The next morning, Meng Zitao came to Zhengyixuan, and Wang Zhixuan was drinking tea with friends in the reception room.

Wang Zhixuan smiled and said to Meng Zitao: "Xiao Meng, it's better to come early than to come by chance, this is the 'urgent tea' brought by Lao Jiang, how about tasting it." ”

The so-called "rush tea" is actually the famous tea Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots, which was discussed as "the first in tea" by the tea saint Lu Yu as early as the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, it began to pay tribute during the Guangde period and officially became tribute tea.

At that time, because of the excellent quality of the purple bamboo shoot tea, it was also selected by the imperial court as a tea for sacrificing to the temple. At that time, the royal family stipulated that the purple bamboo shoot tribute tea was divided into five grades, and the first batch of tea must be ensured to arrive in Chang'an before the "Qingming" to worship the temple. This first batch of tribute tea was called "Rush Tea".

"Jiang Lao is good. ”

Meng Zitao said hello to another old man in the room, and then looked at the tea in the cup: "This tea is white, the buds and leaves are complete, the appearance is delicate and tight, and the color is green, which is worthy of being called 'urgent tea'." ”

Jiang Chenfeng is the vice president of the Yangcheng Antique Association next door, an old man with meat on his face, looking fat, but actually has no meat on his body.

Jiang Chenfeng smiled and waved his hand: "Don't boast about it first, this is the 'Rush Tea' that I made after many years of research, how about tasting it first." ”

"Then I'll have to taste it. ”

Meng Zitao first smelled the fragrance of tea, only to feel its verdant and fragrant, the smell was intoxicating, and then took a small sip, the tea soup vaguely contained the aroma of orchids, the taste was mellow and fresh and pleasant, so that he couldn't help but praise it.

"Jiang Lao, your tea is very good, it fully reflects the characteristics of Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots. ”

"Do you think it's a real 'rush tea'?" Jiang Chenfeng asked again.

"Old Jiang, to be honest with you, I haven't drunk Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots' 'Rush Tea', and I'm a little unsure what the taste of the tea soup is. Meng Zitao replied truthfully.

Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoot tea from the Tang Dynasty Guangde began to pay tribute to the dragon group tea, to the Ming Dynasty Hongwu eight years "boycott tribute", and the reform of strip loose tea, before and after the history of more than 600 years, the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the purple bamboo shoot tea gradually disappeared, until the end of the seventies of this century was rediscovered.

Before, Meng Zitao had only drunk it once at Shu Ze's, although the taste of the tea soup was obviously not as good as Jiang Chenfeng's, but he was not sure that it could meet the standard of "urgent tea" now.

"It's what I'm asking, and it's hard for some strong people. ”

Jiang Chenfeng said: "For this tea, what do you think is still worth improving?"

Meng Zitao thought about it for a while, and during the period, he also carefully watched the shape of the tea and other aspects.

Generally speaking, the evaluation of tea includes five aspects, namely, appearance, soup color, aroma, taste, and leaf bottom, and is also customarily called eight factors (tightness, crushing, clean impurity, age and tenderness, aroma, taste, soup color, and leaf bottom).

As long as it can perform well in these aspects, it can prove to be a good tea. For example, in terms of the bottom of the leaves, it is better to have tender raw materials and many buds, thick and soft, uniform and bright, and to have coarse and old, hard, thin, miscellaneous, old and tender, uneven size, and unharmonious color, etc.

After a while, Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Jiang Lao, in fact, I don't have much talent in the tea ceremony, and the tea tasting can only be said to be so-so, to talk about the shortcomings of this tea, it is only a little green and astringent in terms of aroma, as for other aspects, it is very outstanding, there is nothing to be picky." ”

"Good. ”

Jiang Chenfeng wrote down everything Meng Zitao said, and asked Wang Zhixuan for advice.

Wang Zhixuan is good at tea, and he has studied tea a lot, Meng Zitao and Cheng Qiheng know his hobby, and often give him some high-grade tea, which is comparable to an expert in tea, and some of the things he said are on point, and Jiang Chenfeng is also very happy to hear it.

"Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, and now I can avoid a lot of detours. Jiang Chenfeng said happily.

Wang Zhixuan smiled: "We are waiting for the day when you are done." ”

"I've borrowed your good words. ”

Everyone chatted for a while, and Wang Zhixuan mentioned the reason for calling Meng Zitao today.

Wang Zhixuan said: "Zitao, you can take out the 'Jingshen Incense'." ”

Tranquility incense is the incense stick designed by Meng Zitao combined with the ambergris formula, because it has a strong calming effect, so it is called this name.

Meng Zitao put two incense sticks, one red and one yellow, on the table: "Inside the red box, there is the original Jingshen incense, and inside the yellow box is the version I modified some time ago, compared with the original version, the effect is estimated to be reduced by 20%, but the price can be about 30% or 40% cheaper." ”

Wang Zhixuan said: "In other words, sixty percent of the price can have eighty percent of the effect?"

"Yes. Meng Zitao nodded.

"That's pretty good. Jiang Chenfeng praised.

Meng Zitao shook his head: "But the price is still expensive, the improved version has to be sold for at least 80,000 yuan a box to not lose money, how can ordinary people afford this price?"

"It's a bit expensive. Jiang Chenfeng smacked his tongue in his heart, this thing is a consumable, even if rich people often use it, they will feel painful.

"In fact, in terms of effect, it must be worth the price, otherwise I am worried that it will be harmful to the body. ”

Wang Zhixuan looked at Jiang Chenfeng, who was a little surprised, and said, "Lao Jiang, you try it first, feel the effect, and you will know that what I said is true." ”

"Let's start with the improved version, right?" Mencius asked the two, and neither of them had an opinion.

took out the incense stick and lit it and inserted it on the incense tray, as the aroma spread, Jiang Chenfeng's heart was full of shock, and then, he didn't care about raising the questions in his heart, and concentrated on tasting the unique aroma of the incense.

After a pillar of incense was lit, it took another moment for Jiang Chenfeng to wake up from his state of meditation.

"What do you think?" Wang Zhixuan asked with a smile.

"I can't describe it in words!" Jiang Chenfeng still felt incredible, before today, he couldn't imagine that there was another kind of incense that could achieve such an effect, if it came from the fairy world, he would believe it.

"Do you want to try the original again?" Meng Zitao asked.

"No, no, no!" Jiang Chenfeng hurriedly waved his hand: "Good things should be tasted slowly, let's wait for a while." ”

Wang Zhixuan laughed: "Lao Jiang, which one do you want?"

"This ......" Jiang Chenfeng was a little difficult to decide.

Meng Zitao said, "Jiang Lao, what are you going to buy it for?"

Jiang Chenfeng replied: "It's me who is a small man, he often has headaches and can't stand it, all the major hospitals across the country have been there, but I can't find out what the reason is, when I was in Jinling last time, I learned from Lao Wang's mouth about the Jingshen incense in your hand, so I can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor." ”

When Meng Zitao learned what happened, he said: "It's best to prescribe the right medicine, I think it's better to let your friend come to me to see if he can use it." ”