After listening to Gao Shize's speech, everyone nodded again and again, sure enough, they were professionals, and what they said was also orderly, the evidence was sufficient, and it was to the point, and it was definitely not something that a layman could say.

Wang Yunpeng couldn't help muttering: "But in the old time and space, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, grain output has indeed increased every year, so it is said that the implementation of land reform and the reform of the household responsibility system has stimulated the peasants' enthusiasm for production, and is it the key factor for improving agricultural production?"

Gao Shize said: "Director Wang, I have never denied the great significance of land reform and the reform of the household contract responsibility system, and these two reforms have indeed improved the enthusiasm of farmers, but the basis for the increase in agricultural output is the popularization and widespread application of chemical fertilizers, which is in line with the scientific concept of development." After the founding of the People's Republic of China in the old time and space, our grain output has indeed increased every year, but this increase refers to the total grain output, because after the founding of the People's Republic of China, we have also been reclaiming wasteland on a large scale, enclosing lakes to create fields, enclosing the sea to create fields, destroying forests and fields, etc., all the means that can be used have been used, and all the land that can be cultivated has been opened, even at the expense of destroying the natural environment and destroying the ecological balance, so that the total amount of land has increased, and the total amount of grain has naturally gone up, but the average yield per mu is still hovering below 100 kilograms. ”

"And with the increase in the total output of grain, China's total population is also increasing, by the 80s, the total population has broken through the 1 billion mark, so the per capita cultivated land is also declining sharply, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China there were 3 acres of cultivated land per capita, but in 1974 it has dropped to 2 acres of cultivated land per capita, and after entering the 80s, it has dropped to less than 1.8 acres of cultivated land per capita, which is already an internationally recognized danger line, and at this time the wasteland that can be developed in the country has almost been exhausted, and the means that can be used under natural conditions have been exhausted, fortunately at this timeIn the 60s, almost all counties in the country popularized small fertilizer factories, and in the 70s, the '43 program', and from the United States, the Netherlands, France, and Japan introduced synthetic ammonia technology, and built a rural power grid, and finally used chemical fertilizer to solve the problem of poor land, and used water pumps to deal with drought and flood, so that the field output reached an unprecedented 240 kilograms, and China finally solved the problem of eating on the threshold of 1 billion people. This laid a solid foundation for the subsequent economic leap. ”

"After entering the new century, although China's per capita cultivated land area is still declining step by step, but the yield per mu is still increasing, and due to the rapid development of the economy, China also has enough funds to buy grain abroad, not only becoming the world's largest grain importer, but also renting a large amount of land abroad, according to foreign media reports, China in 2010, the land leased abroad has reached 210 trillion mu, so since the 80s, China has never had a food crisis, which is already a quite remarkable achievement。 But what would be the result if China did not rely on the heavy industry system in the 80s to complete the threshold of popularizing chemical fertilizers. Probably India is a comparable object, when we crossed, the population of our country and India is roughly the same, but the amount of arable land in India is nearly twice that of our country, and most of India is in the subtropical region, the sunshine and rain are abundant, and the natural conditions are better than our country, but the average grain yield per mu in India is only more than 100 kilograms, so although India has such good agricultural conditions, it is still hovering on the subsistence line, and there is no famine from time to time. ”

Gao Shi was born as a farmer, so he was very familiar with these history and data related to agriculture, and it was a long list of casual words, but it was very convincing. Everyone was convinced, and on the other hand, they understood how difficult it was in the early days of the founding of the country in the old time and space.

At this time, Xia Bohai said: "But in this era, we should not be able to produce chemical fertilizer in a short period of time, so has the senior field manager considered it, how should our agriculture develop?"

Gao Shi said: " In fact, it is not long before the invention of chemical fertilizer, according to the old time and space history, the technology of synthetic ammonia was invented by the German chemist Haber around 1910, and large-scale industrial production can be carried out around 1915, and ammonia is an important raw material for the production of nitrogen fertilizer, as long as the synthetic ammonia technology is available, we can use synthetic ammonia to manufacture urea, so if we complete the basic industrialization within five years, and then immediately establish a project to study the technology of synthetic ammonia, there is a development cycle of about 8-10 years, and we should be able to complete the technological breakthrough of synthetic ammonia, after all, we are not lacking in theoretical experience, and if we have a good relationship with Germany at that timeAs long as we can stick to this development cycle, and when the synthetic ammonia industry develops, we can produce chemical fertilizers on a large scale, and then our food problem can be solved. ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "But even if this is the case, I think it will take at least 10-15 years to produce fertilizers, and can we hold on until a breakthrough in ammonia technology is made?"

Gao Shi said with confidence: " Of course, first of all, we are now carrying out land reform, although land reform cannot greatly increase agricultural production, but it can indeed greatly increase the peasants' enthusiasm for production, and without the intermediary coercion of the landlords, the actual income of the peasants can be increased to a certain extent, so the stimulating effect brought about by the land reform can be maintained for at least five years, and in these five years, on the one hand, we will try our best to increase agricultural output, and on the other hand, we will try our best to open up wasteland and expand the area of cultivated land, so that in the case that the output per mu has not increased significantly, we will increase the total grain output, and in addition, we will try our best to purchase more grain from outside the country to ensure that the stock is sufficientAs long as there are no large-scale natural disasters or large-scale wars, it is completely possible to persist for 10-15 years. ”

Xia Bohai pondered for a while, Gao Shize's opinion is really good, but it is impossible to ensure that there will be no large-scale war in the next 10-15 years, not to mention anything else, if the Russo-Japanese War really occurred in 1904, then it would be difficult for the crossing group to stay out of the matter, but today's conversation with Gao Shize also gave Xia Bohai a further understanding of the actual situation of this era, so when formulating plans and arrangements for dealing with the Russo-Japanese War, it will also be considered more thorough and detailed. Of course, it is not yet time to bring up these things, so Xia Bohai said: "Director Gao, this exchange with you has really benefited us a lot, so that we have a clear understanding of agricultural production, and we will not make principled mistakes when making major decisions in the future." It seems that letting you be a farm manager is really overkill, and people like you should have more room for development, which is a mistake of our executive committee. ”

Gao Shi hurriedly said: "There, there, I am just a farmer, I can't do anything else, but I have planted the land all my life, so it is just right to be a farm manager, and I can't do other jobs?"

Xia Bohai shook his head and said, "No, the senior field chief is too modest, you should have a position that can give full play to your abilities, and we also need talents like you." As you know, the new leadership team will be decided before the end of the year, and if we can continue to hold the leadership position, I hope that you will be the Minister of Agriculture of the new government, I wonder what your attitude is?"

Gao Shize couldn't help but be taken aback, and said, "Isn't there someone in the Minister of Agriculture?"

Qin Zheng said: "Some people can also be replaced, we are not engaged in a lifelong system, after the establishment of the new leadership group, there will definitely be some personnel adjustments, although the current Minister of Agriculture Comrade Zeng Dong is working very hard, but first, he is too young, still need to experience; second, he is not a professional after all, so if we can be elected, we plan to let him go to the local area to temper some time, and the best candidate for the Minister of Agriculture is of course the head of the high field. ”

Gao Shi was silent for a while, in fact, Gao Shi knew very well that several people in the Ministry of Agriculture were laymen, and they would definitely not work in this position for too long, and he was indeed the best candidate to be the Minister of Agriculture, and Gao Shi would naturally not be willing to work in the position of a farm director. And in the crossing group, he has a huge family support, and with such good conditions, of course he can do more, so as early as when he first became the director of the farm, he had already aimed at the position of the minister of agriculture.

However, although Gao Shi has always said that he was a farmer in the old time and space, in fact, this is not wrong, but farmers are also divided into many kinds, 30 acres of land and a cow, wife and children are farmers, and a large farm with 1,000 acres of land, with 6 or 70 employees, and more than 20 agricultural machinery for mechanized farming, is also a farmer, and Gao Shi is of course a farmer who belongs to the latter type. Such a farmer, whether it is social status, knowledge, experience, vision is not comparable to ordinary people, Gao Shize's farm in the old time and space, is a model of agricultural modernization in the county and city, I am also a frequent visitor in the county and city, and the county and city leaders can be called brothers, so Gao Shize is no stranger to the officialdom.

And Gao Shi is also almost 50 years old, of course, he will not be as rough and impatient as young people, and many years of farm life, but also make Gao Shize's personality tend to be pragmatic and stable, his family is huge, which is both an advantage, but also a disadvantage, because in the eye-catching, easy to become the target of the public, so in the early stage of the group should not be exposed, Gao Shi on the one hand arranged for the family to work in other departments, although most of the work is engaged in the middle and lower levels, but it is to lay the grassroots, and at the same time strive to run two farms, after all, this is the family's largest capital, but also the best way to accumulate performance, for the future of the family's accumulation of preparation。

But the opportunity came so soon, so that Gao Shi was a little unexpected, and for a while he couldn't judge whether taking over the Ministry of Agriculture now was good or bad for his family, and it took time to divide the pros and cons, so Gao Shi said: "Commander, political commissar, this news is too sudden, can you let me think about it for a few days?"

Xia Bohai nodded, and was more pleased with Gao Shi's solemn and calm attitude, and said: "Yes, we will still stay in Qingdao for 3 or 4 days, I hope that during this time, you can give us a clear answer." ”