Chapter 224 Tieguanyin

"Guess who I am." The voice is stiff and low, and when you hear it, you know that someone did it on purpose,

As soon as I walked into the Shifeng Commercial Bank, I was blindfolded by a pair of delicate little hands,

"Which little fairy has descended to earth, ah, no, the voice sounds a little old-fashioned, it should be an old fairy girl."

"Cut, you're only old, this fairy is from Jiutian, I heard that your business firm has the best Lion Peak Longjing, don't you hurry up and offer it." When Fang Ling said the latter sentence, he snorted and laughed first,

Yuan Jian followed behind me, and under his nose, he could silently blindfold me, who else but Fang Ling,

"Why, the Nine Heavens Fairy is hungry for fragrant tea in the world, and he has gone down to earth privately."

"Hehe, brother, this time, you half-immortal finally guessed wrong, it's not Ling'er who is talking about the fragrance of tea, it's Sister Lin who wants to drink it." Fang Ling let go of his hand,

"Miss Lin." At this time, I noticed Lin Ying standing by the gate,

"I've seen the elders, I've seen Mr. Yuan." Lin Ying saluted and said, "Elder, don't listen to Sister Ling'er's nonsense. ”

"Hey, just now someone was thirsty and asked me where I got the best tea, why did you suddenly change your mouth now."

"I'm just thirsty." Lin Ying's face was slightly red, and she said shyly,

"Miss Lin, go upstairs and sit down." I know that Fang Ling's mouth is clever, Lin Ying can't say it,

"Yes, Elder."

I smiled as I walked: "Miss Lin, I have already returned the elder of the Lin family to you last time, so you don't need to call me elder in the future." ”

"Yes." Fang Ling then followed, "Elder, elder, they all call my brother old. ”

After going upstairs, I said, "Ling'er, make tea, Miss Lin, please take a seat." ”

"Elder Xie." Lin Ying sat down and said, "The elder doesn't know, after the elder left, the head of the family ordered the Lin family to go up and down, and called Gongzi Yan as the fourth elder of my Lin family. ”

"Yes." I said with interest, "Isn't there only three elders in the Lin family's family rules, and they have always recognized the cards and not the people." ”

The Fujian Lin family of the three major families of martial arts has a total of three elder orders, no matter who holds the token, they can become the elders of the Lin family, so there is a saying that the card does not recognize people.

Lin Ying said seriously: "Hu Yan Elder, the head of the family said that you are the only exception, and the head of the family also said that when you have the materials of the elder token, you will immediately make it for the elder." ”

"Hehe, Master Lin has a heart, by the way, does Miss Lin have anything to do with entering Beijing this time."

Lin Ying was a little hesitant and said, "Ah, also, it's nothing, just come and see." ”

Fang Ling brewed tea, poured a cup for everyone, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, if you have nothing to do, then let's take a sip of tea and leave, my brother is very busy." ”

"Ling'er, what kind of song is this?"

Fang Ling looked at Lin Ying, and said happily: "Brother, let me say it, in fact, Sister Lin came to Beijing to find you on a special trip, the general situation is like this, although the Fujian Lin family is among the three major families of martial arts, but there has been no one in the family who is good at business, the Lin family has a large number of people, and the expenses are quite large, seeing that the belongings handed down by the ancestors are about to be slowly exhausted, the owner Lin Feng and the elders of the family have convened the disciples of the descendants to discuss several times, but there is still no result, later, Sister Lin proposed to go to Lin'an to find Hu Yanchang Lao, saying that Hu Yanchang Lao is omnipotent, There must be a way, Sister Lin, is that so. ”

After listening to Fang Ling's introduction, I naturally understood Lin Ying's intention to come to Beijing, it seems that this Lin family is the same as when I first ascended the throne, the treasury is empty, and I can't make ends meet.

Lin Ying's face turned even redder, she lowered her head and didn't speak,

Fang Ling took a sip of fragrant tea, and when he saw that Lin Ying was embarrassed, he smiled again: "It turns out that this is not the case, it seems that I was mistaken, brother, if you have something to do, go and get busy, I'll take Sister Lin to go outside." ”

Seeing that Fang Ling was about to get up, Lin Ying suddenly became anxious, plucked up the courage and said in a low voice: "Elder, yes, yes, Lin Ying feels that Elder Hu Changchang is enthusiastic, and he will not ignore the affairs of the Lin family. ”

"That's right, Sister Lin, don't worry, my brother, oh, as the elder of your Lin family, Prince Huyan's favorite thing to do is to help others."

Fang Ling buttoned my big hat for me, and I had no choice but to say, "Miss Lin, you can roughly tell me about the current economic situation of the Lin family." ”

"Yes, elder, hundreds of people up and down the Lin family, more than ninety percent of the people are practicing martial arts, the Lin family is built on the mountain, there is not much fertile land, it has always relied on the family property left by the ancestors, the previous generations of family owners have also tried to do business, but they have not succeeded, the current situation of the Lin family is that agriculture is not enough to feed everyone, and commerce, handicrafts are not at all, the family head has a straight surname, and he is unwilling to make friends with the government, let alone know how to do business, so the family's economic situation is becoming more and more difficult."

I thought about it and said: "Then let's analyze them one by one to see what kind of advantages the Lin family has, first of all, let's talk about this agriculture, the Lin family is backing the mountain, and the fertile land is not enough, but the farmland of the entire Fujian Road should be enough, I know a lot of ministers in the court, and I know that the court is going to carry out land reform recently, and the intention of the court is to let the cultivators have their fields, maybe it is just an opportunity, if everyone can get the field, then everyone can have food and clothing, and since the Lin family is built on the mountain, then you can think of a way from this mountain, As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, do you have any resources on the mountains that can be used? ”

"Rely on the mountain to eat the mountain."

"Yes, for example, crops such as tea can be grown on the mountain, such as Anxi and Wuyi Mountain on Fujian Road, which are famous for their abundance of tea."

Lin Ying shook her head and said: "The mountain behind my Lin family is bare and full of stones, but these stones are quite distinctive, and we people there call the stones on the mountain granite." ”

"Granite." I never seem to have heard, "What is it like." ”

"I can't say anything about this, I just know that it is a very hard stone, and legend has it that it came out of the ground."

"Underground, will it be granite?"

Fang Ling asked, "What is granite?" ”

"Granite is a kind of tectonic rock formed by the lava produced by volcanic eruptions under considerable pressure, uplifted to the surface of the earth's crust in a molten state, and the magma does not eject out of the ground, but slowly cools and solidifies underground.

"What, I didn't understand a word."

I smiled and said, "Ling'er, to put it simply, it is a stone formed by the change of geological structure, so let's ask someone to take a look, if there is mining value, it is a lot of wealth." ”

Fang Ling continued to ask, "What is the use of this granite. ”

"Granite is the hardest stone, because of its steel hard, anti-corrosion surname and mirror reflective effect, so it has a charming color, high-quality material, granite because of these characteristics, can be used in a large number of buildings, such as used in exterior wall packaging, roof, flooring, etc., its effect is far better than the ordinary slate used now."

Lin Ying said: "Well, then there is Elder Lao." ”

"Miss Lin, you said that the Lin family used to be in business, what kind of business did they do."

"Elder, I heard from the head of the family that he has done a tea business, and it seems that it is tea imported from Anxi, but there has been no market."

I nodded and said, "In addition to the big red robe of Wuyi Mountain, the tea on Fujian Road is famous for its tea in Anxi." ”

"Yes, Elder, the big red robe of Wuyi Mountain has become a royal tribute, and most of the tea on Fujian Road currently comes from Anxi."

"Tea is also a way." I think of the famous tea Tieguanyin in Fujian in later generations,

"However, my Lin family does not produce tea itself."

"It's okay, the current tea-making process still needs to be improved, Miss Lin, do you Lin family know the tea farmers in Anxi."

"Well, I know, and the relationship is quite close, I have heard the head of the family say, Anxi County is located in the southeast slope of the Daiyun Mountains, the terrain gradually lowers from the northwest to the southeast, the west is mainly mountainous, the mountains are stacked, the highest peaks reach hundreds of zhang, commonly known as 'Nei'an Creek', the east is dominated by hills, commonly known as 'Wai'an Creek', the tea production area is mainly in the Nei'an Creek area, there is a village called Penglai in Nei'an Creek, the village chief is a foreign descendant of my Lin family, so, in the past 30 years, the two sides have been friendly."

I recalled the production process of Tieguanyin in later generations, and said: "Miss Lin, I have an idea, after you go back, discuss with Lin Feng, our Shifeng Commercial Bank, your Lin family and Penglai Village cooperate, Penglai Village is responsible for planting tea trees, the Lin family is responsible for production, and Shifeng is responsible for all the sales." ”

"Elder, we won't make it."

"It doesn't matter, the production method is provided by me, and the tea made in my way is called Tieguanyin tea, by the way, Ling'er, you record it."

"Yes."

"First of all, tea picking, Tieguanyin tea needs to pick the original leaves is particular, one is the number of leaves, one bud two leaves or one bud three leaves can be mined, the original leaf picking time of Tieguanyin tea is also stipulated, can only be in the morning to the afternoon Shen more than half, the second step is called sunning, when the tea picking back, to spread it on the ground into a thin layer of sunning, third, to shake the green, shake the green is the key to the formation of the characteristics of Tieguanyin tea, shake the green using the manual sieving method, when sifting green, both hands hold the edge of the tea sieve and pull down, Rhythmically rotate and swing, so that the leaves do circular motion and turn up and down on the tea sieve, and then spread the green, after shaking the green, the tea green will be placed on the cool green frame for spreading green, the time is generally about half an hour, the shaking process includes two parts: "shaking" and "spreading", shaking is the process of moving, spreading is the static process, after 4 to 5 times of repeated shaking and static spreading, when the moisture is dissipated to a certain extent, ' Green leaves red edging' formation, the fifth step is fried green, the process on the one hand can solidify the quality that has been formed, on the other hand, emitting part of the moisture to facilitate the later process of cooking, sixth, called package kneading, package kneading is Tieguanyin manufacturing special shaping process, the use of 'kneading, pressing, rubbing, grasping' and other actions, so that the tea strip forms a tight knot, curved shape, the last point is drying, drying should be baked at low temperature, baked to dry enough, to further form the shape of the tea characteristics, fragrance, remove excess water, easy to store, this method is not difficult, It can be successful by a few experiments by the Lin family and the tea farmers, but its heat can only be mastered after a long period of training. ”

Fang Ling's use of the hard pen was very fast, and he could almost keep up with my deliberately slowed down speech.

"Brother, why is this tea called Tieguanyin?"

Lin Ying also said: "Yes, it feels weird. ”

"There's a legend here."

"Tell me quickly, it's been a long time since I've heard my brother tell a story."

"Well, then I will tell you this legend that I saw in the ancient books, it is said that ah, hundreds of years ago, there was an old tea farmer who planted a lifetime of tea trees, this person has no children and no daughters, he is kind and charitable, believes in Buddhism and worships Buddha, especially believes in Guanyin, every morning and evening in front of the statue of Guanyin to offer a cup of tea, decades such as a day, never stopped, one night, the old tea farmer fell asleep, in the haze he seemed to see Guanyin told him to go to a place, so he carried a hoe out of the house, according to Guanyin's instructions to a stream, Sure enough, he found a tea tree, this tree branches are strong and leafy, fragrant and attractive, and the tea trees he has seen are not the same, the next morning, he followed the road in the dream last night to find, between the creek and the rocks, found the tea tree in the dream, and at the same time found a manual of tea making technology next to the tea tree, the old tea farmer carefully looked at the tea tree, only to see the tea oval, the leaf flesh is thick, the buds are purple red, verdant, and immediately very happy, he dug up this tree back, planted in an iron tripod at home, carefully cultivated, later, The old tea farmer made the best tea according to the method shown in the manual, and because this tea was obtained by Guanyin in his dream, it was named 'Tieguanyin'. ”

"Brother, I always hear you talk about ancient books, ancient books, what kind of book is it?"