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Chapter 1119 The whole world belongs to us (Second update, please subscribe)

There is always a solution!
After the meeting, Khrushchev returned to his study and thought about the food issue mentioned at the previous meeting.

After thinking for a long time, Khrushchev picked up another report from the drawer.

This is a report provided by the KGB a few months ago.

Khrushchev had read this report in his quiet study several months ago, and now he was looking through it again.

Khrushchev leaned back and stared at the ceiling above the head of the man at the end. He thought for a moment, then Khrushchev lit a filtered cigarette and took a puff.

Seeing this, Brezhnev knew that he was still thinking about the previous incident, but he did not speak. Kuusinen, who was standing beside him, wiped his brows, stared at him for a while, and said.

"Perhaps we could consider restoring the rationing system, at least to a certain extent, which would save a lot of food, and then adjust the rationing amount at any time based on the amount of land reclaimed and the amount of food produced."

This suggestion seemed appropriate, and Brezhnev, who knew what Khrushchev was thinking, spoke up before he could speak.

"This is obviously inappropriate. Under Nikita's leadership, our people are eating better than before. If we implement rationing again, they will definitely be dissatisfied, and this will only give some people an excuse to attack us. Therefore, reinstating rationing can only be used as a last resort."

Brezhnev's objection made Khrushchev nod slightly and agree:

"Indeed, that is the last option. What we need is more food, not rationing so that people have less food."

In fact, Khrushchev was a man with very simple ideas. He always believed that as long as he was nice to everyone, he would be able to gain their support and endorsement. This was indeed true to some extent, and this was the fundamental reason why he was able to thwart the conspiracy of those people last year - he won the support of the vast majority of the middle and lower classes.

For this reason, in his opinion, not only should the rationing system not be re-implemented, but people should even be allowed to drink more milk and eat more meat!
Only in this way can he win more hearts of the people.

And Brezhnev's words undoubtedly touched his heart.

"This is a good idea and it is our responsibility, but the question is where does the food come from?"

Kuusinen asked:
"Do we have to use gold to buy it from the Western world?"

Obviously, this is the only option.

But Khrushchev shook his head and said.

"Using gold to buy can solve the problem temporarily, but the amount of gold we have is limited, while the demand for food is unlimited. Therefore, we must find a suitable way to solve the problem fundamentally, not only to solve the current problem, but also to solve the food problem of all Soviet people in the future. After all, our people will always have to eat meat and drink milk. If we can't solve this problem, how can we surpass the West?"

Then, he pointed at the documents on the table and said:
"Here is a report from the intelligence department. The content of the report is that several grain companies in Southeast Asia have acquired land and invested in farms in Africa. Last year, their production exceeded 1000 million tons."

"1000 tons!"

Brezhnev and others were all surprised.

"That's a lot!"

"Yes, if they were to buy it with gold, they would need several hundred tons of gold. However, they only needed to pay in Nanyang Yuan, because they established the Indian Ocean Bank together with the British and issued the British Pound Sterling. The Nanyang Yuan was one of the foreign exchange reserves of the colonies. This allowed Nanyang, which had no colonies, to obtain a large amount of resources from the African colonies using paper-printed banknotes, just like Britain and France."

When mentioning all this, Khrushchev couldn't help but admire the "cunning" of those capitalists, who carefully set up a complex set of financial and trade processes so that they could plunder more colonies and even the world's resources.

Of course, to a certain extent, this is also what they envy. After all, it is through such plunder that those Western countries have obtained unimaginable wealth, allowing their people to have sufficient material possessions and enjoy the beauty of life.

“This is the new colonialism of Western countries.”

Kuusinen said.

“It is the true face of greed in Western countries.”

"But it solved the food problem in Southeast Asia,"

Brezhnev did not take a critical stance:

“And that’s exactly what we need.”

"Is all we need to do to make Africa our colony? Comrade Brezhnev."

Kuusinen's question made Khrushchev frown slightly. In fact, he had been paying attention to Nanyang's "African Breadbasket Plan" since he came into contact with it a few years ago. Although he knew that this was a manifestation of "neo-colonialism", he was very eager to fundamentally solve the Soviet Union's food problem like Nanyang.

Although he has started work in this regard, his progress has not been smooth due to opposition from others. In the eyes of many people, even when he emphasized that this was to liberate the Kenyan and African people and help them get rid of colonial rule, he still encountered opposition. They accused this of being a "variant of Western colonialism" and was unacceptable.

Why did they oppose him?
Because they knew very well that Khrushchev cared about people's food and housing in order to win their hearts.

In fact, this is what Khrushchev thought. In his opinion, as long as he made everyone live a good life, he would naturally get applause and support from the people.

Just like their support for him last year helped him thwart the conspiracy of Malenkov and others.

The best way to win the hearts of the people is to let them have houses to live in and meat to eat!

Therefore, Malenkov and others have been blocking his work in Africa. Precisely because of their obstruction, the Soviet Union's development in Africa has not made any progress until now.

Even in Kenya, it only supported some guerrillas, and those guerrillas may have survived.

But what's the point?

Until they drove out the British, the Soviet Union would never get any return on its investment in them.

Therefore, this matter is just a concept until now, and we can only watch the Nanyang people turn Africa into their granary step by step.

"How can this be considered as turning those places into colonies? My comrade, those areas are now colonies of Western countries, and it is our responsibility to help the local peoples liberate their countries. We should not only help them win freedom, but after they are liberated, we can send agricultural experts there to help them build their countries, develop agriculture, provide machinery, fertilizers and everything they need to build their countries, and all of this requires funds. We provide them with loans, and they can repay the loans with food. This is normal trade!"

Brezhnev's words relaxed Khrushchev's frown. While he was looking at him with admiration, Brezhnev looked at him and asked.

"Do you think I'm right?"

Rather than asking, it was more like seeking his approval and support. In fact, in Brezhnev's view, he was just repeating Khrushchev's ideas.

"You are right. It is our responsibility to help them win liberation! We not only help them gain liberation, but after they are liberated, we will help them build and let the whole world see us! How the Soviet Union helped those countries realize national modernization. By then, the whole world will know that we are the real future! And capitalism is doomed to be buried!"

When talking about burying the capitalist world, Khrushchev's tone became a little excited!

After all, he had always had this dream, and he believed in it firmly.

Liberating all mankind is certainly their dream, but before realizing this dream, they must first let the Soviet people live a better life. Before all grand undertakings are realized, they must first let their own people live a better life!

For example, let the Soviet people live in better houses and eat more meat.

"Nanyang can turn Africa into their granary, so can we. Moreover, compared to Nanyang, we need Africa more. We may be the largest country in the world, but the climate of the Soviet Union is not suitable for developing agriculture. After all, it is too cold here. In Africa, not only is there no severe winter cold, but more food can be grown there - Africa!"

After a heavy pause, Khrushchev said.

“It’s the land we need to liberate.”

As he finished speaking, his eyes once again fell on the document on the table, which not only mentioned the output of Nanyang Grain Company's African farms last year, but also mentioned the long-term plan.

5000 million tons!

This is Nanyang’s future plan for Africa. What if these 5000 million tons of grain become the Soviet Union’s?

Even if he only got half of it, it would be enough to ensure that all Soviet people no longer had to queue up to buy meat. By then, everyone would remember his contribution.

Thinking this in his mind, Khrushchev's eyes fell on Brezhnev, then he pushed the document forward and said:

"Comrade Brezhnev, take a look at this report and learn about the Nanyang Grain Company and their layout in Africa, and then..."

After taking a puff of his cigarette, Khrushchev looked into the distance and said:
"Let's study it carefully, and then we can really go into Africa to help the people there and help them gain freedom! Hmm..."

After thinking for a moment, Khrushchev added.

"There is a place that is very suitable. You can study it."

(End of this chapter)