The Lanfang mercenary officers and soldiers who returned to the Chinese Territory were warmly received by Fang Xiaoyu. He personally organized a banquet at Vladivostok Port to welcome all Lanfang mercenary officers and soldiers. At the banquet, he once again formally announced his support for the officers and soldiers participating in the operation.
award.
In addition to providing generous field subsidies and generous pensions to all the soldiers of the Third Division, the Chinese leader will expand the Fourth Army of the Guards based on the Third Division, with Qiu Yu'an as the major general, leaving a vacancy in the Third Division of the First Army
Then re-recruited, and a large number of officers and soldiers were all promoted to one level. Everyone was happy. Then Fang Xiaoyu also asked Qiu Yu'an to summarize the combat experience and write it into a report and distribute it to the entire army, so that all commanders can learn from the advanced experience. This tradition will also continue in the future.
Maintain it as an important part of maintaining the combat effectiveness of the army.
Summer is the harvest season for food. Due to the effect of pesticides, there was no loss of food in the Chinese territory during this summer harvest. The harvested food filled the granaries, enough to feed tens of millions of territory residents for several years. Even the Hanping Kingdom, thanks to the Chinese
The pesticide support we received has also yielded considerable gains. We don’t have to worry about a shortage of domestic food, but instead have a surplus for the first time.
Except for the few places like China, governments around the world are worried about food problems. By the end of July, what governments were most worried about finally happened, and international food prices began to rise.
Countries in the Western Continent that have always relied on the Central Continent and the New World to provide food have also experienced food shortages. Governments of various countries have issued orders to prohibit the outflow of domestic food, and at the same time purchased food at high prices internationally. However, the food in all countries is not rich. Now this
Under such circumstances, no matter how high the price is, few countries are willing to sell food.
At this time, Fang Xiaoyu had a large amount of food in his hands. In addition to the territory of the Chinese Territory in the Eastern Continent, the Wild Continent also had a good harvest of food. It was the only place with good weather this year, and the harvest of food was countless.
Although the international price of food is high, Fang Xiaoyu has no intention of selling it immediately. Now food is no longer a livelihood resource, but has risen to the level of a strategic resource. Fang Xiaoyu plans to use the food in his hands to seek the benefits he has always wanted.
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The first thing he contacted was the Kingdom of Siam. Although the Kingdom of Siam could supplement its food shortage through fishery, the lack of food was also a very big problem. Even if the fishery was developed enough, the people in the country could not eat only fish all year round.
Even if there is enough food to eat, the human body cannot bear it, because although fish contains a large amount of oil, vitamins, proteins and other substances necessary for the body, it lacks dietary fiber and starch. These substances are indispensable for the human body. Of course, in
No one in this world understands this knowledge yet. But even without this knowledge, people who have practiced it also know the importance of eating grains, so grains are still very important.
However, the people of Siam are not good at farming. In previous years, there was not much surplus food, let alone the year of great disaster. Now Siam is in dire straits. Therefore, as soon as the envoy from the Chinese leader came here, he immediately got the king of Siam.
The king of Siam received a warm reception and saw the arrival of the envoy from the Chinese leader, as if he had seen food.
Now countries all over the world are looking eagerly at the only two countries that have achieved a bumper harvest, the Chinese Kingdom and the Hanping Kingdom. Although the Hanping Kingdom sold some of their excess grain, their cultivated area is not large and there is not much leftover food.
With this catastrophe, the Hanping royal family had to take precautions and store more grain, so only about 200,000 tons of grain were sold.
Two hundred thousand tons of grain may seem like a lot, but for the people around the world who are desperate for food, this amount of food is not even enough to fill their teeth.
However, the Hanping Kingdom's ability to sell so much grain is already at its limit. The Hanping Kingdom only has 600 square kilometers of grain arable land, which is equivalent to 900,000 acres when converted into acres. The seeds provided by the Chinese collar can reach an average yield of 700 acres per mu.
With an output of 630,000 kilograms, this harvest will produce 630,000 tons of grain.
However, there are still more than three million people in Hanping, and they cannot sell all the food. They always have to keep what they eat. Even if the three million people only eat four months of food rations until the next harvest season, at least
360,000 tons of grain are needed, and the government needs to keep some as backup. Selling 200,000 tons of grain is the maximum that the Hanping Kingdom can squeeze out in order to earn foreign exchange.
Although the grains released by the Hanping Kingdom were priced at a high price in the international market, they were quickly divided up by governments of various countries who had already been eyeing them. The national grain merchants who had finished their arrival could only lament their misfortune. The Hanping Kingdom had no more surplus grain.
, so all countries are focusing on China, which has more food.
This world is not as rich in vegetables, meat and cooking oil as on earth. The diet here is very simple and is basically in a very primitive stage. It mainly focuses on filling the stomach, and most of the food is staple food. This is why Fang Xiaoyu
After taking out dishes from various Chinese cuisines, even if there is no one to guide, the chefs can only learn half-heartedly according to the recipes, and they are able to open the largest and most high-end chain restaurants and fast food restaurants in the Eastern Continent.
If we were in China on earth, anyone who had experienced the difficult days in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China should know that without oil, water and meat, the consumption of food would be very large.
According to nutrition, an adult man must consume at least 2,400 calories a day to basically meet the requirements. If he only eats rice, one kilogram of rice can provide 1,500 calories, which means
An adult man needs to consume 1.6 kilograms of rice a day, which is 584 kilograms a year.
If it is a country with tens of millions of people, even if most of them are not adult men, it will need at least 10,000 tons of food a day. Even if enough food can be obtained during the autumn harvest, at least in the previous four months,
1.2 million tons of grain are needed. This is still the most economical calculation, not counting any waste and overeating.
Calculated in this way, the amount of food a country needs daily is still very staggering. On this planet with underdeveloped agriculture, insufficient food production is also one of the important reasons that restricts the growth rate of the population in various countries.
Siam is such a country with a population of tens of millions. Although their fisheries are very developed and their high-protein fish meat can reduce their food consumption a lot, feeding so many people still requires at least 800,000 tons.
Grains are used as food and seeds to sustain them until the next harvest season.
It was at the warm invitation of the King of Siam that the special envoy of the Chinese Territory came to the country of Siam. This time the envoy of the Chinese Territory was Gao Qiong, a colleague of the East China trip, who was proficient in foreign affairs and social relations. He is now a member of the Chinese
A minister in charge of foreign affairs.
Gao Qiong was thin and short, but his ordinary face had a pair of eyes full of shrewdness and wisdom, as if he could see everything about the other person. Gao Qiong arrived in Siam without further delay and went to visit the King of Siam that day.
When King Brennan I saw Gao Qiong who was invited, he welcomed him very warmly and hoped that the Chinese leaders could support Siam with some food in the name of being a friendly neighbor.
After listening to Brennan I's words, Gao Qiong secretly laughed in his heart. He usually doesn't burn incense, so he was just improvising. Why haven't I seen you calling "friendly neighbors" before? How come you are so enthusiastic when there is a shortage of food? It seems that you have a good relationship with the Chinese leader.
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Gao Qiong did not accept this trick. He pretended to frown and said: "Dear Your Majesty, you must know that our Chinese territory has only been established for a few years and our family is not rich. Although we were lucky enough not to be affected by the disaster this time, we did not have any money in our hands."
How much surplus grain is there? Besides, these grains are the lords' own grain. If we want to purchase it, we need to use money to buy it. You have also seen that the price of grain in the world is so high now. We, the lords, can't let us lose money to send you grain."
Hearing the leeway in Gao Qiong's words, Brennan I was also a little surprised. Every time he begged the Lanfang Empire, he would get a lot of help from the empire. I don't know why this Chinese official didn't accept this at all.
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Seeing that the other party was completely giving him face, King Brennan I immediately retreated and said: "I don't know if we can buy enough food from the Chinese collar to supply the needs of our people."
Gao Qiong nodded and said: "We are friendly neighbors. As long as your majesty is willing, we are of course willing to provide food. Moreover, we are open to supply. You can give as much as your majesty wants, but you need to pay in cash."
King Brennan I looked at the civil affairs official on the side and said, "How much food do we need?"
The civil affairs officer has been very anxious about the shortage of food. As for how much food is missing, he has already calculated it many times. At that moment, he said without thinking: "Although the food has been planted now, there are still three months before harvesting."
Time, we need at least 600,000 tons of grain."
After hearing the civil officer's answer, King Brennan I turned to Gao Qiong and asked, "I wonder what the price of food in your territory is?"
Gao Qiong said: "Of course we sell it at international standard prices." After hearing Gao Qiong's words, Brennan I took a breath.
In previous years, the price of grain was 30 yuan per ton, but since grain production has been reduced, the price of food has increased several times. King Brennan I asked: "Isn't the price of 100 yuan per ton a bit high?"
Gao Qiong pretended to be surprised and said: "One hundred yuan per ton? This seems to be the price last week. Your Majesty, according to the latest price, it is already two hundred yuan per ton." Brennan I took a breath of cold air again,
He looked at his financial officer for help, and the financial officer beside him nodded slightly, indicating that it was indeed true.