Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

(Two in one chapter!)

How did people in the Tang Dynasty drink tea?

First grind the tea leaves into powder, and then boil the water.

Add salt after the first boiling, and after the second boiling, you can pour in the powdered tea and continue boiling.

After the third boiling, divide the tea soup into tea cups.

This is not enough. Add onions, ginger, dates, orange peel, cornel, mint, etc. according to personal taste. You can also add spices and the like.

The taste is simply sour! Anyway, after Li Zexuan tasted it once, he shunned all the teas of this era!

Because where is the tea? It's terrible than Chinese medicine!

In fact, when it comes to ancient Chinese tea ceremony, it probably began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. After the invasion of the grassland tribes in the Yuan Dynasty, the tea ceremony in China has gradually declined. In the Ming Dynasty, it showed another scene.

In a nutshell, the Tang Dynasty made tea and the Song Dynasty ordered tea. Whether making tea or ordering tea, people used crushed tea powder as the raw material for tea, but this technique was completely changed in the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang once visited people’s sentiments and saw that the people were struggling to make dragon and phoenix tea to pay tribute to the imperial palace. It was very hard, and it had to be made again if there was a flaw. It was time-consuming and wasted a lot of good materials.

Therefore, in the twenty-fourth year of Ming Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to abolish tuan tea and change it to tribute leaf tea (loose tea).

Since then, the "Tang Zhu Song Dian" has become boiling water to make tea.

Li Zexuan had just crossed over, but he regretted that he didn't cross to the Ming Dynasty, but after thinking about it, I was relieved. Since the Tang Dynasty was popular for cooking tea and not fried tea, then I came to lead the fashion. !

However, since the beginning of the spring this year, too many things have happened. Li Zexuan has no time to search for good spring tea for frying. As a result, Zheng Yinhong took the initiative to send a batch of good and fresh, uncrushed Hangzhou spring tea. Tea, how could he waste it?

And this is the spring tea of ​​Lingyin Temple!

Lingyin Temple, also known as Yunlin Temple, is backed by the North Peak and faces the Feilai Peak. It was built in the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Later on the mountain peaks were rich in tea. The famous tea saint Lu Yu in the Mid-Tang Dynasty wrote the world's first tea monograph "The Classic of Tea", which contains records of tea produced in Hangzhou Lingyin Temple. This tea is the predecessor of West Lake Longjing Tea!

The spring tea after the rain sent by Zheng Yinhong can also be called Longjing after the rain!

Therefore, it is not surprising that Li Zexuan became so excited when he heard that the tea in the wooden box was produced in Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou!

"Haha! Benhou has always heard that Hangzhou is a beautiful place, and the northern peak of Lingyin Temple has beautiful scenery and beautiful mountains and rivers. The tea produced there must taste very good! And it is true that Benhou does not like it. Crush the tea leaves before drinking, because this has deviated from the most original taste of tea, and brewing tea with boiling water can better appreciate the true taste of tea!"

Li Zexuan asked Pang Feiji to buy tea, then looked at Zheng Yinhong and said with admiration.

"Master Hou is really good, and Zheng has the same feeling. When in the south of the Yangtze River, Zheng heard that Master Hou was a master of civil and martial arts. He didn't expect that Master Hou would have such unique insights while tasting tea. A friend!"

Zheng Yinhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said with joy on his face.

After getting the good rain in Longjing, Li Zexuan was also in a good mood. He laughed and said: "Hehe! Benhou and Zheng Zhuangzhu also met each other late. He will wait for Benhou to make this spring tea after the rain. After the turn, I will definitely invite Zhuang Zhuang Zhuang to go to Yunshan to taste one or two, I hope Zhuang Zhuang Zhuang can have a leisure time!"

"If you can be invited by Lord Hou, Zheng will be on time for the appointment. What's more, although the old man was far away in the south of the Yangtze River before, he also knows that Lord Hou has a superb accomplishment in food and wine. This Hangzhou Yuhou spring tea passed by the hands of Lord Hou. , Will definitely be more scented! Zheng will be considered a blessing by then!"

Zheng Yinhong smiled and arched his hands, then stood up and said: "It's too early, Zheng will not be bothering Master Hou here, goodbye!"

Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, and secretly said that Zheng Yinhong is a bit interesting. Generally, people who give gifts to the door will ask for something after giving the gift, but this old man pats someone on his **** after giving the gift, as if it was true. It's really interesting just to visit him simply!

As a mature adult, Li Zexuan certainly wouldn’t foolishly think that Zheng Yinhong just admired his fame and came here simply to see him, but since Zheng Yinhong didn’t say anything, then Li Zexuan didn’t need to take the initiative to ask. After he received a box of tea leaves, if he had any excessive demands in the future, he would not agree.

But having said that, he thinks that this old man surnamed Zheng is not the kind of person who is ignorant of current affairs and should not make any excessive demands!

"If this is the case, then Benhou will not leave Zheng Zhuangzhu, take care!"

Li Zexuan got up and handed off to see off the guests.

"Master Hou, take care, goodbye!"

After Zheng Yinhong said that, he took his son to go out cleanly, really waving his sleeves, not taking away a cloud!

"Msang-gong, why are you interested in tea? Didn't you hate tea before?"

After Zheng Yinhong and his son left, Han Yuxi came out of the side hall, walked to Li Zexuan, and asked curiously.

Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Hey! That was because I didn't meet good tea, and I didn't use the correct method of making tea. After the tea leaves are dried, you can make a pot of good spring tea for your wife after the rain. At that time, lady, you will understand why you didn't drink those tea soup before as a husband!"

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"Father, did we just leave?"

On the concrete road at the foot of Yunshan, the Zheng family's carriage was running smoothly. The flat concrete road made the carriage almost no bumps. In the carriage, Zheng Qianjun looked at his father in a puzzled manner and asked.

Zheng Yinhong leaned back on the brocade couch in the carriage and replied calmly: "Why? It's getting dark, let's not leave. Is it possible that your kid still wants you to have dinner on Yunshan?"

After all, Zheng Yinhong closed his eyes, planning to close his eyes and rest.

Zheng Qianjun said helplessly: "No, father, did you mean that you came to Yunshan today just to bring tea to Yonganhou?"

Zheng Yinhong opened his eyes, and said with an aura: "What? Isn't it the same? Do you still want to exchange these tea leaves for your father with Yonganhou for any benefit? As long as you do that, your husband can guarantee that we father and son will definitely be driven away. come out!

This time Yongan Hou Neng likes the tea we sent, which is already great news for us! If we insist on other things, it will only make Yong'anhou feel that we are just a market merchant and not worthy of paying! Now we at least have a good relationship with Yonganhou, which is impossible for many people to ask for!

As for other things, when friendship arrives in the future, even if we don't mention it, Yonganhou will give us a few ways to make money! Take a look at Cao Wendong, Lin Wenyuan and the others who are next to Yonganhou, are they getting better and better one by one?

So, Qianjun, you have to practice in the city government, and make friends with gentlemen, and you must not be too cheap! "

Zheng Qianjun nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Yes, Dad! My child knows! But Dad, you are really too risky to send tea to Yong'an Hou this time! But fortunately, you gave it right, and Yongan Hou was really true. You like fresh tea, we are so lucky!"

"Lucky?"

Zheng Yinhong smiled, then sighed, and said, "Before my father came, he had spent a lot of time sending people to collect Yonganhou’s preferences and thought about what to give him, but in the end he discovered It is not appropriate to give anything, because Yonganhou is not short of money, power, food and wine, and it seems that there is no shortage of women!

After much deliberation, I had to make such a dangerous move for my father, but I didn't expect that Yongan Hou would like to loose tea leaves instead of making soup with powdered tea, just like my father! After all, we are also lucky! "

"The main reason is that you have the courage, dad, and you must not dare to take such a risk when you are someone else!"

Zheng Qianjun couldn't help but complimented. Then, he changed his mind and said with emotion: "My boy went to Yunshan this time, and saw Yanhuang Academy and the Yunshan Other Academy. It was an eye-opener, saying that Yonganhou is a god. My child, my child is finally convinced!"

Zheng Qianjun glanced at his son with a smile, and said: "Your kid is about the same age as Yong'an Hou. If you can have a tenth of Yong'an Hou's ability, you will be stunned even if you die as a father. They all say that they have seen good people. After going back this time, Qianjun, you have to study hard, our Zheng family, can't be the home of merchants for generations!"

"...Yes, dad!"

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On the second day, there was no cloud, and it was another sunny day.

Li Zexuan instructed Xiaohe and Xiao Xi to put the spring tea after the rain sent by Zheng Yinhong in a bamboo sieve to dry. Just in the early morning, the two servants of the Zheng family brought ten boxes of spring tea to Li Zexuan. That’s right. It is ten boxes. It is estimated that Zheng Yinhong moved all his inventory to Li Zexuan. Li Zexuan was happy in his heart. Anyway, it was not too much, so he let Xiaohe and the others dry them together!

This process generally takes about half a day. The purpose is to reduce the grassy taste in the tea, to make the moisture meet the requirements of frying, and to prevent the new tea from clumping during frying.

After the arrangements were made, Li Zexuan went to Yanhuang Academy. Recently, the Academy has a lot of affairs. As a mountain leader, he naturally can't get away!

Around mid-afternoon, Li Zexuan happened to have lunch and saw that the tea leaves in the backyard were about to dry. Then he became very interested and asked people to take the tea to the kitchen. He wanted to "cook" the tea himself!

"Sang-gong, where is this tea used for frying? Isn't your memory wrong?"

When Han Yuxi heard that Li Zexuan wanted to fry tea, she immediately followed the kitchen with a dazed expression and asked.

Li Zexuan smiled confidently and said, "As a husband, of course he remembers it correctly. Back then, my master and his old man drank fried tea, but it's not powdered tea. What's so good about powdered tea? Oh, madam, you just came here, for My husband hasn’t started cooking for a long time, and I don’t know where to regress. You come to take care of it, and I will teach you by the side~!"

Before he got married, Li Zexuan’s cooking skills were quite good in Li’s family, but after getting married, he basically entered a state of eating all day long and waiting to die. Han Yuxi changed his tricks every day to make good food for him. It's not that he insists on practicing sword every morning, he is probably fattened into a horse!

In this way, he basically doesn't know how to cook much now, and has become a complete "mouth king"!

"Well! Since Xianggong insists on making tea, the concubine will help you make it together!"

Han Yuxi nodded, and then sent someone to help her find the apron "invented" by Li Zexuan, and after tying it up, he walked to the stove.

She has never refused Li Zexuan's request. Some people say that Li Zexuan dotes on his wife, but in fact, it is better to say Han Yuxi's beloved husband!

"Niangzi, the whole process of tea frying is divided into three stages: the green pot, the resurgence, and the Hui pot: the so-called green pot means that the tea leaves are initially formed into a flat shape within a quarter of an hour, and the tea leaves are fried to 70% to 80% dry; It is a resurgence. It takes about half an hour to spread the tea leaves that have gone through the green pot step in a bamboo sieve to resurge moisture;

The last is Huiguo. Add the regained tea leaves to the pot and fry them to reduce the moisture to about 5%, and further shape them. This process takes about a quarter of an hour. The tea leaves after the hui pot are finished in a pot and allowed to cool. You can brew them directly with boiling water for drinking! "

Li Zexuan came to Han Yuxi's side and roughly explained the steps of frying tea.

These are what he has seen on TV before, and in practice, he has not really personally fired it!

When Li Zexuan was just talking about it, Han Yuxi was memorizing and thinking about the specific operation methods of each step in her mind. At this moment, after Li Zexuan had finished speaking, she nodded thoughtfully and said: "Well! Ms. Gong, concubine. I should understand, let my concubine try it~!"

Li Zexuan grinned and said: "Hehe! Please try, my lady, there are still too many tea leaves in our house. It doesn’t matter if you try it out! Oh~www.readwn.com~Come, come and help you burn the fire for your husband. Are you tired from work!"

Han Yuxi has long been accustomed to the inconsistency of her father-in-law. After hearing this, she gave Li Zexuan a blank look and said, "Xiangong, don't you need to go to the college in the afternoon? My concubine heard that there are so many things in the college recently, so you should go quickly. It’s enough to have concubines and Xiao He here!"

Li Zexuan shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay, wait until you're done, then you can spend a little longer at the college at night for your husband!"

Seeing the persuasion, Han Yuxi had no choice but to let Li Zexuan's temperament come.

Over there, Li Zexuan had already burnt firewood. In this era, there was no gas, no natural gas, or even induction cooker. For cooking, he could only rely on firewood.

Xiaohe had already helped Han Yuxi clean the pot. Seeing that the fire was almost over, Han Yuxi poured the tea leaves that Xiaoxi handed over into the pot, and started her first tea frying in her life!

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