"Tea official Yayu, see the king! Long live the king! ”

Accompanied by the ministers, Qingji came to the tea house, and was greeted by a group of girls who were warblers and swallows, led by a girl with a very outstanding appearance.

I saw that her face was like a silver plate, her eyes were like apricots, her lips were red without dots, and her eyebrows were green without painting.

At the age of about seventeen or eighteen, he wore a turquoise emerald cigarette shirt, a pleated skirt with scattered flowers and mist and green grass, and a thin veil of emerald water, with his shoulders shaved to his waist.

The skin is like clotted fat, and the air is like a quiet orchid.

The female tea officer named "Yayu" led a large group of girls to salute Qingji, and then knelt down respectfully.

"Excuse me, flat."

"King Xie!"

Yayu waited for a group of tea pickers, and then slowly stood up.

Qingji stared at the Yayu in front of him again and looked at it carefully.

Yayu was looked at by Qingji like a deer in her heart, and couldn't help lowering her head, her head was moth-eyebrowed, and her face was already dyed with a touch of red.

It's hard to be shy!

However, Qingji is the king of a country and her "king", how dare Yayu criticize?

"You're the tea picker Yayu who made Bo Ji and Gou Jian fight?"

Qingji asked with squinted eyes.

Hearing this, Yayu's pretty face was immediately frightened and turned white, and he hurriedly saluted Qingji, and said, "The king, the courtiers are guilty, please punish the king!" ”

"Hehehehehe, what are you guilty of?"

Qingji shook his head and said: "You are born beautiful and difficult to give up, don't say it is Gou Jian and Bo Yan, even if you are a widow, it is difficult not to be moved." ”

“……”

Qingji said such embarrassing words, is it Chiguoguo's confession to Yayu?

However, Qingji was not wrong.

Yayu is indeed beautiful like a flower, and the country is fragrant.

However, the husband is not guilty and is guilty.

Sometimes a woman is too beautiful and has a bad face, which is indeed a sin.

Does Qingji have an idea about Yayu?

Give food for thought.

Even Qingji himself couldn't say clearly.

He is not a person who will casually take the favor of others and snatch love with a knife.

Qingji immediately entered a bamboo house, sat on the main seat, looked around, and then looked at Yayu's body, and asked, "Yayu, how much does your tea garden produce in a year?" ”

"Returning to the king, the tea garden produces about 1,000 stone of tea a year, 50 stone of high-grade tea, about 230 stone of medium tea, and more than 720 stone of low-grade tea."

Yayu replied methodically.

Tea has such an output, which has made Qingji quite satisfied.

After all, Wuguo's tea has also been widely cultivated in recent years, because of Qingji's personal interests and hobbies, coupled with a lot of profits.

Historically, the Chinese people are familiar with tea, from emperors and generals, literati and artists, hundreds of schools, down to porters and traders, and ordinary people, all of whom take tea as good.

People often say: seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea.

It can be seen that tea has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Tea appeared as a cultural appearance, in the two Jin and Northern Dynasties.

However, tea has already appeared, and it is recorded in the "Shennong Food Classic".

However, those who really have the habit of drinking tea and planting tea trees are the Ba people.

Most of the current tea tree species in Wu are introduced from the land of Bashu.

It is worth mentioning that the yield of tea plantations is related to the age of the trees.

Usually, the annual output of three or four-year-old tea trees is 100 catties to 120 catties.

Mature tea trees can pick 150 catties to 200 catties of tea a year.

The yield of an acre of land depends on the way of planting, the level of management, the standard of picking, and what kind of tea is made.

The existing tea production of Wu is by no means more than 1,000 stones.

By selling tea, Wu was able to make a lot of money from the countries of the Central Plains.

How can a thousand stones be digested?

Of course, the Central Plains has also begun to follow the example of Wu to plant tea trees, but in terms of taste, it may not be as good as the tea of Wu State.

"The high-quality tea produced in a year is only fifty stones?"

Qingji couldn't help frowning.

"Yes."

Yayu replied, "My lord, this tea is divided into high-grade, medium-grade, and low-grade according to the grade. ”

"High-grade tea is mainly supplied to princes and nobles, and it is worth about 1,000 taels of gold per stone."

"Medium-sized tea is mainly sold to scholars or wealthy merchants, and is worth about a hundred taels of gold per stone."

"Inferior tea is mainly for ordinary people, and it is worth about ten taels of gold per stone."

"Shhh

Hearing this, Wen Chong and Kong Qiu, who were following alongside, couldn't help but gasp and feel shocked.

Is this tea really so profitable?

They knew that tea was a more profitable thing, but they didn't expect it to be so profitable and profitable!

You must know that Qingji, the king of a country, is very "benevolent, virtuous and fraternal".

Especially for his own courtiers, he would reward Ji Za, Kong Qiu, Sun Ping, Wu Zixu and other important ministers of the imperial court with some tea, gold, silk and other valuables during the New Year's Festival.

Sometimes, Qingji is on a whim, or he values a certain scholar from the Jixia School Palace, and he will give some tea to the other party.

This led to the fashion of drinking tea being driven by Qingji, and gradually became popular in Chinese countries.

What is the concept of this stone tea leaf?

One stone of Wu is equal to one hundred and twenty catties, which is equivalent to sixty catties in later generations.

As for the tea planted near Jinling, there are 50 stone of fine tea, 1,000 taels of gold for one stone.

That's 50,000 taels of gold!

Moreover, Wu Guo is planting a large amount of tea in Huiji County, and there will be more high-grade tea, which is several times or even more than ten times that of Jinling Tea Garden.

Doesn't that mean that Wu Guo can make blood money just by relying on the income of tea?

No, no, no.

Of course not.

Because this high-quality tea is basically digested by Qingji and his concubines, as well as the ministers and doctors of Wu State.

Less than the level of the three princes and nine kings, within a year, they may not be able to drink high-quality tea.

Moreover, scarcity is expensive.

Once Wu Guo really planted tea trees extensively, this high-quality tea would not be sold so expensive, and it would still be priceless.

"What is fine tea?"

Qingji plans to take a test of Yayu.

Hearing this, Yayu did not panic at all, thought about it secretly, and after organizing the language, replied: "King, the tea in spring is the best, and it can be the best tea." ”

"The leaf buds of spring tea are fresh and tender, and the color and fragrance are in the best state, but they can't be simply generalized."

"For example, summer tea, the taste of summer tea will be bitterer than spring tea and autumn tea, but it has a rare sweet and mellow taste."

After a pause, Yayu said softly: "Let's talk about autumn tea, because it has been harvested in spring and summer, autumn tea tastes thinner. ”

"Winter tea has a good aroma and almost no astringency, and has a unique taste."

When Qingji heard this, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "So that's it." Yayu, do you think that the tea produced in spring, summer, autumn and winter has its own merits? ”

"Exactly!"