Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Imperial Tea House Opened
In the bustling area of Beijing, a newly renovated store ushered in the opening celebration today.
The huge plaque at the front of the door is hung with a festive red cloth, and the ground in front of the door is covered with bright red carpets, and the sides are lined with flowers.
At this time, the door was already crowded with people watching the excitement.
Dressed in casual clothes, Gao Dali, who is easy to overlook, hides in the crowd.
Not long after, twelve beautiful women wearing palace skirts and elegant and noble temperaments walked out of the store, each holding an extremely delicate box.
Such a scene immediately aroused the curiosity of onlookers, and they all discussed what was inside.
Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man walked out, arched his hand to everyone, and said with a smile: "Thank you neighbors for cheering, I am the shopkeeper of this store, and the opening ceremony starts now!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the shopkeeper pulled the rope attached to the red cloth on the plaque.
Crash!
The red cloth falls.
Three vigorous and powerful characters were revealed.
Ochaba!
Suddenly, the discussion on the scene rang out.
"Ocha? Could it be for His Majesty? ”
"Nonsense, it must be for Your Majesty, the name of Imperial Tea is not something that can be used casually!"
"I don't know what kind of tea Your Majesty is drinking, what it tastes like, I really want to taste it!"
"What's the hurry? Later, after the opening ceremony, let's buy some and go back! ”
Just when everyone was talking, twelve beautiful women in palace skirts spoke in unison.
"Born from innovation and subverted, eight Taidou-level palace tea masters from six major tea categories have gone through 36 steps to jointly create master-level big dry and small imperial tea with special raw materials and traditional craftsmanship."
"One box and one brew, eight famous teas, to meet a variety of taste preferences, thousands of years of inheritance of palace masters handmade tea, showing the essence of tea, master-level high-end small royal tea, your choice of taste."
"One tea, one box, one brew, enjoy a comfortable life, Daqian high-end good tea and small royal tea, the palace tea master has worked hard to innovate and create, showing the essence of traditional famous tea, and making good tea with heart - small royal tea."
"After dinner, the little royal tea, the race over the emperor's house!"
Hearing these refreshing advertising slogans, the onlookers suddenly became more interested.
Someone shouted impatiently: "Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense, tell me how much it is, master, I'll buy a pound to taste the taste!" ”
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately aroused the support of everyone.
"That's right, don't grind!"
"These women are holding small imperial tea in their hands, right? The packaging is quite exquisite, hurry up and say how much it is! ”
The shopkeeper smiled slightly and shouted loudly: "Thank you for your love, the price of each box of small imperial tea is one hundred and sixty-six taels!" ”
The scene was quiet for a long time, and everyone was stunned, they heard it right, one hundred and sixty-six taels of a box?
Then there was a burst of scolding.
"This is too expensive, it sells for one hundred and sixty-six taels per catty, which is enough to buy dozens of catties of other high-quality tea!"
"Yes, even if it's an imperial tea, it can't be so expensive!"
"Aren't you pit people?"
Hearing what everyone said, the shopkeeper smiled faintly, pointed to the brocade box held by the woman in the palace skirt and said loudly: "Everyone, I have to explain, it is not one pound of one hundred and sixty-six taels of silver, but one tael, that is, such a small jar, one hundred and sixty-six taels!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the scene suddenly exploded.
"One two hundred and sixty-six taels?! Why don't you grab it? ”
"Are you fools to us?"
"Who would buy such expensive tea? Shall you be made of gold? ”
"It just doesn't make sense!"
In the face of everyone's abuse, the shopkeeper was unmoved, raised his hand and pressed down, signaling everyone to be quiet.
"Everyone! Everybody! Listen to me! ”
After everyone was quiet for a while, the shopkeeper spoke.
"You don't know, every piece of tea in this small imperial tea is picked by the mouth every morning, and then eight Taidou-level palace tea-making masters, with the long-lost ancient tea-making process, fried for four hours in a row, after 36 processes to make the best tea."
"The fragrance of this tea is fresh and elegant, no need to put in green onions, ginger, dates, orange peel, dogwood, mint, etc. to boil, just boiling water to brew, the flavor is unique, even His Majesty is full of praise, all the ministers in the court have tasted it, no one said bad!"
"And one hundred and sixty-six taels is a good fortune, those who can afford to buy small imperial tea are either rich or expensive, either as an official or in business, who doesn't want a career and a smooth business road?"
"Therefore, one hundred and sixty-six taels of tea is not expensive at all, not to mention that it can touch His Majesty's dragon spirit, it is still a symbol of identity and status, how can it be compared to ordinary tea?"
"Besides, even if you don't drink this tea, it's excellent to give it as a gift, how much face?"
Hearing this, many people have already been moved.
At this moment, Gao Dali just secretly signaled for the nursery to play, but was preempted by an old man wearing a gorgeous costume with an extraordinary bearing: "What you bought here is really an imperial tea for Your Majesty?" ”
Seeing this person, Gao Dali was secretly happy in his heart, and signaled that the nursery did not need to appear.
Someone in the crowd already recognized the identity of the old man, and hurriedly bowed down and bowed: "It turned out to be Lord Yushitai Zhu, the small one is polite!" ”
Immediately, more people began to pay homage.
However, Lord Zhu ignored it, walked straight to the shopkeeper, and said in a deep voice: "This morning, the old man drank the imperial tea given by His Majesty in the main hall, if you dare to deceive the old man, the old man will participate in a book, and he will definitely let you go around without eating!" ”
The shopkeeper bowed down and bowed, and said categorically: "Don't worry, my lord, if what Xiaomin said is false, you can kill Xiaomin!" ”
Then he turned to the shopkeeper behind him and said, "Don't you want to make tea for adults?" ”
The shopkeeper smiled with a smile on his face: "Come on, it'll be fine right away!" ”
Then a man came out with a tray with a teacup and a pot of boiling water.
The shopkeeper came to the palace skirt woman, opened the small imperial tea package, pinched a small pinch of tea leaves, put it in the tea cup, and then brewed it with boiling water for a while.
"Master Zhu, you can smell it first, and then taste it!" The shopkeeper made a gesture of please, his face full of confidence.
Master Zhu came to the teacup and sniffed it, and his eyes lit up suddenly.
"That's what it tastes like!"
Then he gently blew the tea soup, took a sip carefully, smacked his mouth, and gradually showed an excited look: "That's right, it's the imperial tea given by His Majesty today!" ”
Hearing this, the shopkeeper smiled slightly.
The crowd of onlookers was in a commotion, and some were eager to try.
Lord Zhu waved his sleeves: "Ten boxes for this official...... No, twenty boxes! ”
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.
A box of one tael of tea, one hundred and sixty-six taels of silver.
Twenty boxes, that is, two catties of tea, three thousand three hundred and twenty taels of silver!
Except that this tea is really delicious to the point of exploding, otherwise who would go crazy and spend so much money to buy just two catties of tea?