Datang first village

Bashu Tea Chamber of Commerce!

Li Yuanxing raised his leg and stepped into the door. This move made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and the people on the street could rest for a while.People who are arranged in other chambers of commerce can also breathe a sigh of relief. It is much easier to shift the focus of protection to a store.

The tea fragrance in the shop is different from that of the later generations. In the modern tea shops of later generations, there is an extra fragrance.

"What do you want to see?" The shopkeeper came out to welcome him.

"Just take a look!" Li Yuanxing nodded with a smile.

The shopkeeper welcomed Li Yuanxing to the shelf: "Bashu Tea Chamber of Commerce, there are five types of tea bricks here." After finishing speaking, he explained to Li Yuanxing: "Old-made black bricks, and ceremony-style flower bricks!"

Li Yuanxing noticed that there were at least 100 pieces of brick tea on this shelf.

The shopkeeper continued to introduce: "The top five black bricks are on the shelves, and the three most top-quality tiles are on the middle shelf. The rest are off the shelves, and the prices are naturally different. The black bricks of the top and most famous tea shops Bricks, and the worst, have three times the price difference!"

Li Yuanxing nodded silently. The only thing he knows about brick tea is Pu'er.

But Li Yuanxing doesn't know whether there is Pu'er tea in this era.It seems that we should go back and check the history. Pu'er is definitely a good tea, at least in Li Yuanxing's eyes.

Seeing Li Yuanxing crossing another shelf, the shopkeeper started to introduce again.

"Guest officer, please take a look, this one is a light brick. It is made by Bashu tea merchants following Chang'an tea shop. The tea is pressed loosely and left green. After fine grinding, the tea soup is green. Our Bashu merchants are not as good as Chang'an." The Chamber of Commerce is good at craftsmanship, just learning how to make it, seven or eight points, the tea is first-class, and the price is a little lower!"

Li Yuanxing nodded again. This may be the movie played in later generations. Wajima should learn the raw materials of matcha from the Tang Dynasty. If the brick tea is pressed tightly, it will naturally be impossible to have green color.

"This kind is the blue brick that our Bashu Commercial Bank has researched." The shopkeeper picked up the best piece of blue brick and showed it to Li Yuanxing. Li Yuanxing held it in his hand and felt that this brick was at least half lighter than the black brick, and it was lighter than the light brick just now. It's heavier.

The shopkeeper continued: "The blue bricks of our Bashu are different from those of other tea chambers of commerce. This one uses old green tea with black tea trimmings. The tea is fragrant and tastes good. Only one-third of the old black bricks Since the door opened, in just a few days, [-] beetles have been ordered!

How much are three thousand betels?

Li Yuanxing didn't have the nerve to ask, thinking that Yilou must have weighed dozens of catties.

Just when Li Yuanxing was about to continue looking back, he suddenly heard someone slapping heavily on the case in a small cubicle next to him, and then shouted: "One penny, five hundred lou!"

The bargaining is really powerful, Li Yuanxing smiled, someone haggling means that the business is about to succeed.

But I heard an unhurried voice say: "This kind, one penny, yes!"

"No, I want the Bashan old black brick, not the Jiange old black brick!" The rough voice became louder, Li Yuanxing nodded silently, and Datang had already begun to have brand awareness.After shopping around, the quality of the Bashan tea shop seemed to be higher than that of the Jiange tea shop.

The shopkeeper who received the guests was still unhurriedly countering the price with the other party.

A brick is worth a penny. For a tea shop, this is already a huge difference in interest rates.

Li Yuanxing didn't care to bargain there, raised his foot and continued walking, and asked casually, "How many baskets do you plan to sell this year!"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and replied with some embarrassment: "This is a matter from above. I am just a small shopkeeper in the store. I don't know the big facts. But when I checked the accounts last night, I heard The big shopkeeper said that if there are five thousand lou black bricks and ten thousand lou green bricks this year, it will be a good year!"

It seems that the number of Yilou is not small, at least there are more than 50 yuan of tea bricks.

In fact, Li Yuanxing still doesn't understand that the brick tea of ​​the Bashu Tea Chamber of Commerce is divided into two types: large bricks and small bricks.Big bricks are called Wuba bricks, which means that there are 58 bricks in one scallop, and the weight is almost one load.

The small bricks are 93 stones, called Jiusan bricks, and the weight is almost a load.

It’s just that people in Bashu have a hard way to travel, and it’s impossible to use a load, so people use their backs to carry it out. Therefore, tea merchants are accustomed to using louvers to calculate the quantity and weight, which is the same as the standard weight unit of the Tang Dynasty, dan!It's almost one to zero.[-] or so.

Suddenly, Li Yuanxing saw a plate of tea leaves and stopped in his tracks.

"Guest officer, these are some new teas, and they are going to be sold to wealthy households in Chang'an. The original teas are sun-dried, without bricks."

Li Yuanxing looked at the tea carefully, one bud and two leaves were just unfolding, the shape of the tea was tight and evenly rolled, covered with silver hairs.He picked up a piece and held it in the palm of his hand to look at it carefully, and couldn't help saying: "Wanchun silver leaf!"

What is Wanchun Silver Leaf?The shopkeeper didn't understand, but he wrote it down. Anything that can make His Royal Highness King Qin open his mouth to comment is worth writing down.

Li Yuanxing put the tea in his mouth again, then shook his head lightly: "It's a pity, it's a pity that this is good tea."

"The guest officer said it's a pity, can you give me some advice!" The shopkeeper was a child of a tea farmer since he was born, and now he is almost 40 years old. He has been dealing with tea all his life. This tea comes from his hometown. He was a little excited to hear Li Yuanxing's comment. , asked immediately, and forgot that the person in front of him was His Royal Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanxing smiled, thinking about what he didn't know much about tea.

"This tea should be produced in Mengshan Mountain, which is named after Yuwumengmo!" Li Yuanxing said according to his memory.The shopkeeper grabbed Li Yuanxing's sleeve excitedly: "The guest officer is very knowledgeable, the guest officer is very knowledgeable." When Bai Erwa felt nervous because someone touched Li Yuanxing, the shopkeeper took a step back and bowed: " Please enlighten me, guest officer, please enlighten me, guest officer!"

"I don't know much, don't take offense if you say the wrong shopkeeper!" Li Yuanxing stretched out his hand to help.

Seeing the shopkeeper losing his composure, the big shopkeeper who was about to come out also stopped when he heard Li Yuanxing's words, and did not dare to approach again.

Holding the tea leaves in his hand, Li Yuanxing said, "According to the picking season, this tea should be five kinds of yellow buds, stone flowers, manna, Wanchun silver leaves, and jade leaves Changchun. Even if you don’t use the same method, you can’t make five kinds of tea.”

The shopkeeper was stunned, he was drunk just by these five names.

When Li Yuanxing shook his head, the shopkeeper frantically ran towards the back hall, and immediately there was the sound of the chest falling to the ground in the back hall.Before Li Yuanxing understood what happened, the shopkeeper rushed to Li Yuanxing, and Poutong knelt down, holding a wooden box with both hands.

The shopkeeper helplessly shook his head.

He knew that this was the shopkeeper who wanted to learn the tea technique of His Highness King Qin, but unfortunately the gift he offered was too light.He knew the wooden box contained tea, although it was good tea.But in front of the King of Qin, what kind of tea in the world can catch the eyes of His Royal Highness the King of Qin. One must know that even if tea merchants ask for a cup of fairy tea from the Prince Qin's mansion, they may not be able to get it.

At this time, Li Yuanxing took the box and opened it slowly.

It was a round lump of tea, dark red and black, with golden tea lines on it, and a strange fragrance came from it.

Suddenly, Li Yuanxing remembered a piece of tea cake collected by the tea-loving master. The master has always regarded it as a treasure. Compared with this taste, the master of the cabinet can be thrown into the ditch.

But it is this kind of tea, Li Yuanxing can be sure by intuition that this is the same kind of tea.

It's just that later generations can't make such pure natural tea cakes anyway.Not because of craftsmanship, but because of the tea tree.Li Yuanxing heard from the cabinet master that there is a kind of tea in Yunnan, which has always been called wild tea.But the locals heard that it was the tea tree planted by Marquis Zhuge Wu.

Many natives still call Zhuge Kongming the ancestor of tea!

It can be said that one side supports the other side.The tea trees in Sichuan have undergone changes over countless years in Yunnan.The ordinary tea tree has become miraculous, and the tea produced is naturally the best of the best.

"This tea is in the land of the Southern Man?" Li Yuanxing asked, and the shopkeeper nodded.

Li Yuanxing asked again: "It is rumored that this tea was planted by Zhuge Wuhou in the Han Dynasty?" The shopkeeper looked surprised, and nodded vigorously again: "You are right, this is the tea that my father made himself. The cakes are picked from those tea trees!"

Li Yuanxing closed the box silently: "I accept this gift." After saying this, Li Yuanxing turned around and walked out, holding the wooden box in one hand. Raw Pu-erh tea.

No one could understand Li Yuanxing's mood at this moment, not even Wu Zhao.

Seeing this tea is not because this tea is precious enough, or because it can bring a high-quality gift to the cabinet master.Instead, Li Yuanxing thought that Zhuge Liang could bring the tea culture of the Central Plains to the southern barbarians during the Han Dynasty, so why didn't he talk about the tea culture of the Tang Dynasty and spread it to the world.

This is civilization!

Li Yuanxing's understanding of civilization is increasing, how can this make him not excited.

Therefore, Li Yuanxing has to return home in a hurry, one is to check the information, and the other is to make a series of plans.

The shopkeeper was stunned, and stared blankly at Li Yuanxing walking out of the shop. When he was about to chase after him, a sergeant from Prince Qin's Mansion dressed as a shop assistant stood in the way, and behind him was the big shopkeeper of the chamber of commerce, who stopped him.

The shopkeeper said in a low voice: "You idiot, when did the Prince of Qin's mansion get better than ordinary people's needles and threads!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The shopkeeper said yes three times in a row.

When Li Yuanxing returned home, the old wolf breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't dare to evacuate everyone.I went back to Qin Wangzhuang to watch first. If His Highness Qin Wang didn't come out anymore, then these people would withdraw at night.

The envy and jealousy of countless shopkeepers in the entire Chamber of Commerce Street.Qin Wang only entered one store, which was the Bashu Tea Merchant Association of the Poor Ghost, and not only entered the store, but also said a few words.In the end, he left the store holding a wooden box in one hand. No matter what was contained in the wooden box, Qinwangzhuang would give the Bashu Tea Chamber of Commerce a chance.

After confirming Li Yuanxing's return home, the first person to come to the door was the big treasurer of the Bashu Brocade and Silk Chamber of Commerce.A box of silver was given away, and only one sentence was said: "The people of Bashu are united, don't disgrace the people of Bashu in front of His Highness the King of Qin, if you don't have enough money, come here!" , and left. (To be continued.)