Thinking of this, she instructed Zhou Yunsheng: "Go to King Jing's Mansion." ”

Saying that, she smiled apologetically at Lu Qian: "My coachman is from Runzhou, and he is not very familiar with the roads in the capital, so he may walk slower." ”

"The lower officer will lead the way, and you can follow me." Lu Qian said, not waiting for Du Jinning to be polite, and walked in front of the horse.

When he arrived at King Jing's Mansion, Du Jinning had just entered the gate when he saw Zhao Chang coming out.

In the past year and a half, because of Zhao Chang's weak fame and loyalty, Zhao Yu has also given him a lot of glory, and he has been promoted on various occasions from time to time, his status is no longer as embarrassing as before, and everyone is much warmer to him wherever he goes, and he is more open and open in front of Zhao Yu and Empress Dowager Zheng and others, which is also Du Jinning mentioned him.

Coupled with the benefits received in the tea ceremony, Zhao Chang was sincerely grateful to Du Jinning.

You must know that in this capital, there are really few people who are qualified to let Zhao Chang welcome him to the gate.

"Jinning." Zhao Chang shouted to Du Jinning more affectionately than others, "I really didn't expect you to really research high-yield rice." I thought it would take you at least ten or eight years to do such a difficult thing, but I didn't expect you to do it in such a short time. ”

"Thanks to the emperor." Du Jinning said with a smile, "If it weren't for the stable environment and unconditional support given by the emperor, no matter how capable I was, I wouldn't have been able to study so quickly." ”

That's what she really said.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Yu was a good person, a good emperor who was dedicated to the country and the people, she would have the ability and the heart to benefit the people, I am afraid she would not dare to show her life in such a short period of time.

She knew that Zhao Chang must have Zhao Yu's secret son by his side, monitoring Zhao Chang's every move. And her words will also reach Zhao Yu's ears, and she will fight for a greater victory for everything that follows.

After getting along for a few years, Zhao Chang knows Du Jinning very well, and knows that she is not a person who likes to flatter. She must have thought so when she said this. As for whether there is a deep meaning in these words, I don't know. If there is, he can only be grateful to Du Jinning.

There was no displeasure on his face, and he followed Du Jinning's words: "That's right, the imperial brother is a good emperor." Under his rule, the Great Song Dynasty prospered, and the country and the people were safe. ”

In order to show that what he said just now was sincere, Zhao Chang took Du Jinning and walked inside, and said: "Jinning, you should know, your teacher has made amazing achievements in the south." Last year's tax revenue doubled; I didn't expect it to be even worse this year, now it's only been half a year, and the tax revenue has doubled on the basis of last year. The local people are living an extremely prosperous life, and there is no longer the phenomenon of selling children and daughters without hungry food. ”

Du Jinning has always corresponded with Guan Lehe, and she knows these situations by herself, and she knows them in more detail than Zhao Chang. She also knew that in order to expand the implementation of this new policy, the contradiction between Zhao Yu and the family intensified, and the situation suddenly reversed.

However, she would not say these words to Zhao Chang, she just echoed a few words, and the topic turned to the matter of Lu Jiuyuan and a few people going to Japan.

Zhao Chang really wanted to go to Riben to see different scenery, but he also knew that it was impossible with his identity, so he just said with great interest: "Jinning, you made flower tea, it's really amazing." Inspired by you, I've been working on new teas with a group of tea friends recently, but they haven't worked out yet. ”

"Oh, is it? See. Du Jinning said.

By this time they had already walked to a premises.

This is not the hall or study where Zhao Chang entertained Du Jinning in the past, but an open pavilion, looking at the surrounding scenery, it is very similar to a certain scenery in the garden designed by Du Jinning. One side faces the pond, one side makes a rockery, a few evergreen trees are planted next to the rockery, and the surrounding area is composed of moss, sand, gravel, etc., without any flowering plants, deliberately creating a sense of loneliness and cangshan, quite the essence of the Zen of the dry landscape courtyard of the Japanese benzene garden.

This kind of artistic conception was also created by Du Jinning in a corner of the garden in Runzhou.

She looked at it curiously and asked, "Did you design this scenery yourself, or did Master Watanabe come and give you some guidance?" ”

"Watanabe?" Zhao Chang was surprised, "He also designs gardens?" ”

Saying that, he shook his head and said, "Didn't you design such a scene in Runzhou?" I'll learn from you. ”

Only then did Du Jinning remember that the development of the Japanese garden was not so early, and it was only in the thirteenth century that static and unchanging elements were used to create a dry landscape courtyard to achieve the purpose of self-cultivation.

Zhao Chang raised his hand, motioned to his subordinates to bring the boiled water, took a porcelain jar himself, opened it and handed it to Du Jinning: "Look at it, this is what we developed, and I don't know if it will be successful." ”

Du Jinning looked inside, poured out some tea leaves and put them on the palm of his hand.

I saw that the tea leaves were cord-shaped, most of the color was black and brown, but not oily enough, the evenness was not good, some were long and some were short, and there were fragments, and a small part of the color was cyan or red.

This is a typical green tea.

She was about to speak, when she saw that Zhao Chang had quickly made a pot of tea with Huaqing tea, poured a cup for her and himself, and said, "You taste the taste." ”

Without tasting it, Du Jinning knew that the taste of this tea was definitely not good.

And at this time, it was a critical juncture, even if she knew that Zhao Chang would not harm her, she was cautious and did not intend to drink anything given by others.

She didn't reach for the cup of tea, just looked at Zhao Chang.

Zhao Chang didn't persuade her, picked up his cup of tea and blew it cold, and took a sip.

"Does it smell green?" Du Jinning asked with a smile.

Zhao Chang was surprised: "How do you know?" ”

"Because after I developed flower tea, I also tried to make other teas. I've made this kind of tea before. Du Jinning said.

"Then you can taste the difference between what you made and what I made. Then let's take a look at the similarities and differences between our production methods and find out the reasons. Zhao Chang said.

This request couldn't be more reasonable, but Du Jinning didn't want to touch that cup of tea.

She said: "This needs to be calm and savored slowly." ”

She pointed to the tea caddy: "That's it, you wrap some for me, and I'll take it back to taste." There is something going on today, and my heart is not calm enough, even if I taste it, I can't taste it. ”

Zhao Chang raised his head, looked at her deeply, and saw that when Du Jinning thought he was going to say something, he slowly opened his mouth and instructed his subordinates: "Take an oily paper bag and wrap a little for Master Du." ”

As he spoke, he apologized again: "We made a pot, and everyone shared a little." I don't have anything else but this jar. So I can only give you a little, not the whole jar. ”

It's not uncommon.

Du Jinning said in his heart.

She opened her mouth to speak, when she suddenly felt dizzy.

She shook her head, thought quickly, staggered to her feet, rushed over and grabbed the incense burner burning beside her, and threw it out.