Invade?

Zhang Xun rolled his eyes, feeling a little ridiculous.

The only way to solve the problem of the famous domestic food problem and the student of the economist is aggression?

Aggression solves the problem, and I still have to ask others?

Zhang Xun showed a helpless look on her face, and the short-haired girl was a little dissatisfied, feeling that her very serious suggestion had been ignored, so she explained patiently: " According to what you said, it is impossible to be self-sufficient in the country where there are no cultivation conditions at all, no matter how resourceful you have, you can't let wheat grow on the stones, since the country can't cultivate at all, then you can only rely on trade imports if you want food, and trade imports will inevitably damage national food security, and this is not only for you said, even if the republic has been a large agricultural country in history, there are still serious food security problems. ”

Perhaps to support her words, Xu Xiandong's voice in front of her floated over appropriately: "...... In fact, since the beginning of the new century, China's imports of soybeans have been increasing, and this alone has caused China's grain self-sufficiency rate to drop by 5 percent...... Considering the problem of grain imports, it is necessary not only to calculate the quantity of imports, but also to calculate the amount of cultivated land that needs to be invested if it is produced domestically, and all the planting products are competing for land with grain, such a problem is very serious, in addition to the problem of arable land and water sources, China is one of the thirteen water-poor countries in the world, and agriculture lacks 30 billion cubic meters of water every year...... Therefore, the issue of food security has always been a national and global problem. ”

The short-haired girl said lightly: "Even the ancient farming countries are still facing food security problems, isn't the land you said has no cultivation conditions even more incomprehensible? Experts are not magicians, so they can't conjure up arable land for you." ”

Zhang Xun wanted to say that magicians can't conjure up arable land, but hesitated, or said, "What about changing it economically?"

"It can only be alleviated, but it cannot be changed at the root. ”

Zhang Xun fell silent.

He had to admit that this truth was right, just like he was now forcibly raising the country's finances through the sale of metallurgical products and the sale of Jenny machines, and importing grain from other kingdoms, this was just an expedient measure.

"And the other problem is that even if you have money, there won't be enough food in circulation on the international market to sell you. The short-haired girl stabbed her eyes again.

This sentence is somewhat different from Zhang Xun's established impression.

In his thoughts, the international is a very vast ocean, and the trade between countries is also a huge amount of trading, which is a huge market, but at the moment the other party says that the goods circulating in the market are really limited.

You can't even buy it with money.

Seeing Zhang Xun's confused expression, the girl sighed and said slowly: "The republic has a population of 1.4 billion. ”

……

Zhang Xun's doubts suddenly dissipated.

There is such a thing in China, and there are quite a few things that are not a problem, but when they are associated with 1.4 billion, they become a big problem.

How much does the 1.4 billion people need to consume every day?

And how much surplus food can be produced internationally?

I can't afford it, I really can't afford it.

……

"Therefore, in the situation that the country is not self-sufficient at all, relying on imports is equivalent to handing over the door to others, if you want to be independent, you must achieve basic self-sufficiency, at the very least, there must be this 'basic', if you don't even have the basics, then in addition to being a vassal, what else can you do? For example, if your country suddenly becomes a threat, what will the rest of the country do? Of course, it is a tacit sanction against you, right?" said the short-haired girl slowly, her tone with a calm tone that did not look like it looked.

"So, there is no other way but to invade. ”

I have to say that the short haired girl's later words directly stimulated Zhang Xun.

It is precisely this situation that Eagle Yang is facing, in the past, it was imported from many countries at the same time, that is because similar to the east and north have hoped that Eagle Yang exists, which has formed a barrier, but when this barrier suddenly shows its edge, what should I do?

What are the ideas of the other kingdoms today?

Will it be through food to restrain the eagle?

Not to mention anything else, I'm afraid there will be no way to import grain from the west this year, the south, it's hard to say, the king of the south is very greedy, if you spend more money, it should be okay, but what about the future?

With the upgrading of the eagle, what will happen to the national strength after it becomes stronger? Will it be sanctioned by grain?

Zhang Xun didn't think of this question until this time, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

He was not a natural king after all, and there were still too many things to think about.

"But...... Aggression ......"

Zhang Xun's face changed, and for the people of the Republic, the word aggression has a different color.

It's also more complicated, not just in modern times.

If the land is concerned, the ancestors have been invaded many times, and of course, they have also played the role of brutal and bloody invaders.

If it is based on ethnicity......

Well, you can't look at it that way in the context of national unity, right?

In short, putting the word aggression on the international level is also a derogatory term in the absolute sense of the word.

Zhang Xun was instinctively unwilling to become an aggressor, and as for the occupation of the bridgehead, he only thought that it was the interest charged.

In a very different sense from aggression.

The girl looked meaningfully at the young king's face as the June clouds and rain in the seat next to her, and smiled without saying a word.

"Is there any other way besides aggression?" Zhang Xun squeezed out this sentence for a long time.

The girl blinked quietly, and Zhang Xun realized that the eyelashes she was hiding behind the frame were really long.

"Yes. ”

"What?"

"You're talking about the Middle Ages, right? Since it's the Middle Ages, it's monogamy, right? The king's heirs are very rare, right? Do you remember the cats I mentioned yesterday?"

Zhang Xun suddenly fell into confusion, thinking to himself, why are your thoughts so jumping, we are talking about a very serious question, what cat?

"In order to avoid the interruption of reproduction caused by excessive mortality, the ancient emperors of the Republic included a large number of concubines, one of the reasons is to increase the number of offspring and ensure reproduction, which is the same as the idea of cats, but cats can only do it by having multiple births and multiple births, and people can only increase the number of mothers. ”

However, in medieval Europe, for some reason, the king was unable to do this, so it was easy for a kingdom to have no heirs, so it was ...... If you've read history, you should have noticed that at that time, if a kingdom broke off the succession, the people would invite the kings of other kingdoms that were related by blood to be their kings, well, you know what I mean?"

Zhang Xun remained motionless for a while, and then his eyes lit up and he said, "This is a peaceful annex." ”