Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Mr. Zhao is concentrating on researching new types of food. This food must not only be durable in storage, but also be able to meet the nutritional needs of all kinds of people when necessary. This reminds him of compressed biscuits.

Compressed biscuits are made from wheat flour, sugar, oil, and dairy products as the main raw materials. They are mixed with powder through the cold powder process, roller-baked, cooled, crushed, and mixed. Other ingredients such as dried fruits and meat floss can be added, and then compressed to make biscuits.

Therefore, the food that Zhao Sheng had to make had to contain both sugar and salt. Dried meat already existed in this era and was not the focus of his research.

When he heard that the county magistrate and the clan leader were coming, he didn't think much about it and directly ordered someone to invite them to his workplace.

"My Lord County Magistrate, Elders, my young master has asked you to come in and talk!"

The person who came out to invite them was Zhao Erniu. He is now the manager of the compound and has the most power except the head of the family.

Seeing this, Zhao Shicheng also wanted to follow in, but was stopped by Erniu again.

"In our family, we invite the adults in, but we don't invite you in!"

Zhao Guangyi knew that Erniu was a stubborn person, so he stepped forward to persuade him, "Erniu, this is the father of the patriarch and my cousin. Come in with me, and the young master won't say anything to you."

Zhao Erniu thought about it and it made sense. With the county magistrate as a guarantor and the fact that he was Zhen'er's father, everything should be fine.

So, they let Zhao Shicheng into the yard and came to a room filled with various equipment. Zhao Shicheng was so busy that his face was covered with white powder.

Zhao Sheng didn't look closely when he saw several people coming in. "You're here. I'm researching a kind of food for the army called compressed biscuits. Don't underestimate them because they are just small pieces. When they come into contact with water, they can become a large bowl."

After that, he said to Erniu, "Go, get half a bowl of water."

Then he cut off a quarter of a compressed biscuit the size of a rice cake, and put it in after Erniu brought the water.

Zhao Sheng's face darkened. "Erniu, I asked you to fetch some water, but you brought in cold water?"

"Sir, I scooped this water directly from the vat. You didn't tell me what kind of water you wanted!"

"Go, go, go! Bring some bowls and make some tea for the adults. You're not as sensible as Dong'er!"

Who knew that just as he finished speaking, a little guy ran in: "Young Master, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"Uh!" Zhao Sheng was speechless. This little girl must be hiding nearby, waiting for Zhao Sheng's instructions. Because she was young, no one had the heart to ask her to do anything.

"You should follow the old rules and get the tea leaves. Then go tell Sister Zhen'er that someone is coming to eat at noon."

When Wandong heard this, she understood what she should do and ran away.

"Why are you standing there like an idiot? Go get a bowl and some hot water." Zhao Sheng roared and shouted at Zhao Erniu.

The compressed biscuits in the bowl of cold water have already been cooked, but unfortunately it is raw water and cannot be tried directly.

Zhao Guangyi saw this and said, "My dear nephew, this thing is so convenient. If soldiers carry a few pieces with them during a march, wouldn't it be enough to last them three to five days?"

After all, Zhao Sheng had been a mercenary in his previous life and knew the rations of individual combat soldiers. He thought for a moment and said:

"Based on the current combat duration, soldiers fighting in the field can prepare ten pieces of this kind of food per person, which is basically ten days' worth of rations."

"Ten pieces?" Zhao Changsheng counted the ten little rice cake-like pieces on the table and said with a smile, "It's not too much to last for twenty days."

"That's about it. If we're on a march, it's no problem for soldiers to carry a month's supply. After all, this thing is small and light, and I've prepared a variety of flavors, both sweet and salty. The salty ones are filled with meat, and the sweet ones are mainly high in protein."

People didn't understand what high protein meant, but since meat was mentioned before, they understood that high protein didn't mean eggs or something like that.

Zhao Changsheng thought this was a business opportunity and wanted to ask how to sell it, so he pulled Zhao Sheng and winked at him.

At this time, Zhao Sheng discovered that Zhao Shicheng was also among them, and his face looked a little ugly, but he was Zhao Zhen's father after all, and the two did not have much hatred, so he endured it and did not say anything unpleasant.

"I understand what you mean, Chief. I will divide the money into two categories: one for military reserves and one for civilian reserves. I want to sell the civilian reserves among the people. I will need the tribe to take care of this matter when the time comes."

Zhao Changsheng understood immediately and a smile spread across his face. "No problem, no problem. Such a good deal would be the icing on the cake for our Zhao family."

"Chief, when it comes to compressed biscuits, I prefer instant food!"

After Zhao Sheng finished speaking, he still felt a little regretful. What he wanted to talk about was spicy strips, but unfortunately there were no chili peppers in this place!

"What is ready-to-eat food?" Zhao Guangyi was also curious and asked.

"Instant food, as the name suggests, is something that can be eaten right away, like compressed biscuits. During the march, most soldiers ate dry biscuits and pickles, with almost no other food."

"If we have our ready-to-eat food, we can sell it to the people in peacetime and purchase it for the military in wartime. At this time, ready-to-eat food becomes particularly important."

Zhao Guangyi thought that he could eat delicious food while marching. What a great idea!

"What a pity, we don't have chili peppers here, otherwise this food would have an extra flavor."

Zhao Sheng is still drooling when he thinks about the taste of spicy strips in the future.

"What is chili? Isn't dogwood spicy? What about pepper?" In order to find a sense of existence, Zhao Shicheng blurted out.

"Dogwood? Pepper?"

Zhao Sheng thought that in fact there is such a thing in China, but it grows in the south and is a bit like an ornamental lantern. It is very small. The ancients used it as poison. After all, people who can't adapt to the spicy taste will faint after eating it.

It is said that this kind of pepper appeared in ancient times around Yunnan, China. People thought it was poisonous, so no one picked it, but some gangsters in the Central Plains always kept it on hand.

He is not studying how to find chili peppers now, but how to sell the food in his hands in different ways.

Especially spicy strips, which actually want to make a fuss about the denatured protein meat products, with the purpose of generating higher profits in high-end consumption areas.

Instant foods such as five-spice dried tea, spicy dried tea, spicy vegetables, etc. have quietly become popular in the aristocratic circle, but are currently limited to the area within 300 miles around Zhao County.

The shelf life is too short, so Mr. Zhao stipulates that all products must be sold out within seven days, and no one can exceed this time. Once any violation is discovered, Zhao’s sales rights will be revoked.

Yes, Mr. Zhao gave the sales rights to the Zhao family members to handle.

This is also why Zhao Sheng was respected by the Zhao clan members after he came to Zhao County.

This young man is so capable. Almost all good things happen to the Zhao family. Who dares to say anything bad about Zhao Sheng now?

Zhao Guangyi looked at Zhao Sheng eagerly. He knew that the Zhao family would leave some of these benefits for him, but he was not a beggar. He also wanted to do something to pave the way for his future career.

Zhao Sheng looked at Zhao Guangyi and felt amused. He gave him a plan to reduce food reserves for military equipment. In an instant, Zhao Guangyi understood the value of this plan.