Chapter 282 New Ideas



Qiao Yunqing's guess was correct, Qiao Xin really didn't want to come.

After finally getting rid of the sensitive, self-abased, and arrogant daughter-in-law, how could she be willing to take the initiative to come to the door and join the group! Wouldn't it be nice to lead a group of people to eat and drink delicious food at home, go shopping, and drink tea when you have nothing to do?

As for Qiao Yunqing's request in the letter for her to go and guide matters before spring ploughing, although Qiao Xin had no plans to go to Yuncheng for the time being, she would still provide all the help she could.

Based on the geographical features of Yuncheng, she exchanged with Tongzi an agricultural planting plan that was more suitable for the local area. She also packed up all the experiences she had written about farming over the past year and sent them over!

It contains detailed information on a series of valuable experiences including how to plant crops properly, prevent and control pests and diseases, build irrigation projects, etc.

When Qiao Yunqing and his subordinates received the box of information, they were overjoyed, but also felt regretful. They thought that it would be great if the old lady was a man, as she would definitely be able to achieve great things in her career.

Only the chief clerk in charge of household registration and land realized the importance of it.

"Master, the old lady has put a lot of thought into this. The data here is so detailed that even my subordinates may not be able to do such a comprehensive job."

Qiao Yunqing tapped the paper with his finger, and then he ordered: "Since there is no problem with the data, then follow what is written here. The people below may not understand it clearly, so let's follow what is written here first, like the Weizhou government, find a pilot site first, and if the planting is good, people will naturally come to us. When the time comes, we can promote it throughout the state, and the resistance will be much smaller!"

"I understand that when it comes to eating, everyone must be extremely cautious. Just like what the old lady said, we should adapt to local conditions. The best ones are those that suit our Yuncheng!"

“Well, have the subsidies been distributed?”

Master Wu smiled and said, "Yes, it is, but a few of them have privately expressed that they want to arrange for their children to go to school in our old house!"

"Wait a little longer. Once the current food and drink problems are solved, the county and state schools will be rebuilt."

Yuncheng originally had state schools and county schools, but the riots and rebellions years ago completely destroyed these places. In the end, only the private schools of the big families were left, but these places were not accessible to ordinary people.

The path to study and advancement in Yuncheng seemed to be monopolized by some people, and Qiao Yunqing watched it calmly. However, things had their priorities, and everyone's survival problems had not been solved yet, so they could only put it aside for the time being. However, as long as the bookstores and printing houses in his hometown were still thriving, he could easily make a breakthrough in Yuncheng's education!

It's enough for him to know these things in his heart. There's no need to publicize them before they are accomplished!

If things are not kept secret, they will be leaked!

If Yuncheng wanted to recover quickly, Qiao Xin pointed out two paths for rapid development.

Yuncheng is a mountainous area with large areas of red earth ponds. Even if they are reclaimed, the grain yield is not high and it is easy to suffer crop failure or production reduction.

But this kind of land rich in iron ions is the favorite of tea trees.

Nowadays, in winter, vegetables are rare and precious in Beijing. When eating mutton, tea soup is necessary to relieve greasiness and reduce dryness. However, Dajing can only buy a large amount of good tea from the Jiangnan area. What the common people drink is not so much tea as bitter soup foam.

It's not that Yuncheng doesn't have tea trees, they're just sparsely planted and not on a large scale. Or the tea-producing villages don't realize how precious the few leaves in their hands are. They only know that when making wontons, they pick a few leaves, blanch them in boiling water, and then drink the tea to refresh themselves.

For a long time, Huzhou Zisun and Changzhou Yangxian tea around Yuncheng have become tribute teas, but Yuncheng has not yet formed its own tea production scale.

The climate conditions are similar, but the gap is so huge. Qiao Xin bluntly said that it is the problem that those in power do not pay attention to it.

Now that Qiao Yunqing has taken over this place and wants to make a career out of it, he naturally won't be as muddle-headed as his predecessor.

But what is the clear tea that A Niang is talking about? Could it be that we can just drink the tea directly?

When people drank tea at that time, they liked to steam and press the tea to make tea cakes, then crush the tea cakes into powder, and then roast the tea over fire, constantly stirring it during the process to ensure that it was heated evenly.

After roasting, it needs to be wrapped with cloth to prevent the aroma of the tea from being lost. After the tea leaves have cooled, they can be boiled. Of course, before boiling the tea, charcoal or firewood, clean water, a furnace and a kettle are also needed.

Before making tea, you must first boil the water. When the water boils, you can add a little salt to adjust the taste, and then use a spoon to remove impurities and foam on the water.

Then boil it again, and when it boils for the second time, scoop out a ladle of water with a spoon, then start adding tea powder into the pot and continue boiling it. When it boils for the third time, add the ladle of water scooped out when it boiled for the second time, and you are done, the tea is considered to be cooked.

It’s not as simple as Qiao Xin’s way of drinking tea. She just throws dry tea leaves into the glass, adds hot water to remove dust, and then brews it and can drink it directly. It’s a bit more troublesome to practice the tea ceremony, while a simpler way is to just soak it in pure water and brew it!

Therefore, drinking tea has always been one of the ways for aristocrats to show off their elegance. There is a reason why it is not popular among the middle and lower classes.

Not only is it too expensive, it’s also too troublesome to operate!

What Qiao Xin is eyeing is precisely this untapped market space for the middle and lower classes.

At that time, the rich will drink rare products such as Mingqian tea, tribute tea, white tea, Maojian, black tea and dark tea, but ordinary people can also grab a pound or two of coarse tea to quench their thirst when they have nothing to do.

As for what kind of sencha is popular in the market now.

Tsk, for such a long time, she really couldn't get used to, and didn't approve of, this way of drinking tea with all the hassles.

In the final analysis, it is because of the lack of technical skills that we are unable to properly produce, transport and preserve tea, which is why we have to think of adding various seasonings to enhance the original flavor of tea!

To grow good tea, one must have the right time, right place and right people.

Good climate, suitable soil, and high-quality cultivation and tea-making techniques are indispensable.

She really doesn't care about the small piece of profit cake that the aristocratic family controls!

Originally, all the suitable tea mountainous areas in Yuncheng were in the hands of aristocratic families. After a series of disasters, a large number of fertile fields were abandoned, not to mention the tea mountainous areas with lower yields.

Qiao Yunqing took the opportunity to reclaim a lot of land, which happened to be favored by Qiao Xin!

What’s the point of grabbing someone else’s cake? She wants to make a huge cake for herself and share it with like-minded people!

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