Chapter 146: Tea Talk II
This thing has been unknown in China for a long time, but has become a magical artifact in Japan. Li Yu always feels sad when he thinks of this.
China may be too big, has a long history, has too many good things, and people's vision has been tricked by disasters.
Neighboring countries are rushing to be treasures, either no one cares about them or rushes to hype them up, but few people show up and appreciate their own beauty.
Thinking about the period of the Ultimate Warring States Period, Daming would properly preserve a tea set from China before the war started, in order to keep it forever, and what about China itself?
Haha, it’s a good idea not to say it.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but observe a silence for Zhou Zong, "God knows, can you spend a thousand years safely?"
Li Yu felt in his heart that the price of such a cup in his previous life would have reached six digits. If it was confirmed that it was a Song cup, then the eight digits would not be a false statement.
Now this thing is in my own hands, tsk!
Just as I was about to sigh a few more words, I suddenly remembered that it was not a tea bowl, but Dong Yuan, who was marked as a first-class national treasure in his previous life, wasn’t Juran’s paintings hanging on his bedside?
Thinking of this, I felt a lot more calm. I then used a bamboo clip and put it on the charcoal fire to bake it slightly so that the cup is no longer cold and harsh, which will help the tea soup.
Cai Xiang said in "Tea Record" that "If you want to make tea, you must first make a cup of hot water, and if the tea is cold, the tea will not float."
After preheating the cup, gently put it on the rhinoceros fern flower cup holder, which is both insulated and beautiful.
Using a long-handled pure gold tea dagger (dark-spoon), I opened the paper bag I just saw, and a fragrance suddenly came to my nose.
Li Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "It's so generous to stay, it's Beiyuan Tea?"
At this time, the most popular famous tea had been changed from Gu Qing, Huzhou and Yixing purple bamboo shoots in Changzhou, which were praised in the Tang Dynasty, which were the so-called "Yangxian Tea" (tea in western Zhejiang) to "Beiyuan Tea" produced in Fenghuang Mountain in Hu Jian'an.
Beiyuan was originally a royal palace in the Southern Tang Dynasty. After the destruction of Fujian in the war last year, Jian'an was also included in the Southern Tang Dynasty territory. Li Jing established a supervisory department in Beiyuan, which was specifically responsible for supervising the production of tea produced in Jian'ou.
Later, the tea produced in Fenghuang Mountain was collectively referred to as Beiyuan Tea, which is the top tea at present.
(The Southern Song Dynasty stone carving "Beiyuan" is now available in Peiqiao Village, 15 kilometers from Oubei, Hu Jian. At this point, the geographical location of Beiyuan is completely determined. In addition, the author is really not from Hu Jian, and he does not sell tea or Jianzhan.)
"The king really knows tea people, so why not guess where this tea is produced?" Zhou Zong was already smiling.
Li Yu gently put the paper bag close to his nose and took a deep breath. Not only did the scent of tea float in the bag, but other elegant fragrances were also contained in it. "Dongnao Xiang?!"
"Is it Heyuan Tea?!"
“That’s right!”
"I'm willing to stay behind, I thank you first." After saying that, Li Yu put the paper bag on the table and bowed to Zhou Zongyi.
"If you dare not be polite, you will not show your sincerity if you do not do this." Zhou Zong bowed and returned the tribute.
Heyuan Tea is a fine product among Beiyuan tea. It has extremely small output and stricter technology requirements. A small amount of precious spices must be added when making tea.
Li Yu sneered at this practice, believing that it directly destroyed the original fragrant smell of tea, but this is popular in the times, so he can only let him go.
After a long time, I became accustomed to this artificial fragrance that seemed to be there and not be any artificial fragrance, and felt that it was different from the simple tea fragrance in previous teas.
It seems, well, Mr. Hatano and Mr. Lin Chiling are wonderful between similarities and differences.
Most of Heyuan tea is used as tribute tea, and Li Yu drinks this thing in the palace.
The remaining small amount is sold to the public, and there is no market price. A cake of tea weighs about half a pound, but the market price is more than twenty cents!
Li Yu's boxed lip lace is already a luxury, but compared with this Heyuan Tea, it is still not enough to look at it.
After all, lip can last for a long time, and you need to use about two cents of tea cakes every time you make tea. After all, tea can cost 800 yuan, which is not expensive.
Of course, in terms of price, it is not comparable to Li Yu's small pot tea in his previous life, but one is real and the other is hehehe, so it is naturally not the same.
Obviously, although Zhou Zong seemed careless, he attached great importance to today's meeting.
I heard the sound of boiling water in the soup bottle being slightly complicated, and I knew that the water had reached the temperature.
I didn't think much about it, poured all the tea powder in the paper bag into the golden tea dagger, and estimated it slightly: "It's a good skill to stay, the amount of tea powder is just right, one ounce of seven or eight, just right to order tea."
"The king is young but has good eyesight, and he is not bad at all."
Li Yu heard something from him.
It's a matter of worrying and brains to know that this tea tastes.
He kept pouring the tea powder evenly into the preheated Jianzhang, put down the golden tea dagger, lifted the soup bottle and said, "The crab eyes are a little noisy, but it's just right."
The wrist was slightly tilted, and a stream of boiling water rushed into the tea cup, stirring up waves of water vapor and the tea fragrance was raging.
Zhou Zong closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he wanted to incorporate all the tea fragrance into his lungs.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, a black pill with a diameter of one minute fell out of Li Yu's fingertips, and it just fell into the teacup.
Put the soup bottle back on the charcoal stove, then pick up the tea dagger, put it into the cup and stir the tea powder and water. The small black pill melts when it is put into water, and then form a small sticky paste.
While stirring, he said, "If you want to talk about your eyesight, who can compare to the left-behind Tang Dynasty? This tea powder is as expensive as gold. If you put less soup, it will be scattered. If you put too much, it will taste bitter but not astringent."
"Live behind, not only can you see accurately, but you can also make a very reasonable move, no more or less, just right."
Making the cream is the first step in formal tea making. Whether the tea cream is well-proportioned is the basis for the quality of the tea making. At this time, it is required to be very thorough, rotate your fingers and wrists, and brush them properly, and move them elegantly and beautifully.
Li Yu's hand showed off, which made Zhou Zong look different.
Seeing that the tea paste was almost the same, I put the tea dagger on the porcelain plate, and then lifted the soup bottle and continued to inject water.
"The king is indeed a talented man. Not only is he good at poetry and prose, but he is also very good at lips and tongue. The old man is old, but he can't say you. All he can boast is the strength in his eyes and hands."
"Damn it, old fox" Li Yu cursed in his heart.
I just finished a conversation.
It was explicitly about measuring tea powder, but Zhou Zong hinted at Li Yu's recent actions, whether he got the right to adjust the file file in the inner and outer courts or opened the lip shop, he was done just right, without any fireworks.
He gained a lot of benefits, but he did not get involved in the politics of the court.
Li Yu thought he had done beautifully enough, but he didn't expect that he was ordered by Zhou Zong as soon as he got started.
But then he thought, this man was old and had a good brain in the Xiaoyao Sect. If he couldn't see it, that would be a ghost.
Now that I can tell you it directly, at least it is proven to be honest.
Well, after this little black pill is effective, I guess I can hear more valuable things.
Chapter completed!