readytorunbook Chapter 967 Loyalty Gang
Chapter 967 Loyalty Gang
The Loyalty Gang is a local gang in Goose City. Most of its members are ordinary people in the city who do low-level jobs.
There's no other way; in this chaotic world, if you don't stick together and support each other, you simply can't survive.
Although the Loyal and Righteous Gang had a large number of members, they were relatively weak, and their weapons were limited to large swords and daggers.
They survived because they were ordinary people at the bottom of society, and the city's operation depended on them.
After all, the traitorous gangs that joined the invaders did so for the sake of a life of luxury and controlled the most lucrative businesses in the city; they had no interest in doing the thankless and arduous work.
For example, emptying chamber pots and cleaning latrines are jobs that the lowest social classes do, but these are essential to a city.
Although it's a matter of personal connections, someone has to do it. In addition, the Loyal and Righteous Gang simply does things honestly and diligently, which is why they survived the blows in Goose City.
At this moment, at the headquarters of the Loyal and Righteous Gang, the gang leader Scarface was sitting in the living room, having hot pot with several hall masters.
The weather is getting colder now, and Chinese people like to eat something hot to warm themselves up and ward off the cold.
Even though Scarface was the leader of a gang, the hot pot he ate was incredibly meager: a large bowl of tofu, a large bowl of sweet potato noodles, and a large pile of wild vegetables dug up from outside the city.
Upon seeing this, Ouyang, the head of the Loyal and Righteous Gang's Zhongtang branch, frowned but said without displeasure:
"Boss, if you're going to let us guys come over for hot pot, at least order some decent dishes, like fish and meat, so we can have some meat too."
The other three hall masters also seized the opportunity to echo this sentiment:
"Yeah, boss, we've been eating wild vegetables and tofu every day, not even a drop of oil. Our mouths are so bland. When can we finally eat meat to our hearts' content?"
“We’re not exactly big shots in the gang, we don’t want to be vegetarians like rabbits every day.”
"By the way, speaking of rabbits, I have a few pieces of cured wild rabbit meat. Do you want me to take them over and cook them?"
Upon hearing about rabbit meat, the people present all showed expressions of disgust.
The main problem is that the only cheap meat available in the market right now is cured rabbit meat, but rabbit meat is low in fat.
Stir-frying rabbit meat with chili peppers and plenty of soybean oil would definitely taste amazing, but it just doesn't feel right for hot pot.
Upon hearing this, the leader of the Knife Gang laughed and scolded, "You should be grateful. In this day and age, you can still eat tofu. In previous years, it would have taken a lot of effort to get a piece of tofu."
"I don't know when it started, but tofu in Goose City has become much cheaper, and my brothers can eat it every now and then."
At this moment, Hall Master Liao, who was in charge of intelligence within the gang, whispered:
"Master Dao, I even sent people to investigate this matter. According to information provided by the owners of several tofu shops in the city, a mysterious force provided them with a large quantity of high-quality, low-priced soybeans, with only one request: to provide delicious tofu to the people of the city at a low price."
"Not only soft tofu, but also dried tofu and fried tofu are much more affordable than before."
Ouyang, the head of the hall, chimed in, "Soybeans on the market are ridiculously cheap. The most common dish at home is boiled beans, with very little oil. But this is fine at first, but who can stand eating it year after year?"
Well, Kong Hao has to take the blame again, since he brought back too many soybeans from abroad.
Over in the Americas, soybeans are so cheap, they're even cheaper than cabbage.
Soybeans are highly nutritious, rich in high-quality protein, and can be prepared in various ways in China. They can also be pressed to extract soybean oil, which is much more cost-effective than transporting grain directly.
Even the most ordinary people in the base area had rosy complexions, which was largely due to their consumption of soybeans.
Actually, there were quite a few soybeans in Northeast China, but they were all occupied by the Japanese invaders. The soybeans grown there were all taken back to China by the invaders, and the people there suffered terribly.
With no other option, Kong Hao used the system space to transport back a massive amount of soybeans and corn, which were then stored in various locations and managed by personnel recruited through the system.
In short, the goal is to ensure that the Chinese people can have enough to eat and live a more comfortable life.
It's understandable that Goose City, being close to our base, could obtain large quantities of cheap soybeans.
"I knew you guys were greedy. Don't worry, I was prepared."
After he finished speaking, he took out four cans of food from a drawer and laid them out on the dining table.
"I knew you gluttons loved meat, so I prepared it for you. There will be one for every two people. I spent a lot of money to get it from the market."
Master Ouyang picked up a can, opened it, glanced inside, and immediately said happily:
"Not bad, not bad, this is braised pork canned food. It's been a while since I've had something like this."
After saying that, he took a deep, ecstatic sniff and exclaimed in admiration:
"It's so fragrant!"
Another hall master exclaimed, "Mine is canned seafood, it's very oily, and this is rare on the market. It costs twice as much as ordinary canned food."
"It seems the boss really went all out this time. Normally, we wouldn't even be willing to buy such good stuff even if we wanted to eat it."
Ordinary people are very frugal and try to save money wherever possible.
Canned seafood is a rare commodity on the market, with a very unique flavor. Since Shanxi Province is located by the sea, it is very difficult to find seafood.
We used to eat salted dried fish, which, to be honest, tasted terrible, and salt wasn't cheap either. A lot of dried fish was just sun-dried.
The most popular seafood on the market right now is canned seafood, mainly because a lot of the fish is deep-fried, making it incredibly crispy.
Of course, most importantly, fish contains a lot of oil, which is exactly the nutrients that the Chinese people urgently need.
Heavy oil and salt, combined with delicious flavor, make it a favorite of everyone.
Meanwhile, the canned goods transported to the enemy-occupied areas were without any markings or production dates; they were simply made of a smooth piece of tinplate.
This was something Kong Hao did intentionally, since any markings on the cans would inadvertently reveal a lot of information.
For example, the material used for printing labels, the choice of font, and the production date, etc.
The Japanese intelligence agencies will definitely try every means to investigate, and it will be a troublesome matter once the overseas bases in Australia are exposed.
Although Kong Hao had prepared countermeasures in advance, it's always better to avoid a little trouble.
Given China's current population, no matter how much canned food is produced, it will be consumed completely in a short period of time.
Another point is that any labeling costs money. Instead of wasting time on that, it would be better to produce more canned goods, as the public needs all kinds of canned goods the most.