"In fact, what worries me the most is the grain problem in our Soviet Union, this year sixty percent of the land in Siberia has not been harvested, there is a big problem with the food supply, we can use the policy to adjust the agricultural problem, but it will take time!" Khrushchev looked at Brezhnev and Serov with a heavy gaze, and the other two had nothing to do with this.

Since Serov had made an early inventory of the historical corn problem and did not allow the food problem to continue to worsen two years later, the report made it very clear that the cold climate in Siberia did not have enough sunshine, and even if you planted corn, you would not harvest anything. Although Khrushchev has always advocated the theory of will, he has no way to deal with the weather in the Soviet Union.

This year, millions of hectares of land in Siberia will not be harvested, but will bear bare sticks. As for how many cadres to deal with, regardless of his affairs, Khrushchev himself has to take the blame for this matter. If the problem of corn is aside, Khrushchev's agrarian reform should have led to a slight increase in grain production, but with the corn movement, the corn planting area has already occupied one-sixth of the arable land in the Soviet Union, and the huge losses in this area make it impossible to show the bright spots in other directions.

"It's nothing, if the situation doesn't get worse, I have a way to solve the food problem." Serov said lightly, this sentence instantly attracted the attention of Khrushchev and Brezhnev, especially Brezhnev, if it were someone else, Brezhnev would have prepared in advance for next year's shooting quota, but because he had just felt Serov's reverse thinking from solving the meat problem, he could see that Serov had just worked hard in Kazakh, and he would start preparing the coffin later.

The most pressing issue facing the first secretary was the Soviet Union's agricultural problem, specifically grain, which has always been the Soviet Union's shortcoming. Of course, agriculture was not strong during the Russian Empire, and now compared to that time, the Soviet Union has less Polish plains, but the population is 20 million more, and it is also facing a shortage of labor, and the men born after World War II have not yet reached adulthood. The population of the USSR was not enough to grasp industry at the same time, and at the same time to do agriculture very well. In some state farms, there is a situation where no one uses agricultural machinery.

Regardless of what Brezhnev thought, Khrushchev, as the first secretary, was most concerned about the agricultural issue, and immediately said, "Yuri, you must know that our agricultural problems are very serious, and we have a huge food shortage, do you really have a solution?" ”

"At the same time as promoting the maize campaign in my country, I was also known for my personal relationship with General Aboud, the Sudanese junta. So at the same time, the corn campaign was carried out simultaneously throughout Sudan, according to the report of Academician Sukachev, the national corn planting area in Sudan is 4.8 million hectares, because of the geographical conditions and good temperature in Sudan, this year's corn harvest has been bumper, two months ago I have applied for assistance to the arid zone in northern Sudan as a Sudanese warehouse, all grain along the Nile River is stored in the desert area in the north, less than 100 kilometers away from our Aswan military base. Serov explained the whole thing in detail. I have not forgotten to say that under the influence of Khrushchev, I insisted on the orders of the first secretary to provide assistance to the Sultan. Only then will Sudan achieve the results of a bumper grain harvest. It is true that the Soviet Union is not an agricultural power, but it is at least better than the slash-and-burn natives of the Sudan, not to mention that Serov constantly sent people to encourage the Sudan's soldiers, almost forcing the peasants to take care of the land with bayonets, and finally achieved a rich return.

The good corn harvest in Sudan can be explained by Serov's desire to pat himself on the back. It is also the most appropriate explanation. The climate in Sudan is very suitable for corn growth, and this year's weather is good, which is just right for Serov to meet the dead mouse. This is much easier to believe and acceptable than Serov's boasting of a far-sighted struggle for credit.

"Is there a report?" Khrushchev was pleased. For the current situation in the Soviet Union, the news of the corn harvest in Sudan is tantamount to a shot in the arm to the Soviet Union's agricultural problems, at least proving that Khrushchev's corn campaign was not a complete failure. There is still something to be affirmed, and of course this affirmative place is not in the USSR.

"Yes, the report on Sudan is not very detailed, but it is almost equivalent to the corn production of five million hectares in our Soviet Union, and the advantage of Sudan is the climate, of course I believe that if we Soviets had the same land and climate, we would do better!" Serov returned to his true colors as an intelligence chief and began to analyze for Khrushchev the question of what sultan would have a good harvest. From the amount of precipitation in Sudan in a year, to sunshine, to the distribution of the rainy season and the topography of the country.

Report after report was taken out of the black briefcase that Serov was carrying, Brezhnev and they had never seen Khrushchev so patiently listen to a cadre's report, never. It's also very simple to think about, grades are paramount. When Khrushchev had prepared for the worst and even used foreign exchange to buy grain, Serov appeared and told him that he didn't have to do it, that we had food. Regarding the various intelligence analyses of the Sudan, Brezhnev was not surprised at all, after all, the person in front of him was the first deputy chairman of the KGB, although he was not very old, his experience could definitely be enough to be a veteran intelligence chief.

Serov, from the water pattern to the weather, one analysis after another was placed on Khrushchev's desk, without directly stating why the USSR would lose and the Sultan would win, but Khrushchev could understand everything by looking at these reports himself. Know why the USSR could not promote corn on a large scale. Just introducing the news from the Sudanese side can naturally make Khrushchev himself compare, and there is no need for any persuasion, even if it is to save the country by curve. Not a single word was mentioned in the whole process, which was more acceptable to the Sultan.

"Good, good! Ilyich, come and have a look! "Khrushchev has no reason to be angry, he is like this, when he is angry, he can sarcastically treat others as if he is a pig, and he will forget about it after the matter has passed.

Brezhnev and Ustinov and Marshal Negelin all came over to look at Serov's telegram, although Marshal Nederin had no say about the situation in agriculture, but after all, he was pulled back from the hands of death by Serov, so he was also interested in observing Serov's work in the field of intelligence up close, to see if there was a rumor within the KGB, where something went wrong, and any thorny problems could be solved.

Can it be solved? Of course, Serov had been preparing for the difficulties in Soviet agriculture for several years, using the KGB, the most powerful department, to operate, and if he couldn't solve this problem for such a long time, wouldn't it be too incompetent.

"The basic reason for the assistance to Sudan is that Sudan itself is the largest country in Africa, and the land is very valuable, it is located in the north of Africa, and it is not like Egypt where 97 percent of the country is desert. Serov renemeant, "When General Aboud wanted to overthrow the pro-British government, I personally set out from Egypt to enter the Sudanese capital to make contact, and my personal education with General Aboud was not bad, and of course I had a good relationship with the generals of many military governments!" ”

Serov first talked about the causes and consequences of Sudan, and after explaining everything clearly, he said, "I gave a lot of military supplies from the Soviet Union after World War II and weapons and equipment eliminated by the Egyptian Army, and supported General Aboud to take a tough stance against the separatist forces in South Sudan. ”

Khrushchev nodded frequently and said in appreciation, "Very well done, your professional attitude in the field of intelligence Comrade Shelepin has mentioned more than once, today we have seen the harvest, so that we can sell corn from the Sultan to tide over this difficulty!" Or in exchange for this batch of corn? ”

"Comrade First Secretary, I have no intention of buying this corn with even one ruble!" Serov smiled and whispered, "At the beginning, the support for the Sudanese military government was limited to some weapons and equipment and agriculture, and there was no industrial aid, Egypt was not short of food, and Sudan's neighbors did not face food problems. Sudan has no channels to sell this grain unless it is sold to Saudi Arabia, but Sudan has a short coastline and no ports. Bulk transactions can only be made from Alexandria, Egypt, and Egypt's Prime Minister Nasser, Minister of the Interior Alim, Commander of the Republican Guard Rahman, and many high-ranking Egyptian officials have good personal relations with me, and as long as we relax on some assistance, Egypt will definitely cooperate with us......"

"Yuri, tell me about your plan!" Brezhnev also joined the discussion, after all, he was one of the few leading cadres in the Soviet Union, and it would not be very appropriate to listen to Khrushchev all the time and not express his opinion.

Food is the most important thing, people will starve to death without food, and it is also the lowest value product. Oil is needed at the national level, after all, it is the blood of a country, and people need food, and without food countries there will be turmoil. All of you are in power in the Soviet Union, and if they have the opportunity, they certainly hope that the Soviet Union's agriculture will also be extremely strong, so that they will be more confident when competing with the United States.

"The same grain, the same fish and even the same fruit have different values on different occasions, and a crab can only be used as a food in the hands of fishermen, but it can be turned into a valuable French meal in the hands of a French chef." Serov thought for a moment and said, "Sudan's industry is almost equal to nothing, and grain can only be used as food in their hands, if I help Sudan build a food industry in the form of aid, help Sudan's crops get high value, and exchange Sudan's corn for ......" (To be continued. )