The morning sun in early spring spreads on the hazy earth through the faint morning mist. The tender green leaves buds, and the revived grass stretches out its little head to receive the baptism of the sun, and the new greens bathe in the bright red morning glow. The spring rains all night make the ground wet, and the dewdrops on the leaf buds reflect the rising sun reflect a strange light. The grass is dotted with a little red, white, and yellow unknown wild flowers, swaying with the breeze. The birds on the branches also begin a morning singing session, and the birds singing one after another set off the vitality of the earth.

Li Ming sat alone at the bow of the boat, holding his knees, looking at the beautiful scenery on both sides obsessed with him, deeply intoxicated. After entering Jiangzhou, the rivers gradually increased and crisscrossed, but the roads became narrower and hard to move. It was hard to abandon the carriage and board the boat. Fortunately, Jiangzhou was rich and there were many large ships, so it was quick to catch the carriage on the boat and go down the road.

He was originally born in a poor mountain village in the north. When he grew up, he only worked in the north and had never seen such beautiful southern scenery. In the past, he always heard that the scenery in Jiangnan was so good, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. But the scenery in front of him should be no less than the scenery in Jiangnan in his era. He had imagined that one day he would be rich and would build a villa by the West Lake. Now this wish seems to be realized in this era, but it is hard to say whether there is a place with good landscapes like West Lake in this era.

A long gown was put on Li Ming's shoulder. Li Ming woke up from his thoughts. He turned around and saw Zhang Yao standing behind him, sleepy eyes and scattered hair, looking at him with concern. He smiled apologetically and said, "It's still early, why don't you sleep for a while? Did I wake you up?"

Zhang Yao smiled and said, "It's because I can't sleep by myself. This is the first time I've been on a boat in my life. I didn't sleep well last night. I had a lot of dew in the morning, so be careful not to catch a cold."

Li Ming moved a little to the side, asked Zhang Yao to do it, tamper with her scattered hair, looked at her clear eyes and said, "I feel sorry for you after I leave my hometown and come to such a far place."

Zhang Yao smiled and leaned on Li Ming's shoulder and said, "Sir, don't say that, it seems that we are too distant. Yao'er is the greatest happiness of Yao'er when she is with her husband. Yao'er has not walked such a long way to go and see such beautiful scenery! With her husband, there are new things every day and the care of her husband, Yao'er is not too happy! Mr. Don't say such words again in the future. Without the appearance of her husband, how could Yao'er feel such a colorful life? Hehe, this sentence was learned from me, "a colorful life". Every word of Mr. can make people feel after a long time!"

Li Ming smiled bitterly, and his hand tightened his arms around Zhang Yao's shoulders, sighed, "I am very satisfied with having Yaoer beside me. Such a beautiful scenery has made me think of living in seclusion with beauty. However, the scene in Zezhou still lingers in my mind and cannot be dispersed. So I am very conflicted now. Should I continue my plan of seclusion? Or should I give up seclusion for the time being and do something for the people of the world. Yaoer, please help me get an idea."

Zhang Yaoyao shook her head and said, "Yao'er grew up in the boudoir freely. Although she has more contact with the world than ordinary girls, I really don't understand the world. Yao'er also wants to help those hungry people, but Yao'er really doesn't know what to do. She has no objection to how she is willing to do Yao'er. Anyway, I'm going to follow you. By the way, will it cost a lot of money to help them and buy a lot of grain to give them? She doesn't object to doing this!"

Li Ming smiled and shook his head and said, "Give them food is just a way to treat symptoms but not root causes. What should they do after they have eaten the food? Where can I get so much money to help them? If I want to completely save them, I must completely change the current situation. This system allows everyone to have a source of life and everyone has the minimum living security. To achieve the goal of having a place to support the elderly and teaching the young, this is what I want to do."

Zhang Yao raised her head and looked at Li Ming blankly and said, "I can't understand a word of what the sir said. Yao'er is really stupid. What can't help her? Alas! It would be great if Sister Lin Long was here, she should be able to help her. By the way, why did Sister Lin Long leave that day? You didn't say it at that time. Sister Lin Long is so good. She is beautiful and has high martial arts skills. She can also help you. Not as stupid as me! It's better to find the Holy Hand King and ask her to help get Sister Lin Long back. Yao'er can see that in fact, Sister Lin likes Mr. Lin, too, but she is embarrassed to say it herself. Yao'er is very willing to serve Mr. Lin with Sister Lin!"

Li Ming hugged Zhang Yao in his arms and said, "Yao'er, don't say this again in the future. I, Li Ming, have Yao'er alone in this life, and no longer need anyone else. Okay, don't talk about Lin Long anymore. Look, how beautiful the scenery on both sides of the strait is! Don't talk, sit here to see the scenery with me."

The sun gradually rose, and the morning mist had dissipated. The lush tea forests on both sides were endless, and the tender green bud tips looked particularly green under the sunlight.

Li Ming suddenly remembered something, stood up and said to Zhang Yao, "I have something to do with the boatman. Go and wash it up quickly, and call Xiao Cui. This little girl is getting lazy, don't look like a little fat pig." After that, he walked towards the stern of the boat.

Due to the smooth journey, the boss of the boat was now lying at the stern of the boat and watching the boat girl make breakfast. Seeing Li Ming coming, the boss of the boat hurriedly got up and smiled flatteringly at Li Ming, "Why are you here? If you have something to do, just call the villain. How can you bother the young master to come here in person?"

Li Ming waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be too polite. I'll ask for something. Now it's almost time to Qingming Festival?"

The boss of the ship said, "If you want to go back to the master, it will be Qingming in half a month. The weather in Jiangzhou is hotter early, which is very different from the north."

Li Ming nodded, pointed to the tea forests on both sides of the strait and said, "Who are these tea trees from? So many?"

After hearing this, the boat boss laughed and said, "Young Master, it seems that you are really from the north. You have never been to the south. The tea trees in the south are all wild. The weather here is humid and hot, which is very suitable for the growth of tea trees, so the more tea trees here grow. In the past, the production of tea cakes was controlled by the government, and the transaction of tea cakes was also the affairs of the government. However, for some reason in the past ten years, the government has begun to allow private tea making, but the tax on private tea is very high, and only a few large households can afford it. In a few days, the young master will see tea picking, and the scene is spectacular! The mountains and fields are full of tea picking people. They have to steam, pound, pat, and roast the fresh tea picked before Qingming Festival to make round tea, pick high-quality teas as tributes, and the rest can be sold as new teas of that year. If the young master wants to eat this year's new tea, it will probably have to wait a month later."

Li Ming smiled and said, "It is rare that the old man knows so well about the process of making tea. By the way, is there anyone who makes tea with stir-frying green?"

The old man said, "I used to make tea in the tea garden run by our state government. When people are old, they can't do it anymore, so they use their savings for many years, and borrow from others to buy this boat. Finally, they have some business to make their own business. What did the young master just say about stir-frying green? The old man has never heard of it. The first step in making tea is to steam the fresh tea leaves in a basket. I have never heard of it using fried tea. Do you still need to stir-fry in the tea industry? No one does this? By the way, the old man just cooked a little loose tea. Let's try it first." After that, he scooped a bowl of tea and brought it over.

Li Ming thanked him and took the tea bowl. He had loved drinking tea in his own era, especially West Lake Longjing, but in this era, he always drank the round tea cooked in the pot. The color and fragrance of the tea was lost, and the bitterness in his mouth was hard to bear. Whenever he missed the West Lake Longjing that he had drunk before, the faint fragrance of tea could emerge from his mouth. Now when he was in the south, he still had to drink tea made from this backward craft. He was really unwilling to accept it. Thinking of this, a light suddenly flashed through his mind: Isn’t this my chance? Tea is the only drink that can be drunk in this society. I don’t think I could have any pleasure before.

If you can use advanced tea making technology to make a delicious Longjing here, wouldn’t you be rich? With money, you can do whatever you want. If possible, this will be the starting point of your career! If you really want to let the people be in the water and fire, everything is empty talk! Then again, even if you still have no ambitions and just want to devote your love to the mountains and rivers, then while boating in the clear water, savoring the fragrant Longjing, and listening to Yao'er's melodious flute, that is also a great joy in life! Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile, put down the tea bowl and ran into the cabin.

Li Ming rushed into the cabin, ignored Zhang Yao and Xiao Cui's surprised gazes, reached out and picked up Zhang Yao and turned around several big circles in the cabin, shouting loudly: "I know what to do! I know what to do!"

Postscript:

I just rushed home from another place and haven't updated it for nearly a month. I'm so sorry for everyone. I haven't written it for a long time and I feel that my hands are a little bored. Please forgive me if there are any shortcomings.
Chapter completed!