What is the richest and most prosperous city in the world?
Changan?
Luoyang?
Or Constantinople or Ctesiphon?
No, but the Broken Leaf City at the heart of the Silk Road, under the management of Li Lu, the city has developed from a small border city to a super city with hundreds of thousands of people in more than ten years.After the eldest grandson old fox came to Broken Leaf City, he was also taken aback by the prosperous scene of Broken Leaves, and said in his heart that this Li Lu is really a demon, and he can run Broken Leaves so prosperous without the skills of Confucian economics, which is very powerful, "Juan'er, where are you going to take the old man?"
”The old fox followed the second son of Changsun Lian, who was an official in Broken Leaves, and boarded the carriage of the eldest grandson's family, "It's so mysterious, where is this going?"
”"Aya, the child wants to take you to see the exotic drinks that can be compared to Qing Tea......"
The eldest grandson sat opposite the old fox and said with a smile, "It's not that the child is talking nonsense, this drink is not worse than any Mengding tea, purple bamboo shoot tea....."
Hehehe, Juan'er, what kind of drink is this, and you can still praise it like this?"
The eldest grandson, the old fox, suddenly became interested, his second son's taste was not low, and the drink that could make him praise must be extraordinary."
Let the child sell it first......
Aye, how long are you going to stay in Broken Leaf this time?
”The eldest grandson said with a smile, "It's best to have a long time, so that the child can do his filial piety in front of your old ........""
Hehehe, Juan'er, you have grown up and become sensible....."
The eldest grandson, the old fox, said with a smile, "Aya is here this time, firstly, to preside over the opening ceremony of the Hundred Schools' Forum, and secondly, to settle the family affairs for you......."
The old fox found a family affair for his second son, and he planned to settle this matter before he returned to Chang'an."
Aye, did you really let the child marry the daughter of the Xu family?"
When the eldest grandson heard this, he waved his hand again and again, "Aye, she is simply a female man, I can't beat her, although she is very beautiful, but this temper ....."
The daughter of the Xu family that the eldest grandson said is Xu Rong, the eldest daughter of Xu Da, the first general under Li Lu, this Xu Rong is very beautiful, not only has superb martial arts, but also has a good literary talent, she is a beautiful girl with both civil and military skills, and the eldest grandson has competed with her, but as a result, whether it is literature or martial arts, she was crushed by other girls."
Juan'er, Aya is paving the way for you, Xu Danai is the first general of the British army, a rare and famous general who can be compared with Li Jing, and he has won the trust of the British king, you are his son-in-law....."
The old fox didn't go any further when he said this, he looked at his second son, and found that this former little overlord had changed a lot after coming to Broken Leaves, and it could be said that he had changed a person."
Aye, you think too much, although there is also nepotism in Broken Leaves, but if you want to enter the inner circle of my cousin-in-law, you can't squeeze in without great credit....."
The eldest grandson said with a smile, "Fortunately, I followed Xue Shaoshuai to save a lot of military merits when I quelled the Nantianzhu rebellion, and even my cousin-in-law praised me, and also gave me a place to go to West Point Military Academy to study, and when the child came from, I dare not say that I can become a world-famous general like Xu Shuai, Su Shuai, and Di Shuai, but if you want to become Xue Shaoshuai, you should be able to do it, right?"
”"Li Lu allowed you to go to West Point to study?"
The old fox was startled, he knew that West Point Military Academy was another name for the Army Military Academy located in the starting point town in the northwest of Broken Leaf City, as far as the old fox knew, if he wanted to really enter the inner circle of the British army, this West Point was the best stepping stone, hey, his second son was capable.The eldest grandson old fox and Li Er intersected inexorably, he can simply be said to be the roundworm in Li Er's stomach, he took out Li Lu's intention to take the Eastern Roman throne from Li Er's words, and then increased the eldest grandson's family's investment in Broken Leaves, he wanted the eldest grandson's family to be a first-class family in Chang'an and Broken Leaves, and Chang'an had its own support; Now that he has come to Broken Leaves, seeing that the second son who was unbearable in the past has been reborn, the old fox is indescribably happy in his heart, "Lian'er, you are also a prodigal son, and your father is really happy for you......"
The old fox was even more determined to turn Xu Da's daughter into his daughter-in-law.Just when the eldest grandson and the two grandfathers were chatting on the carriage, they heard the coachman say, "Master, second young master, Qingyun Pavilion has arrived ......""
Qingyun Pavilion?"
The old fox was stunned for a moment, and then his face sank like water, "Juan'er, why did you bring the old man to this peaceful place?"
”The old fox said that when he heard this name, he smelled of wind and dust, and just praised his second son for a few words, but he didn't expect that his temperament still hadn't changed."
Aya, this is not a peaceful place, those Goolan Washe or something are in Yanliu Lane, this is the favorite place of those literati and elegant guests..... go, Aya, the child will accompany you to taste an exotic drink....."
The eldest grandson said that he jumped out of the carriage first, and then helped the eldest grandson and the old fox to get out of the carriage.When he followed his second son into a private room in this Qingyun Pavilion, the eldest grandson went to the backstage to ask him to talk to the old fox about the mysterious drink, and the old fox admired the tea couplet hanging on the wall, "Replace wine with tea, dissolve admiration; Cook the word into soup and extract a glass of acacia water.This pair of neat pairs....... idle cooking Lingxue Spring sweet drink, purple gas to the instrument, who is clear?
Taste the tea soup and taste the beauty, sit in the breeze, I promise three lives!
Haolian, Haolian......"
"Aye, come, I'll make you a cup of freshly ground coffee......
"Changsun Lian said with a smile, and Changsun Lao Fox saw a strange device brought over by his second son, "Lian'er, this is??"
”The eldest grandson and the old fox were confused, what is this, why hasn't he seen it."
Aya, this is a coffee mill, this thing is not even in my cousin-in-law's palace, and all the coffee mills in Broken Leaf City are in this Qingyun Pavilion......"
Changsun Jian said as he took two bone china cups and put them at the exit of the hand-cranked coffee mill, while pinching up a handful of jet-black bean-like things, "Daddy, this thing is called coffee, and it is produced in Axum, which is thousands of miles away from Broken Leaves......
This thing is precious..... in Broken Leaf City, not ordinary people can afford to drink......"
Changsun Lian said while shaking the handlebar, under his shaking, those coffee beans were ground into fine powder after a while, after pouring into the two bone china cups, Changsun Lian personally brought a pot of hot water, poured it into the two bone china cups, and then a fragrance very different from the tea wafted in the air."
Axum?"
The eldest grandson, the old fox, twisted his beard, "Is it the Axum who is rich in Kunlun slaves?"
”"Aya is exactly that Axum......
"The eldest grandson pushed a cup of coffee in front of the old fox, and stirred it twice for him, "Aya, this is frosted sugar, these coffees have a slightly bitter taste, you can add some sugar to neutralize it, the best coffee sent by the king of Axum is gone, or I will entertain you with the best coffee, those excellent coffees are called a sweet ......"
Why did this thing appear in Broken Leaf City, it has to do with the messenger who came from Axum, They gave the coffee beans to Li Lu as a valuable national gift, Li Lu did not hide them, but put these coffee beans in the Qingyun Pavilion, the most upscale teahouse in Broken Leaf City, many dignitaries and nobles tasted this thing named coffee by Li Lu, and they all deeply liked this strange drink."
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Old man taste, is it as magical as you say?"
The eldest grandson old fox scooped a spoonful with a small spoon, and then put it in his mouth, and felt that a taste different from tea kept beating on his taste buds, first a somewhat bitter taste, but it didn't take long to become a mellow sweetness, what made the old fox even more excited was that the refreshing effect of this thing was no less than those excellent tea leaves such as Mengding tea, this is the inferior coffee in his second son's mouth, so if it is the best coffee, what kind of taste it must be."
Dad, I heard my cousin-in-law say that this coffee has the effect of refreshing, refreshing, strengthening the stomach, and strengthening the body, and the most important thing is that he can relieve hangover......"
The eldest grandson was also sipping coffee beautifully, "If there is anything wrong with this coffee, it is too expensive, I took this small handful, and it cost ten taels of gold, Aya, we are drinking gold......"
"This drink is really good......"
The eldest grandson and the old fox immediately liked this slightly bitter taste, "Juan'er, why is this coffee so expensive?"
Isn't there such coffee in any other land than Axum?
”"Aya, you're right, except for Axum, there really isn't, those Kunlun slaves call these coffee beans 'black gold', the blockade of the dead place, the child heard that we have broken a lot of hands for coffee beans....."
The eldest grandson said a little depressed, "I heard those Aksumites say that they don't brew like us, but grind coffee beans and make cakes with grain..... these barbarians, isn't it a waste....."
Listening to the nagging of the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson and the old fox understood very well, didn't see that even if Li Lu's Britain was the clan of the Tang Dynasty, but Chang'an's control over the tea seedlings was dead?
This Aksumite control of coffee seedlings is a reason, "Juan'er, since you have been allowed by the King of England to go to West Point, you have to work hard for him, whether our eldest grandson's family can open another one in the west depends on you.....""
Aya, don't be angry when I say something, since I came to Broken Leaves, I have carefully looked at the difference between the big clan here and our big clan in Guannei, Guannai pays attention to poetry and books heirlooms, farming and reading to establish a business; But in England under my cousin-in-law, this is not the case at all, and they are taking a different path......" said the eldest grandson, stirring up his coffee.The eldest grandson, the old fox, looked at his son with a satisfied face, he has indeed grown up, not only knows that he thinks independently, but also can see that something is coming, which is not simple.