Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 664 A Big Gift For You

Lu Bu didn't know at all that the big man had changed like this in the years since he left?Not to mention anything else, just the trend of drinking tea, under his leadership, developed from scratch, from small to large, becoming the most fashionable drink at present, and also became a very important item on the Silk Road. The products were enthusiastically sought after by the nobles of Qin (Rome) in the West.

"Hehe, if I want to say anything else, I really don't have the qualifications, but this drink, to be honest with my son-in-law, I have really experienced a lot. Among other things, there are countless drinks just where I live. We I also tried to squeeze many fruits into juice to drink. Could it be inferior to your tea? What's more, we also have this thing in our place, but they are all used for medicinal materials and drinks? Thank you for your ability Figure it out."

After hearing what Liu He said, Lu Bu, who didn't know the situation at all, smiled and said with a little disdain.

"Oh? Is that so?" Liu He remained calm after hearing this, and said with a faint smile, "How about you taste it first?"

After a while, the tea was served. Lu Bu took it casually, opened the lid of the tea, and was about to say something when he suddenly smelled a fresh fragrance. So fragrant, is this really tea? But it doesn’t matter even if it smells fragrant, the most important thing is how it tastes in your mouth.”

As Lu Bu spoke, he took a sip involuntarily, and suddenly felt a fresh fragrance permeating his spleen, and his whole spirit became a little lifted, and he said with an inconceivable expression: "I never thought that there would be such a good thing in this world. But I want to ask, is this really tea? How did you do it? The tea in our place is used as medicine, with a medicinal smell. Could it be the tea in our place? Not good, it can only be used as medicine?"

Hearing this, Liu He laughed and said, "This has nothing to do with tea. The main reason is that the production process is different. It needs to go through many processes such as tea picking, greening, rolling, drying, humidifying and stacking, drying, screening and classification, and steaming and drying. The process, and this process is very particular, just picking tea is staggering, it needs to be picked before the rain, and the picker needs to be a virgin of about 16 years old, pick it with the lips, then warm it with the chest, after the tea is made It tastes so fragrant that even I am reluctant to drink this kind of tea. It is usually used for entertaining distinguished guests. Now, do you know how much this kind of tea is sold among Hu merchants in the Western Regions? A catty of this kind of tea can It was sold for 5 taels of gold."

At that time, one tael of gold could be exchanged for ten guan, and a catty of tea could be sold for 50 guan, that is, 10 yuan. Under normal circumstances, a stone of rice was only sold for [-] yuan, that is to say, a catty of tea like this It can be sold at a price of five thousand shi. At that time, even a senior official at the Sangong level had a monthly salary of only three thousand shi. A little more than half a catty of tea, which shows how ridiculously expensive this tea is?
Lu Bu was speechless after hearing this, and sighed softly, "It's too expensive. If I, Lu Bu, can drink 5 taels of gold a catty of tea, it's not in vain."

Liu He said half-jokingly: "Even if you are father-in-law, I am afraid that it will be difficult to drink tea like mine here in the future. Such expensive luxury goods are mainly used to pocket the pockets of merchants from the Western Regions, isn't it? For our own enjoyment, we must know that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Although I am in charge of the Han Dynasty, I dare not enjoy such good things."

"Hey, it's enough to have this one time, I don't intend to enjoy it like this." Lu Bu paused, took a sip of tea, and then said seriously: "I came to Chang'an today, and I have something important to discuss with you. of."

"Oh?" Liu He's expression moved, but he didn't show any further expression. He just looked at Lu Bu calmly, and then asked, "I don't know what advice my father-in-law has?"

"Don't dare, how dare I ask your future emperor for advice? Well, it's not really a discussion, but, rather, I want to send a big gift to the big man. I don't know if you, the emperor, have such an appetite. accept?"

"Hey, my son-in-law has a big appetite, please tell me, my father-in-law." Liu He's heart moved, but he just smiled very calmly, and then said.

"I don't know if you have heard of Yizhou, my lord. Although it is just an island, it is not much smaller than Qinchuan, which is [-] miles away. It is also rich in products and fertile. It is really a rare treasure."

"Yizhou?" After hearing this, Liu He couldn't help feeling hot in his heart. What he had heard from Lu Bu's words before, should be that he was living on an island. In his opinion, it was a place that was closer to the land and where troops could be stationed. , maybe the biggest one is there, but this is just his inference. He doesn't know what the real situation is. Now that Lu Bu said this, he immediately affirmed that the other party occupied that treasure island.

Of course, Yizhou is not as big as Qinchuan, which is [-] miles away, but it is indeed a relatively large island. Liu He has long been envious of this treasure land, but due to various factors, he has not yet launched a navigation plan. Now Lu Bu wants to Dedicating this place to him, he naturally wished for it.

"Are you going to dedicate Yizhou to me?" Liu He said to Lu Bu, suppressing the excitement in his heart as much as possible.

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Exactly. I wandered on the sea for several months and finally found this island. After living here for ten years, I finally made a preliminary development here and domesticated an island. An army of 5 people, of course, before I went my own way and attacked the Wa Kingdom, but I was defeated by Sima Yi and lost more than 1 people. There are still 20 people on the island, and there are still thousands of residents on the island, about 3 people. There are about 20 people. I manage them and teach them how to farm. Now most of the people there are under my management. I am here to hand over the [-] soldiers and [-] people. Your Majesty, I congratulate you on your enthronement as the Son of Heaven."

"You, you mean, completely hand over Yizhou's army and household registration to me?" Liu He also became agitated after hearing this, because in his opinion, with Lu Bu's character, being able to surrender to the big man in form is already enough. Not bad, if I want to make him completely submit, I need to use various means to win him over little by little to increase his loyalty, and wait until his loyalty reaches 200 before he can completely submit, but I never thought that the other party would actually be here now. Directly declaring complete surrender, this is a bit unexpected, but at the same time it is a surprise.

(End of this chapter)