Chapter 184: Ming Zhan
Han Chuang originally wanted to choose a few kinds of tea to sell back to Shangrao County to make a difference, but after meeting Xu Jin and others, he was not in a hurry to choose tea, and followed everyone to hang out.
There are many varieties of tea here, most of which are unfermented green tea, and many of the names of tea Xu Jin have never heard of at all. It is no wonder, after all, after more than 500 years of time and space, the vast majority of tea has been annihilated in the long river of history, and only a small number of famous teas have really been handed down to future generations. For example, Dongting Biluochun, Longjing before the rain, Lu'an tea, etc., are all famous teas that have lasted for thousands of years, and they are still famous.
Everyone wandered around for a while, as the sun rose, the temperature that had been a little cold in the morning began to become hot, and all the girls put on a fence to shade the sun, and the beautiful girls added a bit of fairy energy.
Fei Jixiang seems to be very afraid of heat, and at the moment he is already a little sweaty, holding a small fan of flowers and fanning the wind.
"Hey, what kind of tea is this, how is it black, it can't be fried when it is green."
At this time, everyone passed by a tea stall, and Han Chuang saw a black-brown tea in the basket, grabbed a handful and smelled it, and couldn't help complaining.
The guy guarding the tea stall immediately boasted: "Hey, brother don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, this is the new tea produced by our Yangmeiling Tea Garden - Hekou Black Tea." Don't look at it black, but the color of the tea soup is amber, exuding a natural fruity flavor, mellow and sweet, even Fei Ge Lao drank it and praised it, only this one has no semicolon. ”
Han Chuang pouted and said, "Brother, is it a big bull, bullying me for not reading much?" What kind of black tea do you look black and don't slip away, and it smells like fireworks, so you don't drink it when you give it to me, let alone Fei Ge Lao. ”
"Hey, don't believe it, Fei Ge Lao really drank our black tea, and after drinking it, he praised it endlessly, and bought thirty catties in one go!"
Xu Jin and the Fei brothers couldn't help crying and laughing.
Fei Xiaoyu said dissatisfiedly: "Boy, what are you talking nonsense, when did my father praise your kind of tea, and he bought thirty catties in one go, and he didn't need to make a draft to brag, right?" ”
The guy's face was slightly stiff, and he said suspiciously: "Little girl, you can take the medicine indiscriminately, but Dad can't recognize it indiscriminately." ”
"Presumptuous!" Yahuan Guanqi snorted coldly and reprimanded: "Even if you use the name of my master, you dare to talk to my girl like this, believe it or not, I will arrest you and go to the official now." ”
The guy shrunk his neck when he heard this, and said curtly, "You...... Who are you? ”
Han Chuang gloated and said: "Brother, the cowhide has been blown off, this is the daughter of Feige's hometown, if it is fake!" ”
The guy's face turned white suddenly, and he said, "Yes...... Don't live, it's the boss...... The boss told him to boast about it like this, it's not a trivial matter at all! ”
This fellow was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and his face was pale with fear at this time, and he looked at a loss, and the cold sweat on his forehead could not stop oozing.
As the so-called people do not fight with officials, in the eyes of the common people, the county is a big official, not to mention the elder of the pavilion, although it is the elder of the pavilion.
Fei Ru said a little unbearably: "Fifth sister, forget it, this is a big deal, just let him stop saying this in the future." ”
The guy hurriedly nodded violently and said, "The little one will never dare to use the name of Fei Ge Lao in the future, Miss Fei will spare the little one!" ”
At this time, the two of them walked over quickly from a distance, and when the guy saw the comer, he immediately said with relief: "Our boss is back, you can find him if there is anything." ”
The two people who came over at this time were Huang Desheng, the owner of the tea garden who met at the foot of Yangmei Ridge a few days ago, and the other was Zhang Nan, the son-in-law of Boss Huang.
Huang Desheng and Weng Son-in-law saw Xu Jin and the others, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.
Fei Maoxian frowned and said, "Boss Huang, how could my father have praised your black tea and bought thirty catties in one go?" ”
was arrested for impersonating the name of Lao Tzu, Xiao is Huang Desheng was thick-skinned enough and couldn't help blushing, and apologized again and again with caution.
This kind of thing will not damage the reputation, and the Fei brothers will naturally not care too much, since Huang Desheng is humble, he will give up.
Everyone was a little tired after shopping for so long, and it happened that Huang Desheng's stall had set up two tables, which were obviously for tea guests to rest. So everyone sat down at the table to rest, and Huang Desheng enthusiastically served two pots of tea for everyone to drink.
The women took off the fence on their heads, revealing their beautiful faces, which instantly bloomed like spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, which was pleasing to the eye, and even Huang Desheng, who was dozens of years old, lost his mind.
Xu Jin smiled and asked, "Boss Huang, how is the sales of this new black tea?" ”
Huang Desheng smiled bitterly: "Alas, it's hard to say, I'm not afraid to tell Xu Gongzi directly, I haven't done a single business yet." ”
Huang Desheng was still full of hope and wanted to make a lot of money in the Chongyang Tea Market with this unique new black tea. However, it backfired, whether it was a tea seller or a casual customer, just glanced at the appearance of black tea and shook his head and walked away, no matter how Huang Desheng blew the sky, no one wanted to taste the tea soup of this black tea.
Xu Jin was not surprised by this at all, after all, the people of the Ming Dynasty were used to drinking green tea, and the appearance of black tea was not pleasant, so it was surprising that it could be sold well.
In fact, since the advent of small black tea, it was not accepted by the Ming Dynasty for a considerable period of time, and it was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty that the black tea was sold to Europe by the Francois people, and the market began to become popular.
"Oh, Xianggong, what do you think those people are doing?" Xie Xiaowan suddenly pointed to the distance and asked curiously.
It is estimated that there are nearly 10,000 square meters of open space under the Nine Lion Mountain, and the rest of the places are occupied by the stalls of tea merchants, and there is a pergola set up against the mountain wall, and there are hundreds of square meters of empty space in front of the pergola, and many people are waiting in line in front of the open space at this moment.
Boss Huang introduced with a smile: "Mrs. Xu doesn't know, there will be a wonderful tea battle later, those are all people who participated in the tea battle, and they are lining up to get ready to enter." ”
Xu Jin couldn't help but be a little surprised, tea war is also called tea fighting, it was extremely popular during the Song Dynasty, and it was an elegant play favored by the rich and idle scholar class, but in the Ming Dynasty, after Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the group tea, the style of tea fighting gradually declined.
Because many of the ways to play tea fighting can only be played with group tea, such as tea painting, which must be a decoction of tea soup with a large amount of foam, in order to use a tea whisk to blow out a variety of patterns, which is very ornamental.
After Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the group tea, the people of the Ming Dynasty changed to drink loose tea, using a simple brewing method, which is not as cumbersome as sencha, and the current gongfu tea has not yet been invented, Xu Jin is really curious about how the people of the Ming Dynasty fight tea, so he asked: "Boss Huang, what is the tactic of this tea war?" ”
Fei Maoxian said with a smile: "Ziqian, you should ask the third sister about this question, the third sister is the highest in our family in terms of attainments in the tea ceremony." ”
Fei Xiaoyu nodded and agreed: "The eldest brother is right, if the third sister participates in the tea war, there will be nothing else to do." ”
Xu Jin couldn't help but look at Fei Ruyi in surprise, the latter's pretty face was dizzy, and he said with a slight annoyance: "Fifth sister, don't buckle your hat, how can people be so powerful." ”
Fei Jixiang said with a smile: "The fifth sister didn't give the third sister a high hat, that is, the third sister is really powerful, not to mention anything else, it is difficult for people to distinguish the ability to distinguish water, as long as it is the world's famous water third sister can distinguish it." ”
Boss Huang's eyes lit up, and he looked at the delicate girl in front of him suspiciously, this kind of ability to distinguish water is not something that ordinary people can have, as far as he knows, a tea ceremony master with this kind of ability, ten fingers can count it, and one of them is the chief tea master of the Fang family.