Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

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How did Tang Dynasty people drink tea?

The tea leaves are first ground into powder and then the water is boiled.

After the first boil, salt is added, and after the second boil, the ground tea can be poured in and continue to boil.

After the third boil, the tea soup is divided into tea cups.

This is not enough, but according to personal taste, add onion, ginger, jujube, orange peel, dogwood, mint, etc., add what you like, you can also add spices and the like.

That taste, just sour! Anyway, after Li Zexuan tasted it once, he couldn't avoid all the tea in this era!

Because where is tea in this thing? It's more difficult to drink than Chinese medicine!

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

In a nutshell, the Tang Dynasty brewed tea, and the Song Dynasty ordered tea. Regardless of whether it was brewing or ordering tea, people used crushed tea powder as the raw material for making tea, but this method was completely changed in the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, once visited the people and saw that the people were laboriously making the dragon and phoenix group tea to pay tribute to the palace.

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

From then on, "Tang Boil Song Dian" changed to boiling water to make tea.

When Li Zexuan first crossed over, he regretted why he did not travel to the Ming Dynasty, but after thinking about it, he was relieved. Since tea was popular in Tang Dynasty, but fried tea was not popular, then he would lead the fashion. !

However, since the beginning of spring this year, too many things have happened. Li Zexuan had no time to search for good spring tea for frying. As a result, today Zheng Yinhong took the initiative to send a batch of good, fresh and uncrushed tea. Hangzhou spring 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. After that, tea was abundant on the peak of the northern mountain. Lu Yu, a famous tea saint in the middle Tang Dynasty, wrote the world's first monograph on tea, "The Classic of Tea", there is a record of tea production in Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou. This tea is actually the predecessor of West Lake Longjing Tea!

The spring tea after the rain brought by Zheng Yinhong can also be called the Dragon Well 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 in Hangzhou!

"Haha! I have always heard that Hangzhou is a place of beauty and beauty, and the North Peak of Lingyin Temple is even more beautiful and beautiful. The tea produced in that place must taste very good! And to be honest, I don't like it either. Crush the tea leaves before drinking, because this has deviated from the most original taste of tea leaves, and brewing tea leaves with boiling water can better appreciate the true taste of tea!"

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

"Master Hou really thinks highly of it, and Mr. Zheng feels the same way. When he was in the south of the Yangtze River, Mr. Zheng had heard for a long time that Lord Hou was both civil and military, but he didn't expect Lord Hou to have such a unique opinion while tasting tea. Lord Hou is really Zheng A bosom friend!"

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

Li Zexuan was also in a good mood when he got the best Dragon Well after the rain. He laughed and said, "Haha! The Marquis and the Villa Master Zheng also met very late. He was waiting for Marquis Ben to make this spring tea after rain. After the show, I will invite Master Zheng to go up to Yunshan to taste a thing or two, and I hope that Master Zheng will have some time to spare!"

"It's really a blessing for Zheng to be invited by the Hou Ye, and 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, he also knows that the Hou Ye has superb accomplishments in food and wine. This Hangzhou After the rain, the spring tea will be more fragrant after passing through the hands of Hou Ye! At that time, Zheng will be considered a good fortune!"

Zheng Yinhong cupped his hands with a smile, then looked at the sky outside the window, got up and said, "It's getting late, Zheng will not be here to harass the Hou Ye, farewell!"

Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, and secretly said that Zheng Yinhong is a bit interesting. Generally, people who come to give gifts will ask for something after giving gifts, but this old man slaps his butt and leaves after giving gifts, as if It's really fun to just come to visit him!

As a mature adult, of course Li Zexuan would not foolishly think that Zheng Yinhong was just admiring his prestige and came here simply to see him, but since Zheng Yinhong didn't say it, Li Zexuan didn't need to take the initiative to ask, anyway, he was just accepting I bought him a box of tea, and if he has any excessive demands in the future, he will not agree to it.

But then again, he saw that the old man surnamed Zheng was not the kind of person who was ignorant of current affairs, and should not make any excessive demands!

"If that's the case, then this Marquis won't leave the master of Zheng Zhuang, take care!"

Li Zexuan got up and dropped his hands to see the guest.

"Master Hou, take care, farewell!"

After Zheng Yinhong finished speaking, he took his son and went out neatly. He really waved his sleeves and didn't take away a cloud, which was extremely chic!

"Xianggong, why are you interested in tea? Didn't you hate drinking tea the most?"

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

Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Hey! That's because I haven't come across good tea, and I haven't used the correct way to brew tea. Wait for these tea leaves.

After drying, I will make you a pot of good spring tea after the rain for your wife! At that time, lady, you will understand why your husband didn't drink those tea soups before! "

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"Dad, are we just leaving?"

On the concrete road at the foot of Yunshan, the Zheng family's carriage was running smoothly. The flat concrete road made the carriage hardly bumpy. In the carriage, Zheng Qianjun looked at his father in confusion and asked.

Zheng Yinhong leaned on the brocade couch in the carriage and replied calmly, "What? It's getting dark, and we haven't left yet. Could it be that you still want the Marquis of Yongan to leave you for dinner on Yunshan Mountain?"

After all, Zheng Yinhong closed his eyes, intending to close them to rest.

Zheng Qianjun said helplessly: "No, Dad, did you mean that you came to Yunshan today just to bring tea to the Marquis of Yongan?"

Zheng Yinhong opened his eyes and said angrily: "What? Isn't it like that? You still want to exchange these tea leaves with the Marquis of Yongan for some benefits for your father? If you do that, I can guarantee for my father that our father and son will definitely be kicked out. come out!

This time Yongan Hou can like the tea we sent, which is already a great news for us! If we insist on other things, it will only make Yongan Hou think that we are just a philistine businessman, not worth paying for! Now we at least have a good relationship with the Marquis of Yongan. This is something that no number of people can ask for!

As for other things, when friendship arrives in the future, even if we don't mention it, the Marquis of Yongan will give us a few ways to make a fortune! Look at Cao Wendong, Lin Wenyuan and the others who are with the Marquis of Yongan, aren't they all getting more and more prosperous now?

So ah, Qianjun, you still have to practice in this city, and make friends with gentlemen, you must not be too philistine! "

Zheng Qianjun nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Yes, Dad! I know it! But Dad, it's really too risky for you to send tea to the Marquis of Yong'an this time! Fortunately, you sent it right, Marquis of Yong'an turned out to be true. We love fresh tea leaves and we are so lucky!"

"Are you lucky?"

Zheng Yinhong smiled, then sighed and said, "Before my father came, I spent a lot of thought sending someone to collect the preferences of Marquis Yong'an, and thought about what to give him, but in the end I found that It's not appropriate to give anything, because the Hou Yongan is not short of money, not short of power, not short of food and wine, and it seems that he is not short of women!

After much deliberation, my father had no choice but to take such a risky move, but I didn't expect that Yongan Hou, like his father, liked fresh loose tea leaves instead of making soup with powdered tea! After all, we are lucky too! "

"The main thing is that you have the courage, you would definitely not dare to take such a risk as someone else!"

Zheng Qianjun couldn't help but complimented him, then he changed his words and said with emotion: "This time, the boy went to Yunshan, and seeing Yanhuang Academy and the Yunshan Academy, it was an eye-opener, saying that the Marquis of Yongan is a god. My son, I finally believe it now!"

Zheng Qianjun glanced at his son with a half-smile but not a smile, and said, "Your boy is about the same age as the Marquis of Yong'an. If you can have 10% of the Marquis of Yong'an in terms of ability, even if you die as a father, you will be closed. , After returning this time, Qianjun, you will study hard, our Zheng family can't be a family of merchants for generations!"

"...Yes, Dad!"

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On the second day, there were no clouds, and it was a sunny day again.

Li Zexuan instructed Xiaohe and Xiaoxi to put the spring tea after the rain brought by Zheng Yinhong in a bamboo sieve to dry. It happened that early in the morning, two servants of the Zheng family brought another 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 to see it.

This process generally takes about half a day. The purpose is to reduce the grassy taste in the tea leaves, so that the moisture can meet the requirements of frying, and at the same time, the new tea will not be agglomerated during frying.

After the arrangement, Li Zexuan went to Yanhuang Academy. Recently, the academy has been busy with many affairs. As the mountain chief, he naturally couldn't get away!

At around noon, Li Zexuan had just eaten lunch and saw that the tea leaves in the backyard were almost dry. Then he got excited and asked people to bring the tea leaves to the kitchen. He wanted to "cook" and fry the tea himself!

"Xianggong, where is this tea used for frying? You don't remember it wrong, right?"

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

Li Zexuan smiled confidently and said: "Of course my husband remembered correctly, the tea my master and his old man drank back then was fried tea, but not powdered tea, what's good about powdered tea? Hey, lady, you came just in time, for the sake of I haven’t cooked for a long time, and my cooking skills have already regressed, so you come in charge and I’ll teach you by the side~!”

Before getting married, Li Zexuan's cooking skills were quite good in Li's family, but after getting married, he basically entered a state of eating and waiting all day long. Han Yuxi changed his tricks every day to cook for him. It's not that he insists on practicing swords every morning, it is estimated that he has already become a horse!

As a result, he is basically not good at cooking now, and has become a complete "mouth king"!

"Well! Since the husband insists on frying tea, then the concubine will help you to fry it together!"

Han Yuxi nodded, and then asked someone to help her find the apron "invented" by Li Zexuan. After tying it, she walked to the stove.

She will never refuse Li Zexuan's request. Some people say that Li Zexuan loves his wife, but it would be better to say that Han Yuxi loves his husband!

"Ma'am, the whole process of frying tea is divided into three stages: green pot, resurgence, and bright pot: the so-called green pot is the

The tea leaves are initially formed into a flat shape within a quarter of an hour, and the tea leaves are fried until they are 70% to 80% dry; the next step is to rejuvenate. ;

Finally, there is the Hui pot. The rejuvenated tea leaves are added to the pot and fried to dryness to reduce the moisture to about 5%, and further set the shape. This process takes about a quarter of an hour. The tea leaves after the hot pot are put into a pot to cool and the finished product can be brewed directly with boiling water! "

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

These are all things he has seen on TV before. In practice, he has never really fired them himself!

When Li Zexuan was talking just now, Han Yuxi was memorizing and thinking about the specific operation method of each step in her mind. At this moment, after Li Zexuan finished speaking, she nodded thoughtfully and said: "Yes! Xianggong, concubine. It should be understood, let the concubine try it~!"

Li Zexuan said with a smile: "Haha! Lady, try it anyway, we still have a lot of tea leaves, it doesn't matter if you try it out! Oh, come come, come and help your husband make the fire, this man and woman match, you won't get tired of work! "

Han Yuxi has long been accustomed to her husband's inconsistency. Hearing that, she gave Li Zexuan a blank look and said, "Master, don't you need to go to the academy in the afternoon? My concubine heard that there are a lot of things going on in the academy recently, so you should go quickly. It's enough to have a concubine and Xiaohe here!"

Li Zexuan shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'll go after I'm done, it's a big deal to stay in the academy for a while longer for my husband at night!"

Seeing that the persuasion didn't work, Han Yuxi had no choice but to let Li Zexuan's temper come.

Over there, Li Zexuan has already burned firewood. In other words, in this era, there is no gas, no natural gas, or even an induction cooker. For cooking or something, you can only rely on firewood. Fortunately, Li Zexuan was born in the countryside in his previous life, so the fire will still burn. of.

Xiao He had already helped Han Yuxi to clean the pot. Seeing that the heat was almost over, Han Yuxi poured the tea handed over by Xiaoxi into the pot and started frying tea for the first time in her life!

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