Beiyang reactionaries

"It's already pretty good."

Li Jishen said that the yield of potatoes per mu was low, and Deng Yanda immediately explained to him.

"Commander-in-Chief, the national yield of soybeans is at this level. At present, there is no most suitable way to increase the yield per mu. The best way is to add fertilizer. It's just that we can't find that much fertilizer here. Besides, we plant We seldom use soybeans. More than 90% of the soybeans in the Northeast are exported.”

"I know this."

Li Jishen nodded.

Li Jishen is in Beijing, so he has a higher position. He knows more about the current economic situation in China than Deng Yanda.The various data in Li Jishen's hands are far more accurate and detailed than Deng Yanda's.Soybean ranks first among China's agricultural exports.

After cooperating with Germany, soybean exports exceeded tens of millions of French currency in just a few years, reaching 1925 million French currency last year (1600).After entering this year, Germany's demand for soybeans has soared.While the year isn't quite over yet, their orders are already arriving.This year, Germany alone will import more than 3000 million soybeans from China, and it may eventually reach about 3500 million.Soybean has become a bulk item comparable to tungsten placer among China's exports to Germany.

The German economy is recovering, the industry is recovering, and it is recovering from the trauma of World War I.With the recovery of the German economy and industrial recovery, their demand for soybeans will definitely continue to increase.Historically, when Germany had the highest demand for Chinese soybeans, it imported more than 5000 million soybeans, soybean oil, and oil cakes a year.

Germany currently imports Chinese soybeans, which are only about 20% of China's soybean exports.As early as two years ago, that is, in 1924, China's exports of soybeans, soybean oil, and oil cakes had reached 5000 million French currency.

Why is the Northeast important.

It is because most of the soybeans currently exported are produced in the Northeast.Comparing the situation of each province, Northeast China is currently the only place in China that exports more than it imports, bringing China a huge amount of foreign exchange every year.

"anything else?"

"This is the statistics of the Fisheries Department of the Construction Corps. This year, our Fisheries Department of the Construction Corps caught 140 million catties. And our Ministry of Fisheries has made a plan to prepare for fishing at least 100 million catties in winter."

Li Jishen took the report.

In fact, he didn't fully understand the report from the Ministry of Fisheries. After all, it was the first time he had received such a report.As the commander-in-chief of the Construction Corps, he also needs to relearn many aspects.

For these reports submitted by Deng Yanda, Li Jishen still needs to convene experts to demonstrate.

"This is how our Ministry of Fisheries handles these fish. Of the 140 million catties of fish, 50 catties entered the canteen of the Construction Corps to improve the lives of officers and soldiers. There is another 50 catties that are distributed together with wages every month. As you know, Commander-in-Chief, the salaries of our Construction Corps personnel are very low except for the rations. So these fish are distributed as welfare. The remaining 40 catties were sold to Harbin. The detailed accounts are in here."

"kindness."

Li Jishen simply flipped through the pages.

Understand Deng Yanda's meaning.The Construction Corps is an army model, so it is different from workers.Those who build the Corps will be allocated a prescribed ration at the end of each month, and then a small allowance will be issued.These officers and soldiers eat in the canteen when they are working, so the rations distributed to them are mainly to feed their wives and children.

In terms of life, although it is better than those in rural areas, it is not very good.The little allowance given out every month can't really buy anything.Therefore, Li Jishen understands that the Construction Corps distributes some benefits on its own.

"This is the statistics from the Forestry Department of the Construction Corps. There has not been much development in animal husbandry this year. The current scale is very small, so it is not included in the calculation."

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"Are these data from the Heilongjiang Construction Corps correct?"

At the end of November 1926, Li Jishen finished his investigation in the Northeast and returned to Beijing from the Northeast.After returning to Beijing, Li Jishen didn't delay for a moment, and immediately came to report to Duan Xun.Because regarding the Northeast Construction Corps, Duan Xun has been waiting for the result.

Moreover, the establishment of the Construction Corps is rather strange, and it belongs to the establishment of half army and half civilians.

Therefore, in the current cabinet, the Construction Corps, like the Ministry of Military Affairs, does not belong to any department.Of course, those big bosses in the cabinet are all smart people, and no one will reach out to take care of the Construction Corps.This is true of the cabinet vice premiers including Dai Kan, Wang Yongjiang, and Yang Yongtai.

Because the military issue is always the most sensitive issue.

Especially for a general like Duan Xun who led troops, the army is Duan Xun's life.Duan Xun has been in charge of Beijing since six years ago. As the prime minister of the cabinet, he also serves as the minister of the military department, so he has a firm control over the army.Under this kind of political strongman, they all know that they cannot contaminate the army.

Although the Construction Corps has been separated from the Ministry of Military Affairs, it is half army and half civilian.The Construction Corps is an army establishment, and 10% of them are soldiers with weapons and equipment.If the Construction Corps was placed in ancient times, it would be the border guards who garrisoned the fields and guarded the border.According to the construction plan of the Construction Corps, the Construction Corps will have several million people.That is to say, there will be hundreds of thousands of armed soldiers under the Construction Corps.Therefore, the Construction Corps is no different from the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Therefore, whether it is the Ministry of Military Affairs or the Construction Corps, they will report directly to Duan Xun and be directly responsible to Duan Xun for anything.No relationship with other departments.

Therefore, Li Jishen reported directly to Duan Xun without going through anyone.

"Yes."

Li Jishen nodded.

Said: "After they reported the data, the people I brought checked the data again, which is why it was delayed for so many days. There is no problem with the data, and some small errors are just statistical problems."

"well."

Duan Xun was overjoyed.

The Construction Corps' achievements this year have exceeded Duan Xun's expectations.I don't know how much better than expected.Duan Xun originally expected that as long as the Construction Corps could support themselves this year, it would be fine.But I didn't expect that the Construction Corps could not only support themselves, but also have a lot of surplus.So Duan Xun kept looking at these data reports.

read it over and over again.

Duan Xun was so happy.

"Zhesheng (Deng Yanda) and the others have done a good job. What is their next plan?"

"Teacher, the Northeast Construction Corps means that from now until March next year, ten divisions will be recruited. I hope that 500 million acres of wasteland will be reclaimed before planting next year, and the cultivated land area under the Construction Corps will be expanded to 700 million acres. About. Increase the grain output to four times this year, exceeding one billion catties, to about 15 billion catties.”

"500 million mu?"

Duan Xun muttered to himself.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Can you really reclaim so much arable land? I heard that this year the Construction Corps has reclaimed 200 million mu of land, of which only 100 million mu can be cultivated deeply, and the remaining 100 million mu cannot be properly managed. Next year, it will really be able to take care of 700 mu. Tens of thousands of acres of arable land? Do they have enough people? Do they have enough seeds? Do they have enough time?"

Some doubts.

The recruits of ten divisions add up to 4 to 500.These people can really open up 700 million acres of wasteland, can these people take care of [-] million acres?

Don't brag about your achievements.

Duan Xun is anxious.

But Duan Xun has time and can wait.Because Duan Xun is only 38 years old now, he can still play in Chinese politics for 30 years.So Duan Xun hopes to take it step by step.The first shot of the Construction Corps was good. Duan Xun hopes that the Construction Corps can develop step by step and build China's grain base.

"I read their plan, which is very detailed. After they harvested the grain, they have already mobilized officers and soldiers to start land reclamation. As long as recruits are recruited smoothly and there are enough manpower, it won't be too difficult to open up 500 million acres of wasteland before planting next year. Big problem. The Northeast Construction Corps purchased [-] head of cattle for more land reclamation and planting next year, so they now have [-] head of cattle. It is very useful for land reclamation and planting.”

Li Jishen returned immediately.

During the construction of the Northeast Construction Corps, the Ministry of Agriculture provided support and allocated [-] head of cattle to them.It is a very good thing to have cattle at this time.Therefore, the Northeast Construction Corps purchased another [-] head of cattle, this time with their own money.With [-] head of cattle, clearing up wasteland and sowing seeds will be of great benefit.

Li Jishen continued: "Not only that, the Northeast Construction Corps applied, and the central government does not want to take away their extra income this year. They hope that the central government will allow them to freely distribute the funds."

"What do they think?"

The Northeast Construction Corps is profitable this year.

First of all, there is a bumper harvest of grain. Apart from their own use, there is still a surplus of hundreds of millions of catties of grain.Apart from hoarding some of these grains by the Construction Corps itself, the rest will be sold.In recent years, due to inflation, although food prices have been suppressed by the government, they have risen slowly, but at a slow rate.In the year of 120, the price of a stone of rice in China (about 7 catties) was around 15 silver dollars. After 12 years, the price of a stone of rice in major cities in China is now around 500 yuan.As for sorghum and corn, the prices are even lower.The Northeast Construction Corps can have a surplus of more than [-] million just by selling some grain.

Moreover, the Construction Corps has fisheries, forestry, and animal husbandry, all of which can generate profits.The fishery catches fish, and many of those fish are brought to Harbin for sale.

Forestry development is also good.

The rapid development of Northeast cities requires large quantities of wood.Under the Construction Corps, there is its own forestry department, because Heilongjiang is rich in forest resources.A large amount of timber was transported into Northeast cities, creating a lot of profits for the Construction Corps.