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Chapter 1314: The Journey to Nanyang Achieved Success (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
When the convoy was about 200 to 300 meters away from the residential area, it stopped. Then the passengers got off the cars and walked along the snowy streets.

"Look, there's a grocery store in front."

Khrushchev pointed his finger there and said:

"A few years ago, there were still a lot of people lining up there to buy pork, but now, people don't need to line up anymore, and most people can eat meat casually."

When talking about "eating meat", Khrushchev looked at Li Yian beside him and said:

"This is thanks to your help. When I visited Nanyang, I signed the Livestock Cooperation Agreement with you and introduced Nanyang Large White Pigs from Nanyang. Your Large White Pigs have a shorter production period and require less feed. You also have large modern pig farms, which is a great help to us."

This is the biggest difference between Khrushchev and others. He does not hide the help he has received, and will tell the other party in very frank words and thank them for their help. This is more of a kind of self-confidence.

Instead of being like some people who take all the credit for themselves and even carefully cover up the help of others in order to show their own greatness.

Listening to Khrushchev's frank and confident answer, Li Yian smiled and said:

"In fact, the modern breeding industry in Nanyang has benefited from the excellent breeds introduced from Britain and the United States. Without the introduction of these breeds, there would be no development of the livestock industry in Nanyang. That's why I say that cooperation is a win-win situation!"

At this time, Li Yian's expression was somewhat proud. The pig breeding company purchased from the UK has now become Nanyang's own enterprise. The feed-to-meat ratio of Yorkshire Large White pigs it breeds is only 2.58:1, which means that every 2.58 kg of feed can produce 1 kg of meat.

The feed-to-meat ratio of Soviet white pigs was 3.5, which means 3.5 kg of feed produced 1 kg of meat. In other words, the Soviet Union achieved a nearly 30% increase in production by using the same feed by introducing high-quality pig breeds provided by Nanyang enterprises. This was definitely a good thing for the Soviet Union - using the same feed, they could get more meat!
Moreover, the cooperation between the two countries is not limited to breeding pigs, but also breeding cattle. Although Nanyang is located in the tropics, the "Prince Eric" breeding bull purchased in the United States that year, which was called "the best breeding bull of the 20th century" by breeding experts, has become one of the main sources of high-quality breeding cattle in Nanyang.

While making great contributions to improving the quality and yield of beef cattle in Nanyang, their offspring were also exported in large quantities. The high-quality breeding cattle were not only sold back to the United States, but many countries including the Soviet Union were also important customers for Nanyang's high-quality breeding cattle.

“Win-win cooperation…”

Khrushchev said:

"You are right. We need to cooperate to make this world a better place."

As they talked, the two of them walked towards the residential area, and soon the famous Khrushchev Building appeared in front of Li Yian.

Although he had always heard of the Khrushchev Building, this was the first time Li Yian saw it, and it was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

In the Khrushchev residential area, you can see the bizarrely huge open spaces between the buildings.

Li Yian asked curiously:
“Why are these buildings so far apart from each other?”

After all, this is an unreasonable waste of urban space. It will also force the extension of roads and all supporting projects - water pipes, gas pipes, heating pipes, sewers, etc., which naturally leads to a significant increase in construction costs, which goes against the original intention of the Khrushchev building to reduce construction costs by "more, faster, better, and cheaper".

In other words, this is not in line with Khrushchev's character!

"Well... the vast and bright blue city... I'm telling this to others!"

Khrushchev's smile faded and he said:

"Li, we have experienced war. The Germans once fought as far as Moscow. Even now, the Soviet Union is facing the threat of war. Therefore, the real reason why we adopted such a construction plan is more severe and cruel.

In order to cope with the war, we set standards for the distance requirements between newly built multi-story buildings.

Otherwise, once a Soviet city was completely destroyed by a U.S. nuclear strike, it would form a continuous ruin. Large areas of ruins would make it impossible for the military and emergency rescue equipment to pass through. If the distance is increased, there will be no continuous blockade area that hinders traffic. "

Khrushchev's answer made Li Yian stunned. Then he thought that the German engineers were also influenced by the war to a certain extent when designing the streets of Nanyang. Many streets in Nanyang are very wide, and the distance between floors is also large. The huge space between houses can theoretically prevent the spread of fire and the occurrence of "fire storms".

However, due to Li Yian's interference, Nanyang was not as extreme as the Soviet Union.

"That is to say, all your housing construction is centered around the next war."

In response to Li Yian's question, Khrushchev said:
"I am a frank person. We do not want war to break out, but we must prepare for it, just like the Americans deployed their missiles around us before Cuba, and even shipped medium-range missiles to the Middle East with you—"

Before Li Yian could speak, Khrushchev said:
"It's on your colony. There's no need to deny it. Your missiles are pointed at us, forcing us to prepare for war. Just like the last crisis, in essence, it was because the United States threatened us that we had to fight back!"

This is the root cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis!

The responsibility lies absolutely with the US, there is no doubt about it!

The Soviet Union's response was just a normal reaction of a country, which was to ensure its own security.

However, the American propaganda version only mentioned the Soviet threat to them, but did not mention how they threatened the Soviet Union.

For a country that has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from the war, it is rare for them to be so restrained in the crisis. After all, such a traumatic stress response will make them make some extreme reactions for safety, just like this urban planning.

After a moment of silence, Li Yian said:

"Compared to war, I prefer cooperation. For the benefit of all mankind, we should choose peace, and our people should enjoy peace..."

As they were talking, Li Yian noticed a painting of Gagarin on a building, pointed at it and said:
"The earth is too small. We should march into the distant space, to the moon, Mars, and perhaps even to the deeper space. One day, we can even migrate to outer space. Who knows? We should conduct a peaceful competition! For all mankind!"

Li Yian's words are sincere and reflect his true inner thoughts. The resources on Earth are really too limited. He hopes that one day humans can truly enter space and even embark on space adventures, just like the Age of Discovery.

Sensing his sincerity, Khrushchev said:

"Indeed, we should have a peaceful competition. I believe we can defeat you in this competition!"

Because it was working hours, there were not many people in the residential area. While chatting, they looked for residents with family members at home. Finally, they found a house, and Khrushchev excitedly took Li Yian in.

After entering the house, Li Yian was somewhat surprised to find that the floors of these houses were not 2.5 meters high as rumored, but about 3 meters high, and the rooms were not the kind of narrow pigeon cages.

Not only is the living room more than ten square meters, the bedroom is also eleven or twelve square meters. The small kitchen that was so narrow that there was not enough space for one to turn around has become an eight-square-meter "luxury version", and even the bedrooms have been expanded to four rooms.

Judging from the structure of the house, it seems a bit familiar!

"This is……"

Looking at the completely different "Khrushchev Building" in front of him, Li Yian was full of doubts, while Khrushchev said with some pride:

"Li, this is the new version of the house we launched four years ago. Each house is not only more than 110 square meters, but also has five bedrooms..."

Looking at the smug Khrushchev and the somewhat familiar room, Li Yian suddenly understood that this was not the Khrushchev Building at all, it was clearly the five-bedroom apartment in Nanyang!

My goodness, after all this time, it turns out he simply plagiarized!
At least in terms of the layout of the house, Yumiti did plagiarize the Nanyang Apartment, except that the area was slightly reduced. Overall, it is a shrunken Nanyang Apartment.

"When we visited Southeast Asia, we discussed the issue of housing. I said that as long as they were Soviet citizens, they would have a house of their own. But you said that they should not only have a house, but also a home, because only with a home can they have children. If they only have a one-bedroom house, it would only be a house to shelter them from the wind and rain. So, you should give everyone a home..."

When talking about the gains in Southeast Asia, Khrushchev smiled, as if to say - as smart as I am, I can always find many useful things.

"Because of the family, there are large families in Nanyang, each family has five to six children, or even seven or eight children. Yes, it was the same in the Soviet Union,"

A female accountant living in Moscow once wrote to a newspaper, saying: "I live in a 3-square-meter room with my three children. Although I strongly want to have a fourth child, I cannot allow myself to do so."

This is also the fundamental reason why Khrushchev wanted to build houses for everyone, but the Khrushchev building became the focus of jokes due to its poor quality: the ceiling of this type of building is only 2.45-2.7 meters high, the kitchen and bathroom are extremely small, and most of them are one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartments. Three-bedroom apartments are rare, and four-bedroom apartments are almost non-existent.

But it is not inferior at all - more than 20 years later, when the Armenian earthquake occurred, all the Brezhnev buildings, which had just been built for less than two years, collapsed, but the Khrushchev Building stood tenaciously during the earthquake.

In fact, all the jokes about Khrushchev House revolve around its smallness. In fact, at the beginning, for those Soviet people who moved out of shanty towns and crowded dormitories, such a house was not small at all. After all, it was a home, a place where they could talk behind closed doors!

"We in the Soviet Union will also give a home to all Soviet citizens. As long as he is a Soviet citizen, he can have a home to raise children!"

Khrushchev pointed to the bright living room and said proudly:
"So, our engineers designed this new house, which is larger and more suitable for living. Now many people not only live in the new house, but also buy a TV..."

This is the biggest difference between Khrushchev and many people. When he finds a problem, he will find a way to solve it. Just like when faced with the housing shortage in the Soviet Union, he resolutely stopped the construction of expensive steel buildings and asked engineers to start developing cheaper prefabricated houses that can be built faster.

At the beginning, his request was opposed by engineers because these houses had no aesthetic appeal and did not even require engineers - all parts were assembled using the same blueprint. There was no need for engineers.

But in just a few years, a total of nearly 40 million square meters of Khrushchev buildings were built. During the years he was in power, the total housing area of ​​Soviet urban residents doubled, and the total amount of housing built in seven years was more than in the past years.

The Khrushchev Building alleviated the tense housing problem faced by the Soviet Union at that time. Although small in size, it had everything it needed, carrying the family dreams of many Soviet urban residents. Later, the Soviet Union suffered from the problem of too small housing area affecting fertility.

But before all this happened, he really didn't understand. But a trip to Southeast Asia made Khrushchev realize this problem - although the citizens moved out of the sheds, basements, and dilapidated houses, the rooms were small, the walls were poorly soundproofed, and there was basically no privacy. In such a cramped and awkward environment, how could the couple continue to have children? After having children, where would they have space to raise them?
Therefore, after obtaining the true teachings in Nanyang, Khrushchev immediately realized his mistakes and then corrected them!

So the high-end version of Khrushchev's building appeared in the Soviet Union. The past mistakes were corrected and the Soviets lived in better houses.

Pointing to the TV in the living room, Khrushchev said triumphantly:
"Just like you Nanyang people, they also have their own TV sets, and the children will sit in front of the TV and watch cartoons, and when they are thirsty, they will take drinks from the refrigerator..."

While Khrushchev was proudly introducing all this, Li Yian turned his attention to the owner of the household—a middle-aged woman who was over fifty years old and had a standard warlike body type. Then he cast his eyes on the photos on the wall. Looking at the woman and her children in the photos, Li Yian thought for a moment and asked:

"Ma'am, are your children married?"

(End of this chapter)