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Chapter 152: Roasted Tea


Sun Jian was in Yuzhou, Ma Chao was in Yongzhou, and there was Dong Zhuo, the big boss, in between.

Normally, Ma Chao didn't have to worry about whether Sun Jian died or not.

However, when Ma Chao heard the news of Sun Jian's death in battle, he shivered coldly all over in the autumn weather in August.

Because this year is only August 190 AD.

And Ma Chao, who knows history, clearly remembers that Sun Jian died in the battle in June 192.

In other words, Sun Jian died in the battle two years earlier.

As early as around June of this year, during the parliament, Ma Chao heard the news that Sun Jian had captured Luoyang.

At that time, Ma Chao had not realized anything: Historically, Sun Jian only captured Luoyang in February 1911, but Ma Chao did not remember that.

Without being so detailed, I thought Sun Jian captured Luoyang at that time.

And Jia Xu also used the example of Sun Jian, a warrior, to tell Ma Chao how to take a path of humanizing warriors.

But now, the warrior Sun Jian died early in the battle, and Ma Chao was worried.

It's not that Sun Jian's path was wrong, but that the process of history was completely disrupted.

What Ma Chao relied on was nothing more than his familiarity with the historical trends of the Three Kingdoms.

But now, the news that Sun Jian died in advance made Ma Chao a little confused.

During this period, the Han and Qiang trading houses had been built, and Fufeng County occupied the best stalls.

With its rich distilled liquor and goods, it made a lot of money for the Ma family; during this period, the reforms of Xinping County and Beidi County Also following in the footsteps of Fufeng County, Ma Chao's reputation increased greatly; during this period, the morale and combat effectiveness of the Ma family army were extremely high, and they fought in other counties outside the Great Wall, fully demonstrating the Ma family's prestige; during this period, the relationship between the Ma and Han families was harmonious, and they communicated with each other. .

As the Yan family of Jincheng moved into Fufeng County, Yan Xing also joined the Ma family.

During this period, the relationship between the Dong Qiang and the Ma family became closer.

Ma Chao even believed that even if he wanted to rebel, those Dong Qiang elements would follow him without hesitation. behind oneself Everything is developing in a good direction.

Ma Chao even believed that as long as he was given more than a year, he could capture the six counties of Anding, Guangwei, Nan'an, Tianshui, and Longxi.

With the exception of Feng Yi and Jingzhao counties in Sili, the Ma family's power would He dominated Yongzhou and was unparalleled for a while.

However, when Ma Chao heard the news that Sun Jian had died in battle, he suddenly lost this confidence.

He felt that underneath all the wonderful developments, there was brewing a conspiracy that he knew nothing about, and it was slowly pressing towards him.

"Has Hua Xin done anything recently?"

Ma Chao suddenly thought of Chang'an Shiren Group and asked Brother Xiang Chou.

Ever since I left that copybook in the school, it had no effect in alerting others.

Instead, it caused a lot of trouble for myself.

The reason is still because of Ma Chao's fork installation.

After Cai Yan showed it to Cai Yong, Zhu Xi's famous poems and Yan style calligraphy for encouraging people to learn.

Cai Yong nodded his head and came to Ma Chao himself to ask for the calligraphy treasure.

I also need to discuss with Ma Chao the merits and demerits of late Han Dynasty poetry and fu.

Ma Chao is just a copycat, how can he compare to Cai Yong, who has been immersed in Confucianism for most of his life?

Although Ma Chao's nonsense was not exposed for a while, Ma Chao also became famous among the taxis in Fufeng County.

Some students from poor families even wanted to worship Ma Chao as their teacher, hoping to gain a career path in the Ma family.

As for Hua Xin's reaction when he saw the calligraphy, he just laughed.

Like Su Ze, Zhang Ji, Yang Fu and others, they all praised the young master for his secretiveness and outstanding literary talent.

There was no trace of it at all.

Why not.

Ma Chao thought at that time that he might be thinking too much, but for the sake of face, he did not let Brother Chou take back his shadow.

After hearing this answer again, Ma Chao felt that it was time for him to give up monitoring Hua Xin.

"Hua Xin gave up the position of Xinping County Sheriff and even left his family in Fufeng.

Is it true that he just wanted to learn more about Fufeng County's new policy as he said?"

Ma Chao frowned, rubbed his temples, and gently said this Say the words.

When Brother Chou heard what Ma Chao said, he also frowned and said hesitantly: "Hua Xin has been fine in the past two months.

He just has a close relationship with his lord.

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I don't know if this is the case."

Normally, Brother Chou would not take the initiative to talk about this topic.

After all, the entire Ma family is managed by Ma Chao.

But the nominal helmsman is still Ma Teng.

If he said this on his own initiative, he would be suspected of instigating the Ma family father and son.

Brother Chou is a smart man, he knows what to say and what not to say.

"Father" Ma Chao frowned even more: since Ma Teng handed over all affairs to Ma Chao a few months ago, Ma Teng seems to have the intention of retreating into the mountains and forests.

But he asked Ma Chao for 100,000 yuan every month, and he didn't know where he spent it.

But is there any connection between these?

Ma Chao couldn't analyze any clues.

Maybe he was worrying too much, Ma Chao thought in his mind, but his heart was full of clouds and he couldn't let go.

At this moment, the house in the backyard of the farm was opened, and an old farmer came out holding a jar.

His hands were wrapped with cloth strips.

He twitched his mouth from time to time.

Seeing Ma Chao here, he said happily: "Young Master Lord, look at it, is it like this?”

Ma Chao was still in a daze.

After taking a look into the jar, he finally realized what he was doing and exclaimed: "You have mastered the art of frying tea."

The old farmer didn't dare to guarantee it, but just said: "Young Master, please give it a try before talking about it."

Ma Chao originally thought that he would just find some young tea leaves and fry them, but he never thought that after the old farmer had fried them several times, he found that it was not that easy.

Ma Chao was helpless.

He was an amateur, so it was worth throwing money into it and letting these old farmers test it over and over again.

At this time, you can see that the tea leaves in the jar are dehydrated and slightly curled up, which is obviously a sign of successful tea frying.

Ma Chao carefully twisted a handful of tea leaves and put it to the tip of his nose to smell it.

He felt that the tea was fragrant and fresh, with a hint of roasted incense.

He was immediately overjoyed and told the old farmer: "Bring hot water."

After the old farmer brought out the tea, he also boiled hot water.

At this time, regardless of the heat, he carried the copper pot out.

Holding a porcelain cup, he put a handful of tea leaves into the cup and started boiling water.

Ma Chao watched the tea leaves floating up and down in the hot water, the leaves curling and relaxing, and there was a kind of tea fragrance permeating the air.

Soon, the color of the tea in the cup changed.

Ma Chao put the lid on the cup and planned to simmer the tea leaves.

But in a hurry, he didn't know how long he could wait.

After about five minutes, Ma Chao opened the tea lid and saw that the tea was as clear and pure as crystal.

He took a sip carefully and felt that the taste was mellow, sweet and refreshing, so much so.

When you taste the fragrance of tea, you will feel so happy that the sky is high and the clouds are clear.

After taking another sip, Ma Chao felt that his heart seemed to have calmed down, and he also had a clear understanding of the disputes in history: Since ancient times, the wind and clouds have emerged in our generation, and the years of the late Han Dynasty have accelerated.

Now that I have traveled through time, the trajectory of history will inevitably deviate.

If you wholeheartedly follow the righteous path of upholding the sky and deal with it freely and calmly, even if the country falls and the situation changes, you have nothing to fear.

"It's great that you have done great work.

I will reward you heavily."

Thinking of this, Ma Chao felt much brighter and patted his shoulders and said to the old farmer. s: Love beast, waiting is even more painful, but updating is even more painful.

Sincerely, it hurts me more than you.

The update is finished today.

See you all tomorrow

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