In the next two days, Huo Gang really didn't think about the development of the territory, and the next day Wang Shan and Wu Ping came again, they came not for other things, but to see the storage state of those lards, and when they saw that the milky white lard solidified together, they asked carefully and left.

Huo Gang appreciates their attitude, because it means that it is promoted to the people, and they have to figure out the links, when these lard solidifies, even in summer, it will not deteriorate if it is stored in a cool place, which is too important for the people.

In this era, there are no refrigerators or anything like that, and it would be a pity for them to break down, waste them, and not be able to eat them all. You can't just eat all meat in winter, according to Huo Gang's method, not only pork, but even mutton and other meats can be preserved in this way.

Dahan has begun to popularize cellars, mainly because although there are not many cabbages planted this year, a considerable part of them have been preserved, and under the preservation of these cellars, the cabbage has been preserved very well so far, which means that they also have another way to preserve.

And the cellar preserves not only cabbage, but also potatoes.

After Wang Shan and the others left, Huo Gang taught Wang Shan and them to make new food, this time it was something that Huo Gang used to make during the Chinese New Year when he was a child in his previous life, that is, twist flowers and oil cakes and other foods.

There is no shortage of milk now, and there is no shortage of eggs for Huo Gang, milk mixed with eggs and then put a little lard into the noodles, and finally put a little sucrose, white sugar does not exist in this era, it would be good to have sucrose.

Make these twist flowers, and then put them in the oil pan and fry them, this thing can be put for a long time, and it is not easy to break, and the most important thing is that in this era, the food is good, and this thing is a good snack.

Chef Ma and the others have admired Huo Gang even more these days, in their opinion, the leader is a person who does great things, but they never expected that the leader would have so much research on the things between the kitchens, and there were many practices that they had never thought of.

In fact, twist flowers have been invented in this era, but because of the limited material conditions, this thing has not spread, but they are circulated in some places, such as Chef Ma, they naturally don't know.

And like various ways of stir-frying, Huo Gang has taught them a lot in the past few days, such as roasting pig's head and pig's trotters, etc., which have also been handed over to them, but they haven't started to cook yet, but Chef Ma has already recorded these practices.

The chief also gave him the task of preaching that these practices should be spread and spread among the people.

"Is it delicious?" At this moment, Huo Gang was watching Xia Zhu eat, he was already full, but Xia Zhu, I don't know if it was because Huo Gang's snacks inspired her, which caused Xia Zhu to start secretly stealing his mouth recently.

"It's delicious." Xia Zhu's face flushed slightly, and then nodded quickly and said, "Chief, you are too smart, how did you come up with these foods, you should have thought of it earlier." ”

"It's useless to come up with it early, we were too poor before, and even if we came up with it, we couldn't make it for you to eat." Huo Gang smiled, "And now it's much better, our Han is slowly getting richer, the people can eat enough, and there is even a surplus, in this case, it makes sense for me to invent these things." ”

"And these things, even if I don't invent them, as long as our Han is rich enough, sooner or later these people will invent them, and you can eat these delicious things sooner or later." Huo Gang said with a smile.

"Uh-huh, but these are all the credit of the leader, and this cabbage, if it weren't for the leader, how could we eat such fresh vegetables in winter." Xia Zhu nodded quickly.

"It's nothing, it's too late this year, and next year when the winter comes, I can let you eat other fresh vegetables in the winter." Huo Gang laughed twice.

"Really?! You can also eat fresh vegetables in winter?! "Although people in this era don't expect much from fresh food, because they are more looking forward to meat, it is still very shocking to be able to eat vegetables in winter! Xia Zhu's eyes are full of little stars at the moment.

If people outside see the famous Minister of Commerce Xia Zhu like a little girl at this time, it is estimated that he will break his glasses, although Xia Zhu does not appear many times in the outside world, but in fact, among these people, Xia Zhu is almost all serious when he is external, and because of the knowledge he has learned from Huo Gang, Xia Zhu is almost omniscient in the eyes of these business people.

You must know that Xia Zhu has not only finished learning mathematics, but also has already taught herself a considerable part of the accounting given to her by Huo Gang, such as double-entry bookkeeping, although Huo Gang only knows a little bit, and it is also very messy, and the double-entry bookkeeping method behind it is still sorted out with Xia Zhu's help.

There is no textbook for the reward of the Spirit of the Jade Gate in this regard.

"Of course it's true, you remember a sentence, in this world, there is no place that human beings can't reach, and the biggest difference between humans and animals is that human beings can invent tools, when we can't complete something, it's not that we can't complete it, but we haven't discovered its secrets, and everything in this world naturally has its reason." Huo Gang said with a smile.

"Well, I remember, Chief." Xia Zhu nodded seriously and said.

"Okay, next year is estimated that your Ministry of Commerce will be much busier, and you will be free for the New Year." Huo Gang said with a smile.

"Yes." Xia Zhu nodded seriously, "Chief, please rest assured, here in the Ministry of Commerce, the slaves and maids will try their best to manage it." ”

"Well, just do your best, I'm not afraid that you will make mistakes, I'm afraid that you won't make mistakes, it's impossible not to make mistakes in the early stage, but if you make a mistake, you have to find the mistake as soon as possible, and then correct it is right." Huo Gang said with a smile.

"Yes."

"How's that trading floor of yours?" Huo Gang asked, the trading hall he asked was the bulk goods trading center of the Ministry of Commerce, to put it bluntly, it was the place where all kinds of commodities of the Han Dynasty were traded.

In the past, it was Dahan who set the price, but now there has been something similar to an auction, and it has to be said that with the emergence of various fabrics, Dahan's gold reserves are constantly increasing.

If you want to make money, you need to exchange it to become Han Yuan to be able to trade, and in addition, the Han does not accept other currencies, only gold and silver, and the exchange ratio of silver is too low for other countries, far less cost-effective than gold.

Because according to the regulations of the Great Han, gold is a fixed proportion, but silver is not.

"At present, we have made a certain number of improvements, and we have made a certain price announcement for all goods in the entire Dahan territory, such as what is the price of picking up the goods in Yumen Pass, and what is the price of picking up the goods in Yiwu City, all of which are marked."

"Then for the goods in short supply, we carried out an auction in the form of a secret bid, of course, for the purchase and sale of goods in Dahan, we have a state-owned commercial bank for price protection, and the current price in our country is very stable." Xia Zhu immediately spoke.

"Well, did you tell you about the restructuring plan of the Industrial City?" Huo Gang asked again.

The restructuring plan of the Industrial City, that is, the Ministry of Industry, had nothing to do with the Ministry of Commerce at the beginning, but after the restructuring, it had a relationship with the Ministry of Commerce, so the two departments must be jointly handled.

"As I have already said, they are divided into several companies, and at present, the cement plant has become a state-owned cement company. The steelmaking plant will be restructured into Dahan No. 1 Iron and Steel Plant. ”

"In addition, the manufacture of machine tools, the manufacture of large forgings, and parts of die forging presses and free forging presses constitute the first machinery manufacturing company in Dahan."

"Then the part of the production of small and commonly used machinery such as carriages, bearings, textile machines, and seeders formed the second machine manufacturing line of Dahan."

"The production and development of steam engines formed the third machine building line of Dahan."

"In addition, regarding Sun Er's research on ceramics, we are temporarily considering directly establishing a materials research institute, and in addition, the establishment of a Dahan ceramic firm in ceramics."

"As for the leader of the brick factory, your idea is to open it to the people, of course, because of the technology of Sun Er's family, especially the technology of firing red bricks, we must occupy a certain technical share."

"Hmm. If the Ministry of Medical and Health is to be established, you will definitely have to produce some medical devices at that time, and if this part is to be established, a separate commercial bank will be established at that time. Huo Gang thought about it and said.

"Yes."

After asking about these things, Huo Gang didn't continue to ask, and it can be seen from the things reported by Xia Zhu that they handled these things very well, and Huo Gang was naturally relieved about the next things.

"By the way, these news will be postponed for a while, and it is estimated that the first batch of newspapers will be printed soon after the year, and these news will be counted as the content of the first batch of newspapers." Huo Gang explained again.

"Yes!"

Huo Gang's leader's mansion is okay for the time being, and he can't feel it, but the people living in Yumen Pass have felt the festive atmosphere less and less, and with the arrival of the Spring Festival, all the people in the entire Yumen Pass seem to have become rich.

There are more and more small traders on the street, but all the small traders have a specified location, and there is also a patrol department established to patrol constantly, plus the people in Yumen Pass are currently well-known, and there are no ruffians and hooligans, so the environment of the entire Yumen Pass is the best experience for all businessmen.

Similarly, the various commercial houses in the entire Yumen Pass have also ushered in a prosperous flow of people, and at this time, these businessmen found that these ordinary people living in Yumen Pass are actually quite rich.