The little fat man's sentence of "Hei Saburo" aroused Li Bu's heart again. In the Water Margin, Wang Po said that if a man wants to attract a woman, he must have Pan An's appearance, donkey's big goods, Deng Tong's money, and good temper and idle work.

Among these five articles, Li Buqi is very confident in the black crotch and a big lump, and the money is at least more than Ximen Qing, and the temper of treating women must be counted well in this era, and he can squeeze out some of it with idle effort, but this "appearance" is really an eternal pain in his heart.

It's really sad to see the appearance of this life, and he has been looking in the mirror for a long time. Today, he was touched by the little fat man, and he finally picked up the mirror and took a look, but he was stunned all of a sudden.

In the mirror is a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, high nose bridge, slightly cold lips and chin, this is a little handsome guy. Where did the original potato face, small eyes and youthful pimples go?

After a little pondering, Li Bu will understand. This body was in puberty a few years ago, and went through a stage that seems to be called growing obesity. At this stage, the body will gain weight like a blow due to the effect of hormones, and the face will grow wrong shape due to the hormone flood, and even the skin tone will be darkened. Fortunately, when puberty passes, most people return to their original appearance as the hormone tide recedes.

Li Buqi wiped the newly polished bronze mirror again, and looked at this face carefully and was very satisfied. Although it can't be said that it looks better than Pan An, it can at least overshadow Hu Jun. It's probably because I've been concentrating on reading for the past year, and my face doesn't seem to be so dark because of the lack of wind and sun. It's a pity that the bronze mirror can't compare to the mercury glass mirror after all, and it can't reach the level of subtlety, and it can't make Li Buqi appreciate his beauty. This made Li Buqi very regretful, and he was determined to make the mercury mirror as soon as possible.

The problem of face was solved, and I was in a good mood all night. I can't sleep happily at night, everything is ready, and I want to spend candles in the cave. The hateful and damn feudal etiquette is too cumbersome, even if it compresses the links such as Nacai, Qaming, and Najib to the shortest interval, it will take nearly two months. Alas, I still have to sleep alone during this time.

I didn't sleep well at night and woke up a little late in the morning. When Li Buqi finished his breakfast lazily, the people on the door came to report that there was a group of maritime merchants outside who asked to see Li Buqi, and the interpreter said that the craftsmen that Li Buqi had asked the maritime merchants to find had been found.

Hehe, good things come in pairs, Li Buqi hurriedly asked people to bring the maritime merchants in. After a while, a dozen or so men came in, and the first young man saluted him, and the interpreter said that it was Saiph's son, Saiputin. Li Buqi asked Saif why he didn't come, and Saiputin said that his father had been seriously ill during the last voyage, and although he did not die on the way, he was seriously injured and could no longer go to sea, so it would be Saiputin's son to succeed his father in the future.

"Honorable officials, these are the craftsmen you want. These three masters are experts at making iron tools, and they can make whatever you need. The interpreter continued to translate. The four craftsmen pointed out by Saiptin hurriedly saluted Li Buqi, who noticed that two of the brown-eyed craftsmen saluted differently, they took off their hats, one revealing flaxen-colored hair, the other revealing reddish hair, clearly European.

Li Buqi stopped the translation, pointed to the craftsman and asked Saiputin: "These are two Byzantines?" ”

Saiptin expressed his sincere admiration for Li Buqi's keenness: "Honorable official, it's amazing that you can tell at a glance that this is a person from the Byzantine Empire. He was a prisoner of war and a craftsman in the Byzantine army. Their skills are superb. My father said that officials must like to collect novelties, so he bought them at a high price. ”

Li Buqi said: "Thank you for your father's kindness, I have always been generous to my friends. Hope they get their money's worth. ”

Then Li Buqi asked the two craftsmen: "Where is your hometown?" ”

The flaxen-haired craftsman replied: "Constantinople." This pronunciation is relatively similar to the transliteration, so I stopped without translating and translating. Then the red-haired craftsman said: "Venice." ”

Oh, yes, even if these two people have average skills, it is helpful to understand the situation in Europe. So Li Buqi waved his hand and motioned for Saiputin to continue introducing the others.

"Ah, wise officials, these are three craftsmen who make and use cement. But my father learned that building with cement requires an experienced architect, so we brought in a competent architect, Ansar. In order to convince him, my father paid a lot of money. ”

Li Buqi said: "This is indeed my negligence. Thank you for helping me think of this, and my gratitude will surely satisfy you. ”

Li Buqi said with a smile. Now is the stage of buying horse bones, and Li Buqi doesn't mind paying more. Compared to the technology that can be obtained as soon as possible, money is really nothing, who let Li Buqi have the money to squander? And what Li doesn't pay is necessarily money.

Li Buqi generously announced that the craftsmen and architects would be paid in copper coins and gold, and that as long as they served Li Buqi for ten years, they could return to their hometown and live a life of luxury.

Obviously, such a promise touched these people who came to Da Song to try their luck, and their eyes became extremely eager, and they couldn't wait to prove their worth to Li Buqi now.

In order to make these people desperately serve themselves, Li Buqi ordered to immediately prepare a car and pull these people to Chunze Prison. When Li Buqi ordered the finished warehouse of the glass workshop to be opened for Saiputin to choose, everyone's glasses were spent.

Even if you have money, you can't buy the finest glassware, but what is the glass made in Italy? And there are also completely Persian-style vessels that can be sold for a lot of money when shipped back to the Middle East.

Not only that, but there are also newly experimented cloisonné handicrafts, of course, now called "Qingli Blue". This is Li Buqi's gratitude to his friend. It's so straightforward with the businessman, as long as the accounts are settled, everything is easy to say.

Li Buqi's boldness directly shocked these craftsmen who had never seen the world. According to their understanding, the richest caliphs and Byzantine emperors did not have so much wealth, and who would worry about not getting paid after ten years?

Now Septin only regrets that he has not gotten his hands on the lavender, otherwise he will have to make a lot of money. However, Li Buqi quickly comforted his wounded heart and told him that as long as he could find Li Buqi the "Geometric Originals", the works of Archimedes, and various books on natural sciences, as well as scholars who could explain these knowledge, Li Buqi would also buy them at a high price. For a moment, Septin's eyes were full of small money.

After Saiputin dragged a few carts of glass and Qingli Lan away, Li Buqi stayed in Chunze for a few days to arrange the use of these Western craftsmen, inspected the work of Chunze Prison, and also arranged the work of the newly formed command of the Zhenwu Army. The commanders of this command, the capital heads, and the 10 generals were all drawn from the original command, which was much easier to do than when all personnel needed to be selected and trained.

Then Li Buqi rushed back to Bianliang in a hurry, because Fu'an Qianzhuang opened on an auspicious day, and he always had to show his face.

In addition to Li Buqi, there were three cloth merchants headed by Cui Wangxi and four maritime merchants headed by the Yang family in Mingzhou, with a capital injection of 250,000 yuan, and Li Buqi's agent Lu Feng as the manager.

250,000 guan is not a large amount in Bianliang, although each of the many nobles and important ministers in the capital may not be able to come up with so much cash at once, but the amount of family property definitely exceeds this value. Therefore, no one expressed much concern about this bank, but was just curious about the membership business of the bank. Now everyone is concerned about Li Buqi's marriage.

The Li family finally hired the Zhao family, and also agreed on an auspicious date, the Li family's new house has been lit up, and everyone is waiting to see how lively the Li family's happy event will be.