Any art form, as long as it exceeds the basic needs of clothing, food, shelter and transportation, as long as it reaches the level of everyone's feelings, is based on excessive interpretation.

As the initiator of the Southern Tea Ceremony, General Shen has a deep understanding of this.

Water is the source of all things, no one in the world does not drink, tea itself is a kind of drink based on water and higher than water, with personal feelings and pursuits, if it is just for survival, you don't have to drink tea, and if you drink tea, it must have exceeded the basic needs of survival, there is room for interpretation, there is the value of promotion.

The tea ceremony is an art that ritualizes daily eating behaviors. As a daily behavior, drinking tea is the carrier of this art, and the ritual is to construct a specific cultural scene, which can be recognized and substituted into it, and the interpretation of the ritual steps is the cultural connotation of the tea ceremony.

The reason why the famous families of Hebei Jingshu can grasp the right to speak in the world to a certain extent is that they have the right to interpret the scriptures, and the interpretation of the scriptures is the underlying consensus of the social value trend of the entire Zhuxia. The Qin Emperor unified the six countries, with the same text, the same track, and the same weights and measures, in order to build a social consensus of concepts.

Of course, the tea ceremony cannot reach that universal level, but as a cultural form, it can construct a ritual scene that can be integrated into the north and south, so as to obtain the integration and collision of cultures.

The popularity of tea is not all smooth sailing, in the history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, especially in the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the north, when the power was great, there were southern fugitives to bring the custom of drinking tea to the north, but were ridiculed by the northerners, making people ashamed of tea, because this represents a failure, down-and-out food customs, and even once the southerners were not good at war, and the loss of blood and courage were blamed for the habit of drinking tea, which was regarded as vulgar.

Shen Zhezi did not reject Heluo Shiliu's excessive interpretation of the tea ceremony, but was happy to see and even encourage the people of the time to supplement the cultural connotation contained in it, and even chiseled some grotesque and supernatural theories. In addition to Shen Zhezi's unremitting promotion, there are indeed some supernatural legends in it.

The printing technology in the south gradually matured, which also led to the gradual proliferation of many private miscellaneous works. A few years ago, there was a "Wukang Old Age" suddenly became popular, this book is similar to "Sou Shen Ji" and other strange notes, but when it comes to rhetoric, literature and science are far inferior, the reason why some rural grotesque deeds in Wukang and surrounding counties can be widely circulated is because Wukang is where Shen's general Sang Zi is.

"Wukang Old Age" has a "Wukang Mountain God" alone, which records some anecdotes of Wukang Mountain God Wu Xing Shen Ying before and after his death, one of which talks about the old Wu After the demise, Wu Xing Shen Ying heroically donated the country, the ghost is not lost, turn back to Wukang Mountain to become a god to protect Sangzi, the mountain god protects the township to accumulate Yin Gong, and one day he will reach the heavens, knock the Emperor of Heaven to pray for the gods in order to be able to bless the descendants, because it is the seed of the god tea to the descendants of Wukang, the descendants feel the dream of planting, cherishing and planting, picking its tea leaves to cook all year round, because it is the children of Wuxing Shen more Yuezhi, Powerful, far superior to peers.

This ghost story is obviously not Shen's own handiwork, because the so-called trick of Wukang Mountain God is a trick of the Shen family in the old years, and now that the Shen family is powerful, and even General Shen is not far away, he is too lazy to talk about these old talks. Even the original Wukang Mountain God had already been ordered by the Jiangdong Heavenly Master Dao group of masters and was promoted to the Jiangnan Divine Monarch.

But with the popularity of this "Wukang Old Age", the people of the southern country seem to have suddenly discovered some great Heavenly Dao code, that is, why the Wuxing Shen clan was able to suddenly become larger in this world, and there were even descendants like General Shen who had the essence of the three Wu Lingxiu and were beyond the reach of others.

Whenever people accept and understand something, they must always follow a logic of cause and effect. There is a reason, and then what is the effect. Before this Zhiwei notebook, General Shen showed the phenomenon of Jiangdong, and there has always been a lack of a strong explanation. Why is it so good? There has to be a reason!

Now, the reason has been found, at least before there is another more powerful explanation, General Shen is the Jiangzuo Qilin brewed from Wukang Mountain Tea, there is no doubt about it! Even the general spared no effort to promote the trend of drinking tea, and found a reasonable explanation.

As a result, the trend of drinking tea, which was originally only popular between the north and the south, spread with this miraculous story, it suddenly stabbed into the market. And Wukang mountain tea has become a treasure in the tea that everyone desires for a while, before the Ming Dynasty, before the rain, tea buyers gather in Wukang, and the tea picking needs to be visited by the master in person, and the altar is prayed.

There are a few old tea trees in Wukang Mountain, and even Wu Xing Taishou is worried and asks the Xingtai to be garrisoned for protection all year round, lest they be enlightened and enlightened after being secretly picked and cooked by evil people, which will cause disaster to the place. Jiang Yu, who was still in Taiwan in the old years, after consulting the general, took the trouble to approve the good tea not only enlightening wisdom, but also guiding people to goodness, so there is no need to worry about it.

Aside from these myths and ghosts, the trend of drinking tea has indeed become a stable food custom in the southern country. Otherwise, the promotion of the general alone would not attract so many streams to join in the tea ceremony.

Today's southern country, in front of the people of Hebei, is a strong, successful and affluent posture, and the tea ceremony represents a delicate, profound, stylish, and connotative cultural element. Even in later generations, the spread of culture has spread from developed to backward regions, whether it is a group or an individual.

Therefore, when General Shen showed the southern tea ceremony in front of these Yedi villagers, although it was difficult for these people to comprehend this kind of enjoyment between the eyes and ears, it did not prevent them from seeing the joy of hunting.

What's more, even if you put aside General Shen's own respected status and the obscure and complicated connotations in the tea ceremony, just the flowing movements, the wide variety of utensils, and the dazzling operations are all summarized into a pleasing and heart-wrenching elegance.

"Please!"

With the crisp sound of a crisp porcelain urn, General Shen had already completed the first tea cloth, and there were many porcelain cups as white as jade on the tea floor, and the porcelain cups each contained a rich aroma of tea soup.

Everyone woke up from the previous intoxication, but they felt cramped because they didn't know the follow-up etiquette, and they didn't dare to come forward to get tea. After Gu Chang saw this, he first took the porcelain cup and put it on the table, used a bamboo ruler to open the foam above the tea soup, and then thanked the general. ”

After the other people saw this, they also took their own tea and sipped, after the entrance of the tea soup, there was a rich taste suddenly exploded between the lips and teeth, the first feeling of bitterness, after feeling the strong fragrance, a salty flow pressed the tongue plate, but there was a breathless fragrance through the palate, the weak airflow of the breath stirred up this weak fragrance, and then the turbidity in the nasal cavity was slowly discharged, and the whole person's spirit was suddenly lifted, and when the tea soup was left in the throat, there was a substantial warm current straight to the inner abdomen, and then made an aftertaste, The mouth is full, but only the unique sweetness of tea is left.

The tea drink of this era is very different from the mainstream of later generations. Aside from the differences in taste habits and processing techniques, Shen Zhezi thinks that it probably lies in the different varieties of tea, which have not been thoroughly tamed and improved, or that there is a wild untamed.

Not long after coming to this world, Shen Zhezi tasted the tea at that time, and it was far from being the dark food that was unbearable to swallow as later generations guessed, but felt that it tasted good.

For example, he invited Yedi Township to drink tea this time, using a similar matcha tea cake that is steamed and ground and processed, which is a relatively sophisticated processing method, and the condiments include ginger powder, laurel leaves, bellflower, peppercorns, etc., and even include extremely precious peppers, among which ginger and cinnamon oranges are used to enrich the taste of tea, and a small amount of pepper uses its volatility to bring out the taste of the material, and Sichuan pepper paralyzes the taste buds to a certain extent, making the taste change more layered.

As for the tea powder that has been steamed and greened, it is not as easy to diffuse the tea aroma as the roasted tea in later generations, and the various flavors will lead the tea fragrance out in stages, and the tea fragrance will be used as the final pressure to return to the sweet aftertaste, as for the original slightly sour and astringent taste, it has already been taken away by the previous taste.

Of course, in order to achieve rich layers without dominating the crowd, in addition to precise control of ingredients, it is also necessary to master the heat, and the cooking time is very carefully calculated.

The imagination of later generations is itself based on the premise that tea has become popular all over the world and the art of roasting tea, including the types of tea, has matured. Even if it's just human nature, it's really a bit weird that the Tang Dynasty doctor guards the small red clay stove just to cook a pot of spicy soup. What's more, pepper as a flavor material, the price is not exaggerated than gold, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty Yuan Zai was hugely greedy, and the family copied out 800 stones of pepper, which became a corrupt official stalk that has been circulated for thousands of years, which shows that even at that time, pepper was difficult to use as a consumable in the market.

Of course, now that the trend of drinking tea in the south is becoming more and more popular, ordinary people will naturally not be so particular. Nowadays, there are several classifications of tea goods in the southern country, such as tea bricks used for foreign transactions, which are twisted and steamed after picking, and pressed into bricks, which have a very strong sour and astringent grass flavor after cooking, and the tea aroma is not very obvious.

Roasted tea actually exists, mainly in some large tea gardens in Jiangdong to finish processing, but it still needs to be boiled and added to ginger and other concoctions, although to a certain extent, it is detrimental to the tea aroma, but it is also enough to be permeable.

As for the tea cakes processed after steaming and grinding, even in Jiangdong and Luoyang, they are still luxury goods and cannot be completely popularized.

A tea art display was quite energy-consuming, and General Shen's face was also tired. Although the villagers present still yearn for this skill, they dare not ask the general to show it again.

However, they did not need to be too disappointed, although the general no longer showed the art of tea, but gave each of them a copy of the "Book of Tea" written by the general himself. The content of this "Book of Tea" is much richer than the "Book of Tea" written by Lu Yu in the Tang Dynasty, especially the records of tea ceremony and tea art, including some southern poems about tea drinking, all of which are recorded in it.

These Yedi villagers are a group worth maintaining cultivation for Xingtai, and their previous social status was not high, but as long as they can keep up with the pace of Xingtai, they will definitely be the first to benefit from Hebei. As for the so-called scripture families in Hebei, they are not in the first round of contact and support sequences on the stage.

The old meaning of "Spring and Autumn", and let him go, sit and talk about the Tao, and first recommend "The Book of Tea". Xingtai represents a new chapter system, and it is no longer possible to discuss the gains and losses of the three generations with those Hebei clans, and if you want to carry out cultural convergence and defense, you can only enter the scene prepared by Xingtai.

Obviously, the tea party presided over by General Shen Da has brought a great impact to the Yedi villagers, whether it is the cultural connotation contained in it, or the simple food style of excellence, it is completely unfamiliar to them and extremely desirable. In particular, the image of General Shen's exquisite tea art and skillful cooking has become the pinnacle of elegance and elegance in the minds of the viewers.

However, General Shen didn't have time to pay attention to the deeds of these people who practiced tea art hard later, and after arranging Gu Chang's entry into the government, he went straight north under the guard of the Shengwu army.

Shen Mu of Dongwu City sent letters one after another, indicating that there were many instability in the Xindu of the Qiang Kingdom, and the Northern Expedition, which was originally scheduled to continue after the beginning of spring, would be greatly advanced. And in this battle, General Shen was unwilling to leave a chance for the country to continue to flow north!