Through the joint efforts of all departments of the Far East Company, the disaster situation in Liaodong and Northeast China was finally controlled. Of course, crops in various localities have also suffered certain losses due to the drought, and the average yield per mu has not yet reached half of last year's.

Even so, grassroots farmers across Liaodong are already very satisfied. If this is in Daming, in such a drought year, it is inevitable that there will be no harvest.

The more than 1 million displaced people who had just been resettled in the Northeast and other parts of the Northeast last year were even more like ghosts. In such a year of famine, they still harvested hundreds of catties of corn in their fields, and even more potatoes and sweet potatoes. In the past, even if the wind and rain were smooth in Daming, a year later, each acre of land would be harvested only a few hundred catties.

Unexpectedly, in the Far East, suffering from such a severe drought, they could still harvest so much grain per mu, which made them a little unbelievable. Moreover, the proprietor is benevolent and righteous, not only lowering the land endowment, but also reducing a considerable part of the loan repayment this year.

In particular, when they saw the worst months of the disaster, all departments of the company and all units of the Far Eastern Army went down to the fields in the countryside to help them in disaster relief. This makes these newly resettled homeless people even more unbelievable, when have they seen such a scene.

Officials and military masters from all over the country came to help them carry water, which frightened a group of honest peasants. If you were in Daming before, you would still dare to ask the official master and the military master to help you carry water, and it would be good if they didn't come to harm you.

Although the extreme drought in eastern Liaoning and the outer northeast region has caused great losses, the grain output has been reduced by more than half. However, through the performance of the Far Eastern Group in this disaster relief, it has touched all the farmers in Liaodong and made those displaced people who have just been resettled in various places have a strong sense of belonging to the Far Eastern Company.

Far Eastern Corporation's work to receive displaced people this year is nearing completion. The company's grain reserves have bottomed out, and originally wanted to top the grain harvested this autumn, but they did not expect that Liaodong and the outer northeast regions suffered from extremely serious drought.

For the sake of the stability of farmers in various places, the company has greatly reduced the amount of land endowment and loan repayment this year, which has made the company face a food crisis again.

After the autumn harvest, the board of directors of the company held an emergency meeting. Discuss the next step in dealing with the company's food crisis.

He Haobo, director of the company's warehousing center, first informed everyone of the company's grain reserves: "At present, the company's grain reserves have reached below the warning line, and the situation is extremely critical. ”

After listening to He Haobo's words, the faces of the Standing Committee members attending the meeting all became solemn. This year, the company has successively obtained a large amount of grain in Siam and Nanyang, but after two years of continuous purchase, the grain in Nanyang and Siam has basically been bought.

After all, in this era, the Indochina Peninsula and the South Seas were vast and sparsely populated. Moreover, the productivity is extremely low, and in the face of such a huge demand for grain in the Far East, it is simply impossible to meet such a large-scale purchase by the Far Eastern Company, and it has been buying for two years in a row.

Wang He saw that everyone's mood was relatively low, so he smiled and said: "Although our Far East has experienced an extremely severe natural disaster, the losses are extremely serious. However, the company has won the hearts of all farmers in eastern Liaoning and the outer northeast by virtue of its performance in disaster relief, as long as there is a popular heart. No matter how big we lose, it's worth it. Although our current situation is extremely serious, as long as everyone brainstorms. There's always a way to get through this. ”

Guo Song next to him thought for a while and said: "The Indian campaign has begun, there should be a lot of seizures over there, should we contact Qiao Haipeng and let them transport the captured grain from India back first." ”

Gao Jianguo shook his head and said: "Lao Qiao's seizures in India should be a lot, but the company's food shortage is too big, just by seizing them in India." may not be able to meet our food needs this year. The food needs of more than a million displaced people is a huge astronomical amount. Between now and next year's autumn harvest, if we don't find a reliable source for grain imports, we're in real danger. ”

Wang He nodded and said: "In the past two years, the company has tried its best to raise grain everywhere, because the demand is huge, and the grain in Siam, Nanyang and other places. Maybe even the old grain for many years has been bought by us. In this era, the level of agricultural production in Siam and Nanyang and other places is far less high than that of modern society, and the yield per mu of three or four hundred catties is considered a bumper harvest. And the small population is also a major factor.

Although the agricultural resources in eastern Liaoning and the outer northeast are abundant, the Xiaoice period will continue for several years, and no one dares to guarantee whether there will be several more such natural disasters in the next few years. We need to make two preparations, we should start large-scale migration to the South Seas and India, and open up new agricultural bases. ”

Everyone listened to his words and thought it was true. The great drought in Liaodong this time gave everyone a new understanding of the Xiaoice River period. In the event of a natural disaster for several years in a row, the Far Eastern Company may really be in an extremely dangerous situation.

Gao Jianguo had a gloomy face and said coldly: "If there is really no way, then let Lao Qiao lead the troops to continue westward, to Persia, to the Arabian Peninsula, to the coast of East Africa, even if it is ruthless." ”

As soon as his words fell, a communications staff officer pushed open the door of the conference room, he came to Gao Jianguo's side, handed over a telegram, and then said loudly: "Commander, the telegram just sent by Commander Qiao of the Indian Theater of Operations. ”

Gao Jianguo took the telegram from the communications staff officer, glanced at it briefly, and his face suddenly changed. He stood up with a "whew" and hurried to the outside of the conference room.

The faces of the committee members in the conference room also changed, and everyone sweated in their hearts. Everyone is secretly praying that this is a critical moment for the company, and the Indian war zone will never encounter any more trouble.

Because at present, there is only one member of the Standing Committee of the company's military committee, Gao Jianguo, a bare-rod commander, and there are still a lot of work in the company recently, so he simply brought a staff team with him to receive telegrams from all over the country anytime and anywhere, and then work on the spot.

Gao Jianguo came to the radio station in the next room and directly gave an order to several signal soldiers: "You send a report to the Indian theater of operations as I said. ”

When several signal soldiers saw the solemnity on the commander's face, they also became nervous and hurriedly made preparations. Gao Jianguo took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "Old Qiao, I don't want to know how the Indian campaign went, I just want to know how much grain was captured in the Indian campaign, and the family will be almost unable to open the pot." (To be continued.) )