In Bianjing City's downtown area and where residents gather, Panlou Street and Maxing Street where vendors gather, teahouses are the most prosperous; all kinds of teahouses are lined up in rows. Panlou East Street Cross Street: Lights are lit at five o'clock every day, and business is done. The morning tea shop that sells clothes, pictures, garlands, napkins, etc. closes at dawn, which is called a ghost market;

Wang Pang and two people walked on Maxing Street and saw that there were tea houses and hotels in the lanes and lanes. These were different from the tea shops that Wang Pang and the others usually went to. Just like the tea shops, they actually did not sell tea. Mainly wine, with rice and side dishes.

There is also a water tea house, where prostitutes set up tables and stools for tea. The younger generations are willing to spend money on tea, which is called tea money. This is equivalent to drinking tea and chatting. Wang Pang couldn't help but think of what he sometimes said jokingly in his previous life: "Ten yuan for a chat." This is probably the kind of person who sells their art but not their body, otherwise why would there be such a thing as a flower teahouse?

This Flower Tea House: There are three or five tea shops on the street, with prostitutes upstairs. They are called Flower Tea Houses. Such as Shi Xifang Nan Pan Jie Gan, Yu Qilang Tea House, Baoyou Fang Bei Zhu Skull Tea House, Taiping Fang Guo Silang Tea House Fang, the first Qixianggan Tea House in the north of Taipingfang. These five places are full of speculation and are not a place for gentlemen to stop.

In Bianliang, Tokyo, there are still night markets after the Three Drums. Various industries are distributed in various streets and markets, and transactions are easily worth hundreds or tens of millions. It is a lively place with non-stop transactions all night long.[

Merchants gathered and demanded places for rest, banquets, and entertainment, so restaurants, restaurants, and brothels were everywhere. Teahouses also took advantage of the opportunity to rise and join them. Naturally, teahouses are not just about having a cup of tea and then leaving. For several hours, they combined chatting, trading, and singing, and socializing over tea was even more concentrated.

There are big businessmen in big teahouses, and ordinary businessmen and ordinary citizens in small teahouses.

If Mr. Wang Pang and his friends want to go to drink tea on weekdays, they will naturally not go to the market teahouse. The place they go must be elegantly decorated. They usually go to the Huangjianzui Cuqiu Tea House next to Zhang Noodle Shop and Cheercha on the street. The four tea houses will be inspected. The Zhuangyuan Building has flower stands in the room with seasonal flowers, exotic pines and junipers, and famous calligraphy and paintings. The environment also needs a quiet and elegant teahouse.

There is one place that is already unique: "Mama Wang's tea shop is named Yiku Ghost Tea House". Although the name is strange, it has its origin: this strange tea shop name is unknown and was compiled by a talented person from the city calligraphy club in the Song Dynasty. It talks about a story. Mrs. Wang acted as a matchmaker for Professor Wu, a teacher, which led to a strange and strange incident. Later, a tea shop was advertised with this name, and it got this strange and shocking name, even though they were all friends of scholar-bureaucrats. A gathering place, but the name is not elegant.

The two brothers Wang Pang came to Xianren Cave. Wang Pang had been out of town for more than a year, and they didn't know when such a tea restaurant opened in Bianjing. Only when they got there did they realize that Xianren Cave was not the name of the tea house, but that it was famous for its characteristics. This place is on Caomen Street. The teahouse has its own name.

"Beishanzi Teahouse".

Entering the teahouse, you will see that it is different from other teahouses. There are few famous flowers and paintings inside. Instead, there is a beautiful pool. There is an artificial pool in the teahouse, forming a small bridge and flowing water. There are also rockery and stone decorations, just like a fairy cave and fairy bridge. Seats and seats It is not made of precious wood, but various tree stumps. The taller and thicker ones are made into coffee tables, and the short prototypes are processed into tea stools.

Just looking at the theme design, it is no less than a theme teahouse from a thousand years ago. Drinking tea here would be more interesting. What’s more, the owner is ingenious. In addition to the tea doctor who orders tea for the guests, all the singing girls in the teahouse are the same. The ladies wear light makeup, which is different from the fragrant tea ladies in other teahouses. Instead, they have a more elegant temperament.

"Haha, how did you find such an elegant place in Yuanze?" Wang Pang praised.

"Haha" Yuanze also laughed: "Although my brother is proficient in the "official way" (Note 1), I still know a little about tea ceremony."

No wonder the twin brothers are connected in spirit, and what Yuan Ze is thinking about is exactly what Wang Pang is thinking about today. Seeing that Zhong Zhen has not arrived yet, Yuan Ze calls for Dr. Tea and orders some tea. Watching Dr. Cha order tea, Yuan Ze asks Wang Pang

To: "If you have ever heard of the saying 'Tang Jian and Song Dian'"

Wang Pang had long been uncomfortable with returning to the Song Dynasty to drink tea, but he followed the locals and had many things on his mind along the way. Geng Yuanze, Zhong Zhen and other companions rarely mentioned these things.

No wonder Yuanze likes Liu Qi, he also has the face of a child. This does not mean that Yuanze looks old, but that he is young and has a calm appearance. He is gentle and speaks in a leisurely manner, and his voice is not like the generous female king next to him.

Teaching scholars. I saw him talking about

"If you say that among the people of the previous generation, you must visit Mr. Cai when you go to Jianzhou. He is a master of tea ceremony. He can tell the name and grade of tea by observing the taste. Among my contemporaries, Su Zizhan is a tea connoisseur.

As a brother, I can only say a few words in front of you."

Wang Pang nodded, that Su Zizhan can be said to be a gentleman of the young generation. He could talk about poetry, calligraphy and poetry, taste wine and discuss tea, and he was also a suave person. When I found the stone that traveled through the past and the present, I gave Su Zizhan before I left.

Zizhan was brought back to modern times to see what he could do. Wang Pang thought this, and felt funny in his heart, but he still listened intently to Wang Pang's story:

Lu Yu's "The Book of Tea" said: "Tea is a drink that originated from Shen Nong. In ancient times, people chewed tea leaves and transformed them into decoctions. That is, after washing the fresh leaves, add water to boil them in a clay pot, and consume them with the soup and leaves.

Although the boiled tea is bitter, it has a strong taste and is superior in flavor and efficacy. In the future, the tea will be eaten as a dish and cooked as a soup. After the tea leaves are cooked, they will be mixed with the food and eaten. The tea is mixed with cinnamon, ginger and some spices.

Cook and eat together

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the fresh leaves were pounded into cake-shaped tea balls with wooden sticks, and then dried or dried for storage. When drinking, the tea balls were first mashed into a pot, boiled water was poured in, and seasoned with green onions, ginger and oranges.

The king listened with great interest. If he could use the Tonggu Stone to tell the story of tea, he would know it, but it would not be as vivid as what Yuan Ze said. "How do you two gentlemen?" Hearing someone speaking behind him, he turned around and saw that it was Zhong Zhen.

arrive,

Apart from Zhong Zhen's cloak and light green robe, Zhong Zhen's complexion is very fair. In the past one or two years, he has become half a young man. Calculating that the younger brother is about three years old, Zhong Zhen is slightly younger than Wang Pang and the others by one or two years.

But his sophistication is deeper than that of the two younger brothers. This may have been influenced by his frequent visits to the palace.[

"Zhong Zhen, you came just in time. We are about to talk about 'Tang Jian and Song Dian'" Yuan Ze said. Zhong Zhen heard this and sat down.

At this time, the tea doctor is paying out a qian spoon of tea, first pouring in the soup to make it very even. Then add more, and whisk it back and forth until the soup can be divided into four parts. His face is bright and white, and it is best if there are no traces of water on the cup."

Put the sifted tea powder into the tea cup, add a small amount of boiling water, stir it evenly, then add boiling water, and beat it repeatedly with a bamboo tea spoon to produce foam (called soup flower), which reaches the edge of the tea cup.

The best condition is when no water marks are left on the wall.

When the three of them saw that the tea had been ordered, they raised their glasses and sipped slowly, enjoying the pure and pleasant aroma of the tea, the sweet and mellow taste of the tea and the clear tea soup, appreciating the natural color, fragrance and character of the tea.

Zhong Zhen said with a smile: "It seems that I came at the right time. This tea is good. I didn't know there was such good tea here."

Dr. Tea smiled and said: "The three young gentlemen are all distinguished guests. This is a top-quality Dragon and Phoenix Tuan tea that can be purchased for one tael of silver. The three young gentlemen will use it slowly." He then withdrew.

Among these three wealthy owners, who would take these two taels of silver seriously? Ordinary people would have been stunned. Wang Pang knew that this was probably half a month's ration for Yu Danian and the others in Jincheng. If they saw it, they would be heartbroken.

very painful.

But I heard Na Yuanze say: During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, tea was mostly processed into cake tea. When drinking, seasonings were added to cook soup. In order to improve the bitter taste of tea, mint, salt and red dates were added for seasoning. "Huayou coarse tea"

Loose tea, powdered tea, and cake tea are cut, boiled, boiled, and pounded. They are stored in bottles and pots and fermented with soup, which is called gelatin tea.

In the Song Dynasty, the method of ordering tea became popular. The process of ordering tea was roasting the tea, grinding it, baking it, waiting for the soup, whisking it, and cooking it. The key is to wait for the soup and whisk it. First bake the cake and tea, and then knock it.

Crush it into fine powder and sift the tea powder with a tea stick. "If the tea powder is fine, the tea will float; if it is thick, the tea will float."

The steps for making tea are to put the tea into a cup, pour a small amount of boiling water to make a paste, which is called "making paste", then pour the boiling water into a deep-belted long-mouth bottle, then pour the water from the bottle into the cup, or use a bottle to boil the water.

Then pour boiling water directly into the cup, and at the same time stir it with a tea spoon to make the tea powder float up to form porridge noodles.

Wang Yuanze pointed to the tea in the cup and said, "The tea doctor was just about to order tea." After saying that, he took a sip.

Zhong Zhen said with a smile: "One person gets the spirit when drinking tea, two people get the fun, three get the taste, and seven or eight people are called tea lovers. Today, you and I are drinking tea and talking about tea. Brother, can you please do it?"

Of course, it was very comfortable to be next to the king. It was rare to calm down and listen to the tea ceremony. In such an elegant environment, the person chatting with him was Song Shenzong who didn't know his future. Not only was it very comfortable, it really felt like he had arrived at the Immortal Cave and wanted to become an immortal.

Zhong Zhen then said, "Did you know that the current emperor still talks about tea in the tea shop?" The two people beside the king listened attentively to what Zhong Zhen said about tea.

Zhao Xu, a scholar from Sichuan, went to Beijing to take the exam. He failed the test in person and was forced to live in an inn. One day, Renzong went to the Zhuangyuanfang teahouse and saw two poems by Zhao Xu on the wall. Remembering the reason, he asked the eunuch to find him.

Zhao Xu was interviewed again, and a move was made to correct the mistakes and promote him. Zhao Xu was appointed as the new manager of Chengdu.

"Oh? So it turns out that Emperor Renzong also made this white dragon fish suit?" Wang Pang asked in surprise.

Zhong Zhen smiled: "All the wise rulers of the past dynasties have done this. What's the point?"

Wang Pang lowered his voice and asked Zhong Zhen secretly: "If it were you, would you do the same?"

"That's natural." Zhong Zhen didn't shy away and whispered, "If it were me, I would definitely find a chance to walk around. Maybe I would let my brother accompany me." After saying this, he burst out laughing.

Yuan Ze smiled and said: "Zhong Zhen is so naughty." He turned to Wang Pang and asked: "Ruo, I haven't heard your fantasy story for a long time since you left. Is there a tea ceremony there?"

Wang Pang thought that it would be troublesome to talk about it, so he simply said: "It's not much, it's just different from the current tea. When I come back from Jianzhou, I will definitely change this way of drinking tea."

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