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Li Zhiyi looked very happy and said: "It's a good thing! Your business can not only make profits for yourself, but also benefit the people, it should really be a good deal!"

"With the help of Uncle Duan's auspicious words, I may be able to promote this special wood like mine in the capital!"

At this time, Li Zhiyi had already regarded Ouyang Feng as his friend and began to worry about him. The pen www.biquge.info looked him up and down, and said: "This is in the capital, if you do business, you can't dress like this anymore and behave like this." Although the merchants are cheap, the businessmen in the capital mostly have to deal with scholars, nobles, and even the emperor's relatives, and they are also quite particular about the cultivation of conversation and etiquette, and they are required to comply with etiquette norms everywhere. First of all, you must behave in a dignified manner and dress appropriately! If you meet with merchants from the Western Regions, it is understandable to wear such Fanbang costumes, but you should still wear Hanfu on weekdays! Since you have decided to stay, you must follow the customs of the locals! If you see everyone wearing like this, I am afraid that your business will ...... It's not easy to do. ”

Businessmen love to please auspiciousness the most, and the minister is afraid that there is something wrong with saying this. Hu Shuxiu stepped forward and said, "Ouyang Gongzi, don't blame my family for being upright, he ......"

"Uncle Duan, this is because he treats me as his own family, so he can say such sincere words!" Chris smiled and said, "And what he said is not unreasonable, I naturally don't blame, but I am 120,000 points grateful." ”

She said sincerely, Li Zhiyi was a little moved, rubbed her nose and said, "You know that I treat you sincerely." But...... In addition to clothing, you also have the problem of rhetoric. ”

Chris asked, "What's wrong with the rhetoric?"

"Words and words are the standard for dealing with people. Postures, gestures, salutations...... Nothing can be left to chance!"

Chris shrugged: "There are too many Han rules, I can't remember them for a while!"

"It's better to be like this, if you don't dislike it, come to my house another day, and I will teach you some basic etiquette, what do you think?" he said in his heart: I also want to teach you the proper manners when dealing with women. If you are always staring at a woman directly, I am afraid that you will meet a jealous husband in two days and cause big trouble.

Chris thought about it and agreed.

"I was interrupted by the fierce fire oil tank just now, I forgot about it!" Li Zhiyi said with some hesitation, "I still have something to ask you...... It's been a long time...... This is your private matter, but if you don't ask me, you're curious, you allow me to ask, if there is any inconvenience, you don't answer, don't mind if I ask rashly!"

After saying that, he also gave Chris a solemn look.

"Why is Uncle Duan like this?" Chris helped him up, "and it doesn't hurt to ask." ”

"Then I asked," Li Zhiyi said, "who did you buy such a large piece of land from?"

In fact, Shen Kuo wanted to know the answer to this question the most, but he couldn't ask it because of his face. didn't want Li Zhiyi to dare to ask, so he quickly pricked up his ears and listened.

Chris didn't seem surprised that Li Zhiyi would ask this, smiled slightly, and said, "I just bought a small, small part of this large piece of land." The other vast land was a gift from an old friend. ”

Shen Kuo said in his heart: Old friend, who can have such strong financial resources? Why don't I have a clue.

"Have you ever heard of the Peacock King Gargado?"

Li Zhiyi and Li Gonglin both shook their heads.

"Garogado!" Shen Kuo felt that this name seemed to have been heard before, and it was a little unfamiliar, and suddenly he exclaimed, "The national teacher of Tianzhu Kingdom?"

Chris nodded and replied, "Yes, it's the Tianzhu National Teacher." This land was given by the first emperor Renzong when the Tianzhu national master Garogada visited the Song Dynasty. Originally, he was going to build a mansion for the national teacher, hoping to retain the national teacher, live in the Song Kingdom for a long time, and listen to him teach Buddhism. It's a pity that the other courtyard was not built, and Grandpa Ren died. The national teacher returned to Tianzhu a year later. ”

Chris said: "This time, the national teacher heard that I was looking for a place to build a house, so he asked someone to bring me a message, saying that he was willing to give me this vast land, and only asked me to reserve a small Zen courtyard for him in the garden, so that he could temporarily live in it when he visited the Song Dynasty again in the future." Not long ago, I came to survey the land and I was very fond of the environment. So, I also spent some money to buy a few scattered pieces of land around it, so that the area of the garden increased slightly. ”

Chris said this set of "big words" that Lan Yuanzhen had arranged for himself in advance. How could people not be curious about Ouyang Feng when he was cultivating a garden in such a prime location? Who is he and what background does he have? What does he do for a living? Can he buy such a piece of land with so much silver? In the future, there will definitely be other people like Li Zhiyi today.

Lan Yuanzhen had already taken this into account.

To make Chris say this is to confuse the public. The land that Renzong gave to Tianzhu Guoshi was indeed nearby, but the area was not large. Emperor Renzong did not like his father Zhenzong to like Taoism, but preferred Buddhism, especially the Western Tianzhen Sutra Dafa who longed for the Tianzhu Kingdom. Back then, he was known to everyone in the capital about his treats and courtesy to Tianzhu National Teacher. As for how much land Renzong specifically circled for the national teacher's mansion, few people know. In short, everyone will have the impression that this national teacher has a different status and is not ordinary, and it is reasonable to have such a large piece of land.

Li Zhiyi and Li Gonglin only arrived in Beijing last year, and they don't know much about what happened a few years ago.

"Brother Ouyang, how do you know the national teacher of Tianzhu Kingdom?" Li Zhiyi asked with wide eyes.

Chris said: "At that time, the national teacher traveled to the Song Kingdom through the Western Regions, but who knew that the Western Regions thieves robbed him of the tribute that was supposed to be given to the Song Emperor. I have some connections in the Western Regions, and when I heard about it, I took back the lost tribute from the thief. The national teacher was very relieved to hear that because of my appearance, there was no action or bloodshed in this matter. ”

When talking about these things, Chris described vividly, first talking about how the thieves of the Western Regions were cunning and fierce, and then saying that the tributes of the Tianzhu Kingdom were all treasures and priceless treasures of the Buddha Kingdom. These tributes are not something that ordinary people can easily know, but she said it right, Li Zhiyi and the others were amazed and convinced. As everyone knows, Lan Yuanzhen copied a copy of the gift list of Tianzhu's tribute that year, and Chris can naturally say it clearly.

"There has been such a twist and turn and bizarre thing happening!" Li Zhiyi sighed.

At that time, Gao Taotao was interested in currying favor with Renzong, and he was even more interested in getting to know this distinguished foreign guest, so he let people understand the preferences, tastes and some trivial things of the national teacher in great detail. These things were recorded by Lan Yuanzhen and listed at the back of the gift list. At this point, Chris picked up some and said it.

Shen Kuo thought in his heart: It turned out that Ouyang Gongzi actually had such a relationship with the Tianzhu National Teacher, it was really not simple! He said, "If in the future, the National Teacher will send another envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, he will definitely live in this garden. Ouyang Gongzi must help me introduce him, let me meet him privately. ”

Li Zhiyi was interested in Buddhism and wanted to meet Tianzhu Guoshi, but when he heard Shen Kuo being so eager for quick success, he felt that he was also saying this, which was a cliché, but contrary to Buddhism, so he was reluctant to speak.

Chris smiled and said, "That's easy to say, if he comes in, I'll invite you all, okay?"

It was not proposed by himself, but Ouyang Feng took the initiative to invite, if he refused, it would be disrespectful. Li Zhiyi was overjoyed when she heard this, and was about to say something, when she suddenly saw something coming out of Ouyang Feng's back collar.

When he looked closely, it turned out to be a small golden snake, which frightened Li Zhiyi and jumped back, pointed at Chris's back collar and said, "Snake!"

The little golden snake slouched out of the collar and went around Chris's neck, its head pressed against her ear.

Li Gonglin was amused and explained: "Uncle Duan, don't be afraid, that snake is raised by Ouyang Gongzi, it is very spiritual, and it will not hurt people!"

Chris pursed his lips, squeezed out his voice from the corners of his mouth, and took the opportunity to ask, "What are you running out for?"

"When I heard someone talking about it, I suddenly felt a miasma of smoke and came out to breathe. Lang Kesu said, "Be careful of your nonsense today, when the time comes, when the Tianzhu National Master really visits the Song Dynasty, you won't be able to get off the stage." ”

"Who knows when and when he came...... Chris said in his heart: Don't really be fooled by this crow's mouth, by the way, visiting a foreign country is not a trivial matter, probably have to submit the credentials in advance or something, right? Let the elder brother pay attention to the credentials from Tianzhu.

Over there, Li Zhiyi asked in horror: "Brother Ouyang, you are so decent, what are you doing raising snake......s?" And take it with you. ”

Rang Kesu shook his body slightly, as if snickering, and said, "I see how you make it up?"

Chris cleared his throat and said, "The place where I live, in the north of the Western Regions, there is a white mountain that looks like a hump. There are often business travelers and missions passing by here, looking at it from afar, such as seeing a huge white camel lying here, so it is called 'White Camel Mountain'. For caravans, camels are a guarantee of life, property, and an auspicious omen. That's why they're willing to do business with me. However, the mountains were full of poisons, poisonous insects, and especially poisonous snakes, and no one dared to approach them, so I had to go down the mountain to the place where the caravans were gathering and resting, and trade with them. ”

Li Zhiyi looked at the snake, and heard her say that it was a poisonous snake, so she grinned in fright and said, "I'm most afraid of snakes!"

"Uncle Duan doesn't know, this snake is a treasure! snake meat, snake skin, snake molt, snake blood, snake gall, snake bone, snake venom, snake oil...... All-round medicine!" she took the little snake in front of her eyes with her hand and stared at it, "Especially this little golden snake, which can be called 'gold crawling on the ground', is very precious. Its snake gallbladder also has the miraculous effect of prolonging life, and the effect of live snakes cutting open their abdomen and eating them raw is especially significant!"

Hu Shuxiu saw that Ouyang Feng became more and more ruthless the more he spoke, and his expression was as if he was going to disembowel the snake now. The body of the little snake was wrapped around Ouyang Feng's fingers, and when he heard this, he seemed to tremble with fright, very pitiful. She hurriedly said: "Bo Shi said that your snake has spirituality, and the Buddha has the virtue of good life, you must not take it to soak in wine or something......"

Ronquesu raised his head, also stared at Chris, and said to himself: Do you dare?

Hehe...... I finally found this body, and he was willing to stay, but I didn't dare to ......

The little snake turned her head and nodded at Hu Shuxiu, as if she knew that she was interceding for herself.

Hu Shuxiu was taken aback and said, "You snake is really psychic!"

After that, he was bold enough to go up and look, Chris reached over, and the snake jumped onto Hu Shuxiu's wrist. She was startled at first, and when she saw that the snake was indeed docile, she stretched out her other hand and gently touched the little snake with her fingers.

The little snake looked very happy, and also rubbed Hu Shuxiu back.

Chris said in his heart:, you still sell cuteness with beautiful women?

"Xianggong, come and take a look!"

"No need, no need...... Li Zhiyi waved his hand again and again, not to mention getting closer, but took two steps back. He asked Chris awkwardly, "You said that the novelty you sell is made of these snake skins and snake oil, right?"

Chris didn't laugh.

Li Gonglin suddenly said to Li Zhiyi: "Uncle Duan's questions have all been asked?"

Li Zhiyi nodded.

Li Gonglin said: "Since he finished asking, I still have one more question here!"

Chris said, "Oh, what do you want to ask, please speak!"

Li Gonglin said: "This matter ...... It's been bothering me for a long time...... This is your private matter, if you don't ask, I'm so curious, you allow me to ask, if there is any inconvenience, you don't answer, don't mind if I ask rashly!"

He imitated what Li Zhiyi had just said, almost exactly the words. It made everyone laugh, and they wanted to know what he was going to ask.

Li Gonglin stood up, put down the wine bowl, and walked towards the center of the pavilion. He walked around the desk, pointed to something on the large cabinet, and asked, "In the past two days, I have seen that you have been working on this thing a lot, but I am very curious, what is this?"

Shen Kuo looked at Li Gonglin's fingers, his face suddenly turned pale, and he said in his heart: How could Ouyang Gongzi have such a thing?

"Oh," Chris said, walking over to pick up the board, "this is Bi Sheng's movable type printing plate!"

Hearing the word "Bi Sheng", Shen Kuo's heart was beating wildly: Why did he know Bi Sheng?

After finishing the affairs of the Hidden Fire Army, Chris is going to go to the Great Xiangguo Temple to meet Master Qianzi, and it is time to discuss the specific matters of printing Buddhist scriptures. However, the board in her hand could not be used, so she thought of copying a similar one, so that she could take one to the printing workshop.

Chris and several others explained the advantages of movable type printing over block printing. When Li Zhiyi and others heard that this was going to print Buddhist scriptures for Daxiangguo Temple, and after it was printed, it would be distributed to the people for free, and they praised it one after another.

They gathered around the movable type board and discussed with great interest, but Shen Kuo's face was not good, and he sat there distracted, not knowing what he was thinking.

Time flies, a few people talk happily, unfinished, Chris saw this, so he said: "Why don't you let Bo Shi take you around the garden first, and stay tonight, I will have people prepare a banquet, and we will continue to talk in a while!"

"Stay?" Li Zhiyi said in surprise, "How do you live?"