Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After Xu Damao left, He Yuzhu tapped his desk lightly with his hands. In fact, he already knew the decision to reduce the food rations without Xu Damao notifying him. Not only the food rations of urban residents were reduced, but the materials allocated by the state to the factory were also reduced. For this reason, Secretary Gao and Director Yang specially convened a meeting to let everyone brainstorm and see if they could find a way to get more supplies for the factory.

The whole meeting was spent listening to Secretary Gao and Director Yang. Except for Li Huaide who expressed his own ideas, no one else attending the meeting, including He Yuzhu, expressed any opinions. He Yuzhu didn't know why the others didn't express their opinions. Because Li Huaide was now the director of the Logistics Department, he couldn't express his attitude casually, otherwise he would be suspected of struggling for power.

Secretary Gao saw that no one spoke up, so he could only publicly call out the names, "Deputy Director He, you are the first deputy director in charge of production. The workers are not getting enough food, which has an impact on production. Don't you have anything to say?"

He Yuzhu was called by Secretary Gao, and his heart tightened, but he still stood up. He cleared his throat and said slowly: "Secretary Gao, you are right. The workers' lack of food will indeed affect production efficiency. However, the whole country is currently facing the problem of food shortage, and this is not a dilemma unique to our factory. Moreover, the country has fully considered our factory's export mission and given us special care."

He Yuzhu paused for a moment and continued, "But there are nearly 200,000 people in the factory. I really can't think of where to get enough supplies to meet the needs of so many people. Even if each person only needs one or two pounds of pork, it would take 20,000 kilograms! Converted into pigs, it would take at least 200 heads. In order to ensure the normal production of the factory, the state even suspended the supply of meat to residents, with the aim of concentrating limited resources to ensure the supply of the factory. Of course, there is a way to solve this problem, but it is impossible with our factory's current capabilities and conditions."

"What method?" Secretary Gao asked hurriedly.

"Food is in short supply in China right now, but it's not in short supply abroad, so the country just needs to import from abroad. It's a pity that such a big thing requires a decision from the country's top leaders, and it's not something we can solve." He Yuzhu said slowly.

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Secretary Gao and Director Yang's eyes suddenly darkened. Yes, such a big thing is not something that the people present can decide. The Rabbit Country has been sanctioned and blockaded by the entire West since its founding, and the Red Army does not have a major grain exporting country, and the Rabbit Country is extremely short of foreign exchange, so this problem is basically unsolvable.

"But the domestic drought is definitely still within the controllable range. If it really becomes uncontrollable, I think the country will definitely use foreign exchange to import food," He Yuzhu continued.

Secretary Gao nodded, indicating that he agreed with He Yuzhu's opinion, but he also knew that this approach might only be a drop in the bucket, and the country's foreign exchange reserves were limited. Once too much was used, it would inevitably affect other aspects. Thinking of this, Secretary Gao couldn't help but sigh: "I hope the drought will end as soon as possible..."

Director Yang also echoed: "Yes, I hope God blesses us!"

"Secretary Gao, Director Yang, our factory at least has some vegetable fields, which makes it better than other factories. If I remember correctly, the chestnut trees in our factory have started to produce chestnuts since the year before last. The steelmaking workshop can now produce urea. If not, we should add some urea to the fruit trees, so that they can produce more chestnuts. Chestnuts are good things. When the time comes, we can fry the ripe chestnuts and share them with the workers. It will at least fill their stomachs."

"Secretary Gao, Director Yang, and Deputy Director He are right. We have more than a thousand chestnut trees in our factory, so we can harvest tens of thousands of kilograms of chestnuts. These trees were planted by Deputy Director He when he was the deputy director of the logistics department. We should thank Deputy Director He for his foresight."

"In that case, Director Li, the next matter of the chestnut trees will be handed over to you. I only have one request, and that is that you must take good care of these trees and try to make them produce more chestnuts."

"Guarantee to complete the task!" Li Huaide stood up and said seriously.