Li Buqi did not take any of the 900 copper coins he promised to pay to the Arab maritime merchants, and in the end only gave the maritime merchants a few dozen pieces of glassware. However, the two maritime merchants were ecstatic, because Li Buqi had been strictly controlling the scale of glass production in order to protect the production process from leakage, and the glassware in good condition could not be bought with money.

Now that Li Buqi's recipe and the skills of the top craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty have been perfectly combined, the quality and delicacy of the glassware have greatly surpassed the Italian glass trafficked by the maritime merchants. Just these dozens of pieces of glassware, shipping to the Middle East to earn ten times less money, how can the maritime merchants not be happy.

handed over the glass with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, and a few apple trees and roses were handed over to Li Buqi.

It's November now, and the temperature is no longer suitable for transplanting flowers and trees, but now that Li Buqi has glass in his hand, he can build a greenhouse.

He moved to Zhuangzi outside the city, built two rooms out of adobe, cut off the flat glass that supplied the palace, installed huge glass windows like the Chongzheng Palace on the three walls of the south, east and west, and planted a few small apple trees in the two rooms.

"How do you plant a tree in your house? This is a strange thing in the world. Luo Yingniang and his little sister looked at Li Buqi with the eyes of a monster.

Luo Yingniang's little sister is a chubby girl with a soft whip wrapped around her waist, and she rushed to Tokyo with an aunt to accompany her the day after Luo Yingniang arrived in Tokyo. When Li Buqi lived in Zhuangzi, Luo Yingniang followed in, and the three of them occupied a house.

Luo Yingniang has asked too many questions these days. For curious babies, answering one question will lead to more questions, so Li Buqi just said, "You just wait and see." ”

Luo Yingniang rolled her eyes, which made Lori, who was dressed in men's clothes, look even more handsome, and made Li Buqi salivate.

It's all that Hu Sanniang**, and now Li Buqi's psychology has undergone some small changes.

Before the crossing, it was a dick, and the beauties didn't dare to chase it in front of them. Because of Hu Sanniang's appearance, Li Buqi suddenly understood that his brother is now a rich and powerful person, and he is the one who can let the beauty send it up by himself. This is something that I have never experienced in my previous life, and I finally have such an opportunity, should I fulfill my dream of opening a harem when I was a child without affecting my business?

The answer is of course, even the great people have said that they want to combine work and rest.

If it weren't for Luo Yingniang, she might be a little widow, then Li Buqi would have worked hard to get her started now. He watched Luo Yingniang practice martial arts every morning and evening, it was a very real kung fu, and there was already some shadow of internal kung fu, if he put this beauty at home, he could use it as a bodyguard.

However, in line with the principle that a beautiful woman can't be let go easily, Li Buqi still decided to engage in ambiguity first to enjoy his body and mind.

"Yingniang, pour a cup of tea."

This is the second time Li Buqi has instructed Luo Yingniang, Luo Yingniang was not stunned this time, and directly poured a cup of tea and put it in front of Li Buqi.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Buqi said again: "Yingniang, bring that cloak over." ”

Luo Yingniang rolled her eyes again, but still took the cloak and handed it to Li Buqi. Li Bu didn't give up but didn't take it, but stood up and turned around. That means let Luo Yingniang put it on him.

Now Luo Yingniang quit: "I'm not your maid, why did you instruct me?" ”

Li Buqi smiled and said: "Although you are not a maid, but you are indeed pretending to be my guard, of course you should do these things." If you can't get used to doing these things, it's going to be strange for me to take you out. Don't you want to learn from me, then get used to listening to orders. ”

Luo Yingniang glared at Li Buqi through gritted teeth behind his back, but still put the cloak on Li Buqi's body. Li didn't give up and did too much, so he tied his cloak himself.

Luo Yingniang turned around and saw Tao Lin smirking, and snorted: "What are you laughing at!" ”

Li Buqi took Luo Yingniang and a few guards and rode into the city and went straight to the prison. The overseer himself took them to the workshop. The blacksmith leader reported to Li Buqi that the steel obtained from overseas had been forged into the size required by Li Buqi from each production area, and several pieces were indeed extremely flexible.

Li Buqi let the beaten iron plate hang hundreds of pounds of weight for inspection, and sure enough, more than half of it was very elastic, so the first batch of leaf springs in the Great Song Dynasty came out.

It took a few days to assemble the leaf springs to the fixings, the wheels and a balsa wagon, and a carriage was made. Running out with a horse, because of the cushion of leaf springs, sitting in the carriage only feels trembling, but not by the potholes on the road to the bones of the bones.

"The iron used to make this spring is also produced overseas?" Luo Yingniang was more concerned about the way the iron came from, and couldn't wait to ask when she got out of the car.

"Yes, this iron came from the west, but the climate there is hot and humid, and you are not used to it." Li Buqi put aside the next sentence and got busy again. The car also needs to be equipped with newly designed brakes, and the wheels must be replaced with lightweight wheels equipped with bearings, and then after careful adjustment, a new car can be considered complete.

The chariot built from this car would then become the new car of the Emperor and Empress. With the emperor as an example, why didn't the rich people of the Great Song Dynasty have to get one? Next, it is logical that the demand for high-quality steel from overseas will promote the continuous expansion of steel imports, which in turn will promote the development of Dasong steel technology. The future is bright.

However, Li Buqi did not have so much time to spend on the revision of the details, he explained his ideas to the craftsmen, let them improve the details, and returned to Zhuangzi outside the city.

When he went into the greenhouse built for the apple trees again, he found that the bare branches had sprouted small sprouts.

"Huh? Why is this tree going to sprout in winter? Luo Yingniang exclaimed as if she had discovered a new world.

"Hehe, as long as it's warm enough, the grass and trees won't wither. Every day, put away the quilt that covers the window to let the sun shine in, and put down the quilt at night to keep warm. It wasn't cold in the house, and when the trees felt warm, they thought it wasn't winter and should continue to sprout, grow leaves, and bear fruit. ”

"Can it still blossom and bear fruit?" Luo Yingniang's eyes were shining, but immediately she exclaimed again: "Ah! Doesn't that mean that trees are also sentient? Doesn't it hurt when you prune it? ”

Li Buqi was also speechless. Fortunately, someone came to report and someone came to deliver letters and invitations, and he got rid of the curious baby.

The invitation was written by Cui Wangxi, a cloth merchant, who said that it was because he thanked Li Buqi for teaching him to make money by planting cotton, so he prepared a banquet at four o'clock in the spring to express his gratitude.

Four o'clock spring, it is a famous hook in the capital, there are many beautiful women, this place to go.

The letter was written by a strange person, who turned out to be a relative of the emperor.

Song Taizu and Taizong's attitude towards their children and grandchildren is very strange, that is, to build a few mansions to raise people with high-ranking officials, but the people inside can't come out casually, and their actions are monitored by the Imperial City Division. If you go out, you must apply first, and explain the destination, it is taboo to get off the bus and get off the horse on the street on the way, and it is even more taboo to contact the court officials casually.

It is naturally impossible for such a character to have anything to do with Li Buqi, how could he suddenly write a letter to Li Buqi?

When he opened the unsealed letter, Li Buqi was happy when he saw the contents. This descendant of the Zhao family is actually studying optics.

In the letter, he said that he liked to cut and polish the crystal every day when he had nothing to do, and observed the transmission of light through the crystal. One day, when he was looking at a clan painting and color mixing, he suddenly thought that sunlight could be separated by crystals in different colors, probably because sunlight was originally composed of seven colors, but when the crystal passed, the light of the seven colors was separated.

He told others about this idea but did not get approval, so he had to ask Li Buqi for advice and ask if his idea was right.

These clans have time, money, and nothing to do, and doing some science can be regarded as waste utilization. Therefore, the spirit of study for this person should be affirmed.

Although Li Buqi could not make himself appear omniscient, he still decided to express his strong support for this person in his reply, and told him that as long as there was no better explanation, then he had found the most reasonable way to explain, and hoped that he would continue to work hard.

I didn't expect the seeds of science sown to be harvested so quickly, and the first fruit was actually produced by the Zhao family. I hope to be pleasantly surprised in the future.