The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Can't buy it outside? Where did you get it, General Cheng?"

Cheng Yaojin chuckled.

"This is a good thing that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jingyang gave to me, Old Cheng. It's New Year's Day, and you are all here at home, so I'll take this good thing out to share with you." Cheng Yaojin smiled and said, "Listen to me, this tea is not ordinary. Although it..."

Cheng Yaojin poured out all the elegant things he learned from Li Fu.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Is this still Cheng Zhijie?

Is this still a warrior who can only charge into battle with a horse spear?

Is he still a military general?

This is a Confucian general!

Oh, I really underestimated him in the past.

Old Cheng also had a taste of being a cultured person fooling others, how happy.

"Let's eat first. After dinner, there is another program about this tea." Cheng Yaojin smiled.

The maid he had sent to the Jingyang Wang residence to learn tea art had already returned after completing her studies.

But for Cheng Yaojin, tea art was nothing more than something to show off to others. He didn't have the patience to wait so long for a cup of tea.

He just wanted to use the big teapot to make a big pot of tea at once, and then take a bowl and drink it directly from the pot.

It would be better if the tea was cold, as it would quench thirst.

At noon, everyone was full and clamoring for Cheng Yaojin to bring up the show as soon as possible.

So Cheng Yaojin ordered people to clean up the middle of the room and let his maid who knew tea art perform in public.

"Drinking tea after dinner can help you get rid of greasiness." Cheng Yaojin said with a smile: "Come on, try this fancy tea, what's the difference between it and ordinary tea."

"General Cheng, this can't be called fancy. This tea art performance, from what your maid said, is for a purpose."

"Yes, this clear tea is really exquisite."

"It's really pleasing to the eye."

"Who said it wasn't? I got interested when I saw it." Cheng Yaojin said with a smile: "There are many tricks in this tea."

Soon, the news of Cheng Yaojin meeting friends with tea at home spread. When he came back from the morning court in the palace, many people surrounded Cheng Yaojin and asked what was going on.

How could a military general talk about elegance with a civil official?

And the listeners had no way to refute it, and they kept silent when asked.

The reputation of the tea gradually spread, and some people began to look for tea shops in the two markets of Chang'an City and bought some tea, but the taste was never like what Cheng Yaojin described.

Not to mention the elegant principles behind his words.

Being taught a lesson by a military general in this regard, it felt awkward no matter how you think about it.

Li Shimin, who was handling government affairs in the side hall, also heard the eunuchs in the palace talking about what happened after the court was retired.

"Why, are they all interested in the tea of ​​the Jingyang County Prince's family now?" Li Shimin asked.

"Yes, General Cheng invited his friends to a banquet after the New Year's Day. I heard that he showed off a lot before and after the banquet. This is how the news came out."

Li Shimin just laughed twice when he heard it.

"This Cheng Zhijie..."

He shook his head halfway through his words.

Cheng Zhijie loves to show off. He invited people to drink tea and pretended to be elegant in front of others, which was considered to have earned face for himself.

It was his boasting that made everyone know about the tea.

He was helping Li Fu to spread the reputation of tea.

However, Li Fu was also a cunning guy. He probably expected Cheng Zhijie's temper, so he didn't give tea to others, but gave it to Cheng Zhijie, and even gave him a lesson.

After all this, wouldn't Cheng Zhijie show off in front of everyone?

And those literati and scholars, who were suppressed by a military general in the matter of elegance, must have felt bad.

Especially when such things were spread...

This was intentional.

It's interesting.

"What are the reactions of others?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.

"I guess they are asking around for tea shops outside." The eunuch said, "Because I see that many gentlemen are very interested after hearing what General Cheng said. After all, it is something from the house of His Royal Highness the Prince of Jingyang. In addition, there was a precedent with the furniture shop last year, so they should want to know the news earlier."

If I know it too late and go too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy the new things in the first place.

It's been several days since the New Year's Day, and the furniture workshop is still queuing.

Li Shimin's eyes are still on the memorial in front of him.

If some people in the court are so concerned about political affairs, he wouldThere is no need to go to such great lengths to replace them.

Let Changsun Wuji revise the law, and things have come to this point, but unfortunately, they still haven't tasted it.

His position in the court is about to be lost, and he is still thinking about drinking tea.

"Okay, I know." Li Shimin said: "By the way, go and make me a cup of tea, is there any more?"

"There is still some." The eunuch bowed and responded.

"Well, go."

In the Jingyang Wang's house, Lao Zhao reported to Li Fu about the workshop in the study.

After the New Year's Day, there was nothing to do. On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the workshop officially started. There were still many wealthy families in Chang'an waiting in line, and it was not good to let them wait too long.

Originally, Li Fu thought that the holiday would be extended to the Lantern Festival, but the craftsmen did not care about these holidays. After all, the money they could earn by working one more day in the workshop was not a small amount.

They get commissions for all orders for custom furniture. The more they work, the more money they earn.

The craftsmen in the workshop before the New Year have all made a fortune.

Everyone wants to work and earn money now.

As for the New Year's Day, they have already had a day off on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. They originally wanted to go to the workshop on the second day of the New Year, but Li Fu asked them to start work on the fifth day at the earliest.

They have been working non-stop for so long. It would be great to have more rest during the New Year holiday.

He underestimated the desire of these craftsmen to work and make money.

The money they earned in the past two months is equivalent to what they earned in the first half of their lives. Who wouldn't be crazy and jealous?

Why not hurry up and work?

So on the fifth day of the New Year, as soon as the workshop started working, all the craftsmen picked up the work that was not finished before the New Year and continued to work.

"My dear, today is the first day, and everyone is very motivated. The orders before the New Year should be completed in the first half of this year." Lao Zhao said.

"The first half of the year..." Li Fu thought for a while.

The amount of work is indeed not small.

"Is there anyone who still goes to the shop to choose furniture after the New Year? If so, you must make it clear to them. It will not be made in the first half of the year." Li Fu said.