Since I came back from Kaifeng Mansion that day, I have always walked on the road and there are always people I don't know to greet Li Buqi. A common feature of those men is that they have a "golden seal" on their face or forehead. This is the symbol of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, because the faces of the prisoners who are stabbed also have gold seals, and the Song Dynasty has the practice of using criminals to fill the army, so over time, both literati and ordinary people often refer to the soldiers as "thieves with the army".

The old lady and sister-in-law Ma have made the third version of the rag doll. Li Buqi looked at it and thought that it could be made in large quantities like this, so he asked his mother and sister-in-law Ma to find a few reliable women from among the bereaved families of the forbidden army in the name of the mutual aid association and start to make it first—some silk, linen, silk thread, and a little labor were not worth much. Moreover, Li Buqi told them to let some people specialize in sewing the inner liner, and some people specialized in making the outer skin to speed up the production.

Of course, the Da Song version of the rag doll cannot be made of plastic to make a doll head like the late 20th century, and can only use the most common materials of the Da Song Dynasty. The outer skin of the rag doll is silk, the facial features are embroidered with silk thread, the clothes are made of silk and yarn, and the hair is made of black silk thread. The liner is sewn from linen, stuffed with cloth and fine linen that has been steamed and then dried, and a soft and slightly elastic rag doll is ready.

Looking at Sister-in-law Ma's little daughter holding the first version of the rag doll and not putting it down for a moment, I knew that the little girl definitely liked this thing. Mr. Hugo is honest and does not deceive me. In "Les Miserables", he says that girls need a rag doll from birth until he has his first child. There is no shortage of rich people in the city of Tokyo, and this thing is sure to sell well.

The friends devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the work of the tofu factory, and the stove for burning charcoal also replaced the stove for burning firewood and grass, and the fuel cost was immediately reduced. Everyone knows that the tofu workshop is the capital of Daxiangguo Temple, and there is no one who is not long-sighted to make trouble, so it is good for the tofu workshop to be taken care of by Uncle Qi's family, and there is no need for Li Buqi to worry about it.

Now Liu Zhiwei took out the poems written by Li Buqi before joining the army, and threw them on the table without looking at them. It's really unsightly. Liu Zhiwei has a mother who teaches Chinese, and it can be seen at a glance that Li Buqi is also a person who has no aura.

Go and visit Li Buqi's teachers and classmates? Forget it, the teacher himself has not been admitted to the lift, the vast majority of the classmates are small households, the purpose of reading is to learn to write and simple arithmetic in the future to keep accounts, Li Buqi is already outstanding in it, at least the four books and five classics are familiar with it.

This is the child of the poor family. There is no knowledge, no good teacher to guide the way, no ability to learn from high-level peers, and even a few books. But obviously Li Buqi is not such a genius, such a child may never get ahead in the Great Song Dynasty by studying. But now it is different with Liu Zhiwei, Liu Zhiwei not only has Li Buqi's good body and diligence, but also advanced learning methods and a lot of wealth that he will have, so that all the shortcomings are mostly filled, but it is still necessary to find a reliable teacher. But there are many people in Tokyo who are known as Confucians, but they don't know each other, and they don't know who is more reliable.

In any case, the first thing to do is to make a studious look, every day when I go to the Great Xiangguo Temple, I will clip a book, and pick it up from time to time to take a look, so that people can see that the second son is a studious. When the reputation spreads, it will be easier to find a teacher.

However, Li Buqi's main task now is to make money, the tofu factory has just opened and it is too slow to make money, and it takes money to make rag dolls. So Li Buqi called Wuzhi aside when Wuzhi came to inspect the work and said, "Master, the boy just saw a seventy-year-old man who gave a lot of money. ”

"Yes, this benefactor is devout to the Buddha and will give alms every year."

"The boy thought that if these devout Buddha-worshippers could be blessed, they would definitely attract more people to follow the Dharma."

"The temple will add incense to the donors chanting in front of the Buddha."

"Master, you see, there are a lot of Bodhisattva attendants and story characters painted on this mural, and the boy thinks that these characters can be painted as the most pious people, so that they can enjoy the incense with the Bodhisattva. The results are visible. ”

Wuzhi has been in the Great Xiangguo Temple for so many years, and his mind in this regard is clear, and after listening to Li Buqi's suggestion and then looking at the vacant position next to the Bodhisattva, the jingle of copper coins has echoed in his mind. The corners of his mouth immediately curled: "Little Brother Li's suggestion is really good, this is a great good act, the poor monk immediately went to ask the host master, and the host must thank the little brother." ”

Li Buqi said: "The kid is just a worker in the temple, what good is it for me to be thanked?" The master doesn't have to do it for me. ”

Wuzhi was overjoyed, such a big credit was actually smashed on his head, happiness came too suddenly, right?

Cui Bai, who came over, often went in and out of the prince's house, and naturally knew that the richer the more afraid of death, the more they wanted to seek spiritual sustenance, so that they could know that their image could accompany the Bodhisattva, they would be crazy, and they would not hesitate to spend thousands of dollars in order to fight for a position, and the murals of Xiangguo Temple would become a gold-absorbing machine. But this is a naked accumulation of wealth, and it doesn't seem to have much to do with persuading people to go to the Buddha. As a painter, he naturally immediately understood Li Buqi's thoughts, so Cui Bai asked with a constipated face: "Is this appropriate?" ”

Li Buqi said solemnly: "The old man who taught me to paint once traveled to Dunhuang and saw that there were many images of donors accompanying the Bodhisattva in the murals of the grottoes, and they would also note their names. The donor is the one who financed the excavation of the grotto. Therefore, the image of a person who gives money has been included in the mural for a long time, and the kid is just picking up people's teeth. ”

Wuzhi couldn't even lose his eyes when he laughed, and even said, "Since this is the case, then this matter will definitely be done." I immediately went to ask the presiding officer to give me instructions. ”

Li Buqi grabbed him and said, "Master, don't be busy. The boy reminded that this best position must be reserved for the most sincere benefactors, but this sincerity is not measured by copper coins alone. ”

Wuzhi nodded again and again: "This is nature, this is nature." ”

After Wuzhi left, Cui Bai asked: "Little friend, do you know how much money Xiangguo Temple can earn if it uses your method?" ”

Li did not give up or hide it: "Naturally, I know, there must be a lot." It is precisely because people will compete to send money to Xiangguo Temple that the boy can take the opportunity to make some money. ”

Cui Bai didn't expect Li Buqi to be so straightforward, and sighed: "Xiaoyou, you are still young, but you should know that you will be retributed for defiling the holy land of Buddhism with copper stench." The gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, in fact, the old man has already discussed with a few of them, and wants to recommend you to the Hanlin Painting Academy. As long as you enter the academy, you will not worry about food and clothing, why bother to use this method to make money? ”

Li Buqi hurriedly shook Cui Bai to the ground: "The kid thanked everyone." It's just that the kid needs money, but not for himself. The boy was born in a forbidden army family, and saw that many men died on the battlefield, their wives and children were hungry and cold, and the old people had no one to support, so he wanted to help these people do some business, so that they could support themselves, but they needed a sum of money to invest in first. Use the wealth of the rich to relieve the difficulties of the poor, I think the Bodhisattva will forgive you. ”

Li Buqi's half-truths and half-truths were nonsense, and Cui Bai actually believed it, and jointly gave Li Buqi a salute: "I didn't expect Xiaoyou to have such a mind at a young age, but I blamed you just now." ”