Chapter 247: A Tea......

The leader in half-leather armor came to their side, his eyes blazing at the two outsiders who were nearly a head taller than him...... They also seem to be some kind of "Great Song" people, but it seems that there are more things that make him uncomfortable than the Great Song merchants on this island, and he can't say what they are for a while. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

But they didn't have any weapons on them...... He was satisfied with the fact that there seemed to be no threat other than an inexplicable thing at their waists they were holding.

He held the steel knife at his waist and said solemnly: "*―(%)%¥#・!" ”

He speaks a dialect of Huihui...... This is too embarrassing for Wang Zheng and Xiao Er, who have just learned to return to Huiyu.

The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty immediately helped the translator and said that the king here invited them to sit in the palace and invited them to dinner.

Wang Zheng and Xiao Er hesitated...... The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty said again that it is the highest honor for the king here to invite him to dinner, and he also invited the two leaders to appreciate their faces.

The expressions of those Great Song merchants were more eager than the two of them, hoping that they would agree.

The two looked at each other, and they didn't see any hostility on the armoured man's face, and nodded in agreement.

The corner of the armoured man's mouth showed a smile that counted you as acquaintance, and then he didn't say goodbye, turned and left.

No one cares if a bunch of natives are propriety...... The two of them were still going to walk around with the Song merchants, and Xiao Er was still using a telescope to watch the black fishermen return from fishing.

They were all in high spirits, as if it would be enough to catch this big fish.

Those Great Song merchants were a little anxious...... The king here invites him to dinner, why should he prepare in advance, and how can he care about those stupid black fishermen?!

If they could know what Xiao Er was thinking, they would really be angry...... That Shiraz King was far less important to him than the black fishermen!

The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty even hinted at their intentions and led them back to the docks of the island.

The sea boats brought by Wang Zheng and Xiao Er were all docked there, this was a scene that had never been seen before in the country of Layering, the mast that could not be tall in the eyes of the locals, the incomparably wide hull, and the people on it were almost all dressed in the same costume...... All this is an indescribable magic in the eyes of the locals.

The local people, as long as they are idle, all come here to see the scene, and countless children take the opportunity to have fun and run around.

Those merchants of the Great Song Dynasty said, and asked the two leaders to prepare a plan, and when the time comes, I will meet the king of Shiraz, and I can show the glory of my Great Song people.

Wang Zheng explained with a smile that we are Liuqiu people, not Great Song people.

Those Great Song merchants were a little embarrassed...... When Xiao Er saw their faces, he immediately said, it's okay, it's okay, everyone is of the same kind of culture, and when they meet in other places, they can be seen as one.

The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty immediately smiled.

The two of them took the opportunity to lead those Great Song merchants onto the ship and have a light tea.

Those people immediately rejoiced, everyone had been away from home for so long that they had almost forgotten the taste of the tea soup!

Together, they arrived at the conference room on the Sanmajiang-class merchant ship, which was spacious and bright enough...... Several merchants of the Great Song Dynasty looked at the furnishings there, and they were all full of praise, this place is like the living room!

They sat around the conference table, haha, the chairs were like they were collapsing...... Xiao Er took out a medium-sized alcohol pot the size of a vase, put a tinned copper pot, added solid alcohol, lit it with a match and began to boil water.

Wang Zheng and Xiao Er chatted with a few people while waiting for the water to boil.

The eyes of several merchants of the Great Song Dynasty were staring at the strange stove, and the strangeness of the match starting the fire was no longer strange, and the cheese-like object in it could actually ignite a blue flame, which was amazing!

Everyone held their breath and didn't ask anything, they were afraid of being laughed at by the two young leaders.

After a while, the water in that pitcher boiled...... Wang Zheng took out a bamboo tube, and placed a terracotta teapot and a few glass teacups with handles.

Wang Zheng poured the green tea he brought into the red pottery teapot...... The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty stared at the boiling water in the jug, but unfortunately, the water was too old......

During this period, the Great Song Dynasty people believed that when making tea, the method of boiling the water to bubble and make the shape of the water bubble resemble a crab's eye was absolutely layman.

Once the blister is as big as a crab's eye, the water will be old, and it is not suitable for making tea.

But Wang Zheng and Xiao Er only listen to their own master's family, the raw water must be boiled and boiled for a while before it can be used.

When Wang Zheng saw that the water was completely boiling, he used an iron lid to extinguish the solid alcohol, and then waited for a while before taking the water and rushing it into the red pottery teapot.

As mentioned above, people in the Tang Dynasty drank tea and drank "sencha": the tea leaves were roasted, crushed, sieved into powder, sprinkled into a pot, boiled, and drunk in that pot of tea soup.

This pot of tea soup is very fragrant, but it is also very bitter, almost like a medicinal soup.

In order to reduce the bitterness, or to suppress the bitterness, the people of the Tang Dynasty would put salt, ginger, pepper, pepper, and walnut kernels into the tea soup, and as a result, the medicinal soup was turned into vegetable soup.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty drank tea, and they drank "some tea".

This "point" of ordering tea is not a restaurant ordering wine and food, it is a way to prepare tea soup:

The tea leaves are steamed, rinsed, pressed, kneaded, put into the mold, pressed into tea bricks, then roasted, mashed, milled into powder, sieved out the fine powder, put a handful of tea powder, put it into the bottom of the bowl, add water and stir it into a tea soup, and then repeatedly hit the thick foam, and finally can pick up the tea bowl and taste it carefully.

Trouble not? Of course troublesome.

Isn't it delicious? Absolutely delicious!

Because the tea soup of the Song Dynasty is almost completely devoid of bitterness, only the sweet and smooth aroma is left, and the taste is excellent...... But can this process be used in the homes of ordinary people?

This way of drinking tea can only be used by people who have money and leisure to pretend to be ...... Not to mention letting those who go to sea drink tea.

Therefore, the tea entertained by the two leaders must not be used by a few Great Song Dynasty merchants to pretend to be forced, and the tea was originally only used for drinking.

When a small group of Song people who like to pretend to be forced in front of others drink tea, they pay attention to making the tea soup out of thick and long-lasting foam, the upper layer is snow-white and soft clouds, and the lower layer is like a blue and black quiet deep pool.

If not, they won't be able to drink it!

Those merchants of the Great Song Dynasty will have a unique job called "dividing tea":

They don't need to use any tools, just by relying on the impact of the water, they can often make the surface of the tea soup appear with a thousand strange verses and ink paintings...... They think that foam with the beauty of mountains and rivers is the best to drink.

They were really disappointed, so they had to wait to see this Liuqiu tea ceremony...... Xiao Er also kindly added a spoonful of sugar to their glass teacups.

Wang Zheng poured tea for the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty and said with a smile: "Our master family said that people who like to drink sugar tea are prone to having affairs......

Zhang Island Master really made this joke, but Xiao Er still likes to drink sugar tea, and of course he thinks that others like it too...... He glanced at Wang Zheng and ignored his jokes.

How can I have an affair if I like to drink sugar tea?!

The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty didn't pay attention to the reasoning either, they were all fascinated by the Liuqiu tea ceremony, in fact, they were mainly fascinated by the glass teacup with a handle.

A Great Song merchant shook his head and said, "Crystal teacups, jade crumbs and white sugar, and green stream water...... It's enough to make a poem! ”

But how to write it?

Everyone was dumbfounded...... (To be continued.) )