Cataclysm: My Proficiency Panel

Plain white snowflakes have already piled up in large and small corners of the houses in the capital, and it feels like the entire capital is wearing a white dress. The melted snow on the eaves fell on the hard ground, making a sweet crackling sound.

After the heavy snow, the scene in the capital became very peaceful. Vast white snow covered the entire city, covering up the smell of fireworks, leaving only silence. Thick snow has accumulated on the city wall. Whenever the cold wind blows, the snow particles fly all over the sky, which is really beautiful.

The snow on the road has been trampled into deep ruts by pedestrians. Occasionally, a few pedestrians or cyclists fall down, but compared with such scenery, these fallen people are insignificant.

The houses in the city were covered with snow, forming white igloos, and ordinary residents began to hide in their houses. Street vendors are no longer as busy as before, and the food hanging in front of their doors is half unsold. They plan to close their doors early and go home to keep warm in the winter.

The trees in the streets and alleys are also covered with snow, forming a snow world. Ice hanging from the branches along the road makes the trees look elf-like and beautiful.

In such a quiet world of snow, it seems that there is only the sound of each pedestrian's own footsteps, and his expectations and longing for the future. Such quiet snowy days are not common, and the streets and alleys have become quiet.

In this ancient capital after heavy snowfall, such a quiet scene is even more rare and precious.

But Li Ming was not peaceful walking in the snow. On the contrary, he frowned, always feeling a little strange.

The Shipping Department is an ancient foreign trade organization, mainly engaged in maritime trade. Why can't it be with a military officer like him?

The top leader of the Shibo Department is Wang Ling, and I have no friendship with him.

However, it didn't matter if his colleagues walked around each other. Li Yang thought about it and stopped thinking about it. He got on the carriage in the mansion and went to Wang Ling's mansion accompanied by four followers.

"Whizzing……"

More than a dozen Qingsongguan disciples quickly spread out beside them. As Li Ming's protective force, they moved forward with the vehicle. Under the leadership of the butler of Wang Ling's mansion with a smile, he walked along the street to Wang Ling's mansion. .

"Master Li, please come here."

When they arrived outside the door, more than a dozen disciples from Qingsong Temple stayed outside, while Li Ming and four followers were led in through the door by the butler with a smile on his face.

"Good work."

Li Yang walked in with a smile, passed through the gate, and soon arrived at the front yard where guests were entertained.

"Sir, please sit here for now. I will inform Mr. Wang that you are here."

The butler brought Li Ming to his seat and served him and the four followers sitting behind him tea with a smile, then turned and left. Li Ming nodded, took a sip of hot tea, and the tea was pretty good.

"This is Nanjing Glazed Tea, a world-famous tea."

Zhao Xiu, who was sitting in the back, took a sip of tea and suddenly said to Li Ming with surprise in his eyes: "You are worthy of being the leader of the Shibo Department. Even if you are rich, the tea that my servants order to serve guests is all tea like this."

"It's actually glass tea, so I'll have to drink a few more cups."

Liu Zhuang, who was sitting in the back, was too lazy to drink the tea. Now after hearing Zhao Xiu's words, he couldn't help but pick up the tea cup and take a sip. Then he thought about it and exhaled with emotion: "It is indeed the world-famous Liuli." Tea, it’s really good tea.”

“It’s really good tea.”

Wang Guangyun on the side picked up the tea leaves in the tea basket and looked at it, then put it into a cup and brewed it for a while. After observing it carefully, he couldn't help but praise and then pursed his lips: "It's really a business. Yes, you have money."

First of all, from the appearance point of view, some good tea leaves have bright color and uniform texture on the surface. They will not be mixed with other things besides tea leaves; there will be no broken leaves or blackening.

If the tea leaves are black on the surface, or even have a very bad color and texture, it means the tea leaves are not good.

To drink tea, you need to boil it first and put it in the tea set. You can judge it based on the color of the tea leaves. No matter what kind of tea it is, as long as the production standards are met and the quality is guaranteed, the brewed tea soup will be clear and bright and will not become turbid and dim. No shine.

Good tea smells very fragrant, but it is not the kind that is mixed with a lot of essence. The tea smells very natural. Some smell very light, but it tastes very good. If you smell pungent or moldy, It means the tea has gone bad.

When buying tea, if you can't taste it, you should taste the dry tea leaves. Take a small amount of tea leaves, put it in your mouth, and chew it carefully. If there is bitterness or even other flavors in your mouth, it means that the tea is not very good. good.

If conditions permit, just make a cup and taste it. When buying tea, buy the tea you like. If you make tea in a store, pay attention to the water temperature, the amount of tea, the brewing time, etc.;

In order to cover up the shortcomings of this tea, some merchants will fake the steps and brew a few more cups when tasting. After brewing good tea several times, the fragrance of the tea will still be there.

When tasting, don't swallow it in a hurry, leave it in your mouth for a while, then swallow it a little bit, let the tea swirl in your mouth, and see if the aroma in your mouth is still there when you swallow it.

This observation is the soaked residue, from which we can see the quality of the tea leaves. Even if good tea leaves are soaked in water, the tea leaves will still look very neat. At the same time, good tea leaves will easily expand during the brewing process.

Li Ming knew that glazed tea in this world was equivalent to Longjing in the real world. Basically everyone was famous for it. He couldn't help but observe it. It was indeed good tea. But after hearing what Wang Guangyun and Zhao Xiu said, he shook his head: "Hey, don't say that. Maybe Mr. Wang specially ordered to serve us such tea."

"Yes, this is someone else's house, how can you say these things?"

Liu Zhuang also nodded and expressed his attitude, and then took another sip with a smile: "It's really good tea."

Li Ming looked at Liu Zhuang speechlessly, shook his head, and stopped paying attention. He knew that they also knew the importance of the situation, so he didn't take what he just said to heart.

Liu Wu, who was not interested in tea, also drank two more cups.

After a while, hurried footsteps were heard outside the hall. Li Ming winked, and the four people sitting behind him hurriedly straightened themselves up.

"Master Li, if you miss someone who welcomes you from afar, and if you miss someone who welcomes you from afar, don't be surprised if you still hope. Don't be surprised if you still hope."

A man wearing a robe with blue spots and white spots walked outside the hall. When he saw Li Ming sitting at the head of the guests, he hurriedly cupped his hands and apologized before he came closer.

"Where there."

Li Ming and the four followers behind him stood up quickly, smiling politely, but Li Ming was a little surprised that the leader of the Shibo Division, whom he had never met before, looked so young.

"Please sit down, sit down."

Wang Ling greeted Li Ming and the others to sit down with a smile, and then clapped his hands: "Come here, bring the pastries, and then bring the wine I have collected, and get some fresh red dates, cook them with the wine, and serve Mr. Li can use it."

"yes."

The servant below heard the words and immediately responded softly, then turned around and hurriedly prepared.

"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for the hospitality."

Li Ming was not familiar with Wang Ling, so he was quite embarrassed at this time. Seeing that he didn't want to contradict his orders, he held his hands in front of him and sat down.

Not long after, delicious pastries were brought to the table, along with plates of red dates and jugs of fine wine, and there was Mei Ji wearing a snow-white shawl sitting beside her to serve.

"Come, come, Master Li, you and I are both court officials and serve the court. Let's have a drink to celebrate the court."

Wang Ling smiled, raised his wine glass, and spoke to Li Ming.

"Please please please."

Li Ming couldn't refuse this excuse, so he had to pick up the wine glass and take a sip with him with a smile.

After finishing a glass of wine, Wang Ling laughed, and then began to take the initiative to chat with Li Ming, chatting about various interesting anecdotes.

Li Ming gradually relaxed a little and started squirting with him as a new friend he met at the wine table.

We were just chatting until noon, when things suddenly became a little strange.

"Come on, roast the sheep brought from the Western Regions, and then bring those Western Region grapes over to Mr. Li to taste."

Wang Ling waved his hand drunkenly, and a servant immediately responded outside the door.

"Master Wang is really good at getting sheep and grapes from the Western Regions."

Li Ming looked at Wang Ling aside with some surprise, and couldn't help but praise him.

"Hahaha, not only these grapes and sheep, but also beauties."

Wang Ling laughed, then waved his hand: "Let the beautiful lady from the Western Region come up."

"Yes, sir."

A servant at the door responded softly, then turned around and went out. Not long after, a group of tall and slender beauties wearing Western-style clothes came up.

"Meiji of the Western Region?"

Li Ming raised his eyebrows, and then he couldn't help but frown when he saw that these beauties were wearing thin clothes in the cold weather, but they were not aware of the cold.

'Brother, be careful, these women are only afraid of martial arts. ’

Hearing a voice transmission, Li Ming silently turned around and turned to Wang Guangyun who was sitting behind him. When he saw him looking at him with a smile, he nodded slightly and looked at Liu Wu, Liu Zhuang and Zhao Xiu. But I saw that the three of them also frowned slightly.

‘The beauty of the Western Regions who possesses martial arts skills is interesting. ’

Li Ming's heart moved secretly, and then he narrowed his eyes silently, quietly moved Qingsong Qi, dispersed the wine in his body, and woke up.

"Dance for Lord Li Ming."

Seeing this group of beauties from the Western Regions coming in, Wang Ling, who was sitting in front, couldn't help but wave and smile. The group of six beauties from the Western Regions immediately started dancing in the audience.

But I saw the clothes rolling around, people dancing with the clothes, and the exotic dance between the figures flying around came into view.

Especially when pieces of skin are exposed from the clothes, it is even more eye-catching.

The dancer from the Western Regions stood in the center of the hall, wearing a bright red dance dress and holding an exquisite long red fan in her hand. The graceful posture is matched with the soft music, and the dance steps are light, like flowing clouds and flowing water, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

The dance skirt on her body is soft and fluffy, with sparkling gems, floating in the air like a gorgeous flower. And her movements were also extremely graceful. She turned her fan gently and danced like a leap, agility yet graceful.

‘This is an orthodox Western dance. ’

Li Ming's mind instantly came to a conclusion. Western dance uses the softness of the body, the dancer's body language and facial expressions to express the storyline, giving people visual enjoyment and emotional resonance. Common movement elements in dance include rotation, ups and downs, turns and hand movements. These characteristics of Western dance are all present in these dancers.

He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't pinpoint what exactly was wrong.

On the other hand, Wang Ling, who was in the main seat, watched with great enthusiasm and kept applauding.

Not long after, when the Western Region Dancer finished her dance, Wang Ling looked at Li Ming with a smile and asked, "Master Li, I wonder how this dancer performed?"

"The dance of the Western Regions is indeed unique and has something unique about it."

Li Ming smiled softly, then thought about it and said with admiration.

"Oh, Master Li can think so, then I'm happy. Come, try these grapes and wine again."

Wang Ling smiled when he heard this, and then waved. These beautiful dancers immediately retreated, and among the frowning brows of Li Ming and others, several servants came up. There were trays in their hands with grapes and wine from the Western Regions for Li Ming. Ming five people fell down one by one.

"I don't know, Master Wang, but what do you want to say to Li?"

Li Ming looked at the drink being poured, frowned, and couldn't help asking Wang Ling.

"That's not true. I just want Mr. Li to have a try."

Wang Ling laughed and waved, and then waited until Li Ming took the grapes and wine and started eating and drinking with him. After a while, the smell of meat overflowed, and the servants brought up pieces of roasted mutton sprinkled with seasonings. , divide a large amount of barbecue and distribute it to several people.

"Master Li, try this mutton again. How do you feel?"

Wang Ling smiled and asked Li Ming.

"Fragrant but not greasy, it makes people linger for a while."

Li Ming took a piece of mutton with his chopsticks and ate it, and couldn't help but said with a smile.

"Oh, in that case, please eat more, Mr. Li Ming. It's best for us to finish this sheep today."

Wang Ling raised his eyebrows and laughed and said, "This sheep weighs three hundred and thirty kilograms. Is it enough to feed the six of us?"

"Hahaha, that's enough."

Li Ming laughed, and seeing that there was really no movement, he ate mutton and drank wine while being entertained by Mei Ji beside him.

Even though Li Ming and the other five were all warriors with big appetites, this big sheep kept them full and served as lunch.

"Master Li, now that you have achieved all your merits, how about you stop and no longer participate in the war between the Huns?"

After eating, Wang Ling suddenly asked Li Ming with a smile: "As long as Mr. Li agrees, Mr. Li can have everything he wants in the future with such fine wine, beautiful people and delicious food." (End of Chapter)