During the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty, a family with the surname Pang took refuge in Wuyi Mountain. Tea merchants Chen Yun德e and Fang Mingmei were secretly competing, and a legendary precious porcelain intertwined the fates of the three families. The second son of the Pang family was adopted by Chen Yun德e as his son, while the eldest son, Mao Jin, worked for the Fang family. Fang Mingmei hoped that he would become her son-in-law and successor, but what Mao Jin truly desired was not to marry Miss Fang Ziran of the Fang family, but Miss Chen Ying Tian of the Chen family. The upright Mao Jin became Fang Mingmei's greatest enemy, was imprisoned, and his lover married far away. After being released from prison, with the help of friends, he established his own tea house. Relying on credibility and effort, he became the largest tea merchant in Wuyi Mountain and created the famous Wuyi Oolong tea. Oolong tea attracted Jin merchants, Huizhou merchants, and Guangdong Thirteen Factories merchants, and also caught the attention of European and American businessmen.
Qingming Part One
Under the drive of capital, tea has traveled a very long way. Along the way, there are countless white bones, and the sound of silver jingles plays the triumphal song. But tea remains tea. It quietly sinks to the bottom of the cup, completely unaware of the world outside the cup.
The sunset is at the bottom of the cup, the orchid is at the bottom of the cup. And the equally serene Wuyi Mountain is also at the bottom of the cup.
Qingming Part Two
In the first year he became the county magistrate, he once secretly visited the academy in Wufu under the pretense of touring the mountains without telling his subordinates. It was already so dilapidated that it was beyond recognition. Upon returning, all he could think about were the children studying in the run-down academy. Because the academy was about to collapse, the teacher had no heart to teach, merely dealing with a few snotty students. Although this academy was built by the renowned Zhu Xi, an ancestor of Wufu, it couldn't escape its declining fate. Dynasties changed, people struggled to preserve their lives, where would they find the time to read?
Qingming Part Three
Chen Yun德e had been practicing in the mountain for almost a year. Since the old Taoist from the back mountain of Xiaomei Village introduced him to Daoist Li Donglai of Zhizhi Nunnery, he decided never to go down the mountain again and devoted himself to practicing in the nunnery. This Li Donglai practiced excellently, with the air of a celestial being, danced Tai Chi, spoke of yin and yang, discussed the Eight Trigrams, spoke fluently, and never tired. Chen Yun德e regarded him as a celestial being upon their first meeting. This celestial being was excellent in every way except one - his greed for tea. Fortunately, Chen Yun德e’s family did not lack tea, so he often had some brought up, and after drinking it, the old Taoist grew even closer to Chen Yun德e.
Qingming Part Four
On a spring morning in the fourth year of Yongzheng (1726), 27-year-old Pang Maojin woke up hearing a pleasant sound of metal colliding with metal. He squinted and saw a shadow approaching him. Pang Maojin rubbed his eyes and found that it wasn't anyone else but the elderly man who had guarded him for half a year.
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