Encounter Qin Shihuang on a deserted island

Chapter 666 Use tea instead of courtesy to declare sovereignty

"Young Master Hou, please wait here for a moment."

The old housekeeper led Chang Yu to the backyard and asked Chang Yu to wait a while, before he walked to talk to the master of the mansion.

Standing in the corridor, Chang Yu could easily see a middle-aged man drinking tea in the gazebo in the lotus pond in the backyard.

On the way here, the old housekeeper had already fully introduced him. His name was Chen Fangkang.

He is a very outstanding businessman, and there are large caravans in all the counties and cities of Daqin, and he travels in all the counties and cities of Daqin for business.

He doesn't need to go to business frequently, he only needs to sit in the mansion and give a few orders, and the major caravans will listen to him.

The time for hard work has passed. Although I am now middle-aged and in my prime, I have entered the stage of enjoying happiness ahead of schedule.

Hearing his resume, Chang Yu wasn't surprised at all. For him, no matter how good he is in business, that's all.

With a single word from him, Chen Fangkang's caravan would be disconnected from the cargo and the economic chain would be broken.

Although the two sides have different strengths, the status is indeed very different, and it is really difficult to be equal.

The only thing to see is whether Chang Yu has the intention of making friends, or...whether he respects Chang Yu.

After all, today's Daqin is riddled with internal and external troubles on the surface.

The advantage of doing business is that even if Great Qin collapses, he will not have any influence.

In short, the two sides cannot be compared, both are leaders in their respective fields.

"Young Master Hou."

The old butler's soft call pulled Chang Yu back from his distraction.

Facing Chen Fangkang, he made a gesture of invitation: "My master, I invite you to talk in detail."

"My lord," Yang Yushan stood behind with worried eyes, but Chang Yu waved his hand and refused: "You have worked hard all the way."

Immediately, he nodded to the old housekeeper and said, "Please take care of her, just let me and your master stay here."

"Okay!" The old housekeeper was not an unreasonable person, and immediately waved his hand to order the guards on guard to leave.

He wasn't afraid that Chang Yu would launch a sneak attack. As a businessman traveling all over the world, Chen Fangkang knew all about martial arts.

If we really want to fight, it's not necessarily who will lose first!Therefore, he is not worried, Chang Yu is a person with ulterior motives.

Seeing Chang Yu's serious demeanor, Yang Yushan couldn't say anything more, and looked at the black snake on his wrist before leaving.

With the most poisonous snake around, if it senses danger, it will attack without warning, so I feel more at ease.

After all the outsiders left the backyard, Chang Yu took a few deep breaths and walked towards the gazebo in the lotus pond.

It was only when he got closer that he noticed that Chen Fangkang was a polite middle-aged man, not the kind of businessman with big arms.

He doesn't have the kind of dusty temperament that is typical of people who travel around the world. Instead, he looks like a young man from a wealthy family.

It can be seen that the fortune of the Chen family is not due to him, but the family business inherited from his father, dare to be the rich second generation... envy.

Hearing Chang Yu's approaching footsteps, Chen Fangkang raised his hand without looking back, signaling him not to come.

Chang Yu quickly stopped and didn't ask any more questions.

It is basic courtesy to follow other people's rules in their territory.

He was sitting at the tea table, fiddling with tea leaves and tea sets, his movements were very graceful and gentle.

The way of tea is very particular, you can't be impatient, but you need to relax your mind and body and calmly play with it.

Although I often drink tea, I have never studied tea culture. Now I can see that although I can't see the way, I feel refreshed.

Grab the teapot lightly, pour the hot water in it into another teapot, and rinse the tea leaves back and forth in this way repeatedly.

This method can better stimulate the unique taste, bitterness and sweetness of tea.

After repeated washing for more than three times, Chen Fangkang just put down the two teapots and poured out all the hot tea in them.

In this way, there will be none of the unique flavors in the tea... but a deeper flavor will emerge.

Drinking tea is not about tea, but about artistic conception and a state of relaxation.

After pouring everything out, add a pot of hot water and pour it into the tea leaves that have been washed repeatedly and have lost most of their flavor.

But there is a unique tea flavor, which is blown by the breeze, and you can feel... refreshed before you drink it.

Pick up two teacups from the tea tray, put one in front of you and one on the opposite side.

Pick up the teapot that exudes a unique tea flavor, first pour two-thirds of the teacup on the opposite side, and then fill it up for yourself.

Tea brewing in this way is also very particular. Visitors cannot fill up the tea, nor can they pour less.

The tea is full, which means driving away guests.

There is less tea, which means not to be seen.

No more, no less, keep your distance,
Before knowing what the other party wanted, it was just right.

Gently putting down the teapot in his hand, Chen Fangkang raised his hand as a 'please' gesture without looking back: "Master Marquis, please take a seat."

At the invitation of the host, Chang Yu took steps from the lotus pond to the gazebo.

Facing Chen Fangkang who was sipping tea, he lifted up his robe and sat behind the opposite side of the tea table.

Raise your hands, hold the tea cup, and slightly raise it to the level of your eyebrows, that is, to salute the host with tea.

After putting it down, he didn't drink the tea in the teacup, but poured it gently into the tea tray in front of Chen Fangkang's gaze.

Seeing this action, Chen Fangkang raised his brows lightly, and said with a light smile: "Unexpectedly, Master Hou is also a person who knows tea ceremony."

"Master Chen has won the prize." Chang Yu put the empty teacup in front of the tea table and sat up.

"This Hanzhong County was occupied by the rebel army for six or seven days, and Mr. Chen was trapped in the city and couldn't get out...but I didn't expect that there would be a way to spend tea."

"Really, I'm a little...surprised!" Facing Chen Fangkang's gaze, Chang Yu's eyes showed no timidity at all.

The first cup of tea is also particular and cannot be drunk directly.

This is an announcement with tea that the initiative is mine, not you.

When you come to someone's mansion as a guest, if you drink the first cup of tea, you will be slightly weaker than the other party as a whole.

As the Lord Marquis of Daqin, the entire Hanzhong County belongs to him, and this initiative cannot be surrendered.

Sitting upright with an empty teacup in front of your eyes is also telling the other person to have another cup of hot tea for yourself.

If the other party has made tea, it means that the other party has given in, if not... then you are welcome.

"Master Hou, you are really joking."

"This Hanzhong County has been invaded, and the people are not allowed to enter or leave the city. I am a commoner, so I can't do anything in a hurry, right?"

"Only in this way, by adjusting the tea, nourishing the rhyme and regulating the body and mind, can the time when the Daqin government do nothing and let the people live under the occupation."

Although Chen Fangkang had never seen him, the rumored Lord Marquis of Hanzhong County could tell at a glance that Chang Yu in front of him was not a fake.

Those actions just now are enough to show his strength... These words are not aggressive or anything.

Just complaining as a "little civilian", complaining about the inaction of the Daqin government in response to the rebel army's occupation of Hanzhong County.

Having said that, Chen Fangkang still grabbed the teapot and stood up slightly, making tea for Chang Yu gently with a more respectful gesture.

In the final analysis, he is a businessman after all, and he knows how big the gap is with the Hou Ye who is under one person.

Besides, my home is next to the official residence of Hanzhong County, although it is now occupied by the rebel army... but the Lord Hou of Hanzhong County is right in front of me.

Daqin has not yet been overthrown by the new regime, and the world is still theirs... Could it be the offending master?

(End of this chapter)