Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 75 Vegetable Garden, Ancient Tea Tree

"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, don't be greedy. After Laba Festival, it's New Year. How many days can you drink Laba porridge? It's 23."

In a nursery rhyme.

The world of the Tang Dynasty ushered in the Little New Year.

Shouchanghou Mansion.

Li Huaian stood in a greenhouse covering an area of ​​more than an acre. He was very pleased to see the lush green in the greenhouse. It seemed that the glass greenhouse in the Tang Dynasty was a success. Many seeds were planted, and now they are all The germination has survived and the growth rate is very gratifying.

As soon as the greenhouse was built, he took the maids in the house to plow and replace the soil in the greenhouse, and planted all the seeds brought from the main world into the ground of the greenhouse.

The land in the greenhouse is entirely made of plant ash and black soil from decayed dead leaves, which is very suitable for plant growth.

The land in the greenhouse is neatly divided into dozens of small fields, and between each field there are ridges paved with bricks and stones as paths to walk on.

Dozens of different vegetables are also planted in each field, including cucumbers, beans, peppers, pumpkins, cabbage, chrysanthemum, leeks, green onions, and spinach.
Of course, he has not forgotten these three things, corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

The potatoes in the house have been eaten long ago.

So some need to be planted.

When Li Shimin began to popularize potatoes in the Tang Dynasty, he would have to wait until the spring of the seventh year of Zhenguan next year at the earliest, or even further away, the eighth year of Zhenguan, before they could appear on the market in Chang'an.

After all, with the number of two potato plants, if you want to achieve large-scale popularization in the Tang Dynasty, it will take at least one or two years of continuous breeding to reach the point where potatoes are popularized in all counties under the jurisdiction of Chang'an City.

Li Huaian didn't want to go back to the main world to bring potatoes back, so he had to grow some by himself in the Tang Dynasty world.

This time I planted a small piece of land and the harvest was [-] to [-] kilograms, enough to eat.

As for planting corn and sweet potatoes, it was purely because he wanted to eat corn and missed roasted sweet potatoes in winter.

The remaining vegetables are also easy to understand.

All are used to enrich his winter recipes in the Tang Dynasty world.

Otherwise Li Huaian would not have built this greenhouse.

The purpose is not only to be able to eat fresh vegetables in the winter in the Tang Dynasty world.

"Lang Jun, drink tea."

In the vegetable greenhouse.

On a twenty-square-foot bluestone platform facing the sun, Li Ruoqiu made a cup of hot tea, stood on the bluestone platform, looked at Li Huaian who was still checking the growth of vegetables on the ground, and then called softly.

On this bluestone platform, there is an iron stove half a man tall, exquisitely made, carved with patterns, and equipped with a water tank for heat dissipation. Even the chimney on the iron stove is made of thick iron and has patterns carved on it. Used for decoration.

There was this beautifully crafted iron stove on the bluestone platform, which made the temperature around the bluestone platform very warm. As soon as Li Ruoqiu stood on the bluestone platform, she took off her long fur coat, revealing the thinness underneath. Dress.

Besides.

On the bluestone platform, there is also a beautifully made mahogany Eight Immortals table, several matching chairs, and a water tank for filling water next to the bluestone platform.

After hearing Li Ruoqiu's words, Li Huaian reached out and picked two cucumbers with thorns on top and less than the length of a hand from the cucumber stand, and gave instructions to the maid Taohua who was waiting beside him.

"Peach Blossom, you don't need to take too much care of these vegetables. As long as they don't grow insects, just remember to thin out the seedlings. If they grow, harvest them. If you leave them in the ground, it will also be a waste of land. Send some to Changle if you have any extra. , just let the maids in the mansion share the food."

"Okay, Mr. Lang, I understand."

The maid Taohua nodded.

"Lang Jun, these vegetables are ripe. In addition to Princess Changle, do you want to prepare some for the saint and the queen? After all, Princess Changle still lives in the palace, and Lang Jun is the son-in-law of the saint and the queen. These vegetables Only giving it to Princess Changle and not to the saint and the queen, will it cause any bad misunderstanding?"

"That's true. After all, a saint is my father-in-law."

Li Huaian thought for a moment.

"Then prepare another one for the queen. If there is any extra from the saint's place, just give it to him. If there is no extra, forget about it. I guess there won't be any extra. Then I won't prepare it for the saint. Anyway, where can the queen have it? Maybe the saint is not allowed to eat it."

"what."

The maidservant Peach Blossom was stunned and didn't know what to do. Should she give it to the saint, not give it to her, or just prepare it for the queen and Princess Changle.
"Lang Jun, is it true that the saint doesn't want to send you away?"

"Well, there's no need to give it to the saint. He's a big man. It doesn't matter whether he eats vegetables or not in winter. Just give one to the Queen and Changle."

"We can keep the rest for ourselves."

Li Huaian held two cucumbers and waved to the maid Taohua, walked to the bluestone platform, came to the water tank, and wanted to wash the two cucumbers in his hands.

In fact, you don’t need to wash it, it’s all natural, there are no pesticides, and the fertilizer is still natural plant fertilizer.

You can just put it in your mouth and eat it directly.

Li Ruoqiu saw Li Huaian standing next to the water tank, walked over, picked up the water ladle, scooped some water from the water tank, tilted the water ladle in her hand slightly, and made flowing water on the pool next to the water tank for Lang Jun to clean cucumber.

asked at the same time.

"What did Langjun say to Taohua just now? The slave looked at Taohua with a stunned look on her face."

"Oh, nothing, just"

Li Huaian briefly told Li Ruoqiu what he had just said to his maid Taohua, then reached out and gave one of the washed cucumbers to Li Ruoqiu.

"How about a taste of this cucumber?"

Li Ruoqiu took the cucumber and felt a little helpless about Li Huaian's decision. All she could say was that this pair of father-in-law and son-in-law were really good at hurting each other.

A few days ago, because coal was selling well in Chang'an, the saint just took away some coal from the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce' without giving any money.

They also took away dozens of iron stoves and other ironware from the 'Lao Wuji Ironware Shop' without giving them any money.

During the whole process, the saint only made people put down one sentence.

'The money is recorded in Shouchanghou's house, and there is money in Shouchanghou's house. '

Today, Lang Jun immediately treated them differently when delivering vegetables.

do not know either.

Two grown men, why should they be angry about these things?

Neither is the owner of the money.

I don’t know how much money I spend on food and drink on weekdays.

Li Ruoqiu didn't understand.

But she could only let it go. She didn't dare to take care of any of these two people. Anyway, the two of them were in a relationship with their son-in-law, and they were just playing grudges. When Princess Changle came in, it was Princess Changle's turn to worry about.

It's better for her to leave it alone.

Li Ruoqiu took a bite of the cucumber in her hand, her eyes filled with joy.

"Well, Lang Jun, this cucumber is very delicious. Although it is not as good as the seasonal cucumbers, it is a delicacy that can be eaten in winter."

"If you put this cucumber outside, I'm afraid it will cost several ounces of money."

Li Ruoqiu looked at the cucumber in her hand and was very surprised because the cucumber in her hand had never been seen before and it was different from the cucumbers in season.

"Mr. Lang, it seems that my family has never seen this cucumber before?"

Li Huaian sat on the chair. The cucumber he was eating now was a cultivated cucumber, not the common green cucumber.

He finished the cucumber in his hand in two or three mouthfuls and threw the cucumber butt in the vegetable field nearby to use it as fertilizer.

Then he pulled Li Ruoqiu into his arms.

"This cucumber is a new variety. There are also varieties of the cucumber you mentioned. You have to wait a few days to eat it." Li Ruoqiu lay in Li Huaian's arms and took out a few letters from her body.

"Lang Jun, today the Nu family received a letter from Shoushan and Yuyan Mountain. The letter said that the stones Lang Jun wanted have been found in a field in Shoushan, and arranged for the villagers of Shoushan to dig out some of them."

"Oh, where's Yuyan Mountain?"

Li Huaian took the letters and heard that the people who went to Shoushan had found Tian Huangshi.

He couldn't help but feel happy on his face.

But come to think of it, there are only a few fields that produce Shoushan Tianhuang Stone. It's not a big place. As long as you search hard, it's not difficult to find it.

"What about Yuyan Mountain?"

"Yuyan Mountain has also arranged for people to mine. Some of the blood-red stones that Lang Jun wanted have been mined. They have found a local carver. They are indeed rare seal stones."

"These stones will have to wait until almost the end of the New Year to be transported to Chang'an City by land and water."

Li Ruoqiu relayed what she read in the letter to Li Huaian.

"Have you received any letters from Bahrain, Qingtian, and Yingqiu County?"

"Yes, these three places are similar to Shoushan Mountain and Yuyan Mountain. We have to wait until after the Chinese New Year before we can deliver the things you want to Chang'an City."

"Ah."

Li Huaian felt relieved and did not open the letters to check. He threw them directly on the table, picked up the tea cup and drank the still warm tea in one gulp.

drinking tea.

It seems that the matter of the four major seal stones and the Yingqiu County (Channgle) sapphire has been on track as scheduled and can come to an end, and he does not need to pay too much attention to it.

and so.

He needs to find something to do in the Tang Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty world.

The bitter tea began to taste sweet in the throat.

Li Huaian looked down at the teacup in his hand and one or two tea leaves floating in the teacup, and asked Li Ruoqiu.

"Ruoqiu, where did you buy this tea?"

"tea?"

Li Ruoqiu glanced at the teacup in Li Huaian's hand and thought for a moment.

"Lang Jun, the tea in the mansion is all the best tea bought in the tea shop in Chang'an City. Mengding tea produced in Mengshan Mountain in Sichuan, as well as some Tuancha and black tea, which can be regarded as the best in Chang'an City. Good tea."

"It's winter now, and the man is drinking black tea Xiaolong Tuan."

"Aren't you used to drinking, Mr. Lang?"

"Ever since Langjun changed the way he drinks tea, the house has been drinking these types of tea according to the seasons."

"Could it be that the tea shop deceived the slave family?"

Li Ruoqiu didn't wait for Li Huaian to explain the reason, but she became angry first.

"The slave family will send someone to find out who owns this tea shop. If he dares to deceive the Shouchang Hou Mansion like this, the slave family will have the tea shop destroyed."

in tone.

He has the air of a powerful and powerful man in the Hou family, and he has the air of bullying and dominating the market.

From start to finish.

She never thought that it was Li Huaian's own problem. Maybe it was because he didn't get the taste of the tea.

In her heart, if Lang Jun felt that this tea was wrong, then it must be that the tea leaves were wrong. Even if there was nothing wrong with the tea leaves, it was still wrong.

In the current tea shop of the Tang Dynasty, if Lang Jun had not spread the current way of drinking tea, in terms of tea drinking in the Tang Dynasty, although tea occupies the main position in the tea soup, the amount of tea used is not the same as it is now. Compared to each other, there is a huge difference.

It can be said.

The tea shop in Chang'an City is so prosperous because of the blessing of Lang Jun.

So what if the dignitaries of the Shouchang Hou Mansion smashed a tea shop.

Li Huaian patted Li Ruoqiu's softness angrily, and then explained.

"I'm not talking about the tea in the mansion. This black tea Xiaolongtuan tastes good. I just asked our people to help me find some tea trees."

In his words, he did not blame Li Ruoqiu for threatening to smash up someone else's tea shop.

It is normal for nobles of all dynasties to have privileges.

He didn't have much resentment either.

Who made him a member of the Tang aristocracy now?

"Ah, it turns out that this is what Lang Jun thought."

Li Ruoqiu rubbed the place where she had just been beaten, as if she knew her mistake, but there was a smile in her eyes.

"Mr. Geng, if you find these tea leaves, you can buy the place where the tea trees grow. It will be the property of our Shouchang Marquis Mansion."

Li Huaian smiled.

"Otherwise, if these tea trees are transplanted to Chang'an City, regardless of whether they can survive, even if they survive, the taste of the tea leaves produced by the tea trees will change due to the growth environment."

"Just buy a piece of land locally based on these tea trees and slowly turn it into a tea garden."

"When the tea picking season comes, we can find experienced tea makers in the local area to make the tea directly and then send it to Chang'an City."

He told Li Ruoqiu to take care of the tea tree matter.

Li Huaian felt that he should soon be able to drink tea similar to Wuyishan Dahongpao in the main world.

However, the mother tree Dahongpao in Wuyishan in the main world seems to be only more than 300 years old. According to this age, the Dahongpao in Wuyishan in the Tang Dynasty is at least the tea tree of my father's level, and it may be the ancient tea tree of my grandfather's level. I don't know. What does the tea leaves from this tea tree taste like?

When you get it to show off your wealth in the main world, no one knows you, so you can’t get slapped in the face.

He didn't believe that anyone in the main world could come up with Wuyishan Big Red Packet Dad-level tea.

So Li Huaian listed the approximate location of Dahongpao in Wuyi Mountain, Tieguanyin, and West Lake Longjing.
In one breath, he talked about several types of tea that had not appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

Finish talking to Li Ruoqiu about the tea tree.

Li Huaian also lost his mind for the time being and began to focus on the beauty in his arms, so he lowered his head and whispered to Li Ruoqiu.

"I don't think I've asked for you here yet."

"what."

Li Ruoqiu was shocked.

Then his body went limp.

"Mr. Lang, please don't. It's broad daylight and there are other maids in the greenhouse. There's snow outside. You'll catch a cold here."

"It's so nice to be here, looking at the snowy scenery."

"How about the gentleman invite Taohua to come too."

(End of this chapter)