Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 108: Longmian Layman

After Jiang Yin asked this question, she looked sincerely at the person who refuted her. She was also very curious about the relationship between the person who claimed to be Li Gonglin's student and Li Gonglin.

However, the man said confidently: "How can we meet the Hermit Longmian?"

If he wanted everyone to admire the elegance of Mr. Longmian, he would definitely strive to be the first.

Jiang Yin raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, then said perfunctorily: "Okay, then I understand."

After she finished speaking, she turned and left, not wanting to hear any explanation from this person.

Explanation is a cover-up. It seems that the person inside has nothing to do with Li Gonglin and is just using him as an excuse.

In this case, there is nothing to see.

"Hey, you are so unreasonable, young lady." The man put away his fan and tried to stop Jiang Yin, but was stopped by another person.

"Why are you stopping me? I want to go and argue with her."

The young man held his forehead and said, "She is just a young lady who knows nothing about the world. Why are you arguing with her?"

Jiang Yin heard the noise upstairs, but she didn't care.

Since he was not the Li Gonglin whom she admired, she naturally didn't want to pay more attention to him.

The other people upstairs didn't pay any attention to her little episode.

While people upstairs were busy appreciating calligraphy and paintings, Jiang Yin was busy going downstairs to listen to music and see what news he could hear.

Both sides are busy with their own things and do not interfere with each other.

It was not until night fell that Jiang Yin returned to the inn with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.

People who went out to get information also brought her news one after another, and those who went to Huangshan even brought back a letter from Jiang Si Niang.

It turns out that Huangshan Maofeng is indeed a loose tea here and is not grown or roasted in large quantities.

Luo Yuan recorded in Xin'an Zhi Huogui: "There are eight kinds of tea: Shengjin, Nensang, Xianzhi, Laiquan, Xianchun, Yunhe, Huaying, and some are not as good as the others.

Therefore, both investigation and records show that Huangshan Maofeng is not famous.

Farmers who grow Huangshan Maofeng only sell it as inferior loose tea.

Jiang Yin couldn't help but be shocked. These people were really wasting resources.

She continued to read the letter, and the more she read, the more surprised she was.

Unexpectedly, Si Niang had already purchased all the Huangshan Maofeng tea she could, and even rented a Huangshan Maofeng tea garden to collect fresh tea leaves for frying herself.

Now, Jiang Si Niang is working day and night in the tea garden, roasting Huangshan Maofeng tea according to the roasting method of Mengshan tea.

She felt both distressed and happy. She felt distressed that Si Niang had to do so many things in such a short time and was still busy frying tea.

What made Si Niang happy was that she bought so much Huangshan Maofeng aged tea and also purchased new tea to roast herself, which was just as she had originally expected.

Xiao Luo was also very happy. It seemed that with Jiang Si Niang around, his wife would be much more relaxed.

"Madam, when are we going to look for the four great ladies?" Xiao Luo asked expectantly.

Now that everything is going in the right direction, how can she not be happy.

"Let's go." Jiang Yin curled his lips and said, "Let's go tomorrow."

She planned to go shopping in the city early tomorrow morning and buy more tea before going to Huangshan.

Of course, she not only wants to buy Huangshan Maofeng tea, but also other teas.

In addition to Si Niang's letter, Jiang Yin also learned another piece of news. The government sent an inspector to Huizhou, apparently intending to implement a tea monopoly system in Huizhou, so that Huizhou tea, like Mengshan tea, would be monopolized by the government.

"Inspector?"

Jiang Yin frowned slightly. This was not good news.

This sign shows that the government is already eyeing Huizhou tea.

Perhaps, this batch of new tea will all fall into the hands of the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yin couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Fortunately, the reputation of Huangshan Maofeng is not well-known now, so it will not attract the attention of the court.

But if that was the case, she would not be able to go out to buy tea tomorrow. Otherwise, if she was caught by the imperial court, she would be badly wounded.

"Forget it, let's go find Si Niang tomorrow morning." Jiang Yin sighed, "First, hurry up and fry the Huangshan Maofeng tea, and the rest will depend on the situation."

From the beginning to the end, her goal was Huangshan Maofeng. As for the others, she would just wait and see.

After deciding on tomorrow's itinerary, Jiang Yin went to bed early.

Early the next morning, she went to the money shop to exchange copper coins and went directly to Huangshan.

The distance between Huangshan and Huizhou City is about the same as the distance between Yazhou City and Mengshan.

The carriage only drove for half an hour before arriving at the foot of Mount Huangshan.

Huangshan was also famous, but Jiang Yin had no intention of visiting it at the moment. Instead, she let her people lead the way and went directly to the tea garden owned by Si Niang.

The tea garden is built on the foot of Huangshan Mountain. Although it is not large in area, it is well maintained.

There are four rooms side by side next to the tea garden. I think this should be where the gardeners used to live and also where they roasted tea.

However, now that it has been booked by Si Niang, naturally these four rooms have to be booked as well.

Looking around, I saw that two of the four rooms had their doors locked, while the other two doors were open, with smoke coming out of one of them.

Jiang Yin guessed that the two locked rooms were Si Niang's and her friends' rooms. The room with smoke coming out was the kitchen, where they made tea.

As for the other one, it is a warehouse for storing tea.

Sure enough, Si Niang, who came over, put down her work and took them around the tea garden. Finally, she introduced the functions of the four rooms.

The purpose of these four rooms is the same as Jiang Yin guessed.

"Thank you for your hard work, Si Niang." Jiang Yin stepped forward and hugged Jiang Si Niang tightly.

Looking at her tired face, I couldn't help but feel grateful and distressed.

"What's so hard about it?" Jiang Si Niang said angrily, "We are a family, and this is all for the good of the Jiang family. As a member of the Jiang family, this is what I should do."

She found her own value here, and to be honest, she was very happy, even happier than when she was in Mengshan.

She paused and continued, "By the way, A Yin, how is your fourth uncle doing these days?"

If there was anyone she felt sorry for, it was only her husband who was devoted to reading books of sages.

In a blink of an eye, they have been separated for a month. Since they got married, they have never been apart for such a long time. I miss her very much.

"Don't worry, Fourth Aunt. Fourth Uncle is doing well. He even asked me to bring you a letter." Jiang Yin smiled and took out the letter that Fang Wenyuan asked her to bring and stuffed it into Fourth Aunt's hand.

Then, she reached out to take the apron from Si Niang and said, "Si Niang has been tired for so long. Now that I am here, leave the tea-frying to me. You can take a rest first."

Jiang Si Niang quickly held up her apron and said, "No, I'll do the tea-making. You've come a long way, so you need to rest."

"Oh, Si Niang, please stop arguing with me." Jiang Yin blinked and said, "Don't you want to see what letter your uncle wrote to you?"

It was her fault that the young couple was separated. She just hoped that Fang Wenyuan could work harder and pass the exam in one go.

Jiang Si Niang was a little conflicted, and at that moment, Jiang Yin took away her apron.