Capital Datang

The wine lasted until the branches of the moon broke up. Although the alcohol content of the Tang wine is not high, it can be intoxicating if you drink too much. Li Yin was helped out by the guards when he was drunk, and he didn't remember what happened afterwards.When he woke up, it was already the next morning, and he had already returned to the palace.

After waking up from a hangover, Li Yin had a headache and wanted to saw his head off. Fortunately, Wen'er had already prepared the hangover soup in the kitchen. Li Yin drank several bowls in a row before feeling better. He lay on the bed and groaned for a long time I just got up, and did Tai Chi in the garden again, and then I barely regained my energy.

"Your Highness, the steward of the tea garden has brought over the newly picked spring tea this year!" Li Yin just sat down and took a sip of the salty and astringent tea before Gao Zhong came in and reported to him that the inner courtyard of the palace is the same as the palace. Men were allowed to enter. There used to be eunuchs, but they were all rushed to the front yard by Li Yin. Now, except for the maids and servants who do rough work, there is only Li Yin in the inner courtyard, unless Li Yin allows it.Of course, Gao Zhong is the head of the palace and also a eunuch, so he is not restricted.

"Bah! That's great, bring the people and the tea soon, and finally don't have to drink the tea dregs!" Li Min spit out the tea in his mouth. He really couldn't stand the strange taste of Datang's tea. It's bitter without salt. He couldn't get used to drinking it with added salt, so he had been thinking about frying some tea for a long time.He had ordered Gao Zhong before that after picking this year's spring tea, it would be sent directly to the palace without any treatment, and it happened to be delivered today.

While waiting for someone to pull the tea leaves, Li Yin first cut some fine moso bamboos in the garden and removed the leaves to make a broom for frying tea. Then he asked Wen'er to find a small iron pot in the kitchen, and also found a charcoal stove for heating in winter. , When all these were ready, Gao Zhong came to the garden with a middle-aged steward pushing a cart.Capital Datang 13

"The steward Liu Hu sees the lord!" The middle-aged steward named Liu Hu parked the car and saluted Li Min. Liu Hu looked to be in his 40s, with a stocky appearance and a strong body, and he walked with a bit of a soldier The neat and sturdy.

"Well, get up!" Li Yin didn't expect a tea garden steward to have such a temperament, and couldn't help asking curiously, "Liu Hu, have you served in the army before?"

"My lord, the villain used to serve in the army of the Duke of Wei, but he retired due to injury. Fortunately, the lord appreciated it and let the villain manage the tea garden." Liu Hu clasped his fists and saluted.The Duke of Wei is Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, who conquered the Turks in Pingxiao and went on an expedition to Tuyuhun. downwind.

"Well, that's right. I didn't expect that there is such a talent as you under my lord. Work hard, and I will never treat you badly in the future!" Li Yin smiled and praised a few words, Liu Hu also cooperated very much, and immediately burst into tears of gratitude He said that he would repay Li Yin's kindness of knowing him with all his heart.

Afterwards, Li Yin began to stir-fry tea by himself. Gao Zhong and Liu Hu both stayed. Li Yin planned to let Liu Hu learn to make all the tea leaves from the tea garden into fried tea. After all, such a large tea garden cannot be done by himself Stir-frying, and after the tea is roasted, not only can you drink it yourself, but it is also good to give it to others in the future.

Heat the small iron pot to a certain temperature, then put in more than half a catty of tea leaves and stir fry quickly for 2 to [-] minutes. This is called full pot rotation. When the leaves are soft and dark green, raise the pot to lower the temperature , and then use force to rotate the tea leaves in the pot, which is called pulling strength. When the leaves shrink into strips and become sticky, raise the pot and then lower the temperature, and fry until the tea leaves are drilled into the branches of the broom. Stir-fry several times, and when the leaves are [-]% to [-]% dry, they can be out of the pan.

The fried tea is dark green in color and curled into strips, which is exactly the same as the tea Li Yin drank in later generations. This method of frying tea was read by Li Yin from the Internet, and he did not expect that the first operation would produce good tea.

"Your Highness, your method of frying tea is novel, and the aroma of the tea is also very strange, but I don't know how the brewed tea tastes like?" Liu Hu sniffled and said, as the steward of the tea garden, he knows tea very well. It's just the first time I've seen such a method of making tea, so I'm a little unsure.

"Hehe, this tea is not boiled, just brew it with boiling water. Wen'er, is the water ready?" Li Yin said with a smile.

"Okay!" Wen'er agreed, and walked up with boiling water.Hua'er put several cups, Li Yin put the tea in himself, Wen'er poured boiling water into it, the curled up tea leaves slowly unfolded in the water, and the tea water also turned emerald green and transparent, looking like emeralds.But after a while, a light and long-lasting tea fragrance permeated the air, and the smell shook people's spirits.

"Huh? Good tea! Good tea!" Liu Hu sniffed and sniffed the fragrance of tea, while praising loudly. Know the quality of this tea.The tea brewed from this fried tea is definitely better than the tea he had drunk before.Liu Hu stared at the tea cup with bright eyes. If it wasn't for Li Yin's identity, he would have snatched the cup and tasted it first.

"Come, come, everyone, let's have a taste and see how the king's tea is?" Li Yin waved his hand and took a sip of the tea.Well, it feels good. It tastes similar to the tea leaves that cost a few dollars a tael on the street in later generations. Roasting tea is a technical job. Apart from the quality of the tea itself, the more skilled workers are, the better the tea is. The hand did not fry the tea, which is considered to be very good.

Seeing that Li Yin had already tasted it, Liu Hu impatiently picked up the teacup, put it under his nose and sniffed lightly for a few times, with an intoxicated expression on his face, and then slowly sipped it until the cup of tea was finished. , and then put down the teacup with reminiscence on his face, and looked at Li Yin with a look of awe.Gao Zhong, Wen'er, and Hua'er also took a sip. They might not be used to it at first, but they gradually felt the benefits of roasted tea, and drank it down with joy.

"Your Highness, this tea soup is bright in color and has a high aroma. It is slightly bitter at the beginning, gradually cools down, and sweet at the end. It makes people have an endless aftertaste. It is simply a fairy tea from the heavens. I can guarantee that there is no tea in this world that can compare with this tea." Tea!" Liu Hu saluted Li Yin deeply.

"Hahaha~, Guanshi Liu is really good, and he immediately revealed the characteristics of this tea." Li Yin smiled triumphantly, he just couldn't hear others' praise, and when others praised Li Yin, he got a little carried away, "Guanshi Liu, I will pass on the method of frying tea to you, and the tea produced in the tea garden is made in this way."

"Thank you, my lord, for your trust. I will live up to my lord's entrustment." Although Liu Hu had vaguely guessed the reason why Li Yin let him stay, when he heard Li Yin say it with his own ears, he was still so excited that he couldn't restrain himself.As a steward of the tea garden, how could he fail to see the importance of this method of frying tea, but His Royal Highness King Liang taught him the method without hesitation, which shows his trust in himself.

"Your Highness, this method of frying tea must be kept secret. The roasted tea leaves can be handed over to an old slave, and then sold in the market. The profits will definitely be huge, and the money obtained can also make up for the shortfall of the palace. Before Li Yin could speak, Gao Zhong next to him jumped out excitedly and said.

Selling tea?Li Yin didn't think about this. The first thing he made tea was to drink it himself, and the second was to give it to others. He never thought of using tea to make money. After all, in his thinking, he should not be short of money. Bar?But from the meaning of Gao Zhong's words, it seems that the finances of Prince Liang's Mansion are not optimistic?

"Gao Zhong, what do you mean by that? Is there still a deficit in the mansion?" Li Yin asked curiously.Capital Datang 13

"This..." Gao Zhong's face froze. Originally, he shouldn't have told Li Yin about this kind of thing, but he slipped his mouth in a moment of excitement. Now that Li Yin asked, how should he answer?

"His Royal Highness, the finances of the mansion are indeed not very good. The income of the palace is not enough to meet the expenses. It is already heavily in debt. Fortunately, Concubine Yang and the King of Shu often subsidize it, so it can barely maintain..." Gao Zhong hesitated, and finally decided Let's tell the truth, because he found that since King Liang woke up from his injury, he seemed to be a different person, and he should know about these things.

After Gao Zhong's introduction, Li Yin finally understood the income and expenditure of his palace. The income of the palace is mainly the salary of his prince, and the salary of the Tang Dynasty is not just coins, but money, food and employment. The income, money and food are very simple, and you can use it if you give it to you. The prince is a first-class man, and he has 1200 acres of land. The tenants on these lands give him a certain amount of rent every year, which is his fixed salary.In addition, there are some rewards and gifts in the palace at ordinary times, which can be regarded as a considerable income.In fact, he still has a fief, and the taxes on the fief belong to him, but he can only control it when he becomes an adult.

As a prince, Li Yin's fixed salary for one year is not too small. This alone is enough for the expenses of his palace. In addition, the rewards from the palace and the money saved by Concubine Yang are often given to his son. It stands to reason that Li Yin should be living well, but in fact he is not.

The expenditure for maintaining the operation of the entire palace is not too large, only accounting for a quarter of the total expenditure, and the remaining three quarters are Li Yin's personal expenses. In the past, Li Yin was doing everything from eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, and he was used to being extravagant Now, they would hold feasts in major restaurants every now and then, rewarding a kabuki several times with a wave of hands.Don’t think that there is always a small amount of money, and it is always a thousand coins. In the Tang Dynasty, one penny can buy more than two catties of rice. In the 21st century, a catty of rice in China costs at least two or three yuan. The purchasing power of one penny in the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to five in later generations. It's a lot, almost catching up with the exchange rate between the US dollar and the renminbi.

It has always been more than 5000 yuan, and a reward for a kabuki is tens of thousands of yuan. A banquet will not only invite a kabuki, and with the expenses of food and drinks, a banquet will cost at least a million.In addition, Li Yin used to be easy to gamble, and his luck was bad, so he lost a lot at once, no amount of money was enough for him to squander like this.Over the past few years, the foundation of Prince Liang's mansion has completely torn him apart.In order to maintain the expenditure of the palace, the palace can only borrow money from outsiders, and now the foreign debt alone owes thousands of guan.

The most pitiful thing was Concubine Yang. After knowing this situation, she gave all her body and money to Li Min, but she lived in poverty in the palace. Usually, any rewards Li Shimin had were given to Li Min as soon as they changed hands. Damn, Li Ke even complained that Concubine Yang was biased.When Li Yin went to visit Concubine Yang the day before yesterday, he saw that the Wangyun Palace was very elegantly furnished, without any more luxurious decorations. In fact, it was not that Concubine Yang didn’t like luxury, but that she loved her children so much that she put all the valuable things in her palace. I gave it to Li Yin, and I usually don't even have the money to reward the maids in the palace.

When talking about the current situation of Concubine Yang, Gao Zhong was in tears. He entered the palace at the age of eight and followed Concubine Yang when she was still the princess of the previous dynasty. He followed Concubine Yang to Qin Palace until the end of the Sui Dynasty. , was sent by Concubine Yang to take care of Li Min, until now.It can be said that his affection for Concubine Yang is deeper than that for Li Yin. Thinking of Concubine Yang's ten thousand gold body but such a miserable life, he couldn't help crying on the ground.

asshole!Li Yin wished he could slap himself twice, Li Yin in the past was definitely a bastard, with such a good mother who loves him, he is still so disappointing, he is simply inferior to a beast.Thinking of Concubine Yang's concern for him in the palace the day before yesterday, Li Yin felt a burst of warmth. Now that he is fortunate to be the son of this great mother, he should behave well and never hurt his mother's heart again!Thinking of this, Li Yin swore secretly in his heart.

"Gao Zhong, get up! Don't cry anymore! Go borrow a sum of money immediately, and then send someone to buy as much tea as possible this year. Liu Hu, you organize the tea masters in the tea garden and sign a confidentiality contract with them. They received twice the salary, taught them the method of frying tea, roasted a large amount of tea, and then organized people to sell it. In the future, the palace will never be able to rely on the support of the queen mother and the emperor's brother!" With a goal in mind, Li Yin immediately I felt a shock all over my body, and my whole body seemed to be enriched a lot.

"Yes, my lord!" Gao Zhong and Liu Hu immediately agreed. Liu Hu didn't notice anything, but Gao Zhong felt that Li Yin's temperament suddenly changed in front of him. Somewhat confident and decisive, faintly similar to Wu Wang Li Ke.

ps: I'm late for the mid-autumn festival, so I'm late, I hope everyone understands. . ..