The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 188 Eating more meat is also a way to deal with the food crisis!

The main force of Xiang's army retreated, leaving behind soldiers and horses guarding a few large cities. They probably had no intention of holding on, purely to save face.

At this time, it seems like a good time to take the initiative to expand your territory?Not really!Why expand the territory without people?It can only become a burden that distracts strength.Except for the Lintao area, it is hard to say whether the total population of other abandoned lands is still [-].

Not many troops can be recruited from such a huge territory, and troops must be sent to defend separately. The Yungu Army, which is already weak in strength, will only be weakened.

These abandoned cities can be occupied by whoever wants them, but Song Yingkui has no intention of doing so.

"Uncle, do you think the Western Fan will send troops to retake Wazhou and other cities?" Dazheng was the one who should retake these cities, but Song Yingkui eliminated them first.On the contrary, Xi Fan may send troops again.The second uncle had a clearer view of major events, so Song Yingkui asked him to come over and analyze it so that he could make next arrangements.

"Probably not. If they intend to return to Wazhou, they will definitely send someone to contact our Yungu Army. At present, there is no force in the region that can ignore you, the city lord." When Jiang Yunjin said this, he revealed more or less. Some sense of self-satisfaction.In Dazheng's officialdom, he was actually an insignificant little Kalami, but now, with the power of Song Yingkui, his great-nephew, no one dared to look down upon him.We are the second and third figures in the Yungu Army.

"It is a bit unsightly that the Western Fan did not seize Wazhou. However, it will not have much impact on the overall situation. It is estimated that Xiang Jun will have to do something again, at least half a year later. Now our focus must be on managing the local area. Hezhou and Tao Let’s leave it alone for the time being and wait until spring begins. Uncle, what you have to do here is to allocate all the land that can be distributed to the refugees before spring begins. You must ensure that there will be more food next spring. We can’t always rely on finding ways to get food from outside to cope with the situation.”

Guo Kaifeng, who was sent to Qinzhou to look for food, returned, and Yao Dake promised to sell more than 2 shi of food to the Yungu Army.Including the grain snatched back from Wazhou and Huizhou, the available grain reserves of the Yungu Army were only more than [-] shi.Twenty thousand kilo of grain can barely last more than two months. What to do after these grains are used up is still a problem.

Recently, merchants coming to Yungu's army have brought some food back and forth, but the amount of food coming is limited and may not be able to meet the food needs of Yungu's army.

"Chief Bai, after you lead the troops back to Sunan, you have to help me collect more cattle and sheep in Sunan. It is best to get me more than [-] sheep, as well as the ghee and other things you produce. You can sell them to me. If you can buy cattle and sheep from the Xifan people, that's also possible. Don't worry about the price, I will never lose you." I hope to get the Qingfan controlled by the Sunan grassland and the Xifan people. It is unreliable to get food on the grassland, but we can buy beef and mutton from time to time.

If you don't have enough food, eat more meat. This is also a way to reduce the pressure of food shortage.The cost of eating meat is definitely higher than eating food. Fortunately, the current Yungu military system's ability to make money is not bad. Relying on cloth, iron and other industrial products, it can still afford to buy more than [-] sheep.

"You are also a kind person. You can think of any way to raise people. I can find a way to help you get about [-] sheep, but you have to think clearly. If you don't care about people eating meat, you will easily become naughty. , Besides, eating meat costs more than eating food, how can you continue to be so generous?" Bai Feiyan was not optimistic about Song Yingkui's bad idea, thinking that he was seeking medical treatment in a hurry.

"Just help me collect the sheep. As for how to raise people, I have my own ideas." Song Yingkui ignored Bai Feiyan's concerns.Who said that after buying the sheep, I would directly provide the meat to the refugees?Wouldn't we mix meat with potato starch, wheat bran and the like to make lunch meat or something like that?

Directly supplying meat is definitely not an option, but meat has a lot of energy. When made into something similar to luncheon meat, it can not only meet energy needs but also provide a feeling of fullness, which will reduce food pressure to a certain extent.By the way, this thing can't be made too delicious. The taste should be as bland and unpleasant as possible, so that people's desire to buy it is not so strong and they can only be eaten as emergency food.

After sending Bai Feiyan away, Song Yingkui found Guo Kaifeng, his second uncle and others and asked them to arrange for people to start developing unpalatable canned luncheon meat.After the sheep from Bai Feiyan's side are supplied, they can use the vat to make canned luncheon meat as an emergency food reserve.

"Sir, why do you have to make this thing taste more unpleasant?" Guo Kaifeng was deeply surprised by the task assigned by his boss. When others make things, they always try to make them as delicious as possible, but it's better for you. Do the opposite.

"In order to stabilize prices and reduce food consumption as much as possible. After this thing is made, the price must not be too high, or even lower than the normal cost. Otherwise, where will the refugees get the money to buy it? Unless we deliberately raise wages. However, deliberately raising labor prices will inevitably cause the iron coins we mint to depreciate and cause chaos. If the price is low and the taste is better, people will definitely snap up this stuff, and no amount of it will be enough. This is the economic problem. Tao, you must have this awareness in the future, and you can’t remind me of everything.”

Economic approach?What is this?Guo Kaifeng, Song Xueyong and others were confused.However, they have figured out the reason for making the lunch meat taste unpalatable.

Afraid that Guo Kaifeng and the others would not be able to grasp the details when making it, Song Yingkui said again: "When making mutton luncheon meat, the vat used cannot be too big or too small. You have to arrange for the pottery factory to make more It comes out in a pottery jar with about five kilograms, which is just right. After the people buy it, they can eat it for two or three days. By the way, the pottery jar containing the meat must be glazed, otherwise it will easily go bad. When buying this thing from a military supplier store , there must be measures to recycle pottery jars to reduce costs!”

When it came to making pottery jars, Song Yingkui thought of glass containers. If there was glass, it would be easier to make canned luncheon meat.Unfortunately, glass is not easy to make. At present, the Yungu Army does not have the ability to make glass.

Glass has already appeared in this era, but the quality is not good and the technology is not popular. Only the top people are qualified to use it.It seems that we have to find a way to organize people to carry out research and development work in this area.If we find a way to improve the quality of glass while also increasing efficiency and reducing costs, glass making is also a way to make money and a direction for industrial development.

Now that the external environment has stabilized, Song Yingkui believes that the focus should be on production and economy.Spending two to three years stabilizing the fundamentals and then moving on to big things should be the most realistic development path.

(End of this chapter)