Ban Fang

Chapter 549 Tasting
In the capital of East Vietnam, it took a lot of thought to welcome the envoys of the three countries to visit inside and outside the city. During the day, tea pavilions of various colors compete for fragrance and beauty in a radius of five miles outside the city. In the rain, the crowds are rubbing shoulders, and the inns are overwhelmed, just like the New Year's Eve.

Dongyue focuses on tea, and during the annual tea fighting competition, it is like a city that never sleeps. The participating tea suppliers can taste it, and everyone from the royal family to the traffickers in the capital can taste it.

After the competition rested for seven days, the participants were able to exchange red jacarandas with the venue organizers for the competition within three days with the entry wooden cards issued by the imperial court.

Three days later, the top five in the number of red jacarandas will be selected as the first-class tribute tea, the top ten will be the second-class, and the top twenty will be the third-class. On the last day, the current Holy Empress and the envoys of the Three Kingdoms will hold purple gold jacarandas in their hands for comparison. With one hundred thousand red jacarandas, whether they can stand out as a tribute tea is closely related to these five purple jacarandas.

The empress of Dongyue died of an illness, and the job of presenting purple and gold jacarandas fell into the hands of the regent King Liang. The king of Liang was naturally fond of wine and had no relationship with tea.

During the month-long tea fight, people from all parties have already picked out their favorite teas, eliminated the unsuitable ones, and after the envoys visited, they entered the venue in disguise and changed their clothes to taste them.

Today is the last day, and the prince and his wife are taking three envoys to choose their favorite tea from hundreds of teas. Wherever they go, they will try their best to make the tea in their hands more perfect, hoping to leave behind the purple golden flower Ying became tribute tea.

All the tea booths on the court had changed their seats a little earlier. In previous years, the third-class tea products were concentrated around the city gate. Although Zheng Kai’s tea booth won tens of thousands of red flower jacarandas, it couldn’t get any closer. The last seat of tea.

Because he is familiar with the rules, he is not too nervous. Even if Beiyong's purple gold jacaranda is not suitable for taking, Xiyao can still give it to him. The little junior sister will never make the preparations of the past two years come to nothing, let alone the red jacaranda he got. I climbed up to the third class without the second class.

When others are thinking hard about how to show the tea is full of color, fragrance and shape, he just brings an ice cup to ice the tea soup at any time, which makes those aristocratic families who are loyal to hot tea, look down on them as much as they say.

However, the junior sister's idea is not willing to please the children of the aristocratic family. In Dongyue, which is based on tea, not only the nobles can't do without tea, but the common people can't do without tea.

People who work hard on weekdays, how much free time do they have to sit down and enjoy a sip of tea soup?
If the tea is not hot enough, it will be bitter and difficult to drink. It is not as good as Xiao Shimei's cold extraction method to preserve the aroma and sweetness of the tea soup. Even without the help of ice cream, it can still retain the sweetness of the tea soup.

Therefore, although this white peony is not favored by the children of the aristocratic family and is quite critical, and even called it deviant, it is widely spread among the people and has become a rare midsummer cool drink.

Can taste a cup of herbal tea to cool off in the scorching summer in the south. How many people are so busy that they are thinking about the best way to get rid of the heat?

On this last day, Zheng Kai put all his energy into preparing the trays, tea mills, tea bottles, stoves, kettles, saucers, saucers, and Fu Cheng necessary for making tea under the stupefied owners of the tea booths on both sides. The Yaobian tea cup specially prepared.

Who said that white peony is not popular anymore?
Today, I would like to invite you to taste the excellent taste of this tea after it is heated.

All that has been prepared in the past month is half-made second-class tea, this kind of tea can be loved by many people, not to mention the white peony with one bud and one leaf specially prepared by my junior sister today.

Wine is not afraid of deep alleys, especially for Dongyue who is obsessed with drinking tea. What's more, these people have been soaking in tea that needs to be fermented and then fried. when?
When Li Xuan led the crowd and was about to turn back and stop moving forward, Zheng Kai rushed the buds and leaves wrapped in red makeup into the long-warmed Xiaoyi Mountain Spring, and the fine leaves gradually stretched in the hot air, and the refreshing fragrance immediately overflowed , instantly attracted many spectators dressed in fancy clothes waiting to taste the tea soup.

The commotion of the crowd is the most noticeable, and the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, who is in charge of the leader, was also attracted by the rustling voices and stopped, especially the elegant fragrance that is different from other fragrances, which is long-lasting and full of delicate fragrance. The long fragrance of flowers has attracted many gourmets to approach slowly.

"I think there will be another masterpiece this year." Li Xuan didn't smile, but his lips curled slightly.

Just thinking about the last day, how will the Xiaoyi Mountain tea sent by Prince Jing be able to turn the tide among the nobles?It turned out that they were waiting to attract the attention of the envoys at this time.

Good bet!

Only a few envoys drop the purple gold flower jacaranda to win back the qualification for tribute tea. It is not that Dongyue does not have white hair and silver needles, but it is rare to have such a greedy and precious fragrance, even he who has never liked white tea. Xiang stopped.

Why didn't the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple understand what Li Xuan meant?Immediately opened the way and led people to the tea pavilion a hundred steps away.

Everyone stopped in front of the Peony Tea Pavilion, and the gourmets who had been waiting in front of the pavilion quickly gave way, and they were even more surprised when they saw that six oysters turned into tea cups in front of Zheng Kai.

Is this specially prepared to wait for them?Nowadays, who in East Vietnam doesn't know where this Yaobian tea cup comes from?
After waiting for a moment of silence, Zheng Kai did not touch the stove, and raised his breath lightly. The tea soup rose from the table and fell into the cup. There was not a single leaf of tea soup left in the stove. The audience outside the pavilion applauded, and he nodded his head in thanks. Respectfully raised his hand to invite: "I invite you to taste tea."

"So it's been quiet for more than a month, is it to wait for today?" Li Xuan looked at the elegant and handsome man in front of him with deep eyes, and deliberately slowed down the tea time. Who would dare to do it if he didn't do it?
Zheng Kai's face has been slightly changed, the pleasant mountain and wild atmosphere in the brocade robe is refreshing, and the fragrance of the cup hanging on the side is even more fascinating.

"My lord, the best white peonies are not easy to get, so naturally we have to wait for the distinguished guests." Since the Yaobian teacup with excellent thermal insulation effect is serving the tea soup, Zheng Kai is not in a hurry to urge the tea, but bends his waist even more Limbs speak of inadequacies.

"It's not easy to get it. Without your good skills, ordinary people may be able to taste the flavor of tea?" Li Xuan gently took the tea cup with a half-smile.

"My son, what I have been thinking about for the past month is to hope that ordinary people can also taste the beauty of white peony." Facing the suspicious Li Xuan, Zheng Kai could only bend his waist even lower.

Gently sipping the finely haired tea soup, it really surpassed the sweetness and pureness of the aged Xiaoyi Mountain white tea. His eyes with special meaning turned to Princess Beiyong, who was covered with a light veil behind him, and ordered softly: "Everyone, have a taste. .”

After everyone had a cup, Yan Xie seemed to be scrupulous and did not move. Li Xuan half-closed his eyes and gave a nonchalant smile. He deduced that it was to avoid suspicion and joked: "Why? The princess doesn't like it. This rare Kung Fu white tea?"

With Tao Su's support, Yan Mi said softly, "Master Hui Shi, my ministers know that this white tea is cold in nature, so it is really not suitable to taste it at present."

　Good evening~ Suiyu~ Let's take a break again~
　　
　
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