Wukong was overjoyed and brought the treasure to take a look. Two golden hoops at two ends, a black iron in the middle, and a line of words engraved on it, called Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick, weighing 13,500 catties! Syllable...... I'll drink saliva first. ”

The next evening, before it was dark, the villagers began to gather.

Some people even don't care about eating, and come directly with their rice bowls, for fear of missing any story.

Although it is now the busy farming season, it is not particularly busy.

In a few days, it will not work, picking tea, planting millet or sorghum, harvesting rapeseed, transplanting seedlings, and forming cocoons of spring silkworms...... A series of farm work is waiting, there are things to do day and night, and when you are free, you fall asleep, how can you have the energy to listen to the story?

Let's say that when it comes to Sun Wukong's forced entry into the Dragon Palace today, all the villagers are stupid.

That's the Dragon King!

Shen Yourong brought a bowl of tea and handed it to Zhu Ming, who had a dry throat: "Da Lang, drink tea first." ”

Zhu Ming took the painful drink, and after only one sip, he almost squirted out.

It's bitter and astringent, and the thief is particularly unpleasant.

There were three types of tea in the Song Dynasty, namely Ming Cha, Mo Cha and Lap Cha.

Tea tea, also known as loose tea, belongs to the public drink, not only similar in appearance to tea in later generations, but also can be directly poured into boiling water to drink. But this thing is steamed, not fried, the astringency has not been removed, and the taste is indescribable.

The real rich people of the Song Dynasty only drank the end of the tea and the wax tea, the process was complicated, the price was expensive, and the fragrance was delicious.

Seeing Zhu Ming's strange expression, Shen Yourong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

This pretty widow will be mistaken, thinking that the father and son of the Zhu family must have been born rich and noble in the past, so they are not used to drinking cheap loose tea. However, the end tea and lap tea were too expensive, and Shen Yourong couldn't afford them at all, and even had an inferiority complex because of this.

has low self-esteem because he feels that he is not worthy of Zhu Xianggong.

Zhu Xianggong is full of knowledge, well-informed, and rich in her early years, but she is just a country widow.

"Haha, this tea is strong," Zhu Ming smiled and took another sip, "I feel too astringent at first, and it will be sweet to drink again, and it will have a different flavor." ”

Hearing this, Shen Yourong finally became happy, although she knew that this was a word of comfort.

Zhu Ming continued to tell the story, until Sun Wukong broke into the underworld in anger, forcibly demanded the book of life and death, and wrote off all the monkeys.

"If you want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown!"

It's late, and I have to get up tomorrow to work, and some villagers are still reluctant to leave.

It was too shocking, Sun Wukong learned the ability to splash the sky, first subdued the Dragon King of the Four Seas, and then shocked the Ten Palaces of Yama. They didn't even dare to think about it before, not to mention that they hadn't heard of it.

There is also a button left at the end, saying that the Dragon Lord filed a complaint and asked the Jade Emperor to call the shots.

What will the Jade Emperor do with Sun Wukong?

The villagers were itching at this time, and they couldn't wait for Xiao Zhu Xiucai to finish speaking all night.

"Scattered, scattered, haha, I'll talk about it tomorrow." Zhu Ming turned around and went back to the house to rest, leaving a group of villagers staring at him.

After everyone dispersed, Mrs. Yan brought tea and inquired privately: "Da Lang, can Sun Wukong be arrested by the Jade Emperor?" ”

treated the audience equally: "The old lady will know tomorrow." ”

Mrs. Yan was also anxious, but she didn't want to ask again, so she turned around and went back to her room, her mind full of Journey to the West.

After a while, Zhu Guoxiang came in with a wooden barrel and said angrily: "Young Master Zhu, the footwashing water is here, please raise your noble feet and wash it." ”

"It's hard work, Dean Zhu." Zhu Ming's hippie smile.

Zhu Guoxiang admonished: "Next time we wash our feet, we will be slow, and it will be Mrs. Shen who brings the water." ”

"I was so busy talking about books today that I forgot about it for a while." Zhu Ming explained.

Zhu Guoxiang couldn't help but complain: "When you talk about "Journey to the West", you just talk about it, why do you talk a lot of nonsense?" Forget it about saying that I went to sea to do business, and said that I had been to the daughter country, and that I met immortals on Penglai Immortal Island. ”

Zhu Ming said seriously: "Elevate your old identity." First, it can dilute the scandal, and second, it can give you a momentum for innovative agriculture. Those of your agricultural techniques, even including sweet potatoes and corn, can be said to have been granted by the immortals. The villagers are ignorant, no matter how much they say, it is useless, they prefer to believe in the teachings of the immortals. ”

Zhu Guoxiang pondered carefully, and actually nodded and said, "That's right, it's more convenient to do this." ”

Zhu Ming suddenly asked, "Did you drink the tea made by Shen Niangzi?" ”

"If you drink it, the bitterness is acceptable, and the astringency is too strong to stand it." Zhu Guoxiang commented.

Zhu Ming asked, "Do you have a tea major in your agricultural college?" ”

"There's a tea department." Zhu Guoxiang said.

Zhu Ming asked: "How much do you know about Song tea?" ”

"I don't know much about it, I only talked to my colleagues," Zhu Guoxiang carefully recalled, "Steamed tea was eliminated in the Ming Dynasty, and New China re-launched the steamed tea method in order to earn foreign exchange through exports, mainly exported to Japan, the former Soviet Union and Russia." Due to the small size of the market, steamed tea has not been a climate in China. ”

Zhu Ming said: "I'm also embarrassed to ask Mrs. Shen if all Song tea tastes like this." But through the description of ancient books, it seems that Song tea is fragrant without sugar. ”

Zhu Guoxiang happened to know: "It is caused by technical reasons." Modern tea steaming technology has been innovated, and the astringency has been greatly reduced by scientific means, but Song tea does not have this level. The tea department of our college was involved in technological innovation, and I was only an associate professor at the time. I heard from my colleagues that Song tea is also divided into grades. The low-grade is this loose tea, which is sold to the common people to drink. The process of high-grade tea is complex, and the price rises geometrically, which can completely remove the astringency. ”

Zhu Ming pondered: "In other words, roasted tea instead of steamed tea is a process of tea becoming popular. Tea without astringency has become cheaper and easier to make, and is no longer a special product for rich and noble families. ”

"Roasting tea can also save labor when picking tea." Zhu Guoxiang added.

Zhu Ming asked: "The tea picking process is also different?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The tea-making process is different. In the Song Dynasty, tea picking was done before nine o'clock in the morning, and what was needed was tea buds with dew. Later, I picked tea, and I didn't start working until nine o'clock, because the tea leaves with dew would burn the tip when they were fried. In this way, the tea picking time of Song tea is shorter, and more tea pickers need to be invested. ”

Zhu Ming slapped his face: "I understand, why Song poems describe the scene of tea picking, and hundreds of thousands of people go out together." In this mountainous area of Hanzhong, due to the flight of low-level tea farmers, there is not enough tea picker, and some tea farmers have to reduce the scale, and even cannot afford heavy taxes and abandon the tea mountain. ”

Regarding Song Cha, Zhu Guoxiang only knows this, after all, he is not a professional.

In fact, there are more detailed differences, such as pinching with fingernails when picking steamed tea, while breaking with fingers when picking roasted tea.

The top tea leaves of the Song Dynasty had to be picked before the rising sun.

After the sun rises until nine o'clock, the further back the time, the lower the quality of the tea. The tea leaves picked at eight or nine o'clock can only be used to make cheap loose tea, and they can't enter the tea cup of the rich at all.

Therefore, tea picking should be dialed one by one according to the time.

Before the sun rises, hurry up and pick the best tea buds. The second batch of picks is slightly inferior, and it can also be made into medium and high-grade tea. The third batch picks the most inferior and makes loose tea and sells it to the people.

Zhu Ming had an idea in his heart, in this Hanshui Basin, I am afraid that there are many abandoned tea mountains.

When you have a firm foothold and have money and connections, you can occupy those ownerless tea mountains. Then, research out the roasted tea process, not to mention replacing high-grade tea, at least to conquer the loose tea market.

"Dean Zhu, do you know how to stir-fry tea?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang shook his head: "I don't understand." ”

Zhu Ming said: "I've only seen the videos of roasted tea, all of which were posted by Internet celebrities, and I still remember the general process, but the trick is completely unclear." I don't know the materials, the heat, and the time, so I have to slowly explore it myself. ”

"Let's farm first," Zhu Guoxiang said, "even if we have tea mountains, there are not so many tea workers, and the population in the mountains is too small." ”

Zhu Ming said: "There are people in Shaanxi after the war, and a large number of people have fled to the Hanzhong area. Unfortunately, we will have to wait too long, and there will still be more than a decade to go, and it is better for us to innovate agriculture and increase food production to increase the population. ”

Since it was decided to use Hanzhong as a base, tea must be taken seriously.

This thing is a strategic material, which can not only obtain abundant funds, but also exchange war horses with ethnic minorities.