Zhengyang County, Chuan. Golden Wind Drizzle Building.

At present, Youzhengyang County and several nearby county towns have set up dozens of food factories of all sizes almost overnight.

Moreover, a number of fleets also arrived one after another, and a large amount of raw materials and equipment were laid down in the port. These things were then diverted to the various newly established manufacturers.

A group of nobles and wealthy businessmen who are related to this are now gathering here in Su Ze for a meeting.

This is," Rendao Food Group. The inaugural meeting of the company. This," Rendao Food Group. Under the leadership of the royal family and the military, with the Qiude Chamber of Commerce of Su Xue as the core, it is a food processing enterprise group specializing in military rations as its main products.

Su Ze used patented technology and existing enterprises to take shares, and occupied the shares that were fraudulent. The rest of the forces occupy a stake in it. The government has also issued a document to classify these products as strategic materials, that is, the products produced in the future, at least a small share of them should be given priority to meet the needs of the military.

Now Su Xue sees that since this matter can't be shirked. Then simply make it bigger, pull more people into this community of interests, and expand the network to the greatest extent.

Therefore, among these collaborators, there are not only the military and the government, but also nearby aristocrats, merchants, and several churches of the Chinese divine system.

That's right, this. The church in the world also has its own way of making money, and the donations of believers are only one of its economic resources, such as mining, setting up factories, farming, running chambers of commerce, and many tertiary industries. These churches are involved.

This is also Su Ze's deliberate decision, different countries, organizations, and even individuals, to maintain long-term friendly relations, the best means is to have common interests.

Since the pie is so huge this time, Su Ze simply pulled all these forces related to his future development together, and everyone made a fortune.

Flatbread of this scale. If you eat it alone, I don't know how many people will be envious, jealous and hateful. Although it is difficult for them to say anything due to Su Ze's identity and royal background, if they make things difficult or do not cooperate in some places in the future, they will also do it.

Because Su Ze knows very well that in this world, there are too many legal and reasonable means to make things difficult for others, and these excuses and reasons are so high-sounding that they can't be high-sounding anymore, and they can completely make people suffer losses and not find the other party's fault.

Money is endless, not to mention that Su Ze is not short of money now. Because he's an outsider. There is no heel in the Han Empire, so what Ran lacks the most is connections!

If you can use these money that are not urgently needed in exchange for the connections you urgently need, it is a good deal. As long as this cake is made bigger and the participants get benefits, then Su Ze's connections will definitely rise significantly. With so many allies at stake, it's much more convenient to do something later.

Why do the old aristocrats have an intertwined network of connections? It is not because of their long-term business that they have a large number of allies with stakeholders.

This large-scale purchase by the military is an excellent opportunity to manage its own forces. There aren't many good things like this, it's the kind of good thing that can't be lost and won't come again. ”，

Su Ze said to the two shareholders in front of him, "Brother Wei, Brother Lu" Do you have any opinions on this plan?"

These two people are not very old, and they are all dressed as aristocratic sons with high crowns and deep clothes and swords. Of course, they are indeed aristocratic sons, and they are also the sons of great nobles.

The one in red is called Wei Yuankun, the son of Wei Yun, the "Uncle of Xin'an", and the one in green is called Lu Wendao, who is "Uncle Jiangcheng." Lu Ao's son. These two are the largest nobles in Changhe County, and the fiefs of both families are more than 1,000 miles away. The Lu family occupies most of Jiangcheng County, while the Wei family accounts for all of Xin'an County, as well as some parts of neighboring counties.

These two families are very influential nobles in the county, and their relationships are intertwined. It is impossible to bypass them for such a big thing, Su Xue naturally will not ignore such a big family, and pull them in as a matter of course.

"The plan of the Lord Priest is very fair, and our Lu family has no opinion, so we will handle it accordingly

Wei Yuankun also nodded and said: "Our Wei family has no opinion, the plan is very fair, and our Wei family will fully support it."

He paused and said, "However, I have a question. How can the raw materials of this kind of thing be guaranteed?" Wei Yuankun pointed to the plate in front of him, which contained various flavors of chocolate.

Oh, and a word needs to be mentioned here. The official name of chocolate in Dahan has been changed to "Su's Xingying Soup." "The military has helped Su Ze register a patent. Of course, for the sake of convenience, Su Ze still calls them "chocolate" Su Ze's explanation for this is that the local name of this ingredient is, "chocolate." Of course, that's not the point, as long as it meets the requirements, whatever it's called.

However, the small question asked by Wei Yuankun is quite crucial.

The raw materials of several other foods are not difficult to obtain, and the Han Empire can provide them. But the main ingredient in chocolate is cocoa beans. Whereas, cocoa beans are a product of the cocoa tree. The cacao tree is a tropical plant that grows only in hot climates. Its cultivation is confined to land between 20 latitudes and 20 degrees north and south of the equator. Most of the Lingshi of the Empire are in the outer dry temperate zone, and there are only some areas such as Hydrogen State, Jiaozhou, and Four, which are suitable for cultivating this plant. And, most importantly, there is no such plant in the current Han Empire, and even if it is to be planted now, it will be too late.

How could Su Ze not consider this kind of problem, if he was not sure, could he come up with it and cooperate?

Su Ze smiled: "Hehe, the two of you are no longer worried, although this plant comes from the southern islands, and it has not been cultivated in my country yet." However, there is always something in common with everything in the world. When I was in the Green Sea Wasteland, I found another plant. Compared with this fruit called cocoa, the fruit of this plant is indistinguishable in both taste and texture!"

As for the origin of this cocoa fruit, Su Xue pushed it to an island, according to him, it was discovered by foreigners, and later he invented the way to make chocolate, so he specially invited someone to go out and collect a batch. Su Ze's statement is vague, but everyone will not delve into it, and they all understand the trade secrets. Now that Su Zeken has come up with cooperation, then everyone will not care.

As he spoke, he took out a box from the side, opened it, and gave it to the shareholders to browse.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this plant is extremely abundant in the Green Sea Wasteland, and I found at least several forests of this plant there. I don't know if you've seen this plant, but I'll name it the Awakening Tree, "Their fruit is the Awakening Son,"

Su Ze said, and took out another map and a few pieces of printer paper. "Guys, this is the Awakening Tree, where it's located, and how they look and how they look."

Everyone circulated it, and they all said they had not seen it. In the division of power between the Han and the elves, the Green Sea Wasteland is the sphere of influence of the Elven Empire, and it is too far away from the Han Empire, plus the elves have no time to develop there. Therefore, there are very few people who go there in the Han Dynasty, and they are naturally very unfamiliar with the products there.

Still, as long as something is found. That's not a problem. Lu Wendao said: "Hehe, no matter what it's called, as long as you find something, it's easy to do." My family has a friendship with the Yueban clan of the Elven Empire of the Heavenly Mandate Empire for hundreds of years, and the territory of the Yueban clan is just close to the Green Sea Wasteland, so I will send someone to contact them tomorrow and ask them to send someone to collect this kind of thing."

Su Xue smiled and said, "Hehe, even if it's inconvenient for the Yuefeng Clan, it doesn't matter. I also have some people in the Green Sea Wasteland, in fact, there are a lot of raw materials in the chocolate we make now, all of which come from the Green Sea, "but now that the amount is large, of course it is better to find someone to help." We can issue quests to adventurers in the Manifest Destiny Empire and ask them to collect"

"Yes, yes, it's the safest thing to do it in many ways, my family also has some friends who have a good relationship in Destiny, and I won't refuse this little favor," Wei Yuankun also nodded.

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This awakening tree is indeed a specialty of the Green Sea Wasteland, don't forget, in addition to cultivating truth and preaching, Su Ze's greatest interest is biology. Well, this hobby should be related to his profession as a chef, to discover all kinds of new ingredients and new seasonings, as well as to discover new uses from the original ingredients and seasonings, which cannot be done without knowing a little biology.

The place he first crossed over was in the Green Sea Wasteland, and in that short period of time he studied all the animals and plants he could see.

Later, several bases were opened there, and out of the professional instinct of the cook, he also gave orders to collect samples of plants and animals and draw maps of the structures and puppets under his command.

And when he was fine, he was studying these new species that the earth didn't have. And this kind of awakening tree is something he has discovered a long time ago, but he didn't pay attention to it because he didn't need it at first. Now that you want to produce chocolate in large quantities, it's just right.

The representative of the military was General Marchand, who was the first to come to buy in large quantities. At this time, he said impatiently: "Very good, since the camp is qualified, the raw materials have been solved." So let's talk about it again. Raw materials for other food products,"

"Don't worry about fish, there are fishing ports nearby, and those seafood are just harvested as raw materials for Weitou," Su Ze said. Although the canned food is mainly luncheon meat, other canned foods are also required, so you have to change some tricks.

"There are several large farms in our association, and there is no shortage of pigs, beef and mutton and cow and goat milk," said one shareholder.

"There is no shortage of starch, and our farm is completely solved," another shareholder also said.

In a short time, the problem of raw materials will be solved. Then everyone discussed the division of labor of each factory, as well as the distribution of profits.

After a few days, the first shareholders' meeting of this Rendao Food Group was successfully concluded. All shareholders went their own way according to their assigned tasks.

Half a month later, Rendao Food Group began to supply a large number of various military rations to the army. Su Ze's network of relationships also greatly increased and deepened in the Han Empire.

Now, the military, the aristocracy, the church, and the chamber of commerce all have allies with whom he has a stake. Not to mention that this kind of military business is already highly profitable, and everyone makes a lot of money by doing this.