Zhongwazi, Yu Qilang Tea House.
As soon as you enter the teahouse, you are greeted by the fragrance of flowers. In addition to the intoxicating fragrance of flowers, there is also the fragrance of tea and a fresh and elegant smell of rouge. All kinds of fragrances are mixed together, adding to the rather simple decoration of this teahouse. A touch of special charm.
As soon as Li Jie stepped into the tea shop, the young Ji Ying (waiter) standing at the reception desk suddenly brightened up and hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face.
"Hey, officer, are you the only one?"
Li Jie nodded lightly, and warmly invited Li Jie to come in and do it without looking down on Li Jie at all because of his appearance.
No matter which dynasty you are in, there is no shortage of rich children, and there is no shortage of them in Lin'an City. Usually, these young people who come here for curiosity are very generous, and they can't spend a lot of money.
In this line of work, if you want to earn more than others, you must be discerning. When you look at Li Jie's calm and calm look, he is a boss who is not short of money. If you take good care of him, you can still get him. reward?
It can't be!
Liu Hu, as the most profitable person in Yu Qilang Tea House, how can he earn fifty quid a month because of his tricks?
After Li Jie sat down on the first floor, Liu Hu reached out and immediately summoned a tea doctor.
The tea doctor was carrying an exquisite copper kettle, holding a light cyan porcelain bowl in his right hand and placing it in front of Li Jie. Then he lifted the kettle and poured tea into the bowl from a height of more than a foot, without spilling any drop of tea. When you reach three-quarters of the way, stop and stand.
Generally speaking, the tea doctor will leave after making the tea, but this is a flower tea house, and the rules are naturally different from other tea houses. The tea doctor is not leaving because he is waiting for Li Jie to reward him. Although Li Jie is drinking it for the first time Scented tea, but he still knows the rules.
He reached into his arms and took out a lot of money and threw it to Dr. Cha.
Liu Hu's heart suddenly thumped when he saw this. He originally thought that Li Jie was a young man who didn't understand anything. Then if he flattered him a little and made him happy, wouldn't this reward come with a bang?
But when he saw that Li Jie only gave Dr. Cha a certain amount of money, his heart felt cold!
Although the tea doctor just poured out only one cup of tea, according to the rules of the flower tea shop business, guests must reward money, and the starting point is always the same.
It is called flower tea in the industry. Only when the guest pays the reward, the guest will be taken to the second floor. This money is equivalent to the ticket price.
The real beauty of the Flower Tea House is on the second floor. The first floor is just a reception area, which is also used to select some guests with poor financial conditions or those who go to the wrong door.
Although he was blinded, Liu Hu still completed his work conscientiously. He led Li Jie to the second floor very thoughtfully and thoughtfully. Not long after he sat down, another tea doctor came forward to order tea. Liu Hu took advantage of the opportunity Dr. Tea introduced it to Li Jie while he was ordering tea.
"Sir, this is our tea shop's specialty tea, please try it!"
"For our tea, we have to go up the mountain to pick tea before sunrise, in order to pick the fresh buds and leaves while there is dew..."
While Liu Hu was bragging to Li Jie about how rare this tea was, he also introduced him to the internal features of their tea shop.
Tuancha is a kind of tea cake produced in the Song Dynasty, specially for the palace to drink. The name of this tea is imitation. The production of Tuancha involves steaming tea, pressing tea, grinding tea, making tea, yellowing and baking. The six steps of making tea are very time-consuming.
The original Tuancha teas were all tributes, but as time went by, major tea shops gradually figured out the production techniques, and in order to attract customers, they even spent huge costs to buy copycat tea.
According to the rules, when you go to the second floor of the flower tea house, you also need to pay a reward for the first cup of tea. The amount ranges from one cup to several cups. It is called a drink, and then you can officially sit down. The extra fee for drinking flower tea is relatively high, so what? Getting customers to pay willingly depends on each individual's ability.
Yu Qilang Tea House is a famous tea shop in Lin'an Prefecture. Apart from the group tea, the rest is its unique character.
Every sister in the tea house is not only outstanding in appearance, but also has a skill, such as reciting poetry, painting, playing the flute, or playing the piano.
There are hundreds of people in a sister store like this, and no matter how picky a customer is, you can find one you like.
When Dr. Tea finished ordering tea, Liu Hu's words stopped abruptly. He raised his hand and looked at Li Jie with a smile to indicate his appreciation.
Ordering tea, burning incense, arranging flowers, and hanging pictures were collectively called the Four Arts of Life by the Song Dynasty. They were part of the literati's pursuit of an elegant life at that time. From the emperor and ministers to the traders and servants, everyone generally liked tea. The prosperity of the tea culture space, The large tea shops in the streets and alleys of Lin'an City are proof of this.
Li Jie came here mainly to inquire about the news, and drinking tea was completely secondary. Moreover, the way of drinking tea at this time was different from that of brewing tea with boiling water in later generations.
At this time, the tea leaves are ground into powder first, and then brewed with boiling water. The form is similar to matcha. The matcha in Sakura Country was copied from the Song Dynasty.
Compared to ordering tea, Li Jie preferred the later way of drinking tea, so he simply commented a few words, then paid for the wine, ordered a few random foods, and waved Dr. Tea and Ji Ying to leave.
The second floor of the tea house is very large, with nearly a hundred tables arranged in an orderly manner. There are about dozens of steps between adjacent tables. In order to fully consider the privacy of the guests, there are wooden partitions between seats. Separated by gauze curtains.
There is a stage in the middle, and there is something called a caisson on the ceiling above the stage. The appearance of the caisson is octagonal, with layers stacked up from top to bottom. This is not only for beauty, but also for sound amplification.
Li Jie's trip was to obtain information. Naturally, he would gather wherever there were more people. The internal strength of this body was very poor, and he had not even cleared all the twelve sects.
It was a helpless move to get closer, but fortunately because of his age, he didn't arouse much resentment. Everyone just thought it was his first time to drink scented tea, and looked around like a curious baby.
"Cuiliu, did you miss me?"
"Rokuro, guess what? You guessed it right, hehehehe..."
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"The Tatars successively defeated Guangzhou, harassed Huangzhou, and attacked Chaozhou. Everyone knows Sima Zhao's intentions! Xiaoxian, let me do it. We should not have united with the Tatars to attack the Jin Kingdom in the first place. They just left the wolf's den and entered the tiger again. Of all the princes in the house, only Mr. Qiao dared to remonstrate directly, but unfortunately in the end..."
"Whether it's the Jin people or the Tatars, they are just barbarians who want to fight against the autumn wind with their strong soldiers and horses. The most important thing is to give them some money. Our Song Dynasty is rich all over the world, so what does this small amount of money mean?"
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"Bo Tao, we have invited Zen Master Jiuru to the Jingci Temple Dharma Conference next month. I believe there will be a huge crowd of people by then."
"Zen Master Jiuru? Is he the Zen Master Jiuru who founded the Vajra lineage of Zen Buddhism?"
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