifa's identity, maybe Mr. Li doesn't know, in the Arab Empire, where patriarchy is quite serious, our emperor rarely has an extra love for this daughter, but he ignores that what Afifa needs most is family affection, which cannot be replaced by any gold and silver treasures!" ”

In the Arab Empire, royal girls were well educated in girls' schools from an early age, and when they were fifteen or sixteen years old, they married and had children, but the children were not raised by their mothers, but by foreign maids from Sulu.

Sulu is an Islamic emirate that exists in the Sulu Islands of Luzon, and Afifa is no exception, so she has a lot of time to study since she was a child, so she is more knowledgeable, and she began to learn Chinese at that time.

"According to Nasir's words, does it mean that Afifa will receive the greatest help from the emperor of your country?"

Li Zhi's words seemed to be a little knowing, but it was a manifestation of urgency that was inadvertently leaked.

Fortunately, at this time, Nasir was immersed in a huge surprise than him, and he didn't notice Li Zhi's careless heart.

"There will not be the slightest doubt, although I am the most disfavored brother of the emperor, I am the one who knows him best. Our caliph was a national and religious hero in the eyes of his countrymen, and a brutal tyrant in the eyes of his enemies, but he was full of warmth for Afifa. With his words, Afifa's business can be opened throughout the entire empire within a month. ”

Li Zhixin was overjoyed, but the expression on his face no longer showed anything, but he turned to look at Afifa and beckoned to her.