Picking up leaks is good. When everyone heard this, they were very happy. After following Huo Xi for many years, they already knew the benefits of picking up leaks. Everyone followed Huo Xi and their wallets were bulging.
"Madam, did we really miss something this time? Can these old teas really be sold at the same price as good teas?"
Qiu Shuang and others were in disbelief. Vanilla pushed them, "Madam said it can be done! You still don't believe Madam?"
"It's not that we don't believe it, Madam, or that this tea is even covered in mold, so it can still be sold at a high price?" Why do we not believe it so much?
Mu Yan also has a tea business in his business, and Xun Wu is considered an experienced tea merchant. He is also very puzzled: "Madam, can this really turn waste into treasure? Is this mold still good?"
I couldn't believe it. I took a piece of tea cake and couldn't stop looking at it. Everyone present looked at it one by one, but they couldn't figure out why.
"Let someone boil water and make tea. I'll explain it to you."
Soon the water was boiled, and the tea soup was brewed, one bowl for each person. "Just smell it." Huo Xi picked it up first and brought it to his mouth...
He was stopped by Vanilla, "Madam, I'll taste it first!"
He raised his tea bowl and put it into his mouth, "Yeah, it's hot!"
"What are you so anxious about?"
Huo Xi talked about her while handing her a handkerchief. Even Zhufeng ran to her side to see if she was burned, and Vanilla stretched out her tongue to show Zhufeng. Zhufeng glared at her and scolded her for being impatient, but then
I checked carefully for fear that she might have been burned.
"Oh, I didn't see it! Just bully those of us who are not married." Qiu Shuang Dongxue teased her.
"I'm just bullying you. I can't bear to see you getting married. I also asked my wife to help you look at each other." After drinking a few sips of cold water, she calmed down a lot, and Vanilla started joking with a few girls.
Xun Wu and others smiled. They also picked up their tea bowls and blew on the hot air while tasting the tea carefully and pondering the taste of the tea soup.
"Madam, there is no musty smell! There is no musty smell!"
"Madam, why is there no musty smell? Aren't the golden particles on top moldy?"
"It's moldy." Huo Xi nodded.
"Then..." Everyone was puzzled.
Huo Xi smiled and said, "Didn't Yi Balang tell you that in some places where tofu is eaten, the tofu is specially made to turn white, and the tofu is eaten only after it turns into hairy tofu?"
"Ah? Did you wait for this tea to grow moldy before drinking it?"
Several girls took the tea cakes and turned them over, but couldn't figure out what was going on. Xunwu thought thoughtfully, "When tea leaves get wet, they will grow white hairs, green hairs, black hairs, and golden particles. Are they different?
"
After sniffing, "This one with golden mold seems to be different from other mold. It doesn't have a musty smell, but has a light floral fragrance."
"Does it smell like flowers?" Vanilla and the others came over and sniffed again and again. "Sure enough, if you smell it carefully, you can find a faint floral fragrance. What kind of floral fragrance is it?"
"I smell it, I smell it!" They all rushed to sniff. They are used to seeing flowers and plants, but they still can't smell the fragrance of flowers?
"Madam, what kind of floral fragrance is it?" After sniffing it for a long time, no one could guess it. They all looked at Huo Xi.
Huo Xi smiled and said: "It is a yellow flower fragrance unique to the southwest and northwest. When the tea leaves get damp, golden mold grows, which gives it this faint yellow flower fragrance."
"Scent of yellow flowers?"
Xunwu's eyes lit up: "Madam, do you know there is this kind of tea? This kind of tea with golden mold grains is not moldy tea or bad tea, but a good tea?"
Madam has a big ship to go to the East, South and West. Maybe this is a kind of tea that people there like to drink. Like people who like to eat hairy tofu, they wait until it grows golden mold grains before drinking it?
"Yes. It is indeed a special kind of tea." Huo Xi nodded.
"This kind of tea is called Fu tea, also called golden flower tea. It is said that due to poor preservation during storage, golden particles grew when it got wet, and then slowly, like mushrooms, golden flowers grew.
When it got moldy, the tea owner couldn't bear to throw it away. Later, I discovered that the tea with golden flowers made the tea soup, which was rosy in color and tasted smooth and sweet. It also smelled of a faint yellow flower fragrance, which was actually a hangover cure.
A good thing to relieve fatigue and relieve fever.”
"Really! It tastes really smooth and sweet, and it also has the aroma of yellow flowers!"
"I'll have another drink and see!" Everyone started to drink, smashing their mouths and thinking carefully.
The stone-sculpted Zhufeng couldn't help but drink several cups.
Xunwu also tasted it again and again, his eyes glowing green: "Madam, did we really miss it this time? But why haven't I heard of this kind of Fu tea?"
Maybe Fu Cha is a name that only came into being in later generations.
"Maybe it's so rare that I haven't heard of it. Not all teas can grow golden flowers. They have to meet many conditions. We really missed it this time. I heard that the Fan tribe and the people in the Western Regions specialize in eating meat.
They are specifically looking for this kind of golden flower tea to relieve greasiness. Those people, in order to relieve the heat of highland barley and avoid obesity, are also looking for this kind of golden flower tea to relieve fat. I heard that they also use the golden flowers on tea cakes.
How much to judge the quality of tea."
"The number of golden flowers determines whether they are good or bad? Does that mean that the longer the golden flowers grow, the more expensive they will be?"
Huo Xi nodded.
"Ah? Doesn't that mean we have to let it continue to get wet?"
"We have to do some research on this. How to make the golden flower tea produce more golden flowers is a skill. If we can't do this well, it will really become a moldy tea. Two thousand taels of silver will be wasted. It's a trivial matter and it's useless.
It took us a long time to transport it all the way back."
"Have you never tried it, madam?" Xunwu asked.
Huo Xi shook his head, "I've only heard of this kind of golden flower tea. I remember a little bit about how to make it produce golden flowers, but I haven't done it in detail. You have to find some experienced tea farmers who know this skill and are loyal.
Steward, let them study it."
Xunwu was eager to give it a try: "Yes, I will find a safe and secret place when I go back and find someone to study it with!"
"Well, this matter needs to be kept secret. Don't let the news leak out. Don't make others laugh if you fail to find out."
"yes."
"We have purchased a large batch of tea. You should try some of it with others first and be bold. The rest must be kept properly. We will sell it after I figure out how and where to sell it."
"Subordinates, please keep this in mind."
"Madam, this tea is so good, can we keep some to drink?"
Huo Xi laughed and said, "When did I, my wife, stop having enough food for you? You can keep as much as you want."
"Thank you madam! Just say that madam is generous."
Xunwu also kept some for himself and planned to study them carefully first.
If it is true as the lady said, it can produce more golden flowers and it is an excellent tea, it will definitely make a lot of money. I really missed it. I turned around and ordered someone to take care of this batch of tea carefully, day and night.
people.
The next day is the fifth day of every month, when people of all ethnic groups in the Tea Horse Market trade with each other.
Just when they were at the inn, Huo Xi and others heard the various sounds of people coming and going on the street outside, mixed with various languages, which made people not feel noisy but rather interesting.
"Let's go and take a look."
Outside the inn, people who were watching Huo Xi saw her coming out. They ordered people to inform others and followed her closely.
