Compete for the Song Dynasty

The bustling market and the places where residents gather in Bianjing City, Panlou Street and Mahang Street where vendors gather, are the most prosperous tea houses; Clothes, pictures, garlands, collar wipes and other businesses such as morning tea shop will leave at dawn, which is called a ghost market;

The two beside Wang walked on Ma Xing Street, and saw the criss-cross lanes and lanes, each with tea houses and hotels.These are different from the teahouses that Wang Pang and the others usually go to, just like the tea hotel. In fact, it does not sell tea, but mainly sells wine, and also sells rice and side dishes.

In addition, there is also a water tea house, where prostitutes set up tables and stools, using tea as an excuse, and the younger generations are willing to spend money, which is called dry tea money.This is equivalent to drinking tea and chatting with him. Wang Pang couldn't help thinking of the jokes in his previous life: "Talking for ten yuan." Probably this kind of people are those who sell their skills without selling themselves, otherwise how could there be a flower tea house?

This flower tea house: There are three or five tea shops on the street, and there are prostitutes on the upper floor, which is called flower tea house.For example, Nanpanjiegan and Yuqilang teahouses in Shixifang, Zhukukulou teahouse in Blessingfang, Guo Silang teahouse in Taipingfang, and Qixianggan teahouse in the north of Taipingfang. These five places are full of speculation and are not for gentlemen to stop by. land.

In Bianliang, Tokyo, there are still night markets after the Three Drums. Various industries are distributed in various markets, and the transactions are often hundreds or tens of millions.In a place of romping, trading continues all night. [

Merchants gather together and require places for rest, banquets, and entertainment, so restaurants, restaurants, and brothels are everywhere.And teahouses also took the opportunity to rise and join them.Naturally, one does not just leave after drinking a cup of tea in a teahouse. Drinking for several hours at a time combines chatting, trading, and singing, and communication with tea is even more concentrated.

There are big merchants in big teahouses, and ordinary merchants and ordinary citizens in small teahouses.

If Wang Pang’s brothers talk about going to drink tea on weekdays, they will naturally not go to the teahouse in the city. Four, General Inspection Tea House, Zhuangyuan Building, are all indoors with flower stands for four seasons flowers, exotic pines and junipers, calligraphy and paintings of celebrities; the environment also needs a quiet and elegant teahouse.

There is one place that is already unique, "Mother Wang's tea shop is named Yiku Ghost Tea House". Although the name is strange, there is a history: this strange tea shop name is unknown. Wang Po was a matchmaker for a professor Wu who was a teacher, which led to a strange and spooky incident. Later, a tea shop was advertised with this name, and this shockingly strange name was given. A meeting place, but an inelegant name.

The two brothers Wang Pang came to Xianren Cave, Wang Pang has been out of town for more than a year, and he didn't know when such a tea shop opened in Bianjing.I didn’t realize until I walked there that Xianrendong is not the name of the teahouse, but that it has become famous for its characteristics. This place is on Caomen Street, and the teahouse has its own name.

"Beishanzi Tea House".

Entering the tea house, I saw that it is different from other tea houses, there are few famous flowers and paintings in it.Instead, there is a beautiful pool in the inner square, an artificial pool in the workshop, a small bridge for flowing water, and rockery and stone decorations, just like a fairy bridge in a fairy cave.The seats are not made of precious wood, but various tree stumps. The taller and thicker ones are made into coffee tables, and the short prototypes are processed into tea stools.

Just looking at this theme design, it is not inferior to the theme teahouse after a thousand years. Drinking tea here would have been more interesting.What's more, the shop owner is clever. Except for the tea doctor who comes to order tea for the guests, all the courtesans in the tea house have light makeup, which is different from other tea houses with tea ladies, but has a more elegant temperament.

"Haha, how did you find Yuanze, such an elegant place?" Wang Pang praised.

"Haha" Yuan Ze also smiled: "Don't look at the "official way" (Note 1) brother is proficient, but this brother still knows a thing or two about tea ceremony."

No wonder it is said that the twin brothers are connected with each other, what Yuan Ze thinks is exactly what Wang Pang thinks today.Seeing that Zhongzhen hadn't arrived yet, Yuanze summoned Dr. Cha and ordered Licha.Watching Dr. Tea ordering tea, Yuan Ze asked Wang Pangdao: "If you have ever heard the saying 'Tang Fried and Song Dian'"

Wang Pang hadn't been used to drinking tea in the Song Dynasty for a long time, but he did as the Romans did, and he had a lot of things on his mind along the way, Geng Yuanze, Zhongzhen and other partners rarely mentioned these things.

No wonder Yuanze likes Liu Qi, he is also a child with an old face. This does not mean that Yuanze looks old, but that he is young and has a calm appearance. Lecturer.see him say

"If you say that among the elders, you must visit Mr. Cai when you go to Jianzhou, he is a person in the tea ceremony, and you can tell the name and grade of tea by observing the untaste; among your peers, Su Zizhan is a tea taster. As a brother, I can only say a thing or two in front of you."

Wang Pang nodded, Su Zizhan could be called a gentleman of the younger generation, he could talk eloquently about poetry, poetry and fu, wine tasting and tea, and he was also suave and suave.When I find the stone that transcends the past and the present, before I leave, I will take Su Zizhan back to modern times to see what he can do. Wang Pang thought so, and felt amused, but still focused on listening to Wang Pang's narration:

Lu Yu's "The Classic of Tea" said: "Tea as a drink originated from Shennong. The ancients chewed the tea leaves and turned them into decoction. That is, after the fresh leaves were washed, they were boiled in a pottery pot with water, and the soup and leaves were taken together. The tea made by decocting is bitter, but has a strong taste, and its flavor and efficacy are much better. In the future, the tea will be used as a dish and boiled for soup. After the tea is boiled, it will be eaten with the food. Tea, cinnamon ginger and some spices cook together

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the fresh leaves were pounded into cake-shaped tea balls with wooden sticks, and then dried or dried for storage. When drinking, first smash the tea balls into a pot, pour boiling water and season with green onion, ginger and orange.

Wang listened with great interest. If he used Tonggu Stone Wang could know the history of tea, but it must not be as vivid as Yuan Ze said. "How are you two dear friends?" Hearing someone talking behind him, he turned his head and saw that it was Zhongzhen who had arrived.

Zhongzhen removes the cloak and wears a light green robe, Zhongzhen's complexion is very fair, after a year or two, he looks like a half-grown man.Calculated, the younger brother is about three years old, and Zhong Zhen is slightly younger than Wang Pang and the others by one or two years.But the sophistication of the world is deeper than that of the younger brothers, which probably has been brought in by frequent trips to and from the palace. [

"Zhong Zhen, just in time, just about to talk about 'Tang Fried and Song Point'" Yuan Ze said, and Zhong Zhen sat down upon hearing this.

At this time, the doctor of tea is paying a spoonful of tea, first injecting the soup to make it extremely even.Add another injection, beat back and forth, and the soup will stop when it can be divided into four.Shenqi's complexion is bright and white, and it is better to have a cup of water. "Put the sifted tea powder into the teacup, pour a small amount of boiling water, stir well, then pour boiling water, and beat it repeatedly with a bamboo tea whisk to make foam (called soup flower) to reach the tea The best condition is when there is no water mark on the side wall of the cup.

Seeing that the tea has been ordered, the three of them raised their cups to signal, and then sipped slowly. The clean and striking tea fragrance, the sweet and mellow tea taste and the clear tea soup, appreciate the natural color, fragrance and character of tea.

Zhongzhen smiled and said, "It seems that I came at the right time. This tea is good tea. I didn't know that there is such good tea here."

Dr. Tea said with a smile: "The three young masters are all distinguished guests. This is a high-grade dragon and phoenix group tea that costs two taels of silver. Take it slowly."

These three wealthy owners, whoever paid attention to these two taels of silver, would have been stunned if ordinary people would have been stunned. Wang Pang knew that this was probably half a month's ration for Yu Danian in Jincheng.If you let them see it, it will hurt you to death.

But I heard that Yuan Ze said: In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, tea leaves were mostly processed into cake tea.When drinking, add condiments to cook soup.In order to improve the bitter taste of tea leaves, mint, salt, and red dates were added for seasoning. "Flowers include crude tea, loose tea, powdered tea, and cake tea. They are Naicha, Naizhuo, Naiyang, and Naichong. They are stored in bottles and ferns, and they are fertile in soup. They are called castrated tea.

In the Song Dynasty, tea ordering prevailed.The tea ordering procedures are roasting, grinding, baking, waiting for soup, blowing, and cooking test. The key is waiting for soup and blowing.Roast the cake tea first, then crush it and grind it into fine powder, then sieve the tea powder with a tea bag, "if the tea bag is fine, the tea will float, if the bag is thick, the powder will float."

The tea making steps are to put the tea into the cup, inject a small amount of boiling water to make a paste, which is called "paste", then pour the boiling water into a deep-bellied long-mouth bottle, then pour the water into the cup, or decoct the water in the bottle. Then pour boiling water directly into the cup, and at the same time stir it with a tea whisk, and the tea powder will float up to form porridge noodles.

Wang Yuanze pointed to the tea in the teacup and said, "Dr. Cha just ordered the tea." After speaking, he took a sip.

Zhong Zhen laughed and said, "When tasting tea, one person gets the spirit, two people get the fun, three people get the taste, and seven or eight people are known as tea givers. Today, the three of you and I taste tea and chat about tea. Can you be happy, Brother Ruo?"

Of course Wang was very comfortable, it was rare to sit quietly and listen to this tea ceremony. In such an elegant environment, he was chatting with Song Shenzong who did not know the future.

Zhong Zhen continued, "Do you know that the current Emperor is still telling good stories about tea in teahouses?" The two beside Wang listened attentively to what Zhong Zhen said about tea.

Zhao Xu, a scholar from Sichuan, went to Beijing to rush for the exam. After Song Renzong's personal exam, he failed and lived in an inn.One day, Renzong went to the tea shop of Zhuangyuanfang and saw two poems by Zhao Xu on the wall. Thinking of the previous reasons, he asked the eunuch to find Zhao Xu and interviewed him. Newly established in Chengdu.

"Oh? It turns out that Emperor Renzong also made this white dragon fish suit?" Wang Pang asked in surprise.

Zhong Zhen smiled: "Ming emperors of all dynasties have done this, what's the matter?"

Wang Pang lowered his voice and secretly asked Zhong Zhen: "If it were you, would you be the same?"

"That's natural." Zhong Zhen did not hesitate, and whispered: "If I were me, I would definitely find a chance to walk around. Maybe I would let my brother accompany me." After speaking, he laughed.

Yuan Ze smiled and said, "Zhong Zhen is so naughty." Turning his head, he asked Wang Pang, "If, I haven't heard your fantasy story for a long time, where is there any tea?"

Wang Pang thought about it, it would be troublesome to talk about it, so he simply said: "It's not much, but it's different from the current tea. When I come back from Jianzhou, I will definitely change this way of drinking tea."

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