Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

Jiang Tuan’s words made Jiang Qi suddenly enlightened. Yes, why not let those scammers make gunpowder?

He had seen some alchemy scammers, of course they called themselves alchemists, and he had also seen them refining so-called elixirs of immortality, some of which were indeed very impressive.

If they were asked to make gunpowder, they would be more likely to succeed than ordinary people.

Besides, those are people who have broken the law and should be punished. If any accidents happen, he won’t feel sorry about it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Qi immediately issued an order to all places, asking them to bring all the imprisoned and punished alchemists and sorcerers to the capital.

After issuing the decree, he somewhat regretted his previous decision. If he had known that those people could be used in this way, he would not have caught most of the scammers before he ascended the throne.

This resulted in not only those who were killed or punished, but also some scammers escaping to sparsely populated areas, making it difficult for them to catch them.

After explaining the matter of gunpowder, Jiang Tuan finally returned to his palace exhausted without saying a word.

Seeing the table full of food that Ning Ling had prepared, his stomach growled very honestly, but his mouth didn't want to move at all.

He now really wants to install a zipper on his stomach. When he is hungry, he can open it, pour food in, and zip it up when it is full. It saves time and effort as he doesn't have to go through his mouth at all.

Unfortunately, it was not possible. He could only pick out things that did not require much chewing, ate some casually, and then went to bed early because he was tired.

Jiang Tuan thought that because of the steelmaking and gunpowder issues, Jiang Qi would not be able to take care of himself for a while, and he could have a good rest for a few days. However, after just one day of rest, he was called over again.

"Your Majesty." Jiang Tuan saluted and stood there without saying anything.

Looking at Jiang Tuan who was rarely quiet, Jiang Qi smiled: "Don't you want to talk yet?"

"Your Majesty, I just want to be a quiet and handsome man now."

"Hahaha, a quiet handsome man? You? Hahaha, I think Yu Yuan is more suitable for this title. You are still far from it."

Jiang Tuan didn't understand. It was just an ordinary self-mockery, but how could it make the other person laugh? He had never noticed that the other person had such a low sense of humor before.

"Your Majesty, did you call me here just to make fun of me?"

"Of course not. Come, what is this?"

Following Jiang Qi's guidance, Jiang Tuan saw a small package on the table. He picked it up and felt that it looked familiar but was afraid to confirm it.

He took a little bit of it and smelled it. He couldn't smell anything except the smell of grass. He asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, is this tea?"

"Can't you see?"

"Your Majesty, I can't quite tell."

Jiang Tuan didn't lie, he really couldn't tell.

The tea he had seen and drunk before was all roasted, but this one was very fresh and felt like the tea leaves had just been picked from the tea tree not long ago. He had seen it on TV.

It is indeed a bit difficult for him to identify whether it is tea leaves now.

Of course, he was not completely unrecognizable, and he still felt somewhat familiar with it, but he was afraid that Da Xia was different from the modern times, and there were things that looked similar to tea leaves. What if he jumped to conclusions and was wrong?

Jiang Qi has been in a very good mood these past two days. He was extremely excited about the steel technology and the method of making gunpowder. Today, when one of his subjects said that he had found tea, he felt even better.

Originally, he thought he had called Jiang Tuan to confirm the matter, but Jiang Tuan couldn't even tell whether it was tea or not, which made him a little puzzled for a moment.

The only person who knows what tea leaves look like now can’t recognize it. How can we be sure of this?

In the end, he had no choice but to find the person who delivered the tea and ask it again in front of Jiang Tuan.

After asking, seeing Jiang Tuan nodded, he asked him to leave: "Are you sure, is this the tea you mentioned?"

"Your Majesty, that should be correct. The man was right when he said that the tea trees he found grow in some warm and humid mountainous and hilly areas.

The man also said that tea is used as medicine and food in the local area. I have also heard this before, and tea can indeed be used in that way.

Judging from these two aspects, it seems that this should be tea, but it still needs to be confirmed.

Your Majesty, let's fry it!"

It is easier said than done. I have only seen fried tea ginger balls in videos, but in real life, I have never fried them myself and I have never even seen others make them, so I can only try.

However, it was not easy to try. Daxia's stove, fire and clay pot were not something he could control. He tried twice to stir-fry the food, but it turned out to be pitch black. It was obvious that he was not successful.

Fortunately, Jiang Qi's ministers were more reliable and did not just send some samples, but sent the trees and leaves together. Otherwise, he would feel that he was wasting the fruits of other people's labor.

When Jiang Tuan saw the tree, he felt even more familiar with it, and he was already 80% sure that the leaves were tea leaves.

Even if he was sure that the tea had not been made, he would not dare to say with 100% certainty that it was true, so he still had to fry it.

After failing twice, he decisively gave up wasting things and offered to let professionals do it, so the imperial official Ling Jiayao was asked to leave.

Watching Jiayao slowly start to fry the food after listening to a few words from him, Jiang Tuan once again sighed that professionals are indeed professionals.

After frying, he took a look at the leaves and felt that both the appearance and the taste of the leaves now resembled tea. He asked someone to boil water and made a pot of tea directly.

After it was brewed, he took a sip. OK, it tasted really bad, but it was definitely tea.

Jiang Tuan knew that the tea he drank before had gone through many processes and accumulated time to slowly turn into the final rich and mellow taste.

Now he just asks people to wash and fry it casually, and it is almost impossible to make it taste good.

Jiang Tuan was just about to tell Jiang Qi that this was tea, but the system in his mind spoke first.

"Dear, Daxia's first unsuccessful tea has appeared. We have collected the energy. There is also a system reminder that the newly roasted tea is not suitable for drinking. I hope you pay attention!"

Okay, now there is no need to doubt it anymore, the system has confirmed it, so what could be wrong?

"Your Majesty, this is tea leaves, and it has been confirmed."

Confirmed? Jiang Qi understood what Jiang Tuan meant by that, and then asked, "How much energy can it have?"

Jiang Tuan was busy talking to Jiang Qi and didn't look at it carefully. He glanced in his mind and saw that 45 was written on the list given by the system.

It seems that tea is really important to Daxia. Just one serving of unsuccessful tea has 45 energy!

"Your Majesty has 45."

"What can I get in exchange?"

Jiang Tuan discovered that Jiang Qi was more excited than him when talking about energy. He was a bit like a newbie who had just started playing a game. He had some gold coins and diamonds in his hands and wanted to quickly exchange them for things he liked or needed.