138 times, there must be a way to get rich in the world, and it is spread all over the world to cook tea

"What is there to discuss with me?" said Ti Yuhuan and floated down the mountain with him, his tone very excited.

Mei Zhenyi came to the valley and stood by the stream: "Mention it, before I leave, I taught you the alchemy technique, but you haven't gotten the essence yet." Well, for the next three months, I'll be here every night, waiting for the Flame Fairy, while you and I have something to do. ”

Tiyo couldn't help but turn around several times, and happily circled around Mei Zhenyi and said, "What is Mei Gongzi going to do with me?"

Mei Zhenyi: "I'll help you refine your form, and you help me practice." Do you remember the pair of cushions I gave to Zhiyan? I want to continue to compile one hundred and eight fans, thirty-six for Cuiting'an and thirty-six for Qiyunguan. ”

"What about the thirty-six?"

Mei Zhenyi: "After the completion of the Jiulin Zen Temple, if the Zen Master Zhixu is not malicious, he will be enshrined to the Jiulin Zen Temple." ”

As far as I know, the pair of cushions you weave must be made of nine hundred and ninety-nine pure auspicious soft grass stems, and when compiling them, they use the method of refining tools, and there must be no trace of confusion when connecting with divine thoughts, otherwise they will not become magic weapons. It's already rare to have a pair of clever hands, one hundred and eight fans, God, what a lot of effort this is!"

Mei Zhenyi said with his back hand: "Of course it's difficult, otherwise, how can you be reborn? I ask you, why do people become adults since they were infants?"

Ti Yu Zhuan: "Is Mei Gongzi asking me about the Dan Jue? It's too profound, Ti Yu Zhuan doesn't have that cultivation yet." ”

Mei Zhenyi: "This is not only a Dan formula, but nothing more than an adult because of things, because of history, because of action, because of acceptance, because of feeling, because of knowledge, this is the truth of refining tools because of people, and refining people because of tools." ”

Ti Yu turned left and right as if shaking his head: "I still don't understand, what does Mei Gongzi's refining of one hundred and eight auspicious soft grass mats have to do with my cultivation?"

Mei Zhenyi: "Of course it matters. Let's come together, I will pass on your method of refining grass stems, all the grass stems must be collected by you in the mountains, and refined to be pure, and every time you gather 999 branches, I will start refining a futon. ”

Ti Yu turned around and almost didn't lie down: "Then how many grass stems do I have to refine......?"

Mei Zhenyi interrupted it: "Don't forget it, it's at least one hundred and seven thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and you fail once." You have to refine one more, and if I fail once, you will refine hundreds more. ”

Tiyo turned and gasped, "Is there so much auspicious soft grass in the mountains? ”

Mei Zhenyi picked an auspicious soft grass stalk from his side, and with the other hand, he took out the magic weapon that had not been used for a long time, and he didn't know what spell he was casting for a moment, and opened his eyes and said: "I can only use the grass stalks that just withered and white last autumn, and there are more than 120,000 in the three mountains of Qingyi." Carefully refining the words, it should be enough. ”

Tiyo turned around and spoke weakly: "There is only one thing. I won't!"

Mei Zhenyi: "No, I can teach you, you have some mana now, and you can just refine an auspicious soft grass stem." It's hard, but it's also good for you, because you're invisible. I pass on this method of refining weapons to you, hoping that you will refine the form with the instrument, not only refining the grass stems, but also refining yourself. ”

"Thank you Mei Gongzi for teaching the Fa." But when do I have to practice? I can't finish it this year, can I come back next year?"

Mei Zhenyi: "The auspicious soft grass in this mountain has been in life for nine years, and if it doesn't work this year, it will have to wait until nine years later." I don't force you, it's naturally very slow at first, but as long as you don't change your mind, it will get faster and faster. This method of refining form with instruments is the most suitable for your restless temperament. It's also a good opportunity to sharpen you. ”

Ti Yu turned: "Okay then, please pass on my spell to Master Mei." ”

Mei Zhenyi waved her hand: "Don't worry, I still have a big matter to discuss with you." Once you and I start this practice, you will be looking all over the mountains, and I want you to be familiar with every grass and tree in this place, and every mountain and terrain. ...... I've heard that you're trying to be my butler, which is unlikely, but wait until the future. If I chisel and build a fairy cave in the three mountains of Qingyi. You are not only the guardian of the Jiulian Mountain, but also the head of the Sanshan Dojo. Would you like to?"

"Yes, of course I do! Mei Gongzi, please rest assured, I will definitely search all over the mountain, refining auspicious soft grass stems on the one hand, and inspecting the future Dongtian Dojo!"

Mei Zhenyi knows Ti's temper very well, and it is too embarrassing for such a boring thing to repeat it so many times. But if you give it a spiritual motivation and let it rush to do it on its own, things will be much easier, and this is indeed the most suitable cultivation method for lifting and turning.

Tiyo turned around on the creek a few times, and then leaned over and said, "Mei Gongzi, when are we going to start?"

Mei Zhenyi: "From tonight onwards, don't turn around, stabilize the form of the gods, and listen to my teachings." ”

The spells he passed on were not complicated, they were to refine the weapon by refining the form. The mana of lifting and turning is not strong, but it has an invisible wonder, and it can just be used to refine auspicious soft grass stems. Mei Zhenyi needs a lot of them, and he needs to search all over the mountains, and he has no time to go around elsewhere during this time.

On the first night, Tiyo turned to the best of his ability, but he only refined three and discarded seven.

On the second night, Tiyo Zhuan was still refining ten branches, but it was refined into seven, and only three were wasted, and the skill did not increase, but the means were much more familiar.

On the third night, Tiyo turned to refine fifteen branches, and refined them into eleven branches, and Mei Zhenyi praised them again and again.

Tiyo Zhuan likes to listen to Mei Zhenyi praise it, the more he praises it, the more energetic it becomes, and the growth of mana and the cultivation of the mind are unconscious. By the seventh day, a total of nine hundred and ninety-nine branches had been refined, as if a bottleneck had been broken through, and two hundred years of cultivation had finally found a method suitable for it.

Mei Zhenyi also began to compile auspicious soft straw mats, one hundred and eight fans, the mood at this time is completely different from the day's wonderful hand, it is completely a boring repetition, every time it is a test from beginning to end, there is no room for mistakes, otherwise the previous efforts will be wasted. Why would he do such a thing? There are two reasons for this.

First, it is to temper oneself in this way, not only to refine the weapon, but also to exercise one's hearth spirit. The step of "rebirth" in the practice is the longest, and there is no way to take a trick. Mei Zhenyi has been practicing very fast since he was a child, because his comprehension is good and his qualifications are also first-class, but it is precisely at this level that qualifications and comprehension cannot play a decisive role, mainly depending on the depth of hard work.

The second is to refine the Nine Turns Purple Gold Pill. Ever since she got Wen Chalcedony, Mei Zhenyi knew that she was not sure that she would succeed in refining it once. But he didn't have a chance to come a second time, so he had to master the way of alchemy absolutely proficiently. The best way is often the stupidest, his alchemy technique is comprehended from the way of alchemy, and he continues to exercise in this way in order to be foolproof.

The third son of Danxia gave him thirty-two flavors of elixir, he initially refined it, and then refined it into the god worship whip, but failed four times in total. In the eyes of others, the success rate is already very high, but if you want to refine the Nine Turns Purple Gold Pill, it is still far from enough, because there are not so many elixirs in the world for him to try repeatedly.

Originally, he didn't have much hope, just as a kind of exercise. But since Qingfeng promised to help him find all the medicinal materials, Mei Zhenyi immediately treated it cautiously. Not only Wen Chalcedony, he hoped that Qingfeng would give him every elixir, and he would not miss it when refining it. So instead of rushing to refine, he went back and laid a good foundation.

If the third son of Danxia heard that Mei Zhenyi would do this--using more than 100,000 auspicious soft grass stems to refine a futon that was only for meditation, but using the method of refining tools that is compatible with alchemy, he would also be surprised! Smart people often rely on good understanding and are unwilling to work hard, but Mei Zhenyi knows this very well and deliberately finds some hardship for himself.

Mei Zhenyi began to compile. The grass stalks on the ground can't be supplied, and they are busy all over the mountains and fields, and they don't have time to inquire about it.

Tiyo was busy, and Zhang Guo, the real head of the Mei family, was not idle, and he was also in charge of the affairs of Wuzhou Mansion, and the young master asked him to sort out and count all the tenants, granges, people of each family, and production of all the Mei family in Wuzhou. Fortunately, Cheng Xuanhu had sorted it out and made it very detailed, otherwise Zhang Guo would really not be able to come up with something that met the young master's requirements for a while.

The Mei family has 2,000 households in Wuzhou. Nearly 10,000 men, women, and children combined! About a third of these people were slaves in his household. Do all kinds of errands arranged by the Mei family, and have regular money on a monthly basis. The other two-thirds were tenants in the grange. There is no absolute personal dependence on the Mei family's land to pay rent, or to work for the Mei family for two months every year.

When Zhang Guo brought these account books, he asked very strangely: "Young master, how do you take care of these mundane affairs? If you are allowed to take care of it, I will have nothing to do, and it is not for the eldest young master to worry about." ”

Mei Zhenyi said while looking at the account book: "Elder Zhang, you also know that I am going to get married, and I can't just start a family and not start a business." ”

Zhang Guo smiled: "This family business will be yours in the future." ”

Mei Zhenyi: "Since I was a child, I have been a young master who is not diligent and does not distinguish between grains and grains, in addition to apprenticeship, I have not done half a snack in the family business, and I have to do something myself." ”

Zhang Guo: "Young Master, if you say so, it will make the world embarrassed, what the young master wants to do, you don't have to be here, right?"

Mei Zhenyi smiled: "Actually, I want to run the industry, so I have to count how many resources are available in my hands, and I found that the potential is quite large." Just one example, the four members of the He family, He Musheng helped the Mei family manage the grange in Xianxiang is your arrangement, but his son He Huogen is strong and strong, and he only helps in the field, and he has a lot of leisure but no other livelihood, and his wife He Xiangu is nothing more than pretending to be a ghost at home to make a few spare money. ”

Zhang Guo: "Countrymen live like this since ancient times, and it's good to have a good weather." ”

Mei Zhenyi nodded and said, "So you can help them think of a way, and you're also helping myself." I went to Luoyang to investigate all the way and found that my Mei family can still develop industrial operations, at least tea and wine, which is enough to make a profit. ”

Zhang Guo reminded: "The tea produced in the nine mountains of the Mei family, in addition to personal use, is enshrined in the Nanlu Mansion of the Jingshi, and there are not many tea cakes in my family's production area, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford." "Here we need to introduce the popular methods of making tea and drinking tea in the Tang Dynasty, which are very complicated -

Tea leaves are mostly picked before and after the valley rain, and it must be sunny, and it is better to have straight young leaves on the tea tree. At that time, there were not many artificially planted tea gardens, and there were no professional tea pickers, and the tea makers often carried tea cages up the mountain to pick tea by themselves, which was not easy.

Fresh leaves are harvested and steamed first. Then mash it into tea puree and pour it into the tea mold, which also needs to be compacted by patting to make its structure tight and solid without leaving gaps, and when the tea puree is completely solidified, it is taken out to make a preliminary tea cake.

After the tea cake is made, it should be dried in a roaster to prevent mildew ** easy to preserve. The roasted tea cake has a hole in the middle, which is threaded into a string. for storage or carrying. There are so many complicated processes involved in making tea alone.

When drinking, first put the tea cake on the fire and roast it to roast it softly, then crush the tea cake with a tea mill, and then sift it into fine powder with a sieve, and put it in boiling water to boil. When boiling, there are one boiling, two boiling, three boiling, and there are more than ten kinds of tea used before and after. The lord and guests in the living room take a cup of tea, and at least two servants are busy for a long time.

In those days, I was a guest at someone's house. The host invites you to drink tea, which is quite a high-standard treatment! Ordinary people don't have the leisure time to serve tea, and even if they like to drink it, they can't afford it all year round.

Since it is so troublesome, how did people drink tea before the Tang Dynasty? Picking fresh tea tree shoots directly and boiling water is similar to boiling soup. However, fresh buds and leaves can not be stored and transported, can only be picked and boiled, and drinking tea is greatly limited by the region, climate and season. Until the Tang Dynasty, tea cakes appeared. Tea drinking became a popular way of life among aristocratic celebrities.

"Who said that you want to operate tea cakes, you look at this, it is the method of making tea that I learned in the Danxia School, so fried and packaged, it can be stored in all seasons or carried around, and it can be brewed with boiling water when drinking. This tube of tea leaves is fried by me in my own small tea garden, two cups a day can be drunk for three months, and the best grade sells it for two taels of silver. The lowest grade sells it for 50 yuan, which is not expensive for large families and well-off families, right? If it is sold all over the world, won't it be a source of money?"

Mei Zhenyi took out a bamboo tea cone with a lid and handed it to Zhang Guo. Zhang Guo studied for a long time and praised: "The young master not only makes tea, but even the bamboo tube for tea is made, but drinking tea is not a secular habit, I'm afraid there are no shops willing to sell it." ”

Mei Zhenyi said confidently: "You can rest assured about this, as long as you push it out." You'll find it convenient. And it's much cheaper than tea cakes, so ordinary people can afford it. Naturally, it will be promoted. The first step is to find your uncle to cooperate, the Liu family's shops are all over the south of the Yangtze River, so that the three points of profit can be sold by the Liu family. ”

Zhang Guo: "This is a good idea, my uncle will definitely help." ”

Mei Zhenyi: "I also have an idea, at the beginning, the Liu family's shop sold this kind of tea, you can set up a table in front of the shop, brew it on the spot for people to drink, don't you understand after drinking, you can also buy it back with confidence." ”

This trick is actually not new, many modern tea houses sell tea and do this, Mei Zhenyi is just a simple borrowing, but Zhang Guo applauded repeatedly, and gave a thumbs up: "The idea is really wonderful, the young master is simply Zhuge Liang!"

Mei Zhenyi smiled and shook her head: "Don't praise me first, it's not wonderful, I won't know until I try it, and I will test market it in Wuzhou, Haozhou, Runzhou and other places." Runzhou is the confluence of the canal and the Yangtze River, and the north-south trade is the focus of our test sales. We will not produce too much at the beginning, first open up the situation in Runzhou, as long as it is successful, it can naturally be sold to all parts of the Central Plains in the future. ”

Zhang Guo tilted his head and thought about it: "If everything goes well according to the young master's plan, the tea will not be enough!"

Mei Zhenyi: "Of course it's not enough, so we have to plant tea gardens ourselves, this matter can't be rushed, we need to do it step by step." I have already discussed with Princess Yuzhen, and I will first test the 300 acres of tribute field given by her. If the tea garden is planted successfully, the tea test market is also smooth, and it is in the land of the Mei family, and it is promoted in a large area on the hillside. ...... Elder Zhang, why are you looking at me like this, is there something on my face?"

Zhang Guo's eyes widened, and he high-fived and praised: "Young master, I don't know how to praise you, you have calculated so well every step." The most important thing for the Mei family is the mountainous land, especially the hillside land, which is barren and unsuitable for farming, and it is inconvenient to divert water for irrigation, so it can only be abandoned and idle, but it is the most suitable for planting tea trees. ”

Mei Zhenyi: "No matter how good the calculation is, it must be the first step to succeed, I have the capital of five hundred taels of gold, which should be enough." ”

This time it was Zhang Guo's turn to shake his head: "How can you use so much! The old slave can do it himself, whether it succeeds or not, a few hundred taels of silver is enough." ”

Mei Zhenyi added: "When you really need to invest a lot, you have to wait until the test marketing is successful, but then you are not afraid of spending money." The top priority is to select a safe and capable person to be responsible for tea plantation and learn the method of tea frying.