"No," said the Zang Needle, "this inn is located in a remote location, relatively quiet, and if there is any popularity, I can definitely hear it, even if there is a faint breath, I can guarantee that it can be heard." ”

"That's good," Nan Xun said, "I also think that in this quiet environment, with you and Xiao Zi here, it is impossible for others to eavesdrop." ”

"Then let's decide first, tomorrow you will go to the tea garden when you have time, and I'll go to the vicinity of Duanfu to see what's going on."

"Hmm." Ziling nodded, "So be it." ”

"Oh," said the Hidden Needle, "by the way, is there still a place to live in this inn!?" ”

Nan Xun said: "Yes, yes, the room that Yan Shaoding didn't live in before, and it has been empty, you and Sister Zidi will live in his room, I will live in one room with Xiao Zi, and let Xiao Er live in one by himself, which is also just right." ”

"Well, that's good, after dinner, let's rest early, so as not to run out of energy." After saying this, several people got up and went out for dinner together, and then went back to the house to rest.

In the blink of an eye, it was dawn, and Nan Xun and the others all got up early.

After cleaning up, Nan Xun rushed to the tea garden on the outskirts of the city to see the tea leaves with the Ziling sisters and Xiao Er.

And the Tibetan needle was alone, sneaking near Duan's mansion to check who Duan Siping was dealing with.

For the Tibetan needle, Nan Xun and the others are relatively relieved, he is a cautious person, he will not do anything too impulsive, even if he goes to investigate the Duan Mansion, I believe he will not be discovered.

Nan Xun and a few people went to the suburbs with peace of mind, and they should go out for an outing.

In the land of Miaojiang, the beauty of the mountains and rivers is more beautiful, the green mountains and green waters are accompanied by the beauties, this outing makes people feel relaxed and happy, along the way, Zidi also told Nan Xun some interesting stories about Miaojiang, which made everyone laugh.

Because of the tea plantations in the suburbs, not far from the inn where they lived, several people did not take a carriage, but walked along the path on foot.

After walking for more than half an hour, I saw the scenery of the tea garden from afar.

Although it is not the season for tea to be listed on a large scale, the tea estates have their own warehouses, and they will not worry about not receiving good tea here.

Walking into the tea garden, Nan Xun saw several people sitting next to the house in the tea garden, drinking tea and chatting.

Nan Xun walked over to a middle-aged person led by him and said, "This big brother, what kind of tea are we growing!?" ”

"Oh," said the man, "my tea garden is all Yunnan green, little girl, are you here to buy tea!?" ”

"Yunnan green is green tea, right?"

"Yes, this tea soup is orange and thick, fragrant and lasting, good things, come on, you sit down, I'll make you a pot for you, and you will know the taste."

The middle-aged man said, turned around and took out a bag of tea leaves from the house, and made tea for Nan Xun and the others.

Nan Xun took a look, the appearance of this Yunnan tea is still very good, the tea leaves are thick and fat, the color is dark green and oily, you can smell a fragrance from a distance, and the taste will not be bad if you want to brew it.

was making tea, and another man on the side said, "Big brother, this Chunjian, you still have it here, you didn't even give it to me to drink just now." ”

"I said the third brother," said another man, who had not spoken, "Don't you know the character of the eldest brother, he will not sell all the tea leaves in the library, and he will have to keep some of them." ”

It turned out that these three men were brothers of their own family, and they were all tea farmers who grew tea and sold tea on this mountain.

Nan Xun asked: "This spring tip, it should be spring tea, and summer tea should not have such a name." ”

The boss smiled and said: "The little girl is clever, she knows this is spring tea when she hears the name, it is indeed like this, summer tea still has about a month to be picked on a large scale, this pot is the best, I deliberately left it, a few taste it, it will definitely make you feel extraordinary." ”

This is a bit of a suspicion of self-selling and boasting, but Nan Xun still believes it, she thinks that these three brothers are simple and honest, and they should not do shoddy things.

The tea was brewed after a while, and the boss poured a cup for everyone and divided it among them.

Ziling took the lead in raising her glass, took a sip, nodded and said, "Not bad." ”

This is also the habit developed by Nan Xun and others, if there are outsiders, it is inconvenient to ask Ziling whether the things he eats and drinks in front of him are poisonous, Ziling will take a look first, if it is not poisonous, eat a piece first, drink a cup, say a good word, tell everyone to eat and drink with confidence.

After listening to Ziling's words, Nan Xun also picked up the cup and took a sip of the aroma, which was full of refreshment.

The boss looked at the expressions of several people, and knew that they were still very satisfied with the tea, so he opened his mouth to Nan Xun and said, "Looking at the girl's appearance, I don't want to be from our Miao Jiang, but like a person from the Central Plains." ”

"That's right, the eldest brother is really good eyesight," Nan Xun didn't hide it, "I'm my sister who accompanies me from afar, and I came to Miaojiang to have a look here, and by the way, I came to the tea garden to take a look, thinking that it would be good to do some tea business." ”

The boss said: "People from the Central Plains, there are very few people who come to our Miaojiang to do tea business, after all, you Central Plains Biluochun, as well as Lu'an, are from Lushan, and they are all famous teas." ”

Nan Xun said: "I also came to see by the way, people say that the mountains and rivers of Miaojiang are beautiful, such a good environment, there should be good tea, so I came to see, I didn't expect, big brother's tea, it is really good, if it is this quality, it will definitely be very popular in the Central Plains, besides, Biluochun has the taste of Biluochun, Lu'an has the aroma of Lu'an, our Yunnan green tea, naturally has the characteristics of our Miao**." ”

"Hahaha......" The eldest brother laughed a few times, "I will give you this bag of tea, the Central Plains dialect is good, the business is good, benevolence and righteousness are there, whether the girl buys my tea or not, this bag is considered to be a friend." ”

"Thank you, big brother." Nan Xun turned out to be more than half a catty, it seems that the eldest brother is a good person, after handing the tea to Xiao Er, Nan Xun said again, "Listening to the tone of the eldest brother, it seems that I know a lot about the Central Plains." ”

"I've been to the Tea and Horse Market a few times, and I've been around the Central Plains for a long time before I get to know each other."

Tea and horse market, Nanxun is known, that is, the ethnic groups in the southwest, with tea and other specialties, in exchange for horses in Tubo, Dangxiang, Hui and other places, etc., is a kind of bartering trade.

Thinking of this, Nan Xun asked curiously, "Then the eldest brother, have you been there in recent years!?" ”

"No," said the eldest brother, waving his hand, "we three brothers all felt that the journey was too far, and after changing some horses, I did not go again, but bought the tea for the merchants who were going south." ”

"To the south?"

"Yes," said the eldest brother, "they were transported to the south, where the merchants said a few times, but I don't remember, anyway, it is not very far, although the income is not very high, so we don't have to go out and run ourselves." ”

The two brothers on the side also echoed and said, what these days, it is not easy to run business outside, and there are robbers and bullies who stand in the way, in short, that is, it is better to stay at home and wait for the merchants to come to collect it.

This is in line with the minds of tea farmers, after all, they need to plant tea to take care of tea trees, but also to make tea, if they go out to sell tea in person, it is really a year without rest.

Now there are tea merchants who come to collect tea, and the profits are less, but they can concentrate on making tea, and the quality of tea has gone up, which is even more likeable, as for the price, small profits and quick turnover, in fact, the harvest of the next year is not less, but there is leisure to sit and drink tea and chat here.

When such a good thing happens, they, the tea farmers, naturally don't have to run any more tea and horse markets.

Therefore, Nan Xun came today, to see these three brothers leisurely drinking tea, if a few years ago, it is estimated that there are only old and young women in this tea garden, young and strong tea farmers have gone out to sell tea in groups of three or five, then there is still time to make tea and chat with Nan Xun and others.

Nan Xun asked again: "Big brother, what is the price of your tea sold to the merchants who go south?" ”

The eldest brother said: "First-class tea, fifty-five taels and one quintal, second-class thirty-five, third-class, twenty-five." ”

Nan Xun listened, and calculated in his heart, this seems to be more expensive than the tea farmer he met in Yang Tho City, that person asked for fifty taels and one load, of course, Nan Xun can't distinguish the grade of tea, and it is not easy to say that fifty taels is cheap.

So she said, "This one we drink is a first-class tea, right?" ”

"No," said the eldest brother, "the one we drink is of the highest quality, and the quantity is very small, and this thing has to be counted in two, one tael of tea and ten taels of silver." ”

"It's so expensive!?" Nan Kaoru couldn't help but speak.

The eldest brother said: "Our traders will be honest, I won't lie to you, ten taels of silver, or just the price of my tea garden, if you go to the tea merchant, this special good tea will cost at least fifty taels of silver." “

After listening to this, Nan Xun suddenly felt that the profits in this were making her feel a little outrageous, no wonder so many people were so eager for this business of selling things, if there was no such a high harvest, how could those merchants abandon their families and businesses and run around.

This cannot be said that these businessmen are profiteers, people brave the wind and rain, running outside, although this money is a lot, but it is also exchanged for their own hard work.

The taste of it cannot be experienced by those who do not run around for sale.

Nan Xun nodded and said, "Then there should be very few of this kind of special tea." ”

"Very little." The eldest brother said, "In the tea gardens of our three brothers, in a batch of tea leaves, there are only so many tens of catties, and ten catties must be set aside to supply Duan Fu, and the rest will be sold to merchants." ”

"Duan Mansion?" Ziling suddenly raised her head and asked, "It's Duan Siping's mansion!?" ”

The eldest brother turned his head and said after listening to Ziling's words: "Little girl, it doesn't matter if you call Lord Duan so in my tea garden, if you call it like this in Yang Tho City, you will be disliked!" ”

"Why?" Nan Kaoru asked, "Isn't this a name that people call it!?" ”

The eldest brother said: "I see that the girl is from the middle plain, so I will tell you about this adult's matter, he can be said to be the lucky star of our Miao Jiang people, we all know that the monarch is not a person close to the people, if it is not for this period of adults have been assisting in Yangtho City, I am afraid that our people's life will not be able to live." ”

Nan Kaoru continued to ask the eldest brother, "Oh, what's going on!?" ”

"Let's just say a few days ago, it seems that the monarch wants to create some unique gold in the world, it is said that the best gold casting master in the whole Miao Jiang was gathered together, but they competed, and the last master surnamed Ye was chosen by the monarch, and he didn't know what treasure to create for him, and later, after the construction was completed, the master accidentally broke his finger."

"This ......," Kaoru said as if she didn't know, even though she knew what had happened, "it has nothing to do with the monarch." ”

"Hehe," the eldest brother laughed a few times, "People, they are not stupid, how can there be such a coincidence, just after the thing was built, Master Ye's finger was broken." ”

"Yes," said the second child on the side, "It is said that the monarch is afraid that Master Ye will create the same gold vessel again, so his so-called creation of a unique gold vessel in the world will not become a joke, so he broke Master Ye's fingers. ”

The third brother said at this time: "Second brother, don't talk nonsense, we haven't seen these things with our own eyes, it's all hearsay, who knows what the truth of the matter is, maybe it's really Master Ye himself." ”

"Oh oh oh," the second child seemed to realize something, and changed his words, "Yes, yes, yes, no one knows what this thing is, and people say the same, we have the right to hear it, it doesn't matter if it's true or not, let's talk about this tea." ”

Nan Xun knew that these brothers, afraid that Nan Xun and the others were the eyes and ears of the monarch, came down to inquire about the people's news.

You know, this is not a secret in Yang Tho Baa City, everyone knows that this Yang Tho Baa City is full of informants of the monarch, if you say something that should not be said and is heard, I am afraid that nothing will end well.

The reason why the eldest brother said that before was because he saw that several people were dressed in the Central Plains, so he was unsuspecting, but now, when Nan Xun talked about it, he really came to investigate.

Looking at the appearance of Ziling and Zidi, it seems that they are also from Miaojiang, and this third child is probably wary.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Ziling and Zidi, they just came from Luoyang, when they were in Luoyang, they were all wearing the clothes prepared by Nanxun, and they didn't have time to change when they got here, even if they changed, they were all wearing some Central Plains clothes, and there were no Miao Jiang's clothes to wear.

Therefore, it looks like the Miao Jiang people deliberately dressed up in the Central Plains, and if they stay for a while, they will really be regarded as spies who came out to find out the news.

Fortunately, Nan Xun really came to ask about the price of tea, so Nan Xun did not continue the topic, but turned to the eldest brother and asked: "Then big brother, how much tea do you have in the library!?" (To be continued.) )