The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

"Nothing much, I just came to tell you that those foreigners are really shameless."

They came to us early this morning asking for our people back, and we didn't tolerate it.

They said someone went missing in our country, and we should help them find them.

The government officials retorted, saying that the government is not a nanny; these are free people, and we have no right to interfere where they go.

We have no right to track them, and their disappearance is none of our business.

If we discover any trace of these people, we will contact them immediately.

If nothing has been found, then there is truly no trace of these people.

Hmph, what a piece of trash, knowing perfectly well what their people are doing.

Pretending to know nothing, how hypocritical!

Hearing Gu Zhiqi's words, He Yuzhu smiled and said:

"After seeing yesterday's military parade, these people no longer dare to do so, whereas before they had the courage to openly confront others."

That's gone now; these people are afraid we're declaring war on them.

After such a long war, all countries in the world need to recuperate and rebuild.

If the fighting continues, no country can sustain it.

But our country is not afraid. Our country has faith, and our teachers are the faith of our country.

At a single command, we can take up arms and fight against people from any country.

However, now the whole world is on guard against us, so we just need to take the initiative.

That would practically mean we were declaring war on the whole world, which is why the instructors had to swallow their pride for the sake of our peace.

Otherwise, I would have beaten his mother up already!

Hearing He Yuzhu say this, Gu Zhi Qiu nodded:

"That's right, but watching the parade yesterday was really exciting. I never imagined that tanks forming a cluster would be so spectacular."

And that helicopter, it's practically a tank killer.

Looking at the excited Gu Zhi Qiu, He Yu Zhu said:

"Don't worry, things will definitely get better in the future. This time it was just a rush, and the country had to go all out to produce such a small number of planes."

However, our country will soon begin production of airplanes and tanks, and there will be more and more of them.

As long as we weather these three years of natural disasters.

After hearing He Yuzhu mention the natural disaster, he asked He Yuzhu:

"Pillar, will it be available next year?"

He Yuzhu said:

"Of course, didn't I tell you? 1958, 1959, and 1960."

There's still one year left, but next year will be the last year.

However, this situation will not ease until the autumn harvest of 1961!

After all, there wouldn't be any grain until the autumn harvest of 1961!

Gu Zhi Qiu asked with a worried expression:

"Sigh, isn't there any other way?"

He Yuzhu said:

"Yes, it is, it just depends on how the instructors handle it!"

Gu Zhiqi asked curiously:

"any solution?"

He Yuzhu said:

"The easiest way is to buy and sell arms with other countries and then exchange them for food!"

However, this would offend the United States, since it's their country's patent.

Their country trades weapons all over the world, making a lot of money and resources.

However, this is like drinking poison to quench thirst, after all, whether it's an airplane or a tank.

These are all state secrets; I just don't know if they want to sell them.

It's no easy feat for our country's industry to have reached this level; it's leading the world.

But if we sell it now, I don't know about the industry, but the weapons will definitely be leaked.

Especially in terms of airplanes and tanks, they will catch up within a few years.

Then we will no longer have an advantage.

As for other things, I can research something else and exchange it for food.

But it's unclear whether other countries will grant this request.

After all, the whole world knows that we are short of food.

If it's not something essential, I just don't know if they'll even sell it!

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Gu Zhiqi said:

“Sell? How could they not sell? As long as they have enough money, they will sell. Western countries are different from our country; they are only interested in money.”

We could buy it if we had enough foreign exchange, but as you know, our country doesn't have that much foreign exchange right now!

Upon hearing Gu Zhiqi's words, He Yuzhu understood what he meant: he was to find a way to research things and exchange them for more foreign exchange.

He Yuzhu looked at Gu Zhiqi and then said:

"Okay, then I'll try?"

Gu Zhiqi looked at He Yuzhu and said to him:

"What do you mean?"

He Yuzhu said:

"I was originally planning to research something else, but since you put it that way, I'll give it a try."

Why not try researching ways to earn foreign exchange?

After hearing He Yuzhu's words, Gu Zhiqi asked:

"You can research this too?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"What makes the most money is naturally consumer goods. After all, even if weapons have high profits, they also carry high risks."

However, for consumer goods, as long as we can sell them abroad, we can earn a lot of foreign exchange.

However, our country currently lacks the capacity to transport food back from abroad.

After all, this is a money-losing business. Grain is very cheap abroad, and it takes up a lot of space. Each time it is transported, not to mention the cost, the transportation cost alone is very high.

After returning, we sold them to ordinary people at a loss, since there is still a gap between our prices and those abroad.

So if the country agrees, I can do more research on consumer goods, which don't have much of a technological barrier.

It's really just some whimsical ideas!

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Gu Zhiqi said:

"You should study what you're talking about first. As for this, I'll go ask the higher-ups what they think!"

He Yuzhu knew that everything he researched was a resource of his own country.

Then, these resources are used to produce various products, but the prices of these products cannot be too high, or the profits will be too high.

Other countries will copy it, but the profits are too low, and our country is not yet in line with other countries.

This means that the country's currency is not currently interchangeable with that of other countries.

Other countries do not recognize their own currencies.

This could potentially lead to the loss of state-owned resources.

He Yuzhu dared not make a decision on this, after all, this was a special period.

It wasn't until later generations aligned with international standards and were able to hedge financially, thus protecting their country's resources and prices, and ensuring their profits.

But that won't work now, since our own country's currency isn't working right now.

Gu Zhi Qiu said:

"Alright, let's talk about this later. I'm telling the higher-ups, it's a headache for them."

And can't these things you mentioned be sold domestically?

He Yuzhu said disdainfully:

"These things I make are dispensable for people in our country now."