Wang Xiao finally got a full fifty yuan from Zhang Xian.

Although Jiaozi has begun to discount, it is not as frustrating as it was in the later Huizong Dynasty.

The Jiaozi and the copper coins are combined, and they are worth forty yuan.

Wang Xiao has the starting capital to do business.

Again, you have to have money in your hands to do everything.

Wang Xiao recalled the various crafts he had memorized, and after some entanglement, he finally gave up selling cooking cakes and chose fried tea.

Before the Ming Dynasty, green tea was mostly processed by steaming.

The tea consumption of the Great Song Dynasty is very large, such as wine shops and noodle shops, most of which are called tea. Even the chef is known as "Dr. Tea, Rice, and Wine".

Tea can be drunk here and eaten as cooking. That's how the so-called chazuke came about, and it spread to Fuso.

There are many ways to drink tea, but most of them are based on steaming and feeding.

The tea leaves are filled with green peels, almonds, small wax tea, herbs, olives, mint and all kinds of strange things.

The taste of drinking is really hard to understand.

Tea consumption in Bianliang City is very large, and it is a big business.

Wang Xiao believes that as long as the roasted tea is launched, it will be very popular.

Now that it's decided, it's time to do it.

At this time, Longjing tea has become famous, and many outputs have been regarded as tribute tea.

It's just that the way of drinking tea hasn't changed, and it's still added to various condiments to be steamed and boiled to drink and eat.

The price of green tea in the market ranges from tens to hundreds. It's not the new tea season, and all the tea sold is old, so the price is cheaper.

Wang Xiao first went to buy almost 200 catties of green tea.

Then the craftsmen were invited to repair three pots in the courtyard, and the gate that had been half lost was repaired.

bought three large pots and put them on the pot table, Wang Xiao was shirtless and ready to work.

He didn't want to make it very detailed, just about the same.

Anyway, I made the first money, and then I hired someone to work in the workshop.

The pot should be placed diagonally, and the tea leaves should be turned over with a stir-fried tea broom.

This requires arm strength, but fortunately, the most important thing Wang Xiao lacks is arm strength.

It took two days for Wang Xiao to finally get the first batch of roasted tea.

There was nothing to say, Wang Xiao wrapped the roasted tea in units of one catty, wrapped it in oilcloth paper, and went to the famous three-tile two-house in Bianliang City to sell it.

Before going out, he bought a fine shirt from the pawnshop. After all, people rely on clothes.

is really a scholar of this era, and he will definitely not be able to do such a face-losing thing.

But what kind of person is Wang Xiao, that is a king whose face is thicker than the Great Wall.

Door-to-door sales are not nonsense, just take a bag out and invite people to taste it.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to drink it, I'll give you a pound for free, telling you to just soak in hot water and don't add anything.

In the era of the smallholder economy, there was something free that no one would refuse.

I've never seen this kind of tea before, but since it's free, it's okay to try it.

The reason why roasted tea can replace various other types of tea is called the mainstream in later generations, and its superiority cannot be concealed by Wang Xiao's super bad craftsmanship.

In just a few days, many errand runners in the three-tile two-room house came to the door.

There is no way, in this era, there are the most famous people in addition to the sons of nobles and wealthy businessmen.

As soon as the fresh and elegant, not so greasy fried green tea came out, it immediately aroused their interest.

These scholars are the benchmark of leading the fashion, they like to drink fried tea, and the sons of the noble and wealthy businessmen are also following to try it.

There are too many people who want it, and it will be gone immediately.

"What? Two pounds of money? Why don't you grab it! ”

Hearing the price quoted by Wang Xiao, someone turned his face on the spot, "The piece of tea in the tea shop is only three or four hundred pounds." You Hangzhou tea, 200 Wen Ding Tian! ”

Wang Xiao spread his hands indifferently, "Then you can go buy those Hangzhou teas." I didn't force you to buy mine. ”

A few errand runners couldn't be the master of this price, and they ran back indignantly to ask for instructions.

Wang Xiao looked sideways at the middle-aged man on the side, "Do you want it?" ”

"Yes." The person who came was not angry when he heard the price like the others, but nodded with a smile, "I want it all." ”

There are still people who know the goods.

Without hesitation, he packed the remaining 100 pounds of roasted tea and ordered someone to transport them away. And Wang Xiao also earned three or four hundred yuan as a result.

More than 300 is already a lot.

In this era, buying out a handmaid is only about a hundred.

Of course, according to age, color, whether it is married or not, etc., the price is high, and it has to start from four or five hundred.

For example, Wang Anshi's wife once spent thousands of times to buy out a servant girl for him.

It is indeed a buyout, because there is an employment system in the Great Song Dynasty. Even a maidservant can choose the employment system, and when the appointed time comes, she can leave at will.

"Anything else?"

The business is done, and Wang Xiao is ready to reward his belly. But seeing the buyer still standing on the sidelines, I became curious.

"Below is the outer hall steward of the Drunken Moon Pavilion." The buyer bowed his hand very politely, "Yesterday, a few bachelors drank green tea and were very interested, saying that they must meet Lang Jun who made green tea." ”

Wang Xiao's expression became serious.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were some titles that could not be called indiscriminately.

Like an official, this is the emperor's exclusive title.

Xianggong generally refers to those who have been subordinate servants, privy envoys, left-behind envoys, festival envoys, and even those who participate in political affairs.

is like Wang Anshi, who smashed the cylinder, they are all husband and son.

And the bachelor, the official title is a literary post, with a certain palace and a certain cabinet titled minister.

For example, Bao Longtu is a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion.

The official positions of the Northern Song Dynasty were extremely complex and confusing. In the early stage, it was relatively rigorous, and there were more people who wanted faces. But then the shameless one directly called himself.

Wang Xiao didn't ask much about which bachelors they were, and just sorted it out and followed.

By the time the families who ran away before came back with money and wanted to buy tea, Wang Xiao had already had a padlock on the door here.

When I came to a bustling street, there were many confidant big sisters around me who warmly greeted Wang Xiao to talk about the world and drink a cup of tea to relieve fatigue.

Wang Xiao lowered his head shyly, saying that he was a little boy who could only read, and he didn't know what life or ideals were.

On this street, Zuiyue Pavilion is the largest one.

The three-story wooden pavilion can smell the rich aroma of wine before people enter it.

Walking in, it is full of flowers and flowers.

Beautiful maids come and go with drinks and dishes, and the sound of laughter in the lobby and private rooms is endless.

This is the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty.

Merchandise from all over the world is transported to the city, and together they build the largest and most prosperous city in the world.

In this ordinary Drunken Moon Pavilion, even if you just run the hall, you can earn more than 100 yuan a day, and you can mix two clothes and two meals a day.

The people of Bianliang City lived a good life, and the emperor would often give them money, charcoal, rice, and all kinds of things.

Later, after Cai Jing established a welfare system, he lived in a honey pot.

It's just that the prosperity and wealth of Bianliang City are based on the miserable life of the common people of the entire Great Song Dynasty.

As one of the dynasties with the most peasant uprisings in history, almost every year in the Great Song Dynasty, people who could not survive would pick up wooden sticks, knives and forks to survive.

The Great Song Dynasty gave preferential treatment to scholars, but the exploitation of the people was very serious.

The strategy of strengthening the cadres and weakening the branches has led to the very difficult life of the people in all places except Bianliang City.

Li Qingzhao wants to see the prosperous Great Song Dynasty, and he definitely doesn't just look at Bianliang City.

"There's a long way to go."

Wang Xiao sighed and walked into a box.

In the wings, there were a few people dressed in literati costumes, and a cup of green tea was placed beside everyone.

"After the end of school, I entered Wang Xiao and met all the bachelors."

Several literati looked at Wang Xiao and introduced themselves one after another.

"Old man Huang Tingjian."

"Old man Qin Guan."

"The old man made up for it."

"Old man Zhang Lei."

That's right, the famous four bachelors of Sumen.

Confucianism pays attention to hierarchical qualifications, but it also advocates respect, as long as it is a scholar, it is his own person, and it is very rare for anyone to bully the small.

The first time we meet and exchange names, that's the proper meaning.

Confucianism pays attention to face, and it is impossible to say that I am XX bachelor XX Pingzhangshi or something when we meet. In that case, it will be ridiculed by all the people who read the world, and it will be recorded in the book by the good deeds and passed on as an anecdote.

"I heard that this green tea was made by Xiaoyou?" Huang Tingjian, who is nearly fifty years old, curiously picked up a cup of green tea and looked at Wang Xiao.

"A little bit of a small way, let Fu Weng see a smile."

"You're funny, kid." Zhang Lei, who was on the side, picked up the teacup and exclaimed, "This is not a trivial technique. In the former Tang Dynasty, mutton fat was added to tea drinking, which was simply unbearable. Now all kinds of group tea slice tea, also have different flavors and strange tastes. Only after drinking your green tea, it is really fragrant, and you don't need to add anything, it gives people a feeling of refreshment. ”

"That's not all."

Qin Guan followed up and added, "In the past, when I drank tea, it was either black or green, or red. Or there are all kinds of colors, which makes people look at it and make it unappetizing. Your green tea is fresh in color, and the tea leaves are carried and floated in the water, which means extraordinary. ”

"Exactly." Chao Buzhi is also saying, "If this unprecedented new way of tea is just a small way, then the imperial history of the tea mountain that wrote the tea scripture is not an angry glare." ”

The four scholars spoke highly of the green tea made by Wang Xiao, believing that it was the biggest new discovery in the tea ceremony after Lu Yu wrote the Tea Sutra.

"Have you ever taken a word?" Huang Tingjian looked at Wang Xiao with a dignified appearance, and his aura was extraordinary. I suddenly felt appreciation.

"The student takes the word thick."

"Come on, come on, Zihou sit down, let's talk about your new tea together."

If this is a different reader, he can get the opportunity to sit and discuss with the four scholars of Sumen, and he will probably faint with excitement.

But Wang Xiao could only laugh helplessly.

The reason is also very simple.

Su Shi and them are all members of the old party.

Wang Anshi changed the law and directly divided the Great Song Dynasty into the old and new parties. Su Shi and the people sitting here are all in the same faction as the light who smashed the cylinder.

If it was better to say a few years ago, the old school controlled the court with the support of the Empress Dowager Gao.

But now it's the eighth year of Yuan You, and the Empress Dowager Gao is dead.

From next year, Zhezong will launch a large-scale attack on the old faction, and these people in front of him will be exiled to distant places.

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