"After we settled the Shandong army, if we wanted to attack Taiwan, our subordinates thought that we could first dispatch our troops to the northeast with great fanfare, so that we mistakenly thought that our next target was the northeast and even North Korea. In this way, the attention of the political axe can be shifted to the northeast and North Korea, and then the east and west can be used to recover Taiwan in one fell swoop. Chen Xuanyu said after looking at the map for a while.

"Well, that's a good idea." Xia Jun nodded.

If it is fought in these places in North Korea, Xia Jun can let go of his hands and feet to fight with Xiao Yueben, but Taiwan is different, first of all, it is China's territory. In addition, Taiwan is an island, and the East China Army is fighting a landing war, which is not very easy to fight, and once it is said that the enemy is prepared, the casualties of the landing battle will rise by a large margin.

Therefore, it is a good way to make the east and the west relax.

"In addition, the navy and the army must do a good job of the landing exercise, otherwise there will be chaos during the landing." Xia Jun was still worried about the landing issue, after all, the East China Army did not have any experience in landing warfare.

Landfall is the most vulnerable moment and the terrain most prone to high casualties.

"The Air Force should also equip all-metal heavy three-engine tactical bombers as soon as possible, and the support of tactical bombers is indispensable for landing in Taiwan."

"Yes, Headmaster." Zheng Chengtao responded.

"It's time to eat." Mei'er shouted outside, Xia Jun smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go eat!" ”

The people walked out of the small room, sat down at the table, and began to eat.

The people are not too homogeneous, the backbone of the army is still in Shandong, and they have not even returned for the New Year, and the soldiers on the front line have also not returned home for the New Year.

Xia Jun decided to go to Shandong on the 14th day of the first month to visit the soldiers on the front line, and planned to have a reunion dinner with the soldiers on the 15th day of the first month, which was a must.

The meals are relatively ordinary, they are all home-cooked dishes, Xia Jun usually does not pursue the luxury of eating, it is enough to supplement the necessary nutrients, he doesn't want to become fat.

Even if he eats and drinks nonsense, no one accuses him of corruption, after all, Xia Jun has set up a group by himself, but even so, there is some suspicion of using public welfare for personal gain.

The mission of the East China Group is only to provide finance for the political axe and the industrial base for private enterprises.

Although Xia Jun's life is not simple, it is already very simple in terms of this identity and height, which makes the top leaders of the three armed forces below dare not have the slightest luxury, let alone the various administrative departments.

From the second to the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the high-level leaders of the political axe, military and political circles in East China all went to Xia Jun's house to have a family banquet, which was very good for contacting feelings.

At the same time, people from all walks of life are also among them, and people who receive invitations will come no matter how busy they are, and it is a very rare opportunity and honor to have dinner with the chairman.

In addition, Xia Jun also visited the families of martyrs and families in need, as well as workers from various industries who still stick to their posts during the Spring Festival.

Although these are some showmanship, they must be done, which can bring organizational care to people, especially those families of martyrs, all local political axes must also visit during the Spring Festival, and the families of martyrs must try their best to help them solve any troubles.

On the morning of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Xia Jun got on the plane, which was a mosquito bomber converted into a passenger plane, and these passenger planes were all classified as secrets.

On the plane, just a few hours, Xia Jun arrived in Shandong, and on the plane, Xia Jun saw many supply convoys transporting all kinds of food to Shandong, which was a sumptuous feast for the army on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

When he arrived at the barracks, Xia Jun saw that many steamers had been set up outside the barracks, and a large number of cooks were busy preparing for next year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

...... "Hey, guess what I just saw." A soldier received some ammunition from the quartermaster and returned to the camp and excitedly said to his comrades in the squad.

"See your daughter-in-law?"

"I still see your daughter-in-law!"

"Huh! So what do you see? ”

"I saw the SS, and the chairman may have come to the front."

"Really?"

"I lied to you and didn't have a dime to benefit."

"Turn on the radio quickly, the chairman of the committee will definitely broadcast it when he comes to the front line."

…… The news of the chairman's arrival at the front soon spread throughout the army, and the officers and men of the whole army were very excited, and they could not help but feel a trace of warmth in this cold early spring.

The heavy snow in Shandong has stopped, and the earth is white and vast as far as the eye can see, and because of the Spring Festival, the howling Siberian cold wind has converged a lot, which is much better than winter.

Xia Jun gathered with the army officers on the front line for a long time, and then began to visit the grassroots soldiers on the front line, and had a reunion dinner with the soldiers on the front line the next day.

The soldiers of the battalions on the front line turned on the radio when they ate the regimental dinner, and Xia Jun talked to them on the radio and toasted to them.

This made all the officers and men feel the care of the organization and strengthened their conviction in combat.

They will fight for the nation, for the homeland, for revival!

…… When Xia Jun returned to Hangzhou, those financial experts finally gave a plan for gold reserves, and Chen Guangfu made a report to Xia Jun on the plan.

"After several meetings, we came up with a relatively sound plan." Chen Guangfu reported to Xia Jun: "That is, 1,500 tons of gold will be stored in the early stage, and then 300 tons of gold will be added year by year. If circumstances permit, we can continue to increase our reserves and thus reduce our foreign exchange reserves. ”

"Fifteen million tonnes of gold, how many pounds is it worth now?" Xia Jun asked.

"The previous 1,500 tonnes of gold, worth about £180 million, have now depreciated slightly." Chen Guangfu said.

"Hmmm! It looks like the British are coming to an end. Xia Jun took a sip of tea and said lightly, "Since you feel that this plan is more secure, then implement it according to this plan!" ”

Xia Jun approved this plan, although the gold reserves of 15 million tons are not too much, but they are a lot, at least they can reduce the foreign exchange reserves a lot.

Storing someone else's currency is undoubtedly paying seigniorage to other countries.

However, foreign exchange still needs to be reserved, after all, gold cannot be used to buy things, and the foreign exchange reserves are mainly used to buy goods from other countries.

As the value of production became higher and higher, there was not enough gold and all the silver in the world to replace commodities, and it was time for gold to be nationalized.

For the time being, there is no need for gold to be nationalized, because now precious metals are flowing into China, and there is no outflow of precious metals.

Other countries do not currently have restrictions on the exchange of gold, and China can continue to exchange precious metals from other countries and then ship them back home, especially in this world war.

This is also the reason why Xia Jun vigorously develops foreign trade at this time, and he can still get precious metals through trade, but he will not be able to get them in the future.

Just like the dollar in later generations, China has stored so much foreign exchange in US dollars, and as a result, it cannot buy anything meaningful. If you want to buy American land, the United States will not sell it, and if you want to buy American high-tech products, the United States will not sell it.

As far as gold reserves are concerned, the current East China Autonomous Political Axe is relatively rich, and the current orders have received 1.2 billion pounds, and after completing these orders, the East China Autonomous Political Axe and the East China Group can have nearly 800 million pounds of income, if all of them are exchanged for gold, it is more than 6,500 tons of gold, which is the money must be used for development, who will take all the money to reserve gold.

…… After the Spring Festival, spring sowing will soon begin, this year's spring sowing is different from previous years, the East China Autonomous Political Axe will be the Northeast Plain, the Hanjiang River Plain of the two lakes, the Dongting Lake Plain, and the Sichuan Plain into the scope of machine farming.

At the end of last year, the agricultural reclamation companies received a large number of loans, and the East China Autonomous Political Axe even used some of the political axe's financial income to lend to these agricultural reclamation companies.

Xia Jun is exchanged for a large number of agricultural machinery, at the same time the factory has also produced a large number of agricultural machinery, due to years of points investment, the current East China Group has been able to produce large combine harvesters, but the output is not large.

Whether it is the Northeast Plain, the Hanjiang River Plain, or the Dongting Lake Plain or the Sichuan Plain, they are all large plains.

Among these plains, the Northeast Plain is dominated by soybeans, rice, and corn, and the rice produced in the Northeast Plain is of high quality and belongs to high-quality rice.

The Sichuan Plain, the Hanjiang River Plain, and the Dongting Lake Plain are mainly planted with corn and rice.

The company did not develop all of these plains, but only a part of them, and many areas were not involved.

The area planted in spring this year is 150 million mu, which is enough to supply 90 percent of China's needs in two seasons.

The rice cultivation area has basically completely shifted to the two lakes, and rice is rarely cultivated in the seven provinces of East China, but has begun to shift to cash crops and corn.

In addition to rice, the two lakes and other cultivated land in Sichuan are grown with forage corn, and the reclamation companies do not lease all of the land, but only some of it, which is relatively close to the railway line.

In North and Central China, the cotton planting area increased to 100 million mu, an increase of 40 million mu over last year, while the wheat planting area increased to 400 million mu.

The total planting area of cash crops will be expanded to 300 million mu this year, while the area of Chinese plantations in Nanyang will increase to 8 million mu.

In addition, the area of forest land has increased to one billion mu, and the Ministry of Agriculture of East China has converted a lot of land into forest land, which is mainly in the mountainous areas, of which 600 million mu of artificial forests are planted, and 400 million mu of primary forests are retained, and these primary forests have been designated as animal sanctuaries.

At this time, the East China Autonomous Government prohibits the cultivation of land without permission, and all land reclamation needs to be applied for first, and most of the barren mountains have been transformed into woodlands or orchards.

This year's large increase in grain planting area means that the autonomous government in East China will take the initiative to cut down on the self-cultivated farmers and landowners who use backward productive forces to grow grain.

There are only two ways out, one is to stop growing food, but to switch to cash crops. The second is to sell the land and become a worker or a capitalist.

At the same time, food crops are also used to impact the agriculture of other countries.

(To be continued)