Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

The center of the tea plantation yard was filled with tea cages that had been taken out for cleaning and dried in the sun, while firewood was neatly stacked on both sides, ready to be used when frying tea.

Inside the house, there are rows of earthen stoves with large iron pots on them. The large iron pots are used to fry tea leaves.

Every year when the tea picking season comes, the tea roasting masters roast tea leaves in front of a large iron pot day and night. It is so lively and hard.

Of course, not everyone in the old house can make tea. One must have the necessary skills to do so.

However, there are not so many requirements for frying coarse tea.

Every year after the Mengshan tea frying is completed, Jiang Yin's mother allows the people in the clan to pick some old tea tree leaves and fry some coarse tea to drink.

These coarse teas are all free, and Jiang's will not arrange for someone to stir-fry the tea. Those who need it must stir-fry it themselves, and each person cannot exceed ten kilograms per year.

No one would refuse a free gift. After all, the coarse tea has to be sold for some money.

Therefore, all the young and old in the tribe learned the skill of frying tea. No matter good or bad, they can always fry a pot of tea.

Jiang Yin walked back and forth between the four tea plantations, supervising them, and tried to close them down within two days.

There was only nine days left before tea could be picked, so Jiang Yin no longer cared about the withered tea trees halfway up the mountain.

After washing the tea tree soil according to her method, the tea tree did not continue to turn withered and yellow.

There are even some tea trees that were not seriously damaged, showing signs of recovery.

This is already the best result, Jiang Yin feels very satisfied.

After the tea picking is over, she will start arranging the transplanting of tea trees.

However, there is no rush for this matter, as the tea trees can be prepared in advance. But before transplanting them, we have to wait until the tea picking is over and let the tea trees on the hillside grow for another two months.

Who knows, maybe in two months, these withered tea trees will see a turn for the better.

After a tiring day at the tea plantation, Jiang Yin fell asleep immediately and did not wake up until the next morning when Xiao Luo woke her up.

"Madam, someone from the Tea and Horse Department asked you to come over." Xiao Luo said as she helped Jiang Yin get dressed, "They said the people in the prison are clamoring to see you."

Jiang Yin frowned slightly and said unhappily, "Just because he says he wants to see me, I have to go?"

Over in the cell, it is naturally the third family.

She snorted and continued, "They are just some scoundrels, why should I go to see them?"

Out of sight, out of mind. She really didn't want to have any contact with those people from the third room anymore, lest she get involved with them and bring bad luck.

"The people at the Tea and Horse Department said that the heads of several other families in Mengshan are also there." Xiao Luo patiently explained, "The Yan Tea Supervisor sent a message saying that if you don't go, Doctor Qi might have a chance to be rescued."

"Rescue?" Jiang Yin woke up with a start. She quickly asked Xiao Luo to speed up, muttering, "I finally got the person in. How could the plan be disrupted because of a few people? I don't believe they have no law."

After getting herself ready, she picked up a sword and headed for the Tea and Horse Department: "Let's go, I want to see who can rescue the person in front of me."

Xiao Luo quickly picked up her skirt and followed, fearing that her wife would suffer.

When we arrived at the Tea and Horse Service, Yan Li was drinking tea and looking at Hu Quan, Shen Gan and Chen Meng in the lobby.

"Oh, several of you have been robbed in your homes, and you came to the Tea and Horse Department to report the crime?" Jiang Yin waved his hands and said sarcastically, "These thieves are getting more and more brazen, and they are so bold as to sneak into Mengshan."

As she spoke, she bowed to Yan Li and said, "Tea Supervisor Yan must make the decision for us tea growers."

The sword she took out was placed on the carriage by Xiao Luo, so now they could only engage in verbal battle.

"You!" Hu Quan stood up and pointed at Jiang Yin, saying, "Leave some room for us so that we can meet again in the future. Miss Jiang, you are still young, don't be too ruthless."

When he was in Yazhou City, he had already been tricked by Jiang Yin. This time, no matter what, he would not give in again.

"What are you talking about? We don't need to meet again." Jiang Yin said with a sullen face, "Besides, Patriarch Hu secretly detained my Jiang family's people. I haven't settled the score with Patriarch Hu yet."

Thinking of the wounded Manager Cao, she even wanted to cripple Doctor Qi right now.

She was thinking of settling the score with the Hu family next time, but she didn't expect that he would come to her door first.

Speaking of secret detention, Hu Quan's face darkened when he thought of his experience in prison.

He laughed sarcastically and said, "Oh, settle the score? I haven't settled the score with you yet!"

He just couldn't swallow the humiliation of having to spend so many days in jail as the head of a family.

Seeing that the situation was tense, Shen Gan and Chen Meng looked at each other, not knowing whether they should speak or not.

Yan Li slammed his teacup down, looking at his heart and said, "Okay, other personal grudges, you two can come down and deal with them yourselves. What exactly are you doing here in my Tea and Horse Department? Why don't you sit down and have a good chat?"

He sighed in his heart. It had come to this point, and the four major families in Mengshan did not want to unite as one to face the outside world, but instead had internal strife. How could those people in Tokyo not be concerned about this?

Having said that, the Jiang family's two peaks tea mountain is indeed eye-catching. It is understandable that it has attracted the covetousness of the other three families.

He looked up at Jiang Yin, feeling a little sympathetic, but he didn't know how long he could last.

However, he couldn't help but feel relieved when he thought about her relationship with that guy. This matter might still change.

Hu Quan snorted coldly, but didn't say anything more. Instead, he stared at Jiang Yin sinisterly, as if he wanted to tear him apart the next moment.

Jiang Yin didn't care either. He snorted coldly and sat down opposite the three of them.

Shen Gan's eyes turned, and he began to smooth things over: "Yan Tea Supervisor, you see, Doctor Qi is the tree doctor of our three families. If Yan Tea Supervisor continues to detain him, we will have no way to find a doctor if there is a problem with our tea plantation. How about returning Doctor Qi to us first, and as for the rest, we can talk about it."

The tree doctor shared by the three families has done a lot of things for them in secret, and they must not let him fall into the hands of others.

If the problem can be solved by spending some money, they would rather spend the money.

"What are you talking about, Master Shen?" Yan Li frowned and said, "I am arresting the rioters according to the law, not detaining them.

Doctor Qi went to Jiang's tea mountain in the middle of the night with bad intentions. I will give you an explanation when the trial results come out.

How did you manage it? You actually let him cause chaos everywhere. The government attaches great importance to Mengshan tea. If they knew that you were causing internal strife, the consequences would be unbearable. "

He glanced at Hu Quan, Shen Gan and Chen Meng. These three people had evil intentions in mind and no one knew what they were planning.

Furthermore, even though this is just a struggle between a few major families, it may involve other serious matters.

This is also the reason why he has not been brought to trial yet. He has to wait for instructions from Li Ji.