"Xiaoyue, where is King Shou? How did he become mysterious during this time? Except for going to the barracks, I always play missing, and no one can find it. ”

Princess Anhua came to Shouwang's Mansion in a menacing manner, and when she saw the oncoming man, she rushed up and asked. And Princess Changning hurriedly followed, and she was also a little uncomfortable with the character of her second imperial sister.

"See the princess." Seeing Princess Anhua, who was not kind to her, Xiaoyue couldn't avoid it if she wanted to, so she could only bend down and salute.

"What about your Highness?" Princess Anhua asked, crossing her waist.

"This... Xiao Yue hesitated, wanting whether to reveal His Royal Highness's whereabouts, but looking at the posture of Princess Anhua in front of her, if she didn't give an explanation, she wouldn't be able to escape.

"Xiaoyue, we are also looking for the Seventh Emperor Brother to have some things, you can tell us." Princess Changning, who was late, saw that Xiao Yue obviously knew something, so she opened her mouth and persuaded softly.

"Your Highness is in the kitchen." Satsuki hesitated for a moment and pointed in the direction of the kitchen, looking a little embarrassed.

"What? Is he in the kitchen? Can't you cook? He's a prince, what does he want to do? Princess Anhua shouted, and then went to the kitchen.

"Princess 。。。。。。" Looking at Princess Anhua who was rushing towards the kitchen in a hurry, Xiaoyue couldn't persuade her if she wanted to, so she could only hurriedly follow with Princess Changning.

"What smell? So fragrant? ”

Before she could walk into the kitchen, Princess Anhua smelled a very fragrant smell, which smelled very good, giving people a feeling of intoxication, this smell was somewhat familiar, but I didn't know where I had smelled it. Then, Princess Anhua heard Li Ye's laughter coming from inside.

"Yes, yes, that's what it tastes like. There are many rewards, Zhang Wei, everyone who participates in this will be rewarded with ten dollars. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!"

As soon as Princess Anhua entered the courtyard of the kitchen, she found that more than a dozen men and women were kneeling on the ground and thanking her, while Li Ye was standing in front of everyone, but her eyes were always staring at the things drying in the yard next to her, and her eyes were full of fanaticism, as if the things in front of her were his most beloved things.

"Old Seven, what are you doing here? Is it deliberately hiding from me? Looking at the bright smiling face, Princess Anhua said angrily.

"Second Emperor Sister? Sister Seven Emperors? How did you guys get here? Li Ye was slightly surprised when he saw someone coming, but when he saw Xiao Yue who was following him on the side, he knew what was going on.

"Your Highness, the slave maid really can't stop the two princesses, please punish Your Highness." Satsuki pleaded guilty in a panic.

"It's none of your business here, you can go and get busy with your business first." Li Ye didn't blame Xiao Yue, although Xiao Yue was canonized as a wife, but it was only effective when Li Ye officially accepted it a few years later, and now she is still just a personal maid by Li Ye's side.

"Your Highness!" Xiao Yue hurriedly got up, then turned to leave.

After Xiaoyue left, Princess Anhua found that the fragrance came from the courtyard where the kitchen was located, and couldn't help but look at Li Ye curiously, "Old Seven, what are you doing here?" Mysterious and mysterious? And what are these sunbaths? ”

Looking at the things on the bamboo strips that looked a bit like the leaves had lost moisture, Princess Anhua was very curious. She will notice this, because there are a lot of these bamboo strips piled up in the whole yard, and there are nearly ten of them, large and small, which is very conspicuous.

"Come on, make some tea for the two princesses!" Li Ye smiled and clapped his hands.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Someone immediately brought a tea set, then picked up a handful of dried tea leaves, and then put them in two teacups, and the person next to them immediately poured boiling water.

"This is tea? Why is it so fragrant? It's a familiar smell, the kind of aroma I've smelled before. Seeing that the shriveled leaves in front of her were actually tea, Princess Anhua couldn't help but be surprised, but after a while, when she asked about the fragrance of tea, she couldn't help but feel refreshed and comfortable.

"That's right, this is tea, the two imperial sisters can taste it, it's definitely much better than the tea you drank before." Li Ye said quite smugly.

The technology of roasting tea is nothing in modern times, and now a large number of machines have begun to roast tea, so the output is very high, and manual roasting tea is limited to some good teas, but he probably still knows some about the steps of hand-roasting tea.

However, he had only seen hand-fried tea once in the past, but he had not actually operated it, so he didn't know how to fry it and how to control the heat, so he could only let the people below experiment according to the method he said.

Ten days ago, he asked people to buy 100 catties of fresh tea, but now there are less than 10 catties left. Under normal circumstances, four to five catties of tea leaves can get one catty of dried tea, but due to the initial test, there were many mistakes in the middle, including failing to control the heat and frying, so only the current dry tea leaves remained.

But this is still acceptable, after all, after so many days of hard work, it has been successfully tested. Although this technology can't catch up with the modern skilled tea roasting technology, Li Ye can also taste it through tea tasting, but the tea he drank before is many times better. As long as you continue to improve the roasted tea technology, the tea will taste better and better.

Hearing Li Ye's words, the two princesses were also curious about this strange tea leaf, and immediately picked up the teacup, and found that the tea leaves that had been shriveled before had become the original tea leaves in the teacup, and as soon as the lid of the cup was lifted, the rich tea fragrance came to the nose, and the whole person felt a lot more relaxed.

Then the small mouth tentatively reached the rim of the cup, took a sip, and suddenly a warm current through the heart went down the throat, although the brewed tea was a little hot, but the two princesses could not help but take a big sip.

Looking at the expressions of the two imperial sisters, Li Ye knew that the two of them drank his tea, and if they drank other teas, there would be no taste, which was like going from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift, not to mention the two princesses from the royal family.

"How? Two royal sisters? Seventh didn't lie to you. Li Ye said with a smile.

"What kind of tea is this? Why haven't I drunk it before? Princess Anhua put down the teacup and asked impatiently.

"This is actually ordinary Mengding tea." Li Ye said with a smile.

Mengding tea is not ordinary tea, in the Tang Dynasty, Mengding tea is tribute tea, although it is not said that only the royal family can enjoy it, but it is difficult for ordinary people to access. However, for Li Ye, as a prince, Mengding tea is not uncommon, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is ordinary tea, after all, the good tea leaves in his house are not only Mengding tea.

Mengding tea is produced in Mingshan County, Yazhou, which is Mengding Mountain in today's Ya'an Mingshan District. The annual average temperature of the production area is 14.5 °C, the annual precipitation is 2000~2200mm, and the mountains are often drizzled and full of smoke. This kind of ecological environment can weaken the direct sunlight and increase the scattered light, which is conducive to the formation of nitrogen synthesis substances in tea. Therefore, the quality and quantity of tea produced far exceed that of other regions, and it is also a very famous tea in Datang at this time.

"Mengding tea? But the Mengding tea I used to drink didn't taste like this. Princess Anhua was puzzled.

"This is what Lao Qi is busy with during this time, so there is this fragrance now." Li Ye sold Guan Zidao.

"No matter, give me ten pounds, or I'll be up to you here." Princess Anhua didn't have the posture of a princess at this time, but like an unreasonable woman in the market.

"Second Imperial Sister, I don't have a total of ten catties. And if you take ten catties of dry tea like mine, you won't be able to drink it all in a year, are you sure? Li Ye smiled bitterly.

"Really?" Princess Anhua took a big jump and looked at Li Ye in disbelief.

"Really, if the second emperor sister and the seventh emperor sister take some back and taste it first, this is originally a test product, and the taste is still a little flawed, and after improving the process later, Lao Qi will definitely ensure that the two imperial sisters want as much as they want." Li Ye patted his chest and said.

"Okay then." Princess Anhua hesitated for a while and agreed, she didn't really want ten catties, just because she hadn't seen Li Ye during this time, and she was a little resentful.

After temporarily sending away the two imperial sisters, looking at the chaotic courtyard, Li Ye called Zhang Wei, "Zhang Wei, you are responsible for this matter with Xiaoying Zhang Luo, this secret of roasting tea must be kept, don't leak it, otherwise you will know the consequences."

There are also more people in the manor outside the city according to the model of roasting tea in the palace, and the king wants to expand the scale, and recruit some craftsmen who can fry and eat, all of them are sent to the manor outside the city, and teach them to roast tea. Then send people to collect tea from the tea plantations in Mingshan, Qionglai, Qingcheng, Mianzhou and other places. For the time being, take out 50,000 yuan, and count as much as you can receive. ”

"50,000?" Zhang Wei couldn't help but swallow his saliva, "Your Highness is not cautious." ”

"No, you don't! The king has his own considerations. Li Ye said disapprovingly.