Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

The work was done, Jiang Yin took a deep breath and put the prepared tribute tea into a silver bottle. Then he handed it to Master Pu Hui to put it into a wooden box, and finally sealed it with a yellow silk seal.

In this way, the only important thing left is to send the Zhenggong tea to Tokyo.

When the official tribute tea was sent from Mount Meng, local officials had to choose an auspicious day, wear court attire and go to the palace. All the prefectures and counties it passed through had to carefully escort it to Tokyo for use in official sacrifices.

The auspicious date this year is tomorrow at 10 noon. At that time, the government and the officials who came with Li Ji from Tokyo will escort him to Beijing at full speed.

According to Yan Li, Li Ji will not return to Beijing with them this time because he has other things to do.

After the authentic tribute tea is fried, the next step is to pick the tribute tea after frying.

Since the auspicious time for escorting the genuine tribute tea was the next day this year, the tribute tea had to be fried before departure and sent to Tokyo together with the genuine tribute tea.

However, the quantity of this kind of tribute tea is relatively large, so it will no longer be roasted by Jiang Yin alone, but will be completed by several craftsmen of the Jiang family.

These craftsmen have participated in the frying of tribute tea in previous years and have practiced in advance, so there are no major problems.

The place where tribute tea was roasted was not in Zhiju Temple, but in Jiang’s tea plantation.

The fresh tribute tea leaves that had been picked earlier had already been sent to the tea plantation for stacking and were jointly looked after by the Tea and Horse Bureau and the Jiang family.

After coming out of the temple, Jiang Yin rushed to the Tea and Horse Bureau and started making tribute tea.

This time, even Mrs. Feng and Jiang Erniang joined in the tea frying. Although there were many people frying tea, they still lasted until the next morning.

Finally stepping out of the tea room, Jiang Yin stretched lazily, raised his hand to block the sun, and felt relieved.

She successfully completed such a big thing. If her parents were still alive, I wonder if they would be happy for her.

Jiang Erniang, who followed her out, was taken away by Xie Daoyun to catch up on her sleep the moment she left the house, without giving Jiang Yin any chance to speak.

Madam Feng tilted her head to look at Jiang Yin, her lips curled slightly, raised her hand and patted her shoulder, saying, "Alright, go back and take a shower and change clothes. I'll have tea served soon."

After the tribute tea is roasted at the tea farm, it will be specially escorted to the Zhiju Temple by the Tea and Horse Bureau and the Jiang family.

The regular tribute tea and tribute tea then go directly from Zhiju Temple to Tokyo without having to go to the Tea and Horse Service.

Therefore, when seeing them off, Yan Li would also bring people to Zhiju Temple.

"Aunt, you've worked hard." Jiang Yin took Mrs. Feng's hand and nodded slightly, "Shall we go together?"

Aunt Feng helped her a lot, and she wanted to share this honor with Aunt Feng.

However, Aunt Feng just walked away and said, "I'm old and tired, so I have to go back and rest. You can come over later, don't worry about me."

She would rather be a quiet and invisible person and not join in the fun.

"Nonsense, my aunt is not old." Jiang Yin scolded, "I will beat anyone who says my aunt is old."

However, seeing Aunt Feng's tired face and her unknown identity, Jiang Yin did not persuade her anymore and just asked the maid to serve Aunt Feng well.

She quickly showered and changed her clothes, then took Xiao Luo back to Zhiju Temple.

I thought I would not see Li Ji this time, but unexpectedly he was standing next to Yan Li fully armed.

It seems that he has already appeared in the capacity of an inspector. And it seems that he will have to travel far.

Jiang Yin bowed to the two of them and stood behind them without asking any more questions. Of course, she had no right to ask any questions.

However, Hu Quan, Shen Gan and Chen Meng, who arrived later, chatted with Li Ji enthusiastically, as if they already knew Li Ji's identity.

Of course, Li Ji ignored them, but Yan Li was the one dealing with them.

A few of them felt that it was boring, but they were unwilling to do so and were reluctant to stay too far away from Li Ji.

Instead, Shen Gan started to hang around Jiang Yin again.

Shen Gan held one hand up and put the other hand behind his back, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is over. I see that my son and you have a very good relationship, and we are destined to be together. Miss Jiang, have you considered it carefully? Are you willing to marry my son?"

Although the new and old hatreds combined were not enough to make him like Jiang Yin, he would still be happy if Jiang Yin married into his Shen family with such a large family business.

Jiang Yin glanced at him indifferently, then moved a few steps to the side, expressing his refusal with his actions.

Marry into the Shen family and give away Jiang's property? It's not something that can be achieved even in daydreams.

Shen Gan's face darkened, and while Hu Quan and Chen Meng were still circling around Li Ji, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be ungrateful, it is your blessing to marry my son.

Doctor Qi's death is related to you, and the Hu and Chen families will not let you go. But if you marry into my Shen family, my Shen family will not sit idly by. "

This matter will definitely not end so easily, but if they become a family, he will definitely stand on Jiang Yin's side.

Even if it doesn't work, by then the Jiang family's assets will have been acquired, and Jiang Yin can be pushed out.

"I say you are such a shameless person. What kind of relationship do you have? We are more like enemies than enemies." Xiao Luo stood in front of Jiang Yin, with her hands on her hips, and said, "My wife has already said she doesn't want to, why are you still talking nonsense here!"

She tried her best to suppress her voice and not let Li Ji hear what was going on here. After all, in her eyes, Li Ji and her wife were a perfect match.

However, these words angered Shen Gan. He was about to get angry with a cold face, but he saw Li Ji looking at him coldly.

He was startled and speechless for a moment.

Jiang Yin said calmly: "I advise Patriarch Shen to consider the overall situation. This is a Buddhist temple, and it is such an important occasion. You should be respectful."

After she finished speaking, she snorted coldly and silently moved a distance away from Shen Gan.

Looking at the sun again, it was about to be an auspicious time. After sending away the tribute tea, she could start to quickly stir-fry the Mengshan tea, and she could also start preparing to go to Huangshan.

Li Ji came to her side at some point and whispered, "I'm going to be away for a few days. Miss Jiang, be careful these days and don't go out. Wait for me to come back."

"Hmm?" Jiang Yin raised her eyes and looked at Li Ji, not quite understanding what Li Ji meant by what he said to her.

But Li Ji did not explain, or rather, he did not intend to explain it to her in detail.

Without waiting for her to react, Li Ji strode forward and mounted his horse when the gongs and drums sounded. He set off with the other guards and yamen runners at full speed.

Jiang Yin's pupils shrank slightly, not quite understanding. Is Li Ji going back to Tokyo?

She shook her head, thinking it was impossible.

In his previous life, Li Ji had resolved all the issues here before taking the criminals back to Tokyo.

"Oh, I was wondering why Miss Jiang looked down on my son, it turns out that she hooked up with a big shot." Shen Gan said sarcastically, "What a pity, she didn't even think of taking you with her when she returned to Kyoto."