In the afternoon, after An Buyang retreated for more than an hour, a large black curtain suddenly floated in the originally blazing sky, which seemed to cover the entire sky.

As time passed, after ten minutes, the black clouds became lower and lower.

It was about to rain.

Chen Xin stood in front of the window of the General Headquarters' own study, looking at the black clouds in the sky, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and sighed.

Behind him, Anya looked extremely capable in a simple women's military uniform.

As if sensing Chen Xin's strange appearance, she walked up a few steps lightly, and said softly beside Chen Xin, "You have something on your mind, are you worried about the battle situation on the front line?" ”

Chen Xin did not answer directly, but asked Anya to help make a pot of tea.

Anya pursed her lips and chuckled, "Didn't the king say that he was a layman and couldn't taste the quality of tea?" ”

Although he was so ridiculous in his mouth, he did not hesitate in the slightest in his actions, and turned around and went to prepare the tea set.

Although Chen Xin believes in leading by example and adheres to a simple outlook on life, as the king of a country, what he should have must have, even if he doesn't know it, the people below have already been prepared.

By the time the servants had placed their things one by one, Anya had already begun to prepare.

Looking at Anya's smooth movements, Chen Xin asked curiously, "Anya, how can you be so skilled?" Do you like to drink tea? ”

Anya, who sat there and started to work, did not have a trace of ridicule, although she was still gentle, but she was also much more serious.

"The king doesn't like to drink tea, and the concubine naturally doesn't like it either, but the concubine thinks that as time goes by, the growth of age and the increase of experience, I don't know when, the king may be curious about this Tao, so he has practiced a few times in private."

Chen Xin slowly came to Anya and sat down, staring at the pair of white jade-like hands with a smile and said, "This is not like it can be practiced in a few times. ”

Anya's expression remained unchanged, and she said lightly, "Isn't your lord surprised?" In fact, as long as the concubine has leisure, she will practice the skills that my Han women should learn, and they are waiting for the king to be surprised. ”

"Why surprise me?"

"Can the concubine not say it?"

For Anya, who is as elegant as an orchid, Chen Xin always can't put on the shelf of a king.

Looking at the pretty face on the other side, a hint of blush rose, Chen Xin pretended to be calm, "Anya doesn't want to say it, then don't say it, when you are willing to say it, don't forget to tell me." ”

"Thank you."

Although it was a thank you, Anya, who was making tea, was still so indifferent, which made people very comfortable, as if she had met a confidante.

"Since Anya doesn't want to talk about more intimate topics, let's talk about the tea in front of us."

"Yes, the concubine obeys.

First of all, tea tasting naturally requires good tea leaves.

Before this place was conquered by the king, Goryeo had always seemed to be petty, and there was no good tea, even if there was tea, it was also raised crookedly by the people here.

Therefore, it is best to import tea from Daming.

There are many types of tea in the Ming Kingdom, and nowadays, there are at least 50 kinds of famous teas on record.

However, because of the chaos caused by the chaos in the Ming Dynasty and Huang Taiji's entry into the Kou the year before last, the war caused by the famous tea in many places could not be transported.

In addition, the road is far away, accidents are frequent, good tea is not suitable for storage, etc., the new tea purchased this year is still in the best condition with the thin slices of Qujiang, the white dew of Hongzhou, the black mouth of Ya'an, and the Xiaojiang group of Yichang, so you can try it today. ”

As she spoke, Anya opened a few jars one by one, asked Chen Xin to sniff them, and chose a tea leaf.

Chen Xin stretched his body and said with a smile, "These tea leaves know me, but I don't know them." ”

"Is this a boast that [no one in the world knows you]?"

"Isn't that possible? With the virtues of this king's attack on Houjin in the north, the lock of the Japanese in the south, the hegemony of Annan in the west, and the ascending of America in the east, today should always be one of the most famous people. ”

Anya's beautiful eyes flowed, as if she could speak, Chen Xin read the agreement from those beautiful eyes, and Anya agreed very much with what he said just now.

Chen Xin put down the last pot of tea that Anya asked him to evaluate, and said softly, "Anya will choose for the king." ”

"Yes."

After answering, Anya started the next step, "The concubine body is now in the warm pot. Before placing the tea leaves, boiling water is poured into the empty kettle, which is called a "warm pot".

The teapot pays attention to four words, small, shallow, Qi and old.

This teapot is a master invited from the south of the Ming Dynasty, which was opened in a domestic furnace and newly carefully fired.

It can be called small, shallow and Qi.

It's just that the monarch is the lord of a country, and the things that are imported are not usable old things, this old word, in the short term, is destined to be unable to bear, and there is a little regret.

The water of the warm pot needs to be poured into the tea tray, and this tea tray is also particular, saying four words, wide, flat, shallow, and white.

At present, this tea tray completely echoes these articles, which shows that the people below are attentive. ”

With that, Anya picked up the teapot again and opened the lid.

"The concubine is now ready to get tea. However, at this step, you can't hold the tea by hand, so it is easy to mix the miscellaneous flavors.

People with a keen sense of smell or a regular tea drinker can easily distinguish the odor, so you need to use a specially made teaspoon to pick up the tea. ”

"At this point, it is called moistening tea, the boiling water is poured into the pot, until it is full, so that the bamboo chopsticks scrape off the tea foam on the surface of the pot, and immediately pour it into the tea boat or the sea of tea, which is a larger tea cup.

Then it's time to brew, you need to pour boiling water again, but don't boil, this is the first brew of tea.

This step is called pouring the pot, and the boiling water is poured with the lid of the tea, so that the temperature inside and outside the pot is consistent. ”

At this moment, a bright light suddenly flashed outside the window, and after a while, there was a thunderous roar.

Immediately, there was a crackling sound, and the rain fell violently to the ground with the strong wind.

Chen Xin looked at the window that was blown open by the wind, his expression changed to his previous state again, and he began to sigh.

"Your Majesty and relieved, the soldiers on the front line will definitely bring good news."

Facing Anya's comfort, Chen Xin smiled reluctantly.

Autumn rain has always been sudden, and since entering the Xiaoice period, this rain has become even more mysterious.

Today's heavy rain, which has not been seen for a long time, has alleviated the drought in China, but it has also had an immeasurable impact on the battle situation on the front line.

The Hufeiling Mountains were originally inaccessible in the deep mountains and old forests, and the people who fought there were not locals and were not familiar with geography.

Tower Hill is better, it is a blocking battle, as long as you defend in place, but the other 6 infantry battalions responsible for outflanking, and 10 infantry battalions for frontal assault, are now all marching in the mountains.

Under the heavy rain, falcons and albatross could not take off, in case the soldiers on the front line encountered a natural disaster, I am afraid that the country would not even have time to rescue.

"Damn the weather."

After cursing in his heart again, Chen Xin suddenly saw the worry conveyed in Anya's talking eyes sitting opposite, and was slightly stunned.

Then, Chen Xin shook his head, tried hard to adjust his mentality, and joked with Anya.

"Anya, do you know that the government department of the kingdom has set up a meteorological observation department?"

"The concubine knows that the report was still delivered to you by the concubine."

"Haha, yes, the report was handed over by Anya.

I remember that when the meteorological observation department was established, they asked for an observation point in each county.

At that time, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was furious, he said, in this place where the sesame mung beans are bigger, a sentence can report the weather of the whole country when there is rain in the whole country, what is the use of establishing so many observation points? ”

"Rain all over the country?" Anya couldn't cry or laugh", and said coquettishly, "Your Excellency, how can you arrange your own country like this, your majesty has no sense of belonging." ”

Chen Xin also smiled slightly and did not answer.

In the original world, he didn't have any affection for the sticks here and their tsundere nature.

In his mind, there had never been any sense of belonging to this newly occupied land, it was just a colony that needed to be operated for a long time, waiting to be completely annexed.

Hehe, this is just a temporary foothold, where you need a sense of belonging, that thing, in the future, it's not too late to return to your homeland and cultivate it.

You must know that the title of the real Huaxia Kingdom will only count when you return to your hometown.