Pei Su nodded calmly. Now that someone had taken care of the matter, she no longer thought about it.
She turned to look at the tea tree beside her: "Do you need my help to topdress?"
After thinking about it, Pei Su added: "If you want grain seeds, it will take at least two or three years, and as many as five or six years to hybridize the shape, and the hybrid shape may not be stable and inherited. If you want stable and excellent traits, you need more than ten generations of improvement and screening... It is best to go to Vietnam to find Champa rice, which can be grown south of the Huaihe River and can be harvested three times a year."
"Currently I need 100 acres of fertile land, 20 veteran farmers, and preferably three or five scholars to assist me." Pei Su listed a list of requirements without blinking an eyelid.
Pei Yun also blinked and came over: "I need a set of experimental containers. Glass ones are best. If you don't have glass, you need blue and white jade ones. I also need high-concentration alcohol. You only need to provide the alcohol for this. I will purify the alcohol. .”
Li Changan: "..."
This doesn't sound like something that can be spent with ten taels of gold.
"No matter how poor you are, you can't afford scientific research." Pei Yun patted Li Changan on the shoulder and said meaningfully.
Li Changan showed a smile that was uglier than crying.
"Isn't it just a hundred acres of fertile land? I will buy it when I make money. There will be fields, there will be hands, there will be white jade petri dishes and beakers..."
"The most important thing now is to fry the tea leaves first. Only after selling the tea leaves can I have money to buy fields and jade materials." Li Changan said bitterly.
A smile appeared on Pei Su's face: "If we fertilize and water well, it is not difficult to produce fifty kilograms of dry tea per mu."
Li Changan shook his head and looked at the thirty acres of tea trees in front of him with a sinister smile.
"No, I'm very short of money now. These tea trees are the hens that lay golden eggs for me, so I can't just pursue yield."
She has an even better idea to rob the rich and give to the poor.
You can make a little money by selling tea, and you can make a lot of money by selling luxury goods!
"Teacher, can you invite some more friends to go out and recite poems and compose poems around the tea fields in the past two months?" Li Changan asked Shen Chu.
Although Shen Chu didn't know what Li Changan wanted to do, he still agreed.
Li Changan said to Pei Su and Pei Yun again: "I also have other arrangements for the two teachers..."
It was slightly brighter the next day, and the tea field in the western suburbs that originally belonged to the Da Ci'en Temple and now belongs to a mysterious buyer welcomed its new cultivator.
The little girl, who was thirty-six years old, was wearing coarse linen clothes and carrying a flower basket made of wicker. There were several brand-new bamboo tubes in the flower basket and came to the edge of the tea field. After Pei Yun told them the precautions, the little girls It dispersed as soon as it came, and started collecting dew all over the mountains and fields with a bamboo tube.
It was not until it was completely bright and the dew on the grass blades disappeared that the little girls returned to the tea fields and poured all the dew collected in the bamboo tubes into the tea fields.
In the afternoon, several scholars in white robes came here on horseback, taking in the breeze and the newly sprouted vegetation all over the mountain, reciting poems and composing poems. There were even scholars with harp and flute, playing peach blossoms on the side of the tea field. The music played under the tree is extremely elegant.
The western suburbs are a usual outing area for Chang'an people, and January and February are a good time for outings. As time goes by, these strange things happening in this tea field naturally attracted the attention of many people.
Zhao Cheng is a person who is very curious about this tea field. His family is in business, and he is rich. His wealth is small, but his status is not very high. He can only rely on the children of powerful people for support. They treated him like a dog-legger and hoped that they could help him in the future. However, he himself had no talent. If he wanted to please the powerful, he could only spend money, so he was very focused on collecting rare gadgets.
Three days ago, he went on an outing with his family. Passing by this tea field, he happened to bump into the little girls collecting dew in bamboo tubes. Out of curiosity, Zhao Cheng sent his family members to go out for an outing, while he himself stood by the tea field and watched the scene. What are the guys busy with?
It was not uncommon for old farmers to farm, but this was the first time he had seen such pretty little girls farming together.
He came here for three more days, and on the fourth day, he finally waited for a woman who seemed to be able to make the decision. Out of some intuition of a businessman, Zhao Cheng felt that he should talk to that woman.
Pei Yun was walking around the tea fields inspecting the situation - her sister didn't want to get involved in worldly matters and only focused on her scientific research. Fortunately, she didn't mind doing these things. She would occasionally do it when the hospital was short of manpower. and some administrative matters.
She had long noticed that there was a thieving guy not far away squatting there early in the morning to peek at them, but Li Changan had already told her that there would be people watching, and told her to leave it alone and let them watch.
But now the thief-minded guy is walking towards her, looking like he wants to inquire about things from her.
The corners of Pei Yun's mouth raised slightly in an inconspicuous arc. Fortunately, Li Changan had anticipated this and had already taught her the art of speaking in advance.
"My surname is Zhao. I am a merchant selling incense and candles in Chang'an City. May I ask my wife's surname?" Zhao Cheng cautiously talked to Pei Yun.
Pei Yun followed Li Changan's instructions and didn't look directly at the person. She just looked at Zhao Cheng sideways, with the word "arrogance" written all over her body.
"You can call me Mrs. Pei." Pei Yun snorted and looked at Zhao Cheng critically. Zhao Cheng did not miss the contempt in Pei Yun's eyes.
However, he did not feel dissatisfied, but his attitude became more respectful.
With this domineering attitude and this thunderous surname, it is most likely that he is the famous Hedong Pei family.
The Hedong Pei family is a wealthy family second only to the Five Surnames and Qiwang. It is normal to be arrogant.
"Did Mrs. Pei grow these tea trees? I want to buy some tea balls, is it possible?" Zhao Cheng did not look away and asked if Pei Yun was the Pei from the Hedong Pei family. He didn't care if he was, and he was more respectful. No harm.
Pei Yun glanced at Zhao Cheng and said calmly: "These tea trees were bought by a friend of mine from Da Ci'en Temple. They were planted by the masters of Da Ci'en Temple. The water used to water the tea trees in my house was used by young girls in their cardamom years. The dew collected in the best green bamboo tubes does not stick to the mud and is not stained with filth. It is the pure water condensed by heaven and earth. There are often literati and poets reciting poems and poems beside the trees, exchanging music and rhythm, and these tea trees are imbued with literary spirit..."
When Zhao Cheng heard what Pei Yun said, he took a breath and looked at the tea tree with reverence.
The masters of Daci'en Temple planted it with their own hands, the girls in their cardamom years collected the dew that is naturally nourishing and unstained by dust for irrigation, and the literati and poets imbued it with the literary spirit. This is not an ordinary tea tree, this is a treasure tree.
"My little friend said that the tea produced by these precious trees is not suitable for ordinary people to enjoy." Pei Yun finally ended the topic with these words and turned to leave.
Zhao Cheng's mind started spinning rapidly.
He quickly took two steps forward to block Pei Yun's path, and said with a smile: "I know that a family like my wife is not short of money, but my family will definitely not be able to finish all these acres of tea. Wouldn't it be a waste if I keep it until next year? I am willing to buy some treasure tea at the usual price of one tael, and I hope my wife can be accommodating."
Pei Yun sneered: "A lot of money? This tea is as valuable as gold. You, a merchant, actually think you can buy it with a lot of money?"
After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving Zhao Cheng standing there stunned.
"...As valuable as gold?" Zhao Cheng wanted to curse.
Would that scapegoat trade one tael of gold for one tael of tea balls? Although tea is expensive, it cannot be compared with gold. Tea trees grow tea leaves every year. In the final analysis, they are just leaves. No matter how expensive the local products are, they are not worthy of being linked to gold.
But Zhao Cheng looked at the tea trees and then at the pretty girls who were watering the tea trees with dew.
These girls were all carefully selected by Li Changan. Although they were not beautiful in appearance, they all had round faces, which made them comfortable to look at. At the age of twelve or thirteen, when she was just beginning to grow, the young girl took a green bamboo tube and poured dew under the tea trees... These tea trees were planted by the masters of Daci'en Temple who are proficient in Buddhism... No fertilizers are used, and they are not stained. filthy……
Zhao Cheng suddenly felt that one tael of gold and one tael of tea were not expensive.
That's all, let's check again in a few days. After all, they have just sprouted now and it will take some time to grow into leaves.
Li Changan is not in Daming Palace, she is now in Princess Xianyi Mansion.
Princess Xianyi is currently Tang Xuanzong's most favored princess. Even the princess's family entitlement has changed from 500 to 1,000 households because of her. Her mansion is naturally extremely magnificent, and there is not even a plate in the mansion with money. Downward.
She is not short of money, plus she has a plain and quiet temperament and likes to practice Taoism, so she is not keen on money.
However, she still had some friendship with this girl whom her mother-in-law recognized, so she did not refuse when Li Changan came to invite her to start a small business with her.
She just thought of it as playing with Li Changan, after all, she was his sister in name only.
He also agreed to Li Changan's plan to organize an outing in the western suburbs of Chang'an and praise the tea trees.
Li Changan left Princess Xianyi's Mansion with satisfaction.
The second step of hype, celebrity effect, completed!
Within a few days, Princess Xianyi's carriage was parked in the western suburbs of Chang'an together with the carriages of several other noble ladies. Although Princess Xianyi was not a high-profile character, she was the most beloved princess of Emperor Xuanzong after all. Countless people are watching.
So, a few days after the outing, Princess Xianyi personally praised the "pure air" of the tea trees in the western suburbs of Chang'an, which spread throughout the top elite circles in Chang'an. It also means that these tea trees were planted by the master of Daci'en Temple. News that it was watered with dew every day and was often tainted with the spirit of men of letters also spread quickly among the powerful.
When Zhao Cheng got the news, he sat in the hall of his home and laughed.
Thanks to his knowledge and interest, after chatting with Mrs. Pei that day, he thought for a long time and felt that this tea would be a perfect gift. On the second day, he took all the cash he could spare to order eight taels of tea. On the third day, he I went there again, taking the ten taels of gold I borrowed from some friends, and wanted to buy another ten taels, but Mrs. Pei Er said that she would not sell any more, and each family was limited to purchasing ten taels of tea...
Zhao Cheng felt that he had made the right purchase. How precious this tea was, yet he still refused to sell it even if there were too many of it. This was a treasure with a price but no market. This kind of treasure is very suitable whether you use it to show off your business or give it as a gift.
Thinking of this, Zhao Cheng sighed softly. He originally thought that twelve taels of tea was already a lot, but now after careful calculation, he found that he could use it everywhere. Unfortunately, he couldn't buy any more.
This is the naivety of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Poor Zhao Cheng had no idea that he had unknowingly stepped into the trap of "hunger marketing". He only knew that he had bought a limited edition of tea, but he did not know the limited edition. The concept itself is a method devised by Li Changan to defraud money.
