Chapter 418: The Tea Ceremony Enters the Wa Kingdom
Fifteen thousand taels of gold is actually not much, one tael in the Tang Dynasty is equal to a little more than 40 grams, and 15,000 taels is about 630 kilograms, which can be loaded with three suitcases in later generations, and if calculated according to the international gold price of 230 yuan per gram in later generations, these gold are worth more than 140 million yuan, which is comparable to robbing a bank.
"Zhen welcomes the envoy! All the gold you want is here, can you let us go? ”
The box was not the gold bricks Zhen Qian wanted, but bags of golden sand, which were not in good condition, but after the quantity inspection, it was indeed the same, and there were even some more.
"Shao Erjun thinks that Zhen is a person who doesn't count when he talks", Zhen Qian looked at the cautious Shao Erdong Shang, waved his hand and asked the guards to carry the whole box of golden sand onto the boat, and said worriedly: "This is Hizen Country, Shao Erjun is sure that he will be fine if he stays here, send the Buddha to the west, I can send your family to Satsuma Country by the way, this is also my principle of life?" ”
Shao Erdong was about to say something, and Genji beside him answered: "If it is convenient for Zhen Ying to send the envoy, can we send our family to Hyuga Country, and the concubine is here to thank Zhen Ying for sending the envoy first?" ”
Zhen Qian was slightly stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled: "Since it is better to obey your fate than to be so respectful, I will send your family to Hyuga Country, and from now on we will not owe each other?" ”
It was only seven or eight days from the sea route to Hyuga Country and back to the Goho Islands, Zhen Qian just wanted to go around Saikaido, and he also knew that Genji had something to say to him, but Shaoji Dongshang and Genji didn't speak, so he could only pretend to be confused.
Shao Er Dongshang has the most contact with his own guards on the island these days, of course, Zhen Qian is not worried that his guards will be bought by Shao Er Dongshang, since Shao Er Dongshang is openly and honestly dealing with the guards, it is self-evident what he wants to do. Zhen Qian has been waiting for Shao Er Dongshang to ask him, and he doesn't know if it is out of prudence, Shao Er Dongshang's words did not reveal any meaning at all, which made Zhen Qian almost crazy.
This kind of thing Shao Er Dongshang said and Zhen Qian took the initiative to bring it up, the meaning is completely different, one is desperate to ask for people, the other is a night owl into the house, Zhen Qian now only has the patience to wait for Shao Er Dongshang, and asks that if Shao Er Dongshang is not willing to say before he leaves his sight, he is ready to kill Shao Er Dongshang, and it is useless to keep such mud on the wall.
Zhen Qian stood at the bow of the boat and commanded the boat, glanced at the daughter of Shao Er Dongshang, who had been like a sister with light smoke for the past few days, and couldn't figure out why there were so many things to say between women, and then glanced at Genji, who was as solemn as a female politician, and sighed secretly in his heart and shouted at Zhen Jiu to start the boat!
In this era, even on the seaside, there are no ships to be seen, let alone the scenery of the houses built on the seaside in later generations, the sea water is so clear, you can usually see more than ten meters below the sea surface, and there is no garbage that can be seen everywhere on the seaside in later generations, everything looks so harmonious.
Having a strong wife will inevitably be matched with a weak husband, which seems to be a match from God, and this is very secret in Shao Er Dongshang, and Genji is also gentle and generous in front of people, and it is difficult to find it if you don't look carefully, so Zhen Qian really can't understand how such a person rules a Linglu country.
Life on the ship is monotonous, to learn the art of tea from Qingyan in Zhen Qian, began to show contempt for Zhen Qian's crude techniques, although Qingyan was not a tea master before, but cooking tea is better than Zhen Qian, I don't know how many times, in Qingyan's view, no matter how to drink tea, the mood must be very important, tea is not only used to drink, but also used to see, to others pleasing at the same time, it brings a kind of washing on the neckline.
Zhen Qian raised his hands and feet to agree with this, when he was still in college, he traveled with his classmates and saw a lot of tea ceremonies in later generations.
The tea ceremony performance of light smoke is graceful and beautiful, and Zhen Qian, who watched it, was fascinated, and at this moment felt that she was a little condescending to become a female pirate, and it was the right way to open the largest tea house in Datang to be a female shopkeeper.
Usually only at this time will Genji appear in front of Zhen Qian with his children, with the most elegant movements, speaking the most standard Tang dialect, and attracting everyone's attention with blameless behavior.
It's just that when Zhen Qian saw Genji's white face coated with lead powder, he would always subconsciously consider the possibility of lead powder poisoning, and wondered if that face was no longer able to see people, or looked at Shao Er Dongshang with pity, I don't know what kind ......of mentality it would be like to suddenly open my eyes from sleep in the dead of night.
Shao Erdong Shang praised: "Ordinary tea passes through the hands of the light smoke lady, and it immediately becomes endlessly aftertaste, it is really a stroke of genius, wonderful!" Rejoice! ”
Genji immediately echoed: "The concubine body is also the first time to taste such a tea art, in the past, the tea soup tasted the sweet, sour, bitter and salty life, but now the tea soup is less of these tastes, but there are more pure hearts and few desires, this is the usual good product for self-cultivation?" ”
Qingyan hurriedly returned the salute, sneered and provoked Zhen Qian with his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he immediately recovered his divine state, and said with a smile like a spring breeze: "Praise it!" ”
The tea was only brewed three times, and he didn't know how Qingyan knew this mystery, Zhen Qian dared to swear that he never told this thief.
"If you like it, I have some here, give it to Shao Erjun to drink slowly!"
Zhen Qian found on the boat that Jianzhen was also drinking tea similar to himself, and Jianzhen's tea drinking technique was similar to his own, all of which were brewed without adding any condiments, but Jianzhen's tea seemed to be naturally fermented aged tea, which was not the same as his own fermented black tea, and the taste was more bitter and difficult to swallow, but it had a good refreshing effect on monks who often meditated and needed to keep a clear mind at all times.
Jianzhen got a lot of new-style tea from Zhen Qian, and Zhen Qian promised Jianzhen that he would bring him some of these teas every time he was in the Wa Kingdom.
I don't know if Jianzhen believes it, anyway, Zhen Qian believes it, such a monk must come and go often if he has time. Just a few days ago, Zhen Qian heard that Jianzhen had left Hizen Province and was going to walk all the way to the Todai Temple in Kyoto, and was preparing to build a temple in the Wa Kingdom, called Tang Zhaoti Temple.
Historically, the place where Jianzhen landed in the Wa Kingdom was Satsuma, and it was also a walk all the way to understand the customs and customs of the Wa Kingdom to arrive in Kyoto, and the important minister of the Wa Kingdom, Fujiwara Nakamaro, personally greeted him in Hanoi, and received the grand courtesy of Emperor Xiaoqian and Emperor Shomu Tai, and set up an altar in Todaiji Temple, and ordained about 500 people from the imperial family and monks under Shomu, the Empress Dowager of Light, and filial piety.
Soon after, Jianzhen was named the "Great Monk Capital", and he ruled over all the monks and nuns in the Wa Kingdom, and established a formal precept system in the Wa Kingdom. In the first year of Zong Guangde in the Tang Dynasty, Jianzhen passed away in the Tang Zhaoti Temple, before the extinction, his disciples were Jianzhen membrane shadows, and the lacquer statue was erected, which has been handed down to this day.