Chapter 611 Political Line Drawing

"Has the available arable land in the occupied areas of the province been verified?"

When it comes to agriculture, all leading cadres, including Gu Jianguo, look solemn.

Food stability is more important than anything else. Without sufficient food, all other development is just castles in the air.

Although the total grain reserves in the hands of the Ye Province Military Region have reached 100 million tons with the recovery of a number of large and small granaries in the past period of time, this does not mean that we can sit back and relax.

The food issue remains the number one issue that the Night Province Standing Committee needs to focus on!

Only when the food harvested from the fields can truly meet the needs of the survivors in the province can we breathe a sigh of relief.

"Report to the Chairman, the current situation of farmland in the province's occupied areas has been fully sorted out!"

Wow~

At this point, the director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs paused for a moment and flipped through a document in front of him titled "Agricultural Revitalization Plan for Yezhou Province in the Post-Apocalyptic Era (5-10 Years)".

“报告委员长，目前统计得出，夜安新区耕地面积约20万亩、溪水区耕地约14.5万亩、清河聚集地耕地约62.3万亩、宰相聚集地耕地约3.8万亩、崇义聚集地耕地约100万亩。”

"Through comprehensive research and analysis by a team of agricultural experts specially appointed by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ye'an New District, Qinghe Cluster, and Chongyi Cluster can be designated as key food security planting areas!"

"For example, the Qinghe gathering place was an important grain-producing area in Ye Province before the end of the world. The cultivated land is concentrated in Hongfeng Lake. The land is concentrated and irrigation is convenient, which is suitable for large-scale planting."

"The prime ministers' gathering places and the stream areas are mostly mountainous, hilly and karst landforms, with fragmented and scattered arable land. They are used to develop specialty plantings with the best returns, such as tea, strawberries, dragon fruit, passion fruit, peaches, bananas, kiwis, etc."

"It can be used as a raw material for canned food manufacturing, which will help improve the food structure of soldiers in the army and make the nutritional supply more balanced!"

"According to this plan, the cultivated land area for grain cultivation will be able to reach about 200 million mu next year." Gu Jianguo kept calculating in his mind as he listened.

"Just tell me how many people these fields can feed next year if we plant them according to the plan of your Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs."

"Reporting to the Chairman, according to conservative estimates, next year's grain production should be able to reach 60 tons!"

"Based on the minimum living standard of 180kg per person per year, it can feed about 333 million people."

"What if we can't achieve it?" Gu Jianguo stared at the director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

"If you can't do it, bring your head to me!"

The Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is also confident about this. The figure of 60 tons is definitely the lowest figure, and all extreme situations are taken into consideration.

If we really encounter an even more extreme situation, resulting in the 200 million mu of arable land failing to produce even 60 tons of grain next year, then we can only say that he deserves to die!

"Hahaha~ It's just a joke. We are all comrades. Stop talking about life and death all the time. No one can be left behind on the road to rebuilding civilization." Gu Jianguo laughed.

"Chairman, you are right!" The Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs nodded repeatedly, looking like he was learning something.

"Then just like the previous two departments, I will also give you the greatest authority. All the province's seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural machinery and other agricultural resources will be centrally allocated by your Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs!"

"I don't care about the process! But at the annual work summary meeting at this time next year, I want to hear the number of 60 tons, not a pound less!" Having said that, Gu Jianguo tapped the table lightly with his palm, his tone firm!

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Chairman, I would like to take this opportunity... our Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the military have a suggestion. I'm not sure if it's appropriate, so I'd like you to take a look!" Speaking of this, the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs couldn't help but sound a little hesitant.

"Suggestions from the army?" Upon hearing this, Gu Jianguo showed an interested expression on his face.

Everyone in the Ye Province Management Committee knew that his son was the commander of the Ye Province Military Region? And he was also a permanent member of the Military Commission?

As soon as he finished speaking, leaders from other departments in the entire conference room all looked at the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, curious about what he was going to do.

However, facing the unanimous attention in the conference room, the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs did not feel any pressure at all, but became more calm.

"We want to raise the issue of Chongyi City. Our department has learned that the provincial military region has not yet launched military operations in areas other than the Chongyi gathering area..."

"Yeah, that's right, go on." Gu Jianguo nodded.

"According to the data, there are many large agricultural counties within the jurisdiction of Chongyi City that have not been recovered..."

"Among them, large agricultural counties like Meitan County and Suiyang County have more than 100 million mu of cultivated land in each county alone!"

"If the army can spare some manpower, not to mention taking down all of them, but just taking down one of them, our grain production next year can increase by another 50%, which is equivalent to more than 100 million more people's food rations..."

At the end of the conversation, as Gu Jianguo tapped the table with his index finger, the entire provincial standing committee meeting hall gradually fell silent...

Everyone present knew that this was a good suggestion, but in politics, we should not only look at the meaning of the words, but also the meaning of the words...

Whether it is pragmatic or idealistic depends on what the leader thinks, or on judging it in light of the current political environment.

Gu Jianguo looked around the room. All the provincial and committee leaders had solemn expressions, lowered their heads and said nothing. It was unknown what they were thinking...

"Okay, I will communicate truthfully with the provincial military region."

As Gu Jianguo's steady and deep voice rang out in the conference room, the solemn atmosphere seemed to melt away, and the air began to flow instantly.

Everyone knew that this was because Vice Chairman Gu Jianguo, who represented the provincial military region to a certain extent, recognized the right of these civil affairs officials to make recommendations to the military.

In other words, if the reasons are justified, they can in turn influence military decisions.

This issue is actually something that Gu Chengyuan and his son have discussed privately many times. The inviolability of military authority is certainly beneficial to stability, but it also has obvious disadvantages.

This will inevitably lead to the situation where leading cadres dare not speak up when it comes to military issues, and it will be easy for military operations to be disconnected and misaligned with actual needs.

Those present here are the elites of the entire province. No matter how capable the father and son of the Gu family are, they cannot say that they can surpass their collective wisdom.

The purpose of establishing the Yezhou Management Standing Committee was to utilize the wisdom of these elites to gather ideas. If they are unwilling to make concessions on key issues, then wouldn't this Standing Committee be established in vain? It would be better to directly declare martial law over the entire province, and let the troops decide everything.

It is precisely because of this clarification that we have today and the proposal made by the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs just now.

Gu Jianguo believed that with the noses of many leaders present, it was impossible for them not to be aware of the signal he had sent out today.