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Chapter 922: The Fantasy of He Dayu (Second update, please subscribe)
Sometimes history changes.

When the Nanyang occasionally flaps its wings in Southeast Asia, what kind of tornado will it create in this world?

No one knows, but history always changes inadvertently.

When the Nanyang Grain Company achieved a series of successes in Africa, someone in the far north noticed them.

"The Cereal Company!"

Sitting in a chair, Khrushchev looked at the intelligence in front of him. The light shone on his bald head, casting some reflections.

“2000 million tons of corn!”

When uttering these words, Khrushchev's eyes were filled with desire. As someone who had entered his father's sight and squeezed into the core of the Soviet high-level leadership by developing agriculture, he knew better than anyone what 2000 million tons of corn meant.

"2000 million tons of corn can alleviate the problem of food shortage to a certain extent!"

The problem of food shortage has long plagued the Soviet Union, and Khrushchev was very aware of this. For this reason, when he came into contact with Nanyang's "African Granary Plan" with the help of the intelligence department a few years ago, he was surprised and paid attention to this plan.

“2000 million tons of corn!”

When he looked up again, Khrushchev said to Bulganin.

"This is the amount of food that Kenya will provide to Southeast Asia in the future, and this year it will produce more than 300 million tons!"

When talking about this number, there was a certain longing in Khrushchev's eyes.

“2000 million tons, is that really that much?”

Bulganin asked with some disbelief.

“That’s Africa.”

In everyone's eyes, Africa is just a wild land. It can be said that there is nothing there except black people.

Otherwise, how could those Western colonizers work on that piece of land and leave it idle?
"It's precisely because it's Africa that we can grow three crops a year, unlike here where we can only grow corn or oats once a year. And 2000 million tons is just a preliminary estimate. This..."

Khrushchev pointed at the information in front of him and said.

"According to the Kenya Grains Corporation's vision report, taking into account the improvement of corn seeds and the increase in the use of fertilizers, corn production will increase by more than 50% in ten years, and they will produce 3000-3500 million tons of corn each year..."

If Du Changyuan were here, he would be very surprised - because this report is the long-term planning report of the Kenya Grain Company. The report lists in great detail a series of tasks such as land development and corn planting. Not only that, it also gives the company's potential value.

But now this report appeared in the Kremlin! How could he not be surprised?

"And these corns can be converted into 1000 million tons of pork! My friend, 1000 million tons! On average, that's 50 kilograms for every Soviet citizen! If we can get Kenya and turn it into our granary, then the food problem that has been plaguing us will be fundamentally solved!"

Speaking of this, Khrushchev seemed a little excited. He even stood up and walked around while speaking excitedly.

"By then, our people will never go hungry again, and they won't have to queue up for a few pieces of fat meat!"

Perhaps in the eyes of many Soviet leaders, Khrushchev was a barbaric and vulgar peasant. But unlike others who didn't care about the people's dining table, this seemingly rude and straightforward guy always cared about the people's dining table, even in the era of the loving father.

When he was in charge of reconstruction in Ukraine after the war, he immediately sent a survey team to investigate the situation when he realized that Ukrainian agriculture could not meet the national plan. The report submitted to him by the team after investigation showed that the grain output of that year might be between 180 million and 360 million tons. The national quota was 720 million tons. Feeling the seriousness of the situation, he instructed all ministries to prepare a document to be submitted to the Moscow Council of Ministers, which required the government to issue food rationing cards, supply part of agricultural products to rural residents, and provide relief to disaster victims.

To this, his father responded by rebuking him for the figures in the document that tried to show that Ukraine was in a state of distress and that the idea of ​​food ration cards was absurd. Most people would have remained silent in the face of his father's rebuke. But Khrushchev immediately left Kiev for Moscow to explain his report to Stalin. His report accurately reflected the situation in Ukraine, and his father eventually agreed to provide limited food aid to Ukraine. But this also made him lose his father's trust. Later, he kept his temper and behaved in a low profile. But as we all know, Khrushchev did care about people's tables and their homes, and of course, this was also to win people's hearts.

“When that time comes, everyone will support us!”

It has to be said that as a very rude and straightforward guy, Khrushchev was honest. In his opinion, as long as he made everyone's life better, there would naturally be applause and support from the people. By then, who would remember his kind father?

"We now need to heal the wounded people's hearts, and the best way is to let them live in houses and eat meat!"

Bulganin reminded Khrushchev, who was so excited that he could hardly control himself.

"That's a British colony!"

The reason why Bulganin reminded him of this was because he knew very well that the Soviet Union would never have a direct conflict with Britain.

But if the Soviet Union wanted to extend its influence into Africa, it would inevitably come into conflict with the British.

"Yes, that's right. It is because it is a British colony that we have to help the Kenyans liberate their country and win freedom for that land. After they are liberated, we can send agricultural experts there to help them develop agriculture, provide them with agricultural machinery and fertilizers, provide them with loans, and build water conservancy facilities. All of this..."

Turning around and looking at Bulganin, Khrushchev said.

"In the end, they will use corn to repay the debts they owed us during the war. We are not only helping them to gain national liberation, but also making their country richer, and we have also received corresponding rewards - we can get a steady supply of corn without using hard currency. If we want, we can also spread the same model to the whole of Africa. With our support, the British and French colonies in Africa will gain independence and will be reborn with our help!"

When imagining the future of Africa, Khrushchev became even more excited. After all, liberating all mankind was their dream, and this step was about to be taken in Africa. How could he not be excited?

Of course, what made him even more excited was that he had finally found a way to let the Soviets eat meat.

Although the Soviet Union was the largest country in the world, its climate was not suitable for developing agriculture. After all, it was too cold. In Africa, three crops could be harvested a year, but in many places in the Soviet Union, crops could not even be grown.

But now they have a new choice - Africa!
Unlike Khrushchev's excitement, Bulganin seemed calmer. He just flipped through the report in front of him and said.

"This is indeed a very important piece of information. If Nanyang can do it, then we can do it as well. If they can do it, then we can definitely do it too, but..."

Bulganin reminded.

"How can we support the local people? In other words, how can we hand over weapons to them? This is the Indian Ocean, not the Mediterranean Sea. Our ships need the Suez Canal to enter the Indian Ocean. If..."

He originally wanted to say that if Siam was still there, everything would be easy, but before he could finish his words, Bulganin changed his mind.

"If the British intercept us, our ships won't be able to reach the Indian Ocean at all. How can we support them?"

"Egypt!"

Khrushchev said.

"Now the United States has refused to provide military aid to Nasser, and in order to obtain aid, he has turned to us and asked for our help. Now our people are having secret talks with them in Czechoslovakia, and soon we will reach a corresponding agreement. We can enter Africa through Egypt. As for the Suez Canal, how can Nasser tolerate the British and French controlling it? As long as he gets enough support, he will definitely take back the Suez Canal."

As he spoke, Khrushchev walked to the table and pointed at the report.

"Then, we will be able to help Africa win liberation. However, before that, we still need to do some work!"

(End of this chapter)