Datang: Get Xiang Yu's divine power at the beginning

Chapter 274

Hearing this, Li Chengdao gently turned the teacup, wondering, "Shouldn't the tribute tea be the best tea? Why is the imperial tip of the West Lake Longjing enshrined in Ouchi not as good as the tea in Lu Gong's hands?"

When Lu Zicong heard this, he chuckled and said, "Your Highness, I don't know that this top-quality Longjing tea needs to be produced from several peaks near Lion Peak to be the authentic top-quality tea, but this top-quality tea is greatly affected by the climate, even if the weather is good within a year. , the climate is pleasant, but the long-distance transportation, if the weather is cloudy and rainy, the taste of this tea will be greatly reduced."

"As for the tea that is sent to Ouchi as a tribute, we strive to have a stable and consistent taste. Therefore, the tribute tea does not seek the best, but the most stable. Otherwise, if the tea your Majesty drinks this year has a slightly different taste from last year, you will inevitably think that it is a subordinate. The work was not done well, and after investigation, even if more than a hundred mouths of the tea garden were cut down, no new tea would grow!"

Lu Zicong said earnestly: "Your Highness, it's really not that the people below are disrespectful to the Holy One. There is nothing to do about it. Occasionally, some important people from above come here, and the places where they are tasted are different. It is only as if the tea leaves picked in the original place are delicious. I will not be suspicious, today His Highness asked about a humble position that I admire His Highness very much, I dare not hide it, and I have heard His Highness is wise for a long time, I know that His Highness has always sympathized with the sufferings of the people, so I can't bear to hide it!"

Li Chengdao was stunned when he heard this. He originally thought that Lu Zicong hid the good tea in order to make huge profits, but he didn't expect such a reason, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Although what people do is an emperor's job, outsiders may look extremely majestic, but the taste of it is also self-knowledge!"

"Besides, I dare not hide from my humble position. We also turn over the silver taels for the sale of these good teas according to the amount, and we dare not hide them. Of course, some necessary entertainment and gifts during the festivals are also due to this. For example, Mr. Gao, the supervisor of etiquette, , I have to honor ten catties of good tea every year in a humble job, there is no way, there is no one above, and the work is not working!"

Hearing this, Li Chengdao couldn't stop smiling wryly. He thought he had discovered a big case of deceiving the emperor, but he didn't expect it to be just an unspoken rule in the center of the officialdom: that is, any tribute that cannot guarantee the quality and quantity of continuous supply, would rather The best thing to do is the next best thing, and don't forcefully worship, lest Longyan be furious and cause death!
Lu Zicong's all-in-one teaching made Li Chengdao feel good about him, because in Li Chengdao's view, as far as today's performance is concerned, no matter what, judging from the current performance of Lu Zicong, he really has the meaning of getting closer to himself.

Li Chengdao chuckled, raised his teacup and replaced the wine with tea, and said, "Luckily, Eunuch Lu told me frankly and solved my doubts. Although Chengdao is in charge of the king, he also understands your difficulties. The previous misunderstanding, let's just resolve it!"

In fact, after Li Chengdao talked with Zheng Baihu that day, he had already decided to attack Yuan Ziwei to establish his power, but the matter of Lu Zicong exchanging tea and paying tribute had always been on his mind. For Li Chengdao, it was nothing more than a heartache. Now he knows the reason. Because of this, Li Chengdao couldn't help feeling relieved, the two drank tea and chatted, and for a while they became closer to each other.

After lunch, Li Chengdao wandered around the tea garden on the mountainside for a long time. Even if he had completed the inspection task, he had nothing to do in the afternoon and it was time to go back. When the two of them were about to board the car, Lu Zicong raised his hand and saw the little official guarding the tea garden Hastily handed in a few people to carry over two nanmu boxes.

Li Chengdao was puzzled and asked, "This is?"

Lu Zicong smiled apologetically and said, "Your Highness, there is really nothing decent on this mountain except tea leaves. Each of these boxes contains ten catties of top-grade Yuqian Longjing. Your Highness, let's take it back and try something new. If the tea harvest is poor next year, I won't be able to drink it." This is such a good tea!"

Li Chengdao learned from Steward Liao that if such a good tea is placed on the market, one tael of tea might be worth more than ten taels of silver, and these two boxes of tea are worth 2000 taels of silver. The family's rations for a month.It's really a leaf of gold.

But since the people in charge of ceremonies are accustomed to it, now that Lu Zicong has never returned to his heart, if he doesn't accept him, I'm afraid it will make him suspicious, so Li Chengdao smiled and nodded.

Seeing this, Lu Zicong shouted again, and saw someone else brought a package, Lu Zicong rubbed his hands and said, "Your Highness, this package contains four mandarin duck embroidered pillows. First-class good tea, to fall asleep with this time, with the fragrance of tea all over the body, soothe the heart and improve eyesight, just give it to the adults!"

When Li Chengdao heard that it was a tea pillow, he smiled a little. After all, the value of this thing is even better than that of Longjing before the rain. He only gave four of them. Li Chengdao was a little at a loss. what?

Li Chengdao is an open-minded person, he couldn't think of a reason, so he simply stopped entangled, asked someone to collect these gifts and put them in the car, and then set off to return.

Not far from the Lion Peak, when Li Chengdao was drowsy, he heard someone scolding outside. Li Chengdao opened the door curtain, and saw two local officials, holding a whip, chasing away a disheveled young boy, who was only ten years old. about.

How could Li Chengdao just ignore it, and immediately shouted: "Stop!"

Li Chengdao agreed, a kind of fan stepped forward, stopped the whip that the official was about to drop, and then grabbed the leather whip from the official's hand with one hand, and scolded: "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear what your Highness said?"

The officer had a ferocious face, but when he turned his head, he saw Fanzi's more ferocious face than him, and seeing the group of people behind him, he immediately put on a flattering smile, nodded and stood aside.

Before Li Chengdao could speak, Lu Zicong stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"

Li Chengdao had already got out of the sedan chair, and the child had already hid aside. The young child was only eight or nine years old, very thin, ragged, and very dirty.

Li Chengdao stepped forward and knelt down, holding the child's arm. He felt skinny and pitifully skinny in his hands. Li Chengdao asked softly, "Little brother, what's going on? Aren't you from here? Where's your family?" "

When Li Chengdao stepped forward, there were Qinglong and others chasing up behind him, all of them holding single swords, majestic and majestic, the young children had never seen such a battle before, they shrank and dared not speak.

When Li Chengdao saw this, he frowned and turned around and said, "He's just a young child. Why are you nervous? Why don't you back down!"

Hearing this, Qinglong and the others hurriedly signaled his subordinates to push away a few steps, Lu Zicong also came over, squatted down, and asked in a soft voice: "Little guy, this is a good guy, please answer any questions, maybe I will also give you a few pennies to buy a few big meat buns!"

As soon as he heard that there were meat buns to eat, the young boy's eyes lit up, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said, "My lord, I'm from Wenkou Town, and my name is Wen Jiahua. I just saw wild fruits on the side of the road because I was hungry. I couldn't help but want to pick a few to fill my stomach, but these old men saw me and beat me with a whip!"

Hearing this, Li Chengdao looked at Lu Zicong and asked, "Wenkou Town? Is it near here?"

(End of this chapter)