I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

After putting away the cute pet, Li Zhao's consciousness left the system space again. She was in a bad mood, her eyes were hesitant, and the word "unhappy" was written on her face.

Madam Zhang's heart skipped a beat, and she stepped forward carefully, holding a gilded parrot-shaped jar with a handle in her hand. She said respectfully, "Your Excellency Yudou Xuanzun, the spring water you requested has arrived."

"Oh, the spring water is here." Li Zhao turned on the microphone again. She sat up and leaned lazily on the hidden bag of the big couch.

"Make me a cup of tea."

Madam Zhang responded respectfully, and the palace maid brought a set of stoves and tea sets. She lit the fire with charcoal, waited for the water to boil, then added crushed and roasted tea powder, and then added mint, green salt, ginger, garlic slices, peppercorns, mutton...

Wait, wait!! Ginger, garlic slices, peppercorns, lamb?!

Li Zhao was shocked: "Wait! You... added mutton to the tea?!"

Adding salt in the beginning is shocking enough, but why add mutton? Are they going to make spicy soup?!

Li Zhao remembered that Lu Yu drank plain tea!

Oh, no, I remember now.

Lu Yu lived in the middle Tang Dynasty, which is still the early Tang Dynasty. The custom of drinking tea was similar to that of the Han Dynasty, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. People liked to add all kinds of things to tea when making it. Even the later nomadic peoples retained this ancient custom.

Madam Zhang was at a loss: "Xuanzun, are you not used to it? I will go change it right away!"

Li Zhao stopped her: "No need."

Suddenly he remembered that the jasmine in the flower garden behind the palace was in full bloom, snow-white like pearls. When the warm spring breeze blew, the fragrance filled the palace, which was extremely refreshing. Li Zhao became interested.

"The jasmine in the garden behind the palace is in great bloom. Cut some of it off, cut some apples, put them in a gauze bag along with the tea leaves, boil them for a while, and add five spoons of honey."

Madam Zhang followed her instructions and after a while, she brought a transparent light blue glass cup and served the tea. Li Zhao took two sips and gave it a five-star rating: "Not bad, in the future, you can do the same as today, just use seasonal fruits, dried flowers, and tea leaves to make tea for me. Go down and divide the remaining tea in the silver pot."

Madam Zhang was overjoyed and thanked Li Zhao with the palace maids. She then kept a few people and went down to distribute the tea. She drank it all before coming back to serve and then let the people who had stayed behind to drink tea.

Anyway, there was no rush to complete the task, so Li Zhao thought about promoting China's tea culture. She asked Qingluan, "Qingluan, can you hold a brush and draw what is in a living person's memory like an AI?"

Qing Luan: "Yes! I am a system assistant created by the main system, and I have a super strong imitation ability! If you want Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, I can draw it for you with my bare hands!"

Li Zhao smiled faintly: "Very good. It's up to you later!"

Li Zhao said to Madam Zhang, "Bring me the pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

The things were delivered quickly, and Li Zhao spread them out on the table on the big couch. She clearly did not move to take the brush, but the brush stood up by itself and was dipped in the ground ink.

Madam Zhang and Ruyi, who were watching from the side, said: “!!!!!!!!!”

Buddhas and Bodhisattvas! Did they see a ghost? !

The two of them almost popped their eyes out, and suddenly they heard Yu Dou Xuan Zun, who was leaning on the hidden bag, chuckle: "It's just a telekinetic technique, why make such a fuss?"

It turned out that it was Xuan Zun who was performing magic. Ruyi and Madam Zhang suddenly relaxed and looked at the brush eagerly to see what it could write.

However, the truth behind telekinesis is——

Qingluan was floating in the air expressionlessly. Her right wing was like a human hand holding a brush, and she dipped the brush in ink to paint on a piece of snow-white tribute Shanxi paper.

Her invisible state was invisible to anyone except the system host and other systems, so she naturally took on the responsibility of creating signs of the gods casting spells.

"Host, you are such a dog! No wonder you asked me if I could imitate calligraphy and painting. So this is what you were thinking."

"Lu Yu's "The Classic of Tea" records twenty-four tea utensils. I have visited the cultural relics unearthed from the underground palace of Famen Temple. These tea utensils are the most exquisite. Qingluan, please connect my memory and draw them!" Li Zhao ignored her complaints and instructed her directly.

"This tea-brewing vessel should be designed in the shape of a gourd, with a perforated fence in the middle to filter out the dregs. On the side, write down the details of tea tree planting and the process of making steamed green tea cakes..."

The twenty-four tea utensils refer to the wind furnace, bamboo box, charcoal hammer, fire chopsticks, pot, cross bed, paper bag, dustpan, grinder, sieve, bamboo clips, water cube, water filter bag, ladle, lid, cooked bowl, bowl, dustpan, tie, washing cube, slag cube, towel, utensils and basket.

In the Tang Dynasty today, all these things were available, but Li Zhao liked the cultural relics from the underground palace of Famen Temple and wanted to make a new batch to make it more convenient for him to drink tea.

The old method of making steamed green tea cakes is also simple: pick the leaves on a sunny day, steam and mash them, put them into molds to shape them, dry them over low heat, pierce holes into strings, and finally package them.

In fact, the steamed green cake tea described in Lu Yu's "The Classic of Tea" is the predecessor of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea in the Song Dynasty. The "Classic of Tea" also records a kind of "grass tea", which is the ancestor of loose tea. However, the production process is relatively rough and not as good as that of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Li Zhao also mentioned many methods of growing tea trees, which I will not go into detail here.

The host actually knows how to plant tea trees? Qingluan instantly looked at Li Zhao with new eyes: "Host, you also know how to plant tea trees? And you can translate modern language into classical Chinese?"

Li Zhao tilted his head, smiled sweetly, and said to himself with his spiritual sense: "I don't know much, but when I went to the Tang Dynasty tribute tea garden, I heard the tour guide give me some knowledge. I also heard the production process of steamed green cake tea from the tour guide."

Qingluan kept moving his hands and just asked, "Oh, I see. But why do you only promote steamed green tea cakes and not stir-fried green tea?"

Li Zhao changed his posture and lay on the hidden sac: "First, cake tea was the most popular in the Tang Dynasty. Second, I don't want to skip the development of brewing tea and making tea culture and directly progress to the development of brewing tea culture. Of course, the most important reason is-"

She stretched and said, "I only know how to make black tea, yellow tea, white tea, dark tea, and green tea, and I only know how to drink it, but I don't know how to make it."

Well, this is a very realistic problem.

Qingluan had nothing to say, but said angrily: "Alright! I understand! But can't you write? Why don't you write these yourself, but order me to do things instead!"

Li Zhao said confidently, "Because you are an AI, your handwriting is better than mine! How can I go out and see people with my dog-chewed calligraphy?"

What the host said made so much sense that Qingluan couldn't refute her for a moment and could only look angry.

Seeing this, Li Zhao comforted his system assistant softly: "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work!"

"How about this? In the future, if you help me do these little things, as a thank you, I will give you one-fifth of the points I earn in this world and the third world. How about that?"

"I remember that your system assistants can also use points to make purchases in the system mall!"

Qing Luan curled her lips and finally accepted the salary condition: "That's about right!"

So, after she finished writing and drawing quickly, she asked, "Okay. You asked me to write so much, are you going to publish a book?"

Li Zhao admitted: "Yes. You can add a few more sentences at the beginning - Shennong, the descendant of the former ancestor Emperor Yan Dating, tasted hundreds of herbs..."

After finishing the preface, Li Zhao finally decided on the title: "Let's call this book - well, The Southern Fire Emperor, Red Emperor Shennong, Talks About Tea."

"Compilation of books and writing of scriptures has always been a part of missionary work. This book contains some very advanced knowledge. I think after Li Zhi and others see this book, they will be more convinced that I am a god." Li Zhao said with some pride.

"Now we can have more believers and faith points."

She handed the finished book to Madam Zhang, who had been staring at her for a long time with fiery eyes. "Take it! I remember that the royal family also has a manor in Luoyang. They asked them to plant two mountains of tea trees this year."

Madam Zhang looked hopeful and asked, "Is what Xuanzun wrote a heavenly book that can be used for people to practice cultivation?"

"Not really, it's just a little gadget. Give the book to the emperor and let him spread the word to the world." Li Zhao made arrangements in advance. She wrote this book to benefit the world, and it cannot be kept privately by anyone.

A trace of disappointment flashed across Mrs. Zhang's eyes: "Yes, I will go now."

This scripture was sent directly to Li Zhi's desk by Mrs. Zhang. After Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang read it, they were both amazed.

"Many of the viewpoints in this book are unheard of, and the wording is straightforward and easy to understand. I am afraid that even an eighty-year-old man can understand its meaning after reading this book." Wu Meiniang was shocked, but she also did not forget to admire it.

Li Zhi had a stroke, and the characters written by Li Zhao were not big, so he could not read them. However, after listening to Wang An read it once, he also saw the hidden value of the book.

He smiled and said, "Yes, this book can promote the tea ceremony. There is nothing bad in it. It can indeed be promoted."

"Order the Imperial Palace Bureau and the Imperial Household Department to copy 800 volumes of this book and send them to various schools and the Chongwen Academy. Order the children of officials, students, scholars, monks, nuns and Taoists in the two capitals and various prefectures and counties to copy a volume of "The Southern Fire God Red Emperor Shennong's Tea Sutra" for study."

At the emperor's command, the huge court organization immediately started to operate, and the volume of "The Classic of Tea by Shennong, the Red Emperor of Fire in the South" written by Li Zhao was delivered to thousands of households.

Thus, following the high water price in Luoyang, a new trend emerged on this ancient land.