Chapter 225 Cannery
When a problem arose, Xu Lingjun, as usual, called everyone together in the conference room for a meeting and explained the situation clearly. Everyone looked troubled. This was indeed a problem and it was difficult to solve.
Haisheng thought for a while and said, "Captain, let me go out with Guo Lei again and visit a few more cities. If we can set up outlets there like we do in the city, even if the current production doubles, we can still digest it all."
"There are not many big cities around our place. If we go further away, we have to consider transportation and shelf life issues. This cannot be solved by simply taking over one or two more markets." Xu Lingjun raised a new question.
The conditions for raising quails he had were far inferior to those of Liu Yonghao and his brothers in the future, because the quail farm of the four Liu brothers was located in Xinjin, next to Chengdu, the largest city in the southwest, and further east was another big city, Chongqing. The market absorption capacity of these two cities was very strong, and together with the surrounding small and medium-sized cities, they could fully consume the quail eggs they produced.
Xu Lingjun is now at the foot of the Qilian Mountains. The population is completely different from that of Sichuan, and the transportation is relatively backward. He has to use a tractor to deliver the quail eggs to the county, and then find a transportation company from the county to transport them to the city and other places. If he takes the railway, he has to go to the city.
Quail eggs have a shelf life. At room temperature, fresh quail eggs can generally be stored for about 10-14 days. If the weather is hot, the shelf life will plummet to seven days. It will be slightly better in winter and the storage time can be extended to about one month.
The quail farm will also adjust the collection of quail eggs according to the season. It will be a little longer in winter. When there are fewer eggs, they will be delivered once a month, and when there are more eggs, they will be delivered once every half a month. In summer, they have to be delivered every three days, otherwise they will go bad.
Now, there is a certain chance of success in expanding markets in other places, but even if someone wants to buy, it is not certain that the goods can be delivered. It takes a long time to transfer them from a tractor to a truck and then to a train, and there is also the possibility of them being damaged by bumps during transportation.
When the products are transported to the destination, no matter if they are broken or smelly, the local customers will definitely not want them. If this happens one or two times, the business will not be able to continue.
Haisheng also realized this and didn't know what to do for a moment.
Guo Lei has spent a long time in big cities and has a more active mind. He proposed a new plan, "We can expand the warehouse in the city and divide the transportation process into two links. First, we can send the quail eggs to the city and negotiate with the county transportation company to have them come directly to the team to haul them. This way, we can reduce the number of tractor transfers, which will be faster and less wasteful."
"Once we get to the city, we will go to the railway department and ask them to help transport the goods to other cities. We will be responsible for loading and unloading the goods. We will definitely be careful when handling them ourselves, so the loss should be controllable."
"This is a solution, and it can temporarily solve the problem." Xu Lingjun praised and raised a new question, "But it can only solve the problem temporarily. What if more people raise quails in the future and nearby cities can't absorb them and have to move to more distant cities?"
"The longer the quail eggs are transported, the more obvious the problems of shelf life and loss will be. If we want to sell quail eggs to Lanzhou or even Xi'an in the summer, it may not be enough to just think of ways to solve the problem of transportation."
Hearing this, everyone fell silent. Was the quail farm going to hit a bottleneck in development due to shelf life and transportation issues and unable to expand its production scale? They were originally able to make a lot of money, but now they can't make any, and everyone is very unwilling.
"Since the transportation problem cannot be solved in the short term, can we change our thinking and see if we can extend the shelf life of quail eggs?" Xu Lingjun reminded.
The production team is located in the northwest, and the transportation conditions are not very good. This problem cannot be solved by them alone, but only by the state. However, the problem of shelf life is different, and this can be solved.
"We can extend the shelf life of our own chicken and quail eggs by stuffing them into food, but now we have tens of thousands of quail eggs to preserve, so this method may not work."
"Why don't we ask the experts at the agricultural school? If the county agricultural school doesn't work, we can go to the city or the provincial capital. We should be able to find a solution, right?"
Everyone was talking about it, and finally someone gave the answer Xu Lingjun wanted, "During the Chinese New Year, the team distributed some canned fruits as New Year's goods. Since fruits can be preserved in cans, can quail eggs also be preserved?"
"Clap, clap, clap!" Xu Lingjun couldn't help but applaud. The benefit of his insistence on holding meetings to brainstorm whenever problems arose finally paid off. Everyone got used to using their brains, and their brains became more active. Now, everyone could find the correct answer without his reminder.
"This is a great idea. As long as the quail eggs are cooked and canned, their shelf life can be extended from one month to six months or even a year! And it is more convenient to transport. The canned fruits we distributed during the Chinese New Year were shipped from southern cities, which proves that canned food can be transported over long distances."
"Since canned fruit can be shipped from the south to here, the canned quail we produce can definitely be shipped from the foot of the Qilian Mountains to Lanzhou, Xi'an, and even Shanghai and Beijing! By then, let alone the current production, even if all the people in the county raise quails together, they will be able to digest it!"
"So our next plan is to build a canning factory, process the collected quail eggs into canned products, and then sell them. This will not only solve the production capacity problem, but also make more money! The price of canned quail eggs is definitely higher than quail eggs!"
With a loud "boom", the conference room suddenly became lively. Many people were excited and a little worried. They were excited because the production team was going to build a factory, and they were worried because of this as well.
Although the production team now has feed mills, pig farms, chicken farms, and quail farms, most of these belong to the breeding industry. The feed mill can also be seen as a supporting facility for the breeding industry, and everyone is still engaged in the agricultural and animal husbandry industry.
Building a canning factory means we are officially entering the industrial field. Can we do it well? Many people have little confidence.
Xu Lingjun also knew that it was not easy to run a factory, so he made careful arrangements. "I went to the provincial capital some time ago and asked experts from the university. After research, they believed that it was feasible to produce canned quail eggs! And it is not difficult. We only need to slightly modify the existing canning production line and start production directly."
"From the current market situation, quail eggs are very popular. As long as we can ensure the taste of canned quail eggs, we don't have to worry about not being able to sell them after they are produced!"
“So everyone can rest assured that this plan has a very high chance of success!”
The funeral process in the countryside is very complicated. I basically kept vigil every day in the past few days, and I have to continue to be busy in the next few days. I can only find a way to code two chapters.
(End of this chapter)
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