"Everyone here has gone through the preliminary selection and entered the second round presided over by His Highness. As long as the food you invent is approved by His Highness, you will be able to get a military ration order from the Ministry of War. I believe you all understand what this order means.

." Yan Bei stood in the hall and said to a dozen businessmen sitting in a row below.

Li Min sat on the main seat seemingly very majestic, but he was thinking about something in his heart: Although the war in Goguryeo has come to an end for the time being, the army is still stationed on the front line, and the consumption of various materials is still huge, especially for

The consumption of all kinds of food is even more alarming. As the rear area of ​​the southern route, Dengzhou has requisitioned most of the ships in Dengzhou in order to transport the most consumed food, which has seriously affected Dengzhou's maritime transportation.

This was not the result I wanted to see, so I thought of a solution, but it had to rely on the abilities of these businessmen.

"Okay, now we invite the first one, Mr. Huang, a big businessman from Penglai." Yan Bei continued. This is the governor's office of Dengzhou, where Li Min usually handles official business. Except for him and Li Min, the whole hall

In addition, there are only these businessmen who come to participate in the selection.

Hearing Yan Changshi call him, the white-haired old man sitting at the front stood up tremblingly, and then slowly moved to the hall step by step. He didn't know whether it was because of excitement or because of his age, and his whole body was full of energy.

Shivering.

Li Min looked at the old man's aged appearance and was really worried that he might have a heart attack or cerebral thrombosis on the spot. When he saw that the other party seemed to want to salute, he was frightened and stopped him hastily. Let the old man get down to business.

"...I would like to inform Your Majesty that after seeing the list published by His Highness, our Huang family organized capable personnel to conduct research and found that if we want to achieve what is required in the list, not only will the combination be reasonable, but the food produced will also be...

It is indeed not an easy task to be small in size and light in weight to increase the amount of supplies that a ship can transport and reduce the number of requisitioned ships..." Mr. Huang is young and older. Although he is a little nervous,

However, he still spoke with the characteristic verbosity of the elderly. He rambled on for a long time, but he didn't even think of taking out the things he had prepared at home.

"Mr. Huang, you should just get to the point!" Li Min didn't want to listen to an old man's verbosity, so he hurriedly interrupted. During the process of transporting military rations, Li Min discovered that the military rations transported by Datang were still very primitive.

, except for some canned meats, other staple foods such as flour, rice, vegetable oil, salt, etc. are generally not processed, but are directly transported to the military camp for processing.

If you are stationed in the country at ordinary times, it is okay to do this. And the freshly cooked food has a certain guarantee in terms of taste and safety. But if it is placed in wartime, it seems very inappropriate, at least according to Li

This seems to be the case for future generations. After all, the processing of these foods is time-consuming, and secondly, it is extremely inconvenient during transportation.

These various categories of ingredients have various preservation methods. Some unprocessed ingredients are also very large, such as vegetables, rice, flour, etc. Saving and transporting these ingredients not only takes up a lot of manpower, but also takes up a lot of manpower.

Both sea and land transportation take up a lot of valuable space, making the utilization of the same volume of food inefficient.

For example, in order to transport food and various supplies to the 40,000-strong army of Niu Jinda on the front line, most of the ships in Dengzhou are currently occupied. However, if the same number of ships are used to transport the same volume of high-energy food, even if the number of people on the front line is half more,

This food is enough for them to eat.

It was with this purpose in mind that Li Min thought of a way to post a notice in Dengzhou to collect methods for making military food. The other requirements were not high for the time being, as long as the finished product was larger than the combined volume of all the raw materials.

As long as it is small, and if the military food invented is adopted, it will immediately receive a large number of orders from the Ministry of War.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted countless businessmen. Every fool who can be a businessman knows what the order from the Ministry of War means. Not only is it a huge windfall, but with this relationship, the family can be regarded as having a certain degree of military influence.

His background is no longer just that of a businessman. With this kind of background, the family will be able to do things more easily in the future, and at the same time, it will have a broader space for development.

"Uh~, yes!" After hearing Li Min's words, the old man who wanted to lay the foundation for the family's future realized that he was now participating in the selection at the Governor's Mansion instead of educating his children at home, so he hurriedly changed his words,

"Your Majesty, the common people cook a kind of food called Qianjin cake." After saying this, Mr. Huang returned to his seat tremblingly, took out a wooden box, opened it, and handed it to Yan Beihou.

He handed it to Li Min.

Li Min looked at the box curiously and found that there was a rectangular oil-paper bag inside. He opened the oil-paper bag and found something like a brick inside. It was yellow in color and burnt. Li Min smelled it gently.

When I smelled it, I found that the smell was very strange, as if several smells were mixed together, the most obvious of which was the fishy smell. I took it out and weighed it, and found that this thing is worthy of being called Qianjin cake. It looks about the same size as a brick.

It's just a little thinner, but the weight is no worse than real bricks.

"Mr. Huang, what is this cake mainly made of, how should it be eaten, and how does it taste?" Li Min frowned and turned the brick in his hand a few times to look at it, but he did not dare to take a bite and taste it.

After all, based on the weight and feel of this thing, it was probably harder than the blue bricks used to build the city. He wondered if his teeth were not that good.

"Your Highness, Qian Jin Cake is mainly made of flour and fish meal, mixed in a certain proportion. In addition, a certain amount of dried vegetables, salt and tea powder are added, mixed with water, compacted, and then dried and baked.

It can be said that the combination is very reasonable. When eating, just knock off a fist-sized piece and boil it in boiling water, which is enough for an adult to have a full meal. In this way, a whole piece of Qianjin Pancake is enough for one person.

For two days, as for the taste, it’s actually quite good. It may feel a bit strange at first, but you’ll get used to it after eating it a few times.” Mr. Huang, who is old but ambitious, said, but when it comes to taste,

, but it is somewhat hidden.

After listening to the other party's obviously boastful words, Li Min curled his lips. Although the combination of these things is indeed good, the meat and vegetables are very reasonable, and except for tea, the other items are very ordinary and the price is very cheap.

The reason why some tea leaves, which most people cannot afford to drink now, are added is probably to cover up the fishy smell of fish meal. However, if these things are combined together, the taste will definitely not be much better.

Military food is such an important matter, so naturally he can't just listen to the other side's words, so Li Min asked someone to set up a pot to boil water, and then he broke off a piece and threw it into the pot as Mr. Huang just said, and the result was a small pot of white with yellow.

The thick soup has a few fluffy vegetable leaves and tea leaves floating on it.

Li Min smelled the strange smell in the soup and called the guards outside to let them taste it. When he heard that the taste was good, he mustered up the courage to take a sip and found that the soup was not as bad as he thought.

Because of the fish meal, the soup tastes a bit like fish porridge, but the smell is a bit stronger, but the taste of tea covers up the fishy smell, so the overall feeling is okay, at least it is not so unpleasant that I will vomit.

"Well, not bad!" Li Min nodded and waved for Old Man Huang to go down. Yan Bei immediately called the second businessman up.

"Your Highness, the military rations made by the grassroots are canned. The cans are mainly made of flour. A lot of vegetables and meat are added to the flour. They are mixed with water and fried with fish. Then they are compacted in the can. One bottle is enough.

A grown man is full, and it tastes very good..."

As soon as the second middle-aged businessman came up, he immediately introduced his products impatiently. Then came the third, fourth...

Among these dozen businessmen, the military rations developed can pass the preliminary selection, so they naturally have their own advantages. For example, Mr. Huang's Thousand Jin Biscuit, although it tastes bad, is the prototype of later compressed biscuits and is also very nutritious.

In addition, the second can is also good. Although the cost of the can is a bit higher and there is a risk of collision during transportation, the calories contained in the can are high enough and the taste is good.

Others make things in these two forms, either drying and mixing various ingredients like Qianjin Pancake, eating them dry or blanching them in boiling water, or making them into cans. The difference is only in the selection of materials, and

The form and taste of the finished product are just different.

Li Min personally tasted these foods and found that although each has its own advantages, there are also a lot of disadvantages. Compared with the others, the two at the top are still the best, so Li Min finally and

Yan Bei discussed it and temporarily decided to purchase some of the thousand-jin cakes and the best canned staple food, and then send them to the army, so that the soldiers could taste them and see their reactions.

When Old Man Huang heard that his product had been selected, he was so excited that he lost his breath. Fortunately, Li Min knew some first aid knowledge and pressed and beat his chest, finally saving the man.

Come here. The middle-aged businessman who makes cans is also smiling happily.

Although the other unsuccessful businessmen were a little discouraged, they quickly adjusted their mentality and divided into two groups to surround Old Man Huang and the middle-aged businessman. They first congratulated a few words and then immediately discussed with them the purchase of patents. After all, the military

The purchase volume is so staggering that it is impossible for one family to support it. Old Man Huang and the middle-aged businessman are also very willing to cooperate with others. At the same time, they are extremely grateful for the patent law proposed by His Highness King Qi. With this law, they have worked hard to create

Don’t worry about others stealing new products.

While Li Min was racking his brains for the Goguryeo front line, Li Shimin, who was far away in Chang'an, was also racking his brains and working hard on this matter. (To be continued)
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