Chapter 15 Thank that grandpa for me
There are ten horseshoe gold pieces in a box.
Chen Jinyue carefully picked up one and examined it carefully. The front was oval, and the bottom was circular and hollow. The overall shape was similar to a horseshoe, and the word "Shang" was cast on it.
According to her understanding, horseshoe gold originated in the Western Han Dynasty and was regarded as a symbol of good luck and used in important sacrificial occasions.
Suddenly she looked up curiously, "Can this be spent in your country?"
Jiang Qianan shook his head, "No."
"That's pretty much what later experts have speculated. This kind of horseshoe gold inscribed with the word 'Shang' was used in altar offerings to heaven or as a reward for accompanying sacrifices to princes... Did your father allow you to take this box with you to the frontier? As spiritual food?"
“…”
The first time Chen Jinyue bluntly exposed that he was exiled to the frontier, he subconsciously defended himself.
When he heard this again this time, he suddenly fell silent.
The forbearance and sadness between the boy's brows made Chen Jinyue suddenly realize that the person in front of her was not a person from the past in history who could be analyzed rationally and objectively by her.
He was a living person, standing in front of her...
"Well, this thing is of course a symbol of status and wealth. Your father trusts you very much!" she added seriously.
Jiang Qian'an looked at her overly sincere expression, smiled, and said nothing more.
Just ask directly, "Is this exquisite enough? Do you like it?"
"It's very exquisite, I like it very much!" Chen Jinyue paused, "But I might have to eat the government's food!"
"National meal?"
"It means going to a place and getting food and accommodation."
"That's pretty good."
“…”
Chen Jinyue's mouth twitched, feeling that the conversation was taking a strange turn.
She had a general understanding of the situation at the border he mentioned, and inexplicably felt a bit of sympathy for this impoverished prince. What a coincidence, he and she shared the same fate.
Being at the bottom of the family food chain, an unwelcome existence...
"Forget it! You've already given me enough!" She closed the box and decided not to tell him that she might not dare to exchange it for money.
Jiang Qian'an looked at her with a slightly puzzled expression, as if her expression did not seem as happy as before?
But soon he was in no mood to wonder.
Because Chen Jinyue didn't check anything else, he stood up, pulled the rolling shutter door halfway down, and turned on all the lights in the warehouse.
The next second, everything in the warehouse appeared before them.
Jiang Qian'an's pupils shrank slightly and he looked at the warehouse in shock.
To be honest, he was actually unsure because of what the deputy general and the others said.
After all, this girl really only runs a garment shop.
Even if she helped with the shopping, there was only so much she could buy in just one day.
He did not expect to have as much food and supplies as those sent from the capital, but only hoped that it could solve the current dilemma and give him enough time to report to his father the facts he had seen with his own eyes.
But now...
This mountain of supplies...
"Are these all food and fuel?" He was slightly excited.
Chen Jinyue shook his head and continued in the stunned look of the other party, "This is all food. The burning stone you want is in another warehouse."
Jiang Qi'an, "!!!"
He strode inside and saw refined rice and flour divided into bags of uniform size.
Next to it was an open bag of refined rice, as white as snow, with each grain round and plump, finer than the imperial rice in the palace.
He squatted down and carefully picked it up with his hands to look at it, "This..."
"This is a sample. They are all high-quality Northeast rice. If you are worried, you can randomly open it and check it."
“…”
Jiang Qianan put it down carefully, afraid of spilling a grain of rice.
He sighed softly, "These are very expensive. They are hard to buy, right?"
Ordinary people eat coarse rice, which is not only broken into pieces but also inevitably contains some sand, gravel and broken shells.
How much effort and money would it take for her to get such high-quality rice?
"Actually, there's no need to buy too fine grains. Just the food that ordinary people eat will be fine." He wasn't so pampered in the palace, not to mention that he was now at the border where supplies were in short supply.
Chen Jinyue blurted out, "Isn't this what ordinary people eat?"
Jiang Qi'an, "..."
Meeting that pair of shocked and puzzled eyes, Chen Jinyue thought about the difference between food in ancient times and now.
She explained to him that there was a very talented grandfather in their country who had developed hybrid rice, and now all the people could eat this white rice.
“What a wonderful country you live in!”
Jiang Qi'an sighed sincerely, then politely said, "Thank that grandfather for me."
Chen Jinyue nodded and said, "Everyone, please eat well and don't waste the food. That will be the best way to thank him."
After saying this, Chen Jinyue introduced him to those fast foods that can be eaten by heating, and also showed him how to make instant noodles.
Jiang Qianan listened attentively, like a model student.
…
Xiao Chengyu's mission of breaking out was postponed, so he could only follow Jiang Qian'an to receive the goods.
He waited outside the door for a long time, but no one came out.
The young general paced back and forth, looking anxious. "Why haven't you come out yet?"
Cheng Feng guessed, "It took quite a while to get in there. Maybe they don't have enough manpower, so they're trying to find a way to move it."
"We had too many cotton-padded jackets before, but how much food can we have in a day?" Xiao Chengyu had no hope at all and wanted Jiang Qian'an to give up quickly.
Taking advantage of the night, they can still make a strong push and break out directly...
Just as he finished speaking, he saw a huge black shadow rushing towards him from inside the door.
He subconsciously moved aside.
“Wow!”
Bags of uniform size flew out from inside and piled up into a small mountain at the door in an instant.
The soldiers stepped forward to open the box and examine it. "Young General! It's pure rice! Snow-white pure rice!"
Xiao Chengyu walked quickly forward and looked at the dazzling white rice, his eyes almost popping out.
His eyes fell on the mountain of bags again.
So much, all refined rice?
Jiang Qian'an said that he asked the store owner to reserve food and fuel stones, which proved that the items had not been delivered yet. He did not have time to think about it and suppressed the excitement in his heart and gave orders.
"Quick! Transport the food back to the barracks! And mobilize all the troops out of the city to come over and provide support!"
"yes!"
At the military camp, the troops were ready to go, just waiting for Jiang Qian'an to bring back the purchases before leaving the city.
Taking His Highness's advice is already a courtesy.
It doesn't mean they will give up the arrangement.
Seeing a figure coming back from afar, the deputy commander in charge said solemnly, "Everyone, get ready! Tonight we must..."
"Deputy General Yang! The young general orders all troops leaving the city to immediately head to the shop in the east of the city!"
“???”
soon.
A group of soldiers who were originally preparing to break out to get food and supplies, just turned the corner and saw that the entire street was piled with food, the amount was astonishing.
Through the thick darkness, you can vaguely see things flying out of the shop door.
I walked closer to them and saw them clearly.
Slaughtered chickens, ducks and geese, and cut into pieces of pork, beef and mutton.
There were also very strange ones, which were wrapped in bacon with something transparent and thin, and flew out of the shop with a clatter.
That’s not all, there are all kinds of vegetables?
Ready-made steamed buns and steamed buns, as well as foods that you can’t name but look good?
There are many types and huge quantities.
This group of people were frozen on the spot.
They finally understood why His Highness was so determined...
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