Chapter 52 Gifts
On the Tingquan Pavilion, Li Ming sat cross-legged and started his new day of cultivation again. Lin Lingfeng's year of skill was extraordinary. At this moment, Li Ming only felt his inner breath like the surging river water, surging in the tendons. Every time he ran for a week, he felt that his internal strength was stronger. In less than half a day, he had broken open several blocked meridians.
Li Ming opened his eyes and the sun was approaching. It seemed that with the help of Lin Lingfeng's internal strength, the time for his ten-week operation was shortened a lot. At this moment, Li Ming only felt full of energy and energetic. He let out a long breath, and looked at Zhang Yao, who was still sitting cross-legged beside him, and was very satisfied with his progress.
Li Ming walked out of Tingquan Pavilion gently, Lin Lingfeng, who was sitting in the pavilion by the spring, looked at him in surprise and asked, "I'll finish the work so soon today? Are you making too fast, right? Come here and let me take a look."
Li Ming walked into the pavilion and let Lin Lingfeng hold his hand. Lin Lingfeng looked inside Li Ming and said, "It's really good! According to this progress, you may break through the third level tomorrow. Haha, it seems that your future achievements are higher than that of Long'er! If you can successfully break through the third level of Taiqing Gong tomorrow, then I will start to pass on your Lin family sword technique in the afternoon. Okay, you go to the restaurant first, don't you still go to Kang Wang Mansion? Then go quickly, Long'er is in the teahouse, and you can go to her for dinner. I have to wait for Yao'er to finish the merits."
Li Ming said goodbye to Lin Lingfeng, ate a hurried bite of rice, then took out two glass cups from his car and rushed to the tea farm. The tea farm is located in the Tea Forest Valley opposite Biquan Peak. Here, ancient trees are shaded and tea forests are dense. Clear springs flow down from the mountain, forming a curved stream at the bottom of the valley, flowing into the Biquan Tan not far away. Biquan Tan is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the pool water is deep and clear. A long bridge on the shore leads directly to the Bishui Pavilion in the center of Tan. The Bishui Pavilion is quite large. At that time, King Kang often drank here to enjoy the scenery and escape the summer. The tea farm is not far from Bishui Beach, in several abandoned military camps next to the stream. Two hundred soldiers were stationed here to protect Bishui Tan. Now, there are six or seventy servants in the tea farm, led by Wang Sheng, who are speeding up the time to make Longjing tea.
When Li Ming entered the tea farm, the yard was already full of lively scenes: a few large iron pots were in the middle of the yard, and Wang Sheng was directing several strong men to stir-fry the tender green tea tips in the pot; a continuous stream of tea pickers were transporting the newly picked tender tea tips to the stall under the pergola in the courtyard, and several stall workers were spreading the fresh leaves flat on the bamboo mat under the pergola... In the spacious yard, the process of spreading, finishing, rolling, initial baking, shaping, roasting, picking, etc. were proceeding in an orderly manner.
Li Ming looked at the scene in front of him with great satisfaction, and was very proud. He didn't expect that the process he learned from the computer would be actually applied to production so quickly. The flowing operation is really efficient when applying tea processing. Wang Sheng is really capable.
Lin Long walked out of the house and hurried over to see Li Ming. He asked in surprise: "Why did Brother finish the work so soon today?"
Li Ming smiled and said, "Didn't the master say I'm a genius! How are the tea preparations?"
Lin Long said: "This morning, I picked up ten kilograms of high-quality Longjing, and two of them were put into a finely woven bamboo basket. The rest were placed in the jar according to the preservation method mentioned by my elder brother, and covered it with the wrapped quicklime and sealed the jar. Do you want it now?"
Li Ming nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, Wang Sheng, find two people for me."
Wang Sheng hurried over and asked, "Master, who are you looking for?"
Li Ming said: "Feel me two smart people, bring these ten kilograms of tea and go to Kang Wang Mansion with me. By the way, Long'er, wait a while and find your jewelry box to see if there is anyone who can put these two cups in it. In addition, you should dress up your men's clothes. I don't want Kang Wang to like you, haha."
Riding on Wang Sheng's big ship, Li Ming and his party rushed to Linbin City with the four white horses.
The streets of Linbin City were still so bustling. Li Ming and the other four rode snow-white tall horses on this lively street. From time to time, people cast a gaze of surprise at them. Suddenly, Li Ming felt a chill behind his back, and a cold gaze seemed to be staring at him from behind. He quickly turned his head, but saw a figure wearing a hat flashing into the alley quickly.
Lin Long turned his head and looked at him strangely and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"
Li Ming turned around and hesitated: "I don't know, I seem to feel someone staring at me behind my back just now, which made me feel cold all over. I seemed to see him entering that alley."
Lin Long sneered: "I don't know which guy is looking for death. Don't worry about him. If he dares to come and cause trouble, I will let him go without returning."
Hearing that Li Ming brought Longjing to see him, King Kang hurried to the hall to receive Li Ming. After the greetings, Li Ming sat down and said, "The prince has given great help to Caomin's tea farm. Today, Caomin specially gave the first batch of tea produced in the tea farm to the prince to try it out, and asked the prince to accept it with a smile."
Kang Wangxi said: "Since I drank your Longjing that day, I felt bored when I came back and drank other tea. I was just about to send someone to buy some from you these days! Haha, I didn't expect you to deliver it."
Li Ming bowed and said, "Your Majesty is so polite. Don't mention anything you want to buy in the future. I also want to drink tea. Even if I send someone to say, the Caomin will personally deliver it to the prince. As long as the prince likes to drink, our tea farm will definitely provide it for free."
King Kang laughed and said, "Sir, you are so polite. How dare I take this as a warning? Come on, take the Longjing for me."
Li Ming hurriedly said, "Prince, please wait. If you drink good tea, you need a good tea set. Longjing is mellow and sweet, with a long aftertaste, and the tea color is clear and green, and the tea shape is beautiful. To make Longjing, you need to use the fresh and tender tea tips that have just been emitted. Each tea tip only picks two tender leaves on the top, and you cannot bring any tea stems. After processing this tender tea tip into Longjing, the best tea set is to brew it with a transparent crystal cup. When boiling water is poured into the cup, you can see the tea tips standing upright in the cup. After a moment, they will sink upright into the bottom of the cup, and then float up and sink again. The tea leaves float and sink in the cup like sparrow tongues. Such beautiful scenery is not visible without a good crystal cup."
King Kang was fascinated and sighed: "It turns out that there are so many things to pay attention to when drinking Longjing. However, although I have many crystals, there are also large crystals of more than ten kilograms, but the crystals are hard and it is extremely difficult to carve into tools. The most expensive thing about this king is just the crystal bead curtain hanging in my bedroom. However, it is unheard of using crystals to make tea cups. It seems that I don't have this blessing."
Li Ming smiled and said, "Although crystals are easy to obtain, they are difficult to carve. Therefore, in order to let the prince fully enjoy the fun of drinking Longjing, Caomin specially presented the two crystal cups treasured by Caomin, and asked the prince to accept them with a smile."
King Kang suddenly widened his eyes, looked at Li Ming with disbelief and said, "What? Sir, do you have it? Do you have a crystal cup? Take it to show me!"
Li Ming took out the jewelry box containing the glass and handed it over to the maid next to him.
King Kang opened the box with trembling hands, his eyes suddenly widened, and his mouth twitched for a long time without saying a word.
After a long time, he carefully took out a cup with his hands, held it in his hands and played with it repeatedly. He praised him, "I have never seen such a crystal that is crystal clear and flawless, and it is hard to find it for thousands of years! What is rare is that this cup is natural and has no trace of carving. Such skills can be said to be a master of ingenuity! This cup is warm and smooth, and it feels like a warm jade, which is even more different from ordinary crystals. It is priceless treasure! Where did this cup get it? Shouldn't such priceless treasure be lingered among the people?"
Li Ming smiled and said, "This cup is carved by a giant crystal found by Caomin's master in the snow-covered mountains that have been sealed for thousands of years. After Caomin went down the mountain, the master gave this cup to Caomin. It has only been a few decades since this cup was released, so of course the prince doesn't know."
King Kang said in surprise: "This cup was carved by your master? Then your master is not only a saint of medical forest, but also a master of craftsmanship! Can your master go down the mountain? I invite him? How about it?"
Li Ming hurriedly said, "The prince is in love, but my master has already returned to heaven, which disappoints the prince."
King Kang responded disappointedly while playing with the cup, and said, "That's a pity. Did you learn some skills from your master? With such a master, how bad can your apprentice be?"
Li Ming smiled slightly and said, "If you have anything to say, it's not the first day that Caomin and the prince have met each other. Caomin should be clear about his character, please give him instructions."
King Kang hesitated for a moment, waved his hand and walked back to the left. Seeing this, Li Ming signaled Lin Long and the two servants to retreat.
King Kang nodded with satisfaction and said to Li Ming: "You are really smart. I can trust you, so tell the truth to you. The emperor has always been worried about my physical condition. Although the gentleman cured my headache, my physical condition has not improved much. This has also happened since childhood. The gentleman also said that it cannot be cured and can only be recuperated slowly. But the matter of establishing a crown prince cannot be dragged down forever. Now the emperor is not willing to make another second or third brother the crown prince for the sake of my eldest son, but at the emperor's birthday banquet this year, the third brother will give a branch of one hundred and three feet long.
Hong Coral gave the emperor as a gift. The emperor liked it so much, and this year he was even more honored to his third brother. I am very worried about this! Alas! If this pair of crystal cups is presented to the emperor and Longjing tea, the emperor will definitely like it very much, so that I can restore my position in the emperor's heart. However, I really like this pair of crystal cups very much! To be honest, I am really reluctant to let it go! Besides, the gentleman said that if there is no crystal cup in Longjing, it will be a huge pleasure! I feel sorry for me! So I want to ask the gentleman to carve a pair for me again, how about it?"
Li Ming was secretly amused in his heart, but he didn't expect that just two glasses made King Kang very greedy. Although there were a few in his car, he was not so stupid that he would not take advantage of such a good opportunity.
Thinking of this, Li Ming said in a difficult manner: "Caomin has learned some skills from his master, but such a high-quality crystal is hard to come by!"
King Kang said happily: "So, did you agree? Although I don't have such a transparent and flawless crystal, there are still many products. Moreover, if the teacher is unwilling to do so, I can give the crystal mine near Tieshan to the teacher, as long as the teacher can find a piece of it for use. That crystal mine can make my treasure, and I will give it to you! How about it?"
Li Ming suppressed the excitement in his heart and said calmly, "Thank you, the prince for being so generous. The Caomin is just doing his best. By the way, the Caomin also has another request to ask the prince to agree. Although the prince gave the crystal mine to the Caomin, there are noisy people at the foot of the Tieshan Mountain, and there are all kinds of people in all walks of life. In order to ensure that the Caomin can find the suitable crystal smoothly, he asked the prince to give the Tieshan to the villain. What do the prince thinks?"
King Kang said with a puzzled look: "It's not impossible to give Tieshan to you, but although Tieshan can be mined after paying taxes, all the iron used by the army under my jurisdiction come from there. There is a large official pig iron shop there. If Tieshan is given to you, then my army will not have the raw materials for building weapons. You must know that there are a large number of damaged weapons that need to be replaced every year!"
Li Ming smiled slightly and said confidently: "Prince, please rest assured. It is better to hand over the official pig iron shop to Caomin. Caomin can guarantee the iron quantity of all troops under the prince. And it is free, so you can supply as much as the prince needs. Prince, please rest assured. Caomin must keep your word. Besides, Caomin is also under the rule of the prince. If Caomin does not keep your word, then the prince can completely punish Caomin. What does the prince think?"
King Kang thought for a while and nodded, "Of course, since sir is sure, I will agree to you. Don't let me down! Hurry up, take a crystal cup and soak a cup of Longjing for me to open my eyes!"
Li Ming was overjoyed and hurriedly got up and took out the cup, asked a pot of boiling water to take out Longjing, rush down, and put it in front of King Kang.
Looking at the green tea color in the cup and the tea tips that were beating up and down in the cup, Kang Wangle's eyes disappeared, and he was lying in front of the cup for a long time and was reluctant to get up. Maybe he had already dreamed of being an emperor in his heart.
The sun was gradually setting, and pedestrians on the street became scarce. Li Ming walked back to the island with the transfer documents from Tieshan and Crystal Mine, and was so happy that he couldn't stop. He was originally planning to exchange for a mine, but he didn't expect to have a higher value of crystal mine. In this way, in addition to being able to mine natural crystals, he could also mine quartz to produce glass products. Thinking of crystal clear glass products, he couldn't do it or not. Thinking of this, Li Mingle almost jumped off the horse's back.
Looking at Li Ming's appearance, Lin Long couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother, don't you be so happy. What has King Kang told you? Isn't it just a mine? Pig iron can't be sold for that much money. Besides, I also know that crystal mine is on a mountain more than a mile away from Tieshan. The mountains are steep and the traffic is difficult. With King Kang's financial resources, it can still be supported. If we mine ourselves, we don't know how much labor will be spent."
Li Ming smiled and said, "Crystal Mine is a treasure. Since King Kang asked me to find crystals for him, then manual labor can be made for us! Haha, after all, he still asks me now. By the way, you will take a few people to receive the mine tomorrow. Remember, if those who mine at the foot of the iron mountain are willing to stay, let them stay. We need those people. Don't force them to keep if you don't want to stay. Please give them some compensation if you are not willing to stay. I'll give them some compensation to you if you are in the evening. I'll go back to draw some pictures, and tomorrow you will give Wang Laodao a gift to make them according to the picture. If you don't understand, you can find me in the afternoon. In addition, you can find some masons to recruit them on the island. It will be useful in the future.
.Longjing tea has been almost done these days. Tomorrow, I will notify Brother Huang to pick up the goods at Linbin’s store. Your Lin family’s upper shop will also start shipping out and you can start selling. Alas, such a big business will make you work alone, which is really tiring. By the way, tomorrow you will find Chen Hao, Xiao Cui and Ma Lin and the others and let them follow you for a while. In the future, you can leave these things to them. When I have time in a few days, I will consider the issue of the heads of various institutions. If you want to develop in a big direction in the future, it will not work without a complete institution."
Lin Long smiled and said, "What's the matter? I'll leave it to me tomorrow. Just calm down and practice it. The organization you mentioned is quite fresh. Don't worry, I will take them well during this period and let them be the only one. I'll be able to relax. But brother, you have opened a tea farm, iron ore, and crystal mine in just a few days. It's too fast."
Li Ming said: "No, I don't think it's fast. It takes a long time to transform all the knowledge I have mastered into an industry. I have to race against time now. Since I have decided to do it, I have to do it well. I want to make Biquan Island's products spread throughout every corner of the country! I want to master the economic lifeline of the country! Haha, there are some things you don't understand. Now is the beginning of entrepreneurship, and everything is still clueless. After establishing a complete institution, everything should be on the right track. That's when our Biquan Island shines. Only by doing this can I have the opportunity to benefit the people of the world!"
Lin Long looked at Li Ming with admiration and said softly: "I have been involved in the business of Linjiazhuang for a lot of time, and I also think I am knowledgeable and talented, but I don't understand many things about my elder brother's words. However, Long'er knew that what my elder brother said was very profound. My elder brother did this not just to make money for himself, but to be lofty ideals for benefiting the people of the world. Long'er will follow my elder brother in the future and try to help me and share my elder brother's worries."
Li Ming smiled and said, "Actually, what I said is just some ideas at the moment. If you want to truly implement it, you have to rely on your help. Alas! Long'er, I am really glad that I could meet you. Without your help, the development of Biquan Island will not be as fast as it is today."
The two laughed softly, walked safely towards Linbin Wharf as the moonlight. After boarding the boat, the boatman pulled up the sails and sailed towards Biquan Island in the evening wind.
The hazy pier gradually moved away from everyone's sight. Li Ming and Lin Long stood at the bow of the boat, watching the moonlight shine on the endless lake, quietly enjoying the tenderness of the moonlight.
Suddenly, bursts of bursts of muffled sounds sounded from the bottom of the ship, and the hull swayed violently. The deck suddenly overturned, and the hull was split in an instant. Everyone on the ship fell quickly into the lake.
Chapter completed!