Looking back, Liu Zhang was speechless when he saw Zhang Ren and Cheng Ji looking at him with innocent faces.
The key was that the troops behind him did not move at all. Liu Zhang only felt that he was isolated from the world at this moment, and his momentum was much weaker for a moment.
Sure enough, it was Cheng Ji. Cheng Ji knew that he had to coax Liu Zhang a lot of the time, so when he saw Liu Zhang's unhappy expression, he hurriedly came up to comfort him and said:
"Lord, let's forget this matter. There is no need to waste words with them here. Don't forget that we have more important things to discuss."
Cheng Ji pointed at Pang Xi covertly, and the moment he saw Pang Xi, Liu Zhang finally shut up.
Yes, he suddenly remembered that he came today not just for a deer. As long as he could forcefully lower the price during the overturning negotiation process, he would be willing to give the other party ten deer, not to mention one deer.
So looking at Ma Dai who showed no mercy, Liu Zhang waved his hand impatiently:
"Okay, okay, isn't it just a deer? I'll compensate you."
"Hey, Mr. Zhou Mu is so grand!"
Ma Dai raised his hand towards Liu Zhang, with a smile on his face full of pride.
In short, this episode made Liu Zhang's previous aggressive feeling disappear. He followed Pang Xi all the way to the original small tea shed. Liu Zhang waved his hand and asked Zhang Ren to lead the army to station a little further away, while he took Cheng Ji to sit down.
Opposite Pang Xi.
Pang Xi was not in a hurry. Seeing that Liu Zhang was still angry, he first poured tea for him and signaled Liu Zhang to stop talking and drink tea first.
Liu Zhang really didn't like Pang Xi's leisurely and contented look. Apparently half a year ago, when Pang Xi was driven out of Chengdu, his mood was on the verge of collapse. Who would have thought that after staying in Brazil for such half a year, he would be raised by this guy?
He was plump and white, and looking at his shiny face, those who didn't know thought that Pang Xi had rejuvenated his youth.
"I don't have time to drink tea with you, so hurry up and show your face."
"Hey, my lord, look at what you said. We are discussing a major matter related to the people's livelihood. It's inappropriate to be so impatient."
"Besides, this tea is a famous tea brought by the vegetable girl from other places. It is not the same as the broken tea leaves we usually chew."
Liu Zhang looked at the tea in front of him with a look of disgust, just not listening to Pang Xi's explanation. Now he concentrated his attention, and as expected, he smelled the overflowing fragrance of tea from the table.
He doubtfully picked up the tea and glanced at Pang Xi's expression suspiciously to see if the other party meant to lie to him. After confirming again and again, he raised his head and drank the tea.
"What, the taste is no different from ordinary tea... hiss... tsk tsk... eh?"
Liu Zhang was just about to say a few words to belittle the tea and taunt Pang Xi, but the moment he opened his mouth, a wave of sweetness came back to his mouth, and then the strong fragrance of tea spread from his mouth, slowly.
It slowly penetrated his head and reached his body and limbs.
This is a very magical feeling, just like... it's like the feeling when Liu Zhang was lying in his mother's arms when he was young, smelling the faint fragrance of his mother and falling asleep soundly.
"Hmm! Good tea, really good tea!"
"Man Pangda, what is the origin of this tea!"
Just when Liu Zhang was still reminiscing, Cheng Ji on the side suddenly screamed. He also drank, and his reaction was even worse... He obviously hated Pang Xi so much, but for this sip of tea, he had to respectfully shout "Pang Xi".
A huge man.
But this also made Liu Zhang come back to his senses from all kinds of thoughts. As soon as he came back to his senses, he heard Pang Xi on the other side said with a smile:
"This tea is called Biluochun, and it is a new tea species cultivated in the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River. However, I heard the gentleman who cultivated famous tea said that if the tea grows best, it must be in the southwest of Yizhou, preferably Yuexun.
, planting in the mountains over there in Yunnan.”
"Yuexun, Yunnan?
The climate there is so hot and humid, and the miasma is poisonous to people. How can you grow tea in that kind of place?"
Liu Zhang sneered. Although the tea in front of him was good, he had to go to the southwest of Yizhou to farm in a place where birds didn't poop for this. He couldn't make the money.
"Don't worry, why don't you first hear the price of Biluochun?
The Biluochun teapot in front of us would cost at least five taels of silver if it were sold in Jiangdong."
“How…how much silver?”
"Five taels?
?”
Liu Zhang was still drinking tea, but when he heard Pang Xi say this, he suddenly choked and almost spit out a mouthful of tea with the tea leaves.
But then he thought that one gulp of tea cost nearly one tael of silver. The distressed Liu Zhang simply held back the sip of tea. This time, his face turned purple due to choking.
Or was it because he was patting him on the back and asked for Liu Zhang:
"Man Pang, are you telling the truth?
Can Jiangdong people spend five taels of silver just for this sip of tea?
Five taels of silver can buy hundreds of stones of rice, and even the kind of perfume that has become popular in Chengdu recently cannot be sold for five taels of silver."
Hearing Cheng Ji suddenly mention perfume, Pang Xi smiled even more happily, but he didn't go into details. He just cited the clue of the five taels of silver and said to the two people in front of him:
"Don't believe it, because Biluochun has very little yield, it needs careful care to thrive. If you are not careful, the tea seedlings will wilt. The main reason is the unfavorable climate."
"Moreover, there is very little land in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of it is occupied by aristocratic families. It would cost a lot to carve out such a piece of land specifically to grow tea."
"But the gentleman said that if we can cover the mountains in Yunnan, the cost of tea cultivation will be greatly reduced. By then, not only Biluochun, but also more and better tea products can be cultivated. By then,
Famous teas are blooming, and the price is more than five taels."
After Pang Xi said so much, Liu Zhang finally came to his senses and asked suspiciously:
"You have said so much, where is that gentleman now?
If he really has this ability, why not ask him to come out and meet us?"
"And Pang Xi, don't you remember?
Many years ago, there was a Nanmanzi in Yongchang. I never controlled them when my father was still here. Yongchang has always been isolated from the world. We didn't want to send people to control Yongchang until a few years ago.
By that time, the Nanzhong area had basically been invaded by the Nanmanzi."
"If we push forward a few decades, the gentleman you are talking about may still have the opportunity to grow tea in Yuexi, Yunnan and Zangda. Now I advise him to accept it as soon as possible. If he doesn't want to die, don't do it.
Go and set foot in Nanzhong.”
"Haha, what my lord is saying is that the Southern Barbarians are indeed a big problem. Fortunately, they did not rush northward, otherwise we would not have been so at ease over the years."
"In addition, regarding the gentleman I mentioned, I actually don't know where he is, haha."
"You! You are obviously delaying time on purpose!"
Liu Zhang was furious. After Pang Xi said so much, he scratched his head and ended by saying that he didn't know where the other party was. As expected, Pang Xi was still as good at making people think as before.
