Tang Yufeng's brows frowned suddenly. He could understand that he used oceans and weapons and ammunition to buy the food urgently needed by the National Savior Army, but he couldn't understand why the regiment commander still had to purchase livestock in large quantities.

The military and civilians at the garrison do not even have enough food to eat, and they have to share some of the funds to buy livestock. Isn’t that a waste?

Take goats for example: a annual goat can only produce thirty or forty kilograms of meat. If you buy a sheep's ocean to buy grain, it will definitely be fine. If it is replaced with coarse grain, you can buy a thousand kilograms.

Once the defense zone is short of food, a thousand kilograms of miscellaneous grains can save many people from living, and dozens of kilograms of mutton will definitely not achieve this effect...

The more Tang Yufeng thought about it, the deeper his brows frowned. He quickly expressed his questions, hoping that the group leader could give him an explanation, otherwise he would definitely purchase a large amount of food urgently needed in the defense zone, rather than livestock.

Zhou Cheng did not hide his thoughts and looked at Tang Yufeng and replied: "Old Tang, purchasing a large amount of grain can indeed reduce the grain pressure in our defense zone, but it can only solve the surface problems. When the autumn harvest is next year, our defense zone will continue to have food shortage!"

Procurement of large amounts of grain can only solve the superficial problem, and Tang Yufeng did not deny this. But after Zhou Cheng's tone, it seems that buying goats can fundamentally solve this problem.

How is this possible? Ask quickly: "Can you buy livestock fundamentally solve the problem of food shortage in the defense zone?"

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "It's not that easy, but it can alleviate the food pressure in the defense zone!"

The guess in my heart became a fact. Tang Yufeng was happier than Zhou Cheng and asked immediately: "How to relieve it? I can't figure it out. Can you explain it to me, leader? Otherwise, if I asked me to buy livestock for thousands of dollars, I would always feel a little uneasy. It would be better to exchange it all for food security."

"The reason is very simple!" Zhou Cheng did not intend to hide this idea.

If Xiyang wants to develop into a logistics base of the National Salvation Army, it cannot be achieved by himself alone, and everyone needs to work together.

As his deputy, Tang Yufeng is definitely the most effective. Some of his thoughts need to be kept secret from others and not used by him, so he almost did not hesitate and spoke directly.

"Xiyang is full of mountains. Although it is impossible to grow food, sheep can be raised, and sheep does not require consuming food."

"If you can buy back three thousand sheep, the three thousand sheep can be expanded to at least ten thousand in a year, and in another year it can be expanded to 30,000, or even more!"

"According to the calculation of a sheep, one sheep can produce forty kilograms of meat and ten kilograms of internal organs, two years later, while ensuring the number of sheep, Xiyang can produce at least 50,000 sheep every year. If it is replaced with mutton, it will be two million kilograms of mutton and five hundred thousand kilograms of water."

"At that time, whether we export these goats or consume internally, it will definitely be fine if we can get three to four million kilograms of grain. If it is replaced by oceans, a hundred thousand will be a small amount."

When Tang Yufeng heard that the troops could earn so much oceans in Xiyang, his eyes began to shine.

But he quickly calmed down, frowned and thought for a while and found the problem: "Captain, where is the simplest place to raise sheep as you said."

"There is no need to consume food in spring and summer. It is enough to stock it outside. At that time, there are foods to eat. But it is not possible in autumn and winter. Especially in winter, even if you drive the goats to the mountains, you will not be able to eat. If you want them to survive the cold winter, you will not only give them hay, but also give them food, which will also consume a lot of food."

Zhou Cheng thought for a while and asked: "If we reduce the amount of grain consumed by a sheep in winter and ensure that a sheep survives the cold winter, do you think we will make a profit or lose?"

"This is impossible?"

Tang Yufeng retorted without hesitation: "I have seen sheep raises. In winter, whoever can eat hundreds of kilograms of corn for a sheep can eat. This is quite small. Generally, every sheep will lose seven or eight kilograms of meat in one winter. If you want to ensure that the goats do not lose weight during the winter, you have to eat at least two hundred kilograms of corn for a sheep..."

"Not to mention ten kilograms, as long as the leader of the group, you can reduce the grain consumed by each sheep in winter to less than fifty kilograms, we will make a profit if we raise sheep. If we can reduce it to ten kilograms, we will definitely make a big profit. Just one sheep can get out of the water and get ten kilograms of corn, and the remaining dozens of kilograms of mutton are all profitable!"

Zhou Cheng stared at Tang Yufeng and asked, "I wonder if you have ever heard of green storage... I heard that the herdsmen on the grassland used green storage to make their livestock survive the cold winter. They didn't have corn to feed the sheep."

"As far as I know, their green storage is made of forage, which can be used for a cold winter. In addition to forage, it can be used as green storage, the grain straws, bean straws, and the grass on the mountain in our defense zone... can be used to make green storage. With green storage, plus a small amount of grain, we can definitely let goats survive the cold winter."

"After a year, three thousand sheep can become ten thousand, and two years later, it can become thirty thousand, and then it can be exported in large quantities or eaten by oneself!"

Tang Yufeng had never heard of Zhou Cheng's statement, so his eyes were still full of suspicion, worried that once the leader's method was wrong, the money for buying goats would be wasted!

Zhou Cheng was very confident in his ideas. He traveled to many places when he was in the army during his time travel, and he also went to Inner Mongolia. He had seen herders make green storage materials with his own eyes, and he also helped him. The method was very simple. As long as you do a few precautions, there would be no problem.

Looking at Tang Yufeng's decisive order, "This matter is settled!"

"Take 10,000 yuan of oceans to buy food and livestock, including goats, 6,000 yuan of oceans to buy food, and 4,000 yuan of oceans to buy livestock."

“We exported weapons and ammunition also buy food and livestock from outside in this proportion.”

"The faster the transaction speed, the better. Before the Japanese and puppet troops react, they transported all the purchased food and livestock back. Otherwise, it would be difficult to transport it back when the Japanese and puppet troops strengthened the blockade."

"All the purchased food is hidden in the mountains and sealed. No one can use it without my order."

"The livestock is all handed over to the families of new and veterans who have just joined the National Salvation Army in the defense zone to raise them. A year later, each family will be divided into one sheep as a reward for helping the troops raise sheep. After the number of sheep flocks is enough, it will be promoted to each household in the defense zone to ensure that every household in each household in the defense zone raises at least three sheep."

"When the autumn harvest begins, I will ask the county government to promote the method of making green storage materials, and use the corn and bean straw in the ground to make green storage materials."

"The families of new and veterans will definitely support our National Salvation Army. Let them learn first. After taste the sweetness of raising sheep by making green storage materials, other people will definitely follow the trend. We don't need to promote it at that time, and everyone will rush to learn!"

"There is another thing that must be done immediately. When we restored Xiyang, we searched more than a dozen traitors in one go. Their assets include not only houses and shops in the city, but also fields outside the city."

"These people followed the Japanese to make friends with the tiger and embezzled a large amount of land through illegal means. Now after the Fa-rectification, these land must be returned to the people."

"Deputy Commander Tang, please cooperate with the county government to distribute the land to the people as soon as possible, and first divide the new soldiers' families."

"No matter whether they join the National Salvation Army to survive or fight the Japanese, we must let other people see how our National Salvation Army treats the families of soldiers, so that everyone can realize that in addition to eating food and not having to go hungry, it can also bring various honors and benefits to their families, and further inspire the people to join our National Salvation Army."

"Of course, autumn harvest is coming soon, and the land can be returned to the people, and the food in the fields cannot be distributed. After all, our national-savior army is not rich and cannot be generous."

"All people who rented these lands to a large extent will lose 30% of their grain this year, and all the remaining grain will be confiscated. Some of them will be stored as military rations for the next year of the National Salvation Army in case of emergency."

"Deputy Commander Yuan continues to recruit soldiers. If the number of 1,000 recruits is too small, it will increase to 1,500. Anyway, training 1,000 recruits is also training, and training 1,500 recruits is also training."

"If you recruit five hundred more recruits, there will be five hundred families in the defense zone who have hope of survival, benefiting at least three thousand people."

"There is one last thing: after the autumn harvest, I will ask the two county governments to organize local people to open up land. As long as the land that can grow grain, whether it is slope or mountain, it will be reclaimed, and all the grain will be planted next year."

"If you can't grow wheat, you can't grow millet, and if you can't grow millet, you can grow grain or other miscellaneous grains, especially grains. Not only does the yield be high, the straw can also be made into green storage and feed, killing two birds with one stone!"

"If every ordinary person in the defense zone can be divided into two fertile fields to grow millet or wheat, three or four acres of sloping grains, and one or two sheep per person, the 100,000 people in the defense zone can not only eat their own stomachs, but also give out at least 30 million kilograms of grain every year, and raise 100,000 kilograms of grain, which can not only meet the needs of the national rescue army, but also export and make money!"

"Xiyang has limited fertile land. Except for the part of it, the remaining fertile land is in the hands of the landlords and gentry."

"For gentry with better character, our National Salvation Army will not only not be able to exploit, but also support him to drive local people to become rich together."

"As for those landlords and evil gentry who are rampant in the countryside, we don't have to be polite. The intelligence department cooperates with the county government to collect the evil things they have done in normal times. If there is any act of collusion with the enemy, it will be better done. All the land will be carried out in accordance with the laws and regulations, and the land will be confiscated and distributed to the people!"

Tang Yufeng thought for a while and asked: "What if the crime is not confiscated?"

"Of course I'll let it go!"

Zhou Cheng blurted out: "But from now on, he must be a law-abiding commoner. He must not lose a pound of grain tax. In addition, he can also find a way to redeem the fertile land they have in their hands from money and then distribute it to the commoner..."

"What if they don't want to sell it?" Tang Yufeng continued to ask.

Zhou Cheng sneered and replied: "Don't worry about this, no more than two years at most. These landlords will definitely rush to sell the land, and the price is very cheap."

Tang Yufeng once again showed a stunned expression.

He knew very well how much landlords and gentry loved land. Many people would find ways to buy land as soon as they had money. Letting them sell land was like killing them, and letting them sell land on their own initiative. How could this be possible?

But today I heard too many strange ideas from the commander, and all of them were reasonable and well-founded. He really wanted to hear what the commander had on this issue.

He asked subconsciously: "Is this impossible?"

Zhou Cheng replied confidently: "Nothing is impossible."

"We reclaimed a large amount of wasteland in the defense zone. After raising sheep on a large scale, the villagers were busy with farm work at their homes. No one would rent the landlords' land. However, after the autumn harvest, no matter whether the land in their hands has any food or not, the landlords should still pay the grain tax they should pay. Grain gradually they will feel that holding large fertile fields will not only not increase their production, but also lose money in it, sell it early and stop the loss sooner!"

Tang Yufeng's eyes lit up when he heard this, nodded repeatedly, and immediately replied: "Then I'll make arrangements now!"
Chapter completed!