Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

As the saying goes, Huang He is not afraid of slanting shadows when he is upright. He has never done anything wrong from beginning to end. Naturally, he will not be afraid of the fearful giant.

What's more, in 1942, he was no longer the transparent person he was in southeastern Shanxi.

In a sense, he, Huang, is now one of the most important figures in the border area. Even Sir Kang, who has a notorious reputation, would not dare to cause trouble for no reason.

Sure enough, when the two people's eyes briefly contacted, the agent leader, who considered himself to be comparable to Qi Baishi, just smiled and waved, showing no trace of the rumored arrogance.

This "violating" scene made Commander Yang on the side exclaimed in disbelief.

"It's really rare. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, I would never have believed that he could still make such an expression as smiling. As expected of you, the face king of the border area."

While Yang and Huang were complaining, the army reorganization expert got off the train and led several soldiers to walk slowly from platform number one.

When they passed each other, he patted the two brothers gently on the back, indicating that they should stop chatting and get down to business first, so as not to keep the local comrades waiting too long.

After a few brief greetings, everyone, escorted by the guard platoon, drove straight to the command center in the Kulun area.

Considering that he had other arrangements for the day after tomorrow, Mr. Nie got straight to the point as soon as he entered the conference room and said to Commander Yang and the terrifying giant on his left:

"Baotou Industrial Zone and disaster relief work have been busy recently, so I haven't paid much attention to the development here. Before the meeting officially begins, let me understand the local situation."

“Especially people’s livelihood and the dynamics in the north, these two points should be highlighted.”

“YCW, it starts with you.”

Upon hearing his superior's roll call, Commander Yang stood up immediately, obviously already prepared to report.

After receiving Mr. Nie's signal, he walked to the center of the conference room with the folder and baton, and said confidently based on the map information:

"Since 1911, the north has been influencing the Kulun region. During this long period of time, the region's culture, education, economy and even urban architectural style have all been in line with each other."

"The above-mentioned situation once made it difficult for our comrades to move forward."

"But after the old guys left completely, everything got back on track. After all, our economy and industrial system are at least thirty years ahead of the locals."

Under various means and strategies from the north, the native people in the Cullen region gradually gave up their own writing and switched to the Cyrillic alphabet.

In order to cultivate obedient leaders, a large number of young people were sent to Cold Wind City for education. Cities with large populations have also been forced to implement educational assimilation.

For their daily diet, they eat Soviet food. Twenty percent of the locals even married foreign wives and have now given birth to the first generation of mixed race.

In this context, which can be called a hellish start, the efficiency and progress of the comrades' work are extremely low.

Fortunately, the sky is the limit, and the experienced Commander Yang still found a way to break the situation in the face of adversity. Facing the expectant looks of Mr. Nie and Huang He, he continued to add:

"Kulun has never been a good place. In ancient times, the nomads in the north always regarded Monan Wuwang Pavilion as a symbol of lost key areas."

"Affected by geography and climate, this land has hot summers and little rain, and cold and dry winters. It's winter for at least eight months of the year, and it's almost deadly cold."

"Last year, they just encountered extremely cold weather, and nearly 20% of the livestock in the entire region was lost. If this was done in ancient times, the locals would have to ride horses south to the Central Plains to seek a living."

"So, the first problem we need to solve is how to lead the people to survive."

Having said this, both Mr. Nie and Huang He knew the answer to the question. There is no other way to introduce light and heavy industrial systems and products from the Suiyuan area, and gradually implement them in a manner similar to poverty alleviation.

That is to say, we should first lead the people at the bottom to solve the problem of food and clothing, and finally deal with the historical issues left by the leadership.

In fact, the old guys also walked this road in the original timeline.

At the beginning, they used light industrial products and food aid in exchange for high-value resources such as coal, ore, and gold that they needed, allowing the two places to achieve a certain degree of win-win.

Now that the north is deeply mired in the war on the Eastern Front, there are almost no extra resources to support the alliance forces. Commander Yang's decision can be regarded as taking the lead in a sense.

Besides, even if the two sides were on the same starting line in 1942, the Suiyuan Border Area was closer to the Kulun Area and had inherent advantages in transportation and other aspects.

The locals are not fools. On the one hand, they have to starve and freeze and serve as soldiers to fill the gap. On the other hand, they only need to work hard with the organization to live a life of food and clothing. Is it possible that they don’t know how to choose?

Hearing this, Huang He, who was silent at first, coughed slightly, and then expressed his thoughts to the comrades present.

"A region, especially a region with a single industrial structure, must have a central government to control the overall situation. There is nothing wrong with Commander Yang's strategic direction, but we must be careful not to overgraze or exploit."

"If left unchecked, local people will most likely destroy the grassland."

"Although the war in the country is not over yet, the strength of the border area is enough for us to look to the future. Get rid of it early and finish it early, and try not to leave the problem to the younger generations."

From Huang He's point of view, it is actually a good thing to regain Kulun early.

Now the development level of all parts of the country is relatively even, and we can build and work together. If it is in the future, the investment will only become greater, and poverty alleviation and governance alone will be difficult for a lot of people.

As for the relevant matters of preventing over-exploitation, it can be regarded as a rainy day.

After all, in the original timeline, the desertification in the Kulun area reached an astonishing 80%. This led to the fact that although the Suiyuan area was obviously excellent in planting trees to prevent sand, the northern provinces still often had sandstorms.

The sand and dust blown by the Siberian wind is a continuous spell attack like the Yellow Wind Great Sage. If you don't prevent it now, it will be too late in the future.

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After reporting on people's livelihood and other issues, Commander Yang picked up another folder, paused for a moment and continued:

"At present, we have deployed two reinforced infantry brigades in the entire Kulun area. These troops may seem small, but they are completely sufficient in a territory with a population of only 800,000."

"Since we took over, there have been three moderate chaos in the area. Those who caused damage were eliminated by our troops at the first time."

"According to Director Kang's investigation, no secret support from other forces has been found for the time being."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked at the terrifying giant. Facing a series of complicated eyes, Kang Sir said unhappily:

"Don't worry, I have achieved the highest degree of restraint. I will try not to do things that undermine unity." (End of this chapter)