My girlfriend is from 1949

Longhua Town is a historic town in the southern part of H District, H City.

Located about one kilometer from Xujiahui, it is centered around Longhua Temple and Longhua Pagoda as its core cultural heritage sites.

The village was established during the Tang Dynasty, became a market town during the Yuan Dynasty, and developed into a prosperous commercial town during the Ming Dynasty.

The existing Longhua Pagoda was originally built in the second year of the Taiping Xingguo era of the Northern Song Dynasty and is the only ancient pagoda in Shanghai.

Longhua Temple was first built in the Tang Dynasty and is one of the eight scenic spots of Shanghai, famous for its "Longhua Evening Bell".

However, in 1949, after years of war and the economic collapse caused by the gold yuan, the country was in dire need of reform and opening up.

Behind the seemingly prosperous town lies a sense of vicissitude.

Longhua Town is one of the main sources of vegetables for H citizens.

Shanghai currently has a total area of ​​636.18 square kilometers, of which the suburbs cover 529.43 square kilometers and are the main agricultural production area.

The urban area at that time was only 82.4 square kilometers.

When the city was liberated in May 1949, it had approximately 85,000 mu of vegetable fields.

They are distributed in 10 suburban areas including Longhua, Dachang, Jiangwan, and Gaoqiao.

Most of them are small-scale farmers, with each household cultivating three to five mu to six mu, and some using the gaps in the land in front of and behind their houses for planting, mainly for self-production and self-sales.

At this moment, Shanghai, with an area of ​​only 600 square kilometers, is home to 500 million people.

A food crisis is imminent!

Just a few months earlier, when Shanghai had just been liberated.

Speculators hoarded grain, driving up its price to exorbitant levels.

With the income of ordinary citizens, they simply cannot afford to buy food.

The original plan involved mobilizing resources from surrounding provinces to win this battle for food security.

Those speculators who hoarded the stock lost everything.

However, this time Lin Wan brought a lot of important information from the modern world.

One of them concerns grain merchants engaging in speculation and profiteering.

Therefore, several months ago, a batch of grain was purchased every time supplies were transported.

Although the purchase quantity was not particularly large, after several purchases, a considerable amount of grain was still accumulated for future use.

Moreover, with stockings as a money-making machine, he earned a large amount of silver dollars in just a few months.

It not only supported the banks but also won the battle to defend the currency.

They also had money to buy food, and were no longer as poor as the sample.

The purchase of large quantities of grain with silver dollars, combined with the grain transported by Lin Wan, stabilized grain prices and enabled people to eat rice.

However, relying solely on purchasing is not a sustainable solution.

If a natural disaster were to cause a food shortage and the whole country were to lack food, and even with money you couldn't buy food, who knows how many people would starve to death!

Despite the support of the modern world, even if a natural disaster were to occur, leading to reduced food production and famine,

With the abundance of resources in the modern world, we are fully capable of solving disasters and preventing people from starving.

But that still required external assistance, and no accidents could be allowed to happen.

What if we can't travel through time, or we have disagreements with the modern world?

Therefore, one must be strong oneself to succeed; no matter what, one must be prepared accordingly.

It's essential to have our own reserves of food.

Moreover, Shanghai's population of 500 million is simply too densely packed.

This not only leads to housing difficulties, but also makes it difficult to find a job.

It was understandable that people came to Shanghai to escape the war in the past.

Now that almost the entire country has been liberated, there is naturally no need to hide from the war anymore.

Therefore, solving the problems of food and daily life, and dealing with the issues of shantytowns have become the most pressing issues to address.

Chen Huai'an had spoken with Zheng Changlin a week ago.

Although restricted from taking office, and unable to interfere with normal development.

However, it's still okay to discuss our thoughts privately.

In addition to being the director of the 306 Bureau, Zheng Changlin also served as the deputy mayor in charge of the Public Security Bureau.

Have sufficient authority to resolve these legacy issues.

So, in the villa's garden, I shared some of my thoughts.

In Shanghai, the policy of "borrowing land to ensure supply" was implemented, and the first "enclave" was established in Jiangsu.

From farms to prisons, from iron mines to coal mines, more than ten enclaves span two provinces and three counties, becoming the invisible lifeline supporting this city.

To this day, Dafeng Farm supplies 20% of Shanghai's grain, 40% of its pork, and 50% of its fresh milk.

Of course, my own ideas also came from researching materials.

According to reports, the Military Control Commission will clear out the shantytowns and rebuild houses next year, implementing a work-for-relief policy for refugees.

After that, the refugees were diverted to other places to reduce the pressure on Shanghai.

Moreover, allocating land can also increase grain production.

After contacting the government, Chen Huai'an had already purchased fertilizer production machinery and formulas.

It was inevitable that the Republic of China would vigorously develop agriculture to ensure that people could have enough to eat.

Moreover, developing agriculture on a large scale would also show the Soviet Union, the big brother, that this little brother is truly "obedient" in developing agriculture.

Seeing is believing, and that's what puts your mind at ease, isn't it?

The real heavy industry was moved to Sichuan.

Even if they wanted to investigate, they wouldn't give them the chance.

This also adopted the experience of later generations, and moved the heavy industries in the coastal areas to Sichuan.

Adhering to the principle of pragmatism, since later generations have done it this way, the Republic of China naturally had to learn from it.

After all, the country was newly established, and everything was done by trial and error.

Now that we have the answer ready, we don't need to take any detours.

After this idea was conveyed, it coincided with the ideas of the military control commission and the municipal government.

It was then reported to the Central Committee.

After all, this plan is not limited to H City; it also involves borrowing land from neighboring Jiangsu Province, requiring coordination from the central government.

Having read the books sent to the central government, the central government naturally understood the benefits of this measure.

Therefore, we called back directly to support development.

When Chen Huai'an and Lin Wan arrived at Longhua Town, a barren land, Zheng Changlin was already waiting with a group of people.

The vast majority of them are young people in their twenties and thirties.

Judging from their attire, they should all be key technical personnel.

Chen Huai'an got out of the car, his eyes still filled with emotion.

Back in modern times, I used to visit Longhua Town with friends on weekends when I had time off.

However, back then, Longhua Town had a well-planned architectural layout, and it exuded a modern atmosphere everywhere.

It's like stepping back in time to the present-day Longhua Town.

Although it is a town, it is under the jurisdiction of Shanghai, so it is still within the area where it can operate.

However, it's not possible to go to neighboring J province, or even to Beiping next month to see the grand ceremony.

So when Lin Wan received the invitation to go to Beiping next month, she was so envious she was practically drooling!

If you insist on going and see someone you shouldn't see, you may fulfill your wish, but you'll also be thwarted by the rules.

Although I feel regretful, there's nothing I can do about the rules.

"You've finally arrived!"

Zheng Changlin greeted them with a smile, only giving a general introduction to the people around him that they were staff members of the Agriculture Bureau.

Then, laughing, he said, "Everyone is waiting to see if technology truly becomes the primary productive force!"