The British love to drink tea, this kind of oriental leaves from China across the sea to Europe in the 17th century was once popular in the aristocratic circle, at that time, the aristocracy, the most to show off is not how much wine they own or a few thoroughbreds, but when holding a large banquet to announce that they can supply unlimited Chinese tea to entertain guests, feel free to drink, that will definitely be the best behavior of the British aristocratic circle to show off wealth. Until now, both nobles and commoners in Britain have long been accustomed to drinking morning tea and afternoon tea, and morning tea is generally called "small tea break" by them, and Aladell Milne just told Huo Dongjun about enjoying a tea break together, that is, he was only willing to give Huo Dongjun fifteen minutes to half an hour to persuade him.

Not to mention the banquet and hospitality, Alladelle Milne is not even ready to give Huo Dongjun an hour of afternoon tea time, and has to make them wait, no wonder Johnson Donald can't help but say that the other party is an old-fashioned aristocrat who is rude and rude, if Huo Dongjun is replaced by an Englishman with a formal British education, it is not unusual to be treated with such a rudeness, and leave on the spot.

Sitting in the garden, Huo Dongjun drank the black tea given by the housekeeper Alfred, and saw that Charles Wood and Johnson Donald both looked down at their watches from time to time, as if they were calculating the time of this tea break, Huo Dongjun put down the teacup and asked with a smile:

"The British love black tea, but why black tea? and not green tea?"

Johnson-Donald raised his head, stunned for a moment, and shrugged at Huo Dongjun: "You can go and ask my grandfather, he didn't tell me the answer to this question when he taught me to drink tea." ”

"Charles?" Huo Dongjun looked at Charles Wood on the other side.

Charles Wood also shook his head: "Maybe the English aristocracy of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries didn't like green tea?"

"That's the importance of studying, gentlemen, studying, my week's lessons and the big tuition fees were not wasted, at least I know something that the average British person doesn't care about or understand, why the British like black tea. Huo Dongjun said to the two people.

"I knew about the etiquette class, but I didn't expect them to teach it. Johnson Donald adjusted his mindset and put a smile on his face again.

"Well, Mr. Milne hasn't come here anyway, and I'm interested in hearing about the origin of the black tea. Charles Wood also laughed.

Since even the employer is not worried, why should he be so nervous as a headhunter, anyway, the talent pool of Hannas Company can provide new candidates for this Huo Dongjun.

Because those British nobles could only drink black tea, those British merchants loaded green tea on ships at the docks in China and prepared to ship it back to England, but green tea underwent withering, fermentation, and drying in the long process of transportation, and became black tea with a more mellow taste than green tea, which is why those British nobles liked black tea, because there was no green tea for them to enjoy, and the British in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries didn't even know what green tea was. Huo Dongjun talked to the two of them about the origin of the British people's tea addiction that Helena Grenwell talked about in the etiquette course.

Charles Wood rolled his eyes: "Sir, are you saying that those English aristocrats in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the king, actually regarded the Chinese tea as a treasure, which is equivalent to the old tea on the market today?

Huo Dongjun nodded, held the teacup and said, "I think so, that's what my etiquette teacher said." ”

"I regret now that I just said that I was interested in hearing you talk about the origin of black tea, because when I see the black tea in front of me now, I will remember that our ancestors once regarded the garbage discarded by the Chinese as a treasure, you know? When King Charles II got married, Queen Catherine brought 221 pounds of Chinese black tea and twenty sets of Chinese exquisite tea sets as a dowry and even wrote it into the British royal history, because the 221 pounds of black tea and twenty sets of tea sets, Queen Catherine was praised as the "porcelain gold queen" in nearly two centuries." Tea Queen". Charles Wood looked down at the cup of rich black tea in front of him, and he had an expression that I regretted so much that I knew the truth.

The corners of Huo Dongjun's mouth turned upward: "Then do you know why the British are used to putting some milk in the tea cup when making tea, but the Chinese never do this?"

"I hope it doesn't have anything to do with tea, I swear that when I go back to Hong Kong this time, I must buy the best green tea, and I am not ready to touch black tea again. Charles Wood said, "Is it about taste? Europeans and Americans are used to the smell of milk?"

Johnson-Donald lowered his head and sighed: "Oh, well, I know the answer to this question, but I don't want to talk about it, I guess Charles, you must not want to know, the truth is always too far from what we know." ”

"You know? You know and I don't? You and I graduated from Cambridge together? The teacher told him about it when I was in school?" Charles Wood heard Johnson Donald know the answer, and exaggeratedly stretched his arms to the other party and asked, "Is that the time you got a C in your paper and was put in his office by the bearded professor, he sued you?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Viscount Gilbert is too old, and he only knows me, my lady and Alfred, and he's the only tuner on the estate, and he's in charge of the two pianos, but now he's starting to enjoy the silence of being alone with the piano, and we're able to sit down and have a cup of tea. Aladell Milne walked around the corner of the garden and said apologetically.

Huo Dongjun and the other two stood up, and Huo Dongjun said to Aladel-Milne: "It's a wonderful thing to sit in the garden and enjoy a cup of black tea in the sunny weather, and you don't need to apologize. ”

After Aladel-Milne also sat down around the round table, the three of them sat down, and Aladell-Milne said, "Just heard someone talking about something?"

"It's about the British drinking black tea with milk, why do the British drink tea with milk, but the Chinese never do it?" Charles Wood repeated to Aladell Milne.

"Good question, is that the right rhythm for a coffee break chat, is it Mr. Johnson Donald?" asked Alladel Milne.

Johnson-Donald shrugged: "It's Mr. Huo." ”

"I'm surprised, Mr. Huo seems to know a lot about some of the interesting remarks during the English tea break?" Aladell-Milne looked at Huo Dongjun in surprise.

He just wanted to know how much the young man knew about England, so he didn't have a banquet, no formal living room, only a tea break to entertain the other party.

"A week ago, I knew nothing about all the habits of life in England, but for you, Mr. Milne, I spent a week learning how to use a knife and fork correctly, what kind of clothes to wear for a banquet, how much milk to add for afternoon tea, and even dozens of phrases for meeting and chatting. Huo Dongjun calmly looked back at Aladel-Milne.

Aladell-Milne nodded slightly: "Then you must have learned a lot." ”

"But that's not enough, that's why I'm here, Mr. Milne, I don't want to offer you a job, I'm hoping that a wise elder will help me find an answer to a question I've pondered, but it may take years or more to solve it. Huo Dongjun looked at the old man and said.

Aladell-Milne leaned back in his chair slightly, so that his butler could bring him a cup of black tea, and he just used this moment to think about the question thrown by Huo Dongjun, and when Alfred retreated, he straightened up and stroked the delicate tea cup and said:

"The British are accustomed to pour slightly cold milk when drinking tea, because in that era, the porcelain fired in Britain can not be compared with the Chinese tea set, after the boiling water is poured into the local fired tea set, the tea set will often burst because it cannot withstand the heat of the boiling water, so people will pour milk into the tea set to cool the temperature of the boiling water a little, in the seventeenth century, the British nobles in order to prove that the exquisite tea set in their hands is produced in China, will pour boiling water into the tea set in front of the guests, and then pour the milk, in that era, milk before tea and tea after milk can see the heritage of a nobleman。 ”

Huo Dongjun was not angry at the old man for ignoring his problem, and Aladel Milne took a sip of the black tea and continued:

"Mr. Huo calls me a wise elder, which makes me feel very proud, but my own perception of myself is that cup of boiling water, although you are Chinese, but I am not sure whether your company is like Chinese porcelain, can hold the boiling water of England, once poured, it is likely not to be found in the direction you want, maybe the porcelain will be scalded by me." ”

Neither Charles Wood nor Johnson Donald spoke up, and Huo Dongjun was the protagonist this time, and he needed to impress Aladale Milne with his eloquence or charisma.

"Mr. Milne, I have no objection to your suspicion of me or my company, this is normal, but the only thing I can guarantee is that my company is at least stronger than the BBC, and if the BBC, the British tea set, has not been burned by you, then my Chinese tea set has no need to worry. Huo Dongjun pressed his hands on his lower abdomen, leaned slightly against the back of the chair and said to Aladell Milne.

Since Huo Dongjun started the topic around satellite TV, Alladelle-Milne stopped going around in circles, put away his restrained smile, looked at Huo Dongjun with a pair of eyes and said, "Mr. Huo, you don't seem to know much about satellite TV. ”

"As far as I know, the British Broadcasting Authority also doesn't know anything about satellite TV, and they don't know anything about the industry, so how do they influence the industry? Mr. Milne, the whole TV industry in Asia is waiting for you to change, and it only takes you one signal, theone. ”