readx; In the past 20 years, China's social stability has not occurred on its own soil, and it has not had any impact on the development of domestic industry and commerce and agriculture. www.biquge.info The Ministry of Civil Affairs in the 20s implemented the rural health station program to achieve great results, training a large number of low-level doctors stationed in the vast rural areas, so that the medical conditions of China's lower-class people have improved a lot, at least the usual colds, injuries and infections will not become fatal killers, so that the average life expectancy of the people has increased a lot.

At the same time, the birth rate has also increased substantially, and by 1932, the latest census of the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed that China's population had climbed to about 500 million. Limited by the strength of personnel and the level of technology, although the data of this census is not very accurate, it is not too far from the real data.

The increase in population and the improvement of living standards have increased the consumption of grain day by day, and the increase in China's grain production cannot keep up with the rate of grain consumption, which is why China imports a large amount of rice from Southeast Asia every year.

In order to solve the problem of domestic food shortage, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has been vigorously promoting the use of chemical fertilizers over the years, and the use of chemical fertilizers will cause pollution to the environment, so all Chinese will worry about this problem when they are full.

"The peasant problem is a big problem, and to solve the peasant problem, we must solve the grain problem, and you people in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry are also aware of this, so don't slacken, and the focus of your work in the future will still be to increase grain production." Chen Jingyun said this sentence after closing the report in his hand.

After the people from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry went out, Yan Jing Kuang came in: "President, the Persian crown prince and his party have arrived, and Chief Gu and they are already waiting for you!" ”

Chen Jingyun nodded: "Since everyone has arrived, let's go!" ”

After leaving the office, Yan Jing Kuang said to Chen Jingyun while walking beside Chen Jingyun: "In addition to the high-level officials of the Pahlavi court, the delegation of the Pahlavi crown prince to China this time also has many business people! ”

Chen Jingyun nodded: "Naturally, they can't come to China just for a simple state visit, didn't the one who came to China this year come with the intention of opening up our Chinese market, and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has arranged for the right people to participate in this state visit?" ”

"The people from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Department of Economic Development have already made preliminary contact with them, and according to their intentions, the direction of their cooperation is probably still the oil industry!" Yanjing Kwong Road.

"In the past, they only had sand left for oil!" Although Chen Jingyun did not have much understanding of the Persian Pahlavi crown prince, he was very clear about the situation in Persia.

The current ruler of Persia (present-day Iran) is the Pahlavi dynasty, founded by Rezashah Pahlavi in 1925, although this man rebelled and came to power with the support of the British, but after he came to power, he did not have much affection for Britain and France, and the reason is simple, because the British-controlled Anglo-Iranian oil controlled a large amount of Persian oil resources. At the same time, Soviet Russia is also eyeing Persia, sandwiched in the middle of the Persian Pahlavi dynasty is not good, although they want to reform Persia, the introduction of advanced technology and equipment to develop their own oil, but the Pahlavi dynasty has been avoiding signing cooperation contracts with Britain or Soviet Russia over the years, but tends to import technology to Germany, France and Italy, as well as China.

Chen Jingyun also took advantage of this opportunity to slowly infiltrate Chinese forces into Persia, in addition to providing Persia with some industrial equipment, more importantly, providing Persia with a batch of military equipment. In 1931, China had just ended the war and provided Persia with a lot of war surplus materials, including retired T6 series tanks and F2 fighters, in addition to these cheap second-hand goods, there were also a large number of rifles and machine guns.

It has to be said that China's successive victorious wars have made China's military products still have a large market in the world, and Thailand, Persia, and Argentina in South America have imported a lot of military equipment from China.

These early collaborations led to a rapid improvement in relations between Persia and China, which is why the Persian crown prince visited China.

Although Persia has nothing worth importing for China, Persia is so important to Britain because Persia is the most important oil importer for Britain, and China, its own oil production is getting higher and higher day by day, and the country is not exhausted and there is a surplus of exports, Russia, North Korea and the other are all imported Chinese oil in large quantities, and in a short period of time and even in the world war, China will not lack oil, so there is not much urgent demand for foreign oil producing areas.

Why does China, which is not short of oil, want to meddle in Persia, the reason is very simple, even if Persian oil is useless to China itself, but it is an important oil producing area for Britain, and at the same time, Persia is still south of Soviet Russia, and going to Persia to intervene can disgust Britain and Soviet Russia.

In fact, China and the United States are similar in these years, they both like to pull Britain back and act as a-stirring stick, the difference is that the United States is stronger, so the United States is really dismantling the United Kingdom on a global scale. China, on the other hand, has a smaller strength, so it can only fight with Britain within a limited scope, for example, today I will mention the issue of the treatment of Chinese in Malaysia, occasionally send some arms to Afghanistan, and in a few days will send some equipment to Persia.

Today's international relations are actually quite simple, that is, I am disgusted with you, you disgust me, and I can't help it that day and I will fight.

In addition, the geographical location of Persia is also very important, if China can pull Persia into its own chariot, whether it is against Britain or Soviet Russia, Persia can play a major role, even if it can't pull Persia into its chariot, but it can't watch Persia be controlled by Britain or Soviet Russia.

In recent years, Persia has had poor relations with Britain and Soviet Russia, and it is not unrelated to Chen Jingyun's encouragement.

Anyway, China and Persia are far enough away, and it is impossible for China to reach Persia by land with a million troops, because there is a quagmire like Afghanistan in the middle. Chen Jingyun did not think about competing with the British for Afghanistan, but Afghanistan, a country known as the grave of the empire, is really difficult to start, the terrain and national characteristics are enough to make any country a headache, with the British so strong national strength has not been able to conquer Afghanistan, plus Afghanistan is nothing but wind and sand, and more importantly, the bad mountain terrain has no way to build a railway from China, without a railway, it is a hairy battle.

So no matter how you calculate it, fighting for Afghanistan with the British is a chore, so Chen Jingyun simply doesn't make up his mind, but it doesn't mean that Chen Jingyun has given up Afghanistan, Chen Jingyun has sold arms to the Afghans over the years, and the British have protested several times.

After the interval between China and Afghanistan, China and Persia have no possibility of direct land contact, and the so-called long-distance friendship and close attack, China and Persia also have the possibility of cooperation. Otherwise, there was no need for Chen Jingyun to support the Pahlavi dynasty at the risk of turning his face with Britain a few years ago.

China's diplomatic and commercial actions in places like Thailand, Afghanistan and Persia have signaled the beginning of China's expansion.

When he met the Persian crown prince, Chen Jingyun found that the young crown prince was still relatively pleasing to the eye, and he was also more civilized and clear with the experience of studying in Britain and the United States, in fact, a series of reforms of the Pahlavi dynasty were relatively successful, accelerating the process of secularization of Persia.

After some kind words, the two sides sat down for a standard diplomatic history meeting, which is nothing more than saying that the Chinese and Persian people have had friendly exchanges since ancient times, and they hope to further strengthen the friendly exchanges between the two countries. And these formulaic conversations were naturally not the main thing for the Persian crown prince to come to China.

The next day, Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi met with Chen Jingyun again, but this time there were much fewer people in attendance, and the attendees were high-level officials from both sides.

It didn't take long for Crown Prince Pahlavi to make a request for the purchase of a batch of military equipment in China, and at the same time hoped to cooperate with China in commerce and trade, specifically hoping that Chinese companies would provide the necessary oil equipment.

China's oil industry has developed rapidly in recent years, and although the level of the oil industry cannot be compared with that of the United States for the time being, the technical level is not too bad, and it has experience in large-scale development. The Persian side hoped to cooperate with China in this regard, and he had expected it for a long time.

In terms of military equipment, Chen Jingyun has more concerns, because the position of Persia is really sensitive, and the import of a large amount of military equipment represents not only commercial and trade cooperation, but also has important political significance. 、

Chen Jingyun knew very well that the Persian side was using China to balance the power of Britain and Soviet Russia in Persia, and if one was not careful, it would be easy to clash with Soviet Russia and Britain again, but the Soviet Russian side did not matter, anyway, China and Soviet Russia have always been hostile countries, although there has been no war, but strictly speaking, they are still in a state of war, and if they want to provoke a war, they don't even need to declare war. However, the British side has a lot to worry about, although China likes to stumble on Britain, but it does not mean that it will forget to offend Britain, and this rhetoric must be grasped to a certain extent.

Chen Jingyun did not agree to the request of the Persian side at the first time, but said that he should consider it carefully, this kind of big matter naturally cannot be considered by himself alone, and the political axe also has limitations, and Chen Jingyun has to discuss it with the military.

Because Persia not only asked China to provide military equipment, but also hoped that several major military academies in China would accept Persian students and that China would send certain military instructors to the Persian side.

These things seem tempting on the surface, but they also represent great risks, and Chen Jingyun can know with his toes that once the Persian demands are granted, the next day Britain will have to send the strongest protest to China.

Britain still retains its reputation as the world's number one power, and it takes courage to clash with the world's number one power. With such a big risk, the question that remains is whether the benefits from the Persian side will be enough for China to bear the risk.

This benefit is not only the economic benefit of commercial and trade between the two countries, but also the more important military interest. That's why Chen Jingyun called the military to discuss the matter, and he needed to know what implications it would have for China's military strategy.