Zhang Jun went to the gold and silver shop in the town and exchanged the silver ingots for money. According to his mother's instructions, he bought wine and meat and walked towards the house. When he walked on the road, he felt more and more cowardly. How could he tolerate that stern and righteous man who bullied him from a foreigner?

When he walked onto the bridge, Zhang Jun stopped and looked at the pedestrians passing by, a little confused. If he went to Kaifeng to transport grain and his mother stayed alone in Jinxiang Town, he would definitely get together with Yan Lizheng. When he came back, what would he look like? His own father was kidnapped by the Jin people and might come back in a few years. Could he recognize another father here?

From childhood to adulthood, Zhang Jun was a brave and fierce person. He fought in the village. He just respected his parents and did not cause too much trouble. After this national crisis, his father was captured and his family fell into trouble. Today, the matter between his mother and Yan Lizheng changed Zhang Jun a lot. In the past, his father had the final say in the family, but now his father is gone, Zhang Jun feels that he should take responsibility.

When I walked down the bridge, I saw a stall selling knives on the side of the road. There were a few machetes in front of the stall, and there were many wrist-relieving knives on the ground. The ones sold here are used daily, such as machetes, kitchen knives, sickles, etc., and they were used by butchers. Zhang Jun had never cared about it before, but today it was a little different. He always had a thought in his mind. In the current dilemma, it would be better to kill them with one knife.

Walking to the stall, Zhang Jun looked down at the wrist-relieving knife on the ground.

The owner was in his fifties. He looked at Zhang Jun and said, "Brother, buy a knife and protect himself. I don't know who is in the town when I am old shop here. Now in the chaos of war, this is the most useful."

Zhang Jun pointed to the wrist-removing knife on the ground and asked, "How much does this knife cost?"

The owner said, "The one you are pointing to is 120 cents per hand. My knife is sharp and durable. Within a hundred miles of surroundings, the butchers use my knife. Many people even ask someone to come here to buy it!"

Zhang Jun nodded and said, "Okay, take a handful of me! Here you have counted it clearly."

The owner took the money and wanted to talk about how to sharpen the knife and how to maintain it. Unexpectedly, Zhang Jun refused to listen, so he turned around and left with the knife. Looking at Zhang Jun's leaving back, the owner sighed and put away the money.

When he got home, Zhang Jun entered the room, placed the wine and meat on the table, and sat alone on the side without saying a word.

My mother came over and sat down at the table. She laid the wine and meat, poured a glass of wine, took a sip, and smacked her lips and said, "It's really hard to bear if you have been in your mouth for many days. My son, there's a lot of wine and meat, so you can come and drink it."

Zhang Jun said: "This is bought by Yan Laogou's money, I won't eat it! Mom, our life is difficult, so you can bear it. If you eat it today, you will agree with Yan Laogou tomorrow and you will not interact with him again."

The mother smiled and said, "What did my son say! Without the help of Yan Yuanwai, how can we live? Now in the chaos of war, everything is expensive, so it is not easy to have enough food? Don't think about it, just live a good life."

Zhang Jun said: "Kaifeng transports grain for a day. I will earn two or two cents back when I go this trip, and it will be enough to eat a lot of days."

My mother just shook her head: "How much does this wine and meat cost? I have to eat rice every day, so what kind of life do I live? Don't think too much, just follow me, and you will be indispensable in every day."

Seeing that it was unreasonable, Zhang Jun took out the wrist-removing knife he bought and wiped it slowly with a cloth. He said, "Mom, my father was raped by the Jin people and I don't know how much hardship you have suffered! For the sake of the desire for wine and meat, you have passed away from the kind of person Yan Laogou. As a son, how can I ignore it! I will explain clearly that if you move to live with Yan Laogou tomorrow, this knife will take his life!"

The mother was startled and said tremblingly: "My son, why did you pick up the knife? Go and put it down quickly! It's bright and a little scary!"

Zhang Jun ignored it and said with a knife: "This is a weapon for killing people, you know it! Tomorrow, Old Gou Yan sent someone to pick you up, and you just push it. If you follow me, I will take this knife to kill people!"

Seeing Zhang Jun's face was heavy and there was no joking at all, the mother was scared. She couldn't make up her mind for a moment, and didn't know how to tell her son where she was frozen.

Zhang Jun sneered, put away the knife and went back to his room.

Wang Xiaolie brought the order issued by the grain merchants to him. Before it was dark, he returned to Jinxiang Town. He arrived at the military camp and asked Cao Zhiyan to discuss it.

Cao Zhiyan entered the door, Wang Xiaoli asked him to sit down and took out the order. He said, "I asked the city's grain merchants today, and they were willing to sell us some food at a cheap price. But I was not sure of my idea and came back to discuss it with you."

Cao Zhiyan took the order and looked at it for a while and said, "This price is not expensive. Compared with Kaifeng Mansion, it is much cheaper."

Wang Xiaoli nodded: "It's not bad, it's much cheaper. Moreover, there are many types of grain here, so we have some choices. Judging from the price they offer, the price of wheat is relatively high now, and it's not easy to grind noodles in the army, so I shouldn't buy it. I can't make up for a moment whether to buy millet or rice."

Cao Zhiyan said: "Most of our army are from the old family of Ruzhou, and they are used to eating corn. Unlike big cities like Kaifeng and Luoyang, they all eat rice transported from the south. In my opinion, they should buy more corn, and the people in the army are used to eating it."

Wang Xiaoli nodded: "It makes sense. Although the price of millet is a little more expensive, it is heavy."

In this era, grain was sold based on stone buckets, the volume, not the weight of later generations. The density of millet is much greater than that of rice, and the price per bucket is slightly higher, but it is actually cheaper. For those who are used to eating millet, buying millet is more cost-effective.

In memory of the previous life, Wang Xiaoli only knew that millet, which is the millet mentioned in later generations, was used to cook porridge. As a staple food, I don’t know what the effect was. In fact, in this Central Plains, except Kaifeng and Luoyang, most places used millet as the staple food. Unlike later generations, wheat or white flour was not the mainstream. Most of them were in cities and as more expensive foods. In addition, dumplings, noodles, steamed buns and other popular foods in the north in later generations were rare in the north, mostly in big cities.

At this time, the area north of the Yellow River was very different from the eating habits that Wang Xiaoli remembered. The staple food in the north was mainly millet, and big cities such as Kaifeng and Luoyang were used to eating rice. The place where wheat was planted the most was Jianghuai, which was ripe with rice every year. In the area north of the Huaihe River, there was actually not much wheat planted. Compared with millet, wheat needed more water.

Wang Xiaoli was very uncomfortable with this. He always felt that the staple food in the world should be rice and wheat. How could millet be used as the staple food? After cooking, he always felt uncomfortable when eating. But he had no choice but to do anything, this is the case in this era.

After weighing the trade-offs for a long time, Wang Xiaolei said, "That's it. Let's buy 120 stones of millet and 30 stones of rice. The rest of the food will be bought. Now there are horses in the army, but I'm afraid it won't work without sams."

Cao Zhiyan thought for a while and said, "Little Sheren, I'm afraid there will be too many beans in this way."

Wang Xiaoli laughed and said, "Shu beans can not only be fed horses, but also beans, which can barely replenish the lack of meat. You don't know that tofu can make a lot of dishes, tastes good, and it will strengthen your body after eating it."

It is said that tofu was invented by Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Han Dynasty, and it has existed since ancient China. However, until the Song Dynasty, it was not popular all over the country. At this time, there were actually very few places with tofu, and soybeans were mostly made of horse ingredients. Generally, the price of beans in the local area was cheaper than rice.

Wang Xiaolie knew that although bean products cannot compare to meat, they can be partially replaced. It is too difficult to eat meat at this time. Since beans are not expensive, buy more. In addition to making horse ingredients, you can also add meals to the military to supplement nutrition.
Chapter completed!