Chapter 129, Food Crisis

Author: red heart cloth

Chapter 129, Food Crisis

After the urban reconstruction work was somewhat on the right track, the second problem that Oceana had to solve non-stop was the food crisis.

Not enough to eat.

Fuxing City is a commercial hub and a center of light industry. Now that the Weixing City Wasted Dong District has been established, heavy industry is also developing rapidly.

But Fuxing City does not produce food.

Although there is a small farm like Floodplain Valley Manor around the city, the output of that farm's crops in one season is 2,000 tons. The output for a whole year is enough to feed the entire city for ten days.

From Fuxing City to Weixing City, if taken as one, this is a city with a million people. According to the lower-level food quota, the daily food consumption must reach 500 tons; the food demand for a whole year

, at least 180,000 tons, and it is not an exaggeration to prepare 200,000 tons.

When Gu Hang first captured the city, the entire city's food reserves could only last for about fifteen days.

And now, a total of twelve days have passed, and the remaining food reserves are only about nine days.

The main reason why this is so is that during this period, it is not just a matter of sitting and eating.

On the one hand, after the war had initially ended, the blockade of the city had ended, and the storm had ended, the grain trade had more or less resumed. The grain caravans that had been on their way finally had the courage to enter the city and bring their cargo to the city.

The cargo was unloaded, some industrial products were packed and left.

On the other hand, it is the assistance from Wei Xingcheng.

The two synthetic starch production lines in Weixingcheng are operating at full capacity, day and night, and the combined daily output can reach one hundred tons. Except for the two districts that are reserved locally and supply Weixingcheng, the other

They are all heading to Fuxing City.

However, despite these two supplements, it still cannot make ends meet.

This is definitely not possible.

The synthetic starch production line is not yet available. Wu Jiarong's research and development and mass production tasks are a bit heavy, and the local deployment and development of the synthetic starch production line is progressing slowly.

Even if she devotes all her energy to this aspect, I'm afraid she won't be able to solve the urgent need.

Then you can only rely on the old methods.

Fuxing City does not produce food to begin with. It has been able to exist for such a long time only by relying on foreign trade.

Of course, if we rely solely on foreign trade, the supply of food will definitely be very unstable.

It didn't matter what Fuxing City was like in the past. If an unstable situation arises, then let it happen. Anyway, if the people in the inner city can't starve to death, some people in the outer city will starve to death. It's no big deal.

Anyway, after a period of time, there will always be many refugees wandering over from nowhere, who will make up for the missing population.

But the current Fuxing City cannot do this.

Oceana knew that the current high morale of the city residents was based on Governor Gu's political declaration. People now began to believe that the Governor could bring them a better life, which made them begin to support the Governor's regime.

And a great enthusiasm for production broke out.

But if there is a situation of starvation and Gu Hang's political declaration goes bankrupt not long after it is released, it will be a huge blow to the prestige of the new government.

Oceana would never allow this to happen.

In the long run, finding ways to ensure that food is self-sufficient under the new alliance regime's sphere of influence is the fundamental way to solve the food security problem. But until then, the only short-term solution to the problem is foreign trade.

This job originally belonged to Wo Han, the first alliance councilman to die at the hands of Gu Hang. He was the largest grain trader in Fuxing City in the past.

After his death, his grain trade channels were quickly divided up, and the one who took the largest share was none other than Bradford.

He was originally a big businessman, but in the past, in order to avoid internal competition with Wohan, he did not get involved in the grain business. After Wohan's death, he did not take it into consideration.

At that time, he cursed the governor's tyranny in the Alliance Council and shed tears for Wohan's death; on the other hand, he hurriedly ate up the property, fearing that if he was slow, he would lose a bite.

After the war failed and he became a prisoner, he thought that all the food he ate at that time was lost, but he didn't expect that he could still use it now.

Of course, even without him, it doesn't mean that it's completely impossible. After all, it's not like all the employees of the trading houses are dead.

However, there are many people he knows, and if there are people with business channels in various places outside Fuxing City to help, things will be much simpler.

At this moment, he was telling Oceana the specific situation of the food trade in Fuxing City:

"...Fuxing City's food imports can be summarized as two main arteries and a bunch of capillaries." Bradford carefully told Oceana his experience and understanding.

"There are two main arteries, one to the west and one to the south. The south one leads to the Qinggu area. I heard that Ms. Oceana was born there. You should be relatively familiar with that area."

"Yeah." Oceana nodded slightly.

She was indeed familiar with it. She was the daughter of the owner of a plantation with tens of thousands of people. She had been helping her father manage the estate and settle accounts since a few years ago.

The Qinggu area is more than 400 kilometers south of Fuxing City. There is no clear boundary line, but the climate will become better and better as you go south.

It is also one of the few places on Nud Owl with a good climate. The frequency of waste energy storms is very low, and there is a large area of ​​arable land. If you want to see fertile fields thousands of miles away on Nuo Xiao, you can only see it in the Qinggu area.

One plantation after another is spread across that land.

"And the one to the west leads to the desert. You may not be familiar with it. Although the yellow sand is everywhere, there are dots of oases. Many people who live in the Western Desert have found their pre-war treasures underground in the oases.

A planting factory left over from the era. The restored factory can carry out high-density three-dimensional cultivation, and can achieve very high yields without requiring a large area."

"These two arteries support Fuxing City's main food consumption. Last year, Wohan mentioned in the work report of the Alliance Parliament that Fuxing City imported a total of 400,000 tons of food from these two places throughout the year."

"The so-called capillaries refer to various small and medium-sized settlements with food production capacity in an area of ​​500 kilometers radiating from Fuxing City as the center. Within this range, there is some land that can be planted, although

It's not as big or concentrated as the Qinggu area, but there are still some.

This is the type of manor in the floodplain valley; there are also some caves with special environments where some fungi can be grown intensively; there are breeding farms in some places... There are many types and different outputs. They mainly feed almost all the gathering places in this range

, the rich production will be brought to Fuxing City for sale."

"Take last year as an example. Through these capillaries, Fuxing City purchased a total of 100,000 tons of various foods."

"The total estimated quantity is half a million tons. In fact, Fuxing City does not consume that much. 70% of the food is distributed to places outside Fuxing City. After all, Fuxing City is the largest trade hub on the entire planet.

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Oceana's expression was solemn: "In other words, what we have to do is not only to ensure our own food security, but we also need to try our best to let the food circulate throughout the entire wasteland using Fuxing City as a hub again."

"Yes." Bradford sighed, "If this is not possible, perhaps people in Fuxing City will not starve to death, but many settlements in the entire wasteland that do not have food production capacity may suffer disaster."

Oceana said: "Moreover, something happened in the Qinggu area this year. A wave of monsters that was much larger than in previous years destroyed many plantations; many people were displaced, and many of them became plunderers, and further

Let the situation become chaotic..."

"Yes." Bradford said, "The chaos in the Qinggu area has caused our food imports there to drop by more than 30% this year, and if the situation is not alleviated, this import volume may increase.

Decreased collapse."

All discussions about the Qinggu area have been personally experienced by Oceana.

It has been several months since I fled the Qinggu area, but according to the latest information, the situation there has not improved. There is still a steady stream of refugees from the Qinggu area, crossing hundreds of kilometers and wandering to Fuxing City.

For every refugee who made it to Fuxing City alive, there were probably two or three people who fell on the road.

Thinking of this, Oceana almost felt that she couldn't bear it anymore.

But she could only endure it.

She knew that they currently did not have the ability to cross hundreds of kilometers southward and save those who were suffering along the way.

She could only take care of Fuxing City first.

Gathering her thoughts, she said: "We must resume grain trade imports as soon as possible. Next, I will establish a Grain Trade Bureau under the structure of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade. I have sent people to take stock of all the people who worked in the grain trading industry in the past.

, they will be immediately transferred to the Grain Trading Bureau."

"They will perform their respective duties and divide into three working groups according to the three general directions we talked about today. They will try their best to contact sellers and buyers who have had experience in grain trade with Fuxing City, and restore the situation as much as possible.

The scale of the grain trade.”

"Mr. Bradford, I need your help."

Bradford was happy in his heart, but his face remained serious: "This is exactly what I came for."

"Well, I can appoint you as a special adviser to the Grain Trade Bureau. I need you to be specifically responsible for the recovery of the two trade routes, the 'Capillary' and the 'Western Desert Artery'. I hope that within two weeks, our

The blood supply of the 'capillaries' can be largely restored; within a month, our 'Western Desert Artery' can start blood transfusion again. Is it possible?"

Bradford was a little disappointed to hear that it was just a special adviser.

I'm afraid being a consultant is not a formal position.

When he heard the term 'Grain Trade Bureau' before, he had also looked forward to whether he would have the opportunity to become a director, even if it was just a temporary acting one.

Having a formal position seems to mean that he can initially integrate into the new government system. The rest is nothing more than using his ability and performance to speak for himself.

Grain trade is of course the most important part of the many business categories in Fuxing City. If he does a good job in this area and solves the food crisis, will he really have a chance to hold the position of Minister of Commerce in the future?

After all, Ms. Oceana cannot always bear all the work of multiple departments.

But now, just because the consultant is so dispensable and can cancel the position whenever he says, he still feels a little disappointed.

But he quickly cheered up again.

As long as the sinful body can be effective and the opportunity to wash away sins is available, one should strive to cherish it and go all out.
To be continued...