I made Daqin a prosperous world

Chapter 97 Li Yu's Fried Tea
When Li Yu found the tea in the mountains, it was like a treasure, but he also had to talk about the word "pharmaceutical farmer" and the rise of this industry.

Drug farmers are not planting medicinal materials, but the type of people who go to the mountains to collect herbs and sell them. This is a new profession that has emerged in just a few months since the establishment of Qinhuang Medical College.

In the past, wandering doctors in the rivers and lakes, or folk doctors, without exception, went to the mountains to find medicines by themselves.

In today's Qin State, with Li Yu's strong support for medical skills, the number of doctors is increasing day by day, and the demand for medicinal materials is also naturally increasing.

But we can't let the doctors do everything by themselves. While diagnosing and treating patients, they also have to spend their minds searching for medicinal materials in the mountains and forests.

Therefore, Li Yu asked Hua Tuo to tell the doctors or apprentices of the medical school that anyone who needed medicinal materials should post a notice at the entrance of the medical school, indicating the purchase price and a simplified picture of the medicinal materials.

In this way, over time, after the news that digging medicinal materials in the mountains can be sold for money spread, the profession of medicine farming was born.

With Li Yu's acquiescence, Zhang Deli gave the old man twenty more coins, and Li Yu wanted to ask the old man where the tea was picked.

But then I thought about it, the life of my grandparents was not easy, so I decided to be a good person to the end, and the old man agreed to send fresh tea to the Hou Mansion on time every month, and the Hou Mansion would buy it every month.

The old man naturally dragged his grandson to worship for a while, and then he was sent out by Zhang Deli.

Li Yu looked at a basket of fresh tea leaves, regardless of the old or young leaves, it was estimated to be a little more than a catty. After dehydration after frying, it would be good to have a couple of roasted tea leaves.

"Master Hou, I know you are kind-hearted, but why don't you ask for the address of this tea leaf? Wouldn't it be better for me to arrange for you in the future?"

Hearing the confusion in Sun Deli's words, Li Yu flipped through the tea leaves and said with a smile, "Why cut off the fortune of the old man and grandson?"

Although he said so, Li Yu had already started thinking about how to use the appearance of this tea to squeeze a wave of nobles in the empire.

Today, although the land reform is led by Wang Jian and his son, it only starts to reclaim wasteland.

A large amount of land in the hands of the nobles has not yet been collected into Ying Zheng's hands, so there is naturally a lot of private wealth in his pockets.

And if you want to make money from tea, you can only grasp the comparison psychology of the nobles and try to be fresh.

And keeping the production process of tea and the origin of raw materials of tea is the key to making tea worth a thousand dollars.

But now there are too few tea leaves in hand, and this extra catty of raw tea may be less than one tael after roasting.

Such a quantity can make Li Yu feel lonely. As for making money by relying on it, he still needs to plan carefully.

While Li Yu was lamenting that there was too little tea in his hand, Hua Tuo and the others took a hasty rest.

Seeing the tea leaves in the basket in Li Yu's hand, Sun Simiao was a little surprised and said, "Master Hou is holding a basket of tea leaves, what is this for?"

Sun Simiao and the others knew Tu, Li Yu was not surprised at all.

After all, these people in front of them are all experts in the medical field, and tea, a refreshing herbal plant, naturally cannot be hidden from their eyes and noses.

Li Shizhen also smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Tea leaves can refresh the mind, but the taste is bitter, and it is not suitable to eat more..."

Li Yu was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he suppressed a smile and said, "This tea leaf, I don't use it for eating, but for drinking."

"Bring it to drink?"

As soon as Li Yu's words came out of his mouth, several people were stunned, and they asked.

"Don't Junhou want to use this to cook a potion of medicinal soup?"

"But Master Hou is too busy and needs to soothe his nerves?"

"If that's the case, then there's no need to bother, the old man can prescribe a prescription."

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Listening to the inquiries of several old genius doctors, Li Yu couldn't hold back his smile anymore, and said with a grin: "The steps are similar to the medicinal soup that Mr. Hua said, but in the meantime, the tea is still there. It needs to be fried in an iron pan."

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As soon as Li Yu said this, the four of Hua Tuo became more and more curious.

This is just an ordinary tea leaf, why do the princes have to spend a lot of time on it?

Moreover, it needs to be fried in an iron pan...

Seeing the curiosity and doubts on the faces of the four old men, Li Yu shook his head helplessly.

The history before the Tang Dynasty did not pay attention to the quality of life. Before Li Yu appeared, he couldn't even make a small fried pork.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be enough for Li Yu to make up his mind to open a Shiweiju to satisfy his appetite.

As the old saying goes, true knowledge comes from practice.

Li Yu simply didn't explain, and directly carried the basket into the back kitchen.

At this moment, the cook was busy preparing food for the Hou Mansion, when a person came in suddenly, it surprised the cook.

For the cook, the back kitchen is equivalent to her sacred and inviolable territory, and outsiders are absolutely not allowed to enter.

The cook was about to open her mouth to drive away, but found that the person who came was actually her own lord, and a group of old people came in one after another.

The cook was so frightened that she panicked. Could it be that the food she made didn't suit her appetite?

Li Yu smiled politely: "Aunt Liu, is there any unused iron pot in the back kitchen?"

The cook was taken aback when she heard the words, then she thought about it, and said, "Returning to Lord Hou, Steward Zhang bought two new pots not long ago, but they haven't been replaced yet."

Standing at the back, Zhang Deli suddenly heard the cook's words, he was a little complacent, and boasted: How can I be so clever!
Seeing Li Yu's gaze, Zhang Deli quickly showed his figure, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, the younger one is because I heard that Mrs. Liu said that the previous iron pot was too small to use, so I added two new ones. I didn't expect Just met today."

Zhang Deli has become more and more handy since he became the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, and he has become much more alert and tactful.

Li Yu immediately boasted: "That's right, Steward Zhang can do things at ease."

With Li Yu's praise, Zhang Deli's facial features were all twisted together with a smile.

Looking at Zhang Deli's expression, I can't help but ask Aunt Liu to get some wine and snacks for a drink tonight.

Li Yu shook his head, as long as the servants are willing to do things and do good things, they are more than happy to say more words of praise.

After all, he has done a good job, and he, the master, won't spend any money to praise him, so why not bear it.

Aunt Liu quickly replaced the cooking pot with a new one, and washed it back and forth three times with clean water.

Seeing that Mrs. Liu has to wash it for the fourth time...

Only then did Li Yu hurriedly said, "Okay, Mrs. Liu, next I need your help to control the heat."

Aunt Liu wiped her hands on her clothes a few times, and said with a quick smile, "Your Majesty, just give orders."

"It happens that there are three pots here. Let me light up all of them, and then use a low heat to cook the pots. It's enough for the temperature of each pot to be lower than that of the other pot."

Li Yu is very particular about what he said. It is called Chaoqing, which means that the three pots should be connected and proceed step by step.

And these are Li Yu's trip to the southwestern border, and he learned some superficial knowledge of roasting tea and making tea, and now he is using it flexibly.

After Mrs. Liu lit the fire and found a bamboo broom, Li Yu carefully took out some fresh tea leaves and scattered them into the first pot.

But as time passed, Hua Tuo and the others watched with gusto, not boring at all.

Li Yu felt that the heat was unstoppable. When the tea was put into the third pot, Li Yu's face flushed a little when he saw the rolled tea leaves.

"It's done!"

(End of this chapter)