Li Ze moved the soft cushion to Mrs. Wang's side and sat down next to Mrs. Wang. With a pair of tongs in his hand, he slowly picked up the silver charcoal in the brazier piece by piece, and the blue flames rose silently. The water vapor in the copper kettle simmering on the side of the brazier was steaming, and there was a gurgling and tumbling sound, apparently that the water had been boiled.

Li Ze dragged the low table on the side, took a large purple clay pot, lifted the copper kettle and poured boiling water on the outside of the purple clay pot, and then put it down. Then open a small sealed porcelain jar, use a wooden spoon to get some tea leaves out of the inside, put it into the purple clay pot, raise the copper pot again, pour the boiling water into it, and with the water vapor, a tea fragrance is also diffused in the house. Covering the lid of the purple clay pot, Li Ze picked up the purple clay pot, shook it a few times, poured the stubble water into the basin on the side, opened the lid again, and poured boiling water.

Looking at where Li Ze was busy, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but smile and said: "Mr. Gongsun said before that you have little research on the tea ceremony, and you have a ** share, but I think you are making this boiling water to make tea now, but it is also a matter of trouble, and you have a good appearance!" ”

Li Ze raised his face and smiled: "Drinking tea, in addition to the most basic function of quenching thirst, of course, also has some medicinal functions, which can supplement some things that are lacking in the body, just like those people outside the mouth, they eat more meat, if you don't drink tea, after a long time, you will inevitably have problems with your body." And the reason why drinking tea has a sense of ritual and a lot of things is purely that those scholars and doctors have nothing to do when they are full to show that they are different from ordinary people. If my son is okay with this kind of flower work, he can make a whole set. ”

"That's what you're doing?" Mrs. Wang couldn't be happier. As the daughter of a large family, she is naturally proficient in the way of tea. In her opinion, her son's actions just now were really clumsy and funny.

"My son is thinking about it!" Li Ze estimated that the temperature of the tea in the purple clay pot was almost good, and as he spoke, he lifted the pot, poured a cup of tea into the small cup, and held it to Mrs. Wang with both hands: "Mother, try it." ”

After taking a shallow sip, and then taking a cup of water, Mrs. Wang smiled: "Although this tea is still not used to drinking, it has a different taste." First, there is a bitter and astringent taste lingering on the tongue, and then there is a sweet and fragrant aftertaste. ”

"Mother go and watch, in the future, my son will definitely come up with a set of rules for drinking tea, and then let everyone rush to make tea and fight this tea or something without any power to fight back!" Li Ze was full of pride.

"You have a big mouth, since Lu Yu wrote "The Book of Tea", the way of boiling tea has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, you are afraid that you will really be laughed at shallowly." Mrs. Wang shook her head. "Even if you don't like it, you always have to understand a little, and you have to drink it reluctantly, this is not only to quench your thirst, but also a means of communication."

"My son really can't drink the tea with countless flavors in that cup of tea!" Li Ze repeatedly told forgiveness: "Mother still spare me!" ”

"It's okay if you don't want to drink it, but I think it's even more difficult for you to promote your way of drinking tea." Mrs. Wang was naturally unwilling to force her son to do something he was unwilling to do.

"If something is good, it will be followed by the bottom." Li Ze picked up a cup of tea and sipped it slowly, but the words that came out of his mouth were not so relaxed. "Mother, this may be difficult for others to do, but it is much easier for sons to do it. You see, in our Zhuangzi, everyone is used to drinking tea like this. After his son arrived in Wuyi, there were more and more people drinking tea like this in Wuyi, and now, even Cao Xin and them gradually accepted this way of drinking tea, and they will gradually influence a group of people. In the future, my son's influence will become greater and greater, and his power will become heavier and heavier, but I am afraid that this way of drinking tea will become more popular! ”

Mrs. Wang was stunned, she didn't expect Li Ze to be such a kind of thinking, but think about it, as Li Ze's power grows, even if it is to please Li Ze, more and more people will accept this way of drinking tea.

Holding the teacup, he looked at Li Ze in a daze for a long time before he said slowly: "You men are all the same, and your obsession with power is always endless." ”

Li Ze looked up at his mother and said, "Mother, don't you want to go to Chang'an?" If you don't want to go, don't go. No one can force you. Sons will not. Great, I'm not going to Chang'an. ”

Mrs. Wang shook her head and said, "Chang'an, that's a good place, when I was a little girl, I went with your grandfather once." Compared with Chang'an, we are indeed a poor and remote place here, and I wish I could go to Chang'an to enjoy happiness! ”

Li Ze naturally knew that Mrs. Wang's words were a little reluctant, this land must be his mother's hometown.

Looking at Li Ze's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Mrs. Wang smiled: "Okay, don't feel too bad about it." Mr. Gongsun told me a lot yesterday that it can help your career, and of course my mother is willing to do it for you. I have lived here for decades, and in addition to the pain, there are very few good times left for me, and the only one who is nostalgic is you. You've grown up now, and you've become a goshawk fighting in the sky, and Mother has less and less things to do for you. Mother doesn't know how happy she is to be able to help you now! ”

"Thank you, Mother!" Li Ze lowered his head a little ashamedly.

"Between mother and son, what is there to thank but not thank." Mrs. Wang smiled and stretched out her hand and stroked the top of Li Ze's head.

"Mother, my father's body is no longer in good shape. Mr. Kim said he would last a year at most. After a while, Li Zecai said in a low voice: "You, don't you really see your father?" ”

"What about seeing? It's better not to see it! Mrs. Wang's body stiffened, but she relaxed. The connection between me and him is only you, as long as you are good, that's fine. From now on, I have neither grace nor enmity with him, so be it! ”

Li Ze could only nod helplessly.

"Xia Zhu, that girl, don't you really want it?" Mrs. Wang took the cup of hot tea from Li Ze's hand, and looked at Li Ze, but her eyes were full of dissatisfaction. "Of course, Xia He has followed you since childhood, but I see that Xia He has been busy all day long, in the past few months after you left, when she returned to the house, it added up to less than ten days, and she usually stayed in the public house, how can she take good care of you?"

"Mother, everything is not on the right track now, it is the time of chaos, Xia He is really busy in this part, where she doesn't straighten it out, it will have an impact on her son's entire plan." Li Ze said with a smile: "Xia Zhu was taught by my mother herself, so it's naturally good." But you're going to Chang'an soon, how can you do without a caring person around you to take care of you? Besides, Xia He is by my side, I feel wronged, how can I add another Xia Zhu? ”

"What's there to be wronged about?" Mrs. Wang said dissatisfied.

"Mother, with Xia He's skills, if it weren't for me, why would I be a concubine?" Li Ze said with a smile: "If she enters the court as an official, she will also do it as a household secretary." ”

Although there were few women in the Tang Dynasty, it was not unusual.

"You didn't teach her that idea." Mrs. Wang chirped: "What is she not satisfied with! ”

"Mother, you let Xia Zhu take care of me, the intention is good, but Xia He and Xia Zhu are not suitable together. You have probably noticed now that Xia He is indeed a high authority, that is, Mr. Gongsun, Cao Gong, these people, are polite to Xia He, if Xia Zhu also passes, there will be a gap in the future, they were originally like sisters, if they hurt their feelings because of this in the future, it will not be beautiful. Let Xia Zhu serve you for another two years, and when the time comes, your son will find him a good family, whether it is a civil official or a military general, in short, wouldn't it be better for her to be the wife of the main room in the future, and she will also have a fate? Is it in vain that she has served her mother for so long? ”

"You have a reason for what you say! That's it, this is also Xia Zhu's unlucky. Mrs. Wang said angrily.

"Maybe she'll be blessed in the future!" Li Ze smiled and said authentically.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to be tired of me anymore, go back, I think Xia He should come back at this time, right? I've been looking forward to it. Mrs. Wang scolded with a smile.

As Li Ze's control area became larger and larger, Xia He's role in this system became more and more important. Even if the financial systems of Zhenzhou, Zhaozhou, and Shenzhou in Chengde Jiedu have not been handed over, the territory of Yizhou, Dizhou, Cangzhou, Jingzhou and Yingzhou alone is large enough.

In Wuyi, Xia He now has an independent mansion as an office, in addition to her overall situation, each of the following states also has a division, plus the military system, the Yixing Society system, Xia He now has nearly 100 people under his command alone. The training of these people alone was enough to keep her busy.

The financial system that Li Ze taught her, she wants to teach her subordinates that it is simple and easy to operate, but even if she thinks it is extremely simple, for those subordinates, it is not a big problem. This also made Xia He's temper bigger and bigger, and the people below became more and more in awe of him.

Fortunately, these selected people are all financial veterans, and after several months of intensive training, although they will continue to make mistakes, they can finally get started, and it will be a familiar process in the future. As for some of the more advanced systems, they can only be taken slowly in the future.

Outside, Xia He was majestic, authoritative, and feared by everyone, but as soon as she returned to this small courtyard, she became a shy and timid little girl again. At the moment, she was sitting under the lamp, knitting a cashmere sweater, but her eyes were looking at the door from time to time.