"How can I promise you this? If the price is low, you will not be happy, and if the price is high, the government will lose money, besides, tea is also graded, and the price of good tea is completely different from that of cheap tea, and I will only be able to make a decision when the time comes. Of course Li Dongsheng will not promise him now, even if there is an exchange, you have to see their sincerity, don't talk about it well, play with your heart when you really do things, and keep a hand when dealing with these guys no matter what.

"Of course, we will do our own thing, and the next thing, please look at our Xiao family's attitude towards doing things." Xiao Lianneng, as the head of the Xiao family in Jiangnan, is of course also a smart person, so he will stop talking.

However, Li Dongsheng always has to compensate for other people's things, otherwise he will be too uncomfortable in his heart: "I heard that the mountains around Longjing Village in West Lake produce the best tea in the world, and the Xiao family can go and see it." ”

"Really?" Xiao Li immediately became excited when he heard this, Li Dongsheng's words just now gave him two messages, one is that the tea should be graded, and the other is that Li Dongsheng told his family the best tea origin, which means that I will use this tea to return the favor you gave me to the house, and what else will happen in the future depends on your attitude.

"My lord, why did you tell the Xiao family about this tea?" Chai Lingwu was very strange: "Why don't you buy it yourself knowing this situation?" In his mind, if there are good things or things that can make money, of course, they must all be in their own hands, and if they are pushed out or given away, they must be exchanged.

Li Dongsheng smiled: "You all have this question, right? ”

Cheng Chuliang and Duan Qian also nodded suspiciously. Li Dongsheng said with a smile: "Money can't be earned, and the last thing you owe is favors." You are all from big families, this is deeply touched. ”

"The Xiao family sent us a house, and this is not a small hand. Etiquette must be demanded by others. I tell him this tea now, just to tell them that this favor is repaid, and if you want any ideas in the future, it depends on their attitude later. But looking at the attitude of the Xiao family today, we have a good start. ”

Xiao Lian got the news of Li Dongsheng and immediately went to Longjing to buy all the land. Now is an extraordinary period, and the price is particularly fair, which has won the unanimous praise of the villagers of Longjing Village: it is really the descendant of the emperor, and it is atmospheric. If they knew the value of this tea tree in the future, it was estimated that they would curse the Xiao family for 10,000 years.

After testing each other, the next thing is to start working seriously, first of all, to measure the fields, Li Dongsheng took three people to run around in various towns and villages, although Yuan Cai sent out all the documents, but in the villages under the full control of the Jiangnan Shi clan, there are not many people to take care of them. 35xs Li Dongsheng is okay, Chai Lingwu and the others are very depressed, and their hard work every day is not rewarded.

Now the one who can really cooperate is the Xiao family, that is really to take out the old book, as long as it is the Xiao family's land, whether it is a mountain or a farmland, Li Dongsheng said that it is suitable for planting tea, then he immediately began to measure, and the personnel tenants made a register on the spot, and even Li Dongsheng couldn't believe it. There must be other reasons, but now Li Dongsheng doesn't want to guess.

Time flies quickly, and you can't feel the passage of time when you really do things, and soon it's the Spring Festival. A few people left their hometowns in the field, Xiaoju made a delicious meal for Chai Lingwu, Cheng Chuliang and Duan Qian still cried, they never left the house when they were so old. Li Dongsheng said: "Slowly get used to it, being an official is like this, stay away from family and relatives, and miss your relatives every festival." ”

Tea has relatively high requirements for natural conditions. The natural conditions for tea cultivation include landform, climate, soil type, etc. The terrain is mainly hilly, and the drainage conditions should be good. Abundant precipitation, small annual temperature difference, large temperature difference between day and night, long frost-free period, good light conditions, such climatic conditions are suitable for the growth of various types of tea trees, especially suitable for the growth of large-leaf tea trees. From the end of winter to the beginning of summer, there is more sunshine, and the rain and fog in summer and autumn are heavy, and the sunshine is less, which is conducive to the overwintering and nutrient accumulation of tea trees, and is conducive to the quality of summer and autumn tea. Brick red soil, brick red soil, mountain red soil or mountain yellow soil, brown forest soil, these soils are deeply developed and have a good structure, which is suitable for the growth of tea trees.

The people of the Tang Dynasty knew this, and they were all superficial and ancient tea planting techniques, and Li Dongsheng frowned when he saw it, so he only taught the tea farmers of the Xiao family to grow tea according to the methods of later generations.

Xiao Ling was also puzzled, and asked Chai Lingwu: "Master Li, he used to farm?"

Chai Lingwu shook his head: "Although he is not a big family, he is not worried about food and clothing, I have not heard of him going to the field?" Several people were even more confused, and said in unison: "Is there really any character in the city?" ”

Li Dongsheng stood on the terraces and watched them chat, and shouted loudly: "What are you saying on the side, do you understand everything?" Why don't you hurry up and get to work? ”

"Alas!" Sighing is Duan Qiang, he has lost more than a dozen pounds in the two or three months since he arrived in Jiangnan, and sometimes he regrets why he followed Li Dongsheng, and now he has become a farmer, every day is sunshine, drainage or something, but there is no way, Li Dongsheng, a six-grade official, has gone to the ground, and as a follower, of course, he must be in step with the boss.

Looking at the reluctant expressions of several of them, Li Dongsheng smiled: "What? Regret coming out with me? ”

"I regret it, I don't regret it, I just can't figure out why we do this job?" Chai Lingwu is the most reluctant to do this activity, he used to be the son of brocade clothes and jade food, but when he became an official, he had to do farm work, and he was not laughed at when he returned to Chang'an.

"Yes, these are all things that farmers do, and we can start to guide them, so why do we have to do it ourselves?"

"Look at you, it's good to be under guidance, you haven't done farm work, how can you guide others. There is a specialization in the art industry. Li Dongsheng said: "I tell you, this year we have taught these tea farmers, and when the tea harvest season, those harvests will definitely stimulate the rest of the people. And I won't be in the tea department all the time, since your family let you follow me, then I will be responsible for you, learn this tea planting technology, you are the pillar of the tea department, no matter who comes to this department to do the main thing, you have to rely on you, this is your foundation in the officialdom, the ladder of promotion. ”。

Several people knew that Li Dongsheng was sincerely thinking about them, and at the same time saluted Li Dongsheng: "Thank you, sir!" ”

Li Dongsheng waved his hand: "Go and do something, let me tell you, this tea will be a treasure of my Tang Dynasty in the future, and everyone loves it, and it is also a sharp weapon to deal with the grassland Turks and Tuyuhun or Tubo people." There are still so many places in the south to develop tea planting, and you will not be able to keep busy in the next ten years! ”