"Our relationship with you, if ever traced, even centuries ago." If you don't have alcohol, you won't eat a meal for too long. And it's going to be dull, especially when eating with faculty and staff. None of them spoke much. When Old Cohen didn't speak, Hou Dasheng could only bow his head to eat.

When they finished eating, Old Cohen took Hou Dasheng up to the second floor. Sitting down in a study, a faculty member dressed in black came up with a complete set of tea sets. Others carried wooden buckets, and there was even a bamboo spoon in the bucket.

Clay sculpture, meanders a relief of "Lu Yu boiling tea". Look at it and you can see that this is the work of a famous artist. What is burning in the furnace is the best walnut charcoal. On the stove is an iron kettle. The iron kettle also has a picture of Lu Yu boiling tea painted with some gold strokes. and the stove, complement each other.

The flaming walnut charcoal, which was burned, was boiling the water in the iron kettle little by little. A pair of black pottery tea sets and a tea pot embossed with a picture of Shennong picking tea were placed on the table. Several faculty members put down tea trays, tea sets, and carbon stove kettles and bowed away.

Old Cohen seemed to be very familiar with making tea, but when he saw the iron kettle boiling, he had already put the tea leaves into the clay pot. Then open the black pottery teacup, boil the water to wash the tea cup. After the iron kettle was filled with the first water fill, it was placed on the black iron kettle holder. For the second brew, old Cohen poured the brewed tea into the cup after a while.

"Tea is to cleanse troubles, and wine is to forget worries. Come~ taste the tea I made. Old Cohen distributed the tea in front of Hou Dasheng, and sighed with a smile: "I have been making tea by myself all these years, and I am a little lonely." It's rare for you to come over and taste my tea-making skills. ”

Hou Dasheng smiled and raised his glass, pecked lightly and nodded. This is the best Shengpu, which should be an old book from Yunnan Province. The craftsmanship of the tea master is not bad. Of course, Cohen Sr. has an excellent grasp of the temperament of tea, and the time for the second brewing after washing the tea is just in place. Neither long nor short.

"The tea is good, your craftsmanship is better." Hou Dasheng looked at Old Cohen and praised him sincerely: "It seems that you have this profound understanding. I dare say it's one of the few excellent teas I've had in years. Of course, it also has to do with the water you use. These two pots are also related to these cups. ”、

But when he saw that old Cohen heard this, he couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Hahahaha...... Sure enough, he is a knowledgeable person! It's not in vain that I take out my own private collection of tea and tea sets to entertain you, if it is a different person, I will be a pearl in the secret if I do it now! ”

This is not an lie, and most of the people who know about the tea ceremony in the Western world today have their roots in the Japanese tea ceremony culture. But many people still don't know about the tea ceremony culture in China. Many people think that the Chinese tea ceremony culture is almost extinct. Japan has a complete tea ceremony culture.

Actually, it's not. In fact, the tea ceremony culture in China has always been inherited and existed. However, after many years and generations, the tea ceremony culture in China tends to be more life-oriented. There is no extreme development of tea ceremony culture like in Japan.

Huaxia did not develop the tea ceremony, but there was tea art - "hot cups, high and low pouring, scraping foam and drenching, Guan Gong patrolling the city, Han Xin ordering soldiers", this is the general kung fu tea recipe. Pu'er tea, on the other hand, is another tea art technique.

In Pu'er, there are 12 steps: waiting for the soup to choose the utensils, offering tea to the concierge, warming the cup and hot the cup, and then welcoming the saints, waking up the tea and opening the face...... This is all the tea art developed in China. The Japanese tea ceremony, across the sea, has different techniques and patterns.

"Actually, there are not many things you have to take over. There are just a few, and here's one of them. Cohen Sr. nodded his head. Hou Dasheng didn't speak, just looked at him respectfully and waited for his next step. But he saw old Cohen smile: "You also know that there are many things that we can't record." It can only be passed on by word of mouth, and there may be fallacies. But it's better than leaking it, or just having evidence to be submitted to someone else. ”

Hearing Old Cohen's words, Hou Dasheng smiled. In fact, everyone's secrecy methods are much the same. For example, their old Hou family, the most essential part of the old Hou family's boxing method is not recorded. The so-called paper record, you can't practice anything according to the practice.

The core thing is a set of songs. This set of songs can restore the seemingly normal boxing techniques recorded on paper, but in fact upside down, to its original appearance. And several sets of the most important sets of big guns and knife techniques, which are regarded as the core, can only be learned by the helmsman of the Hou family.

"As I said earlier, our relationship with jackals goes back centuries." Old Cohen poured another cup of tea for Hou Dasheng and said softly: "At that time, Zion was not called Zion. We didn't have a name at the time, but some rabbis felt that if we were allowed to develop freely, the whole nation would perish. After all...... We don't have our own homeland. ”

Old Cohen's words made Hou Dasheng nod. He also wondered why the Hebrew nation, which had no homeland, had been able to pass on its culture and history. Even this culture has lasted for thousands of years. This is an extremely rare thing.

"But this kind of thing, it's definitely impossible for too many people to know. We don't dare to be too ambitious, we just want to pass on our culture. Some of the recognized rabbis were able to join us. We will do everything in our power to protect our compatriots who have been displaced. We try to provide them with as many opportunities and resources as possible, even if they don't know we exist. ”

Hou Dasheng exhaled, he now probably knew why they had been able to disperse in various places during the past thousand years. But they can still gradually start a business in a place they are not familiar with, and even gradually become a wealthy person in those areas.

Obviously, there is a group of people who support them openly and covertly. Then, as long as people are not too scumbag and stupid, they will be able to stand firm after all.

"Then some reliable compatriots also began to work with us. There are several families that you should be familiar with. Cohen Sr. said, smiling and saying the names of several families. Hou Dasheng exhaled, even though he knew that these families must have something to do with Zion.

But from the people of Zion, it was not so easy to hear them confess it themselves. Cohen Sr. continued: "All this began to change after the major powers began to be vigilant and encircled us. Realistically, we don't think about which countries to infiltrate and then control them. We don't have the ability, let alone the idea. We know exactly what that comes from doing that. We just want to influence them a little bit and fight for a more equal living environment for our fellow citizens. ”

"However, this is certainly an offense to other people's interests. You should also know that once we put down roots. Then there will naturally be more people who share the cake. They don't want to give us the cake they get. Even if we make the cake bigger. But they naturally think that it is their cake. When the cake grows bigger, it comes time for those of us who make cakes to be driven out, expelled, or even killed. ”

Hou Dasheng still didn't speak, this kind of thing has happened too many times in history. Speaking of which, they are really bloody. Basically, all basins have been buckled through their heads. Even the theory of the extinction of life has appeared. The basic Western countries, when turning over history, only need a slight fluctuation. Then the black cauldron will be buckled to their heads.

Old Cohen sighed deeply, leaned back in his chair and held the teacup and whispered: "This kind of thing has happened many times, and we finally found that we can't do without our own motherland." We have supported countries with all our might, hoping to get equality from them. At the very least, fair treatment. ”

"But we failed. We are still the object of discrimination, we are still the object of ridicule. Even if we give everything, we don't get back the respect we deserve. ”

Seeing Hou Dasheng laughing at this time, he looked at Old Cohen and said softly: "Oh~ I have no intention of interrupting you, but what I want to say is: Huaxia has not discriminated against you." Back in the Song Dynasty, it was not uncommon for you to become our officials. You are allowed to take the civil service exam, of course! You have to be able to do the same questions. ”

"Of course, because of the war that spread everywhere. We, the Chinese people, have suffered a lot of damage, which has led to problems for the Jews who were originally in China. There's no way around it. Old Cohen nodded at Hou Dasheng and said, "Yes, we have also seen the records in this regard." Unfortunately, Huaxia was not close to us at that time. If you want to go to China, it is almost a life-and-death experience. There are too many uncertainties along the way, and we simply can't carry out a large-scale immigration ...... to China."

Saying that, Old Cohen smiled: "If the transportation at that time was half as convenient as it is now, maybe there would be one more nation like us in China." ”

"This ...... I can't tell. Hou Dasheng first shook his head when he heard this, and then smiled. Indeed, there is a great deal of inclusiveness in Chinese civilization, and there is very little discrimination against foreign cultures. Even the curiosity about foreign culture once became the mainstream.

From the Hufu cavalry and archery in the Warring States period to the Hu chair, Hu chair, Hu Ji, Hu Qi, Hu Qi, Hu Fu in the Tang and Song dynasties...... Wait a minute. For the compatibility of foreign cultures, assimilation has always been the mainstream. If most of the Hebrews had arrived in China at that time, perhaps such a nation would have emerged in China today.

"Alright! Let's continue with the topic we just had. Cohen Sr. said softly: "We need to protect our compatriots, but we don't have our own armed forces." Jackal was our biggest partner at that time. You guys...... Protected a large number of our compatriots over many years. ”