Wei Yuan turned sideways, looked at Su Xiaoman thoughtfully, looked at her from head to toe with his eyes, and said lightly: "Little sister, you are not a joke king, how can you be a person who just learned this morning with your proficiency, at first glance, you are a person who understands the tea ceremony very well, otherwise, how can you even learn these subtle kung fu!" ”

What he said was indeed a bit true, and even Xiao Yuan, who was beside him, looked at Su Xiaoman's every move with admiration, not at all like what he learned today, not to mention that he remembered it so correctly just after watching the shopkeeper demonstrate it once.

But Su Xiaoman felt that he had indeed just learned a little bit of skin, and sat upright and looked at Wei Yuan with a studious look.

"Brother Huang, since you often come to this teahouse, you might as well tell me something about tea selection, so that I can take advantage of it in the future!"

Looking at her serious look, Wei Yuan couldn't help laughing, blew the hot air in the teacup, and said: "This tea is very knowledgeable, I'm afraid you can't learn it completely in one or two days, why don't you tell this king what you want to do first, and let this king help you refer to it?" ”

It's okay not to ask, but when she asked this, Su Xiaoman felt a little embarrassed, after all, this was a matter between her and the queen, if she told Wei Yuan, would Su Hanalan also want to come and participate.

In the end, Su Xiaoman was still dissuaded by his kind heart, after all, they are all brothers, what are they afraid of, after thinking for a while, he said happily: "Actually, I want to grow tea, so this time I came specifically to find tea seeds, I see the momentum of the imperial brother, you should know about tea seeds, right?" ”

Looking at Wei Yuan, he thought that he could give Su Xiaoman a satisfactory answer, but he shook his head desperately: "Where will this kind of tea be the king, if you want to say that it is okay to taste tea, you have to ask the shopkeeper to grow tea!" His family has a tea field, but not in the Sulphur Place, but elsewhere! ”

"Oh? Does the shopkeeper have a tea field? Didn't you hear the little second brother talk about it just now? ”

Su Xiaoman subconsciously looked back at the shopkeeper who was soliciting customers at the door, just as the shopkeeper's eyes swept slightly, the two looked at each other, the shopkeeper scratched the back of his head with some embarrassment, smiled at Su Xiaoman, turned his head and began to shout at the door again.

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't understand what Su Xiaoman meant, he straightened up and slowly walked to the counter of the shopkeeper, and after a few careful glances, he really couldn't see that the shopkeeper was over the age of six, and the complexion on his face was much better than that of his peers.

Seeing Su Xiaoman coming, the shopkeeper immediately walked out of the counter and arched his hand: "I don't know if the princess wants to buy tea or change to a different kind of tea?" ”

Raising his eyes and carefully looking at the various tea leaves behind the counter, they were packed in ceramic jars, and the contents of the tea leaves could not be seen, and the names were pasted on red paper on the outside of the jars.

"Shopkeeper, I heard that your family has a tea field, but is it true?"

"Yes, yes, there are a few acres of tea fields in the grass people's hometown, and most of the tea leaves that the princess sees are produced through my family's tea fields, from planting to tea picking to roasting tea, and finally transported to this store, it is just a small business done by the family!"

After speaking, the shopkeeper smiled honestly, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were instantly highlighted, if he didn't smile, he really couldn't see that there were wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

What made Su Xiaoman curious was why the shopkeeper didn't buy the tea field to be planted in Sulfur Byss, but instead had to plant it from his hometown far away and then transport it to Sulfur Raw after a complicated process step by step?

"Shopkeeper, where is your tea field, is it close to the sulfur abyss?"

The land of Sulphur Abyss is not big, it is said that it is not small, and there are all kinds of mountains and rivers, but only this tea is purchased from merchants from other countries, why is Sulphur Yuan not a person who grows tea? This question has been lingering in Su Xiaoman's mind, if the water and soil of the sulfur abyss are not suitable for the growth of tea fields, then why do other plants grow very well?

"The princess doesn't know, this tea field is not so easy to have, if you want to have an acre of land to grow tea in Sulfur Abyss, it must be under the jurisdiction of the official family, where can we ordinary people grow tea in Sulfur Abyss!"

The shopkeeper's words made Su Xiaoman even more confused, what does it mean that the cultivation of tea in Sulfur Yuan must be under the jurisdiction of the government, could it be that Wei Yuqin explicitly forbade everyone from planting tea?

After thinking about it, Su Xiaoman finally denied his idea, presumably there must be a reason why no one in Sulfur Yuan grows tea, as for what the reason is, it's just that the shopkeeper refuses to say it, Su Xiaoman doesn't want to ask to the end, so he can only try it slowly.

"Since the shopkeeper's house has a tea field, there should be tea seeds, right? I'd like to buy about 4,000 tea seeds from you! ”

Hearing that Su Xiaoman was going to plant tea, the shopkeeper was a little stunned, and hurriedly said, "The princess has thought about where to plant it?" ”

"Well, in the imperial garden, just plant four thousand plants, if the harvest is good, it should be able to supply the palaces in the palace, so that there is no need to buy tea from the outside, so as to avoid some unnecessary risks!"

There is business to do, and the shopkeeper is naturally willing, but there are some reasons that Su Yuan can't say, but Su Xiaoman is a princess, if she wants to buy tea seeds, ordinary people can still stop it.

Therefore, the shopkeeper immediately asked for the price, made the price clear, and arched his hand: "This tea seed is different from tea, tea seeds belong to fresh things, if it is transported from the grass people's hometown, I am afraid that there are only 2,000 plants left in the 4,000 plants, does this princess still want to buy it?" ”

Listening to the shopkeeper's words, the road seems to be very far away, and the cost is calculated in his heart, if the price of 4,000 plants is bought back and only 2,000 plants are left, it is bound to lose half of the capital, so it is not okay.

"The shopkeeper has thought about storing the tea seeds in the ice cellar, so that although the road is far away, when you reach the sulfur abyss, there should be three thousand or hundreds of plants that can survive, which will also lose too much, not to mention that I just want to try it now, if it is good, then your store will have to supply tea seeds for a long time in the future!"

Su Xiaoman said that the head was the truth, but the shopkeeper always hesitated and refused to give a refreshing answer, Wei Yuan, who was sitting at the tea table, was a little impatient, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "You just say whether your tea seeds are sold or not, how much does it cost, if you don't sell it, we will find the next home, this is to do business with the palace, then I am afraid that your store will become a royal teahouse in the future!" ”

Although Wei Yuan stepped forward to help him say this, the shopkeeper was still hesitating, Su Xiaoman knew that the shopkeeper was taking care of it, he was not only worried about the business after the success of the tea field, but also worried that the emperor was even more difficult to do, if there was a slight mistake, it would not be just a simple matter of losing the teahouse.

Listening to the shopkeeper's sighing voice, the pace also began to be raised, Su Xiaoman whispered: "That's it, I still want four hundred tea seeds, and I will buy them in my private name, if the tea seeds are halved due to weather or force majeure on the way, I won't blame you in the name of the palace?" ”

The shopkeeper's fancy is not a question of money or not, but that this tea planting is a very deep knowledge, if it is planted well, it is naturally the best, if it is not planted well, I am afraid of losing the reputation of my own tea house.

But hearing Su Xiaoman say this, the shopkeeper had no reason to be embarrassed to refuse, and arched his hand: "In this case, the princess can pay a deposit of three hundred taels first, and the loss of four thousand tea seeds on the way is about five hundred, plus the carriage and horse expenses along the way are also included. ”

Su Xiaoman wandered around the tea market for almost a morning, and also learned what the price of tea seeds was, the shopkeeper said it was fair, and he didn't make any money, seeing that he readily agreed, Su Xiaoman immediately took three hundred taels of silver tickets from his purse and put them on the counter: "That's okay, since it's tea seeds from your hometown, you must know it for a while, you can give me an expiration date!" ”

The shopkeeper counted the distance, the tea seeds are not better than the tea leaves, and it must take some time to take care of the tea seeds along the way, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Calculate the journey for at least three days, at most five days, and one is what types of tea seeds you need, you look at the above names, you choose a few, four thousand plants of each variety of one thousand plants are almost, you take a look first, I will write it down!" ”

Saying that, he turned around and walked into the counter, picked up the fine pen in front of him, and wrote the words that four thousand plants are needed, Su Xiaoman looked up at the tea in front of him, it was really difficult to choose, there were too many varieties, although she could plant it, but it was a little difficult to choose this tea.

Seeing her frowning and looking at the big wooden lattice cabinet behind the counter, her dark eyes were rolling, and her fingers were stretched out to point, probably seeing that she had some difficulties in choosing, so she opened her mouth and suggested: "In this way, if it is used in the palace, it is generally selected in front of the imperial well, Biluochun, aged Pu'er, and Mengding tea, if you want to purchase tea seeds, even if these four are used!" ”

Su Xiaoman, who was still hesitating, also felt that it made sense after hearing what he said, and said with a smile when he saw the shopkeeper: "It's still the prince who knows tea, these four kinds of tea are all good, the princess might as well listen to what the prince said, how about choosing these four?" ”

"No, Yuqian Longjing, Biluochun, Mengding tea are all needed, but this aged Pu'er is not needed, and it will be aged for ten or eight years after planting, which is too time-consuming, so choose another one!"

Wei Yuan only thought that the tea was delicious, and he didn't think about whether the process of making it was complicated or time-consuming, he raised his head and looked at the variety of tea in front of him, and said leisurely: "Since this is the case, then choose Lushan Yunwu, this variety is not bad!" ”

Following Wei Yuan's suggestion, the shopkeeper wrote the receipt, which were four kinds of tea seeds, namely Yuqian Longjing, Biluochun, Mengding Tea and Lushan Yunwu, and the date arrived five days later.