Behind this unnamed portal is a very quiet small courtyard, with an ordinary courtyard layout, including the main house and the east and west side houses. There is an ancient well in the middle, and there are countless varieties of flowers, plants and trees. It is still very clean!
A small red mud charcoal stove for making tea has long been placed on the stone bench and table under the shade of the tree. There are pieces of red charcoal burning inside. As an emperor, Zai Chun naturally has a discerning eye. When he saw the appearance of the charcoal fire, and aroma, you know this is the best pecan charcoal!
Ancient people were very particular about making tea, including what kind of water to use, what kind of fire to use, what kind of utensils to use, and what kind of tea leaves to use.
The set pecans are the kind of iron walnuts with thick and strong skin. Pick out the ones with the same size and follow the charcoal burning process to make pieces of pecan charcoal!
It’s really hard to say how delicious tea will be when brewed with such charcoal, but at least it’s exquisite enough. In Xiao Letian’s words, it’s high quality!
An ancient iron kettle started to make a gurgling sound. The old eunuch tea slave opened the lid and put in a cup of dark tea leaves. He couldn't tell what kind it was!
But after being like water, a strong floral fragrance dissipated!
"Is this jasmine tea?" Zai Chun asked.
"No, this is Baihua Tea Powder. It was first created by Queen Renxiao Xu. It was the Queen's favorite. Now there are not many left in the world..."
Queen Renxiao Xu? Zai Chun thought about it carefully and didn't expect who Queen Renxiao Xu was. She had never heard of it, but it was strange today. No matter how doubtful Zai Chun was, he would not think about this issue for too long, as if he just dropped his paws and forgot about it!
"Oh, your tea is so beautiful. It must be old..."
In the hands of the tea slave is a simple bamboo tea bag with three carved plum blossoms on it. The style is not surprising. What is rare is that this layer of pulp has the imprint left by time!
The tea has turned dark red, especially the handle that has been rubbed and moistened by human hands for many years. It has turned red into a purple color. The patina on it is almost comparable to the fixed Hetian mutton fat jade, reflecting a unique light!
"Oh... I won't be able to make this tea in ten or twenty years!"
"What year?" the tea slave narrowed his eyes and said, "I can't remember how many years it has been. When the palace craftsman presented it to the queen... I remember it was still topaz color. It must have been four or five hundred years ago! "
Today, Zai Chun is really obsessed. Even if he is a fool, he can know what these four to five hundred years actually represent. This treasure was left behind by the previous Ming Dynasty!
That means that Queen Renxiao Xu is not the queen of the Qing Dynasty at all, but must be the master of the harem of the former Ming Dynasty!
In an unknown doorway, in a misty courtyard, there is an old tea slave eunuch of unknown age, who uses Empress Xu’s original Baihua tea powder and bamboo tea from the Qing Dynasty!
This is obviously a ghost. This eunuch is obviously a ghost eunuch!
But Zai Chun didn't feel anything at all. After listening to many words, he nodded and really put it down. There was no normal panic reaction at all, as if everything Zai Chun encountered was normal!
"Smells! Why is this tea so fragrant? I have never drunk it before... Give me another cup, I'm so thirsty..."
One cup after another, all the hunger, thirst and irritability that Zai Chun had just felt were gone!
After drinking these cups of fragrant tea, Zai Chun suddenly felt that this old eunuch was as trustworthy as an old friend of many years, as if he had often drank the tea he brewed when he was a child!
"Tea slave! Why can't I remember the last time I saw you?"
"That was when Your Majesty was young. The old slave is already old. In the first few years, he was rewarded with severance money by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and left the palace!"
"I heard that Your Majesty is in trouble today and is in a bad mood...I really miss you, so I came into the palace to make tea for Your Majesty and relieve His Majesty's worries. If you have any troubles, just tell me speak!"
After hearing this, Zai Chun suddenly realized, "No wonder I haven't seen you in these years. It turns out that you have already left the palace... Hey, it's a pity that your tea-making skills are gone. The Ministry of Internal Affairs really doesn't know how to do things. How can it send talents away?"
"Don't worry, I will send a message for you to return to the palace later!"
"Then thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is in a much better mood? Can you tell me what's bothering you?"
At this moment, Zai Chun couldn't explain why he had so much trust in this old eunuch. Even the pale color of ancient bones revealed on his sleeves could not make him alert or panic!
Zai Chun recounted the difficult political struggles after he returned to Beijing one by one. He even shed a few tears when he talked about the emotional parts!
"Who can I do it for? Isn't it because the Qing Dynasty will be better and stronger? The bottom line at the very least is that we will no longer be bullied by foreign devils!"
"Whether I can create a prosperous age, I don't think that far ahead. First, a strong army can protect the wealth of our country. At least the property created by the people's hard work will not be robbed by others as they want!"
"Being able to do this means that my trip to the dragon chair was not in vain... But why doesn't anyone understand me? Why doesn't anyone agree with me?"
The tea slave listened quietly to Zai Chun's complaints, and at the end smiled slightly, "What a fool! Your Majesty, what a fool!"
"Your Majesty, would you like to hear a few words from this old slave?"
"Your Majesty, tell me, how did the people of the world live during the time of the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors? How did the people live before the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors?"
"This... the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors are all legendary emperors. At that time, they should still drink blood from their hair, right? Later, farming slowly started..."
"That's right! At that time, people all over the world were divided into blood tribes. There might be more than ten tribes living together in one county!"
"Would you say people lived happily at that time? There were no corvees, no taxes, no punishments...even no families. Everyone was full and not hungry, and they sang and danced around the fire!"
"That is the true world of great harmony. Everyone is equal. Even the leader of the tribe hunts, plants, eats and rests with everyone..."
"Your Majesty, do you think the people's lives were good at that time?"
"This... must be bad, right? Although there are no corvees and no taxes to pay, there are no government offices to bully the people, and there are no black-hearted landlords to bully them!"
"But the productivity of that era was so low that even if everyone was equal, they wouldn't be able to share much. It must be bad. I think it must be bad!"
"But, if you think about it from another perspective, there will be no corvee, no tax, no oppression, and the people will feel comfortable! From this point of view, it should be good..."
"It seems that Your Majesty still hasn't figured it out! I'll ask you one more question..."
"Why did the tribe eventually evolve into a city-state? And after entering the city-state era, why can't it go back to the tribal system?"
Note: Was what Zai Chun encountered really a ghost? Guess what!
