"Our feed factory here has a daily output of about 15 tons, which is mainly supplied to farmers in Changzhou." Zhang Li walked to Xu Qiang and said, "Next, we plan to increase investment and build a large feed factory with a daily output of 300 tons. The business scope will also be expanded to the whole country, so we hope to have a new product with strong market competitiveness..."

"This is very simple." Xu Qiang said lightly.

"Very simple?" When Zhang Li heard Xu Qiang say this, a hint of surprise suddenly flashed across her face.

"That's right. It's not difficult for me to develop feed." Xu Qiang turned his head and glanced at Zhang Li, and said, "Just give me a week, and I can come up with a new set of feed production technology."

Xu Qiang naturally attached great importance to this being his first time to provide technical support to township enterprises. As long as this project was successful, there would be more and more opportunities for cooperation between the two sides, and Xu Qiang would make more and more money.

However, feed is not difficult for Xu Qiang. In his previous life, he mastered the formulas of several best-selling feeds, including roughage, green feed, silage, energy feed and protein feed.

As for feed additives, there are even more types, including vitamin additives, trace element additives, amino acid additives, calcium formate additives, bile acid additives, etc. These are common feed additives in later generations.

In terms of feed product classification, it is divided into complete feed, premix and concentrate.

Among them, complete feed is the most convenient to use, and has low moisture content, making it easy to store. The only disadvantage is that it is more expensive than concentrated feed and premix.

Therefore, usually only large pig farms use complete feeds, while for ordinary farmers, it is more economical to use premixes and concentrated feeds.

But in fact, in later generations, even some old farmers still cannot tell the difference between complete feed, premix and concentrated feed. So in Xu Qiang's opinion, it is more in line with the current market environment to develop a complete feed that is easy to use.

Moreover, Xu Qiang has mastered a very good complete feed production process. Not only is the cost relatively low, the fattening effect is also very good, and the time to market is short. The only drawback is that the meat has a fattening phenomenon, but in this era, it does not seem to be a drawback.

"One week?" Zhang Li was even more surprised and asked, "So fast? How about I take you to a few other feed factories to have a look?"

Before, Zhang Li had also received other experts who inspected various township enterprises. Without exception, they needed multiple inspections to determine the design ideas for the product projects. However, Xu Qiang only took a look at the feed production workshop and already had a product design plan, which obviously exceeded Zhang Li's expectations.

"I don't think it's necessary."

"Have you studied feed products before?" Zhang Li obviously didn't believe that Xu Qiang had such advanced feed technology.

"I do know a little bit, but not too much."

"I've read some reports about foreign feed before. They say that the feed industry in developed countries is quite powerful. It takes more than half a year to fatten a pig and it can also prevent diseases. Can you make such feed?" Zhang Li asked again.

"The feed I make is definitely not worse than the ones made abroad. The principle of feed is the same, and it's actually not that complicated." Xu Qiang glanced at Zhang Li, smiled slightly and said, "As for disease prevention, we just need to add some medicine to the feed. It's not difficult."

"I see..." Zhang Li nodded.

"Also, you need to increase the equipment here. I will give you a design plan for a feed processing production line, and you can purchase the equipment according to this plan." Xu Qiang said after thinking for a while.

According to what Zhang Li said before, they will increase investment to increase the daily output of the feed factory here from 15 tons to 300 tons, which is a twenty-fold increase in production capacity, so an automated production line is necessary.

In fact, the feed production line is much simpler than that of other chemical products. In terms of feed processing, most of them use processes such as crushing, fermentation, ripening, and drying. The technical difficulty is not high. If you just want to increase production, you just need to improve the automation of the production line.

In the later stage, there is another kind of liquid feed that is also very popular. This kind of feed has higher requirements on equipment, but considering the current situation of the domestic feed market, Xu Qiang does not want to sell such high-end feed products to the CZ Municipal Government at the beginning.

In addition, when dealing with these local governments, Xu Qiang also needs to keep some backhands. He can sell them some good things, but he must have better things in his hands to counter. Once the other party breaks the contract and does not pay, Xu Qiang can cooperate with his opponent with better products, so that their previous investment will go down the drain. "Can you make a batch of feed samples first? At least this way we can verify whether this feed is safe and reliable." Zhang Li looked at Xu Qiang and said.

It is inevitable that no one would dare to invest huge sums of money to purchase a manufacturing production line before the samples have been tested.

"Of course, no problem." Xu Qiang pointed to the row of fermentation tanks in the workshop and said, "In fact, the feed you produce is not bad. It smells good, which means the quality is very good. But if you want to mass-produce it, this production model will not work. The fermentation period of 24 days is too long. Normally, in a modern feed factory, the fermentation time of the prepared feed should be controlled at about 48 to hours..."

"24 hours!?" Hearing Xu Qiang's words, the director of the feed factory was stunned and said repeatedly: "How is this possible? Our factory's technology is already very good. If other manufacturers ferment the feed, it will take at least days. We have done very well..."

"Are you only interested in the few feed factories in your city?" Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "Do you know what probiotics are? Do you know what oxygen-enriched fermentation is? Do you know what pressurized fermentation is?"

"This... I haven't heard of it." Upon hearing this, the director of the feed factory immediately shook his head.

Zhang Li, who was standing by, suddenly brightened up when she heard this.

"Your factory's products are actually quite good, but they are only suitable for supplying local small and medium-sized breeders. If you want to sell them nationwide, you must control costs and increase production, while also improving the quality and function of the feed." Xu Qiang paused, then said, "I'll go back to Shanghai to prepare and will be back in a few days. I will then guide you in producing a batch of feed. If you think the product is good, then we can talk about equipment."

"Well... okay." Seeing this, Zhang Li had no choice but to lead Xu Qiang away.

Now that he already had the design idea for the new product, Xu Qiang didn't want to waste any time.

In fact, according to Zhang Li's plan, she wanted to take Xu Qiang to visit the three largest feed factories in the area, and also planned to let him go to the village to see the situation of the farmers there, so as to help him better develop products.

However, Xu Qiang's self-confidence was obviously very strong, so at this time, she had no choice but to terminate her previous trip and return directly to Changzhou.

After having a simple lunch at the Changzhou Guesthouse, Xu Qiang took a special car back to Shanghai.

In Mayor CZ's office, Zhang Li was sitting on the sofa, reporting on her morning work.

"...You mean Xu Qiang only visited a feed factory and is going back to Shanghai?" Mayor Xue Zhiqin asked with a frown after listening to Zhang Li's work report.

"I think he is very confident, at least on the surface." Zhang Li stretched out her slender fingers, looked at the red that had just been painted on her nails, and said lightly.

"Why do I always feel that Xu Qiang is unreliable?" Xue Zhiqin pondered for a moment, then continued, "We specially arranged for him to visit the feed factory, but he left after less than ten minutes, and didn't even ask about the production situation. Could it be that he knows more about feed and doesn't need to see these things at all?"

"I don't know the specific situation, but I feel that he is different from the experts we met before." Zhang Li glanced at Xue Zhiqin and continued, "The old experts we cooperated with before were all very humble and spoke very carefully, but Xu Qiang felt more like a businessman. All he talked to me about was money. He is very smart, but very mercenary..."

"Hahaha, if he wasn't such a person, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to seek cooperation with us." Xue Zhiqin said with a smile when he heard this.

"To be honest, I still admire people like him. He is bold, honest, and can put everything on the table. It's easy to deal with him. The only bad thing about him is that he is a little too arrogant." Zhang Li paused and continued, "I always think that capable people should be low-key. This is the first time I've seen an expert like him..."

"Do you think he can help us develop new feed products?" Xue Zhiqin asked.

"It's hard to say..." Zhang Li shook her head gently and said, "When he was at the feed factory, he made a very clear statement, but I don't think it's an easy thing. I've read about foreign feed products before. They have been engaged in the research and development of feed technology for a long time. But even so, the research and development costs of each new product are more than one million US dollars. No matter how good Xu Qiang is, he can't compare to foreign experts, right?"

"That makes sense." Xue Zhiqin nodded, and after a moment he said, "Then wait for him for a week and see what kind of products he can bring to us. If his products are really good, we can strengthen cooperation with him. If they are just for show, we should also stop the loss in time..." (End of this chapter)