On the fourth day after Li Yuanjia returned, the spring tea picked and roasted from Jiangnan arrived.
Silently, more than a dozen large vehicles drove in from the east gate of Chang'an City, all the way north to Shengyefang, and then silently drove into Prince Han's Mansion.
After several years of preparation, the quantity of tea produced this year has improved qualitatively.
One car contains one hundred kilograms of this year's spring tea, and a dozen cars weigh nearly two thousand kilograms. They were carefully stored, filling a warehouse specially prepared by Li Yuanjia.
He took out a small bag and let Mo Hua make a pot of it. He took a sip and a satisfied smile appeared on Li Yuanjia's face.
The taste is not bad.
Although he has no research on tea at all, he still lets Mo Hua and the others make tea every day. Li Yuanjia can taste the difference between this new tea and the old tea at home - the fragrance seems to be slightly stronger
A little bit?
"Even if it's a psychological effect, I admit it!"
After sighing with satisfaction, Li Yuanjia raised his hand and said to Han Lucheng who was waiting on the side: "Have you finished all the wooden boxes I asked you to make?"
Licking his dry lips, Han Lucheng said helplessly: "I told you, I have only made five. The main reason is that the boxes you asked to make are too delicate, and it will take a lot of time just to carve the patterns on them.
, and most of the carpenters at home now help in the car-turning workshop... Now they can only make two at most a day!"
In front of Li Yuanjia, Han Lucheng had no intention of hiding anything.
The longer he follows the king, the better he understands his master. He knows that at this time, he must not talk nonsense just to please the king, but must tell the truth. As long as he simply explains the reason, even if the king is unhappy, he will never blame him.
onto his head.
Just those wooden boxes that the king wants are really too troublesome to make!
All are made of the best wood, and the texture is already very hard. As a result, it has to be polished, carved with patterns, and painted. It is quite laborious even for experienced carpenters...
Sure enough, when he heard that only five had been made, Li Yuanjia's expression suddenly darkened, but he did not get angry. He just frowned and said: "It should be ready at the turning workshop, right? Ask someone to ask Wang
Pu and Chen Mu, if it’s all right, take two people out and do more quickly!”
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will send someone to ask now!"
Without any hesitation, Han Lucheng immediately bowed and nodded.
He knew what the king wanted those wooden boxes to do, it must be to contain tea leaves as gifts, and the recipients were some of the top dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally he did not dare to neglect them.
But before he could go out to look for someone, Li Yuanjia frowned and said: "Wait a moment, bring the five boxes that have been made, put half a catty of tea in each, and then send someone to Jiucheng Palace...
...Well, I will write a letter later and take it with me to present to His Majesty!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After Han Lucheng went out, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but shook his head, and then sighed.
What a waste!
Knowing that Li Shimin didn't like tea, but loved goat's milk, I guess the five boxes of tea sent over were just thrown into some emperor's warehouse, never to see the light of day again.
But if you don’t give it away, you really can’t do it!
To put it bluntly, Li Shimin knew that he planted a lot of tea trees in the south of the Yangtze River and sent a large amount of new tea to Chang'an every year. So it doesn't matter whether the emperor drinks it or not. You, a younger brother and a minister, have good things and don't know how to give him some.
Maybe I will give Li Yuanjia little shoes to wear later - our King Han is of great use for tea!
Li Yuanjia felt a headache when he thought that in addition to the emperor, the prince, the king of Wei, his father-in-law and his uncle had to send it. There were so many tea leaves, of course it didn't bother him, but it was really troublesome to make the box to hold the tea leaves.
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And what makes him even more troubled is that the things he wants to give are not just tea. For example, the playing cards that are extremely popular in Chang'an City, and the Hanwang Paper that is now the most expensive in the world, and of course
Except for the emperor, no one else has the glass on the wheel, and the rich man who will definitely be popular in Chang'an in the future...
The emperor, Fang Xuanling, and his uncle Yu Wenshiji, these three are all necessary gifts.
As for the two eldest nephews, the prince and the king of Wei, Li Yuanjia thought about it and thought that he could give some tea to them, especially to the king of Wei Li Tai. He even planned to give him ten or eight boxes directly - it was not easy to meet one.
If you like tea, Li Yuanjia is naturally very generous.
But for other things, sorry, just spend money to buy them!
For example, if he plans to sell a hundred pieces of glass this year, Li Yuanjia can give his eldest nephews a 20% discount... No, give them a 50% discount. After all, they are the two most popular big guys at the moment, and they can also help promote it.
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While thinking about it, Li Yuanjia began to write a letter to Wei King Li Tai, asking to borrow his Furong Garden for two days.
The time for the trip has just been decided, it will be May 30th.
More than a month is enough time for Li Yuanjia to prepare everything for this trip, and it is also enough time for those who receive the invitation letter to prepare...
"Go! Go!"
Just when Li Yuanjia was thinking about his words, there was a knock on the door of the study room. Mo Hua went over to open the door, and Chun Yan came in and saluted: "Your Majesty, Cheng Erlang is here."
"Huh? He's here again?"
As soon as he heard the words Cheng Erlang, Li Yuanjia's scalp tightened, and the brush in his hand immediately drew an ugly diagonal line on the white paper!
"...Yes, Your Majesty, we are waiting in the side room now."
"Okay, take me there."
Seeing that Chun Yan was obviously holding back a smile, Li Yuanjia twitched the corners of his mouth, couldn't help but let out a long sigh, put down his brush and stood up.
Once Cheng Erlang arrived, his half-day was basically wasted.
So when following Chun Yan out, Li Yuanjia couldn't help frowning and complaining: "Tell me, why is this Cheng Erlang so...ahem! Even Fang Jun can finish two books in one month.
It took another month, but in the end, Cheng Erlang's progress was less than two-thirds of Fang Jun's!"
Having said this, Li Yuanjia subconsciously sighed again.
He really didn't know what to do when he encountered such a stupid person. It's okay to say that Cheng Erlang didn't study hard, but he was really serious. He didn't know how many small notebooks he used for studying, and the result was
It's like a string that doesn't have mathematics in its mind, it just won't ring!
But just after sighing, Li Yuanjia suddenly thought of what he had just said, and immediately looked at the girl beside him: "Chunyan, do you know what the two-thirds I just said means?"
Blinking her big eyes, Chunyan smiled and said: "Of course I know, Your Majesty. You asked us to learn mathematics from the princess, so of course we don't dare to neglect it. I have already reached the fifth volume."
"Yo? It's already the fifth volume?"
After listening to Chun Yan's words, Li Yuanjia smiled in surprise and said: "I can't tell that you are quite talented in mathematics... Sigh, you said that Cheng Erlang, even with half your talent, wouldn't be as good as