Chapter 2212 Flower dispute (one hundred and twenty-one)

Tea is usually considered to be a drink that wakes people up and brings pleasure at the same time. At the same time, the tea table is also considered to be a social place to display politeness and elegant conversation, especially for women. If guests come, they will not give

It is considered impolite for them to pour a cup of tea or coffee with a charming aroma as a drink.

Almost every British woman has the habit of collecting saucers, teapots, and milk jugs, and these things have promoted industrial development to a certain extent. In addition to sapphires, Sri Lanka also produces tin pots, which are considered to be the best tea sets after silver pots.

, is the best choice for the middle class who cannot afford a silver teapot but don’t want to use a copper teapot.

However, just as the orators in ancient Rome debated immorality over silk, Britain was divided into those who favored tea and those who opposed tea. The anti-tea faction believed that the tea party was a place to spread gossip and create degenerate consumption.

In the eyes of tea people, those teapots and boxes containing tea are like Pandora's box, bad things will happen if you open it.

Their concerns are not unreasonable. The start of the American war is related to the Boston Tea Party. There are also some opponents who believe that lower-class women such as washerwomen and maids should not drink too much tea. After their hard work, they should be paid less than "dirty"

"Tea" is something more refreshing, that is, fragrant malt liquor.

Tea is a luxury product that once sold for as much as 6 pounds per pound. Some people believe that this magical oriental leaf has a calming effect, but its taxation was once as high as 120%, which led to smuggling and counterfeiting.

This happens frequently.

Chinese tea merchants mixed Japanese tea powder into inferior quality, and other smugglers directly used blackthorn, manchurian ash, and hawthorn trees to be dried and used as tea leaves. Therefore, "poisonous tea" also broke out, which grows in the plant kingdom.

They are very similar, but there are many poisonous plants. Usually those who buy cheap tea are low-income families, and their needs connive at smuggling and counterfeiting. After William Pitt came to power, "let the people drink tea with peace of mind" became his mission

Governance goals.

Later, tea was also called "scandal soup". From a certain perspective, although the British government lowered the tariff rate, it increased tax revenue a lot, reduced smuggling, and alleviated the huge fiscal deficit caused by the War of Independence.

There was no revolution like in France.

Britain has always wanted to get rid of its dependence on the "Guangzhou System" and Chinese tea. Botanists such as Linnaeus tried transplanting tea trees into greenhouses, but for unknown reasons, they did not bloom. It seemed that both tea and grapes were difficult to grow.

Grown on British soil.

Next, they tried planting in areas with the same latitude as Wuyi Mountain, but they still failed. However, they found many tea trees in Assam, India.

These are all local tea trees, not the Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao mother tree that Nick mentioned in his travel notes. In other words, they are not a plant at all. The black tea made from the tea leaves of the local tea trees in Assam basically has no tea flavor when brewed.

There was even dirt at the end, which was certainly not on the same level as the tea leaves on the Duchess's tea table.

But tea is a kind of "home comfort" placebo. Whether it is a hard-pressed worker or a seamstress, everyone enjoys evening tea time. The husband may read a newspaper or book, and the wife chats about the trivial matters encountered today, even if he has no experience at all.

Listening to it, this scene at least looks very high-end.

Many middle-class women would invite friends to their homes for tea after Sunday services. Ladies did not need to be accompanied by men here, so tea gradually became associated with women's elegant behavior. In this scene, people feel

Pleasant etiquette is the rule, and how to set a tea table has become a skill that young ladies must master. Even if France is not as keen on tea as the UK, French aristocratic girls' schools also need to learn this course.

This is just like being able to play the piano may not necessarily be useful one day, but if like Marie Antoinette, Madame Du Barry asks her to perform in public and she can't, then she will be "socially dead" and become someone else.

jokes.

Another topic is public anxiety about the purity of retail tea, which has prompted scientific research on the characteristics of tea. Many people have written pamphlets to teach everyone how to identify whether there are adulteration experiments. In addition, there are scholars like Linnaeus.

, classifying tea trees and making specimens. People once thought that black tea and green tea were different types of tea trees. Later, after comparison by botanists, it was confirmed that one kind of tea can be processed into black tea and green tea. The differences in taste, appearance and smell are due to processing

caused by craftsmanship.

After the tea is shipped to London, it will be sent to the East India Company's auction house in London. It is a building imitating the Pantheon in Rome. There is a hole in the ceiling, which allows sunlight to shine in, but it cannot completely illuminate the entire interior of the auction house. The wall.

There are Roman-style sculptures on the ceiling, and people participating in the auction sit on steps similar to the seats of the Senate. This part of the area is in darkness. In fact, being able to enter the auction house is a kind of franchise, and those who cannot enter are not even qualified to bid.

No. The teas are graded before being auctioned, and black teas are benchmarked against Wuyishan tea, which results in all non-green teas being called Wuyishan teas.

In the British tradition, tea chests are often very ornately decorated and equipped with locks to prevent servants from stealing valuable items in the tea chest. Because tea must be kept dry, it is very suitable for storing documents such as wills.

Therefore, the tea box and its contents can only be accessed by specific people, and Georgiana's seal is also placed in the box that Matilda is carrying.

She woke up the next morning after taking the medicine, feeling much better than the day before. However, she had no memory of anyone standing beside her bed the night before. Then she opened her suitcase and checked, and there was nothing missing.

thing.

"It's true, I swear." Margaret said again.

Carolyn Lestrange sat on the sofa and looked at her suspiciously.

Georgiana drank blue butterfly pea flower oolong tea. After reading enough files from the Inquisition, she understood that humans lie for various reasons. She did not want witch hunts or witch hunts in Napoleon's court.

The poison incident will happen again, but Hu Yin needs to be careful.

Part of Nick's record is very fantasy, and the credibility would be much higher if there were no fantasy content.

No matter if Napoleon took it away, she could just get rid of it temporarily and focus on the "now" things.

This is very strange. The Qing Empire has died and Napoleon is also dead. What is she busy with?

"Could it be the Voldemort bat?" Louvre Truman said at this time. "Someone was attacked by it in Papua New Guinea."

Carolan scoffed, "It doesn't exist."

"Why do you say that?" asked Georgiana.

"No one has ever seen it except the discoverer," Carolan said.

Georgiana recalled that the living shroud was indeed discovered in 1782, just over 20 years ago. As a new species, it has not been recognized.

"Can you call upon the gods to protect you?" Georgiana asked Carolan.

Carolan didn't answer.

"I will." Louvre said, summoning a Springer Spaniel with a wand.

It was very lively, running around the room, and Georgiana looked at Louvre, who had survived that day thanks to the compound antidote she handed her.

"Do you think it has any effect on the Obscurus?" Georgiana asked.

Louvre was stunned.

"The shadow you are talking about is on the same level as Obscurus?" Carolan asked.

"I don't know, it's an unknown creature."

"How are you sure it exists?" Carolan asked.

"I can feel it." Georgiana looked at the sky outside. The sun had already come out. To facilitate her attendance, the venue of this summit was in the art gallery next to Place Richelieu. "Let's go, and you two

Go buy some lace, I heard it is a specialty of Calais, remember to give it to..."

"Okay, let's go." Carolan urged, as if he was afraid that she would regret it. He and Louvre took one of Georgiana's arms and "escorted" her out of the hotel.
Chapter completed!