webnovelvip Chapter 215 Longjing before the rain
Chapter 215 Longjing before the rain
Chapter 215 Longjing before the rain
"Why are you here? Did something happen to Moxuanzhai?" Lin Xuan asked in surprise.
He Xinmin said: "Master Hou, nothing happened in Moxuanzhai, it's just that Mr. Kong Yingda Kong insisted on seeing you, and he acted as if he wouldn't leave until he saw you. There's nothing he can do about it."
"You didn't tell him my identity?" Lin Xuan asked.
With Kong Yingda's temperament, if he knew that Moxuan Zhai was opened by himself, how could he not come.
He Xinmin said: "Master Hou told you not to reveal his identity, how dare you talk nonsense."
"Okay, I'll go there now." Lin Xuan said.
He was very satisfied with He Xinmin's attitude.
……
"Master Hou, Mr. Kong is on the second floor, you can just go up, I'm busy now." He Xinmin said.
"Okay, you go."
When Lin Xuan came to the second floor, he saw Kong Yingda sitting there alone drinking tea, without the slightest sign of anxiety.
"Dr. Kong, why don't you just go to my house and look for me." Lin Xuan stepped forward and said with a smile.
Kong Yingda was surprised at first, why did Lin Xuan come over, and when he heard Lin Xuan's words, he asked in surprise, "Master Hou opened Moxuanzhai?"
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "Exactly."
"That's great. The old man wants to ask Lord Hou for help with something. I don't know if Lord Hou is willing." Kong Yingda said.
Lin Xuan said: "Sir, what's the matter, sit down and talk first, I can do it, it will be no problem."
After sitting down, Kong Yingda said, "Master Hou, the dictionary has been compiled, and it can be printed after the engraving is done. But because it contains too much content, a lot of paper is needed, and the cost of printing will be very high. Mo Xuan Zhai’s paper is very cheap, but you can’t buy it in bulk. I want you to be flexible.”
"No problem, I wonder how long you need it?" Lin Xuan asked.
The current limited quantity is also due to insufficient production capacity. After the expansion of production, there is no need to worry about this problem at all.
Kong Yingda said happily: "Great, the engraving will take about a month or two."
"Don't worry, sir, after one month, Moxuanzhai will lift the purchase restriction. At that time, you can buy as much as you want." Lin Xuan said.
"In that case, the old man will go back." Kong Yingda said with a smile.
"I'll see you off!" Lin Xuan said.
……
"My lord, Lin Ping is back." Chunyue said.
"What! Lin Ping is back? Where is he?" Lin Xuan asked in surprise.
"Master, Lin Ping has brought a few carts back, and he is unloading at the door now." Chunyue said.
"I gonna go see."
When Lin Xuan came to the gate, he saw Lin Ping directing people to unload the carriage.
"Lin Ping, are these tea leaves?" Lin Xuan asked.
Hearing the voice, Lin Ping quickly turned around to salute, and said excitedly, "Young master, I have seen you."
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "Thanks for your hard work, are these tea leaves?"
Lin Ping nodded, and said, "Master Hui, these are all tea leaves picked before Guyu according to Master's request."
Longjing is divided into Mingqian Longjing and Yuqian Longjing. There is a saying in the industry that "before the rain is the top grade, and before the Ming Dynasty is the treasure".
Before the rain refers to the Longjing tea picked before the rain.Temperature has a great influence on Longjing. In the spring tea season, the higher the temperature, the lower the quality of the tea, and the lower the temperature, the better the quality.At the same time, according to the annual solar terms, before Qingming Festival, the temperature is generally in the season when the low temperature slowly warms up to high temperature. After Qingming, the temperature often rises sharply.Therefore, Qingming is used as the first distinction of Longjing tea.
"Very good, are these picked from Shifeng Mountain?" Lin Xuan asked.
Didn't it mean that there are very few dragon wells produced in Shifeng Mountain? With so many cars, there must be one or two thousand catties.
Lin Ping said: "Young Master, most of the tea here is from the surrounding areas of Shifeng Mountain, and the real tea from Shifeng Mountain is less than two hundred catties."
Lin Xuan nodded, this is normal, but the tea produced in a certain area around Shifeng Mountain can also be regarded as Shifeng Mountain Longjing, which is also very precious in later generations.
"Did you buy Shifeng Mountain and the surrounding area?" Lin Xuan asked.
Lin Ping took out the title deed, handed it over, and said, "My lord has already bought it, this is the title deed."
Lin Xuan took the land deed, looked at it carefully, and was very happy.
"Okay, you can let them do it here, get some tea from Shifeng Mountain, and come with me." Lin Xuan said.
"Yes!"
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Longjing belongs to green tea, and the common green tea processing technology is to fix the blueness by heating and steaming. The green tea made by steaming is called "steamed green tea".Drying can be divided into frying, drying and sun-drying depending on the final drying method. The green tea that is finally fried is called "fried green", the green tea that is finally dried is called "baked green", and the green tea that is finally dried is called "sun green". .
The tea brought back by Lin Ping this time was "dried" according to Lin Xuan's instructions.
In fact, Lin Xuan can only say that he has only a half-knowledge about these things, and he doesn't really understand them.
But there is no way, Hangzhou is so far away from Chang'an, and the fresh tea leaves are broken when they are transported to Chang'an, so there is no way to fry them.
Lin Xuan put the tea leaves into the teapot, poured boiling water to rinse the tea leaves, and poured boiling water again.
In fact, there are many details about making tea, but Lin Xuan doesn't understand it, so he can only make it like this.
Not long after, the long-lost and familiar fragrance of tea filled the air.
Lin Xuan picked up the teapot, poured two, picked up one, handed it to Lin Ping, and said, "Try it."
"My lord, this..." Lin Ping was a little at a loss.
He is just a servant, how can Lin Xuan serve him tea himself.
Lin Xuan said indifferently: "Go on."
"Yes!" Lin Ping took the teacup carefully.
Lin Xuan picked up the teacup, blew on it a few times, and took a small sip.
It is sweet and clear, and after entering the throat, there is still a tea fragrance between the teeth.
In the future, I finally have tea to drink, and I no longer need to drink pot water and boiled water.
"Lin Ping, how much tea did you bring back this time?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Going back to my son, the younger one brought back a total of 180 catties of tea leaves. Except for the [-] catties of tea from Shifeng Mountain, the rest are tea leaves from the surrounding area." Lin Ping said.
"It's been hard work for you during this time, you go to the cashier to get a reward of [-] coins, and then go home and rest." Lin Xuan said.
"Thank you son!" Lin Ping said gratefully.
Lin Xuan ordered people to prepare some boxes.
He was going to send some tea leaves to Cheng Yaojin and the others.
……
The next day, Lin Xuan felt that it was time to leave the court, so he brought the prepared tea to the palace.
"I see Your Majesty!" Lin Xuan bowed and saluted.
Li Shimin asked: "Did the Cui family look for you again?"
"Your Majesty, even if the Cui family wants to find a minister, it will not be so fast." Lin Xuan said.
"Then you came to see me?" Li Shimin was a little puzzled.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "I got a kind of high-quality tea and sent some to Your Majesty."
"Oh? Li Mu, let someone take the tea leaves that Lin Xuan brought, make some tea, and bring it here." Li Shimin ordered.
Lin Xuan quickly said: "Your Majesty, this tea is not for boiling."
As soon as he heard the tea was brewed, he shuddered.
Good tea, isn't it fragrant to drink after brewing?
It is necessary to add green onion, ginger and other messy things in it, making it like washing pot water.
"Isn't it possible to eat the tea without boiling it?" Li Shimin said angrily.
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Ah, I'm not good at making tea, so I changed the method a little bit, and I want His Majesty to try it."
"That's right, you're usually frizzy, and it's normal for you not to make elegant things like tea." Li Shimin said with some disdain.
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, yes, Your Majesty is right, I really don't understand."
You can ridicule as much as you want now, and when you drink the brewed tea, you will know that the brewed tea is the water for washing the pot.
"Li Mu, ask someone to bring over the tea leaves he brought, and bring over a set of tea sets." Li Shimin said.
"Yes!"
Not long after, the court lady and eunuch brought over the tea leaves and tea sets brought by Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan started to make tea.
Not long after, the room was filled with a scent of tea.
Li Shimin saw that Lin Xuan directly put the tea leaves into the teapot and poured boiling water, without adding anything else, so he wanted to ridicule him at first.
But when he smelled the fragrance of tea, he froze.
This tea smell is different from what he usually smells, and it seems to be quite fragrant.
Thanks for the 51 stone reward.
(End of this chapter)