Following Li Dahai's explanation, Li Dahai and Li Batu also brought Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin to the inside of the processing plant. Now the processing plant is already busy.
"This is the import place. Here, through this funnel-shaped channel, the cattle and sheep are sent to the production line one by one."
"When it reaches this position, there will be machinery to clamp the cattle and sheep for slaughter, and then hang the cattle and sheep through hooks. Through the production line, step by step from thin skin, removal of internal organs, bone cutting, meat separation, and then
Process it into meat strips or meat cubes according to specifications."
“By the time it arrives here, the beef has already become a processed product, and then the dried meat is dried or smoked, and finally we get the beef jerky, beef cubes and dried meat we see in the market now.
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"If it is sausage, you need to mince the meat, add some sweet potato flour or corn flour, etc. If you like, you can also add chili, pepper, pepper, etc. to enhance the flavor, and then enter the enema machine.
Inside, machines are used to perform enema.”
Li Dahai took the two of them to visit the entire processing plant in detail.
There are still workers working in the processing factory, holding sharp knives in their hands, which makes the people in charge of security very nervous, fearing that something will happen.
But this worry is obviously unnecessary. They have no idea that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is right in front of them, and they come to visit this kind of beef and mutton processing factory.
You must know that even the beef and mutton processing plants of later generations were relatively dirty and smelled unpleasant, let alone the current processing plants. How could a man of this age come to such a place today?
Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin watched and listened at the same time, and they had a general understanding of this processing plant.
It can only be said that the scale of this processing plant is pretty good. It uses a lot of machinery and implements a general assembly line processing method. The efficiency is quite good, although it cannot be compared with the processing plants of later generations.
But in this era, it is definitely the most advanced processing plant.
The sanitation aspect is also pretty good. The dirty stuff is basically packed together and then shipped out for processing. The whole process is much cleaner than the black workshops of later generations.
After visiting the processing plant, Li Dahai and Li Batu took the two of them to the product display area and introduced their products to them in detail.
"The dried meat, dried meat, sausages and the like processed by our processing plant can be stored for a very long time. In a dry and cool environment, they can be stored for at least one year."
"In addition, all our beef and mutton are processed from fresh beef and mutton. As you just saw, they are all slaughtered and processed by the best fresh cattle and sheep."
"All cattle and sheep must be inspected, and only healthy cattle and sheep can be used for processing."
"You can absolutely rest assured about the quality. Our Dahai brand beef and mutton are sold well all over the world."
Li Dahai is now eloquent and can talk endlessly when introducing his products.
"Well, it's indeed good!"
Emperor Liu Jin and Emperor Hongzhi looked at it carefully and couldn't help but nod.
In particular, Liu Jin also praised the quality of the beef and mutton. This beef and mutton are processed from really high-quality beef and mutton. He saw it with his own eyes. And this sausage, it is a real sausage.
, unlike the so-called meat sausages of later generations, which were all processed from flour and the like, there was no meat in them at all, and even if there was meat, you wouldn't know what kind of meat it was.
But the sausages that are now processed are made from high-quality meat, and some starch is just added to facilitate processing.
This gap is still a bit big.
“What’s the price like?”
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and asked.
"The price is convenient, so you can rest assured that our beef and mutton in Australia are the cheapest and the price is the most reasonable."
“Whether it’s dried meat or sausages here, it costs fifteen cents per pound. This is definitely, definitely the cheapest price in the world!”
"Judging from your accent, you are also from the Beijing-Tianjin area. You must also know that in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the price of fresh beef and mutton is around ten yuan, let alone processed dried meat. This
After processing the kilogram of meat into dried meat, less than six taels are left."
When it comes to price, Li Dahai said very confidently.
Australia doesn't have a lot of anything, it just has a lot of meat, a lot of cattle, sheep, horses, and kangaroos. With this factory that specializes in processing kangaroo meat, the kangaroos don't even have to buy it. They can just go hunting in the wilderness.
"Fifteen cents a pound?"
After Liu Jin heard this, his eyes could not help but widen slightly.
This is too cheap!
Think about future generations, beef will weigh 451 pounds, and mutton will weigh 561 pounds. If ordinary people want to eat a meal of meat, their hands will tremble a few times. Therefore, what everyone eats most is pork, and beef and mutton are generally not available.
Food for meals.
Not to mention that like Europeans and Americans, they eat meat all the time. The price is too expensive. With limited income, where is the spending power?
But now, Australian beef and mutton only cost fifteen cents per catty. This is the price after being processed into dried meat. This means that the price of fresh beef and mutton here may only be only a few cents per catty. This meat is different from ordinary meat.
The prices of grains, vegetables, etc. are almost the same.
This is very cheap, and you can completely eat meat freely. Even ordinary people can eat meat freely, and they can afford it.
"This price is already the best price. Of course, if the purchase quantity is large, we can still negotiate."
Seeing Liu Jin's surprised look, Li Dahai thought that his quotation was too high, so he quickly added.
“This price is really cheap!”
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said.
"Haha, of course. We have a lot of cattle and sheep here in Australia, so the prices are naturally very cheap. There is no way to compare with the Ming Dynasty."
"Beef and mutton are actually very common ingredients here. Buying a sheep only costs two or three hundred silver, and a cow only costs two or three taels of silver."
"So the beef and mutton jerky produced here is also the cheapest. There is nothing cheaper than ours in the world."
Li Dahai smiled and nodded.
There are too many cattle and sheep here. The vast land, abundant water and grass, and good climate conditions are extremely suitable for grazing. Australia also implements a large ranch economy similar to that of Central Asia.
This is not the grazing method of nomadic tribes. In fact, the grazing method cannot raise many cattle and sheep, and it is very primitive. Cattle and sheep are the rations of the herdsmen.
But the economy of large ranches is different. You can grow your own pasture, corn, wheat, etc., and use sophisticated breeding methods to graze cattle and sheep. This will be more efficient and more stable.
This is an important reason why Australia has a large output of cattle and sheep, because although it is far away from the Ming Dynasty, its economic model is an advanced large-scale ranch economic model.
The herdsmen here are not only herdsmen, but also farmers. They plant a large amount of wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, etc., and then process them into concentrated feed and combine them with cultivated pasture to raise cattle and sheep.
“That’s really very cheap!”
“You don’t have to think about anything when eating meat.”
Liu Jin also shook his head and sighed.
Thinking about the future generations, I can't help but shake my head.
In later generations, the land area was so large, there were many deserts and barren lands, and the population was very large. It was not easy to eat meat.
Not to mention beef and mutton, it is already good to be able to eat pork.
Let’s look at the people in Europe. They have vast land and sparsely populated areas, and developed agriculture and animal husbandry. The price of meat is very cheap. The price of beef and mutton is less than half of ours. They eat meat very freely.
Ultimately, this is because we have vast land that allows us to graze cattle and sheep on a large scale and develop animal husbandry and agriculture. However, since we have more people and less land, the first thing we have to do is to feed our huge population.
Today's Ming Dynasty is different. The entire Ming Dynasty's population is now estimated to have just exceeded 200 million, occupying such a vast and huge land.
There are so many places that can be used to graze cattle and sheep. They are also some of the best pastures in the world. The cattle and sheep they produce are abundant and good. The key is that the price is very cheap.
This is made into dried meat and only sells for 15 cents per pound. The price is negotiable, and discounts are available for large quantities. The common people can definitely eat this beef and mutton as snacks.
"Haha, that's right. When you come to Australia, you must eat enough meat. You can eat whatever you want and it doesn't cost a lot of money."
Li Dahai smiled and nodded.
The first 20 years of his life were full of hardships. He was poor at that time, and even having enough food was a luxury, let alone eating meat.
Later, I went to the Prairie Province, where I could eat meat, but my life was still poor. It wasn’t until I immigrated to Australia that my life became easier. I couldn’t eat all the food, and I couldn’t eat all the meat. Now I can even do it.
Factory, became the boss.
I lived a comfortable and prosperous life.
"The children here in Australia are all very tall and strong, mainly because we have a lot of meat here."
"How is it here on the Southern Golden Continent Prairie?"
Liu Jin nodded, and then asked about the prairie of South Golden Continent.
"It's also very good there. The grassland area is very vast and the water and grass are rich. It's very suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. It also produces a lot of beef and mutton, but it is mainly sold to the major colonies and vassal states in Africa."
Li Dahai also spoke truthfully when raising the South Golden Continent Prairie. The two people in front of him seemed to be difficult to fool. There was no need to tell lies. Moreover, he had always been like this in business and treated people sincerely.