Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

At this time, the lives of the Chinese people were very difficult. Every bit of help we could give would be appreciated, so that everyone could have some meat to eat every day. This way, no matter how great the hardship was, we could get through it.

However, as this can of meat has no markings, it all depends on luck as to what kind of meat is inside.

The cannery divides the canned food into several types, such as beef and mutton purchased directly from farms in Kangaroo Country. After the canned food is produced, it will be sold to local armies at high prices or stored as important material reserves.

The biggest advantage of this canned food is that it is filled with large chunks of good meat, no bones, and relatively little vegetable oil, so the soldiers can just pick it up and eat it directly.

After all, it would be too difficult to gnaw bones on the battlefield.

In addition to these good meats, various bones and internal organs are also good things, especially for the Chinese people who lack meat.

Kong Hao specially came up with this good idea. He chopped a large number of bones into small pieces with a machine, added a large amount of vegetable oil and salt, and because this was specially provided for ordinary people to eat, there was no need to consider transportation during the march, and it could be made into cans of two kilograms, five kilograms or even ten kilograms.

There are also a lot of processed minced meat, animal offal, and various bison, wild boars, wild goats and wild rabbits caught in the wild, and even later developed into various canned fish.

By the way, because Kong Hao offered a relatively high price, the cannery accepted all kinds of animals. Even crocodiles and wild camels were caught in groups and then transported to the cannery to be sold.

To be honest, this canned food is definitely not very delicious, but it is meat after all, and the portion is large and the price is reasonable. Even if it is shipped to Shanghai, it is only one-fourth of the price of fresh meat on the market.

Rich people definitely wouldn’t look down on it. They like to eat fresh food that has been carefully cooked by chefs, so the taste is definitely amazing.

But ordinary people just want to have enough food and clothing. Now they can eat meat at a very low price, so what else is there to be dissatisfied about?

Malnutrition was common in that era, and canned food was high in oil, salt, and a lot of chili peppers, which was a rare good thing for ordinary people.

Next, Brother Ge opened a can of food and started cooking, while Ge Xiaohu helped him sensibly. The father and son cooperated well and had a lot of fun.

Children from poor families have to grow up early, not to mention the sudden change in Xiaohu's family, which made the little guy grow up all of a sudden. At the same time, he became taciturn and unwilling to communicate with anyone except his father, his only relative.

When Brother Ge opened the can, he took a look and immediately said happily:

"Oh, there are actually pork ribs in this can. Looks like we're lucky today. This kind of can is hard to open, second only to the whole piece of meat. Let's make some pork rib soup today. We haven't had delicious pork rib soup in a long time."

When Xiaohu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and his originally serious face finally relaxed.

"Dad, that's great. We haven't had pork ribs in a long time. My classmate's family opened a can of pork ribs yesterday, and he showed off in front of the whole class for a long time. Now it's finally our turn."

In the past, spare ribs were actually disliked by many people. After all, the bones are very heavy and the price is only about half of normal meat.

The usual order of arrangement is that fat meat is the most expensive, followed by lean meat, and the cheapest are ribs, pig's trotters and pig's heads. This is also determined by the supply and demand relationship in the market.

In the past, everyone was malnourished and could only eat a few pieces of meat throughout the year. If you bought meat, you would definitely buy fat meat to supplement nutrition for the whole family. Who would choose ribs full of bones?

But things are different now. Although ordinary people cannot afford to eat meat and fish every meal, through the operation of our comrades in Shanghai, we can basically guarantee that an ordinary family can get a two-pound can of food a week, which is enough to ensure the nutritional needs of the whole family.

Of course, if you have some spare money, you can go to our store to buy more canned food, but the price will be much higher, so it depends on your needs.

Assuming that one can weighs one kilogram, one ton is one thousand cans. A large cargo ship can transport seven thousand tons, which means seven million cans. If the population of Shanghai is calculated as four million, the canned food on one large transport ship can actually meet the basic needs of the people.

Seven thousand tons of canned food is basically a negligible amount for the dozen or so large canning factories that Kong Hao has set up in Kangaroo Country.

The cannery over there processes day and night. In order to prevent it from being noticed by interested parties, the machinery and equipment used are of the same model as the cannery in our base, and the shape and specifications are exactly the same. There are no labels on the outside of the cans, and no labels are needed.

China has a population of 40 million. No matter how much canned food we produce, it will be consumed within one or two years. There is no need to waste resources on fancy things.

Especially in the coastal areas of Kangaroo Country, where fishery resources are extremely developed, Kong Hao opened a shipyard specifically for the production of fishing boats, producing trawlers with a carrying capacity of about 500 tons, and then recruited a large number of fishermen from Southeast Asia to go out to sea to fish for canning.

According to incomplete statistics, the number of such professional fishing boats in the fleet has reached more than 50, and is increasing by 10 every month. Each trip out to sea can yield about 20,000 tons of various fish.

The fishery resources near the coast of Kangaroo Country are very rich. Our fishing fleet can usually return to port in three to five days. Now we can obtain about 150,000 tons of fish a month. In addition, if we purchase it from other fleets at high prices, we can get 200,000 tons.

If they were made into cans weighing one pound each, there would be almost 400 million of them. If they were shipped to China, there would be just one can for each person. This is a considerable resource and cannot be ignored anywhere.

Moreover, because the price we offered was relatively high, far higher than the market price, and we even took as much as we could get, this also stimulated many people in Kangaroo Country to engage in fishing and purchase a large number of large fishing boats to go out to sea.

In the past, the population of Kangaroo Country was small, and the country was full of cattle and sheep, so the consumption of various fish was very small. At the same time, Kangaroo Country was far away from the developed areas of Europe, so even if a large amount of seafood was caught, it could not be sold at all. The long-distance transportation costs were a huge expense, and it was impossible to enter the European market.

Besides, they are surrounded by the sea, and their ancestors made a living by fishing. Why should they need canned fish from your Kangaroo Country?