Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Let me take a look first."

After comforting the anxious Jiang Qi, Jiang Tuan looked at the list given to him by the system in his mind. Although this list was not as long as the last time, it was still not small. After reading it, he decided to listen to the system's opinion first.

"System, what do you think I should change this time?"

"Dear, the system suggests that you change to 'tea making method' or 'glass making method'."

The tea-making method is very important. In ancient times when transportation was inconvenient like Daxia, it was very difficult to transport tea smoothly from the south to the north.

If we have a method to make tea, we can make fresh tea into tea cakes. As long as we preserve them properly, we can transport the tea to various places, so that most people in Daxia can drink tea.

Even if it is not for enriching the variety of drinks, it is worth it to enhance the physical fitness of the people of Daxia.

Not to mention, tea was the weapon he had told Jiang Qi about to fight the Huns, and with this production method, he could implement the plan smoothly.

The method of making glass is also very important. If we have glass, making telescopes will be much easier and installing glass windows can be done as soon as possible.

Jiang Tuan was a little conflicted about the choice between the two. After thinking about it, he simply told Jiang Qi what the system said and his own considerations.

In his opinion, Jiang Qi was the emperor of Daxia and should know more and have more say in the construction of Daxia than he did.

Jiang Qi listened to it without hesitation and made a choice directly: "Let's change to 'tea making method'!"

"Your Majesty, will you consider this again?"

"No need. You want to choose this yourself. Why are you asking me?"

He chose this himself? How come he didn't know? Jiang Tuan looked at Jiang Qi with doubtful eyes, hoping that he could give an answer.

"When you introduced these two things, you talked more about tea, but glass only said a few words. If you don't want to choose tea, what is it?"

Did he say that tea leaves say more? Jiang Tuan thought about it and it seemed like that, but that was because he was more familiar with tea leaves.

No, it cannot be said that he is more familiar with tea than glass. It can only be said that in Daxia, he can think of more uses for tea than glass.

Tea can be thought of as a drink, cooking, and war. But what about glass? He can think of telescopes and windows. What else? Cups, plates, mirrors, trade?

In this comparison, glass is not as useful as tea in Daxia. But these are not the main points. At present, tea is much more important than glass in terms of its effect on the Xiongnu.

After making the decision, Jiang Tuan no longer hesitated and directly asked the system to exchange the method of making tea.

Tea is a magical thing. There are good varieties and not-so-good varieties. There are complicated production methods and simple production methods.

You can make a cup of good tea according to strict standards, or you can just boil a pot of water and make a bowl of rough tea.

It can be added to dishes to increase the flavor of meat, or it can be added to milk and other things to make milk tea that can fill your stomach.

Anyway, from kings and nobles to peddlers, from plains and hills to wastelands and deserts, everyone may need it or even cannot live without it.

For such a magical thing, the system naturally gave a thick stack of production methods. Jiang Tuan knew at a glance that he would have to be a ruthless reading machine again.

Forget it, just do it. It’s no big deal as long as we can collect energy.

After exchanging the method of making tea, Jiang Qi asked: "Jiang Tuan, we have already made some of the pure salt you mentioned. If we make tea, can we use it to exchange for wool from the Xiongnu?"

It should be no problem to exchange fine salt and tea leaves for wool. Jiang Tuan nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, with these two things, you can go to the grassland to exchange for wool."

"I don't doubt what you said about sweaters keeping warm, but I don't understand, can wool alone weaken the power of the Xiongnu? Is this really possible?"

Seeing that Jiang Qi didn't quite understand, Jiang Tuan decided to explain it to him: "Your Majesty, do you know what 'sheep eating people' means?"

Sheep eating people? Jiang Qi had never heard of it, but he could already sense a bloody smell from these three words.

"Tell me carefully."

It has been a long time, and Jiang Tuan doesn't remember the exact time of that period of history of a certain troublemaker country.

He remembered that in order to obtain more wool and profits, the capitalists at that time raised sheep on the land that was originally used to grow crops.

The farmers who cultivated the land were driven away, and even the houses where the farmers lived were demolished by the capitalists just to raise more sheep.

Those farmers who lost their land and homes had to leave their hometowns. Those who were luckier could find a job and barely support their families, while those who were unlucky ended up living on the streets.

The sheep occupied the land and houses that the farmers depended on for survival. The farmers had no food or shelter, and many of them starved to death or froze to death. This is the so-called "sheep eating people."

Jiang Qi could understand that the farmers' houses were occupied in order to raise sheep. After all, in the world of Daxia, it was not uncommon for some princes and nobles to seize farmers' houses in order to build mansions and palaces.

But he couldn't understand why farmland was occupied in order to raise sheep.

You know, from the end of the Chen Dynasty to the present, all kinds of natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued. If you ask what is the most important thing, whether it is the king, nobles or ordinary people, they will answer loudly: land and food.

Even in the most chaotic times, even some cruel and unjust kings and princes knew the importance of land and food and would not easily destroy them.

But what about those nobles that Jiang Tuan mentioned? They didn't care about the lives of the peasants at all, and they robbed and destroyed without restraint. Were they really not afraid of rebellion?

Besides, is it really okay to raise so many sheep and get so much wool? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sell it?

Jiang Tuan didn't know how to answer Jiang Qi's question for a moment.

How should he explain to the other party the changes of the times, the powerful force of science and technology, and the development of global trade?

After thinking for a while, he felt that the topic should not be discussed so deeply and just focus on the present.

"It's difficult to explain what your majesty asked, so let's not discuss it for now. I'll ask a few questions and your majesty will understand."

"You ask."

"Your Majesty, what do you think of the Xiongnu people's lives compared to the people of Daxia? Your Majesty, if we bring better-tasting salt and tea that can keep people healthy, and exchange it for wool from the Xiongnu, will they be willing to do so?

Salt and tea are consumables. Do you think they will replace them after you finish eating or drinking them? "

As soon as Jiang Tuan asked a few questions, Jiang Qi immediately realized the inevitable factors.

Although Jiang Tuan was dissatisfied with life in Daxia in many ways, he felt that Daxia had nothing and was simply living in hell.

But good and bad are revealed through comparison. Compared with the Huns, who lived in a harsh environment and had nothing, Daxia was simply a paradise on earth.