Back when he was in Shanghuan Village, Chen Ming had only thought Old Jack was quite capable at managing the village. He had never realized that Old Jack possessed such business talent as well. After learning about Holy Soul City's current overall situation, Chen Ming was in a good mood.
"I happen to have a few more technologies here. I'll bring them out together..."
Because Holy Soul City's conditions were better than expected, Chen Ming reconsidered his plans, made some slight adjustments, and introduced several new industrial technologies.
The area around Holy Soul City was a major grain-producing region, so there was plenty of surplus grain. This grain could be used for brewing alcohol or producing various byproducts. High-proof alcohol could not only be made into liquor for sale, but was also an exceptionally valuable strategic resource. It could be used medically or put to industrial use.
Although the area was unsuitable for growing sugarcane, there were sugar beets that could be used to refine white sugar. There was no need to say more about that—it was also a strategic resource.
The only slightly unfortunate thing was that the area around Holy Soul Village was neither near the sea nor home to any large salt mines. They could only import coarse salt, purify it, and sell refined salt. In the end, it was still somewhat inferior to directly boiling seawater and drying salt.
The products produced by these three technologies had to be placed under strict control. As for other technologies, such as glassmaking and soapmaking, they were somewhat less important, but they still could not be casually disclosed.
Only the Makeshift Blast-Furnace Steelmaking technology was something Chen Ming decided to loosen restrictions on a little. He would use it to replace the tools throughout his territory and lay the