Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

Ever since arriving in Daxia, Jiang Tuan began to envy the big men on Blue Star.

Look at the big guys. If they have something that they don’t have, they will go out and look for it. They will never just focus on their own little piece of land.

However, time is running out. Even if Jiang Qi arranges people to go out and look for it today, based on the current travel speed, by the time people come back, the opportunity will be lost.

Therefore, the only thing Jiang Tuan can count on is the system. He hopes that after he gets the energy, the system can give him these two things that he thinks are very important.

In response to Jiang Qi's ridicule, he said: "Your Majesty, I admit that I don't like the oil here, but the actual situation is here, the people of Daxia are very short of oil!

Oh, by the way, eating more oil can also make the soldiers strong. "

Since it concerns the people and soldiers, what reason does Jiang Qi have not to work hard? He decided that after talking with Jiang Tuan, he would find someone to get the oil!

It is said that the seven necessities of life are firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

Jiang Tuan mentioned coal before, which is equivalent to firewood and rice. He has no way to deal with it now.

Unless the system can provide him with food directly, even if he is given seeds of high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, as well as various fertilizers, he will not be able to grow food before winter. Time simply does not allow it!

Therefore, regarding the food issue, we probably just have to make do with it this year and think about it next year!

We have already talked about the daily necessities of life, the only things left are sauce, vinegar and tea. Sauce is available in Daxia, but soy sauce and the like will have to come later.

As for vinegar, Jiangtuan prefers to replace it with sugar.

Why do people in high latitudes like to eat sweets? Is it natural? No, the main reason is the cold.

Sugar not only provides calories, but also makes people happy.

Just imagine, when the soldiers of Daxia were in the cold winter and had little clothes to wear, someone suddenly gave them a piece of sweet candy. What kind of situation would that be?

Regardless of whether they can have enough food, at least it will make them happy and feel that the emperor and the people still remember them, which can greatly boost morale.

As an ancient man, Jiang Qi certainly knew the importance of sugar, but knowing it was one thing, but getting it was not so easy.

Honey is something that can be found by chance but not by chance, and maltose wastes food. So where else can we get sugar?

Jiang Tuan has already thought about this problem.

"Your Majesty, we can use sugarcane, which you call jujube, to make sugar."

Jiang Qi knew that Zhe was a plant that grew in the south. Zong Zhenghe's younger brother, General Zong Zhengliang, had brought him a few carts of Zhe when he went to fight in the south.

However, before reaching Ningping City, most of it was already damaged.

"Zhe Zhen knows, can that kind of thing really be made into candy?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. However, due to the inconvenience of transportation in the Great Xia Dynasty, if we use this method to make sugar, we can only do it locally. Once the sugar is made, it can be transported here. This saves both time and effort."

As soon as Jiang Tuan said that, Jiang Qi thought of the benefits of doing so.

If we transport mulberry, we can only transport a certain amount at a time, and it is easy to spoil. Transporting sugar is different. If there are enough mulberry, Daxia will have a constant supply of sugar.

Just as he was about to praise Jiang Tuan for his good idea, he heard him sigh and continue.

"It would be nice to have beets, which can be grown in colder places, so we don't even have to transport them."

When Jiang Qi heard that there was something better, he immediately asked, "What are beets? Doesn't Daxia have any?"

"I don't think so. If there was, the people would have discovered it long ago."

"Will there be one in the future?"

“Maybe…”

With these words, Jiang Qi felt relieved. He decided to review the bamboo slips for another half an hour tonight, in an effort to make Daxia stronger as soon as possible.

After learning about the sugar, the energetic Jiang Qi asked the next question.

"What is this tea?"

"Tea leaves are a plant, just like Daxia's scented tea, which can be used to brew and drink."

When Jiang Qi first heard Jiang Tuan say that tea leaves were similar to scented tea, he felt a little disappointed.

However, he changed his mind and realized that everything the other party had mentioned since he started talking to him till now was useless.

Since the other party can put tea, salt and grain in a similar position, then this thing must be more important than I thought.

"What is this tea? What's so special about it?"

When it comes to tea, Jiang Tuan doesn't know much. In the words of his father Jiang Jianjun, he is only suitable for drinking plain water, and even drinking tea leaves is a waste for him.

But can he be blamed for this? Is it his fault that he cannot tell the difference between different kinds of tea?

Forget it, if he can’t taste the taste, then he can’t taste the taste. It won’t affect his recommendation to Jiang Qi now.

"Your Majesty, tea is a plant that grows in the south. Daxia and the world I live in are not much different in terms of geographical conditions, so tea should exist.

Once I draw a rough outline of it, Your Majesty can send someone to look for it. There’s a good chance they’ll find it.

Even if you can't find it, you have to try your best to find it. This thing is very important. It is not only good for the human body, but also a powerful weapon for Daxia to deal with the Xiongnu. "

No matter when, Jiang Qi is always interested in things that are good for the human body, not to mention that this thing can also be used as a weapon against the Huns. Isn't this even more interesting?

After hearing this, he immediately opened his eyes wide and pricked up his ears, making sure not to miss a single word Jiang Tuan said.

Seeing Jiang Qi's burning gaze, Jiang Tuan stepped back uneasily before he began to talk about the benefits of tea and its usefulness to the Huns.

Anyone can list a lot of benefits of tea, not to mention its ability to refresh the mind, clear away heat and detoxify, and prevent diseases. The key is that tea also contains a variety of vitamins and nutrients.

These benefits of tea determine its importance to nomadic peoples.

In areas where vegetables and fruits are scarce, tea is the most convenient way to obtain vitamins and nutrients.

Daxia could bring tea to the Huns, and when the Huns discovered the benefits of tea and could not live without it, Daxia could use this to negotiate some terms with the other side.

"Your Majesty, tea is not only a drink for the Xiongnu, but also a vegetable, fruit, and medicine. They even mix milk, goat milk, salt, rice, etc. with tea to make food."

Jiang Qi thought that he attached great importance to tea because of Jiang Tuan's kindness. However, after listening to what the other party said about the efficacy of tea and its importance to the Huns, he found that he still underestimated this thing.

He now fully understands the importance of tea.

He decided that he must find the tea leaves no matter what. If he couldn't find it in one place, he would look in two places. If he couldn't find it in the south, he would look further south. He refused to believe that he wouldn't find it.

After finding it, Daxia could sell tea and pure salt to the Xiongnu together. In this way, not only would they have something to exchange for wool, but they could also use this method to quietly influence the Xiongnu, killing two birds with one stone.