Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2212 Flower War (One Hundred and Twenty One)

Tea, generally regarded as a sobering and pleasurable drink, at the same time, the tea table is also regarded as a social venue to demonstrate politeness and elegant conversation, especially for women, if there are guests, they are not given. It would be considered impolite for them to pour a cup of tea or coffee with a nice aroma as a drink.

   Almost every British woman has the habit of collecting saucers, teapots, and milk jugs, and these things have contributed to the development of industry to a certain extent. In addition to sapphire, Sri Lanka also produces tin pots, which are considered to be the second best tea set after silver teapots. They are the best choice for middle-class people who cannot afford silver teapots and do not want to use copper ones.

   Yet just as the orators of ancient Rome debated the moral corruption of silk, England was divided into tea-lovers and anti-tea factions. Anti-tea factions believe that tea parties are a place to spread gossip and create degenerate consumption. In the eyes of anti-tea factions, those teapots and boxes that hold tea are like Pandora's Box, and bad things will happen when you open it.

Their concerns are not unreasonable. The start of the American war is related to the Boston Tea Party. In addition, some opponents believe that lower-class women such as washerwomen and maids should not drink too much tea. The tea" is more refreshing, and that is the aromatic ale.

Tea is a luxury, it used to sell for £6 a pound of tea, some people found this magical oriental leaf to have a calming effect, but its tax used to be as high as 120%, which led to smuggling and counterfeiting This happens frequently.

Chinese tea is mixed with Japanese tea powder to make it shoddy, and other smugglers directly use blackthorn, ash, and hawthorn as tea after drying, so "toxic tea" also broke out. Very similar, but there are many poisonous plants. These low-income families usually buy cheap tea. Their needs condone smuggling and counterfeiting. After William Pitt came to power, "letting the people drink tea with peace of mind" became his policy goal.

Later, tea was also called "scandal soup". From a certain point of view, although the British government reduced the tariff rate, it increased the tax revenue a lot, reduced smuggling, and alleviated the huge financial deficit caused by the War of Independence. There was no revolution like in France.

The United Kingdom has always wanted to get rid of its dependence on the "Guangzhou system" and Chinese tea. Botanists such as Linnaeus tried to transplant the tea tree into the greenhouse, but for some reason, it did not bloom. It seems that both tea and grapes are difficult to grow. grown on British soil.

   Next, they tried to plant in the same latitude as Wuyi Mountain, but it was still unsuccessful, but a lot of tea trees were found in Assam, India.

These are local tea trees, not the Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao mother tree mentioned by Nick in his travelogue. There is even mud in the back, which is of course not the same level as the tea leaves on the Duchess's tea table.

But tea is a kind of "home comfort" placebo, whether it's a cash-strapped worker or a seamstress, enjoying tea time, the husband may be reading a newspaper or book, and the wife chatting about the trivia of the day, even if he doesn't have any Listening, this scene at least looks advanced.

   Many middle-class women will invite friends to drink tea at their homes after Sunday services. Ladies are not accompanied by men here, so tea is gradually associated with women's graceful manners. In this kind of scene, pleasant etiquette is the rule, and how to set up a tea table has become a skill that young ladies must master. Even if France is not as keen on tea as the United Kingdom, French aristocratic girls' schools are also Need to take this class.

This is a day when being able to play the piano is not necessarily useful, but if, like Marie Antoinette, she is asked to perform in public by Madame du Barry, and she won't, then she will be "socially dead" and become someone else joke.

   Another topic is the public anxiety about the purity of retail tea, which has prompted scientific research on the characteristics of tea, and many people have written pamphlets to teach people how to identify whether there are impurities. In addition, there are scholars like Linnaeus who classified and made specimens of tea trees. People once believed that black tea and green tea were different types of tea trees. Later, after a botanist comparison, it was confirmed that one type of tea can be processed into black tea and green tea. Differences in appearance and smell are due to processing techniques.

  When the tea arrives in London, it will be sent to the East India Company's auction house in London. It is a building that imitates the Pantheon in Rome. A hole is cut in the ceiling to allow sunlight to enter, but it cannot fully illuminate the entire interior of the auction house. There are Romanesque sculptures on the walls, and the auctioneers sit on steps like the seats of the senate, part of the darkness. In fact, being able to enter the auction house is a kind of franchise, and those who cannot enter are not even qualified to bid. These teas are graded before auction, and the black tea is benchmarked against Wuyishan tea, which has led to all non-green tea leaves being called Wuyishan tea.

In the British tradition, the tea box is often decorated very ornately, and it is also equipped with a lock to prevent the servants from stealing the tea box and playing back some valuables, because the tea must be kept dry, which is very suitable for documents such as wills. So the tea box and its contents are only accessible to certain people, and Georgiana's seal is also placed in the box that Matilda is carrying.

She woke up the next morning after taking the medicine, feeling much better than the day before, but she didn't remember anyone standing by her bed the night before, and then she opened the suitcase to check, and there was nothing missing. thing.

   "It's true, I swear," said Margaret again.

  Caroland Lestrange sat on the sofa, looking at her suspiciously.

  Georgianna drank blue butterfly pea flower oolong tea. After reading enough files of the Inquisition, she understood that human beings lie for various reasons. She didn't want witch hunts or poisoning incidents in Napoleon's court to happen again, but Luan Yin was something to watch out for.

  Part of Nick's record is very fantasy, and the credibility would be much improved without those fantasy content.

   Napoleon may take it away, she can just get rid of it temporarily and focus on "now" things.

   This is very strange. The Qing Empire has died, and Napoleon has died. What is she busy with?

   "Could it be a Voldemort bat," said Louvre Truman at this time. "It was attacked in Papua New Guinea."

  Caroland scoffed. "It doesn't even exist."

   "Why do you say that?" asked Georgiana.

   "No one has seen it except the discoverer," Carolan said.

  Georgiana recalled that the living shroud was indeed discovered in 1782, only more than 20 years ago, and it has not been recognized as a new species.

   "Are you going to be a guardian of the gods?" Georgiana asked Carolan.

  Caroland didn't answer.

   "I will." Louvre said, summoning a springer spaniel with his wand.

   It was lively, running around the room, and Georgiana looked at Louvre, who had survived that day thanks to the compound antidote she handed her.

   "Do you think it has any effect on silence?" asked Georgiana.

   Louvre was stunned.

   "The shadow you said is the same level as Silent?" Carolan asked.

   "I don't know, it's an unknown creature."

   "How are you sure it exists?" Carolan asked.

"I can feel it." Georgiana looked at the sky outside. The sun had already come out. In order to facilitate her attendance, the venue for the summit was in the art gallery next to Place Richelieu. "Let's go, the other two of you. Go buy some lace, I heard it's a specialty of Calais, remember to give it to..."

   "Okay, let's go." Caroline urged, as if she was afraid she would go back, and together with Louvre, took Georgiana's arm and "escorted" her out of the hotel.

   (end of this chapter)