"The prince praised it falsely, but he didn't hide it, how could the lower officials have such ability, this was when the lower officials went to the capital and met His Majesty, His Majesty rewarded the lower officials.

His Majesty said that this tea was not sold outside, so he was reluctant to drink it after the official came back.

And every time I drink this tea, it reminds the lower officials of His Majesty's kindness to the ministers. ”

After Dang Renhong finished speaking, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Li Shen was disdainful in his heart, this old lamp, is he still acting at this time? I'm not a prince, I don't have real power, you just have to play it in front of me.

"Stone, go to the carriage and bring two cans of the tea that the king has drunk." Li Shen instructed Shi Dao.

Stone ran out and quickly retrieved two cans of tea.

Li Shen took the tea bucket and put it on the table and said:

"Governor of the Party, these two cans are the king's own tea, and they are the latest varieties of the palace this year, and I named them Pu'er tea.

It is to pick the large leaves of a thousand-year-old tree in the sacred mountain in the southwest of Nanzhao Kingdom as raw materials.

The virgin who has not been out of the pavilion in the local area of Nanzhao Kingdom, before sunrise, after burning incense and bathing, goes up the mountain to pick it personally, and the picking time should be exactly the sunrise, when the sun and the moon meet,

The leaves absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and the dew drops on them are the aura of heaven and earth.

Store it in a virgin corset, and wash it with the collected dew when you return,

After 7749 processes, this tea is obtained.

This tea is not easy to come by, and it was discovered by this king by chance in a thousand-year-old book of the Nanzhao Kingdom, which consumed a lot of manpower and material resources.

The money alone is nearly a million yuan, and it is barely able to get a little bit by employing tens of thousands of local people.

At present, even I don't have Aya, only my mother and concubine have five cans from her.

These two pots of tea should be given to the governor of the party by me instead of Aya. ”

Li Shen said that his mouth was like a river, and the expression on his face was serious, as if he was doing something, and he was stunned for a moment when he heard it.

After hearing Li Shen say that tea is so precious, he couldn't help but say:

"This tea is so precious, could it be that this tea tree is scarce?"

Li Shen shook his head and sighed.

"Alas, the party governor doesn't know that when this tea is picked, it is exquisite."

"I don't know if His Highness is convenient to say the hidden secret." Dang Renhong was very curious, Guangzhou is not very far from Nanzhao, if it is ......

"Truth be told, it's not a big deal, that's because ....."

"cough~~cough~~"

As soon as Li Shen said because, he heard Wang Xuance cough twice on the side, interrupting Li Shen to continue.

Li Shen glanced back at Wang Xuance. Wang Xuance was unmoved, approached Li Shen and whispered:

"Lord, the princess's entrustment."

Li Shen frowned after hearing this.

When Li Shen was about to say something, Dang Renhong said:

"Lord Wang, I don't know who this .....?"

Dang Renhong always thought that Wang Xuance was just a staff member of the palace, but Wang Xuance mentioned Princess Ji,

Ordinary staff members don't dare to let King Ji not come to the stage like this, and they usually say it directly, it's inconvenient to say it, or it can't be said.

It will not be said that it is Princess Ji's entrustment, it seems that Li Shen is afraid of the inside, which obviously shows that Wang Xuance's identity is not a staff member.

That's why Dang Renhong asked Li Shen who Wang Xuance was.

"Oh, this is the long history of my Ji Wangfu, Wang Xuance. I've been following this king for almost ten years. Li Shen said indifferently.

"The lower officials have seen the party governor." Wang Xuance saluted.

"It turned out to be Wang Changshi, and the official was negligent."

Knowing that Wang Xuance was the long history of King Ji's Mansion, Dang Renhong also said enthusiastically.

The long history of a prince's palace can influence the words and deeds of a prince, and the long history is not only in charge of all the decrees of the prince's palace, but also can be played to reach the emperor, and is in charge of the government officials and discipline posts.

If the prince makes a mistake, he can also blame and correct the prince,

The princes of the Tang Dynasty were all appointed by the emperor, and they were the emperor's people, and they were also responsible for supervising whether the vassal kings violated the law and discipline and whether they had a rebellious heart.

Only Li Shen's Ji Wangfu was chosen by himself, and Li Shimin agreed.

Therefore, although Changshi does not have the right to enforce the law, it has the right to supervise and admonish.

It is also reasonable for Dang Renhong to change his attitude towards Wang Xuance, because he does not know whether Wang Xuance is Li Shimin's person.

Li Shen didn't care about Wang Xuance's words, but said to Wang Xuance:

"Hey~~~~ The governor of the party is not an outsider, but the founder of my Tang Dynasty, what can't be said, this king is not a child, and he still needs to listen to the words of a woman?"

After hearing this, Wang Xuance retreated behind Li Shen and said no more, Li Shen turned around and continued to say to Dang Renhong.

"Governor of the party, this king told you that this tea is not easy to come by because it should be picked at a specific time."

"What a particular time." Dang Renhong also aroused curiosity.

"I don't know if you've heard of Purple Qi coming from the east?" Li Shen asked in a low voice.

"Purple Qi from the East?"

"Exactly, picking tea only starts in the middle of June every year, the fog in the mountains does not disperse, on a specific day, the sun rises in the east, and the moon is far away, when the mountain is a purple gas, the tea absorbs purple gas,

The tea picked at this time has the effect of prolonging life and strengthening the body. ”

After Li Shen finished speaking, he opened the tea lid and let Dang Renhong smell it, and sure enough, the taste was different from Li Shimin's reward.

The taste is not as fragrant, but it is very mellow.

"Well, yes, there aren't many kings." Li Shen said proudly.

"Someone, bring a pot of hot water." Dang Renhong commanded.

Soon the subordinates brought hot water and tea bowls again, and Li Shen personally took out a little Pu'er, put it in the tea bowl and poured it full of water and handed it to Dang Renhong.

"This tea should be brewed for a while and then drunk to be stronger." Li Shen said.

After a while, Li Shen took a sip of the teacup, and Dang Renhong did the same.

After drinking, Dang Renhong's eyes lit up, it was indeed different from what Li Shimin rewarded, and each had its own merits.

"That's right, this kind of tribute tea is called Pu'er tea, and that kind of tribute tea I call green tea, called Maojian.

This kind of pu'er production process is more complicated, and it has the effect of prolonging life after drinking, so our palace plans to increase the production of pu'er in the future. ”

Li Shen took another sip rather proudly.

"His Royal Highness King Ji, your hairy tip is already a tael of tea leaves and a tael of gold, so isn't your Pu'er even more valuable?"

Now that Dang Renhong has truly experienced the way of making money from King Ji Li Shen, it is no wonder that Chang'an says that King Ji is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth.

If this tribute tea can be mass-produced, wouldn't it be a daily progress?

"Haha, that's of course, this king is going to build a special tea-making workshop in Nanzhao, specializing in making Pu'er tea,

At that time, the king will hire a large number of tea pickers on the day of picking, so that he can pick a large number of tea leaves when the purple air comes to the east, and then hire a large number of craftsmen to make tea.

In this way, there will not be a long delay and cause the loss of tea.

As long as the output can come up, the daily income is not enough to describe the wealth obtained. ”