Chapter 800: The Charm of Coffee
"Pinxiangyuan, Yunnan businessman?" Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Is it the merchant coffee merchant named Wang Hua?" ”
In the face of the emperor's question, the steward naturally responded quickly, and nodded again and again: "It is this person, it is said that the magical fruit he brought from the land of Yunnan is called coffee, and it was named by His Majesty back then, which is even better than those big cannibals!" ”
Unexpectedly, the "seedlings" that I planted casually back then have grown into "towering trees", and coffee has also begun to become popular in the Great Song Dynasty, which is really good, Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Lead the way ahead, I also want to taste the difference between this coffee and the palace." ”
The steward hesitated slightly, gritted his teeth in Sancai's dissatisfied eyes and said, "Official, you can't go to that place!" There are three religions and nine streams, rich businessmen and gentry, foreign businessmen, and tributaries of the city fox society are also insulting. ”
Sancai nodded again and again and agreed: "Yes, yes, it's better not to go to a place like the official family, and the province hears something unpleasant......"
Zhao Zhen waved his hand, stared at Sancai and said, "You don't know, right?" The more I say that, the more I want to see it! Seeing what Sancai was going to say, Zhao Zhen pointed to the front: "Don't be verbose, lead the way!" ”
Sancai had no choice but to let the steward of the Datong Mansion Palace lead the way, no matter what kind of place it was, as long as the official family wanted to go, then they had to go, and they could only warn these guards and accompanying stewards not to publicize today's affairs.
Zhao Zhen was a little helpless, going to a café was such an elegant thing to be done by Sancai and going to a brothel is unbearable, although the name is a little cheesy, but you can't identify people as unbearable places just by their names.
When Zhao Zhen arrived at the gate of Pinxiangyuan, he found that he was wrong, Pinxiangyuan really lived up to its name, the fragrance of coffee, the fragrance of women, and even the smell of sandalwood, mixed together and choked very much, the smell of spices was covered by the body odor of those people in the Western Regions or Western Xia, and the women who couldn't stand the smell of foreign people pounced on it, obviously this is a big financier.
Unlike the cafes of later generations, the environment here is a headache, even the brothel is more elegant than here, no wonder the steward is always looking at Sancai, obviously he knows how unbearable it is.
But after Zhao Zhen entered the lobby, the entire lobby focused on him, and the momentum of the superior could not be foolproof even if Zhao Zhen hid it, and there was a corresponding spirit in it, and many people unconsciously lowered their voices and looked at the stranger in front of them.
Not to mention that he was once the Son of Heaven, even the Xianggong who has already been Zhishi has a strong aura on his body, not to mention that Zhao Zhen is not an ordinary emperor, he has been on the battlefield, and the killing spirit has been integrated into his bones, and the most important thing is that he is a man who has slaughtered the "dragon", even the Son of Heaven died in his hands.
But when Zhao Zhen looked around, most of them were immediately silent, and they only dared to use their afterglow to quietly glance at the man in front of them, they were mostly businessmen who had been up and down in the business sea for many years, how could it be a problem to even look at people, but now it was a problem, because this man exuded an aura that they had never seen before, as if he was the master here.
The guy in the shop had already noticed the difference here, and cautiously stepped forward and bowed down and said, "This distinguished guest will be there soon, and the shopkeeper will be here soon, so let's move to the quiet room in the back first." ”
Being able to have a clean room means that this is not a very low-grade place, in this era, merchants will always divide people into three, six, nine, etc., even in later generations, Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, covered his nose with a handkerchief and frowned and followed the guys in the store.
Obviously, this person is specially trained, and he took Zhao Zhen all the way to the so-called clean room, and a middle-aged man was already standing here, looking at his slightly staggered feet, he knew that he was a little nervous, this person should be the owner of this shop, Wang Hua.
The so-called clean room is actually an independent small courtyard, many shrubs are planted around the courtyard wall of the small courtyard, which has a very good sound insulation effect, even if there is no noisy sound from the lobby in front of it, it is not noticed here, this is the environment that Sancai wants, and the guards on the side have not been blocked by the store, and they follow Zhao Zhen unhindered along the way.
This shows that Wang Hua already knows his identity, and it seems that the businessman's sense of smell is also very sensitive. The most rare thing is that he not only satisfied himself, but also made Sancai on the side stretch his brows, and he is very good at being a man.
The clean room is very elegant, not only with the delicacy of the Great Song Dynasty, but also some wonderful places, such as the small caisson with a trace of Arabic style, the tapestry on the wall This is a landscape of the Great Song Dynasty, there are not many dazzling things in the clean room, the most is the books on the shelves on the wall.
Obviously, Wang Hua positioned this place for those who know the knowledge and taste, and not just anyone can be invited in.
Compared with the tables and chairs that have been popularized in the Great Song Dynasty, here is still a small number of people from the Han and Tang dynasties, Zhao Zhen has not many opportunities to sit on the ground, and there should be a earth dragon under the wooden floor, which is an advanced thing that even the palace is not equipped with. The principle is the same as that of the kang, the whole person sits on it warmly but not hot.
In this comfortable environment, reading a book and sipping coffee, if it weren't for this beautiful blue and white porcelain cup and antique books, Zhao Zhen even had a feeling of traveling back, books and tea, books and coffee, will always be the best companion.
The aroma of coffee is rising, Zhao Zhen looked at the "Book of Shang" in his hand, many of the contents of this book of ancient emperors have to be used for reference, "Book of Shang" recorded, for Yu, Xia, Shang, Zhou Dynasty Classics, Mo, Xun, Edict, Oath, Destiny and other documents. Some of the documents of the Yu, Xia and Shang dynasties were written based on hearsay and are not reliable. But it is also the most interesting.
Sancai has looked at Wang Hua several times with dissatisfaction, seeing that the time is quite late, but the official family has no intention at all, when Wang Hua picked up the beautiful coffee pot and refilled Zhao Zhen again, Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "Although this coffee is not poison, if you drink too much, you will have heart palpitations and insomnia." ”
Wang Hua's hand stiffened slightly: "Thank you for your advice." ”
He didn't say much from beginning to end, just waited on the side in a regular manner, Zhao Zhen looked up at the sky, the moon was already hanging high, this coffee really worked, not only was it not sleepy, but it didn't have the feeling of being strong in later generations.
Zhao Zhen got up and said to Sancai: "Take two bags and go, and take the money with you, you know the rules." ”
Sancai nodded, bowed down and went to do it, Wang Hua opened his mouth and closed it, obviously people didn't care about this money, or these things were royal, he just ran errands to transport things to Datong Mansion.