Chapter 3122
On the carriage returning to Fort Victory from Luhuitou Peninsula, Yan Chujie and Tao Donglai talked about the activities at the Army Academy.
"Gu Wei just told me that among the twenty-four students selected this time, there are actually twenty-two. One of them is performing an important mission in the north and is temporarily unable to leave. The other one is suffering from a sudden illness at the station. Can cancel the original arrangement.”
"Among these twenty-two people, two are currently not soldiers. One is the officer sent by Xingdao. You also know the situation. The other is Fan Wei's son, and he is receiving special care through the back door."
Tao Donglai interrupted when he heard this: "Fan Wei's son? Why didn't he inherit his craftsmanship and family business and came to join the army?"
Yan Chujie smiled and said, "Fan Wei would like to, but that kid from his family is all about the army. After staying in the army for a few years, it was originally arranged for him to retire and go back to inherit the family business. Who knew that it didn't take long for him to come to me and beg me?" He was approved to go to the Army Academy for further studies and will return to the army to continue serving.”
Tao Donglai sighed: "It seems that the army is still very attractive to talents!"
Yan Chujie said meaningfully: "The army does not lack talents now, but it lacks a stage for them to perform."
Fan Wei is the only senior chef among the time-travelers. During the founding period of Haihan, he was responsible for solving the food and drink problems of hundreds of time-travelers. Although he is not a powerful figure within the Time Travel Group, because of the "special resources" he has at his disposal, everyone who meets him must respectfully call him "Chef Fan".
Later, the living conditions in Sanya gradually improved, and Fan Wei had to cook less and less in person. He only had to give orders with his mouth.
However, because almost all the cooks in the Time Travel family are disciples and grandsons taught by Fan Wei, his influence within the Time Travel Group has only increased. The reason is also very simple. The chefs of this era simply cannot make the taste that time travelers love to eat. Only Fan Wei, who is also a time traveler, can master the know-how.
Fan Wei brought the cooking skills of this time and space, and invisibly created the "Haihan Cuisine" cuisine genre. In fact, he has become a master in the catering industry.
As the territory of Haihan continues to expand, Haihan cuisine has also begun to go beyond Sanya. As the founder of the genre, Fan Wei is often invited to conduct short training courses in various overseas regions. He is even better than the members of the executive committee when they go out to inspect overseas regions. The frequency in the area is still high.
However, Fan Wei himself had no intention of entering politics, so he still chose to pursue development in the catering industry. He successively opened several brands of chain restaurants and several factories specializing in the production of various seasonings.
Relying on his professional advantages, Fan Wei's connections have long been spread all over the world, so it is extremely easy to open up various business channels. He has made a lot of money over the years.
Why Fan Wei's son insisted on staying in the army instead of inheriting the family business may be due to personal interests. It's not a big deal that Yan Chujie opened a back door to give him special care. Tao Donglai just asked casually and didn't care about the situation of the Fan family boy, but Yan Chujie's last words touched him.
Tao Donglai said: "There will definitely be a stage, but we need to confirm the future direction first."
Yan Chujie said: "If the future direction is adduction, then the size of the stage may not be so ideal."
Tao Donglai said: "Whether it's inward or outward, we can probably tell when the dust of this change of office has settled."
When talking about the change of office, Yan Chujie's expression became solemn: "The results will be out in a few days. I hope everything goes smoothly!" According to the schedule, the candidates for the new executive committee will be determined before the National Day. Then the group headed north to Hangzhou to participate in the National Day activities held in the new capital, and held a meeting in Hangzhou to determine the country's next development direction.
As the deadline for internal voting approaches, candidates from all walks of life have begun to express their political opinions in various public forums. Even candidates who are out of town will use other means to make their voices heard, such as publishing signed articles in the Haihan Times, or sending close associates to directly visit potential ticket holders.
Minister of Agriculture Yuan Qiuye first published an article in the Times titled "The Development Current Situation and Future Prospects of my country's Agriculture."
Yuan Qiuye pointed out that Haihan's agriculture can be divided into two major categories, one is food crops and the other is cash crops. Food crops bring a stable life to the people of Haihan, while cash crops, as the name suggests, can create more economic benefits than food crops.
However, the trend in recent years has been that cash crops have become popular. Various overseas regions, especially those located in the south, have used cash crop farms and plantations as the main resources of local agriculture, while food crops have received a certain amount of attention. degree of neglect.
The harvests of cash crops operated in some areas are not bad, but food must be imported from outside by sea. Local finances seem to have good income, but it is difficult to achieve even the most basic food self-sufficiency.
Yuan Qiuye believes that as the population of Haihan continues to grow, food cultivation must receive sufficient attention. And this involves a key issue, that is, traditional food growing areas are all on the mainland. The farther away from the mainland, the lower the proportion of food crops.
This is not only the impact of climate, water and soil, and farming methods, but more importantly, only the mainland has a sufficient agricultural population, while those overseas territories newly occupied in recent years often lack an agricultural foundation.
Yuan Qiuye used Xingdao as an example to illustrate this point of view in detail. The proportion of Han people in Xingdao is the lowest among all overseas regions in Haihan, and the cultivation area of related food crops is also the smallest.
In fact, within the jurisdiction of Xingdao, the entire agriculture has not been able to develop to the scale it should be, and some agricultural products need to be imported from domestic and neighboring countries.
This is not because the local area is severely lacking in the labor force required to cultivate the land. The bauxite, tin ore, oil wells and other mineral deposits in the Xingdao area rely on a large number of labor forces to operate, but the current operating situation is much better than that of agriculture.
Yuan Qiuye believes that there are two fundamental reasons. First, the proportion of Han people in Xingdao is too low, resulting in too few people who can engage in agriculture. After all, the local indigenous people do not understand agriculture at all, but getting them to mine does not require too complicated training, and the output It is also higher than agriculture.
Second, the local area is located in the tropics, and the planting industry is naturally dominated by cash crops. It is not cost-effective to use precious manpower to cultivate food crops. Yuan Qiuye even admitted that if he were in charge of the local area, he would also focus on cash crops as his main business object.
After Yuan Qiuye's article went in a long circle, he finally got to the point - the development of overseas regions is not only difficult to provide the country with sufficient food supply, but will actually affect food security. If we want to avoid such risks, Haihan should return its development direction to the traditional Han inhabited areas, that is, focus on the mainland as the priority expansion target, and ensure that there are enough food crop growing areas to support the people.
In this way, no matter how much the population and territory grow, or how fast the expansion is, there is no need to worry about problems with food supply in the future.
(End of chapter)