Xu Qilin scratched his head, followed Xiaojing forward, added a few pieces of charcoal to the small charcoal furnace, and then watched His Majesty Li Er play.

It's fun, haven't you played it before? Xu Qilin didn't dare to speak easily, but he was thinking in his heart.

"Sit!" His Majesty Li Er waved his hand, put down the tea set, picked up the book to read, and ordered without raising his head: "Cook tea for me."

"Yes." Xu Qilin responded, sat opposite His Majesty Li Er, and started to operate skillfully.

The water on the charcoal stove boiled, and Xu Qilin picked up the small pot and made refreshments. He was more skillful than when he invited Ma Zhou to taste tea before, and the tea he made was much better.

In summer, it is better to drink jasmine tea. The faint fragrance of flowers is wrapped in the heat and spreads.

"Your Majesty, please." Xu Qilin cooked the tea and served it with respectfully with both hands.

Well, His Majesty Li Er was actually watching, taking the tea, sucking it gently, and savoring it carefully, a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"It tastes good." His Majesty Li Er finished drinking a cup, put down the teacup, patted the book next to him, and said, "This "Tea Sutra" is better written, is it necessary to print a book?"

Xu Qilin added another cup to His Majesty Li Er and said, "I will wait for re-copying and will enter the palace to present it to Your Majesty for the imperial examination tomorrow. If Your Majesty is kind, I will print the book and publish it."

His Majesty Li Er reached out and clicked the signature on the book, and asked, "Is this Lu Yu Ru Zengyan's master?"

"That's right." Xu Qilin said: "Although I don't talk about my teacher, I don't regard someone as a disciple, but I have benefited a lot from teaching, so I dare not forget it."

His Majesty Li Er showed admiration and said, "It is natural to respect the teacher and respect the Tao. Of course, your master will not accept you as his disciple, so how can you explain it?"

Xu Qilin thought for a while and said, "The master said to someone: You don't need to look for your master from afar, you are a god and an immortal. It is difficult to seek the truth if you love and hate, but I still have to be a disciple of others. I always think about it, but I still can't understand it all."

His Majesty Li Er pondered for a moment and repeatedly pondered it. It was a Taoist mantra. It sounded simple, but it contained profound principles. He couldn't help but sigh: "If you can understand it at your age, even if I dare not say that you are a master of the world, I will not dare to say that you are a master of the world. Unfortunately, I will not be able to see it at first. It is also an opportunity to teach this master, so I should cherish it."

"It's a pity that I am just an ordinary person. I'm afraid I will never understand the true words of my family teacher." Xu Qilin smiled and said, "I understand this so much, and I'm thinking about it too, so there is no need to force it."

His Majesty Li Er rolled his eyes, obviously not agreeing with Xu Qilin's attitude, but did not continue to nag, but instead asked, "If you want to print this "Tea Sutra", you are not just a master, right?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Xu Qilin bowed and said, "I think tea is a unique thing in the Central Plains, and it has its advantages over silk, porcelain, iron and other things..."

In history, tea, a green leaf that contains China's wealth, glory and superb political and diplomatic wisdom, has been given too many meanings, economy and hegemony, war and peace.

The reason why tea plays such an important role is that it has become a strategic material, which has made the northern nomadic peoples have a huge dependence.

What truly incorporated tea into national economic development was in the mid-Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion.

In order to raise food and pay to fight to eliminate separatist forces, the court began to impose tithes tax on tea - one-tenth of the revenue from tea sales will be collected as taxes.

At the beginning of the Yamato period of Emperor Wenzong of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wenzong came up with another solution, which was the tea system, which made tea a monopoly transaction, and the government purchased and sold it to solve the pricing problem of tea.

Since the tea system was formulated during the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Tang, it has become a national policy that lasted for thousands of years and was not abolished after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

By the Song and Ming dynasties, the courts used tea as a weapon very skillfully. The tea-horse market became the best strategy of "fake markets are easy to control and control" and "using tea to build arms" and has been tried and tested.

"The current tea production is not high, which is actually related to eating habits. Wei Chen published the "Tea Classic" and also wanted to play a role in promoting it."

Xu Qilin briefly talked about the important role of tea, and finally expressed his purpose. "I dared to ask Your Majesty to grant the "Tea Classic" to the officials in various tea-producing places, and ordered them to persuade tea as if they were encouraged by agriculture and mulberry trees to expand the planting area and increase the yield. Later..."

His Majesty Li Er listened quietly, still doubting the prospects depicted by Xu Qilin, but he decided to give it a try.

After all, tea leaves must reach a certain output before they can have the effect of strategic materials as Xu Qilin mentioned. The formation and popularity of tea drinking habits also take time.

"Will Tubo also be made of tea?" His Majesty Li Er asked uncertainly.

Xu Qilin replied confidently: "I can be sure that in time, tea will become an indispensable necessity for life for the people of plateau areas and grasslands and deserts."

His Majesty Li Er nodded in contemplation and said, "How will the acquisition, pricing, transaction, etc. be operated?"

Xu Qilin took a sip of tea and said, "In the opinion of the empress, the court purchased half or 60% of the output of the park households. The price in previous years was 2 to 30% lower than the market price, including taxes; the rest of the output can be negotiated with merchants or sold freely; the court can collect tea tax from tea merchants, or pay tithes."

After pausing, Xu Qilin continued: "Tea merchants and park owners are only allowed to sell tea in China and are not allowed to enter border markets for transactions; tea transactions with Tubo and northern nomadic tribes are only available to the border markets for tea, and are only allowed to buy tea by the government."

His Majesty Li Er raised his eyebrows, and his heart was shocked. This was a huge profit!

The tea purchased by the imperial court is not only tax-free, but also monopolizes the border market. When changing cattle, horse, fur, and medicinal materials, it can naturally be significantly lowered. After the transaction is completed, these commodities will be transferred to the domestic market, and the price is not a luxury.

The tea tax paid by tea merchants will also be a huge fiscal revenue that will be enriched into the national treasury.

As the lowest level of tea commodity circulation, plantation households, although state procurement is mandatory, if the price is set reasonably, the tax will be paid, and the income is still very secure. There is no need to worry about not being able to sell the tea.

As for the remaining tea, according to the understanding of later generations, it can be regarded as a private land. You can either pick it up to the market for sale or sell it to tea merchants, and you can get more flexible additional income.

Speaking of which, this is the best way Xu Qilin can think of.

From ancient times to the present, the lowest level has been the hardest and most exploited. Either the government purchases and sells them all, or the merchants buy them at a price, and it is never their turn to make a profit.
Chapter completed!