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Because the population in Shandong, Henan, and Zhili has increased rapidly, but the cultivated land has not increased significantly.Many poor people who have no land in these places heard that after entering the Northeast, the reclaimed land can be planted by themselves.Moreover, the agricultural tax is far lower than the rent they pay for renting land from landlords, and it is even lower than the rent for renting government land within the customs.

Therefore, many people brought their families to the Northeast.

Break through the Guandong.

Within a year, 200 million people can enter the Northeast, which will greatly boost the development of the Northeast.Currently, population is the most important strategic force for any region to develop.The countries that have been the world's largest in the history of the world are all countries with a large population.When their population was limited, they quickly slipped from world dominance.

To develop the Northeast, it needs a large population.

And not all of these people went to become farmers.As Japan withdrew from the Northeast, after the government began to take over those mining companies in the Northeast, it also needed a large number of workers.

"Biao Lao, can the agriculture in the Northeast be self-sufficient?"

The Northeast has a small population.

Even if an influx of 200 million people arrives this year, the population of the Northeast is only about 2400 million.The current Northeast has not yet been fully developed, and of course it cannot be compared with a hundred years later.

But Duan Xun's plan is that the population of Northeast China should exceed 20 million within 5000 years.

"The land in the Northeast is pretty good. Although the winter in the Northeast is very long, it is still very suitable for growing food at other times. The land in the Northeast is of good quality and there is no shortage of water. Therefore, as long as each family owns two or three acres of land, It’s okay to have enough food. Moreover, the animal husbandry and fishery industries in Northeast China have a certain foundation, so as long as they develop well, self-sufficiency is completely possible.”

"Biao Lao, I'm worried."

In front of Zhang Lan, Duan Xun did not hide.

Duan Xun and Zhang Lan have worked together for eight years.Zhang Lan has been in charge of agricultural work as a scholar for eight years.Zhang Lan is very familiar with China's agricultural situation.

"You also know that the core of the government's work recently is industrial development. Therefore, the government invests a lot of money in industry. In addition, infrastructure construction also requires a lot of funds. The development of industry and infrastructure must require a large number of workers. I am worried that this will affect agricultural development. Food is always the top priority. If too many farmers become workers, will it affect food production?"

"Prime Minister, I have studied it carefully. We are lacking in many aspects of agriculture. Our country's agriculture is still dependent on the sky. We have just begun to develop the water conservancy facilities needed for agriculture. The fertilizer industry needed for agriculture is currently more There are no shadows. And some farms in the United States have begun to use machinery such as tractors to develop agriculture, but we still don’t have any.”

"Cousin, I know all of this. But these are not things that can be resolved in a short time."

Duan Xun frowned.

Yes.

Today's Chinese agriculture is dependent on the sky.

The chemical fertilizer industry is still early for China.Although the Ministry of Chemical Industry has begun to deploy and develop the fertilizer industry, it is only a plan.If you want to scale up, you don't know when it will be.

ten years?

It is estimated that even one tenth of China's agricultural needs will be difficult.

20 years?

Can it cover half of the country's arable land?

Duan Xun didn't know either.

Because the development of chemical fertilizer industry is inseparable from the development of China's chemical industry.But this is not so easy, it is impossible to have an effect in just a few years.

Agricultural mechanization and the development of tractors are also a big problem.It's not that tractors cannot be produced. As long as technology and production lines are imported from abroad, the tractor industry can still be developed and tractors can be produced within ten years.

But what is the use of producing tractors.

Who can afford it.

Those landowners in the countryside know how to use tractors?Or are those homesteaders able to use tractors?Including those farmers who rent government land can use tractors?

China's current economy is a small-scale peasant economy.

Which of those farmers has the ability to use machinery like tractors.

Totally impossible.

After the tractors are produced, there are no large-scale farmers like the United States, and there are no state-owned farms like the Soviet Union, so they cannot be used at all.With the current development model of China's agriculture, tractors cannot be sold after they are produced.

As for water conservancy facilities, it is the easiest of these problems to solve.

China has had taxes and servitude since ancient times, and towns and villages are already very familiar with it.Duan Xun is not a saint, saying that now that it is the Republic of China and the Republican government, these taxes and duties will be exempted casually.

Just reduce taxes.

Things like water conservancy facilities are most suitable for using corvée.Of course, it is a republican government after all, and it is impossible for Duan Xun to really force everyone to work for free.

In addition to meals, a little reward will be given.

Just very little.

But it has to be.Where does China's greatest power come from? It comes from a population of hundreds of millions.It would be a fool not to use the power of these populations.

The government has used this method in recent years, and some water conservancy facilities and road construction have been done in some places.But this thing cannot be used indiscriminately.

Once taxes and servitude are used indiscriminately, big troubles will arise.

Learn to control.

But at present, Chinese farmers still have to participate in corvee every year.It's just that the intensity has dropped and the salary has increased quite a bit.Therefore, the construction of water conservancy facilities is the simplest one.But to really complete China's water conservancy facilities, it is impossible without three to forty years, or even five to sixty years of development.

Both are difficult.

Agricultural modernization sounds easy, but it is very difficult to accomplish.

"Yes, none of this will be accomplished in a short time. At least within ten years, these will hardly help China's agriculture."

"Yes."

"So, Prime Minister, I think we have to think about how to develop agriculture based on what we have."

"Biao Lao, do you have any suggestions?"

Duan Xun looked at Zhang Lan.

Zhang Lan nodded and said: "Actually, there is no shortcut, only the most stupid way. Just like the Prime Minister said, restore the previous cultivated land as much as possible, and then add new cultivated land. Increase the amount of cultivated land in China in a short time When it reaches about 18 billion mu, it will not be a problem to feed [-] to [-] million people."

"It is possible to restore cultivated land, and there is no problem in reclaiming new cultivated land. However, the number of cultivated land increases, but people's energy is limited. The amount of land that each person can cultivate is limited. If the agricultural population does not increase, just increase the cultivated land. Who will cultivate the cultivated land at that time? .”

In fact, China has a lot of arable land.

When the cultivated land was the most in history, the number of cultivated land once exceeded 15 billion mu.However, frequent wars and frequent disasters later turned arable land into wasteland in many places.

Funny thing.

There is not enough arable land in many places, and there are a large number of poor people.But some places have a lot of cultivated land, but they are all wasteland.Especially in the areas of Gansu and Shaanxi, there have been a large number of wastelands.

As well as the Yellow River Basin in Henan, many of the original cultivated lands have also become wasteland due to the flooding of the Yellow River.