Xiao Lotian came to see Zeng Guofan, mainly to discuss the details of the bond issuance, this kind of strategic cooperation event, relying on Hu Xueyan and Fan Yao's old shopkeeper to negotiate between them is definitely not enough.

In addition, Xiao Letian and Zeng Guofan respectively represent the two major military forces of the Han people in East Asia at present, one is in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other is in the East China Sea, and the cooperation between these two people will inevitably affect the situation in East Asia as a whole.

However, these things can't be said in front of Jae-chun, and now we can only talk about some things that can be taken out of the table, such as the latest individual rations developed by the Ryukyus developed by Xiao Letian.

"This time I came to see Dashuai, on the one hand, I want to talk about the distribution of bond income, and on the other hand, I also want to promote a few new things, all of which are the most helpful things for Zuo Ji Gaogong!"

Xiao Lotian took out three kinds of treasures, canned food, compressed biscuits and toffee, Zeng Guoquan took it in his hand and asked in surprise, "Isn't this a canned tin made in the United States?" I have eaten it before, the taste is not good or bad, it is just a person with oil and water, and it is absolutely no problem for people to eat it...... You're going to give this thing to Zuo Jigao?"

"That's right, Lord Zuo's expedition to the west, all of which are deserts and desolate places in the Hanhai Sea, the most important thing to fight in that place is not the enemy, but supplies, and enter the desert Gobi when you go out of Yumen Pass in the west, how much grain and grass can an army of 100,000 troops bring?"

"From the Qing Dynasty to the present, the military food supply is still the same as in the past, from the Central Plains, including Ganshan and other places, to raise grain on the spot and then use ox carts and horse-drawn carts to transport it, send a pound of grain, and the people have to eat ten catties on the road, so many smart people in the imperial court have not thought about how to improve?"

Xiao Letian became more and more angry, in ancient times, there was no excellent anti-corrosion technology, and the army sent husked grains, rice, wheat, millet, and millet to prevent mildew when transporting military rations...... All of them are transported to the front line with shells, and what I am afraid of is mildew.

However, the gaps between these shelled grains are very large, and these gaps hidden in the barn can be ventilated and moisture-proof, but long-distance transportation can waste volume, which directly reduces the efficiency of material supply.

As a traverser, if you can't solve this problem, it won't be a shame to be thrown home. Even if Xiao Letian is not a professional, he also knows that the two most important points of individual rations in later generations are high calories and shelf life.

The Ryukyu canned food processing has been put into operation since the beginning of the year, and the assembly line imported from the United States can produce 2,000 cans a day as long as the raw materials are sufficient, and the production capacity will continue to increase as skilled workers increase.

Beef, luncheon meat in later generations, buckle meat, the most important thing in China is a good chef, and the CIA's reward of a thousand silver coins was slapped on the table, "Whoever develops the best canned meat recipe, the money is his!"

In half a month, six top chefs came up with six recipes for canned meat, Xiao Lotian has tasted them all, and the taste is really not ordinarily good.

Compressed biscuits are also easy to solve, in fact, the main process is to copy the local snack oil fried noodles in later generations, in order to improve nutrition, people also grind sesame seeds, peanuts, all kinds of beans, and then add flour to fry with butter.

Originally, Xiao Lotian wanted to prepare to fry it with big oil, but thinking about it, the issue of fighting nationalities in the Western Regions was very sensitive, so he could only use butter, or import butter from Europe and the United States.

Add heavy oil, soybean flour and flour, and then mix it with sugar, which is abundant in the Ryukyus, and a high-calorie yakisoba is done.

These loose fried noodles are poured into the film press, driven by the steam engine, and after the impact of the iron castings, they become a piece of delicate compressed biscuits, each piece has about 75 grams, and a single piece of oil paper can support a soldier's energy consumption for more than half a day.

Zeng Guofan opened a piece of oiled paper that compressed biscuits, and found that the biscuits were actually wrapped in a layer of salt, and Zaichun saw that Dashuai was confused, "Salt is used for antiseptics, and there is no water in compressed biscuits, and then add a layer of salt protection, and wrap it in an oilcloth outside, we have tested it for at least half a year, and there will be no deterioration problem......"

Xiao Letian said with a smile: "Half a year is in the humid environment of Jiangnan, if it is transported to the dry land of the Western Regions, I think there will be no problem for a year and a half!"

Hiss...... The two old men gasped, the shelf life of one and a half years, and a small strip is enough for a soldier's meal? Zuo Zongtang has this treasure, but it is like a tiger with wings.

"Okay, well, the pressure on the supply of the army will be much smaller in the future, and we will concentrate a large amount of transportation capacity on weapons and ammunition, and the rest of the silver will be lost...... Come on, take these compressed biscuits to the barracks, find ten pot-bellied men, and follow the eating method written on the paper to see if there is such a god!"

The last baby is the big milk candy "This milk candy is not for the soldiers to satisfy their hunger, it is also a very important food supply, because the most easily absorbed nutrition by the human body is sugar ......"

"Everyone may have this feeling, when you are hungry, eating steamed bread always requires the appetite to digest slowly to make the body strong, but sugar is different, when you are hungry and weak and numb in your hands and feet, eating a piece ......of sugar can solve your hunger in an instant and make you recover your strength."

"Imagine that the positions of the two sides are fighting hard, from morning to evening, and they have become tired soldiers without water and rice for a day, at this time, our soldiers alone take out a big milk candy from their pockets and stuff it in their mouths, and it will not take half a minute to recover their strength......"

The drum doesn't need to be hammered, the two old handsomes all understood, and their laughing beards jumped up one by one, "Canned food and toffee don't need to be tested, we believe what you say, go back and test your compressed biscuits If you are really so hungry, I can place an order for Zuo Jigao on the spot......"

"But I'm also wondering, you have such a good thing, why don't you just give it to the military department?" asked the nine marshals.

"Hehe......" Xiao Letian smiled bitterly, "The Ministry of War? As far as the efficiency of the six departments is concerned, when Zuo Jigao eats my compressed military rations, it is estimated that the battle is over, besides, do you think the imperial court is willing to see me collude with the generals of the Qing Dynasty?"

When people think about it, Xiao Letian came to Jiangnan to go around is top secret, if the court knows that Xiao Lotian has come to see Zeng Guofan, Cixi and those old guards will immediately go crazy.

"Let's not talk about the imperial court for now, let's drink and drink!" Jiu Shuai interrupted the embarrassment with a cup, and then gave the little emperor and Xiao Lotian a dish.

"When you come to Jinling, you must eat duck, especially salted duck, your majesty must taste it...... Please, please, please!"

Zaichun put a salted duck in his chopsticks, and he wanted to eat it, but he put it down again, he looked at Zeng Guofan and suddenly said coldly, "Zeng Dashuai, I want to kill a few people!"