The only way there's too much meat is if someone's share of the market is suffering and they want protectionism. So, not a "too much meat" issue at all.Excess meat? Make jerky? Cure it? There is never too much meat.
Finally the lost chapters
If you about his handcuffs on the volume cover, then you are wrong. Take it from the one who seen raws and read novel. Besides, we still in volume 5 but that cover is for volume 9. So buckle up because...Rage… growing.
Then again, he chose to get locked in to this might makes right society.
Still have to deal with the current surplus though. Time to speak with the travelling merchants, and firms with out of town holdings.I'm guessing the problem is that MC adventurers are overproducing and flood the market with monsters parts.
Thet teams use it to show they are the best, and he have to make them work some way, can't simply stop them.
Maybe a schedule with more pauses, or less expeditiuons.