After listening to Gao Shize's speech, everyone nodded repeatedly. It was indeed a professional, and what he said was orderly and well-known, and it was enough evidence to hit the nail on the head. It was definitely not something that laymen could say.

Wang Yunpeng couldn't help but mutter: "But after the founding of the country in the old time and space, grain output was indeed increasing every year. Therefore, it is said that the implementation of land reform and the reform of the household joint contract responsibility system has stimulated farmers' enthusiasm for production, which is the key factor for improving agricultural production?"

Gao Shize said: "Director Wang, I have never denied the great significance of land reform and the reform of the household joint-stock contract responsibility system. Moreover, these two reforms have indeed improved farmers' production enthusiasm, but the basis for the increase in agricultural output is the widespread application of fertilizers, which is in line with the scientific outlook on development. After the founding of the country in the old time and space, our grain output was indeed increasing every year, but this increase refers to the total grain output. After the founding of the country, we also reclaimed wasteland on a large scale, surrounded lakes and built fields, surrounded seas and built fields, deforested forests and fields, etc. All the means available were used, and all the land that could be reclaimed was opened, so that we could destroy the natural environment and destroy the ecological balance. In this way, the total amount of land increased, and the total amount of grain naturally increased, but the average yield per mu was still hovering below 100 kilograms."

"And with the increase of the total grain output, the total population of our country has also increased. By the 1980s, the total population had exceeded 1 billion mark, so per capita arable land was also declining sharply. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were still 3 mu of arable land per capita, but by 1974 it had dropped to 2 mu of arable land per capita. After entering the 1980s, it dropped to less than 1.8 mu of arable land per capita, which is an internationally recognized danger line. At this time, almost all the wastelands that can be developed in the country have been developed, and all the means that can be used under natural conditions have been used up. Fortunately, at this time, Our country was very lucky to have completed the most basic complete heavy industry system at this last moment and popularized fertilizers. In the 1960s, small fertilizer plants were popularized in almost all counties across the country. In the 1970s, the '43 Plan' was introduced from the United States, the Netherlands, France and Japan and built rural power grids. Finally, chemical fertilizers were used to solve the problem of land barrenness, water pumps were used to deal with drought and flood, and the field output reached an unprecedented 240 kilograms. China finally solved the problem of eating at the hurdle of 1 billion people. This laid a solid foundation for the later economic overflow."

"After entering the new century, although the per capita arable land area in my country is still declining, the yield per mu is still increasing. Moreover, due to the rapid economic development, my country also has enough funds to purchase grain abroad. Not only has it become the world's largest importer of grain, but it also rents a large amount of land abroad. According to foreign media reports, in 2010, the land leased abroad reached 210 trillion mu. Therefore, since the 1980s, my country has never had a grain crisis, which is already a very remarkable achievement. But if I What would the result would the country fail to rely on the heavy industrial system to achieve the popularization of fertilizers in the 1980s? Perhaps India is a comparable object. When we traveled through the country, the population of our country and India was roughly the same, but the amount of arable land in India was nearly twice that of our country. Moreover, most of India is in the subtropical region, with sufficient sunshine and rain, and the natural conditions were better than that of our country. However, India's average grain yield per mu was only more than 100 kilograms. Therefore, although India has such good agricultural conditions, it still hovered on the food and clothing line and did not cause famine from time to time."

Gao Shi was born as a farmer, so he was very familiar with the data about these history related to agriculture. He said it casually, but it was a long string, but it was very convincing. Everyone was convinced. On the other hand, he understood how difficult it was in the early days of the founding of the country in the old time and space.

At this time, Xia Bohai said: "But in this era, we should not be able to produce fertilizers in a short period of time. So if we have considered the high field length, how should our agriculture develop?"

Gao Shize said: "In fact, it is not long before the invention of chemical fertilizers. According to the old history of time and space, the technology of synthesis ammonia was invented by German chemist Haber around 1910. It can carry out large-scale industrial production around 1915. Ammonia is an important raw material for the production of nitrogen fertilizers. As long as the synthetic ammonia technology is available, we can use synthetic ammonia to make urea. Therefore, if we complete basic industrialization within five years and then immediately establish a project to study the synthetic ammonia technology, there will be about 8-10 years of development cycle, we should be able to complete the technological breakthrough of synthetic ammonia. After all, we do not lack theoretical experience. In addition, if we had a good relationship with Germany at that time, we could consider cooperating with Germany or funding Haber. As long as we can persist in this development cycle, we can produce fertilizers on a large scale after the synthetic ammonia industry develops, and then our grain problem can be solved."

Wang Yunpeng said: "But even so, I think it will take at least 10-15 years to produce fertilizers, and can we persist until the synthesis of ammonia technology makes a breakthrough?"

Gao Shize said with great confidence: "Of course, we are now promoting land reform. Although land reform cannot significantly increase agricultural production, it can indeed greatly improve farmers' production enthusiasm. Moreover, without the intermediate pressure of landlords, farmers' actual income can be improved to a certain extent. Therefore, the stimulus effect brought by land reform can be maintained for at least 5 years. In these five years, on the one hand, we will try our best to increase agricultural output, and on the other hand, we will try our best to open up land and expand the arable land area. In this way, if the yield per unit acre does not increase significantly, we will increase the total grain output, and try our best to buy more grain from the outside to ensure sufficient inventory. As long as there is no large-scale natural disasters or large-scale wars, it is completely possible to persist for 10-15 years."

Xia Bohai pondered for a while and Gao Shize's opinions were indeed good, but it is impossible to ensure that there is no large-scale war in the next 10-15 years. Not to mention anything else, if the Russo-Japanese War really occurred in 1904, it would be difficult for the time travel group to stay out of it. However, today's conversation with Gao Shize also gave Xia Bohai a further understanding of the actual situation of this era. Then when formulating plans to deal with the Russo-Japanese War, he would also consider it more comprehensively and in detail. Of course, these things are not yet proposed yet, so Xia Bohai said: "Boss Gao, this time the exchange with you has indeed benefited us a lot. We have a clear understanding of agricultural production, and we will not make principled mistakes when making major decisions in the future. It seems that letting you be a farm manager is really useless. People like you should have greater room for development. This is a mistake of our Executive Committee."

Gao Shize hurriedly said, "There is, there, I am just a farmer, I can't do anything else, but I have been farming for a lifetime, so it's just right to be a farm manager, but I can't do other jobs?"

Xia Bohai shook his head and said, "No, Gao Field Chief is too modest. You should have a position to play a better position, and we also need a talent like you. You also know that the new leadership team will be determined before the end of the year. If we can continue to serve as the leader, I hope you will serve as the Minister of Agriculture of the new government. I wonder what your attitude is?"

Gao Shize couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Isn't there anyone, the Minister of Agriculture?"

Qin Zheng said: "Some people can also be replaced. We are not a lifetime system. After the new leadership team is established, there will definitely be some personnel adjustments. Although the current Minister of Agriculture Comrade Zeng Dong works hard, he is too young and needs experience; secondly, he is not a professional after all, so if we can be elected, we plan to let him go to the local area to train for some time. Of course, the best candidate for the Minister of Agriculture is Gaochang."

Gao Shize was silent for a while. In fact, Gao Shize knew very well that several people from the Ministry of Agriculture were laymen and would definitely not work in this position for too long. He was indeed the best candidate for the Minister of Agriculture, and Gao Shize naturally would not be willing to work as the director of a farm. Moreover, in the Time Travel Group, he had a huge family support and with such good conditions, of course he could do more. Therefore, as early as when he first became the director of a farm, he had already focused on the position of the Minister of Agriculture.

However, although Gao Shize always said that he was a farmer in the old time and space, in fact, this is not wrong, but there are many types of farmers, including a cow with thirty acres of land, and a farmer with his wife and children, and a large farm with 1,000 acres of land, has 6,70 employees, and more than 20 agricultural machinery are also farmers. Gao Shize is of course a farmer of the latter type. Whether it is social status, knowledge, experience, or vision, such farmers are not comparable to ordinary people. Gao Shize's farm was a model of agricultural modernization in the old time and space. He is also a frequent visitor in the county and city, and he can be called brothers and sisters with county and city leaders. Therefore, Gao Shize is not unfamiliar with the officialdom.

Moreover, Gao Shize is almost 50 years old. Of course, he will not be as rough and impatient as young people. Moreover, his years of farm management career has made Gao Shize's personality more pragmatic and stable. His family is huge. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Because it is eye-catching and easy to become the target of public criticism, it is not advisable to show its edge in the early stage of the time travel group. On the one hand, Gao Shize arranged his family to work in other departments. Although he was mostly engaged in middle and lower-level work, he was building a grassroots level and working hard to run two farms at the same time. After all, this is the family's greatest capital and the best way to accumulate performance, and prepare for the family's accumulation of strength in the future.

But the opportunity came so soon, which made Gao Shize a little unexpected, and he couldn't tell whether it would be a big benefit or a big harm to his family when taking over the Ministry of Agriculture now. It took time to distinguish the pros and cons of it. So Gao Shize said: "Commander, Political Commissar, this news is too sudden. Can I think about it for a few days?"
Chapter completed!