GBP Chapter 462 Give money again?
Chapter 462 Give money again?
After hearing this explanation, several people nodded.
Indeed, for people who don’t have a big appetite, five or six pieces of dry food are enough to sustain a day, not to mention that they contain oil. As the common people often say,
“No oil or water in the stomach” is enough to prove that less oil or water in the stomach will lead to large appetite and easy hunger.
According to Shen Zhiqiu, one piece of dry food is enough for a day, and a bag contains thirty pieces. If a person carries a bag of this compressed dry food, it can last for a month.
When the adults discussed it, they were shocked. If it was a forced march, they wouldn't have to bury the pot to cook, and they wouldn't even have to stop. They could eat while riding horses.
"That would be very advantageous to us on the northern battlefield."
"Yes, and this compressed biscuit is very easy to preserve. First, it is very solid and contains almost no moisture.
Secondly, we do vacuum packaging. Some adults may not know what vacuum packaging is.
Let me explain it to you this way.
Our food gets damp and spoils because there is moisture in the air, which is also the reason why our tent can collect moisture in the air.
Vacuum packaging prevents food from coming into contact with air, thus preventing it from getting damp and spoiling. As long as the bag is not opened, it will not go bad even if stored for two or three years."
The drier the dry food is, the easier it is to preserve. Today's military rations, such as pot-cakes, are that kind of hard dry food.
The adults naturally knew that it could be stored for a long time without vacuum packaging, and it could prove that what Shen Zhiqiu said was true.
However, a clerk raised a question: "You mean, if the bag is not opened, it can be kept for two or three years, but when it is time to eat, it must be opened. You charge 30 yuan for a bag, and one person can eat it for at least one month..."
Shen Zhiqiu understood what he meant instantly and thought to himself, "Sir, when you ask this question, I wonder how you got to this position."
But there was no disdain on his face.
"This dry food is so dry that it will last for a month. Moreover, one soldier can open the compressed biscuits first, and then the other 29 soldiers can...
The remaining compressed biscuits are still in their original packaging, so they will be fine even if they are soaked in water."
The man who asked the question suddenly realized something and slapped his head: "Yes, I really overlooked this method just now."
But Mr. Mao also had a question: "Then what about the luncheon meat and stewed meat you mentioned? This kind of meat is wet, so it won't go bad even if it is vacuum packed?"
Shen Zhiqiu shook his head: "Of course it will go bad. Vacuum packaging can only preserve this kind of meat for a few days, but this one we made can be stored for three to six months.
I have told my parents before that my daughter is studying medicine and knows pharmacology.
The herb Forsythia contains an ingredient that can delay the time for food to spoil. The juice of this herb is added to the meat. Forsythia also has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and anti-inflammatory and swelling. "Forsythia is not a winter jasmine, it is not a plant. He also said: "Sir, we are on the road to escape famine. There are nearly 300 people. It is hot enough to cook together. The thick smoke can be seen from a long distance.
During a war, if you are ambushing the enemy, won't you be completely exposed?
Moreover, it takes time to chase the enemy.
What if the battle lasts for several days?
There is no time to cook, but if they only eat dry food, salt, oil and water are not enough, the soldiers will not have the strength to fight, right?
This luncheon meat and meat stew can solve the problem. For example, eat some compressed dry food and then some meat stew.
Or when making this kind of corn fire, take out one or two pieces of the meat, wrap it and eat it directly."
Mao Junyi just ate corn pancakes with luncheon meat, some self-heating hotpot, and compressed dry food. Shen Zhiqiu didn't dare let them eat too much, so each of them tasted a small piece the size of a fingernail.
I also drank some soy milk powder.
In fact, they felt that they didn't eat much, but they were already very full, so he tore off a little more meat stew and put it into his mouth.
“Soft, chewy, and fragrant.”
He smiled like Maitreya Buddha and looked at Shen Zhiqiu: "What's your name?"
Old Shen's eyelids jumped at these words, and he thought to himself, "Did I mention my daughter too much today?"
But he still answered out loud: "Yo Yo, Shen Yo Yo!"
"Well, Yoyo, you sound like a well-behaved girl just by your name. Haha, good! How many of these can you produce in a month? Especially the compressed dry food."
Shen Zhiqiu said: "Sir, we can't make these by ourselves. We don't have that many people. I'll tell you the formula for the compressed dry food.
You can find someone to make corn cakes and soy milk powder. We will provide you with plastic bags and vacuum tools.
As for luncheon meat, braised pork, and self-heating hot pot, we have found someone in Tangjia Village. We can make them ourselves, but the key is that we need to add the preservatives made from Forsythia suspensa, which is troublesome and not suitable for finding someone outside. "
This was what Shen Zhiqiu and Shen Youyou had discussed at home. First, the food and other things needed to be used as military rations. Where could they buy so much food?
Second, the staff had to rush to make military boots and plastic cotton, and the people in Tangjia Village had already done most of the work for them.
However, he also said to Mr. Mao: "In order to save time, they should make a batch of compressed dry food, soybean milk powder, and corn fire cakes first.
Sir, please hurry up and make arrangements. We will stop doing this once your production is stable."
Mao Junyi patted Shen Zhiqiu on the shoulder and said, "Okay, regarding the food shortage, I'll ask County Magistrate Fang to cooperate with you, but can you mass-produce those plastic water cups?"
Shen Zhiqiu knew that he would be interested in plastic water cups: "Of course, we use molds to make them. We can make about 200 per day."
"Only 200 can be made?"
"Sir, the mold for the plastic water cup is very special. It is made of a soft rubber extracted from the bark of Eucommia ulmoides. We found the bark on our way to escape famine.
There is no more left now. If you can find a large amount of Eucommia bark, or leaves and branches, you can refine the glue again."
Eucommia bark is also a very precious medicinal material today, especially in the north where there are not many Eucommia trees.
Moreover, there is martial law between the north and the south now, and it is more difficult to obtain large quantities of Eucommia bark than to fight the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
"Okay, two hundred is two hundred, what's the price?"
Shen Zhiqiu said: "Twenty cents each."
The cost of a plastic bottle is ten cents, but the boys can only earn sixty taels in a month, which is divided among twenty or so boys, with each getting two or three taels.
After asking again, I found out that the people Shen Zhiqiu and his team found to make luncheon meat and other foods were also ordinary farmers.
Mao Junyi waved his hand: Luncheon meat, 23 cents a pound, braised pork balls, 10 cents a pound, and self-heating hot pot, 10 cents each.
It can be said that Shen Zhiqiu did not bargain for the price he quoted.
Even the clerks found it incredible: "This is not their adults' character!"
Of course, compared with the current productivity and prices, Shen Youyou and Tang Guangshen did not make much more money.
For example, if you sell 10,000 kilograms of luncheon meat, you can only make 50 taels. The profit of braised pork is even less, 40 taels. If you sell 10,000 self-heating hot pots, you can only make 60 taels.