1236: C1236 Food Import and Export

C1236 Food Import and Export

Bear Country was a very strange country. It had the world's best black land and granary, but the food in Bear Country was not enough.

Not to mention other things, ever since the World War ended, Bear Country had a very small harvest of food. There were many years of apologetic harvest. In a large amount of time, Bear Country had imported food.

When the terrifying dictator of Bear Country passed away, the annual production of food dropped to 63-65 million tons. It was even lower than when he was the Sand Emperor. During this period, the total population rose to 200 million, with about 85 million people living in the city.

Later on, the short fatty went up the stage. This short fatty originally relied on the victory in agriculture. Facing the agricultural crisis, he took a series of reforms. First, he expanded the arable land area, which allowed the government to double the annual production of grain between 1959 and 1962. It reached 12,000-13,000,000 tons. However, the apology harvest in 1963 caused the production to drop to only 105 million tons. As a result, they had no choice but to purchase 15,000,000 tons of grain from overseas.

In 1970, Bear Country obtained a record harvest. The annual production reached 186 million tons, of which 70 million tons could be supplied to the market. But compared to the increasing population, this record was not worth mentioning.

One had to know that in 1913, the grain production only increased by one fold, while the population of the city increased by seven times.

Recently, in 1978, Bear Country set a new harvest record of 238 million tons of grain production. In 1979 and 1980, they made an apologetic harvest. The harvest in 1981 was also not satisfactory.

By the end of 1981, the population of Bear Country had reached 270 million. Among them, 180 million lived in the city. Even if according to the most careful estimation, to satisfy the needs of food and feed in Bear Country, the annual production of food had to reach approximately 25 million tons. However, in the recent few years of history, the annual production of food had always been around 200 million tons.

In other words, Bear Country was in need of grain now, and Bear Country needed to import grain. Where did it come from?

All along, they had been imported from the Western Europe. The harvest there had always been good. No one knew what the other party was up to. They had used so little land, and not only had they planted food to feed their people, they could even export it. Could this be a problem with the system?

Thinking of the system, Ye Fugen quickly put down this thought. Although during the great purge, he did not make it in time. At that time, he was still a child. However, he had seen the craziness of that era. He would never let himself make such a mistake.

Currently, the Bear Country was still import food from the Western Europe. However, this was very fragile. Because following the war in the Mountain Country in the Bear Country, western Europe expressed strong opposition and resistance, and even the sports event held by Bear Country. Many countries refused to participate, causing this kind of international sports to be covered with the shadow of politics.

Once they started to use food as weapons and refused to export food to the Bear Country, they would be in big trouble.

Now, Qin Guan mentioned this, which naturally aroused Ye Fugen's interest. "You mean you can have extra food to export to us?"

The import and export of food from various countries, these were all top-secret data. Of course, Ye Fugen did not know. He asked Qin Guan. He was also very curious. Putting aside political opposition, he did not want to talk about it. If they could import food from Han Country, they could create more channels for the food problem in Bear Country. The diversified import would satisfy their interests.

What if the Bear Country stood up and shouted that the Western Europe would stop selling food? What should they do with it?

Ye Fugen looked at Qin Guan, only to see Qin Guan nodding. "Our North Industrial Company is in charge of all trade and communications with other countries. We have a cooperation with the Parthia in terms of food."

Zandi nodded after Qin Guan said that. That's right. There was indeed a food trade between the Parthia and the Han Country. It was done through the North Industrial Company.

"Alright. In the future, we can talk about it in detail. Our ambassador in your capital will personally pay a visit." Ye Fugen said.

This was not under his control. This was a matter of the Ministry of Agriculture. He only cared about military matters through Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It could be said that this was an unexpected gain.

Seeing these people leave, when only General Lin and Qin Guan were left, General Lin asked curiously, "Qin Guan, you should know that we are now a food import country!"

Over the years, the food production in Han Country was not high. Ten years of turmoil was a great damage to the productivity. After that, under the leadership of the Supreme Commander, the country's focus shifted to the economy. Agriculture started to develop, but it was not cold in a day. How could it develop so quickly?

Now, Qin Guan was trying to trick the people of Bear Country, alright? Besides, the Han Country was doing business with the Bear Country, alright?

"Yes, I am a food exporter. The food that we import can be eaten by ourselves, and can also be sold to Bear Country. As long as the transportation fee is removed, we still have profits. Why can't we do it?"

When Qin Guan said this, General Lin was also stunned. This was a good opportunity to make a profit.

Qin Guan had a smile on his face. There were too many examples of such things in the future.

That's right. The Western Europe would definitely use food as weapons and exert pressure on the Bear Country. This scene was very similar to how soybeans were imported in the future.

At that time, because the Y Country had increased the import tariffs on one side, the Han Country had also started to increase the tariffs on agricultural products. The soybean imported from the Y Country was increased by a few hundred percent. This was equivalent to blocking the exit of the Y Country's soybean farmers. Their biggest buyer was Han Country.

Without the imported soybeans from Han Country, they could only stuff the soybeans into the ground. At this moment, the middleman appeared.

Some of the countries' tradesmen saw the opportunity and started from the Y Country. They bought the soybeans at a low price and then labeled them as their own countries. They would then sell the soybeans to Han Country at a high price. After all, Han Country also needed soybeans. He couldn't buy these soybeans from Y Country, so he could only buy them from other countries at a high price.

With such a sale, Han Country didn't get any benefits by raising the tariffs. On the contrary, they made a huge profit by selling it to so many middlemen.0

From an economical point of view, these people did a very good job.

They perfectly explained a basic law of the economy. Capital was all for profit. Wherever there was profit, they would go. As for what sense of justice, morality, and internationally speaking, wasn't that very funny?

Of course, Qin Guan saw the business opportunity, the food in Europe. Transportation Arriving. It just so happens that we can develop our own shipbuilding industry. They could develop the ocean transportation industry and then sell these grains to the Far East region of Bear Country. All of these were good methods.

At the same time, it could also reduce the confrontation with Bear Country. After all, Han Country wanted to develop its economy. Wouldn't it be better to pacify the bears in the north when the time was right?

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