The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 235 Cooperation
Although things unfolded exactly as Gan Minglan had predicted.

But the generals' impatience and shamelessness still made her lips twitch.

These people each showed off three rabbits, and they're still complaining that they haven't had enough!
It's practically an open declaration: they've all fallen for her secret marinade recipe!

After all, they all participated in the process of roasting the rabbit.

Aside from the patience required, it's really not that difficult from a technical standpoint!
You could say anyone with hands could do it.

The secret to its deliciousness lies in the marinade.

Gan Minglan pretended to think for a dozen breaths, then immediately came up with a good idea:

"That's easy! The location of Ganweixian Lamb Soup Restaurant is quite good. Why don't we have the Quartermaster Department take the lead and open a Crispy Hand-Torn Roasted Rabbit Restaurant there?"

From now on, if the generals want to eat this, they can go to the restaurant anytime to enjoy it!

Of course, this involves the most important marinade recipe, which I'm willing to sell to restaurants for twenty coins per rabbit.

"I'll prepare the exact amount of marinade you need for each rabbit you roast daily; the rest will be handled by the quartermaster!"

Free is impossible.

This isn't some kind of military reserve resource.

When you open a shop to do business, all you want is to make a profit!

However, how to charge this fee is also a skill.

If she takes too little, it makes her secret marinade seem unsophisticated.

If the price is too high, the profit margin of the military supply department will be affected, and offending these straightforward military officers will not bring any benefits.

Twenty coins, that was the price she had decided on last night.

If she could sell five hundred of these dishes a day, she could earn ten taels of silver.

Another lucrative business opportunity!
Upon hearing this suggestion, the two generals' eyes lit up with intense joy.

Meanwhile, several quartermasters had already begun whispering among themselves and calculating the accounts.

"Yes, the wild rabbits were caught by our Right Guard Battalion on the grasslands, so it was basically free."

"The property rights of the courtyards facing the street in the border town also belong to our camp. They can be used to open restaurants without paying shop rent; it's free!"

"The main costs are the wages of the shopkeeper, the workers who roast the rabbits, and the charcoal, spices, etc.! The people in the shop are all handpicked from our wounded soldiers. We're not afraid of them betraying us, nor are we afraid of them revealing the secret recipe!"

"Let's do the math. If a roasted rabbit can really sell for one or two taels of silver, then... then we can earn at least eight hundred coins!"

"hiss!"

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The quartermasters were so excited they almost wanted to run wildly through the camp.

This kind of business, which can be described as having almost no cost, is practically like God feeding you!
Moreover, Captain Gan specifically requested to cooperate with their supply department, so the money earned could be directly deposited into the public account.

Every day, who can understand the difficulties faced by their quartermaster department!

Those generals only knew how to demand all sorts of supplies from them, and if they didn't get them, they would curse and swear. If they encountered those with bad tempers, they would often get beaten up.

But supplies don't just fall from the sky!

Their biggest lament was that even a skilled cook can't cook without rice!
it's good now.

Finally, a windfall has fallen from the sky!

Zhao Muyun hadn't even had a chance to nod.

The quartermasters agreed first.

"Captain Gan is truly a kind and righteous man! This one-of-a-kind roasted rabbit would easily sell for one or two taels of silver in a restaurant! Isn't twenty coins for the marinade a bit too kind?"

"Yes, Captain Gan! We roasted and ate the rabbits without your secret marinade, and they tasted pretty good too! But compared to the ones with the secret marinade, it was like heaven and earth!"

"Don't think that our Northwest is not rich. There are still many gourmets who are willing to spend a lot of money to eat good food."

"We'll take whatever amount is due. How much has Captain Gan helped the village with? We can't let you use your own money to help our business gain publicity!" "We can't bully righteous people. Putting everything else aside, your skill in curing meat is so good that wealthy merchants will come with mountains of gold and silver to hire you wherever you go!"

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Gan Minglan: Good heavens, good heavens.

The restaurant hasn't even opened yet, and they've already set a price of one or two taels of silver per rabbit!

The gross profit margin is well over 80%.

Someone declared with righteous indignation that she only wanted to contribute her insignificant efforts to the construction of the border camp.

Twenty coins is twenty coins!
Even if the General disagrees, it won't make a difference!
General Zhao: "."

Fine, fine! This has nothing to do with me, I'm leaving, I'm leaving!

Just leave.

We need to hurry up and open that restaurant.

The sooner we open, the sooner we'll see the money!

General Zhao, having just gone out to suppress the bandits, knew all too well how difficult the days ahead would be.

Previously, he thought that to make money, one had to open a restaurant in a prosperous prefecture.

Not long ago, he personally witnessed his own spoiled son and others being drawn to the border town by the fame of Ganweixian.

It turns out there really are some rich and leisurely people in this world who are willing to travel dozens of miles for a bite to eat!

Captain Gan's suggestion was truly for the benefit of their camp.

The restaurant is located next to Ganweixian, isn't that a perfect example of them benefiting from the restaurant's success?

Those out-of-town guests drink mutton soup in the morning and then eat a fragrant roasted rabbit at noon. What an idyllic life!

The more I think about it, the better this idea seems!

No no no!

On the opening day of his Crispy Hand-Torn Rabbit Restaurant, he had to invite all the renowned gourmets from Huaiqing Prefecture to the border town for a lively celebration.
With the commercial value of rabbit meat established, the burden on the Right Guard Battalion, responsible for catching wild rabbits, became even heavier.

I used to think about giving the rabbits to the refugees so they could raise them freely.

After witnessing the ferocity of the wild rabbits, the group had no choice but to abandon their original plan.

The old craftsmen advised that the enclosures should be built entirely of hard stone slabs, inside and out, to prevent the baby rabbits from burrowing and escaping when they grow up.

Because wild rabbits are naturally aggressive, their enclosures need to be built to be larger.

In short, the cost of raising wild rabbits on a large scale is staggering!
The meager earnings the refugees make from planting trees are hopeless!

Faced with refugees, what can Captain Gan do after suffering a crushing defeat?
She had no choice but to hire them to plant more trees!
At worst, all the money from selling the sheep can be returned to nature.

An oasis appeared in the desert.

It grows greener and greener every day.

Before we knew it, flower buds were gradually growing on the branches.

Gan Minglan initially chose the Haloxylon ammodendron tree to prevent desertification because it is a natural plant that absorbs salt and alkali. Its leaves and bark are very bitter, and cattle, horses, and sheep do not like to eat it.

really.

Those that survive the rigorous selection process of large herbivores and end up in the desert are either unpalatable or poisonous.

But what Gan Minglan didn't expect was...

And then there are camels, the kings of lawnmowers; they even eat camel thorns that can kill people!
Haloxylon ammodendron is also on their list of delicious foods.

They are rushing towards the windbreak!

(End of this chapter)