43: Tea and wine

This pacification envoy was too easy-going, and even poured tea himself.

Li Sui'an finally had some eyesight, and took the initiative to pour tea first.

"My lord, I'll come."

Yuan Chunfang let it go.

The tea set on the table is very exquisite, and the price is very expensive at a glance, and it is estimated that he is also a tea lover. So Li followed the Anwen cup, washed the tea, poured water, and made tea in one go.

"Tea, sir."

"Your tea-making action is unique, smooth, pleasing to the eye, and there is no lack of rules. Where did you learn the tea ceremony, and what are the details? ”

Li Sui'an's movements paused slightly.

Although he was a northerner in his previous life, he has worked in the south for many years, so it is normal for him to drink tea.

casually came and said: "Back to my lord, I once saw an old gentleman in the south making tea like this, and I thought it was beautiful at that time, so I asked for advice." If you want to talk about exquisiteness, there are some. ”

"I have tea sets here, but I rarely drink tea. Tell me what you are particular about. ”

"Yes! For example, use both hands to rotate when pouring water, warming cups, scalding pots, etc. Generally, use the right hand and press the counter-clock...... The shadow direction of the inverted watch is similar to the greeting gesture, which means 'come, come, come' to indicate welcome. Otherwise, it becomes a hint of 'go, go, go'. If you are accustomed to the left hand, it is in the shadow direction of the needle. ”

"Generally, the tea owner pours tea for the guests with the right hand pot, and the tea should be poured from left to right, so that the spout is backwards to divide the tea for the guests, because if the tea is poured for the guests from right to left, the spout is constantly moving forward like a sharp blade, becoming an aggressive action, and everyone will be restless. Of course, if you are used to holding the pot in your left hand, you can pour the tea in a counterclockwise direction. ”

"The so-called 'high flushing, low tea' is to pay attention not to splash the tea, so that each guest has the same amount of tea, so as to show that the tea ceremony is fair and equal, and there is no favoritism. When pouring tea, only seven points can be poured, implying the meaning of 'seven points of tea and three points of love'. As the saying goes: 'Tea is full of deception', and it is not easy to hold a cup and sip when the tea is full......"

The tea ceremony is broad and profound, and Li Sui'an only understands the skin.

After a few words, I don't dare to dig deeply, but I can stop in moderation.

"Tea lovers, through making tea, appreciating tea, smelling tea, drinking tea, enhancing friendship, cultivating virtues, learning etiquette, and appreciating the beauty of tradition. The people of the Northland like wine, which is caused by the climate. Drink until you are slightly drunk, but you can forget the sorrows of the world for a while. Drinking tea can calm the mind and calm the mind, help to cultivate sentiment and remove distracting thoughts. ”

Yuan Chunfang stroked his beard, "Interesting." I didn't expect that the way of drinking tea also contains so many principles of living in the world. But you, a wine seller, actually respect the tea ceremony more than the wine ceremony? ”

Li Sui'an said: "I used to drink less tea, but after I got sick, I liked to drink tea (wolfberry tea is also tea)." Tea is also intoxicating, why bother with wine, books can be fragrant, I don't need flowers. ”

Yuan Chunfang said noncommittally: "How to get drunk when drinking tea?" ”

Li Sui'an thought about it, and after carefully wording it in his heart, he said carefully: "'Drunken tea' is a kind of spiritual intoxication. Imagine, three or two immortals, sitting in the bamboo forest, the leaves fall on the chessboard, talking about a game while holding the crystal clean tea set, and smelling the refreshing tea fragrance. ”

"'Where the immortals love to talk, when they smell and peck at the bamboo forest. A slash of jade knocked on the clouds, and the afternoon window was shocked several times. Slowly should know that the heart is far away, and do not let go of the ears and roots in a hurry. The rotten Ke people went to collect the endgame, and the lonely Tingshi was cold. 'There is no reason not to be drunk. ”

Yuan Chunfang was very surprised.

"Shopkeeper Li still has such literary talent? This is not quite in line with the rumors. ”

Li Sui'an did not shy away from it: "I am the prodigal son in the happy forest, and I am also the tea maker in front of the adult's door." is just an ordinary man, and what he does is naturally difficult to escape a vulgar word. ”

"What a mortal."

Yuan Chunfang said with a smile: "There is good tea to drink, and you can drink good tea, which is a kind of blessing." However, in order to enjoy this blessing, first of all, you must have an environment for drinking tea, and secondly, you must have leisure time to drink tea in order to taste a special feeling. For a person who has to work for a living, or indulge in the sound of dogs and horses all day long, whether it is tea or wine, it is just a drink. ”

Li Sui'an didn't understand what he meant, but his demeanor became more and more respectful, "Your Excellency is right. ”

"Then which do you think is better, tea or wine?"

"Tea, naturally."

"You're a winemaker?"

"Seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea. Wine can be missing, tea can not be missing. Tea can be used instead of wine, but wine should not be used as a substitute for tea. ”

"Good!"

Yuan Chunfang praised, "This tea set is placed here for me, and it is also an ornament." Since you like to drink tea so much, will I give it to you? ”

"Huh?"

He was about to resign, but Yuan Chunfang didn't give him a chance.

"But the wine still has to be made."

"The edict of tribute wine will come down soon. For a period of ten years, at least 300,000 barrels of wine need to be tributed, and the quality cannot be lower than the level of the wine tasting. ”

Li Sui'an's eyes widened.

I'm obedient, 300,000 barrels of wine, how much should it be.

At their best, they didn't sell more than 5,000 barrels a year.

It turns out that the cake of tribute wine is so big, no wonder everyone flocks to it.

Li Sui'an really wants to gnaw down, as long as he takes this order, he doesn't have to worry about it in his life.

Glory to the ancestors.

But he still forced himself to calm down, "My lord, I'm afraid Ruyifang won't be able to accept such a big order." ”

"I naturally know that with the scale of Ruyifang, it will not be able to meet the needs of the task. So it can be a little less in the first year, not less than 10,000 barrels, and not less than 30,000 barrels every year thereafter. The officer will give you enough time to scale. ”

"This ...... Is it possible to give up the name of tribute wine? The grass people were afraid that they would not act well, but they would delay the major affairs of the imperial court. ”

Yuan Chunfang seemed to smile, patted him on the shoulder and said, "... If you choose your wine, you can't change it in a short time. If you can't make wine, give up the recipe and the lantern master will be responsible for finding the right person to brew the drunken spring breeze. In short, what the Lantern Division needs is a drunken spring breeze, and not a bucket is missing. ”

Li Sui'an: "......"

"First Brother" patted his warm hand on the shoulder, but it made him twitch in his heart.

The small body is brittle, you always take it easy, don't crush me.

Yuan Chunfang said with a smile: "The task of tribute wine, there must be no mistakes. If it weren't for the fact that your Li family has been innocent for five generations, this wine-making task will not fall on your head. ”

Have all five generations of my family been clarified?

Speaking of this, it is obvious that Li Sui'an is no longer allowed to say no!

"The grass people will do their best!"

"That's very good."

"Someone!"

"Your Excellency."

Outside the door, a thousand households with golden threads entered.

"Whose jurisdiction is Ruyi Fang in?"

"Lord Hui, it is under the jurisdiction of hundreds of households in the local department."

"What? Ordered hundreds of households to assist Ruyi Fang to expand the brewery. ”

"My lord, I'm applying to go to the abyss?"

"You can go to the abyss in the future, not to be a team of them. Let's talk about the sake brewing task first. ”

"Yes!"

Li didn't dare to speak.

Until Yuan Chunfang turned his head with a smile on his face again and handed out a jade plaque. "You have this waist card, and with this order, you can come to the Lantern Division at any time. If you have any difficulties, you can also give feedback to the official at any time. ”

……

Li Sui'an walked out of the lantern division in a daze.

He thought about it all the way, but he couldn't figure it out.

Why can't it be changed after the drunken spring breeze?

A tribute wine task requires the "first brother" to be directly responsible.

Ten years, 300,000 barrels.

He didn't calculate how much profit he could make in it, but he knew that this time he couldn't dodge.

It's as if everything is being pushed away.

How could he win the first place in the wine tasting meeting, if he could, he really didn't want the name of this tribute wine.

As soon as I got home, I suddenly heard Huang Henian summoning me.

What is Master Huang looking for me?

I still went to Kameijudo.

He's been doing a lot lately and rarely comes here. Kamejudo has a lot of new faces, and it seems that there are a lot of familiar ones.

In the familiar corner, Li Huaian is still there, and he is partnering with Xu Zilin to practice boxing.

Without paying attention, the little fat man seemed to have gained weight again.

"Little fat man, have you been stealing your brother's food recently?"

Li Huai'an was happy when he saw him appear, and when he heard the words, he was happy and immediately closed, his face was indignant, and he stretched out his fat fingers and said angrily: "Senior brother, how can you slander people for nothing." I...... Wherever I steal food, I eat it openly. ”

Xu Zilin smiled: "Haha, Senior Brother Li, you're back." Recently, the senior brother, the second senior brother, and the third senior brother have all been promoted to the god realm, and thanks to the blessing of the three senior brothers, we have a lot of demon beast meat in our recent food. Huai'an didn't pay attention, so he ate too much. ”

"The three senior brothers have all advanced to the god realm?!"