My years in the Northern Song Dynasty Guozijian

After confirming that Pan Yuanqing was fine, Ye An breathed a sigh of relief, and then he couldn't bear to tell Bai Yutang that there was no antidote.I thought he would be furious, but he was very calm in the end. He just thanked him and went to talk to his other righteous brothers.

Looking at Ye An's puzzled eyes, Zhan Zhao explained from the side: "We are all people from the Jianghu, and there are many cases like this. Not long after Second Brother Han was poisoned, Yutang discussed with them, if there is no solution Yao, and the others went to Xixia, Jiangnan and Liao to search for clues. Yutang stayed in Tokyo, firstly, coming here to gather from the north and the south, it is more convenient to inquire about news, and secondly, it is also convenient to take care of others.”

Ye An didn't dare to ask what to do if he couldn't find it, he could only pray secretly in his heart.

In the days that followed, Ye An went to school to do business as usual, but suddenly one day his craftsman came over and said that the thing was finished.

Ye An was slightly taken aback, but soon realized that it was the "surrender gift" he had presented to Renzong in order to win Teacher Pan.

"Um... let's send it here first." After doing everything, let him see how it works.The craftsmen handed it over respectfully. Ye An signed a large number of craftsmen since he didn't have to worry about money. Not only that, he also settled their family members here for food and housing. Now these people are basically dead set on Ye An .

I know that the wisdom of working people is endless, Ye An picked up the finished product and nodded in satisfaction.After rewarding the craftsman with a large sum of money, he wrote a letter and sent it to the palace. When he parted with Renzong last time, the other party gave him a waist card. Although he could not freely enter and leave the palace, he could still submit letters and the like directly.

Sure enough, Zhang Maoze came to pick Ye An Miansheng early the next morning.On the way, Ye An was a little curious: "Dare to ask the nobleman, are Yan Xiang, Fan Gong, and others all here?" Could it be that they are all waiting for him.

"Don't dare to dare, Ye Xiaolang-jun should be called Xiaolang-jun." Zhang Mao shook his head humbly. He is with you all day long, and others don't know the identity of this Xiaolang-jun. How can he not know? , this one is the number one in His Majesty's heart, "To tell you the truth, the only one going this time should be Xiao Langjun."

After that, he was a little worried that Ye An would not come to the stage, and added considerately: "The time specially set aside by the officials is specially used to meet you."

Knowing his good intentions, Ye An couldn't help laughing. As far as he was of any use, he also pointed out that he could discuss with the bosses. This time, it was probably for nothing.

The two chatted and walked, and soon arrived at the Imperial Study Room.

When Renzong saw Ye An, he smiled, picked up the letter he handed to himself, and said warmly: "Brother An said that he has an idea that can generate tens of millions of money, but as a student of the Imperial College, he cares about the people so much. Thank you for sharing Da Song's worries."

...It sounds so good, you still don't believe it.Ye An murmured in his heart, if it were more than a year ago when he first came to Bianliang, he might have been lied to by the other party at this time.But now that I am well-informed, I refuse to believe these cunning adults!

So he didn't answer much, and let the little servant behind him present the things in his arms.

Renzong watched curiously, and saw a total of four boxes, the first three of which were opened and contained several small black bowls.

The servant carefully took out the bowls, and everyone present was amazed by their beauty.

"What is this?" Renzong looked at them fascinated, and saw that the glaze layer of those bowls was extremely thick, the glaze color was black, and even the phenomenon of glaze dripping beads could be seen.Under the light, the glaze spots reflect a halo-like light spot, and with the change of light and angle, it glows with colorful light.

"Jianzhan was only developed in Jianzhou in the past two years, and I improved it a little bit." This matter started from last month. On that day, he was discussing business with Monk Hua Chenghui, but the other party didn't know what to do. , I have to go to the flower tea shop to talk.But the "flower tea shop" mentioned here is not the modern one, but is served by a young lady, half eating tea and half making love, and the lady who does this is called "female music officer".Xu Shi was too tightly controlled by the two sisters-in-law after they got married, and it was not enough for Chenghui to order two of them, and even called many from the opposite building. This is called "street sedan chair".

Ye An was naturally indifferent to this, and only concentrated on drinking tea, but at this time he accidentally noticed the tea utensils.The literati and bureaucrats in the Northern Song Dynasty were fond of fighting tea, and what they emphasized in fighting tea was "the color of tea is white, and black cups are suitable." Only in this way can black and white be clearly distinguished at a glance, so black glazed tea cups are very expensive now, so Ye An took advantage of the opportunity to think of Jianzhan.

This thing was hyped up before he crossed over, and it didn't gradually cool down until the counterfeit and shoddy products flooded the market and made people sick.In response to this phenomenon, there is even a special term "Jianzhan scam".Ye An once made a special effort to study it, but at that time he was also in the fog. It was not until he saw Jianzhan, which had just sprouted in this era, that many places were solved.

Renzong couldn't help picking up the teacup, and praised: "The shape is regular, the lines are graceful, and the feet are neat. It's so wonderful!" Then he looked at Ye An with a smile: "Sure enough, it's a treasure worth tens of millions. .”

Ye An: "..." Why are you being an ass to me.He himself knows very well that Jianzhan is sold domestically in the Song Dynasty, and only a small number of people are interested in enjoying it. They can only survive 10,000+ guan, so it is not worth the money.

Shaking his head, Ye An said: "This is only a part, the key is this." He lifted the last box and asked the palace people to take a few more cups and bring the pot of boiling water.

Before Renzong could ask, he explained, "These are tea."

Renzong was taken aback, looked carefully, and hesitated: "Is it...loose tea?" After getting the answer, he was at a loss for words, he hadn't drunk loose tea yet.

In the Song Dynasty, Tuancha was mainly popular. Firstly, the selected tea leaves were picked from the center of the tea, and then after soaking, steaming and other processes, the tea leaves were ground into powder, borneol and other spices were added, mixed with porridge made from fragrant rice, and kneaded together. , made into tea cakes.When drinking, grind the tea cake into powder and brew it with boiling water.

This is just a brief description, and the actual operation is more complicated.In the past few years, the Jianzhou Xiaotuan tea produced by the famous official Cai Xiang has gradually become famous in Beijing. You can buy dozens of teas for just one piece.

Such a high price, ordinary people can't afford it.For example, Ye An also came to Bianliang and drank group tea for the first time when Bianliang was developed.In Zhongmu County before, everyone drank loose tea.But the loose tea at this time is different from what Ye An thought in his heart. He originally thought it was ordinary tea, but people in the Song Dynasty called the green and powdered tea that could not be steamed or patted "loose tea". , is the leftovers left over from making Tuancha, so the taste and taste will naturally not be good.

But even so, there are still counterfeit phenomena. A large amount of official tea is mixed with other leaves for steaming, only counting the quantity and not the quality. Ye An once drank it once, and the taste was so strange that he almost vomited it out.

The common people are not fools, they would rather not drink than spend this wrong money.It is difficult to sell official tea leaves, so they can only keep hoarding them.The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also thought of various ways to buy them, such as forcibly bundling old tea and new tea, so that they could only be bought together, which caused complaints.

Originally, both tea and wine should be tax-heavy, but at this time, the wine tax accounted for more than half of the national tax revenue, and the tea tax was only a pitiful few million per year.

This is exactly what Ye An wanted to solve.

Soon, the palace people finished preparing everything, and Ye An put several kinds of tea into cups, and showed Renzong after brewing.

"Why is this tea...different colors." Renzong was surprised.

"It's just a different process." Ye An thought it was nothing. Now people drink green tea. The knowledge in his memory, and the craftsman's trial and error, made yellow tea, black tea, black tea and other teas respectively.

Renzong hesitated for a moment, and tasted one by one.

"How is it?" Ye An's eyes were shining brightly, these are his self-confidence.

"The tea is not bad, but there is something wrong with brewing it." Renzong's face was subtle, some tea leaves were put too much and some were not, and the taste was either dull or bitter.

Ye An: "..." All right, I'm just an ordinary person.

"So, you want to use these to replace group tea?" Renzong was a little embarrassed, but he didn't care, but once this was done, some old-fashioned people in the court would definitely criticize him, thinking that Ye An had tarnished the tea art.

"No," Ye An shook his head. At first, he just saw the hard work of the tea farmers in making tea.As I said before, the production process of tuan tea is extremely complicated, and any steps in the process will be changed, and all previous efforts will be wasted.Now that I have produced so many teas, I just hope to reduce the burden.

Hearing what he said, Renzong fell into silence. After a while, he raised his head and said with a smile: "The tea you make is so good, I will definitely let them waste it, but the reputation of the tea will depend on everyone's reaction."

Ye An nodded, and didn't take it seriously at all, because he knew that the Song Dynasty was an important stage in the transition from round tea to loose tea.Even if you don't have yourself, loose tea will appear in people's homes at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty.

After a while, the government really started to sell all kinds of loose tea made by Ye An. At first, everyone didn't pay attention to it, but unexpectedly, it caused a huge wave among the people.

Scholars and bureaucrats are used to drinking complex and delicate round tea on weekdays, so naturally they don't think loose tea is so good.But for ordinary people, they don’t need to drink the strange-tasting tea leaves, but can also enjoy the bright tea soup. The most important thing is that the price is not expensive!It's something that I never even thought about before.

After that, Ye An struck while the iron was hot, looking for teas that were not well-known in the Song Dynasty, such as Biluochun, and further promoted loose tea.

All the officials were dumbfounded when they saw the profits of Qucha in the first quarter. In the past few months alone, the income has already caught up with the previous full year.

At this time, Renzong thought of Ye An's phrase "a million dollars worth of money" in a trance, and couldn't help but sigh. Brother An is indeed a cornucopia, and he does what he says.