Although there are many things to pay attention to in the tea ceremony, the most fundamental thing is good tea and good water, which has little to do with tea utensils. The average quality of tea, you just use the tea set of the kiln and the Xuan kiln, and it still tastes like that in the mouth.

Besides, I gave Sanniangzi a few sets of tea sets, but they are all large bowls of tea sets that meet the habit of drinking tea outside the Saiwai, not small cups and small bowls for drinking tea in the mainland.

After the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect drank a cup of tea, her taste buds were obviously shocked. Despite her noble status, she has never drunk such a good tea. Moreover, the tea is made with spring water drawn from Datong City, not well water and river water outside the plug.

After a pot of water is boiled, the tea bricks are thrown into it to be cooked, and then fresh milk is poured in. Add some sugar and you're done, and that's milk tea.

Milk tea has a strong taste, a fresh milk fragrance, and is also very sweet and nutritious, but there is one biggest weakness, the original fresh fragrance of tea is gone. Of course, the basic tea bought outside the plug is inferior tea and broken tea, and then pressed into tea bricks, so I really can't pay attention to the tea ceremony and taste it slowly.

But the power of habit is extremely powerful, after this habit of drinking tea is formed, even if you get the best tea, you must add milk and sugar, otherwise it seems that you are not drinking tea.

Respect the rich such as the Tsar and the British royal family, you can easily buy the best tea, but tea drinking is still an old habit, only Southeast Asia follows the standard tea drinking habits of the mainland, these countries are basically the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty vassal countries.

The most courageous to change habits have to say that the Qing royal family and the children of the Eight Banners, they were originally nomads outside the Saiwai, but after entering the Central Plains, they became the same as the Han people from generation to generation, and finally they were more like the Han people than the Han people, and finally the Manchus gradually declined.

"I'm not talking about your tea set, but a tea set with the same specifications as your tea set." The third lady pointed to this tea set.

She wants to buy tea sets and tea stoves not only for herself, but also for her fiancé Little Prince Hannaji, this time the little prince went to the mainland with 200,000 taels of silver to sweep the goods, and the third lady was afraid that he would not be able to buy good goods, after all, many things are not available with money.

"Okay, 500 sets of tea sets and tea stoves every year, plus 10,000 catties of fine charcoal." Besides.

"Well, I forgot about the refined charcoal, 10,000 catties is not enough, let's come 100,000 catties a year, such a good tea will cost 1,000 catties every year." The third lady said.

Besides, he was so frightened that he almost fell: "Your Royal Highness Princess, our annual output of this kind of tea is not a thousand catties." I personally give you two catties a year, this is really a tribute that money can't buy. ”

"Okay, then are there any other good teas, give me two catties every year." The third lady is also a lion's mouth, and she wants a thousand catties first, but she is just waiting for this sentence.

Besides, he knew that he was fooled, but he didn't take it seriously, although some of the top famous teas were indeed very expensive and difficult to buy, but as long as he was willing to spend money, he could still get it through Zhang Whale. Those big eunuchs all had rations, but not everyone could drink that much, and the rest always had them, and the big eunuchs who managed the warehouses sometimes took out tributes in private.

No one in the palace checks the accounts, and only the emperor has the right to check the accounts, but where does the emperor have the time to check the account books? As long as there are enough things and supplies, the emperor can't remember what is stored in the warehouse.

In fact, most of the things in the emperor's huge treasury were swallowed by eunuchs of all sizes, and of course this was also an ordinary tribute. Dragon robes, python robes, jade belts, these items with strict restrictions on specifications they dare not move, and no one dares to buy them when they take them out, which is a joke on the heads of their own family.

"Let's set the ratio of military horses and iron tools like this, ten military horses are given a set of iron tools." Besides, he said.

"What? Ten military horses rationed a set of iron? No, resolutely not. The three ladies were on fire.

The so-called set of iron tools was also the imperial court's statement on the supply of iron tools outside the plug at that time, which was roughly an iron pot, ten shovels, a hoe, a shovel, a rake and so on.

Of course, this is only a ration deal, not that ten military horses are worth the money.

"And what does Her Royal Highness mean?" Besides, he asked.

"In turn, ten sets of iron tools for one military horse. The price can be calculated in two ways, we can use the local price for each other, and we can also use the price when trading with each other. The third lady said.

"It's easy to say in terms of price, any algorithm can be used. But the quota has to be as I said, and this can't be stopped. Besides, he laughed.

"No, the ration has to be as I said." The third lady was anxious, waving her pink fist, not giving an inch.

"I said, Mrs. Zuo, who in your family has the final say?" The previous saint asked Zuo Ling faintly.

Zuo Ling said generously: "On the surface, I have the final say, but in fact, he has the final say, who made him my man." ”

The previous saint wanted to provoke Zuo Ling to suppress it, after all, Zuo Ling was not so arrogant when he talked to them. But at the critical moment, Zuo Ling was not fooled at all and cleverly avoided it.

"In my opinion, the two of you will each give a step and exchange it in a one-to-one ratio." The incumbent saint smiled.

"Nope."

"Nope."

Without waiting for a second, the two men spoke in unison and rejected the proposal.

"It seems that we can't get along on this issue, so I won't buy military horses from the princess, and you won't buy iron tools from me." Besides, he laughed.

"This ......" the third lady hesitated.

Iron tools were extremely important to their tribe, and the nomads also had to use pots to stew meat, and now under the leadership of Zhao Quan, Saiwai also began to reclaim wasteland, mountains, and grow grain. This was done to reduce the dependence on food in the hinterland, but the demand for iron tools immediately skyrocketed.

Whether it is to reclaim wasteland or farm, it is impossible to do without iron tools, iron plows, hoes, shovels, sickles and other agricultural tools are indispensable tools, and no one can use their hands to plow the land.

Relatively speaking, the demand for the three ladies is even stronger, as for the situation, it is better to buy military horses from the three ladies, and if you can't buy them, you can think of other ways, but the three ladies want to buy ironware, and I am afraid that they are the biggest legal sellers.

"I said, besides, you keep calling me sister-in-law, which is completely lip service and reality. Is the family so careful?! The three ladies had no choice but to show their faces and play the emotional card.

"Sister-in-law, if you lack anything at home, no problem, as long as you open your mouth, I will give it to you, no money." Besides, he laughed.

The third lady was speechless, of course she also needed iron tools at home, but did she need to worry about this? Even if there is a shortage of iron tools outside the plug, it is not missing her family, she is thinking about the whole tribe. What's more, no one has too much ironware, and those that can't be used can be used as inventory, and they can be resold at a high price.

"This will not work, I can swear to you that the iron I bought from you will never be used to forge weapons." The third lady thought for a while and said.

Besides, he smiled, not to mention that the three ladies swore an oath, even if I answered the king's oath, he didn't believe it.

It's not that he can't trust the three ladies, whether these iron tools are used to forge weapons is not a matter of immediate concern. In a few years, who will be able to keep an eye on the flow of these iron tools?

The third lady thinks so, so to speak, but in fact, she can't do it at all.

"In this way, I also swear to my sister-in-law that the military horses I bought from you are absolutely only for pulling goods." Besides.

"You two talk like this, what day are you talking about heads?" The previous saint said with a wry smile.

The two of them thought that as long as they came over, launched a slam on the situation, and then played the emotional card, they could basically get it done, but they didn't expect that the oil and salt would not enter.

The previous saint smiled bitterly in her heart: King Altan and the sect leader have met opponents this time, but they still think that Da Ming came to surrender, and they are so tough on the three ladies that they will not let it go at all. is definitely not a good stubble when it really goes to the negotiating table.

In the previous negotiations, the imperial court assigned those powerful families to negotiate with the king of Alta, and the king of Alta can be said to have taken advantage of it, but he was not satisfied, and often either stopped the negotiations or tore up the agreement. This time it was suspended, and the king of Altan estimated that he might vomit blood.

She admired her composure. This kid is outside the Saiwai, in the territory of the king of Altan and several powerful clans, but he is as domineering as in the capital.

She didn't understand whether she couldn't recognize the situation clearly, or if she was really not afraid of death, did he think that with his 10,000 guards, he would be able to fight against the king of Alta? How dare you dream!

The third lady was also a little headache when she was said. This is the first time she has negotiated with someone, and it used to be commanding, and no one dared to go against her will if she wanted anything.

Of course, besides, she doesn't have the pride of being a superior, she is the plenipotentiary minister of the Ming Dynasty, and her status is one level higher than that of her princess.

She massaged her smooth forehead with her slender and tender fingers, thinking about how to defeat the Han man on the other side, who called herself "Little Uncle", and reach an agreement that met her wishes.

"According to me, let's not talk about the trade of military horses and iron weapons for now, leave this issue to Bansheng City, let us talk to your patriarch, so that we don't have to bother with it." Zuo Ling smiled.

"Well, that's fine." Besides, he immediately agreed, and slapped a small slap in his heart.

Just now he gave Zuo Ling a look, and Zuo Ling immediately understood, and immediately made a proposal.

"Okay, you little bastard doesn't think I'm high enough, do you?" The third lady immediately understood what she meant, and almost jumped up.

"No, I don't mean that, it's just that I don't think we can talk about this issue anymore, and besides, can Her Royal Highness really be the master?" Besides, he laughed.

The third lady was asked by him, if favorable terms were reached, of course she could call the shots. But if it is a clause that is unfavorable to her tribe, she will definitely not be able to be the master, and the problem of the whole clan must be decided by her father in the end.

This is not like the business of medicinal herbs and leather goods between her and Zuo Ling, of course she can make the decision in the business, and she doesn't need to ask her father for approval, and her father is too lazy to take care of it.

"Okay, then we'll talk about it when we get to Bansheng City, but I'll be the one who negotiates with you at that time, and I won't let you go." The third lady pointed to her nose and said.

"Okay, I'm willing to talk to my sister-in-law, we're a family." Besides, he said shamelessly.

"Let's go." The third lady stood up and left.