Actually, making mooncakes isn't a particularly difficult skill. Machines can make the job much faster.

In fact, there is no procedure that cannot be done manually.

Moreover, Chang Xiaohu paid the food machinery engineer who helped him back then a generous sum of money.

After Pan Lanlan took over the food processing plant, she cultivated a very good relationship with him. Whenever she needed something, she would just call him, and he would come; he didn't need to come to work at all, and he was still paid his salary.

In his spare time, he studied the automated biscuit production line of the food branch factory.

That's when he really showed his skills.

He can't convert a non-automatic production line to an automatic one, but he can separate an automatic production line into a semi-automatic one.

Therefore, after the biscuit production line is separated, the production line for fillings, the production of mooncake crusts, and baking can all be completed.

Only the step of wrapping the filling and arranging the fillings relies on manual labor.

Both machine and manual production can be carried out simultaneously. In this way, the factory's mooncake production capacity has increased several times over.

With high-quality raw materials, strict quality control, and strict adherence to production procedures, the products made will not be of poor quality.

Pan Lanlan immediately reported the matter to Song Yan.

With production capacity guaranteed, Song Yan felt more at ease.

Anshun and Sandao Street Food Factory continued production, but later the production speed dropped significantly.

Because of insufficient raw materials.

With so many people in the factory, this news simply cannot be suppressed.

...

Sun Jing quickly replied that her father's logistics department needed a total of 10,000 jin of mooncakes.

The military also makes some mooncakes themselves; they can't make that many, so they need to purchase some.

For the military, 10,000 jin (5,000 kg) of mooncakes is a small matter. But for a food factory, it's a different story.

Sun Jing was also quick-witted; she found out exactly what had happened.

Normally, the military orders food from state-owned food factories.

They were all troops from the Kyoto area, and three state-owned food factories; they might have ordered mooncakes from one of them.

Especially his father's side; if Sun Jing hadn't asked him, they would have already placed an order with the First Food Factory.

Sun Jing said that most of the employees at Anshun Food Factory are veterans, and many of them are disabled veterans.

Should the military support them?

So his father hesitated.

Sun Jing also strongly advocated that the quality of the two mooncakes was worlds apart.

Next time, she'll bring the sample over so her dad can see it and try it.

Song Yan could tell from Sun Jing's words that Sun Jing's father might not actually believe what Sun Jing said.

But his daughter clearly wanted to do something for veterans.

He didn't want to discourage his daughter's enthusiasm by outright rejecting her.

After all, in his eyes, his daughter never did anything productive and was disobedient.

It was a rare moment when I was truly thoughtful.

Song Yan and Chang Xiaohu discussed and estimated how many mooncakes they could produce before the festival.

Song Yan asked Sun Jing, "Have you ever heard of 'seam'?"

It involves introducing buyers and sellers to others and earning commissions in the process.

Song Yan and Sun Jing assured that they would absolutely not lower the quality of the mooncakes or raise their prices.

For every mooncake Sun Jing sold to the troops, Song Yan would give her a commission.

Sun Jing understood immediately.

She's just someone who loves making money; otherwise, why would she set up a stall during her days off?

This money is easy to earn and perfectly reasonable, you're capable!

However, she originally intended to help, but she wanted money in return...

Besides, Song Yan wasn't without connections in the military.

Song Yan said she had too many things to do and didn't have time to deal with these matters.

In reality, Song Yan didn't want to get involved, lest he arouse the suspicion of certain people.

Song Yan should stay at home obediently.

Song Yan gave Sun Jing a few more instructions, and she left happily.

Song Yan sneered inwardly. Even if she couldn't make mooncakes to sell to the army, she would still find a way to sabotage the state-owned food factory's deal.

Besides, she can give birth now!

Shen Qian, who had been out of the public eye for several months, suddenly returned.

He performed his task exceptionally well, so his supervisor granted him leave.

Moreover, after this incident, he may be promoted from squad leader to deputy battalion commander.

Laymen don't understand; they might think, "What's so special about a squad leader or a deputy squad leader?"

However, General Shen and Secretary Fang knew that Shen Qian's promotion would attract a lot of jealousy.