In the north of Xiyang County, at the junction with Biancheng County, the low hills stretch out to the eye and are verdant, and unlike other places, the plants on the mountain bags are not kudzu, hemp or mulberry, but tea trees. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The warm spring breeze blows through this dense tea plantation, and as far as the eye can see, the tea trees on the mountain are like rows of neat military formations, covering the entire hillside, and the tea plantations covering an area of thousands of acres are like a sea of green.

In the courtyard of a corner of the tea garden, the owner of the tea garden in the attic, Shi Hao Wu Bo, the governor of Huangzhou, is entertaining, and the distinguished guests present are Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen, Badong County Shou Xu Shao, and Huangzhou Governor Sima Yangji.

"There are mountains and rivers, the Santai River is nearby, the cargo ships are also convenient, and the scenery of the other courtyard of Chengye is good."

Hearing Yu Wenwen's appreciation, Hao Wubo arched his hand: "Where, compared with the king's lakeside manor, the tea garden below is ashamed." ”

"There is water and no mountains in the place of the widow, it is not as good as the tea garden in the east of yours, the lake and the mountains, it is really unforgettable, and you have to go for a walk again if you have the opportunity."

"When the king goes, he has to bring Yang Sima, and then point out the process of making tea, in the tea garden of Xia and Chengye, thanks to Yang Sima's allocation, there are today's results."

All of you are your own people, Yuwen Wen is very interested, today we are here in a private capacity, by the way to taste the new tea of Haojia Tea Garden, after several years of pondering, the tea made by the new process is finally coming out.

It has been more than six years since he took office in Huangzhou (Bazhou), and Xu Shao and Hao Wubo, who are important adjutants, have made a lot of contributions, and everyone has not only had smooth sailing in their official careers, but also made rapid progress in the "money journey".

Water Textile, Xu Shao and Hao Wubo's families all have cloth mills in Huangzhou, and the upcoming tea trade, the two of them have not been left behind, and the large-scale tea garden laid out in advance is the most powerful guarantee for the two to make money.

Huangzhou built water conservancy facilities, many wastelands have been reclaimed into farmland, Yuwenwen and organized people to develop barren mountains, large planting mulberry, hemp and bamboo, but specially "instructed" Hao Wubo and Xu Shao to develop barren mountains to plant tea trees.

The wind of drinking tea in the south is prevalent, large and small tea gardens can be seen everywhere in Shannan, Hao Wubo's family also has tea gardens, there are many varieties of good tea trees, all of which are transplanted to the tea gardens in Huangzhou.

Through the correspondence with the owners of the village in the Dabie Mountains, Xu Shao and Hao Wubo did everything possible to search for good tea trees in the mountains, and found many tea varieties over the years, all of which were transplanted to the Huangzhou Tea Garden for cultivation.

After years of hard work, Xu Shao and Hao Wubo's tea garden has entered a bumper production period, and unlike other tea gardens, the process of tea making has changed, and the two never thought that there would be so much attention to tea.

Since he can remember, Hao Wubo has known that tea must be "boiled" before it can be drunk, and it must be boiled with green onions, ginger, dates, orange peel, dogwood, mint and other ingredients to hide the grassy smell in the tea.

The northerners say that tea is "water misfortune", most of them are not used to the mixed taste of tea, Hao Wubo thought that the flavor of tea could not be changed, but someone pointed out the maze.

That person is Yuwen Wen and Yang Ji, what they said about finishing, rolling and drying, Xu Shao and Hao Wubo seemed to understand after hearing it, but they didn't seem to understand.

The so-called finishing is to process the fresh tea leaves that are picked, which are generally dried and pressed into cakes for storage, and need to be taken out to cut and boil and drink.

What Yu Wenwen is talking about is "stir-frying" green, that is, putting a certain amount of fresh tea leaves into an iron pot and frying.

Of course, the iron pot is the kind of cooking utensils that have only appeared in Huangzhou in recent years, and this tea-making process is simply incredible: put the fresh and tender tea leaves into the pot and fry them, so that the processed tea leaves can still be drunk after boiling tea?

There is also kneading, according to Yang Ji's demonstration, it is actually to roll the tea leaves into strips, instead of squeezing them together and pressing them into tea cakes, and then after drying, such loose tea does not add any ingredients, and can be directly soaked in hot boiling water.

It is "brewing" not "boiling", and it is called "making tea", Hao Wubo and Xu Shao have never seen or heard of this tea-making process and tea drinking method, and after trying it once, they found that the flavor is really different.

After a series of new processes to brew the tea, it tastes mellow and delicious, without the interference of ingredients, the true taste of tea makes people fascinated, and there is a trace of flavor when you taste it carefully.

The tea-making process seems to be very simple, but it is actually very complicated, first of all, it is fried green, and if the heat is not well mastered or the time is too long or too short, it will have a disastrous impact on the quality of the tea.

Kneading, its strength is exquisite, if you don't hold it well, it is easy to break the tea leaves, and there are cold kneading and hot kneading.

The so-called cold kneading, that is, the green leaves are kneaded after being cooled; Hot kneading is the kneading of green leaves without spreading and cooling. After countless studies, they mastered the art of kneading.

Then there is drying, there are three methods of drying, frying and drying, and it is also a lot of trials to find a suitable drying process.

After such a complex tea-making process, the tea leaves made are loose tea, which is completely different from the common group tea (tea cake), which has removed the bitter and astringent taste of the grass and does not need to be covered with ingredients.

The tea brewed has an unforgettable flavor that makes people taste it, and there are few rivals in the world's famous teas!

But the surprises don't stop there, there are also tricks for making tea, and the whole process makes people fascinated, Yuwenwen gave these processes a nickname, called "tea art".

The specific way to do it was demonstrated by Yang Ji, and Hao Wubo and Xu Shao became more and more interested in the origin of this person, because Yang Ji seemed to know everything about astronomy and geography.

Cheng Rili and Yu Wenwen are mysterious, and I don't know what adventures these two have, so they will have many wonderful ideas.

"The Buddha said, "Don't say it, don't say it." Yuwen Wen took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "If you want to talk about Yang Sima's adventure, you have to say it for three days and three nights. ”

"The merchants in Huangzhou and the surrounding areas want to go out to do business and make a lot of money, and they need reliable escort forces, so the establishment of the dart store is imperative, so everyone spends so much money to hire a dart master, and they have to sell some valuable goods, what are these goods?"

"Books, cloth, and soap, this is not enough, so the white porcelain that cannot be burned elsewhere or cannot be burned at a low cost is a weapon used by Huangzhou businessmen to make money."

Yu Wenwen said this, picked up the teacup in his hand and looked at it carefully: "Porcelain, if you sell it alone, you can't buy it at a high price, make it into a set to sell, and the selling price can be a few percent higher, for example, a tea set." ”

"A set of tea sets, including tea shoots, tea baskets, tea houses, tea stoves, tea roasting, tea dings, tea pots, so if Huangzhou's white porcelain is made into tea sets, it can be sold at a higher price, so it is a pity that such tea sets are not used to make tea?"

Xu Shao raised his glass with a smile: "Selling with tea and tea utensils can be described as one plus one and three for three, and the king's whimsy is admired in the next." ”

"The valley rain has passed, and the tea leaves according to the new law have been sold out in a short time, and the thousands of acres of tea plantations in Chengye have an income of no less than 10 million yuan, and the heirs are about the same, and this is only the first season."

Yu Wenwen smiled and raised his glass, and greeted Xu Shao and Hao Wubo: "Xu Dongjia, Hao Dongjia, when the dividend is paid at the end of the year, the dividend of the widow and Yang Sima cannot be less!" (To be continued.) )