King's Landing: This attack is about to ascend the throne

A few years ago, Zhang Tian, ​​who was already a handsome young man, sat under an old tea tree and read "The Classic of Tea".He silently read the passage from "The Origin of Tea" over and over again:

"Tea maker is also the Jiamu in the south. One foot, two feet or even dozens of feet... Tea is used for drinking, the taste is cold, and it is most suitable for people who practice frugality... Knowing that ginseng is tired, tea Tired."

I was fascinated by reading, when suddenly a voice reminded me:

"Little friend, what is the name of this village?"

"In Jiyuan."

"Excuse me, do you know where the Li Chang's family lives?"

"The chief is my grandfather, come with me."

It turned out that the man's name was Zhang Zijun, a well-known military strategist of his generation.

Zhang Tian took Zhang Zijun into the house, and as soon as he stepped into the door, he called out:

"Grandpa, grandpa, a guest is looking for you."

At this time, Zhang Tian's grandfather was tasting the newly made cream tea. After hearing his grandson's call, he was wondering what kind of guests the child would bring, but he heard Zhang Zijun say:

"Master Lizheng, please forgive me for disturbing you!"

As soon as Lizheng heard it, he knew that he was a learned man, so he hurried out to greet him and said:

"Welcome, welcome, I, an old man, just happened to be drinking tea, please!" Li was talking, and told his grandson, "Good grandson, go and make a pot of freshly made tea for the three guests."

"Okay, grandpa." The child said, making tea quickly.

"This tea has a unique fragrance. I have already smelled it outside the door far away. I don't know what kind of tea it is?" Zhang Zijun asked.

"This is called Yanao tea, and it is produced in Fenghuang Mountain where our township is located." Lizheng replied.

"This mountain is like a phoenix spreading its wings, so it is really called Phoenix Mountain?" Zhang Zijun asked.

"The one in the north of the stream is called Fengshan, and the one in the south of the stream is called Huangshan." Li Zheng explained.

At this time, the child had already brewed tea and was pouring it into Zhang Zijun's tea pot.

"It turns out that this is the anointed tea that has been famous in the south of the Yangtze River these years. Please forgive my ignorance."

It turns out that Zhang Zijun has also heard the reputation of Yan Gao Tea.This paste tea is a unique tea product made by a tea baking workshop.Generally speaking, tea products in other places are made from herbal tea to produce steamed green tea.The tea baking workshop adopts a unique production process to grind the steamed green tea into powder and paste, press it into tea cakes, and create a paste tea.

Lizheng said:

"You are welcome, sir, please taste."

After Zhang Zijun tasted it, he praised it:

"This tea is clear but not light, fragrant but not strong, it's just my favorite tea!"

"It's fine if you like it, sir. We're in a mountain village, and I'm a tea farmer, so I'm afraid I won't entertain you well!"

"Li Zheng is really hospitable, I'm sorry."

"The old man's surname is Zhang. After talking for so long, I haven't asked Mr. Gao's name and where he comes from?"

"Zhang Zijun, who lives in Xiapu City."

"Oh, you are Mr. Zhang Zijun, a military strategist from Pucheng?"

"It's down."

"Mr. Jiuwen's name, you are here today, I am sorry to welcome you."

"Old Mr. Zhang, you're being serious. I looked at the tea gardens all over the mountain, and it's extraordinary, so there must be something behind it."

"This tea garden was developed from my grandfather's generation more than 100 years ago. That year, the tea sage Lu Yu passed by here and left a book of "Tea Classics" and a tea seed. The tea seed was planted in the The top of Fenghuang Mountain is the old tea tree today. My grandfather studied the "Tea Classic" for more than ten years and planted the tea tree for more than ten years before he finally started to develop tea processing. Lord Chang Gun, the governor of Jianzhou, highly praised my grandfather’s achievements, specially designated this place as Jiyuanli, and appointed my grandfather as Lizheng, and the position of Zheng here has been passed down to me. Today’s tea products are getting more and more The downturn, I am ashamed of my ancestors, alas! It’s all because of the turbulent times!”

After hearing this, Zhang Zijun thought for a while and comforted him: "Since that's the case, Li Zheng doesn't have to blame himself. In this era of war and chaos, the tea garden in Manshang is still full of vitality, which is already a great credit to you."

When talking about the tea garden again, Li Zheng couldn't help expressing his feelings, saying: "To be honest, this tea garden was almost destroyed 30 years ago."

"Oh, there is such a thing?" Zhang Zijun was obviously surprised.

"Ah!" Li Zheng sighed, and continued: "Five years ago, the rebel army from the north passed by Jiyuanli and said they wanted gold and strong men, otherwise they would burn down the tea gardens."

Looking back on 30 years ago, Zhang Zijun asked in surprise: "30 years ago, the rebel army in the north, could it be that the leader of the rebel army that the old man said was Huang Chao?"

"It's the devil who kills without blinking an eye!" Li Zheng said angrily, patting the table down.

Before Zhang Zaijun asked, Lizheng began to tell the story of that year.

That night, it happened that there was a thunderstorm in the Jingzhe sky, and the township was going to hold a tea-making activity on that day, and the deputy envoy of Jianzhou, Mr. Li, would also come to Jiyuan.

Every spring when tea is mined and made, Lizheng in Jiyuanli will lead the people in the village to hold tea-making activities, and local officials pay special attention to it.

The time for shouting to the mountain was chosen when there was a thunderstorm in the Awakening of Insects. Lizheng from Jiyuan Village and several old men went to the stage to shout to the mountain and offer sacrifices to the tea saint.Calling the mountain to make tea is to call the tea tree to germinate on the tea mountain.Calling the mountain to make tea is to communicate with the tea tree on the surface, but in fact it is communicating with the gods and expressing the inner appeal.

The shouting mountain tea making activity is presided over by Jiyuan Lilizheng when the tea is mined and made every spring.This activity started when Zhang Zhong's grandfather was Li Zheng.

Early that morning, Zhang Zhong walked out of the house after washing his clothes and walked around Jiyuan.Watching the dawn descending on Phoenix Mountain, he suddenly thought of a wish he had made many years ago, that is to offer Jiancha from Phoenix Mountain to the current emperor to taste.It's a pity that the current situation is turbulent, just think about it when you were young.

When Zhang Zhong came to the tea temple, several old men in Jiyuan had already prepared the sacrificial ceremony here.

After a while, a voice sounded in the distance:

"Master Li, deputy envoy of Jianzhou, is here!"

I saw a middle-aged man in official uniform walking towards the tea temple, that is Mr. Li, Deputy Envoy of Jianzhou.

Zhang Zhong hurried forward to greet him, saying:

"Your Majesty Li's presence will definitely add a lot of color to this year's event!"

"Zhang Lizheng, you don't need to be polite. This year's observation envoy named you to taste the cream tea produced in Phoenix Mountain. I also feel honored!" Master Li said, and Zhang Lizheng laughed happily.

Outside the tea temple, people in the village gathered here, waiting for the start of the shouting ceremony.

Zhang Zhong stood on the altar and said sonorously: "Today is the annual tea-making event. The difference is that this year, Mr. Li, the deputy envoy of Jianzhou, came to the event in person. We warmly welcome Li Your Excellency's presence."

As Zhang Zhong said, he looked towards Master Li who was sitting upright in the middle of the stage.The drummer on the stage mingled and beat the drums, and the people in the audience cheered happily.Master Li got up, smiled slightly, waved his hand, and signaled Zhang Zhong to continue talking.

"The tea garden and tea roasting in the Fenghuang Mountain area started from my grandfather's generation. At that time, the tea sage Lu Yu left a book "The Classic of Tea", which my grandfather read for ten years and studied for ten years. After dozens of years In [-], thanks to the hard work of my grandfather and all the ancestors in Jiyuan, our tea industry has reached the scale it is today. Facing the century-old tea industry in Jiyuan, as Lizheng, I will devote myself to death.”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhong and several old men offered incense to Lu Yu, the tea sage, and all the people in other villages bowed to worship, and the scene was extremely solemn.

After the sacrifice, Zhang Zhong invited Mr. Li to come to the stage and announced: "The activity of shouting mountains to make tea starts now."Zhang Lizheng led the people in the team to form a team, set off from the tea temple, and shouted in unison at ten steps: "Tea sprouts, tea sprouts!" The scene was extremely majestic.In the ear, the sound of drumming and firecrackers shook the valley.In front of my eyes, there are fiery red candlelight and misty cigarettes.The shouting team circled Phoenix Mountain and returned to the tea temple.

Just when the firecrackers sounded and the people in Jiyuan were celebrating the great day, a person from outside the door rushed in, shouting as he ran:

"Lizheng, there is a situation. A large number of soldiers and horses are approaching us from ten miles away."

"Soldiers? Have you seen whose banner they are playing?"

"There is a yellow letter on the flag."

"No, it's the Huangchao rebel army from the north!"

Prior to this, none of us thought that the flames of war in the north had already reached their doorsteps.

Zhang Zhong said to Master Li:

"Master Li, please go back to Jianzhou City from the small road behind the mountain, and please report the matter to Lord Inspector, so that Lord Inspector is ready to send troops at any time. Lord Li, the wealth and lives of the people in Jiyuan will be entrusted to you."

"Zhang Lizheng, don't worry, the bandit army obviously wants to attack Jianzhou City, and Lord Inspector will definitely send troops."

Afterwards, Zhang Zhong hurriedly dismissed the crowd and urged everyone to return to their homes, close the doors and windows, and not to go out at will.

In order to prepare for the counter-offensive, the Huangchao rebel army who went south from the north needed to replenish their salaries.The rebel army with the yellow flag came to Jiyuan in mighty strength, but saw that the doors and windows of each house were closed, and saw that the ancestral hall was full of cigarettes and flames on the mountainside, so they stationed their barracks in the ancestral hall. inside and outside.

The person who came was not kind, Zhang Zhong, as Li Zheng, went to meet the person who was not kind for a while.So Zhang Zhong came to the barracks and met Huang Chao, the leader of the rebel army.

"Can you be the master of this place?" Huang Chao asked.

"Yes, I am Li Zheng here." Zhang Zhong replied.

"My name is Huang Chao, you may have heard of it."

"know."

Huang Chao was not originally a rough man, but a scholar who had lost his official career.But now, after going through many battles, this frustrated scholar has become vicious.Huang Chao saw that there are tea trees all over the mountains and plains here, and knew that Jiyuan is a place for tea production.Tea is a cash crop, so there must be more money and less food here.

Huang Chao saw Zhang Zhong and said:

"Listen well, I only have two demands - first, hand over all the gold in Jiyuan as food, and second, hand over all the strong men for exile."

Zhang Zhongze calmly asked:

"I don't know how much time the general can give me to prepare."

Huang Chao said:

"I'll give you one day. At this time tomorrow, you'll see me again."

Zhang Zhong asked again: "The expropriation of gold and the expropriation of strong men are important matters. In such a short period of time, I'm afraid I can't persuade the people in Jiyuan to accept it."

Huang Chao didn't move, and said,

"I'm a scholar, and I don't like to use violence to kill people, especially a massacre in a village. But if I am pushed into a hurry, I can assure you that the tea garden on this mountain in front of me will be reduced to ashes."

Zhang Zhong withdrew from the barracks and hurried back home with a solemn expression on his face.

Zhang Tian and several elders from Ji Yuan had already gathered in the main hall of Zhang Zhong's home.Seeing Zhang Zhong returning in a hurry, several old men got up one after another.Zhang Zhong motioned for everyone to sit down, and he sat in the middle of the main hall.

After a while, Zhang Zhong spoke:

"It's Huang Chao from the north. He wants gold, and he only has one day's time limit."

That night, a hurricane blew from the direction of Phoenix Mountain, and the rustling sound of tea tree leaves mixed with the sound of the wind, echoing in the valley for a long time.

In the barracks of the rebel army, everyone showed fear and was very surprised, and the horses in the army were howling in panic.

Even Huang Chao was shocked, thinking secretly, this tea, this mountain and this place must be unusual, the army and horses can't continue to be stationed here, it's better to leave as soon as possible.

Many years later, Zhang Zhong still remembered that he clearly heard the sound of rustling tea leaves echoing in the valley for a long time that day.

Zhang Zijun was deeply moved after hearing the story told by Mr. Zhang.

"Hey, speaking of Huang Chao, my family has had some negotiations with him." Zhang Zijun shook his head with a heavy heart, and then said confidently: "Back then, Huang Chao led the army to the south and sent his subordinates to invite my father to accompany him. He fought the world, but my father declined."