Another person with a heart quickly realized the "Book of Tea" in Li Zhi's mouth, and instantly realized the urgency of it.

The tea fragrance and tea art of the Tang Dynasty are far from the real prosperity period at this time, not to mention the spread overseas, even if foreign businessmen often come to purchase, they are only a very small part of many countries.

The importance of tea is far less than that of ceramics and silk in the East.

Once there is a comprehensive work of "The Book of Tea", the Tang culture, which is already leading the world trend, is bound to set off a wave of tea culture in various countries.

As the primary port for exporting tea, if Quanzhou can master the "Book of Tea" for the first time, it will quickly popularize tea culture

For them, the tea merchants, the business opportunities are greater than the original meaning of the "Book of Tea".

So, someone immediately mentioned this matter to Li Zhi, and the works that can be praised by the emperor do not need to be seen in person, and they are destined to be genuine.

Engraving printing was formed in the Sui Dynasty, popular in the Tang Dynasty, and further expanded in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and was close to perfection in the Song Dynasty.

Li Zhi's next step is to develop this kind of printing technology, which is nothing more than to choose wood with fine and solid textures, such as jujube wood, pear wood, etc., sawing the wood into pieces of planks, writing the words to be printed on thin paper, and pasting them on the boards.

Then according to the strokes of each word, with a knife to carve into Yangwen one stroke at a time, so that the strokes of each word protrude on the board, after the wooden board is carved, you can print the book.

However, there are still many inconveniences in the lack of engraving printing, such as a typo, the whole engraving plate will be scrapped, and it needs to be restarted, wasting financial, material and human resources.

In one step, he planned to activate movable type printing, replacing woodblock engraving with movable metal or clay blocks, instead of block printing, which could only print fixed content.

Movable type plate making just avoids the lack of engraving, as long as enough single movable type is prepared in advance, it can be imposed at any time, which greatly accelerates the plate making time.

Moreover, after the movable type plate is printed, it can be disassembled, and the movable type can be reused, which occupies a small space and is easy to store and keep.

However, of course, he couldn't expose the inside story at this time, so he just shirked to Gaozong's side: "That's a tome, if the emperor doesn't return it, I can't go into the palace to ask for it." I guess it's going to be months away! ”

The tea merchant still didn't give up, but he didn't dare to ask questions about Li Zhi, so he had to focus on Chen Gaoming.

Where did Chen Gaoming have any dealings with Li Zhi, and then looked at Gan Xiuming with expectant eyes.

The two of them were so proficient in business because they saw the great influence of a comprehensive tea ceremony treatise on the art of tea, and in an era when there was little entertainment, poetry and tea ceremony were the only elegant pastimes.

Their prosperity is directly related to the popularization and sales of tea.

But how do the two of them know, even if Gan Xiuming is only in awe of Li Zhi, he also doesn't dare to make friends, and he will not confide in him if he opens his mouth to ask for it.

However, Li Zhi understood all the psychological fluctuations of the people present, smiled and turned his hand to take out a few thin pages of paper.

It was only the table of contents and the opening summary text of the "Book of Tea", but only on the dense entries, such as tea law, miscellaneous notes, tea recipes, tea records, tea scriptures, sencha tea tasting, water products, tea taxes, tea theories, tea history, and so on, there were 100 catalogue identifications, which made those tea merchants stunned.

They didn't even realize where Li Zhi had taken out the paper, and they were instantly stunned by the complete and comprehensive terms and conditions.

Talking about other people, even the source merchants who have been immersed in the tea industry for decades, have never thought that a single tea word can form hundreds of words, not to mention that there will be a detailed explanation for each word.

As a result, they instantly realized that this "Book of Tea" would be a comprehensive treatise on the history, origin, current situation, production technology, tea drinking skills, and principles of tea production in history, and an epoch-making monograph on tea science.

The book is divided into three volumes, the first, the middle, and the second, with a total of ten parts. Its main contents and structure are: the source of one; two-of-a-kind; Three-of-a-kind; Four vessels; Five-boiled; Drink of Six; The Matter of Seven; Eight out; Nine of These; Diagram of Ten. It includes the growth law, processing, quality analysis of tea in major tea areas, as well as the basics of tea cooking, tea utensils and tea utensils, the origin of tea history, related miscellaneous examinations, etc., but there are hundreds of poems, essays, and accounts about tea. ”

Li Zhi talked eloquently, and there was no sense of guilt for plagiarism, which allowed it to be put on the market 100 years earlier, and it was also infinitely meritorious.

Chen Gaoming sighed with a cold breath in his mouth: "No wonder Mr. Li said that it is a tome, just the poems and interpretations will have thousands of pages!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and smiled: "The emperor has been sending it there for several months, and his old man has only finished annotating the last volume, and I only have some scattered manuscripts left in my hands at present, which can be sorted out and bound into a book, and I am afraid that it will take more than a month." However, the Hanlin Academy has a complete transcription of the first volume, and if you have a way, you can find it and ask for it! ”

When all the tea merchants heard this, they were all gloomy.

No matter how much they boast of their great communicative energy, they also know that the Hanlin Academy is some old-fashioned and old-fashioned old pedants, and it is almost impossible to ask for this kind of pioneering tea classic from them.

At one point, another elderly tea merchant suddenly asked, "Has Mr. Li ever written a book called "Zengguang Xianwen"?" ”

Li Zhi was very strange, when he handed over the entire set of "Zengguang Xianwen" to the Hanlin Academy, he clearly requested that his name should not be marked, but regarded as the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the entire Hanlin Academy.

After that, he didn't pay attention to it, this person is just a businessman, how do you know why?

Seeing Li Zhi's expression, the man already understood the correctness of his guess, and then said: "I have had the privilege of listening to a few lectures in the Sage Lecture Hall, I am the distant nephew of Yu Taiwei, called Yu Pingfang!" ”

Li Yi patted his thigh, "I've heard of you, one day you asked for two catties of tribute tea from Taiwei Yu, and the old man said that it was sent by his nephew Pingfangyuan!" ”

Yu Pingfang was pleasantly surprised: "It turns out that Mr. Li is really the person I keep hearing about!" Not only my uncle, but also other scholars of the Hanlin Academy also bluntly told me when they taught in the Sage Lecture Hall that "Zengguang Xianwen" was written by Mr. Li himself! ”

After Li Yiyi was shocked for a while, he didn't bother about this matter anymore, since the Hanlin Academy was willing to mark it like this, he wouldn't care about anything.

He was extremely interested in the person in front of him, because of his understanding of Taiwei Yu, the old man was a well-known person in the government who had a lot of human nature, a good Confucian scholar, and a kind and loyal person.

In terms of character, they are all described as those who are particularly simple and straightforward, cover less and deceitful, do not care about fame, and make friends with some people who are still pure and frugal.

Therefore, the Hanlin Academy, which he single-handedly constructed, is also mostly such loyal and good friends.

Therefore, Li Zhi also loves Yu Pingfang and has a good impression of him: "Taiwei Yu also wants me to call him uncle, is it okay to dare to call him Brother Pingfang here?" ”

Where would Yu Pingfang be unwilling, compared to others, he usually travels to and from Chang'an City, and even Li Zhi Li Zhengwen is famous.

"Brother Pingfang, I think so, at most six months, the new type of printing technology I developed will be used in practice, whether it is "Zengguang Xianwen" or "Tea Sutra", can be used as the first batch of printed plates, turn around the year in April and May you go to Chang'an City to find me, if the plate is completed, it will be handed over to you to do the first version of printing, and the finished products will also be sold exclusively by you?"

Li Zhi's promise is of infinite significance, and regardless of the quality of the so-called new printing technology in his mouth, it will be a great business opportunity if it is only the exclusive marketing permission of a work of "The Book of Tea".

Strongly suppressed the excitement in his heart, Yu Pingfang still did not forget to raise the doubts in his heart: "Mr. doesn't mean that kind of engraving printing?" ”

Li Zhi shook his head with a smile:

"There are major defects in engraving printing, such as the printing of the "Book of Tea", and then the "Zengguang Xianwen" is printed, the whole engraving plate will be scrapped, and it needs to be re-engraved, I am currently aiming at the improved plate making, which is still in the stage of further improvement, and has been able to see tangible results, and will shock the world after six months!"

The listeners were speechless when they heard the explanation, including those from the Western Regions, who looked at Li Zhi with different eyes.

It's not that they are suspicious, but because of extreme shock, that is, engraving printing, which is also a rare process display, and only Datang can see it, which is already the top printing quality.

Now in front of them, Li Zhi proposed a new printing technology that transcends the times, and the shocking effect brought by it is no less than thunder on a sunny day.

Compared with the others, the only lady who stayed by her side, Afeifa, also trembled in her heart, she didn't know that her husband, who had been with her day and night recently, had such a secret hidden.

Anyone who is good at reading and recognizing characters is well aware of the great significance of the publication of words other than bamboo slips, and in the era when it was mainly copied by hand, it is said that printing has been the most advanced technology across the ages.

The kind of printing technology that has not yet been popularized has actually become an anachronistic and rough process in Li Zhi's mouth, and the influence of the subversion of other people's normal cognitive outlook will naturally make them sluggish for a long time.

Li Zhi changed the topic in time:

"I'll leave tomorrow, your tea merchants hurry up and present the samples one by one, tomorrow you need to send the order demand to the ship docked at the port, if the quality is good, the price is fair, Chang'an City, Luoyang City's Zhengqing Wenqitang will place orders all year round!"

As soon as these words came out, several businessmen immediately woke up, but Li Zhi immediately added:

"I don't need such ordinary goods, the lowest grade is also the highest grade tea under the tribute. Maybe you don't know, just the superb tea, I have dozens of kinds in my hands, just like this grade of tea, which of you has it, I will buy it all in cash! ”

As he spoke, he took out a tael or so of sparrow's tongue camellia.

At the same time as several tea merchants screamed, he took out the unique Bolai emerald green mountain tea, "How much is this kind of mountain tea worth according to you?" ”

Several people each took a few leaves, sniffed, rubbed, and stuffed into their mouths to chew and taste, and there was a humane: "The value of this mountain tea is almost equal to half the price of tribute tea, which is considered to be a fine tea in the ordinary tea category!" ”

Li Zhi smiled and said: "Two catties of my bird's tongue camellia are exchanged for a thousand catties of emerald green camellia!" ”

The tea merchants' expressions once again fell into a state of dementia, and the purpose of Li Zhi's move was very simple, that is, through such simple and rude things that were tantamount to a slap in the face, to shatter the arrogance of the self-proclaimed expert.

They are the top suppliers of a particular tea product and have a lot of autonomy over the price setting.

But the appearance of superb tea leaves beyond their cognition will instantly turn their respective advantages into nothing, and the purchase price for Li Zhi will not be able to call a higher price.

Sure enough, as soon as the Peacock Mountain Tea appeared, the original self-control of several tea merchants was no longer there.

What followed was a deep sense of loss after the horror.

Because they know from now that there are unheard of and more noble tea categories in the world, and compare them with their so-called tribute tea, which is the difference between ordinary leaves and fairy grass.

While the others were silent, Yu Pingfang smiled bitterly: "Sir's move is a heavy blow to us, and I have suffered major psychological damage alone!" ”