"Every morning, when people wake up from their sleep, new machines are already running; and when people start to enjoy dinner, the machines are still roaring..." Sun Wuben, who had just replaced retired, was airborne as editor-in-chief of Pravda, sitting in an "old" Spanish villa in Coriantes and wrote the above passage.

This is the headline in a certain newspaper issue to be published next week. It mainly talks about the current development of industry and agriculture in the East Coast and the improvement of people's living standards. To put it bluntly, this is to review the past development, flatter the Executive Committee's official flattery, and to promote the advanced nature and superiority of the five hundred veterans, so that their rule is more legal and stable.

"...The production of food is commendable. In our country, there is no longer a significant difference between the prices before and after harvest. This is a place that is very different from the old continent. Counties have established effective food storage systems, and a large amount of grains have been stored more successfully in the barns of the national grain reserve warehouse, and then transported to various places by trains and ships to stabilize and control grain prices. The poor harvest in any area can be safely leveled by the bumper harvest in other places: when floods occur in the Yazi Lake basin, it can be stabilized by the increase in supply of the East Coast prairie; and when drought occurs in the East Coast prairie, the grain produced by farms in Changhua can be transported to the south by ships for sale, although the grain transported through these wooden sea boats is inevitably somewhat damp..."

"... The price that has been fluctuating around 25 yuan for thirty years has never been higher than 27 yuan or less than 22 yuan after 1663. In the recently released package price index table, we can clearly see that the price fluctuations of general retail food have been properly maintained within a stable percentage range, mainly because in the industrial country of the East Coast, there are too many forces that help stabilize food prices..."

"... Today I was invited to attend the inauguration ceremony of Qingyuan Port Terminal and Barn to describe to you how the rich Hejian will become another grain supply base for our motherland in the future. This area, like the Jiangnan water town in the Eastern continent, has always been fertile soil, abundant water sources, and a warm climate. As long as the swamps and water are drained, the future will be unlimited. Perhaps, under the impact of this built grain base, it is not impossible for the future to fall below 22 yuan per ton in the future. Rural families with 60 acres of arable land will be expected in the future. This may prompt some far-reaching changes in the agricultural form of the industrialized country in the East Coast..."

Having written this, Sun Wuben paused for a moment, pulled out a crocodile match, lit a pipe for himself, and thought silently. Every time the country immigrated to the border, it usually starts with agriculture. After several years of development, these places will try to export their grains outward after they gradually become self-sufficient. Cereals in the market began to increase, and in addition to the increased supply of population and non-national labor workers, there is generally some surplus, which will undoubtedly cause a decline in the price of grains.

Whenever the price falls once, it will cause some areas to be generally old counties, and the grain planting area in more economically developed areas begins to decline. Because farmers in these areas find it harder to tolerate the decline in grain prices than farmers in newly developed areas, they start to turn to other agriculture to maintain their family income. You should know that if a family counts as a person of ten, the daily expenses are also quite considerable: nearly one-quarter of the output of 40 acres of cereals is consumed by themselves.

The remaining part and the output of fallow land (falfa is generally planted in alfalfa fertile fields, and alfalfa can be fed livestock, but in recent years, with the large-scale import of Patagonian bison, this situation has been decreasing. At this point, fallow land seems to have been fallowed) is also used to purchase other daily necessities, pay taxes, find someone to serve on behalf of others, and deal with miscellaneous expenses. Generally speaking, it would be good to have sixty yuan left at the end of the year, if he did not go out for odd jobs during the slack season.

Such an income level naturally cannot satisfy the appetite of farmers in major cities such as Dongfang, Qingdao, Ping'an, Zhenhai, Tieling. For the comparison effect, they are quite envious of the working class with a total annual salary of at least 90 yuan, so they are very eager to increase their income. Therefore, as the only farmland they have on hand and the most important means of production, they must change their business model, and this situation has been revealed in the suburbs of those big cities.

"...The planting of vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, cabbage, cowpea, onions, the supply of peaches, plums, oranges and other fruits, and the increasing popularity of rural winemaking workshops (this requires a lot of barley), all reflect the forced transformation of agriculture in the suburbs of big cities. In an era when the income from grain planting has not increased, they can only increase their income in this way and obtain profits from urban workers with higher incomes than first-tier cities. Only in this way can they continue to maintain their lives and contribute to their children to complete basic primary education (now many areas, teaching aids still need to be donated by villagers to build collectively, and teachers have to raise funds to go to the city to postpone employment at high prices), and at the same time deal with various levies, such as digging rivers, building roads, etc.."

"…The capital Dongfang County once had statistics that the population engaged in agriculture has decreased by 6% since 1655. In the past decade, the number of agricultural population in narrow sense, such as grain growers, has decreased by an astonishing 25% compared with the previous ones, but the number of horticultural workers, nursery operators, fruit growers, seed merchants, gardeners and other practitioners has increased sharply, with an increase of nearly 80% higher than in 1655. More and more people have abandoned traditional grain planting and turned to agricultural work that they believe is more valuable. This does not mean that they can't compete with the farmers who operate their own shares in remote areas, but only means that they are unwilling to compete with those who have been fighting for their lives to grow grain at a low level. Or to be more blunt, they may be more afraid of investors who rent large tracts of state-owned land to build large farms, rather than ordinary farmers who hold their shareholdings."

"... Such a transformation has attracted the attention of relevant departments in recent years, but it seems that they do not intend to take any measures, and allow these farmers to make choices that suit their own judgment based on market demand. Although Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Factory has been pointing out that the degree of steam agricultural machinery used in these areas is gradually declining. Perhaps, the wise and wise Executive Committee believes that the income level of transformed farmers in the suburbs of big cities is not lower than before, which is enough. The land is the last guarantee for their family's lives. Once things are inconsistent, they can re-engage grain planting, provided that the rural irrigation and water conservancy facilities are still well maintained, although not every region seems to be like this."

"...However, when farmers in suburban cities take their products to the market for sale, they often encounter some adverse situations, sometimes because they are in a disadvantageous position in competition with large farm leasers, sometimes because the products they produce far exceed the demands of neighboring markets, and sometimes because they lack bargaining power when facing wholesalers (which is also applicable when purchasing some means of production or daily necessities). The recurring occurrence of these situations has made many people realize that they need to gather all farmers' products and sell them in batches, and the premise of doing so is the establishment of some cooperative-like systems, just as our Brazilian rural financial cooperatives did in Beining and Hue areas."

"...Brazil's rural financial cooperatives spent many years and carried out a lot of publicity and encouragement. By the end of 1668, these seeds had already gained some initial gains: they opened bank accounts for a considerable number of farmers in Beining, and now they have more than 8,000 members, absorbed more than 260,000 yuan in deposits, and issued low-interest agricultural loans to more than 2,000 members. The name of the cooperative finally has a veritable taste. Almost only appears in our country, because the basis of rural financial cooperatives is that all farmers are equal, so Jewish usury who frequently appear in rural areas of the Old Mainland are rare in Brazil. A farmer who operates aquaculture may be in debt, but he does not feel any difficulty at all, and no one can exploit him. Therefore, to a great extent, it has eliminated the restrictions on personal dependence, which is extremely important for creating a large number of rural middle-class people with consumption capacity..."

"…The emergence of agricultural cooperatives seems inevitable now because it is their only way to enhance their ability to resist risks and compete with large farm tenants. In the middle of this year, four agricultural cooperatives were registered in rural areas of Qingdao County, a commercial town, generally the purpose of establishing cooperatives based on a single or multiple villages is to purchase seeds, fertilizers, tools and other daily necessities needed for agricultural production. The business is worth more than 38,000 yuan. At the same time, these cooperatives also sell their respective products on behalf of members to help those who are not good at operating to obtain more benefits."

"...Agricultural cooperatives collectively negotiate with wholesalers, state-owned enterprises and even governments. After the negotiations are completed, they collectively prepare sites, purchase and handle various production and living materials such as collective purchase of fertilizers, collective leasing of agricultural machinery, collective insurance for cattle, etc., and sell products uniformly after harvesting, and finally distribute profits. This cooperation method allows them to have a certain degree of self-protection power in the face of competition among large farm leasers. With the cooperation of national policies, they are no longer the targets of slaughter and ravage. This may be the future development direction of the East Coast rural areas..."

Having written this, a sound of firecrackers sounded not far from the villa, which was the inauguration ceremony of the National Grain Reserve Depot of Qingyuan Port. In this town with a large number of agricultural facilities left by the Spaniards, the planting industry has developed relatively rapidly, with a lot of wheat and rice production every year, which has strongly supported the construction of many new settlements nearby.

However, there are no loan cooperatives, seed cooperatives, agricultural tools cooperatives, insurance cooperatives, and agricultural product sales cooperatives. Farmers generally fight on their own, have low resistance to risks and high operating costs, which is far from comparable to the eastern region. To be honest, if the state had not implemented policy preferences for farmers in these places, such as requiring new settlements to purchase food nearby, it is difficult to say which one is cheaper, the wheat transported by ships from Changhua Port or the wheat they produce.

Take Qingyuan Township (the city of Corentes) as an example. There are four settlements nearby, namely Ningyang Township (the town of Lomas de Bayejos), Qingxi Township (the town of Enpedrado in later generations), Fuquan Township (the town of St. Louis del Palma in later generations), and Sijin Township (the town of Mbrukua in later generations). This time, more than 10,000 migrants from Huaian Prefecture in Qing Dynasty were allocated, and there were also unknown (but certainly many) non-national labor force teams, which consumed the food required for daily consumption. It is not a small amount. Therefore, as an important grain supply area, the income of its grain growers is quite considerable. Of course, the income of farmers is considerable, which is also beneficial to local governments, because it means that the large number of common indicators they hold in their hands can be sold smoothly again, which is undoubtedly a big supplement for local finances. Many projects can be restarted again, such as the construction of the Parana River embankment, the construction of reservoir sluices, the expansion and dredging of river channels, etc.

"The agricultural system in the Hejian area is still too backward. Rather than saying that this is the agricultural form of an industrial society, it is better to say that it is the agricultural form of a feudal society with a slightly more developed business. Agricultural forms such as Brazilian rural financial cooperatives and Qingdao County rural cooperatives may be the new direction for the future agricultural development of the east coast." Editor-in-chief Sun Wuben knocked the pipe in his hand in the wooden ashtray, and then thought: "But it is no wonder, this is a new place after all, and the business, transportation and government management are still in place. Maybe it will be very different after a few years of development.
Chapter completed!