Chapter 355: A Piece of Tea
No one noticed the change in Lu Yu's expression, and no one knew what he was thinking!
He is too familiar with the words on the stele, which is the classic tea book handed down from the Chinese tea industry, the content of the "Daguan Tea Treatise" written by Zhao Ji of Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty!
This phrase records a miraculous tea called "white tea", but it is actually a type of green tea.
As early as the Tang Dynasty, the tea saint Lu Yu had already recorded it in the "Book of Tea", but it disappeared from the world for hundreds of years, and it was not rediscovered until the modern era of the original world.
The name of this tea is called "Anji White Tea"!
A kind of Chinese famous tea that mysteriously disappeared and then miraculously appeared in the world!
Originally, some people in the world once said that this is a kind of tea that is infected with "albinism". It can only be said that the person who says such things is ignorant and meaningless.
After rigorous analysis, the nutrients and trace elements contained in Anji white tea can strongly prove that it does not have any botanical albinism characteristics.
To call something that cannot be explained or understood at all a "disease" is in itself irresponsible.
Of course, in the world where Lu Yu is now, people don't even know its name, so naturally there will be no such meaningless arguments.
And now the only fragmented inscription is the first question in this evaluation.
Yu Yang said in a deep voice: "This is the first level of difficulty in the evaluation content, everyone according to the content of this inscription to prove the existence of this tea." Its forms include, but are not limited to, archaeological argumentation, historical analysis, ancient and modern dialectics, and ...... Physical proof. β
Uproarββ!
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the conference room!
It's too difficult to argue a fragmented inscription about tea in the Song Dynasty?!
Of course, all the people who participate in the promotion assessment will not think that the questions of the promotion assessment will be simple, but this is called the "easiest" question, which is already worth the difficulty?!
You know, arguing for the existence of a thing is definitely not that simple!
Needless to say, if there is a physical object, but if there is no physical object, then there must be a lot of evidence to rely on!
Just based on an inscription to find a kind of tea that "leaves the Ying Book" is even more difficult than looking for a needle in a haystack!
Now everyone finally understands what it means to invite those "teams" that seem to have nothing to do with tea, if there are no such teams, then even this simplest topic is probably an insurmountable barrier!
Yu Yang was not angry because of the noise of everyone, he understood everyone's mood at this time, but he also felt a little helpless......
Only he knows the decision of "above", and this tea people's promotion evaluation is not so much an evaluation as a press conference of the Huaxia Tea Federation.
The Huaxia Tea Federation just wants to show its attitude to the world through the content of the evaluation, and it is not so important to see if these new tea people participating in the evaluation can be promoted.
Of course, if someone can prove it successfully, it will be a surprise.
But in general, at least in Yu Yang's eyes, these new tea people in front of him are just participating in a promotion evaluation that cannot be completed at all.
Bian Liangji frowned, and said softly to Lu Yu: "This topic seems to be quite difficult, what do you think?"
Lu Yu smiled slightly, and said noncommittally: "The difficulty is indeed not small, and I'm afraid that even the person who asked the question doesn't know." In this season, the topic is almost impossible to complete......"
"This season?" Bian Liangji was stunned.
Lu Yu shook his head and said, "I'm just talking casually, let's take a look at other difficult topics first." β
Bian Liangji glanced at him a little inexplicably, and then said no more.
Lu Yu also smiled bitterly, and there were some things he couldn't say clearly. If he said that he knew the full contents of the stele, he was afraid that it would soon be "sliced" and studied.
And he couldn't tell anyone that the tea recorded on the stele would "change color"!
The leaves of Anji White Tea only appear white in spring, and once it enters summer, the color of the leaves will change back to green!
It's winter now, and even if someone here gets all the information and looks for it, I'm afraid they won't be able to find it at all.
Strictly speaking, this question was an impossible task for everyone present except Lu Yu.
But the others don't know this, although they can feel that this question is extremely difficult, but there are also many new tea people who are participating in the assessment are ready to move, whispering about the possibility of being able to demonstrate success.
After all, in the eyes of many people, this is the topic of advancing to become a fourth-level tea person, which is of course relatively simple compared to the topic of directly advancing to a third-level tea person or a second-level tea person.
Five minutes later.
Deputy Secretary-General Yu Yang stood up again and said, "It seems that everyone should have digested this question almost, so let's take a look at the next exam question together." β
The room was quiet again, and all eyes were on the projection screen again.
This time there was no text on the screen, only a photo.
The photos were taken very clearly, but the faces of the new tea people invariably showed a look of confusion.
In the photograph, you can see a black, triangular block with the same length on both sides and an arc on the bottom. At first glance, it looks like a corner of the "pizza" that has been taken down separately.
In addition, some slightly faint reliefs can be seen on this black object, probably because it is too old to distinguish what is carved.
Could it be that the exam question for directly advancing to become a third-level tea person is this photo?!
Puzzled, a new tea man sitting in the front row couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Yu, what is this? Is it also an ancient carving?"
Yu Yang smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "You are mistaken, this is not a carving, but tea." β
Tea?!
Everyone in the conference room gasped and their eyes widened in surprise!
Yu Yang nodded and said: "This is the burial goods excavated by our archaeologists from an ancient tomb of the Song Dynasty, through modern scientific means, although the age is very old, but it can still be measured obvious tea components in it! This is also the most significant discovery we have made in archaeology for so many years! It can almost directly prove that the history of tea in our country can be traced back to the Song Dynasty!"
He paused and continued: "But it is strange to us that this tea is only one-eighth the size of a round cake, and it is kept by the owner of the tomb in the most precious box of very high specifications......
"It's a pity that because of soil erosion and rampant tomb robbers, the identity of the owner of the tomb is no longer available, and it can only be analyzed from the scale of the tomb, and he should have a very high status in the government and the opposition during his lifetime......
"Because of this, there has been a lot of debate among our internal scholars about whether this tea is a work of art or a drink. β
When he said this, Yu Yang seemed to be a little helpless, and turned his head to look deeply at the photos on the screen.
At this moment, the other people in the conference room also made a commotion because of Yu Yang's pause.
Bian Liangji shook his head and smiled: "I knew that none of the topics this time were simple! If it were me, even if I was reluctant to drink it, I wouldn't offer a piece of tea like this! You said yes? Lu Yu?"
Lu Yu's eyes never left the photo on the screen, and he couldn't help but smile when he heard the words, and said, "It's not strange, if this piece of tea is given by the emperor, then he is not only reluctant, but he really has to offer it like this." β