White tea legend

Chapter 234 It’s not good to discuss tea
Bai Cha and Lu Yu watched as Xuan Feng opened the parrot's big wings and carried Yao Si Niangzi and Zhuo Laosan towards Chang'an City. Momo and Lily turned on the spot and turned into two green balls of light, flying away in an instant. Without a trace.

This made Lu Yu suddenly miss the days when he was a god, and he couldn't help but look envious.

"I haven't flown in the sky for a long time, and I will never have the chance to fly in the sky again."

After Lu Yu finished speaking, Bai Cha chuckled.

She put her hand on Lu Yu's lower back, grabbed his belt and lifted it gently. Before Lu Yu could recover, he had already followed Bai Cha to the sky.

Dizzy, dizzy, dizzy.

The wind whistled by my ears.

"Ah, madam, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."

Lu Yu hugged Bai Cha tightly.

Bai Cha couldn't help but laugh. The most majestic and beautiful man in the world in the past also had such a coward one day.

Bai Cha thought hard, and there was an extra sampan under his feet. Lu Yu was able to step on the sampan. It's just that this sampan is not riding the wind and waves in the sea, but riding the clouds and mist in the sky.

As the sampan flew more and more steadily, Lu Yu gradually got used to it. He stopped being trembling and started to enjoy the feeling of flying in the sky while holding Bai Cha's hand.

Anyway, it was impossible for Bai Cha to let him throw her. He was her official. How could she be willing to let him throw her? If it breaks, won't she become a widow?

Lu Yu gradually became complacent. Bai Cha knew what he was thinking, so he deliberately scared him and let go of his hand many times. As expected, Lu Yu staggered and almost fell off the sampan, screaming in fright.

Bai Cha laughed heartily.

The sampan flies in the air like a tea leaf floating in the clouds.

As the sampan took off, Lu Yu saw the scenery of the world: green mountains, winding rivers, bustling towns... all of which made him dizzy.

He is now a mortal, and it has been too long since he has seen the world from such a bird's eye view.

As the sampan flew higher and higher, Lu Yu and Bai Cha's eyes were gradually attracted by the vast ocean.

Viewed from the air, the sea is quiet and mysterious, with sparkling waves, as if it hides endless secrets. Suddenly, they saw a group of pirates robbing a merchant ship, and the crew and merchants on the ship were in dire straits.

The faces of the crew and merchants turned pale, and their despair was palpable. They knew that pirates would show no mercy to their cruelty and greed. The captain held the rudder tightly, his eyes full of unwillingness and anger, but he knew that with their meager strength, they could not compete with the ferocious pirates.

The businessmen huddled in the corner, holding their belongings tightly with both hands, but they also knew that these gold and silver treasures were so insignificant in the face of life. Their families, dreams and futures are all at stake at this moment.

The pirates' jeers and roars filled the entire ship, and their greedy eyes swept over everyone, as if they were selecting the next piece of plump prey. The fear in the hearts of the crew and merchants was as piercing as ice. They knew that this might be the last moment of their lives.

However, at this critical moment, an unexpected light pierced the darkness of the sea, and the White Tea Fairy fell from the sky.

"Oh, oh, my God, an angel is coming!"

Albert murmured.

Albert placed an order from Xiangming Yaxu and returned to his Merovingian dynasty with a ship full of white tea. The ship sailed on the sea for an unknown number of days and nights, and unfortunately encountered pirates.

White tea fell from the sky and rescued an entire merchant ship. Albert thought he was dreaming.

After this battle, Albert firmly believed that white tea was a goddess, and the white tea carried on the ship was divine tea. He became even more eager to bring such divine tea back to his dynasty to benefit the people of his dynasty.

Bai Cha solved Albert's shipwreck and flew to the sky to join Lu Yu again.

Lu Yu was sitting on the sampan, with a nervous look on his face and his eyes fixed on the lower realm.

Bai Cha was puzzled and looked down along Lu Yu's line of sight:
The tranquility in the mountains was broken by bursts of rushing footsteps and angry shouts. The government soldiers were like hungry wolves hunting for tea farmers and tea merchants. Their operations were ruthless and efficient, and anyone caught hiding tea was hauled away without mercy.

"This is the harvest of our hard work for a year!" An old tea farmer knelt on the ground, hugging his tea leaves tightly with both hands, his tears mixed with the soil. But his pleas were ignored. The indifferent soldiers just pulled him away and took him away with the tea leaves.

Tea merchants were not spared. Their carefully prepared goods were confiscated, and many years of business were ruined.

"What are we guilty of?" a middle-aged tea merchant roared. His eyes were bloodshot, but in the face of the sharp spear, he could only be tied up helplessly.

The villagers gathered around, anger and fear intertwined on everyone's face. Their lives are closely related to tea, but now they see their one-year hope evaporated because of the government's monopoly policy. There were complaints, but no one dared to openly resist.

In addition to complaints, there are still complaints.

"Madam, where is that? Those tea people are so pitiful. What's going on?" Lu Yu asked Bai Cha worriedly.

"Sir, let's go take a look."

As the two of them talked, Bai Cha cast a spell and brought Lu Yu down to the world.

The place where the two landed was in Yazhou.

Here, they heard a word: tea making.

Someone suggested to the sage the benefits of tea tea. The theory was that after the tea tea system was implemented, the imperial court could significantly increase its fiscal revenue through the monopoly and taxation of tea.

Due to the great development of tea production, materials became abundant, and merchants could get rich by selling tea. When there was a financial crisis, the imperial court imitated the ban system and levied taxes on tea, thereby increasing the revenue of the treasury. If the Qiancha system is implemented, tea profits will account for a significant proportion of the national fiscal revenue.

Secondly, the tea tea system also enabled the court to control tea trade, especially trade with frontier ethnic groups. Since the border people relied on tea as a daily necessity, through the tea tea system, the country could not only gain economic benefits, but also strengthen its political control over the border areas.

In addition, the tea tea system also imposed certain restrictions on merchants. Merchants need to pay money and silk to the Guohuo Service in exchange for tea coupons, also known as Jiaoyin, and then use the coupons to go to designated mountain farms to pick up tea, and then transport it to non-prohibited areas for sale.

This process not only provided tax revenue for the court, but also enabled the court to supervise the circulation process of tea.

The person who proposed the benefits of tea was named Wang and named Guangjin.

Wang Guangjin was born in the Qixian Fang branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan. Wang Guangjin himself was erudite and good at literature. His talent was appreciated by the saints. He experienced many promotions and was promoted to Jinshi. Later, he made great speeches and was promoted to Lantian Lieutenant. After a series of job adjustments, he has now become the prime minister of the Li Dynasty.

Wang Xiangye proposed the tea system from the perspective of the imperial court and was full of safeguarding the interests of the rulers. He wanted to obtain more wealth through the monopoly of tea and at the same time achieve the purpose of controlling the border, but did not consider the life and death of civilians at all.

As tea making is a new system, Sage does not dare to implement it nationwide rashly. He will first find one or two pilots to implement it.

Yazhou became the first pilot project.

Why? The reason why Yazhou was chosen as the pilot project is because it is an important node on the Tea Horse Road. The pilot project here can effectively control the production and trade of tea, and at the same time facilitate the implementation of the tea-horse mutual trade policy.

Moreover, the sage likes Mengding tea the most, so he takes Yazhou as a pilot, so he has no shirk in his duty.

However, the tea making system caused public dissatisfaction in Yazhou.

Originally, in order to cooperate with the imperial court's tea production, Yazhou tea merchants sold 80% of Mengding tea to the court to promote the implementation of the new system of tea production. However, the government required that all Mengding tea be sold to the court. Private transactions are strictly prohibited, which will harm the interests of tea farmers and merchants.

The government has a high degree of monopoly on tea, resulting in tea farmers and tea merchants being unable to buy and sell tea freely and having to pay heavy taxes. This exploitative policy restricted the development of private commercial activities and caused widespread dissatisfaction and resistance.

Since ancient times, officials have forced the people to rebel.

Yazhou is an important place for tea production. Tea farmers and tea merchants cannot make a living from tea, and their livelihoods are unsustainable. Therefore, Yazhou is difficult to stabilize. When people's resentment accumulates to a certain extent, it is bound to explode, and the court will be uneasy.

It is impossible for the government to report the true situation of Yazhou's implementation of the tea system to the imperial court and the Holy See.

They will only conceal the truth for the sake of blackmail.

Once the sage feels that the tea system is successfully implemented in Yazhou and then promoted nationwide, it will inevitably affect the development of Changxi white tea.

Pulled around and moved the whole body.

The tea industry in the dynasty will be prosperous and prosperous, and all will suffer losses.

Lu Yu and his wife must shoulder this responsibility.

"Official, you are just a mortal now. Chang'an is a long way away. You can't help much by going there, but you will get in the way. Why don't you go back to Changxi."

Lu Yu felt a little aggrieved after hearing Bai Cha's truth, but Bai Cha was telling the truth and he couldn't refute it, so he could only obey and do as he was told.

So, Bai Cha took Lu Yu back to Changxi in a sampan, and he attracted an auspicious cloud and flew directly to Chang'an.

……

In Huaqing Pool, the sage ordered the maid to prepare a bath for the imperial concubine.

Emperor Taizong originally found this place to heal his war wounds and built a soup pool. In the generation of the saint, it was expanded into a royal garden.

The saint had a special liking for Huaqing Pool and often came to Huaqing Pool to bathe. Now he gave a bath to his beloved concubine Yang Yunu.

The palace maids were busy, preparing everything lightly. The fragrant wood is burning and the smoke is lingering, making the entire Huaqing Pool like a fairyland. There are petals of various colors floating on the water, exuding a faint fragrance. With the support of the palace maid, the imperial concubine slowly took off her clothes, revealing her fair skin, and stepped into the pool.

The water temperature was suitable, and the imperial concubine gently closed her eyes, enjoying the soothing feeling of the water. A blush appeared on her face, as if it were the color reflected by the petals in the water. The saint sat aside and watched the beautiful woman blooming like a flower in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel deep love in his heart.

"Mother, is the water temperature good?" a palace maid asked in a low voice.

"Just right." Yang Guifei replied softly, her voice as clear as spring water.

The saint waved his hand and the maids withdrew, leaving only him and Concubine Yang. They stared at each other with deep affection in their eyes. The saint stood up, walked to the edge of the pool, gently took Concubine Yang's hand, and walked into the water together.

The water vapor is evaporating, and the two figures are looming in the water, like a couple of gods and gods. At this moment, Huaqing Pool is no longer just a royal hot spring place, it seems to be a witness of love.

Nowadays, she is no longer Princess Shou, but the concubine of a saint who is exclusively favored by his wife. Who can say that there is not love between her and the saint?
The sage said that love is love.

The saint also specially invited the most famous poet of the Li Dynasty to write a poem for Concubine Yang:

Yun Xiang's clothes are so beautiful,
The spring breeze is blowing on the threshold of Revlon.

If not for Qunyu Mountain, see you,
Will meet Yaotai under the moon.

This is not love, what is it?

The imperial concubine nestled in the saint's arms contentedly, and the saint hugged the imperial concubine and fell asleep contentedly.

As soon as the saint fell asleep, the imperial concubine opened her eyes.

She left the saint's arms and walked out of Huaqing Pool.

As she moved, another figure peeled out of her body, another person.

Ruiyu's dress carries an unruly evil aura, like a phantom in the dark night.

His skin was pale, exuding a morbid beauty, and his eyes were deep and dark, as if they were hiding endless secrets. His long hair was deliberately made fluffy and unruly, swaying gently with his steps, giving people an elusive feeling.

Wearing a black gauze, a silver chain was wrapped around his wrist, and a seemingly ancient pendant with some kind of symbol hung on it, vaguely emitting a cold light. The decoration around the neck is a string of black gems, which shine with a deep luster like the night.

Exaggerated black eye shadow and eyeliner were painted on the face, and a light black lipstick was applied to the lips. It was dangerous and charming, like a prince of the night from the abyss, full of mystery and unpredictable charm.

Ruiyu and Yang Yunu looked back at the sleeping emperor in Huaqing Pool, and both of them smiled disdainfully.

The two held hands and walked into the palace together, with the gauze being lowered layer by layer behind them.

Now, they have joined hands to enjoy the glory and wealth of the Li Dynasty.

He assisted her to become the noble concubine of the Li Dynasty, and her brothers also benefited from it, and were awarded officials and titles, which was extremely valuable.

She wanted to say thank you to him, but he said it was not necessary.

Because her body is his host, do he and her still need to share each other?

He helped her realize what she wanted, whether it was love, glory, wealth, or desire. In short, he helped him realize it one by one. Then she also consciously contributed her body and became the carrier for him to settle down in the world.

The two took advantage of the saint's sleep to have a drink together in the Huaqing Palace.

Now, they are confidants, partners, and the closest people, regardless of each other.

"Ling Lingcha encountered a little trouble in Yazhou." Ruiyu said to the imperial concubine.

This tea order was not so much proposed by Prime Minister Wang as it was said by Ruiyu through Prime Minister Wang.

As for Wang Guangjin, he is just one of their puppets.