Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Han Tong rolled his eyes and said, "Send it directly to Mr. Liu's mansion!"

After today's incident, he finally understood that instead of pleasing others, it would be better to hug Liu Bai's thigh tightly.

Just to use the reason of thanking Liu Bai, I visited again.

Liu Bai left Li Daliang's residence and went directly to the busiest downtown.

It was a rare trip to the county seat, he wanted to pick out some rouge jewelry for the two sisters Liu Wan'er and Liu Rong'er before going back.

When I got home, it was almost dark.

As soon as he arrived at the gate, Liu Bai saw several yamen servants leaning against the wall and dozing off.

Han Tong squatted in the corner, hugging his arms, shivering from the cold.

Next to it, there are two familiar big boxes

Seeing Liu Bai come back, Han Tong almost burst into tears.

He deliberately didn't go in, and waited outside the mansion, trying to show some respect.

Who knows, the first wait is half a day.

He sniffled, kicked the servants to wake him up, forced a smile, "Young Master Liu, you are back!"

Seeing his embarrassment, Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten up.

Liu Bai also couldn't help laughing, and said: "How can Mr. Han have the time to come to Liu?"

Han Tong sniffed his nose again, his smile was uglier than crying, and he said, "Young Master Liu helped you out of the siege today, and I am very grateful, so I'm here."

"Ah!"

Before he finished speaking, he sneezed loudly, and then continued: "Thank you very much!"

Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu were almost dying of laughter, and even Xu Chu, who was always reticent, grinned.

Liu Bai felt that he couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "Why don't Mr. Han go into the humble house and talk about it, the weather is really too cold."

"Your subordinates obey your orders!"

Han Tong greeted the yamen servants, carried the box in, trotted a few steps, and followed behind Liu Bai.

Sitting in the hall, drinking the ginger tea brought by the servant, Han Tong finally felt warmer, and his numb hands and feet gradually regained consciousness.

"If there is no Mr. Liu today, the lower official will be ashamed. In retrospect, Mr. Liu is still sympathetic to the lower official."

Han Tong cupped his hands to Liu Bai.

"Just a trivial matter, why bother."

Liu Bai has long seen that Han Tong came to show his loyalty.

They are all here in a hurry, if you don't order him around, you will be sorry for his 'loyalty'.

"It just so happens that Mr. Han is here. Liu has something to do and wants to ask Mr. Han for help!"

Hearing this, Han Tong suddenly became refreshed.

If you don't do things for Liu Bai, how can you hug his thigh?

"Despite your orders, my lord, I will do my best!"

"Shen Wansan has already told Liu that Mr. Han led three classes of government servants to measure all the farmland around Jingyang. Liu intends to buy all these farmlands back."

Chapter 50: Tea, can it still be fried?

At the beginning, Liu Bai borrowed a government servant from Han Tong to measure the land, but it was delayed for a few days because of the Cui family's affairs.

He originally wanted to wait until the Cui family's affairs were over before continuing to measure the land, but Han Tong thought that this was a great opportunity to please Liu Bai.

For more than ten days in a row, Han Tong did nothing else, and ran around with the servants all day long.

This is what Shen Wansan told Liu Bai before leaving.

"No, seven days, within five days, the next official will definitely handle the matter that the young master told me!"

Full of confidence, Han Tong gave Liu Bai a guarantee.

He still has this grasp.

More than half of the farmland around Jingyang County belonged to the Liu family, so he didn't have to worry about it.

With his honor as the county magistrate, is the remaining farmland still a problem?

Even if someone is unwilling to hand over the farmland, he can completely use Liu Bai's name as a deterrent.

The Cui family has just been convicted, and now Liu Bai's reputation is probably better than Fang Xuanling's!

"Since that's the case, Liu will not stay any longer."

Having achieved his goal, Liu Bai directly issued an order to evict the guest. He did not need to be polite to Han Tong at all.

For the next few days, Liu Bai stayed at home.

There is no need to worry about planting potatoes and corn. Even if Han Tong takes back all the farmland, he will have to wait until spring.

The Cui family is finished, and Liu Bai has no interest in the life and death of the Cui family.

The only thing he is interested in is the Cui family's cast iron business.

But with Shen Wansan here, and the help of Chai Shao and Li Daliang, the cast iron business can still fly?

Even Yan Lide delivered [-] guan of silver to the Liu family as promised.

The bobbin car workshop of Liu's family is rushing to work day and night, and delivery on time is not a problem.

Liu Bai didn't go out, and Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu were even more idle.

Apart from practicing boxing and kicking with Xu Chu every day, there was nothing else to do. They were so bored that they became more motivated to clean up the dishes every day.

This morning!

Just after breakfast, Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu were still carrying the ponytail, sitting in the corner of the yard washing dishes, chatting with each other.

Cheng Chumo suddenly sniffled, "What's the smell?"

Chai Lingwu also sniffled, "It smells so good!"

After searching for a long time, they found that the scent was coming from the backyard. The two threw the bowls and chopsticks into the wooden basin, ran to the backyard to look, and saw a big pot in the yard. Fresh tea leaves, poured into the pot.

The two squatted next to the cauldron, one on the left and one on the right, and Cheng Chumo raised his nose and sniffed, "Brother Liu, what are you doing?"

Liu Bai shook the basket and said, "Fried tea!"

"Tea, can you still fry it?"

Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu stared wide-eyed.

The tea culture of later generations has not yet been derived from the Tang Dynasty. Usually, what Liu Bai and the others drink is said to be tea, but in fact, it is made by soaking some herbs.

Some literati and scholars are fond of sencha, that is, the dried tea leaves are ground into powder, added with onion, ginger, salt and vinegar, or spices such as nutmeg and pepper, and roasted in a clay oven.

For those with a strong taste, lard is even added!

Liu Bai saw people drink it a few times, and just smelled it, he was about to spit it out

He always liked to drink tea, but he really couldn't stand the taste of sencha. Anyway, he had nothing to do now, so he might as well study how to fry tea.

Maybe in the future, it can develop into an industry.

All the fresh tea leaves are put into the cauldron, and the refreshing fragrance is stronger.

Liu Bai threw the bamboo basket on the ground, rubbed his chin and thought, "I remember, you need to use your hands directly to stir-fry tea."

He turned his gaze and landed on Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu.

Seeing Liu Bai's 'unkind' gaze, Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu immediately got goosebumps, every time Liu Bai looked at them with such eyes, there must be no good fruit to eat

Cheng Chumo stood up abruptly, "I haven't finished washing the dishes yet!"

He ran away.

Chai Lingwu's mind was slow, and by the time he realized it, Cheng Chumo had already disappeared.

Liu Bai chuckled, and Chai Lingwu also laughed dryly a few times. After laughing, he nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"I heard that you are practicing iron sand palm with Xu Chu recently?"

Chai Lingwu shook his head like a rattle.

At this moment, Xu Chu who was not far away coughed lightly.

Chai Lingwu was so frightened that he shrank his neck suddenly, with a mournful face, he nodded his head with difficulty

A moment later, Chai Lingwu's shrill screams sounded from the Liu family mansion.

Once it rang, it was a whole morning.

Cheng Chumo, who was sitting in the corner of the front yard washing dishes, shivered.

"Fortunately I ran fast"

He suddenly discovered that washing the dishes was also a kind of happiness.

Thinking of this, he brushed even harder!

When it was almost noon, the hall was full of fragrance.

Liu Bai tasted the freshly brewed tea, nodding slightly from time to time.

He originally thought that it would take at least a few days of research to successfully fry the tea leaves, but he did not expect to produce results in the morning.

Although it is not as good as those famous teas of later generations, it has a seven or eight percent taste, which is much better than hot water soaking herbs.

Beside him, Chai Lingwu's hands were wrapped in white cloth, holding the teacup carefully, as if the teacup was not filled with hot tea, but full of gold.

These are all his 'blood and sweat'.

Every time he takes a sip, he closes his eyes and carefully tastes the taste, his face is full of happiness, as if he has forgotten the big bubbles in his hands.

Cheng Chumo walked in carelessly, reaching out to snatch Chai Lingwu's cup.

Chai Lingwu stood up abruptly, staring at Cheng Chumo viciously, "Don't touch my tea!"

Cheng Chumo scratched his head and said, "How does it taste?"

Chai Lingwu ignored him, sat down again, and continued to suck up.

“I just want to taste”

Cheng Chu swallowed silently, then looked at the cloth bag on the table.

The bag is full of freshly roasted tea leaves.

"If you want to drink, fry it yourself, there is no part for you in this bag."

Liu Bai put down the teacup and tied up the cloth bag.

Cheng Chumo muttered, "Anyway, there are still so many, so why don't we keep them and sell them for silver?"

"You're really right, I just plan to sell it for silver!"

Liu Bai had this idea long ago.

If you want to make a lot of money, you have to lead the trend. Blindly tinkering with old things is not the way to get rich.

The "oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar tea" of later generations is not just talk, as long as you push it gently, this new type of tea will become a daily necessity.

He didn't believe that everyone in Datang would like oily soup like Sencha.

Once fried tea becomes popular, it will be a big deal.

Thinking of this, Liu Bai looked at Chai Lingwu.

Chai Lingwu hurriedly raised his hands high and shouted, "My hands are not healed yet!"

Liu Bai rolled his eyes, "No one asked you to continue frying tea. In the afternoon, I will call a few smart guys over to my house, and you will teach them how to cook tea."

Only then did Chai Lingwu feel relieved, and continued to drink his teacup.

Chapter 51: Obviously I am going to thank Liu Bai by myself, why are these old guys joining in the fun?

The bank of the Jing River on the south side of Jingyang County is the most pleasant place in Jingyang County.