Chapter 36 Millet and Money

Niu Shijin gave Fan Jingjing the millet that weighed one stone in a sack.

"This stone millet is your four-month ration, and after you check it, press your handprint on the paper."

Fan Jingjing, who got a salary in kind, was suddenly thundered.

Fortunately, she is a top student in the Department of Agronomy, otherwise she really doesn't know what millet is and what it can be used for.

The staple foods she knew and had seen were rice and wheat.

There are many classifications of rice, and the rice produced in each place is slightly different, in the Asian zone, rice can be divided into stem rice and indica rice, Northeast rice is the attribute of terrier rice, and Thai fragrant rice is the attribute of indica rice.

In China, traditional rice has different varieties in different places and has a slightly different taste, but most of the rice belongs to Indica.

In addition to this, according to the stickiness of rice, it can also be divided into ordinary rice and glutinous rice.

Fan Jingjing is a child who grew up in traditional food culture, and at the end of the day, if she didn't eat white rice, she felt that she hadn't eaten today.

As for wheat, it is mostly ground into flour for use.

Millet, scientific name is millet, is a species of the genus Poaceae, short growth period, cold-tolerant, drought-tolerant and barren, in the era in which she lived, it was no longer used as food, mostly as a fodder crop, or only local places are still eating, the tip of the tongue of China, has reported the yellow bun made of millet rice.

It is said that Beijing's noodle tea is also made from yellow rice noodles, which are ground into flour from millet rice.

Fan Jingjing took a look, and the millet inside was a terrier millet that was more suitable for direct steaming and eating.

But outside of this bag of millet seeds, there are no dishes, and the stalk is not suitable for cooking porridge.

Fan Jingjing's brows furrowed, and she asked:

"Isn't there any money? I'm not used to eating millet seeds, I'm used to eating white rice, and I also have side dishes when I eat, right? If you can't afford meat, you'll have to get some vegetables. ”

Fan Jingjing has a breeding plan, but her suitcase does not contain live animals. So you have to buy chicks outside and raise them back.

Without money, all her plans would have to run aground.

"Don't you know that the court gave you real things? If you want to exchange it for money, you will be deducted a lot.

Only special pipes can get real prices.

If you want money, you can exchange it for a bag of millet seeds.

But the money you get back is not enough to buy you food for four months.

It seems that your birth is really not an ordinary family.

Ordinary people really can't afford to eat white rice.

White rice is not grown in the Guanzhong area, and the price of white rice shipped to Chang'an is much more expensive than millet rice.

If you are used to eating white rice, then you must not be from the Guanzhong area, or even from the north.

What's more, your accent is a Guanzhong accent, and it's a Chang'an accent. ”

Fan Jingjing really can't answer the accent question, logically speaking, she can't understand the language of this place, and the language at this time is not the Mandarin of later generations.

It's not even a dialect of the Xi'an region.

It is estimated that the people who originally lived in Xi'an have already migrated to the south in the midst of the previous turmoil.

But she crossed with a golden finger, and she just understood the dialect, which is now the official dialect of Chang'an.

The words spoken out of the mouth will also be automatically translated into the words of Chang'an place, and there are inexplicable standards.

If you cross over, you will encounter language problems, just like Fan Jingjing left her home to hold a seminar elsewhere, and often found that the people on the road could not understand what was said, and if there was no Mandarin, there was no way to communicate with the locals.

Speaking of the golden finger, she only went last night to know more realistically what her golden finger was for him.

Her golden finger can turn water vapor in the air into water, so she was able to not go out to ask Niu Shi for water last night.

The water in the water tank outside was all picked up by Niu Shijin.

For what Niu Shijin thinks Fan Jingjing can't do, he won't be harsh on Fan Jingjing, and let Fan Jingjing find a bright spot in him.

Maybe Niu Shijin is the only man she has a relationship with. So Fan Jingjing will unconsciously hope that Niu Shijin is a good man, not a nymphomaniac.

So far, Niu Shijin's performance has been good, and according to Niu Yingxiu.

She is also the only woman in Niu Shijin.

Niu Feiling is interesting, and she is Niu Shijin's "concubine".

Running to ancient times to be a "concubine", Fan Jingjing was absolutely unacceptable, and when she gradually found a way to survive, the need to find a family to attach to was reduced.

Even if she doesn't have a golden finger, with some knowledge from the afterlife, as long as she doesn't encounter immediate danger, Fan Jingjing feels that she can live a prosperous life.

The most troublesome thing is to get the identity, and to get the first pot of gold.

Through the transaction with Empress Changsun, as long as the potatoes are planted, Empress Changsun will help her solve the household registration problem.

What she lacks is the first pot of gold that keeps her alive.

Fan Jingjing tried hard to recall that there seemed to be a very big change during the Tang Zhenguan period.

Emperor Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, after defeating the Turks, became Tianke Han and communicated with the Western Regions, and the products of the Western Regions continued to flow to Chang'an, and Hu food and Hu clothing became a kind of atmosphere.

But it doesn't seem to have passed that critical point yet.

Sucrose, which was very important for later generations, has not yet spread.

In fact, without going through the Western Regions, Datang can also obtain sucrose. However, the production of sugarcane was not yet popular in the north at this time, and the production location was in the Liangguang area.

Still in a state of wild body.

If you can go to the south to live and grow sugarcane, press the sugarcane into sugar, and transport it to Chang'an to sell, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money.

Unfortunately, this business is in her head, although it is simple, but it is very difficult for her to do it personally, and he has to solve the problems of funds, security, medical illness and transportation.

And in this era, the land issue is a minor issue.

The population at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty was too small, and even the population of the Tang Dynasty only increased by five times.

It is too different from the later Song Dynasty.

Seeing Fan Jingjing stunned there, Niu Shijin frowned again: "You don't know how to cook millet rice, right?" ”

Fan Jingjing was pulled back by Niu Shijin and she flew into the distance to think, looking at this bag of millet seeds, she already had an idea, she really doesn't know how to cook millet seeds, God knows how much water the millet will need.

What's more, there is no rice cooker in this era, and she can't even cook.

The rice cooker was so convenient, so Fan Jingjing hadn't thought about how the rice was cooked before.

Among the various skills she learned, there were none, including camping skills.

Now Fan Jingjing regrets it very much, when she came to Datang, she was almost a waste person, and she was despised by Niu Shijin in various ways.

She is also a temperamental person.

"Did she borrow me a cart?"

"What are you going to do?"

"Take the millet to Chang'an City to sell ......"

"Sister Jingjing, I'm going with you too, I know where to buy and sell millet seeds, I'm useful." Niu Yingxiu heard that Fan Jingjing was going out, and hurriedly raised her hand to follow.