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Chapter 1134: A Small Shock in Nanyang (5000 words long chapter, please subscribe)
"We will bury you!"

As early as two years ago, Khrushchev made such a statement to the entire Western world!

This has never been a slogan, but a belief. This belief comes from the heart, at least Khrushchev's is from the heart. Even after coming to Nanyang, facing Nanyang's brilliant achievements, he pointed out a fact in one sentence - behind your glory, people have nothing.

Li Yian did not argue with him further on this issue.

There are some issues on which it is impossible to reach a consensus.

In the end, all we have to do is let the facts speak for themselves.

So he continued to accompany Khrushchev on the tour. Of course, unlike the Soviets who liked to arrange visitors to visit large-scale industrial facilities such as factories and hydroelectric power stations, Li Yian was more willing to present to him the unique lifestyle of the Nanyang people.

Like he said before – life is everywhere.

Of course, you still have to visit the factory.

While visiting the factory, Khrushchev and his entourage paid more attention to machine tools - in the past few years, Nanyang's CNC machine tool technology has made rapid progress, and many factories have adopted CNC machine tools. They are still very eager for this technology.

Compared with their interest in CNC machine tools, Khrushchev and his entourage had no interest in the lives of Nanyang workers.

If you ask, that's it...

Because it is well known that Nanyang workers only need to work 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. If they work overtime, they must be paid overtime pay.

It is similar to the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union, there was no overtime, only compulsory labor. For example, now there is compulsory labor on Saturdays.

As for overtime pay...it's all voluntary labor, so there's no need to get overtime pay.

This is everyone's contribution to national development, isn't it?

Therefore, when they visited Nanyang’s factory, they paid more attention to Nanyang’s advanced production equipment and products.

As for the workers' welfare, the workers' canteen, and the workers' lives - it was just a symbolic visit.

At most, he would learn about it and find some gaps. Then he would make targeted improvements. For example, after discovering that almost all workers had refrigerators in their homes, Khrushchev said directly:
"Soon, all Soviet homes will have refrigerators."

Mikoyan, who was traveling with him, added:

"The reason why our refrigerators have not yet entered thousands of households is that the winter in Russia is too long. Unlike Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia is located in the tropics and needs refrigerators to preserve food."

Although the angle was novel, it also helped other people in the group find new angles. Foreign Minister Gromyko, who was in the group, said:
"Indeed, this is the biggest difference between the two countries. The Soviet Union is located in the north, with cold weather, so we first popularized heating, and all households have heating. Nanyang is located in the tropics, so their families need to use air conditioning for cooling, but not all households here can use air conditioning, only a small number of households can use it."

As soon as Gromyko finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter all around.

After taking a look at Gromyko, Li Yian had to admit that this guy's reaction was really quick and his angle was tricky. No wonder he could become the longest-serving foreign minister in the Soviet era.

He will hold this position for the next 20+ years!

An absolute political tumbler!
But from this perspective, well - you're right.

Makes sense!
You win again!
After a day of touring Changan, they took the Nanyang bullet train to Kuching.

Khrushchev did not think there was anything new about this. After all, the Soviet Union also had high-speed railways and was even building a high-speed railway from Moscow to Berlin. They were even planning to connect the entire Warsaw Pact with high-speed railways.

Of course, only a few people know that the Soviet Union's high-speed rail technology originated from Southeast Asia. This involves secret technical cooperation between the two countries, and of course, Khrushchev is very clear about this.

So, sitting on the speeding bullet train, Khrushchev talked more with Li Yian about the plantation outside the window.

"You have opened up a lot of plantations, growing oil palm, coffee and other tropical crops. We are also doing this, we have also reclaimed a lot of land, we will harvest more food and raise more livestock."

When Khrushchev pointed to the plantation outside the car window and said this, Li Yian said.

"Not all places are suitable for developing agriculture. Nanyang is a tropical country with poor soil and heavy rainfall, so it is not suitable for developing agriculture. We now need to import a large amount of food every year to meet domestic demand for food, meat, milk, etc., imported from Africa! Compared with Nanyang, it is more suitable for developing agriculture."

Imported from Africa!
When Li Yian said this, he was actually reminding you - why haven't you extended your hands into Africa yet? Only if you extend your hands into Africa, can we defend Africa as defenders of the free world at the right time in the future.

I miss you so much.

How can you not take action?
"That is a form of colonial plunder. If it were us, we would help the locals build their country instead of plundering their resources!"

Khrushchev still stands on his position, and this fundamental difference in position is inevitable in this era. After all, the Cold War itself is a fundamental difference in position.

This difference in position has resulted in the two sides being unable to agree on many issues, let alone reach an agreement.

Khrushchev then added:

"Just like the 'Indian Ocean Bank' and the British Pound that you created, they are essentially for the purpose of plundering Africa's resources."

"We purchase materials from local areas in a fair trade manner. They have foreign exchange to buy the daily necessities they need, but you, the CMEA, artificially manipulate prices and plunder resources from Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, North Korea, Mongolia and other countries through unequal exchange."

Li Yian's counterattack was also straightforward. The CMEA was established from the beginning to plunder resources. The simplest example is that Mongolia's agricultural and pastoral products were exported to the Soviet Union at extremely low prices. The price of its top-quality pure wool was less than 20% of the international market price. The prices of goods exported by other Eastern European countries to the Soviet Union were also 10% or even 50% lower than the international market. The real beneficiary was only the Soviet Union.

Of course, this is also the fundamental reason why they established this model, but the way they eat is too ugly.

"The most fundamental reason why we established the Indian Ocean Bank is to promote the economic development of the entire Commonwealth, adopt a common market model, and boost the economy. As for your so-called plunder, it is completely nonsense."

While fighting back, Li Yian did not forget to use this opportunity to instill the idea of ​​"modern finance" into the other party, or to tell the other party that the best way to plunder is to fleece the sheep without making them cry.

In fact, it was to lead Khrushchev onto a path - to make him see the benefits of establishing such an international bank to the Soviet Union.

Then, if Nanyang shows some interest, the United States will definitely be stimulated.

This is also why the purpose of inviting him to visit Nanyang was to use him as a tool.

Although Khrushchev did not understand finance, the Soviet Union had long been well aware of the Indian Ocean Bank. After listening to Li Yian's explanation, he naturally understood a lot of things.

However, even though he understood it, Khrushchev still insisted in the end.

"CMEA is a mutual assistance among our big family. In many cases, their goods are exported at low prices and cannot be exported smoothly because of your sanctions and blockade. So the root cause lies with you!"

Well, all the responsibility lies with the external party.

Throughout the journey, the debate between the two sides was like a tit-for-tat. After getting off the bus halfway, the group took a bus to a nearby pig farm. Compared with the previous arguments, after entering the modern pig farm, Khrushchev finally fell silent, especially after learning that this pig farm produces 50000 pigs every year, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

"50000 per year, how is that possible? And your breeding density is so high, aren't you afraid that they will get sick?"

Khrushchev asked curiously. After all, the annual output of a pig farm in the Soviet Union was only a little over a thousand pigs.

The scale of this pig farm is dozens of times that of the Soviet Union.

"Modernized large-scale pig farming integrates a variety of technologies including animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, feed nutrition, and business management. Scientific breeding accelerates the growth rate of pigs and improves their utilization rate..."

Although he was wearing a mask, the smell was still pungent, but even so, Li Yian was still introducing it with great interest, even pointing at the protective suit on Khrushchev.

"You see, because we need to wear protective clothing and undergo disinfection when entering the pig farm, it is difficult for viruses from the outside to enter the pig farm, which reduces the possibility of disease. At the same time, through the scientific use of drugs, many diseases can be avoided..."

Now Nanyang's large-scale breeding industry is definitely at the world's leading level. After all, there are many books of this kind in the system mall, and Nanyang's animal husbandry experts use them as a basis for further research and absorption. Based on the simple desire to let the people eat meat, Li Yian even learned this skill. In this way, Nanyang naturally gradually formed a mature modern breeding model.

It is precisely thanks to the advanced large-scale breeding model that the meat consumption of people in Southeast Asia has continued to increase, even exceeding the European level.

Of course, there is also the breeding of fine breeds, which he has always attached great importance to. Whether it is acquiring breeding companies from the UK or purchasing high-quality breeding cattle from the United States, it is essentially for one purpose - to let the people eat meat.

On this point, Khrushchev and Li Yian shared the same wish. Because he was concerned about the people's meat-eating problem, he ignored the stench and leaned on the iron railing, asking some questions with great interest. From the feed-to-meat ratio to the time of slaughter, after learning about everything, Khrushchev was silent for a while, and then said.

"Your technology in this area is indeed far ahead, while we are very backward. But just as the people of Southeast Asia need to eat meat, the Soviets also need to eat meat. I think we have this in common. I think we can cooperate in this regard, introduce breeding pigs from you, and learn your modern breeding model."

Li Yian naturally did not refuse Khrushchev's request, and the Batumi Agreement did not restrict the Soviet Union's import of breeding pigs. The strictest era of the Batumi Agreement was the Reagan era.

And on the other hand, as long as the Soviets want to eat more meat, they will certainly be eager to obtain overseas food bases - is there a more suitable overseas food base than Africa?
there is none left!
That's not pork at all, it's clearly the clarion call for the Soviet Union to march into Africa!

Just like that, after touring the pig farm and leaving it while driving on the highway, Khrushchev suddenly seemed to have discovered something, pointed to the town in the distance and said.

"Can we go there and take a look at the life of you Nanyang people?"

Khrushchev launched a surprise attack - this was just a small town on the way, you must not have made any advance arrangements.

As if fearing that the other party would refuse, Khrushchev emphasized:

"I have been visiting your cities these days, but I have not yet been to your villages. I will go and experience their lives for myself."

"of course can."

Li Yian said with a smile.

Soon the convoy drove off the highway and into the small town which was several kilometers away from the highway.

However, as soon as the convoy entered the town, Khrushchev regretted his decision - the town's roads were not Soviet-style dirt roads, but black asphalt roads, flat and clean. The road surface looked like it had just been built, spotless and without any debris.

Although the buildings on the roadside are similar, they are painted in various colors, white, green, or yellow. The colorful houses do not look messy.

There were large lawns in front of most houses, and flowers were planted at the low white fences. Some houses even had small electric cars parked in front of them. Even in the Soviet Union, Khrushchev knew that in the past two years, small electric cars produced in Nanyang had been popular with many people. The Soviet scientific research department had also purchased several cars for research and concluded that they were not suitable for the Soviet Union.

But they had to admit that this was an extremely cheap car. If it weren't for the fact that the Soviet winter was too cold and the car could only travel 30 to 40 kilometers in winter, it would definitely be a very suitable car for the Soviets.

If there is one thing that is similar about these houses, it is that all of them have national flags hanging on the pillars in front of the corridors.

It’s been just over a month since Nanyang celebrated its National Day, and it’s its twelfth anniversary!

This country has only been established for 12 years... only 12 years!
Khrushchev thought so in his heart, and although he felt a little regretful, he still said it.

"We can go in and take a look."

The convoy stopped and Li Yian asked.

"Look, which one should we go to?"

"Just go to that one!"

Khrushchev pointed to a house not far away. There was no car parked outside the house, so the people there must be living in poverty.

The accompanying staff quickly stepped forward and knocked on the host's door. The woman who opened the door was so surprised to see such a group of important people that she was speechless, but she was even more excited.

Li Yian took the initiative to step forward and asked:
"Can we go in and take a look?"

"Of course, of course, sir, please, please come in..."

At the hostess's invitation, the group walked into the family's home. Khrushchev fell silent instantly. Although the interior decoration was simple, the furnishings were not simple. There was a wooden sofa in the living room, the TV was playing the news, and above their heads, an electric fan was whirring.

Is this the life of people in Southeast Asia?

"What does your husband do for a living?"

Khrushchev asked.

"He works at a nearby plantation, but he spends more than half of his time at the farm."

The plantations in Nanyang are integrated operations, involving both planting and breeding.

"It must be one of the cadres."

The woman holding the baby looked at the translator in confusion and asked.

"cadre?"

Obviously, there is no such word in Nanyang.

“What is a cadre?”

The translator explained: "It's the plantation manager."

"Manager? He is just an ordinary employee, not a manager."

"So how much does he earn a month?"

"120 yuan,"

Upon hearing this, Khrushchev fell silent. He didn't even know how to describe his feelings at the moment. After all, in the collective farms of the Soviet Union, the labor remuneration of the workers was less than 50 rubles.

There is no harm without comparison. Now, Khrushchev really felt frustrated.

This feeling of failure came from the comparison. But in just a moment, he adjusted his mood and asked:

"So do you work?"

"What the head of the family earns is enough for the whole family. I just help out on the plantation during the busy season."

Can one person working...allow a family to live like this?

Khrushchev looked around and was a little puzzled. In fact, in Southeast Asia, it was not common for only one person to work. It was more common in plantations because there were not many jobs there. However, with the rise of industries such as breeding and agricultural product processing, plantations could also provide more jobs in the future.

When he was silent, the woman realized that there were guests at home, and quickly took out a few bottles of Fanta from the refrigerator in the kitchen, opened them with a bottle opener, and handed over a bottle of iced drink.

Faced with the strange bubbling drink that smelled like fruit, Khrushchev still took a sip. Then he raised his brows slightly. It seemed to taste very good. He drank several sips in succession and even took a special look at the bottle in his hand.

Reporters rushed to capture this scene, which made headlines in Southeast Asia that day and was broadcast around the world through television screens.

At this moment, everyone was concentrating on Khrushchev and the Fanta in his hand...

(End of this chapter)