The 150-ton inland steamer sailed hard on the vast Parana River. He has been the editor-in-chief of Pravda for more than ten years. His disciples are located in major newspapers, magazines, and book publishers in China. Li Dayan, who is standing on the front deck, intending to do his last major interview before retirement - a foreign affairs activity to witness the transfer of land.

After this, his students basically did these physical and energy-consuming interview activities in the future. They are young and strong, and they are a great year for their careers. And he, Li Dayan, has worked for Pravda for half his life and promoted the elders for half his life, and he can slowly retreat to the second line in the future, which is also a better paving the way for young people. Of course, the treatment and status that should be given will not be less, which is also a matter of course. After all, he has "talked and laughed" with many big names, and his connections are naturally extraordinary.

"The country has been developing for almost 37 years, and has a population of nearly 2 million (as of July 1667, according to the latest national population statistics and estimates, the total local population of the East Coast Republic of China has reached 1.9854 million, and the number of non-nationals has continued to expand to 261,000, and the population size cannot be underestimated). The number of goods produced is also increasing. The mileage of infrastructure such as roads, railways, docks, canals is becoming larger and larger, with developed trade, prosperous commodities, and rapid pace. The nature of the entire country has gradually become very different from that of the old continental countries." Li Dayan, who stood in the wind, said this, holding the glasses on his nose and smiling gently at his students: "But many people in China - including many journalists -

Claiming that agriculture is still the largest industry in our country. This argument is correct to some extent, because until last year, agriculture was the label of a major social and economic group with the largest population in my country. No industry - such as textiles, steel, construction, shipping, coal, wood, machinery manufacturing, etc. - its population exceeds that of agriculture, and even connects close to it is a luxury. More than 70% of the population in the society is related to agriculture, more than half of the adult men are direct cereal growers, and the others are vegetable gardeners, fruit growers, farmers, herders or agricultural machinery maintenance workers. Such a huge population, economic and social group, whose industry is defined as the largest industry in the country, is indeed no problem and deserves it..."

Generally speaking, in a system like the East Coast Republic of China, the situation is similar to what Li Dayan said, either due to economic factors, traditional customs, or policy guidance, the huge number of new populations invested in agriculture every year is indeed a well-known thing and is indeed something people are happy to see.

In the mainstream consciousness of this country, agricultural groups should be most cared for and valued because they can produce wheat, fruits, vegetables, sugar and other products necessary for national life; the balance between agriculture and industry and commerce is also necessary, and food self-sufficiency is particularly important in a four-dependence country like the East Coast (although this pressure is not great, because there are countless bisons waiting for you to catch), and like the United Provinces, the deformed economic model of the nationals whose agricultural product output cannot be raised by one percent is also strictly prohibited on the East Coast.

"Now, agricultural planting in some big cities - such as Dongfang County, Qingdao County, Ping'an County, Zhenhai County and other places - is gradually deteriorating, and even some of the remaining agriculture has been affected by commercial and economic factors, and those who are willing to operate agriculture are on a downward trend. There is no doubt that in big cities or industrial areas, due to the improvement of our medical conditions and economic development, competition between life and food has been created, but the local willingness to grow food is still not very strong. From this perspective, our country - at least some areas - no longer has the characteristics of an agricultural country, especially the early ten counties, hundreds of thousands of people, among which business and business were established.

The proportion is quite high, and the total number of people exceeds that of many countries in the old continent. This is the most important source of strength for our country." Li Dayan also said: "So, the focus of grain cultivation has begun to shift outward, especially new places like Hejian. In fact, these agricultural planting areas should have gradually moved to the surrounding areas of the above-mentioned big cities, but they cannot get enough common allocation indicators in the place, so the arable land area will naturally not be increased. It can be said that there are policy factors in this situation, because the population density of our country is too low, and the government needs to artificially regulate the people to open up the territory. This seems inhumane, but it is a must, and it is a century-old plan."

After Li Dayan said this, he didn't say anything more, but smiled and watched his students discuss it. With the development of transportation and communications, and the increasingly close ties with overseas regions, the current country is very different from more than 30 years ago, which is particularly obvious in agriculture.

For example, La Plata is increasingly becoming the main source of fresh meat on the East Coast. Countless wild bisons wandering on the grasslands were caught by Spaniards (now many people on the East Coast cross the border), and then after rough processing (some do not even process and sell live cattle directly) were transported to the East Coast for sale. Corded beef dominates the import of meat, and its import value is more than the cattle, sheep, pig, deer, ostrich, crocodile, llama, etc. imported or produced by the East Coast. Tariff protection is gone. The domestic meat price in the East Coast has experienced a long-term bear market, which has forced more and more farmers (the three-crop rotation system requires breeding a lot of livestock) to breed dairy cows. The price of pigs and other animals can produce a large amount of manure and fat fields. It is not easy. At the same time, it also makes farmers further aware of the changes brought to them by commercial agriculture - sometimes not all good things.

Fortunately, the farmers who instead raise dairy cows have good benefits. Milk is almost not affected by any external pressure of price reduction. Moreover, with the growth of population and national consumption capacity, market demand is also increasing. This can be seen from the acquisition contracts signed by many domestic hospitals and farmers. This has more or less made up for farmers. If farmers' income is maintained, it means that the income of the country's largest middle-class season group has been maintained, which is of great benefit to the development of commerce and industry, because these people are the largest consumer groups.

The small steamer slowly docked in Baosai County, a newly established county, with three settlements under the jurisdiction of Baosai Town, Daning Township and Ningsai Township. It is the only port of Baosai Port, the 67th county-level administrative unit in the country, and a river port city located at the intersection of the Baosai River (i.e. the Paung River) and the Parana River.

There were already many people on the dock, crowded in front of several permanent buildings made of bricks and stones: a band invited from some unknown place was debugging musical instruments, and several Taoists explained the scriptures to everyone by the believers, and some non-national labor workers were building a high rostrum. Of course, the most eye-catching thing there was still a team of garrison soldiers with live ammunition. They were working hard to maintain order under the leadership of the officers and surrounded a space in front of the rostrum to separate space for some people who looked quite famous.

"The officials from both sides who participated in the Hejian area were there." Li Dayan looked carefully at the front through the reading glasses, and then said confidently: "Let's go there now, I haven't seen some old friends for a long time."

Li Dayan’s so-called old friend is Xu Xin, a former veteran of diplomacy. This man had just stepped down from his post as a commissioner of the Jiaohe Regional Administration. However, he is still in good health in his sixties or seventies. He can’t sit still when he is idle in the capital. He often goes around some old friends’ homes, so he doesn’t need to mention his connections.

This time, the East Bank fulfilled its obligations in the secret agreement of the military alliance and sent troops to attack the Kingdom of France to help Spain, so of course they would have to receive a reward, and this reward was the central valley of Chile, south of the Bueno River. Regarding this, the Spaniards have repeatedly confirmed it, and this order has been passed to the Governor of Peru and General La Plata. The official transfer of the Hejian area is today!

There is no doubt that this is a historic moment and an extremely glorious moment. As a representative of the East Coast, Xu Xin will soon sign the land delivery document, which is also a matter of being kept in history. I don’t know how many people have envied. From this, it can be seen that Xu Xin, a retired diplomatic veteran, was sent to attend this ceremony, which is indeed a reward from the central government for him. His recognition of his work over the years, of course, also shows from the side that he has a very popular reputation and great influence. Otherwise, he would not be the turn of such a good thing to steal the head!

Li Dayan came to Baosai County with a backbone of the club today, naturally to interview this important historical moment. It is always popular for people to expand their territory and is also a major event worth remembering. He showed his face and activities at the end of his career, and he could leave a mark in history in the future. This is undoubtedly very tempting for him at this age.

Xu Xin still remembers Li Dayan's old friend. After all, as the number one writer in the East Coast Republic of China, the royal literati and the first advocate, Li Dayan still often goes to and from various ministries, commissions, and even the Executive Council, and the Executive Committee compound. It is often seen with Xu Xin, who has been in charge of diplomatic and trade systems for many years, and the relationship between the two sides has been maintained very well. Of course, this is also the result of Li Dayan's flattery and cautious over the years.

Xu was very happy with Li Dayan's arrival. The two stood aside and recounted the old things for a long time. It was not until the staff reminded the preparations that everything was ready and the Spanish representatives had a bad expression. Then they ended the conversation in time and officially started the land delivery process.

The delivery procedure is actually very simple. It is nothing more than just polite nonsense. Then both parties review the documents written in Chinese and Spanish, sign and change the contract after correcting, and the delivery is completed. These steps are just a few steps! Perhaps it was because the representatives of the Spanish Kingdom felt that their faces were dull, or they knew that the Hejian area had already caused the people on the east coast to penetrate the border and reclaim, so they quickly completed the entire ceremony, and they looked cold throughout the process as if the whole world owed them money.

Xu Xin didn't care about the other party's attitude. After signing the letter quickly and changing the contract with the Spaniards, he spent some time cooperating with the painters to record this historic moment with a brush, and then walked aside and chatted with Li Dayan while smoking: "The central government set the land delivery ceremony to form the newly established Baosai County in Hejian. The meaning is actually very clear, that is, the Hejian area will be one of the key areas for immigration for a long time. With the local old coastal old industrial zones, the commercial area's agriculture is declining and the population is growing, and the border areas such as the Hejian area, which have obtained a large number of commons allocation indicators, will usher in a period of great development in the future, especially for agriculture."

Li Dayan understood what Xu Xin said. In fact, as he said before, in the eastern coastal counties with relatively developed industry and commerce, people are increasingly inclined to engage in industry and commerce with higher incomes, rather than planting industries with almost no actual increase in income for many years. Li Dayan also often went to the countryside for interviews many years ago. Back then, farmers were always focused on serving crops in their fields, and their wives and daughters also had to feed livestock and clean the feces in the livestock. Sometimes, in order to give the family sufficient labor, children were not allowed to go to primary schools several kilometers away to study. This shows that.

But after more than 30 years of development in the country, there are fewer and fewer such people, because everyone understands that if a child is illiterate, he will not be able to find any high-income jobs. Coupled with the decline in the prices of meat and even grains, many of the land that originally planted wheat has been converted to economic crops such as vegetables, fruits, barley, and flax. Farmers - at least the second generation of young farmers who grew up - are increasingly difficult to keep their own share. They have gone to the city to try to find a higher-income

Work has become an increasingly popular behavior in this era. Therefore, no matter from which perspective, at least in the eastern coastal counties with the most economic development, the oldest history and the most populous population, the actual growth area of ​​arable land is actually relatively slow, or it cannot keep up with the growth rate of population. Under the dual effects of economy and policies, the agricultural areas on the east coast have been increasingly extended to the periphery - or border areas - under the influence of economic and policy, especially at the moment when the great development of transportation conditions has made the freight of goods extremely low.

"The decline in the prices of grains and meat has had a profound impact on the rural areas of the eastern coastal counties. They have to form more efficient and closer cooperatives to fight the ruthless market, and have stopped some roads, construction and drainage projects, dredging canals, and rivers. They are also becoming increasingly frugal in the use of fertilizers, but the degree of agricultural mechanization has increased." Xu Xin finally concluded: "The development of social economy has had a profound impact on people's lives. In the future, agricultural output on the east coast, I think we must mainly rely on new places with unique conditions like Hejian."
Chapter completed!