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"What is the average yield per mu of our Nanyang rice each season?" Huo Shan asked. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although it was strange about Huo Shan's question, Chen Jitong quickly replied: "From the establishment of the Government Council to the present, our Ministry of Agriculture has not stopped cultivating rice varieties. Coupled with the use of chemical fertilizers and the successful development of new pesticides, we now have an average yield of 500 kilograms per mu of rice per season!"

"500 kilograms! Yes, you have seen that your Ministry of Agriculture has indeed made achievements over the years!" Huo Shan said with praise on his face.

"Thank you, young master!" At this moment, Chen Jitong's face was also happy.

"Hmm!" Huo Shan nodded.

"500 kilograms a year, 1,000 kilograms! If I'm not mistaken, in the government work report submitted to me by your Ministry of Agriculture last year, all the 'tun grain fields' in Nanyang are now 38 million hectares, right?"

"That's right, young master!" Chen Jitong nodded.

In the first five-year plan, the Ministry of Agriculture used the most indigenous labor of any Ministry. At its peak, there were about 600 million indigenous laborers in the five provinces and municipalities of Nanyang, reclaiming land for the Huo Jiajun.

In the past six years, more than 30 million hectares of grain land have been used for economic purposes. Combined with the amount that has been reclaimed in the South Seas, the amount of agricultural land has reached 47.8 million hectares.

"Well, 38 million hectares of grain land, 15 acres per hectare, 570 million acres of land, and an average annual yield of 1,000 catties per mu. That is to say, we get 570 billion catties of grain every year! According to the average daily consumption of 2 catties of grain per person, it is enough to feed nearly 700 million people a year! Of course, a lot of wine and industrial starch may be used, but there should be no problem in feeding 400 million people, right?

Hear here. Chen Jitong smiled wryly.

"Young Master, in fact, we didn't produce that much grain in the whole of last year!"

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture, the average yield of 500 kilograms per mu of land now accounts for only 10 percent of all cultivated land in the country, and the remaining 90 percent of the land grain output is between 300 kilograms and 400 kilograms because of the limited output of chemical fertilizer manufacturing.

If, coupled with the reduction in production caused by natural disasters, Huoshan calculated 570 billion catties. 285 million tons of grain is destined to be an unattainable figure for the agriculture of the Republic of China at this stage.

"I know. In the report submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture last year, the grain output was only a little more than half of what I just said, 320 billion catties, right?"

"That's right, young master!" Chen Jitong nodded.

"Then how much grain did we consume all of last year?" Huo Shan continued.

"40 million tons of food consumption, 12 million tons of wine, industrial starch and other industrial consumption. Immigrants consume 15 million tons and exports 60 million tons. The remaining 3,300 tons are all used as strategic grain reserves!" As for the flow of grain, as the Minister of Agriculture, Chen Jitong naturally complains about Jiazhen.

"60 million tons of grain exports! How can there be so many?" Huo Shan frowned.

In this era, grain production is not like the later generations of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, improved seeds, and scientific planting methods, etc., which can produce one or two thousand catties of grain per mu.

At present, the major grain-producing countries in the world are still in the stage of relying on the sky for food, and such things as hunger have not been completely solved even in Europe, which is the most economically developed. Coupled with the destruction of agriculture by the economic crisis, the United States, which could have exported food to Europe, is now in short supply. Therefore, in this era, food is the real strategic material.

"Young master, these 60 million tons of grain are all old grains accumulated in previous years, if you don't sell them, I'm afraid there will only be mold!"

After listening to Chen Jitong's words, Huo Shan nodded, Nanyang is close to the equator, and it is hot and rainy all year round, so it is indeed not a good place to store grain.

"How much of our strategic grain reserves do we have?" Huo Shan then asked.

"In addition to last year's new grain storage, our Huaxia Republic still has 50 million tons of new grain in storage! Basically all the strategic grain reserves have been filled!" Chen Jitong said.

"Hmm!" Huo Shan nodded, and after a slight mutter, he said: "Continue to build a grain reserve, and in the next five years, the grain reserves of the Huaxia Republic will reach 100 million tons!"

"This, is it necessary for the young master to store so much grain?" Chen Jitong said in surprise.

He also wants to be able to export more grain, and then make money to continue to invest in agricultural development, you must know that now is not like before, and so many free Nanyang natives can be used, if you want to continue to open up wasteland and farm, you have to invest a huge amount of money.

Moreover, the current population of the Chinese Republic, even if you add the provinces and cities in the Americas, is only 75 million people, and 50 million tons of grain reserves are rich enough. 100 million tons is enough for 200 million people to eat for a year.

"Of course it is necessary, although we can't use it ourselves, but there is a severe shortage of food within the Qing Dynasty!"

Huo Shan's words immediately made Chen Jitong understand.

For them, the core personnel of the Huaxia Republic, the strategy of the Huo Jiajun going north is not a secret at all.

"Continuing with the topic just now, the reason why I didn't agree with the five-year development plan report submitted by your Ministry of Agriculture is because you are too aggressive in the development of grain land, especially the development of grain land in Nanyang!"

"Aggressive?" Chen Jitong said in surprise.

"Not bad!" Huo Shan nodded.

"Now the population of the Republic of China has a total of 75 million people, according to the current annual natural population growth rate of 6.4%, that is to say, the Republic of China will have an additional 4.8 million new population every year, if you add the number of immigrants every year, the annual population increase is about 7 million, and the population will exceed 100 million in five years!"

"With a population of 100 million, we can't even consume the grain in our five Nanyang provinces, let alone the more than 10 million hectares of grain producing areas in the Americas!"

"Moreover, with the increase in our fertilizer production, the application of pesticides, and the further improvement of the cultivation of improved seeds, our food production will further increase. ”

In addition, if too much grain is put on the market, it will not only lower the market price of grain, but also hurt the peasants and cause damage to the sustainable development of our agriculture!

"Agriculture is the foundation of the national economy, and peasants are the foundation of the country's stability! The Ministry of Agriculture must first take these two premises into account in formulating any agricultural policy!"

Huo Shan's words made Chen Jitong's face show a trace of shame. Because of the large increase in the migrant population of Huojiajun and the lack of food in the early stage, the Ministry of Agriculture has been working hard to open up more land, and now it regards land development as the main task of the Ministry of Agriculture. Therefore, it is inevitable that the policy formulation will be tilted towards this aspect.

"Young master, I know! When I go back, I will immediately stop all agricultural land development plans!" Chen Jitong said.

"There is no need to stop everything, and the land development of grain land can be suspended, but the planting area of cash crops such as Nanyang, coffee, cocoa, cinchona, rubber, soybeans, cotton, and other cash crops in the provinces and cities of the Americas can be further expanded. ”

For the grain land of Nanyang, Huoshan is planned to be 60 million hectares, which is just right for the five provinces of Nanyang, and if it is more, it will cause serious damage to the water and soil of Nanyang. In particular, there is a lot of precipitation here, and the rainfall is abundant, and the excessive rain is very serious for the erosion of the land. Inevitably, it will lead to the aggravation of soil erosion.

In addition, the overexploitation of land will also cause the loss of rainforests, causing very serious damage to the environment. The tragedy that happened in Indonesia in later generations, Huo Shan was unwilling to let it happen to Huo Jiajun himself.

Therefore, he set very strict conditions for tree felling at the beginning, in addition to the regular closure of mountains for afforestation, any logging company must strictly implement the policy of cutting down one tree and making up two, and also put this policy into the law to strictly enforce.

However, even if there are only 60 million hectares, it is enough for the entire five provinces of Nanyang, with the further development of agricultural production, if Huo Jiajun's grain yield per mu can reach the future generations of three crops a year, and the yield per mu is 2,000 catties, then 60 million hectares is enough to meet the needs of one billion people for food, plus industrial production, winemaking, and aquaculture.

In the next 100 years, I am afraid that the population of the Nanyang region will not reach the number of one billion.

If we add the big granary of the provinces and cities in the Americas, and the agricultural output of the new country after the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in the future, even if the Chinese population increases to two billion in the next hundred years, there will be no problem in eating.

"Yes, young master, I understand!" Chen Jitong nodded.

"In the future, the focus of the Ministry of Agriculture will no longer be on developing more agricultural land, but on the research and development of agricultural technology, for example, how to increase food production, how to maintain or even improve land fertility, etc. ”

"There is also animal husbandry, which has always been our weakness, in the future, the Ministry of Agriculture will be on the development of animal husbandry, although food can solve the problem of food and clothing, but meat, eggs and milk can improve the quality of life of our people!"

Subsequently, Huo Shan mentioned Chen Jitong's development of agricultural mechanization again, and the conversation between the two ended.

"Young Master, the main reason I came this time is to discuss with you first, whether it is possible to relax the conditions for the development of domestic mineral deposits!" said Luo Fenglu, Minister of Land and Resources.

"If you come over here, I'll tell you about it!" Huo Shan said.

Previously, except for a small part of the mineral deposits needed for the development of heavy industry in the early days of the Huo Jiajun, such as the Shilu iron ore in Hai-Nan and the oil in Borneo Province, the remaining coal and iron ore were imported from the British colony of India. Of course, this is also a common trick used by developed countries in later generations, to seal up their own resources and use foreign ones first. (To be continued.) )