Amid the curiosity and anticipation of Zhang Xiaozhu and the others, two young women with outstanding appearance and dignified temperament wearing white skirts came to the room carrying a tea set.
The two women first bowed respectfully to the four people in the room, then placed the tea set on the coffee table, and knelt down beside the coffee table, boiling water, making a soup kettle, warming cups, and making tea——
The tedious operation made Zhang Xiaopou and the three top soldiers speechless. For the first time, they realized that drinking tea was such a complicated thing.
Especially the white and slender jade fingers are pleasing to the eye when playing with the tea set. Even people who are not thirsty will drink a cup of tea with great interest after appreciating the beautiful scenery.
"Master, please have some tea."
The two women poured tea and served it to Zhang Xiaozu and others one by one.
"Let's take a look." He Bucai invited with a smile.
Niu Dawa picked up the small and exquisite tea bowl, looked at the small teapot, and visually judged that a pot of tea could make at most five or six cups. Converting it to the price of five hundred taels per pot, she couldn't help but be shocked. A small bowl of tea, barely worth a sip, was actually worth a hundred taels.
Too damn expensive!
Niu Dawa drank it all in one gulp, not wanting to waste a drop.
After drinking it, he smacked his lips and couldn't help but feel startled. He didn't notice any special taste. He smacked his teeth, but he still didn't notice any special taste. He felt that this tea was no different from the tea he drank from a copper-sized pot on the street. .
Niu Dawa put down the tea cup and saw that Zhang Xiaozhu and Yuan Taiping had the same astonished expressions as him. He immediately looked at He Bucai and asked: "Prince-in-law, I have little knowledge. Please don't lie to me. This is five hundred taels." A pot of tea? Why do I think it’s no different from a big pot of tea in a tube at a street tea stall?”
"Haha——" He Bucai laughed when he heard this.
He saw the tea-drinking movements of Zhang Xiaozhu and the three of them. The three of them drank tea as if they were drinking wine. He could tell at a glance that they had not lived a refined life and had not received relevant training, so he guessed that the three of them were from relatively ordinary backgrounds. .
He Bucai picked up the teacup with a smile, took a sip, put down the teacup and said, "Young Master Niu tasted it right. This is exactly the amount of tea that costs one copper and a large pot at the street tea stall."
Niu Dawa was shocked when he heard this and shouted: "Then you sell a pot of five hundred taels, or such a small pot? You are a black shop that defrauds people of money!"
He Bucai shook his head and smiled, not angry because of Niu Dawa's unrestrained words, and said: "I have said before that it is not the tea that is valuable, but the identity of the tea drinker and the teahouse's sign.
The signboard of Tianxi Tea House is that my wife knelt in front of the courtyard of Mr. Yun Luo, the most knowledgeable, wise, famous and virtuous scholar in Dayu, who was known as a literary sage, and prayed for two It took him one day and one night to get him to write and write.
The old man was ashamed to let his handwriting be tainted with the smell of copper, so he only inscribed the words without signing them, in order to tell the world that he had no choice but to inscribe these four words.
Don't show such an expression. Although Tian Wenguang and his ilk claim to be great Confucians, they probably don't dare to open their mouths in front of Mr. Yun Luo despite the little knowledge in his belly.
Mr. Yun Luo is a scholar, a true wise man, and a great Confucian who deserves the respect of all people. "
He Bucai saw Zhang Xiaozhu and the three of them all showed disdainful expressions when they heard the word "Great Confucianism". He knew that the three of them were influenced by the sanctimonious and hypocritical Tian Wenguang, so that they had prejudiced against scholars like Mr. Great Confucian. He immediately calmed down his expression and solemnly introduced Mr. Yun Luo to the three of them.
Zhang Xiaozhu and the others could not help but be affected by He Bucai's demeanor and tone. They quickly put away their disdainful expressions and showed respect for the virtuous and prestigious old gentleman He Bucai said.
He Bucai picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the tea. He eased the serious atmosphere and continued the previous topic: "Drinking the same tea, do you think a person with Fu Kainian's status would rather sit at a roadside tea stall and drink it, or sit down and drink it?" Drink in a teahouse?
Would he rather drink in a teahouse with no reputation, or in a top-notch teahouse with exquisite and high-end decoration, meticulous service, and a reputation far and wide?
Is there any difference between selling a pot of tea for one copper and selling it for five hundred taels of silver for people like them who are not short of money? Of course there is a difference.
But the difference is not that there is more money or less money, because money is just a number with little meaning in their eyes.
Rather, the difference lies in style, identity and status.
A pot of tea is worth a copper, which is what the lowly poor people drink.
A pot of tea worth five hundred taels was in line with their status.
Of course, Fu Kainian never drank a pot of tea worth five hundred taels. He always drank a pot of tea worth five thousand taels.
Drinking tea at Tianxi Teahouse is not tea, but honor, wealth, status, and connections.
At the same time, what I drink is the opportunity for future, because Tianxi Teahouse gathers the top celebrities in Shepherd City. If you spend 500 taels to enter the teahouse and drink a pot of tea, if you are lucky enough to be appreciated by a noble person, you may get an immeasurable and great future.
Therefore, the tea at Tianxi Tea House is expensive. "
Zhang Xiaozu and the others were dumbfounded when they heard this. They never expected that a small pot of tea could have so many secrets behind it. After being surprised, he couldn't help but show an educated expression.
"Five hundred taels per pot, ordinary people can't afford such a future opportunity. It's a bit unfair." Niu Dawa muttered.
He Bucai gently shook his folding fan and said with a smile: "Tianxi Tea House is just a shortcut, not the only way out in life. Gold will always shine. If you have real ability, are you afraid of not having tea? Besides, there is no such thing as fairness in the world. Some people are born to be kings, and some are born to be slaves. There is no fairness at all. Fairness needs to be created with one's own hands."
"The Prince Consort is knowledgeable and speaks the true meaning in one sentence, which makes us admire and admire him." Hearing He Bucai's last words, Zhang Xiaozhu couldn't help but sigh, feeling that He Bucai was right.
Fairness does require striving for creation with one's own hands.
"I wonder what a five thousand taels of tea tastes like?" Niu Dawa suddenly said.
He Bucai burst out laughing when he heard this, and ordered to the two maids waiting at the side: "Go and get the Fengjian that just came down this year and give it to the young masters to try."
"Yes." The two women obeyed, walked to the tea table, cleaned the tea sets, and then left with the tea sets.
"It seems that I woke up at the right time and didn't miss anything good." Zhou Jianlai's voice came from the inner bedroom, and it sounded a little weak.
He Bucai looked in the direction of the bedroom in surprise. He thought that Zhou Jianlai would be unconscious for two or three days no matter what, but he never thought that Zhou Jianlai would wake up less than half an hour later. His understanding of Zhou Jianlai's combat power could not help but improve a few points.
"Brother Zhou, you missed the five hundred taels of tea." Niu Dawa responded with a smile.
"Really? That's such a pity." Zhou Jianlai said regretfully.
After a while of rustling sounds, Zhou Jianlai walked out of the bedroom, changed into a silver-grey long-sleeved gown, and his face looked a little pale.
"Brother Zhou, how are you recovering from your injury?" Zhang Xiaozu stood up and asked.
"It's nothing serious, but I'm afraid I won't be able to use my true energy for five or six days." Zhou Jianlai replied.
He Bucai stood up and praised: "Master Zhou's superb swordsmanship is really an eye-opener for me. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that a young man less than twenty years old could use his own strength to master a star magical power." . Looking at the entire Jiuzhou Continent, there are absolutely only a handful of people of the same age who can be as good as Mr. Zhou."
"Master He is ridiculous, Zhou is still far away from that." Zhou Jian replied.
"Sit down and talk, be careful to pull the wound." He Bucai pointed to the seat next to him. After Zhou Jianlai sat down, he looked around and said with a smile: "I fell in love with the four young masters at first sight. I wish we hadn't met sooner. According to me, Look, let’s not call him Prince Consort, Sir, or Young Master, just for the sake of understanding. If the four of you don’t mind, just call me ‘Brother He’.”
"My four brothers are just martial artists and we don't dare to climb high." Zhou Jianlai said humbly.
He Bucai said: "If we talk about high achievement, it is I who have achieved high success with four brothers. The four brothers knew at a glance that they are not something in the pond. It is easy to achieve the great road of stars. I, a mere ordinary person, can't catch up to them."
Zhou Jianlai said with a smile: "Since your lord does not think that the four of my brothers are from rough backgrounds, then the four of us will be bold enough to climb high and be worthy of your lord's brothers."
"Haha, that's great." He Bucai said with a happy smile.
Niu Dawa said: "If this was in a restaurant, it would be obvious. It's a pity, it's a pity."
"Isn't a pot of five thousand taels of tea enough for you to drink?" Zhang Xiaozhu teased.
Niu Dawa reached out and gestured to the small tea bowl for drinking tea, and said: "It's such a small sip, it's really hard to drink."
"Haha, it's really not as satisfying as drinking a lot of wine." He Bucai stroked his goatee and said with a smile, "After Brother Zhou's injury is healed, I will prepare wine and food for the four brothers to come to my home and drink him until he is drunk."
"It's just a minor injury, it doesn't prevent you from drinking." When it came to drinking, Zhou Jianlai's eyes suddenly brightened up. He became more and more fond of wine. He would take a few sips regardless of anything, and he was about to turn into an alcoholic.
"Are you really not in the way?" He Bucai asked.
"It really doesn't interfere." Zhou Jianlai nodded and affirmed.
"Okay, I'll tell people to go back to the house and have the kitchen prepare food and wine. We'll keep him drunk tonight," He Bucai said.
The powerful strength and potential displayed by the four Zhang Xiaozu made He Bucai believe that the four of them were not in the pool, and would definitely be reused by His Majesty the Emperor. They would shine in the upcoming change of imperial power and become important people.
So he deliberately made friends with four people.
As for the idea of recruiting and cultivating them for his own use, he has given up thinking about it, because he has already seen that the four of them are by no means inferior to others. I am afraid that only Su Hanlin can make the four of them willingly serve and submit.
"It doesn't matter whether the food is good or not. What's important is that the wine must be strong." Zhou Jianlai was not polite to He Bucai at all.
"The good wine is enough." He Bucai promised, patting his chest, "You guys talk first, and I'll give you the orders."
After watching He Bucai leave, Zhou Jianlai finally remembered and asked, "How did Fu Kainian and the three of them deal with it? Kill them all?"
"They were taken over by the Ghost Face of Six Doors. The three of them will not escape the death penalty. Their homes will be confiscated and the whole family will be exiled." Zhang Xiaozu said.
"You deserve it." Zhou Jianlai nodded and asked, "Where is the Fu family's blessed land for cultivation? Don't you plan to go and see it?"
"The people from Liumen are still taking over. Let's go shopping after they clear out the Fu family." Zhang Xiaopou said.
"That's very good."
…
To the east of the city is the Prince Consort's Mansion.
Tianxi Princess Su Rou put down her embroidery needle, looked out the window, and listened.
There was a burst of noise from the front yard, as if something had happened in the house.
However, the sound was noisy and far away, and I couldn't hear a word clearly after listening for a long time.
He had no choice but to tell the maid next to him to go to the front yard to see what was going on.
However, the maid never came back. When Su Rou and others panicked, thinking that something big had happened in the house, and planned to go to the front yard to check the situation in person, the maid finally returned.
"Why have you been here for so long? Did something big happen?" Su Rou asked with a frown.
However, her slightly panicked heart has calmed down, because she has already seen some clues from the expression and demeanor of the maid. It should be that something big happened, but it doesn't seem to be a bad thing, at least it is not a bad thing for the Prince Consort's Mansion, otherwise the maid You should have panicked earlier.
"You deserve to die! You kept your master waiting for so long." The maid hurriedly admitted her mistake.
Su Rou waved her hand: "Speak quickly."
"The prince-in-law is going to entertain guests at home, so he will send someone back to order the kitchen to prepare wine and food. We haven't had guests in our house for several years, and the servants are a little nervous, for fear of not being well prepared and neglecting the guests." The maid said.
Su Rou looked startled when she heard this, and asked in surprise: "Did you say that the Prince Consort is going to entertain someone?"
"said."
"The Prince Consort is going to entertain the four young heroes who brought down the sky in Muyang City."
The maid replied.
"Tear down the sky of Shepherd City?!" Su Rou was confused and shocked, and asked: "What method of collapse? The sky of Shepherd City has collapsed, how can you still be called a young hero?"
