Zhongcha Liangchuan is a layman. Although he has also come into contact with some knowledge of tea ceremony, it is all trivial knowledge that he heard from the braggadocio at tea parties. Sun Houpu is a professional. As the old saying goes, don't use your hobbies to challenge other people's majors.
Sun Houpu was afraid that the more than a thousand good seedlings would be ruined, so he specifically asked Liang Chuan if he knew how to grow tea seedlings. Fengshan's agriculture is doing very well. After getting a negative answer, He Lu, in particular, is doing tricks that are not found in other places, and a tea seedling costs several hundred pennies, so it shouldn't be a waste to buy it. As a result, Liang Chuan told him that he didn't understand at all. . He began to regret a little that he was so excited at that time that he sent these treasures over.
A large team of carriages pulled the tea seedlings and transported them to Liang Chuan's new home. The masters in Luocheng were not surprised to see the large battles now. The boss is a person who does big things. Everything he does is done with great vigor, and everyone is busy. He was busy with the work at hand and had no time to pay attention to these tea vendors.
There is no mountain road for carriages to go up the mountain. The tea seedlings can only be unloaded from the carriage, put on the back of the horse, and carried up the mountain by the horse. This is how people build tombs on the mountain. If someone were to carry these materials, they would vomit blood. The horses that pull the carriages are all good endurance horses. They are not good for marching and charging, but they are best used for hard work.
Not just in the Song Dynasty, even today, when mobile telecommunications and power companies in many high mountains want to build elevated towers, the assembled steel materials still rely on mules and horses to carry them up the mountain, because there are no roads for cars in the deep mountains, and the dirt roads are all No.
Sun Houpu led the cavalry team in front. He did not pester Zheng Ruoying or chat with Liang Chuan at the foot of the mountain. Instead, he personally led a horse for himself and took the men to the mountain to find a suitable location for growing tea.
This fact made Liang Chuan a little impressed. Most of these young men who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths felt that they had accumulated great virtues and saved the Song Dynasty in their previous lives, and they were reincarnated to enjoy happiness in this life. Many people are just idlers, or they are uneducated second-generation ancestors and dandy yamen, not to mention rich young masters like Sun Houpu who are willing to do things themselves.
Some people educate their children at home and leave behind a wealth of money, but they raise their children to be pampered and pampered. The family may be a little rich, but it will not last long. Sun Houpu truly explained what it means that capital other than personal ability is equal to zero. He started everything from scratch and worked hard by himself. Liang Chuan lamented from the bottom of his heart, if the children of the rich family are like this, how will the descendants of the poor feel? With this excellent family tradition, it will be difficult for the family not to prosper.
The land on the mountain is all ownerless wasteland, and it belongs to whoever develops it. Strictly speaking, this mountain land also belongs to Helu Village, but no one wants to plant the land under the mountain, and no one wants to plant the slope land on the mountain. Setting up a cemetery is too troublesome.
The government's attitude is also to encourage farmers to open up wasteland. The increase in cultivated land will be highlighted in the exams of county officials. This is a political achievement.
Liang Chuan followed Sun Houpu's horse team up the mountain. He was not as professional as the Sun family in growing tea, but he knew a little bit about it. It was best to make your own tea according to your own wishes. Times were changing. The technology of frying tea has been improved for a thousand years. It has become beyond recognition. If you can retain the excellent ancient technology and cooperate with your own strengths for future generations, I believe the tea produced will not be bad.
The mountainous area of Heluhou Mountain is not high in altitude, but it is also a hilly area. After the terrain height exceeds 1,000 meters, there is frost damage, and the tea trees cannot survive the winter. Compared with the plains, these hills are shrouded in clouds and mist all year round. The Nanxi River brings continuous water vapor all year round. Covering the hillside, the humidity is sufficient and the air pressure is low. The diffusion of sunlight is beneficial to the growth of tea trees.
The growth of tea trees also has certain requirements for temperature. This Longtuan tea tree originated in Jianzhou and was transplanted to Quanzhou by the descendants' family. Xinghua tea tree is further south than Jianzhou and north of Quanzhou. Whichever of the two, the latitude position is still the same Relatively superior. The temperature here is above ten degrees in winter and below twenty-five degrees in summer, which is just suitable for the growth of tea trees.
The convoy wound its way up the mountain road. Every time it reached a certain height, Sun Houpu would squat on the ground himself, pick up a handful of soil with his hands, rub it open, feel the composition of the soil with his hands, and observe carefully with his eyes. The nose also smells.
"Xiao Sun, why are you so particular about this kind of tea tree? Can't you just dig a few holes and bury them directly?" Liang Chuan said innocently.
Sun Houpu didn't know Liang Chuan before and didn't understand this person. He might have thought that this person was really a layman and spoke in layman's language. But now every time he sees Liang Chuan's face of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, he feels a thorn in his back. He always feels this The kid is pretending to be stupid.
Especially today, he originally thought that the terrain in Xinghua was not suitable for growing tea trees. After his on-site inspection today, his heart surged like a stormy sea. The temperature, topography, soil, and sunshine here are all the best conditions suitable for the growth of tea trees! No wonder Liang Chuan wanted to plant tea trees on a whim after he was full. Let’s just say that he had already figured out everything, but now he pretends to know nothing. What a deep city.
Sun Houpu thought about Liang Chuan several times in his mind. Liang Chuan looked at Sun Houpu with uncertain eyes. He really didn't understand. He just wanted to do some tea experiments. Who knew that his image had turned into a thick black one in Sun Houpu's eyes? An expert who has studied ninth-dan. .
"Blessed by nature! A land of ten thousand gold!" Sun Houpu's eyes were so hot that he even felt a little hairy when he saw Liang Chuan.
"Xiao Sun, what's wrong? Can't we grow tea trees here?" Liang Chuan asked timidly, unsure of what to do.
You're still pretending! Sun Houpu greeted Liang Chuan's family several times in his heart, but his face was still filled with excitement and he said: "I have been to many places in Fujian and Vietnam, and I just noticed them right under my nose." Sun Houpu looked annoyed after saying this. .
Liang Chuan was even more confused, "Xiao Sun, it doesn't matter if you just say it, can't it be planted?"
Sun Houpu grabbed a handful of mud and rubbed it in his hands for a long time before reluctantly throwing it away. "The soil in your mountain is very thick, but the soil is very loose. It has excellent ventilation, water permeability, and water storage properties, and the tea saplings I like redwood the most and hate loess. You all have redwood here. Smell this smell on my hands."
The red soil on Sun Hopu's hands had fallen away, but Liang Chuan put his nose over and smelled it, and a strong smell of putrefaction still hit his face.
"The earthy smell is so strong." Liang Chuan frowned.
"You are right. The heavier the rotten smell in the soil, the more fertile the soil is. The red soil is the most suitable for the growth of tea seedlings, so I say your place is a unique Feng Shui treasure land!" Sun Houpu said. I couldn't help but admire it.
Liang Chuan has heard that tea trees like acidic soil, and the more humus there is in the soil, in this era without synthetic fertilizers, biofertilizer is the only source of nutrients for plants. After Sun Houpu broke it down, he suddenly realized that this seemed to be the case.
"This hillside faces the sun. Sufficient sunlight will make the tea trees grow soundly. As the old saying goes, the mountains are mostly sandy and gravel. The best ones are all in the south of the mountain, which is the capital of Chaoyang! Plant the tea trees here. , pick it on time, don’t worry about not having good tea to drink!”
There are many clouds and fog in the mountains, a lot of diffuse light, high humidity, and sometimes large temperature differences between day and night, etc., which are conducive to the accumulation of effective substances in tea, especially the accumulation of aromatic substances. Overall, this is the result of a combination of environmental conditions. But not all high mountains can grow good tea. A superior geographical environment can make tea more outstanding, but to create a good tea, all links from growth to frying are indispensable.
Liang Chuan also didn't expect that his unintentional actions would create such a good effect. This was really a windfall. Tea is also a precious object. If he could master the technique of frying tea, he would not worry about it. Source of income.
After the location of the tea garden was selected, Sun Houpu asked his servants to help dig holes for planting. The Sun family's assistant is only responsible for helping Liang Chuan to plant the land first. As for the weeding, repairing ditches and drainage of the tea garden, it will be left to Liang Chuan himself to have someone manage it in the future. Even if he only helps Liang Chuan plant them in the soil, he has done Liang Chuan a great favor. If he hires someone to grow tea, he doesn't know how many tea seedlings will be wasted. There is no place in Fengshan to hire tea farmers.
The tea garden was so busy that Sun Houpu did not go into battle in person at this time. The rest was just physical work, and there was no need for him to step in. He clasped his hands behind his back and looked at Fengshan and Xinghua. Xinghua City was now halfway up the mountain and he had a panoramic view. Fengshan had a long street running across it, and Nanxi water tied the two together like a jade belt.
The warm spring breeze caressed the belt of this young master Piao Piao from time to time. This kind of silk attire is not only light and translucent in texture, but also very close-fitting and comfortable to wear. The spring breeze couldn't caress Liang Chuan's bulky farm work clothes. Sun Houpu's background is very chic, and he has the aura of guiding the country.
Liang Chuan walked quietly to the side and faced the bustling area. The two stood side by side and asked, "Do you really like Zheng Ruoying?"
Sun Houpu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said calmly: "Don't you think I look like that?"
"Then I'll teach you one more move today, and you'll be sure of it!"
This touched Sun Houpu's heart, and he turned to look at Liang Chuan passionately, waiting for Liang Chuan's answer.
"You just need to ask the matchmaker to make the appointment, and then carry a sedan chair, play drums and make noise to his Zheng family's house. How can his father refuse to agree when he sees you, a quick son-in-law who rides on a dragon?"
Sun Houpu smiled bitterly, "Are you saying that I am relying on my family status to win their favor? Yes, his family will be very prosperous, but will she be happy?"
"Uh... According to what I know about this girl, not only will she not be happy, she will also hate you for the rest of her life."
"Then I can't do this."
