Song Gexing

Chapter 231 Tea Fighting and Tea Banquet

"Sister Pan'er, can you do me a favor?"

A few days later, Zhao Xi came to Zhao Fang and handed over several beautifully packaged group teas. Zhao Fang happily went to find Zhao Pan'er.

Zhao Pan'er was stunned for a moment when asked, then she covered her mouth and smiled and said, "When did our officials become so polite?"

Zhao Fang leaned over with a smile, took her hand and said, "That's right, I want Sister Er to show up for this matter, so I'm begging you!"

"gross……"

Zhao Pan'er was disgusted by him. He still spoke in a long tone despite his age, and he was also an emperor.

If this wasn't my husband, I wouldn't have kicked him to death. The girl was chirping like something, and her thick eyebrows and big eyes were blinded in vain.

"What's the matter? Say it!"

Zhao Fang shouted angrily, and quickly said: "I think... in short, this is a propaganda method, let everyone see, the most noble women in the Song Dynasty use this, then why does our family have money?" Need not……"

After talking for a long time, Zhao Pan'er understood that this guy was asking himself to perform tea ordering, and he was facing the public outside.

She didn't care about this matter, but she didn't dare to make a fuss about the majesty of the royal family. She hesitated and said, "The officials have asked the ministers, will they agree?"

Zhao Fang chuckled and said, "I've already thought about this. Let's hold a tea fighting competition. I hope my sister will be one of the judges on stage and demonstrate how to make tea."

"Tea fighting competition!"

Zhao Pan'er was moved. She was very confident in her tea-ordering skills. One reason was that she liked it since she was a child. After coming to Zhao Fang, Zhao Fang asked her to continue learning for another reason.

Therefore, she has really immersed herself in learning, and she may be very talented in it. When she was less than 20 years old, the tea art master who taught her thought that she had nothing to teach.

You must know that after she entered the palace, the teacher who taught her was the most powerful tea master in the palace, and she would never dare to hide her clumsiness. Who didn't know that her man would be the emperor in the future.

"The officials are messing around again. Can Sister Pan'er go to the tea fight? I would rather hold a palace tea banquet. Sister Pan'er will not be criticized for her performance there."

Han Xue walked in, rolled her eyes at Zhao Fang and said, walking towards Zhao Pan'er and holding hands to greet her. The two sisters talked with smiles and ignored him.

Zhao Fang also had time to pay attention to the two of them. Han Xue was right. Palace tea banquets were common in the Song Dynasty. The popularity of tea fighting reached its peak in the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, all officials were accustomed to it. In the Song Dynasty, everyone from the emperor to the common people enjoyed tea fighting, and the emperor even ordered tea himself.

Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, once personally made tea for his ministers. This was not to win people's hearts, but to be elegant and elegant. Zhao Fang didn't like it himself, but no one except him disliked it.

The method of making tea in later generations became popular in the Ming Dynasty. It was not a trend formed by the advancement of tea making technology, but Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the tea making in the Song Dynasty was too extravagant.

Lao Zhu was born poor, and he just wanted everyone to be frugal, so he came up with the tea leaves and tea-making methods of later generations. It was not because making tea that way was the best.

If the tea-making before the Tang Dynasty is unacceptable to future generations, then it would be hypocritical if the tea-making descendants of the Song Dynasty do not accept it.

Because spices and condiments were abandoned when making tea in the Song Dynasty, even salt was gone. In fact, the taste of tea is not much different from that of later generations.

The only difference is that you drink the tea powder together, but in fact, according to health preservation, the tea powder must be drank.

Tea was first used not to quench thirst, but as a medicinal material. When Shennong was poisoned by herbs, he used tea to detoxify him. Of course, this is a legend.But this legend is deeply rooted in people's hearts. It can be seen that the function of tea is firstly a medicinal material, and then a beverage.

"Lao Gao! Instruct the three kings to work overtime and deliver another hundred group teas. We will hold a tea banquet on February [-]nd."

Gao Jujian accepted the order with a smile and left. Han Xue didn't know what was going on. She turned back and frowned: "A hundred copies of the dragon regiment? Don't the officials know how precious the dragon regiment is?"

Now it was Zhao Fang's turn to show off, raising his head and chest like a proud rooster: "Hmph! This is a new tea made fresh and secret by your man, it's not comparable to dragon and phoenix cakes."

"What! It's more precious than dragon cake and phoenix cake, and the official family plans to use this to treat hundreds of officials?"

Han Xue almost yelled, "Are you crazy?" This was not because she was stingy, but because Dragon and Phoenix tea was precious. One tael of gold could not buy one tael of Dragon and Phoenix tea.

There is an interesting record from the Song Dynasty. It is said that Song Zhezong gave Su Dongbo a pound of tea, and sent a confidant eunuch to secretly deliver it to Su Shi.

The eunuch told Su Shi that Zhe Zong acted like a thief for taking out the tea, for fear of being known.

Even the emperor couldn't give out rewards to ministers at will. If you think about it, you will know how precious it is. To put it bluntly, it is because the amount is too small that it is so precious.

The tribute tea in the Song Dynasty came from Fujian and was called Beiyuan tribute tea. Beiyuan became the location for tribute tea during the Southern Tang Dynasty and continued in the Song Dynasty.

That is the Wuyi Mountain area in later generations. If you think about how precious the Dahongpao plants in Wuyi Mountain today are, you will know how rare the Dragon Tuan Feng Cake is.

Of course, there was no Dahongpao in the Northern Song Dynasty, let alone Tieguanyin, black tea, black tea and other crafts. The Northern Song Dynasty advocated white tea craftsmanship and drank white tea.

Even Yunnan produced white tea in this era. The reason why Jianzhan was the most popular in the Song Dynasty was precisely because the tea ordering technique required Jianzhan to set off the tea.

The best foam for tea fighting is milky white, and the black and bright color of the tea cup can better bring out the milky white color, so it becomes the best tea set.

When it comes to exquisite porcelain, jianzhan is actually not as good as celadon, because people in the Song Dynasty advocated simplicity, and beautiful celadon was as bright as sky blue, and was even more sought after by scholar-bureaucrats.

But it is different when drinking tea. Celadon cannot bring out the beauty of brown color, so it is the best in tea sets that no one can compare with.

"Sister Xue'er, don't worry. This tea is of course precious, but the quantity is much greater than the dragon, tuan and phoenix cakes."

Seeing Han Xue's eyes wide open and asking himself, Zhao Fang hurriedly explained, joking, it is not a good thing to be disliked by his wife, and there is no way to redress for domestic violence.

Listening to him talking about how he designed the packaging, how he shoddy it, how he planned to increase the price, and how he sold it to Japan to earn silver.

Han Xue rolled her eyes and despised him: "They really work hard to make money! They are not afraid of losing their reputation after being exposed."

"What, what Sister Xueer said, isn't it for the sake of the Song Dynasty as a husband? It's easy for me!"

"Speak up! When did you learn to be so disgusting?"

It was Han Xue's turn to be disgusted. Zhao Pan'er laughed loudly and glanced at him cutely: "I'm not the only one who blames you this time, right? Now that you are a father, the more you live, the more childish you are. It seems that you want to take over your mother." Just take care of it.”

Zhao Fang was startled and quickly waved his hands: "No! No, please let mom accompany dad. My ears almost fell off last time. Sister Pan'er is not a good person."

(End of this chapter)