Chapter Forty-Nine: Longjing Village
Du He and Wu Meiniang combined and rode to Hangzhou City, Hangzhou was a county in the Tang Dynasty, not a city and county, and the governance was in Qiantang, but it was used to Hangzhou, and basically Jiangnan people called Qiantang in Hangzhou. Just like Yangzhou, Yangzhou is one of the nine states in China, a large state covers an area of the entire Jiangdong and Huainan, but in the Tang Dynasty it refers to the small county of Guangling.
The city of Hangzhou is picturesque, and the name West Lake was first popularized during the Tang Dynasty. Due to the beautiful scenery here, although it is not a famous metropolis in Jiangnan, it is still prosperous.
Du He and Wu Meiniang did not enter the city directly, but came to Longjing Village in the southwest of West Lake in the south of Hangzhou.
Today's Longjing Village has become the base of the Helan family, and every person in the village is a part of the tea garden and relies on the Helan family to live. This Helan family is also a martial artist.
For some reason, the Wu family has already broken away from the Helan family and set up their own door, but they still use the name of the Wu Shunfu family and the Helan family to do things. This point is still required by Wu Meiniang, Wu Shun felt that there is a point now, and all the achievements should be inherited by the Wu family. But Wu Meiniang insisted on going her own way, saying that she must not do things under the banner of the martial arts, and found a bunch of excuses that were not excuses.
Wu Shun saw that Wu Meiniang was so persistent, and he no longer insisted on it.
Today's samurai have a monopoly position in the tea industry, especially the specialty of this Longjing Village, West Lake Longjing, has become the world's first famous tea, and has become the child of the family, the nobles and nobles are no one bad baby, when receiving guests, if you can't take Longjing will be despised.
In particular, the Lion Peak Longjing produced on the Lion Peak, the taste is even more unique, even Li Shimin, who is far away in Chang'an, is full of praise for it, and even issued an order to change the Lion Peak Longjing to tribute tea, and the samurai family has obtained the right to replace taxes with tea, which can be described as honorable.
Wu Meiniang reported her name, and the doorman heard that it was the second lady of the Wu family, so she didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly entered the house to report.
Wu Shun had already learned all the reasons from Yun Zhuo's mouth, and when he heard the arrival of the second sister, he immediately put down everything in his hand and came out to greet him.
Seeing the second sister standing side by side with a handsome and heroic man after a long absence, the two had all smiles, and at a glance, they knew that the relationship was extraordinary, and they were secretly happy, and secretly said: "The second sister has finally opened her mind!" "Wu Meiniang is nineteen years old this year, and in ancient times, she had already exceeded the age of a woman's marriage, and she was already an old girl who couldn't get married. You must know that she married into the Helan family at the age of fourteen and became a mother at the age of fifteen. Now the family is worried that Wu Meiniang is still unmarried, and they all want to find him a mother-in-law as soon as possible, so as not to make people chew their tongues and say that she can't get married. Now seeing that things are about to come to fruition, Wu Shun is happy in his heart. is full of curiosity about Du He, a man who can tug at the heartstrings of his second sister.
When she came closer, she just greeted Wu Meiniang warmly, and then focused her attention on Du He, she had seen Du He earlier, but Du He was only sixteen years old at that time, and now he disguised himself as a twenty-five-year-old young man, changing his appearance, which was very different from before.
At this moment, Wu Shun only felt that Du He was a little familiar, déjà vu, and he never thought that the person standing in front of him would be the famous Du He of the Tang Dynasty, Du Qinglian.
Wu Shun welcomed them into the village, and on the way, he kept talking to Du He, asking this and that, and wanted to ask all his information to see if he was worthy of Wu Meiniang.
Du He answered one by one without humility or arrogance, of course, he answered as Du Xiang.
Wu Shun was also very satisfied when he saw it, except for his net worth, everything else was fine. But their martial arts family has also gone through hardships to get to where they are today, only a few women support the family, and there is nothing to say, and they don't take the family very seriously, seeing Wu Meiniang's face with affection, it is already an eldest sister's attitude towards her brother-in-law to treat Duhe.
Du He smiled bitterly and didn't know how to speak, so he could only inadvertently glare at the initiator.
Wu Meiniang stood aside with a smile on her face and didn't speak, and when she saw Du He glaring, she made a strange face, and a trace of cunning flashed in her eyes.
After resting in the lobby for a while, Wu Meiniang seemed to invite Du He to visit Longjing Village and let him see the achievements of the Wu family.
Wushun is a little embarrassed, tea production is still a secret. Although Du He may be Wu Meiniang's husband, he is not his own person after all, so it can be seen that Wu Meiniang is full of fists, and she didn't say a word, so she agreed. She dotes on her second sister very much, even if she knows that there may be problems, she can't bear to refuse her, as long as she can make Wu Meiniang happy, why not make less money in the future?
How did she know that the person in front of her was the real tea inventor and the first founder!
Immediately, Wu Meiniang took Du He to tour their martial family's entire base in Hangzhou.
This Wu Meiniang is actually the first time to come, and the affairs of Jiangnan are all taken care of by Wu Shun alone, and she is not familiar with life here, but Wu Shun is a person who has come over, so how can he act as a light bulb?
So I explained something to Wu Meiniang verbally, gave them a certificate of free access, and let them play at will, anyway, they are all adults, and there is no risk of getting lost.
The two went to Longjing Village, and Wu Meiniang also took him to the place where the tea was stirred.
I really can't see that the daughters of this martial artist really have some skills.
Wu Shun is a female streamer, and she actually keeps the huge base in good order, and she has done an impeccable job in both management and confidentiality system, even Du He, who has thousands of years of experience, can't find anything wrong.
Duhe, the major shareholder behind the scenes, is extremely satisfied.
When they returned to the house, it was getting late, and they got the news that Yun Zhuo had been waiting for an afternoon.
The two looked at each other and smiled coldly, everything was silent.
In the lobby of the Wufu Mansion, Wu Shunzheng greeted Yun Zhuo with a big headache, in all fairness, this Yun Zhuo is both civil and military, family affairs are good, and he is very famous, and he is indeed a good couple. But her heart is dead, she just wants to raise her two sons and daughters Chengren, and she has no other thoughts at all, and she has no interest in Yun Zhuo's pursuit. just thought he was a good person, so he pushed him to Wu Meiniang. Unexpectedly, Wu Meiniang had already fallen in love with her sweetheart, and she was not so enthusiastic about him, but she came to receive him out of face, and when she saw Du He and Wu Meiniang coming back, she immediately made a handshake and threw Yun Zhuo to them.
Yun Zhuo came to invite Du He to drink, and Wu Meiniang was like a little daughter-in-law, asking him not to drink too much, and repeatedly told him.
Du He smiled and left Longjing Village with Yun Zhuo.
Longjing Village is not far from West Lake, and Yun Zhuo took him to a restaurant on the shore of West Lake to drink.
Yun Zhuo called Jimo old wine, and the two drank three glasses of each other.
Yun Zhuo sighed: "Brother is a good hand, so quickly subdued Miss Wu's heart, envy!" I'm ashamed to say that brother, I've been chasing Wushun for more than a year, but I haven't heard from me at all. I don't know if there's a trick to this! ”
Du He said smugly: "That's natural, I think I was a ghost in love back then, dealing with women, it was a killing of the old and the young, but I have a hand." Speaking of a set of random blowing, the pickled girl in the "Hardcover Chasing Girls" series in the Hong Kong comedy movie said it all, and the bluffed Yun Zhuo was stunned.
Yun Zhuo listened to it and coughed repeatedly, but he didn't know if it was true or not, if it was true, it would be too unbelievable, but there was some truth in saying that it was false, and it didn't matter if it was true or not, write it down and talk about it.
He first toasted Du He, and then said casually: "I heard that Brother Du and Miss Wu visited Longjing Village today?" ”
Du He said: "After shopping, I really can't imagine that Sister Wu is so capable, a woman's family, and she takes care of the huge family business so well." In particular, the secret facilities for tea making are even more amazing. ”
He didn't care about what he said, but Yun Zhuo was moved and said, "Brother Du also went to the place where tea was made?" ”
Tea has now been widely spread in Datang, and roasting tea is no longer a secret, but how to fry and how to grasp the heat is a mystery.
Many people want to imitate it, but the tea leaves are the most tender, and they don't know the method and process, so they can't fully play the deliciousness of the tea.
It can also be seen how well the Wu family has done in terms of the secret facilities, it is impossible for idle people to get close to the tea-making place, but Du He can enter to visit, obviously Wu Meiniang has regarded him as her own.
Yun Zhuo thought to himself: "Since this Du Xiang has such an important position in the heart of the martial girl, why not use him to win over the martial family?" So, he asked: "Brother Du, you are amazingly talented, you must be unwilling, I don't know what to do in the future?" ”
Du He sighed, his face was unsatisfactory, and said, "I have no idea for the time being!" ”
Seeing his expression like this, Yun Zhuo's heart moved, and asked, "Brother Du, is there something unspeakable?" ”
"Alas!" Du He was silent for a while, and said bitterly: "Actually, since I was a child, I have admired this hero of the world such as Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing, who can step on foreign lands, worship the marquis of ten thousand households, and become famous, and it is not in vain to go on a day in this world." Therefore, in addition to practicing martial arts, I diligently read military books and studied the art of war, just to be able to fulfill my wishes and show my ambitions. More than a year ago, I joined the command of Hou Junji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and wanted to take the conquest of Gaochang as the starting point of my career. I can only hate that Hou Junji for being stubborn and self-serving, not listening to me, and looking down on Du He's kid, which made that kid humiliated him fiercely. He didn't listen to me, which led to the battle of Gaochang, and he didn't see me, and he actually drove me out of the barracks for theft, which is extremely hateful. He looked unfair, crying out for what had happened to him.
Yun Zhuo was happy in his heart, he had a certain understanding of the generals of the Tang Dynasty, and knew Hou Junji's surname, and he didn't suspect that what Du He said was false, and he also showed a sympathetic face, and said: "Hou Junji is so narrow-minded, don't care about Brother Du, the world is so big, I believe there will be a chance for Brother Du to show his strengths." ”
Du He drank all the wine in his cup and said that he hoped so.
Yun Zhuo knew the bottom in his heart, and he didn't ask much.
Du He pretended to be nostalgic and drank bitterly again and again.
Yun Zhuo accompanied him with a smile, and his thoughts on wooing Du He became more urgent.
(To be continued)