Seeing the extremely translucent cup that Chen Yi took out, Xu Wei and Lu Zigang showed shocked expressions on their faces, "Xiao, Xiao Yi, this, is this the tea set you said? It looks so translucent. Could it be? Is it made of glass?" Xu Wei asked with some disbelief on his face.
Lu Zigang looked at the glass carefully and couldn't help but shook his head, "No, Brother Wen, the glass is far from being this translucent. This is simply a work of ingenuity. Xiaoyi, can we pick it up and take a look."
"Haha, Uncle Lu, you can watch as you like. Even if you fall, nothing will happen." Chen Yi smiled and waved his hand very casually.
The colored glaze in Xu Wei's mouth is actually Chinese glass. It is a crystal work made of artificial crystals of various colors as raw materials and dewaxed at high temperatures using the ancient copper lost-wax casting method.
These colors are also formed from various rare metals. The crystal works produced are colorful and beautiful, and their quality is crystal clear and dazzling.
The original material for making colored glaze in ancient China was obtained from the by-products of bronze casting. After refining and processing, it was made into colored glaze. It has various colors. The ancients also called it "five-color stone". In ancient times, it was difficult to obtain among the people. , so people even regard colored glaze as more precious than jade.
??Compared with glass, colored glaze is a decorative art made through a special process, called artificial crystal, while glass is a raw material whose main component is silica.
Although the transparency of colored glaze is not as good as that of glass, the color changes and artistry are still there. But it is far more than glass.
Lu Zigang and Xu Wei each took a glass and observed it carefully. They were very shocked by how transparent the glass bottle was. They could see from one side of the cup to the other without any hindrance.
And the surface of this cup is very smooth, to a certain extent, even more than polished jade, and there is no impurity in the whole cup. Looks clean and tidy.
"This cup is indeed not made of colored glaze. I have never seen such clean and translucent colored glaze." After looking at the cup, Xu Wei said with amazement.
Lu Zigang also nodded in agreement, "Xiao Yi, this cup. Did you bring it from that mysterious place? It must be of high value."
Chen Yi smiled. Sure enough, in some time-travel novels, it is true that ancient people would treat glass as a treasure.
"Uncle Lu, this kind of thing is called glass. Its value is not high, or even very low. If you master its production skills, you will know that it is very simple to make. They are not made by me. That mysterious place, but from other countries overseas.”
"Actually, there are some such things in the palace now. It's just that because of the difficulty of traveling to and from those countries, they are very precious."
Chen Yi picked up a glass at random and said to Xu Wei and Xu with a smile that there was some glass in the Ming Dynasty. There was already glass in the Thirty-six Yuanyang Pavilion in the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou. There is also blue glass, but it is very precious.
Talk about it. Even in the Qing Dynasty, glass was very valuable. Yongzheng once specifically instructed that the glass removed from the palace due to renovations should be stored in order to use it in a suitable place in the future.
Hearing Chen Yi’s words, Xu Wei and Lu Zigang looked at the glass in surprise. It turned out that these things came from overseas countries, and they also knew something about other countries on the sea.
Especially the Japanese pirates nearby are warlike in nature and like to invade. Xu Wei once went to the coastal area to inspect these things and helped the court win a great victory in this war.
“No wonder it’s so translucent, it turned out to be made by an overseas country.” Xu Wei said with a sigh.
Chen Yi smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, things from overseas are not necessarily precious. They have things that we don't have, and we also have things that they don't have, and they are even more precious than them."
Hearing Chen Yi's words, Xu Wei nodded, slowly put down the cup, and then asked curiously: "Xiao Yi, now that I have taken out this cup, where is that novel tea."
He naturally knew that the focus of the tea tasting this time was not on the glass, but on the tea leaves that Chen Yisuo was about to take out.
Chen Yi nodded, and under the expectant gazes of the two men, he took out the glass bottle from his pocket and placed it directly on the table.
Seeing what Chen Yi put on the table, Xu and Wei looked at it intently, with a look of surprise on their faces. In the transparent bottle on the table, there were some needle-like objects, each of which It’s all very crystal clear, look at itComes like ice and snow.
"Xiaoyi, what are these, are they the novel tea leaves you are talking about?" Xu Wei said in disbelief.
Lu Zigang also coughed at this moment, "Xiaoyi, it looks like these things are crystals. You won't let us drink crystals."
"Haha, Mr. Xu, Uncle Lu, why would I let you drink crystal? I'll let you see and verify it with your own eyes." Chen Yi took the glass bottle, opened it, and took out a few pieces of Longyuan Shengxue from it. , stained with water.
This Longyuan Shengxue tea, after being water-stained, suddenly became more crystal clear, and the silver trace on it became more obvious, like a little dragon.
Seeing this scene, Xu Wei and Lu Zigang were very shocked. What kind of tea was this? It was so magical.
"Mr. Xu, you two can take a look at the tea leaves on this plate and guess its name." Looking at the shocked expressions of Xu and Wei, Chen Yi smiled softly. Ever since he got Longyuan Shengxue, Everyone who sees them will have expressions like those of Xu and Wei, even the peaceful Taoist priests Wu Zhen and Xuanji.
Hearing Chen Yi's words, Xu Wei and Lu Zigang were full of expectations and took a piece of Longyuan Shengxue with their hands. After they pinched Longyuan Shengxue with their fingers, they realized that it was indeed tea. It was very soft and not tea at all. The crystal they had guessed before.
They looked at the tea leaf carefully. It was as white as snow on the outside. After being soaked in water, it looked crystal clear, especially with a silver trace on it. Now moistened by water, it became like a small dragon. It seemed that vivid.
When the tea leaves were brought closer, they smelled a faint fragrance. At this time, Xu Wei couldn't help but put the tea leaves into his mouth, chewed and tasted it a few times.
Seeing Xu Wei's actions, Lu Zigang couldn't help but asked expectantly: "Brother Wen, how does it taste?"
“It has a refreshing fragrance and a very good taste. I can’t help but want to taste the tea soup made from this kind of tea.” After tasting it, Xu Wei said with a look of surprise.
Lu Zigang looked at the tea leaves in his hand, with deep doubts on his face, "I have never seen this kind of tea leaves that are as ice-like as snow, like ice needles, and I never thought that the tea leaves would become like this. The detail is simply astonishing.”
Xu Wei also had deep doubts on his face, and took out another tea leaf from the tea tray, "This kind of tea should have been brought by Xiaoyi from a mysterious place, but now we are asked to guess its name. It must have been in It has been said in the world that it is like ice and snow, stained by water, crystal clear and moist. Hey, I seem to have seen this description somewhere, but I can't remember clearly. "
Looking at the tea leaves, Xu Wei murmured to himself, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he thought of something, and finally shook his head, finally he didn't expect where he saw it, "Xiaoyi, we can't guess, just a tea leaf, I can’t guess, you should at least give me some useful information.”
Chen Yi smiled. Indeed, you can guess the name of this tea leaf alone. Many people may not be able to do it because they have never seen the real Long Yuan Shengxue. "Mr. Xu, look at this tea leaf." The appearance is as white as snow, but better than snow, and what does the silver trace on the tea leaves look like to you? "
Lu Zigang looked at the silver trace and blurted out without hesitation: "Like a little dragon."
"This is the information I give you." Chen Yi smiled slightly.
Xu Wei silently recited the information given by Chen Yi in his heart. The color was like white snow, better than snow, and there was a little dragon. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he laughed loudly: "Haha, I guessed it, I guessed it, I never imagined that we would be lucky enough to see this kind of tea today.”
"Brother Wen, don't be so secretive, tell me quickly." Hearing Xu Wei's loud laughter, Lu Zigang asked anxiously. After all, he didn't read as many books as Xu Wei.
"I don't know if this kind of tea is recorded in the book, but according to the appearance, it is exactly the same as the book. This is a lost tea from the Song Dynasty. The imperial tea of ??the Song Dynasty was only for the emperor to drink. It is recorded in the book ,'In the year of Xuanhe Gengzithere was a little dragon winding up, named Longyuan Shengxue." Xu Wei slowly told the information about Longyuan Shengxue recorded in the book.
"The Dragon Garden is better than the snow. It is only for the emperor to drink. It is amazing and amazing." Lu Zigang has never heard of this name, but through Xu Wei's description and the appearance of the tea, he can also know how precious this tea is.
Xu Wei looked at the tea leaves in his hands and sighed, "This Longyuan Shengxue is more precious than the Dragon and Phoenix Tea Balls. It can be said to be the best tea. The former emperor gave Ouyang Xiu two Dragon and Phoenix Tea Balls. He treats Tuan as a treasure and doesn't drink it at all. He only drinks it when guests come.?Show it off, and this Longyuan Shengxue can be even more precious. "
"Xiaoyi, is this really the Longyuan Shengxue that Brother Wen said?" At this moment, Lu Zigang asked Chen Yi with disbelief on his face.
??The lost tea of ??the Song Dynasty, or the imperial tea only for the emperor to drink, does it still exist in the world now? (To be continued)