That night when he returned to his camp, Zhou Jun slept deeply.
On the second day, when it was bright and clear, Sun Aying walked into the camp cautiously and looked at Zhou Jun, who was still sleeping soundly, with hesitation on his face.
After hesitating for a long time, Sun Aying finally woke up Zhou Jun: "Zhou Lingshi, Mo Yanchui from the Huihe tribe has arrived and is waiting outside the tent."
After hearing this, Zhou Jun slowly opened his eyes and shook his groggy head, but before he could react, he asked, "Who is Mo Yanchui?"
Sun Aying: "It's Yaoluo Ge Tulishi, and Moyanchu is his official Turkic name."
Zhou Jun paused for a moment and then said: "Please wait for a moment, I will get up soon."
Sun Aying nodded in agreement and left the camp.
Zhou Jun sat up from his cashmere blanket and let out a long breath as he listened to the neighing of cattle and horses coming from outside the tent.
After struggling to get up, he dressed neatly and washed himself briefly. Zhou Jun patted his face hard and walked out of the tent.
Tulishi stood outside the tent with his hands behind his hands, looking at the market in the distance.
Zhou Jun's footsteps made him turn around.
Looking at Zhou Jun, Tu Lishi cupped his hands and said: "Uihe is not as good as the Tang Dynasty. The residence is simple and crude, which made the Tang envoy laugh."
Zhou Jun waved his hand and said: "That's wrong. Without the constraints of those mud and rubbles, I felt a lot more comfortable when I slept that night."
Tulish laughed: "Tang Shi is an interesting person."
After saying that, Tulishi pointed to the horses behind him and said to Zhou Jun: "Would the Tang Dynasty be willing to be a guest at my home?"
Zhou Jun was startled for a moment, then nodded and said: "It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask my ears."
Instructing Sun Aying to pack some luggage, Zhou Jun led dozens of Tang soldiers and followed Tulishi on horseback, starting from Huihe Yazhang and heading east.
After riding for about seven or eight minutes, Zhou Jun looked into the distance and saw a white tent falling on the vibrant green land, which looked particularly conspicuous.
There is no heavy security like Huihe Yazhang here, nor is it noisy and busy in various markets. There are only a group of herdsmen and women, riding horses and herding sheep, living a comfortable life.
Zhou Jun looked at this scene and couldn't help but praise: "A blessed place in this world."
Tulishi smiled while leading Zhou Jun to the largest tent.
After getting off the horse, Tu Lishi swung his whip, and the tip of the whip hit him, making an explosion.
Several women walked out of the tent, followed by several half-year-old children.
Tulishi spoke in Turkic language and said to the woman at the front: "We have a distinguished guest at home. Prepare the tea utensils and call Hedari and Yidijian."
The woman nodded and led the other women and children out of the camp.
Tu Lishi opened the curtain and made a gesture of invitation toward Zhou Jun.
Zhou Jun ordered Tang soldiers to stay outside the tent, and took only Sun Aying into the tent.
After entering the banquet, Zhou Jun saw that there were not only many daily necessities in the tent, but also many books, and a unique set of pots in the middle.
Not long after, the woman from before entered the tent carrying a lacquered wooden box. She first washed a small pot, poured some water into it, and added firewood to light a fire.
Zhou Jun looked at the woman's actions and felt confused.
But soon, the woman took out a dark brown cake-shaped object from the carrier, first broke it open, and then crushed it with a mortar and pestle.
Zhou Jun understood that he was planning to make tea.
In the Mobei tribes and Tangtong City, there are actually only three most important trading items, namely silk, tea and horses.
Needless to say, silk and horses are two things.
Tea was introduced into various tribes in Mobei at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, but it was not until the end of the Tang Dynasty that it became truly popular.
The reasons are probably that it is expensive, complicated to cook, difficult to adjust the taste, etc.
Therefore, although tea was favored by the nomadic peoples in the north, in the early and middle Tang Dynasty, most of it only appeared in the homes of chief nobles, and ordinary herdsmen could rarely drink it.
For tea to become truly popular in the north, we must first thank one person - Tea Saint Lu Yu.
The "Tea Classic" he wrote not only laid the foundation of tea ceremony, but also promoted the popularization of tea culture in terms of tea elegance, tea method and tea industry.
In addition, the steaming tea method that gradually developed in the late Tang Dynasty and the fried tea method that appeared in the Ming Dynasty improved the taste and convenience of tea drinking from a technical perspective.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jun looked at the Huihe woman, first poured the ground tea foam into the pot, then added ginger, dates, orange peel, mint and other things into it, then boiled it over low heat, and couldn't help but frown.
brow.
The Uighur people's method of drinking tea was not boiled tea, but boiled tea. It was outdated in the Tang Dynasty.
In the "Tea Classic", Lu Yu believed that the tea brewed by this method "wasted water in the ditches, but the custom is endless". To put it bluntly, it is as unfit to drink as the waste water poured into the ditches.
But in front of his master, Zhou Jun couldn't blame him.
I just waited for the woman to make the tea soup and drank some of it.
While Zhou Jun was drinking tea, two Huihe young men entered the camp one after another.
Tulishi pointed at the two young men and introduced to Zhou Jun: "These are my two sons. The older one is Hedari, and the younger one is Yidijian."
The two young men met Zhou Jun and returned to Hehe.
Zhou Jun cupped his hands and took a closer look.
Tulishi's eldest son was very respectful to him in words and deeds, and his eyes were a bit curious; but the younger son had a cold look and an expressionless face.
After the father and son sat down, Tu Lishi asked Zhou Jun: "What do you think of the Tang envoy coming to Huihe?"
Zhou Jun nodded and said, "I've heard for a long time that among the nine surnames, Uighur is the most powerful. I've seen it in the past few days and it's true."
After hearing the other party's compliments, Tulishi's face beamed with joy and he added: "The Tang Dynasty envoy Dao defeated the conspiracy of the Bashmi tribe and was very skillful. Even my father praised him highly."
Zhou Jun said a few words of modesty.
Tu Lishi changed the subject: "The envoy of the Tang Dynasty was a talented person. If he stayed in the Tang Dynasty and only became a small official, it would be a disgrace to his talents."
Zhou Jun was stunned when he heard this, and looked up at Tu Lishi, only to see that the other person was leaning forward with a smile on his face, but he meant something.
After thinking carefully for a moment, Zhou Jun said: "The Tang Dynasty has tens of millions of registered citizens, but you are an ordinary and mediocre person like me, but you are exaggerating."
Tu Lishi knew that Zhou Jun was declining, but he still refused to give up and asked: "Since the Tang Dynasty is full of talents, it will be extremely difficult for the Tang envoy to get ahead. Why not surrender to me? I am willing to treat him as a Tutun."
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Zhou Jun smiled and cupped his hands towards Tulishi: "I thank you in advance for your love, but as the old saying goes, oranges in the south and oranges in the north. If I stay in Uihe, I'm afraid I'll get beetles both inside and outside, and I'm afraid I'll lose my fortune."
Trusted."
Speaking of this, Tu Lishi also understood that no matter how high the official position was or how many wealthy women he had, Zhou Jun would not want to stay in Uihe.
Knowing that there was no hope of being successful, Tu Lishi just sighed.
Zhou Jun took half a mouthful of tea soup, frowned and put it down again, and said to Tu Lishi: "The Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs have been friends for generations. They are like brothers, so why talk about defecting?"
"On this mission, thanks to Ye Hu taking care of the overall situation, Zhou was able to fulfill his mission."
"From now on, Zhou and Guixiang will visit each other in person. If we see each other in the future, we will definitely follow suit."
Tu Lishi didn't know whether Zhou Jun's words came from his heart or were just polite, so he agreed with a smile.
Seeing Tu Lishi's forced smile, Zhou Jun glanced at the tea soup in front of him, remembered something, and said, "Won't you take a sip of Xita?"
Tu Lishi nodded and said: "More than just liking it, tea is indispensable before and after bed, reading and refreshing."
Zhou Jun said: "I know a tea that does not need cooking or condiments. It only needs to be brewed with boiling water, and the aroma will be fragrant and refreshing."
When Tu Lishi heard this, he immediately became energetic: "Is there such a magical tea?"
Zhou Jun added: "This tea is called Yunwu. It grows on the mountains and cliffs. It is extremely difficult to pick and the yield is very small, so it is extremely expensive."
Turlish was lost in thought for a while while listening.
Zhou Jun: "Now that I have returned to the Tang Dynasty, in order to repay the kindness of Ye Hu and your friend, Zhou should find Shen Tu."
After hearing this, Tulish quickly thanked him.
Zhou Jun secretly thought to himself that this time when he returned to Bachuan, it was time to stir-fry tea.
This chapter has been completed!