Zhao Yong? Dai Yan is no stranger to this name!

Coming from later generations, of course he knew that this was the name of King Zhao Wuling, the most eloquent monarch of the Zhao Kingdom! And after coming to this era, before coming to Zhao Kingdom, he also heard of this name. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Yong, the only son of Zhao Hou and Zhao Yu, was made the prince by Zhao Hou before he was ten years old! Could it be that it was the prince of Zhao who had just made an arrow bet with himself?

Dai Yan was a little uncertain in his heart.

When such a thing happened, he didn't dare to delay any longer and hurriedly began to enter the city.

Dai Yan entered Handan, and after settling down, he first went to visit An Pingjun of Zhao State, the son Zhao Cheng.

Zhao Cheng is the son of Zhao Chenghou Zhao Chong, the younger brother of the current Zhao Hou Zhao Yu, and the current Xiangguo of Zhao State!

Zhao Cheng can be said to have a monopoly on power in Zhao State, and now Zhao Hou Zhao Yu is a person who is keen on war, and since he began to control the state politics of Zhao State, he has waged wars against foreign countries one after another. When he personally went out to fight in command, he left his younger brother Zhao Cheng to deal with Zhao's internal affairs in Handan.

Under the leadership of these two brothers, Zhao State faced the strong rise of the surrounding Wei, Qi, and Qin states, and did not show the slightest advantage in military affairs and domestic internal affairs! This shows the ability of the Zhao brothers.

Dai Yan was soon received by Zhao Cheng.

As soon as he saw Zhao Cheng, Dai Yan gave him a rich gift.

For a person with a prominent reputation and noble status like Zhao Cheng, he can be regarded as a well-informed person. Facing Dai Yan's gift from a foreign son, he was not too surprised. When he was about to order someone to take the gift down directly, Dai Yan stopped his behavior, and then said to Zhao Cheng in person: "The kid is not talented, dare to ask for the most exquisite gift for An Pingju in person." ”

Zhao Chengzheng was puzzled, but Dai Yan asked people to open the gift offered, it was a few catties of white tea, which was extremely beautiful.

Ever since Dai Yan discovered tea and supplied it to Puyangxing, this new type of drink has gradually become popular among the upper class society of the Zhao Kingdom. Of course, Zhao Cheng has seen and drunk tea. With the tea, he felt more comfortable eating meat. It wasn't clear why, but he quickly fell in love with the drink.

He had also asked people about the origin of the tea, but the merchants were more tight-lipped, and he didn't care about it later.

The teas he sees now are the teas that Dai Yan carefully selected from the moment he discovered the tea, and it has not been finished and rolled, but only dried and dried. The fermentation of this tea is carried out over a long period of time, so the nutrients in the tea can be retained to the greatest extent.

This kind of tea can be classified as white tea in later generations, and white tea itself has the saying of "one year of tea, three years of medicine, and seven years of treasure". The greasy "fairy tea" Lao Junmei that appeared in the dream of Red Mansions in later generations is one of this kind of tea.

As soon as Dai Yan's tea leaves were taken out, they exuded a faint fragrance, and smelling this smell could make a person like Zhao Cheng who loves meat feel extremely comfortable! This makes him look forward to the gift that Dai Yan will give him!

Dai Yan ordered someone to take out a complete set of tea sets specially made by the Mo craftsmen, and he began to personally demonstrate the art of tea and make tea for Zhao Cheng.

In this era, doing "shitty things" for other people like offering food and drink would be considered a self-deprecating practice, and the average nobleman would not do anything like this. However, this is no problem for Dai Yan.

In later generations, when he received guests or discussed business with others, he also made tea for others, which was also a kind of courtesy to others, and he never thought it was a "cheap thing". In this era, tea has just been discovered from Fengyi, and tea has just spread to the Northland, and people have not yet learned how to taste the beauty of this wonderful drink. Dai Yan personally demonstrated the tea art and also had a small intention to promote it.

Zhao Cheng quietly watched Dai Yan and began to make tea. First boiled a pot of boiling water in a clay pot, and then he saw Dai Yan pouring hot water on the tea set to warm the cup. Although he couldn't understand what Dai Yan was doing, he looked at the young nobleman's actions of making tea on the other side, which was extremely elegant, which made him think that this was a real aristocratic style.

After warming the cup, Dai Yan began to choose tea. Although the white teas he brings with him are carefully selected high-quality teas, he also has to select them himself to ensure that there are no accidents.

After placing the tea leaves in the clay cup, he poured boiling water into the cup. When flushing, Dai Yan personally leaned the kettle down and lifted it up three times, which is the famous "Phoenix Three Nods".

In later generations, the "Phoenix Three Nods" is not only the best way to pay homage to the brewed tea, but also to greet the guests. Although there is no such rule in this era, some human etiquette has been figured out, and when Zhao Cheng saw this elegant action, he immediately began to applaud!

As the boiling water enters the pot and begins to merge with the tea leaves, the aroma in the tea leaves begins to spread. All of a sudden, the whole room was filled with fragrant tea. Not only people like Zhao Cheng who already like to drink tea feel comfortable, but even Dai Yan's entourage, Tang Yingtian, Buli and other people who don't like tea also have a feeling of fluttering!

Dai Yan smelled the scent of tea in the air, and finally had a smile on his face. Then he began to put the brewed tea into the sea of tea, that is, the fair cup. Then he poured the brewed tea into a special teacup, which was the division of tea.

After completing the tea distribution, Dai Yan held up the whole cup of tea with a tea tray, personally picked it up with both hands, walked in front of Zhao Cheng, and presented the tea to this An Pingjun.

Seeing that a cup of tea was finally brewed, An Pingjun couldn't wait. He carefully picked up the cup of tea, and did not drink it in one gulp like he used to drink, but began to taste it carefully.

After drinking a full cup of tea, An Pingjun said to Dai Yan unsatisfied: "Wonderful! Wonderful! I never thought tea would be such a delicacy! I saw the tea made by Childe with my own eyes, and the tea I drank before was no different from brine! ”

Dai Yan saw that this Xiangguo of Zhao was satisfied with his gift, and then said: "I think it should be that An Pingjun did not make tea according to the appropriate method, right?" ”

An Pingjun laughed and said, "What you said is right! When I eat tea, I throw the tea leaves into the tripod like boiling soup, and then sprinkle the salt brine after boiling, and the tea is boiled. It seems that it's not that the tea is not delicious, but that I, Zhao Guoren, have not mastered the real method of making tea at all! ”

Dai Yan also laughed when he heard this way of making tea like boiling soup.

Then Zhao Cheng asked: "Childe knows tea so well, and his tea-making skills are so superb, is this tea from your country?" ”

Dai Yan didn't want people to know that the tea was from Fengyi, so he replied: "An Pingjun is wrong, this tea is from Zaixia's hands, but its origin is in the south." It was the Mo family and the peasant family who discovered the tea, how dare the kid take credit? ”

For such words, the scheming Zhao Cheng didn't believe it at all, but he didn't debunk it. So he said: "As the barbarian son said, this tea is really very important to my Zhao Kingdom. Since Gongzi has tea in his hand, can you supply some to Zhao Guo? If Gongzi can agree, I, Zhao Guo, am willing to trade with good horses. What does Childe think? ”

Of course, Dai Yan will not refuse such an expansion of the tea and horse trade.

However, he didn't directly agree, but sighed and said to Zhao Cheng: "I really hope to have a large-scale tea and horse trade with your country, but in the future, this may not be possible." ”

Childe Cheng asked curiously, "Oh, why is that?" ”

"Because the Qi State covets the wealth of Taoqiu in our country, it has now gathered troops on Pinglu, and it may send troops to attack at any time. If our country loses Taoqiu, then how can the State of Qi put tea, which is useful to the State of Zhao, into the territory of the State of Zhao? Dai Yan said with a sad expression.

Hearing the news that Qi was about to attack Taoqiu, Zhao Cheng was also shocked.

Taoqiu is the center of water transportation in the world, and it can be said to be the most important city for the Central Plains countries.

Qi was the only country in the Central Plains with a navy in this era. If the Qi State gets the Taoqiu, then the Ocean Sailor of the Qi State can always go west along the Jishui, and with the powerful Sailor Division, the Qi State can easily free the Wei State from the vassalage of the Wei State, and it is not a problem to take the Puyang of the Wei State! At that time, Handan, the capital of Zhao State, will directly face the threat of the Qi army!

As the prime minister of Zhao State, Zhao Cheng certainly didn't want Qi State to capture Taoqiu. However, in Zhao Guo, it is generally his elder brother Zhao Yu who oversees Zhao Guo's foreign affairs, and he is only responsible for Zhao's internal affairs. Even if Zhao Guo really wants to save Song Guo, it is not for him to call the shots!

So he had to say to Dai Yan: "Childe, I very much hope to save Song, but my country's diplomacy is the responsibility of the king." If you want my Zhao State to send troops to save the Song Dynasty, you still need to personally convince my Jun and the ministers of Zhao State! ”

Hearing Zhao Cheng's words, Dai Yan also began to breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, he first came to visit Zhao Cheng, just to win over such a powerful figure as Zhao Guo first. Since Zhao Cheng was persuaded by him, then the next thing is to convince Zhao Hou.

After talking about business, Zhao Chengcheng began to personally ask Dai Yan for tea art. Obviously, for the tea art techniques shown by Dai Yan, it is a big temptation for Zhao Cheng, who has always liked exquisite things and likes to enjoy.

Regarding Zhao Cheng's consultation on tea art, Dai Yan did not make any reservations, and taught all the knowledge he knew.

The two quickly became acquainted.