Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Because the middleman Ximen Lang was eliminated, Bai Ling and Lao Luo no longer needed to lay a lot of groundwork to draw Ximen Lang's attention to the aspects they urgently needed, and could directly communicate with the future generation led by Xia Yiyi.

Ever since Ximen Lang completely relinquished control, the development of the Four Nine City World has been incredibly rapid.

It changes almost daily, with a new development every day.

Today we're still worrying about how to quickly increase steel production, but tomorrow, the new integrated steel plant will break ground.

Whether it's science and technology, national defense, education, or people's livelihood, as the connection between Beijing and the world and later generations became closer and exchanges became more frequent, all of these areas experienced explosive growth and entered a period of rapid development.

And the results came one after another.

It hasn't even been until next year, and it's already starting to show up one after another.

And agriculture undoubtedly comes first.

After all, eating is the most important thing, and Bai Ling and Lao Luo's wish is for the people of the Four Nine City World to be able to eat their fill every day.

Therefore, Bai Ling and Lao Luo are truly very concerned about agriculture.

This is especially true in areas where seeds have been replaced and chemical fertilizers have been introduced.

Whenever Bai Ling and Lao Luo arrived at these places, their first stop was always the fields, to see for themselves how the grains were growing.

And the result, naturally, was exactly as expected.

Although it is far from harvest season, they can still see and judge whether the grains are growing well and whether there will be a good harvest next year.

So now, Bai Ling and Lao Luo are really worried.

What's there to worry about?

Of course I'm worried.
"Such a large increase in production all at once, the largest grain production in thousands of years! With so much grain, and the local area has never had any experience with this before, how are we going to store it? What if the grain comes in and spoils because we are not prepared enough? That would be a real disaster!"

Yes, that's Versailles for you, and that's reality for you.

Even before the harvest season has begun and the grain harvest has been plentiful, Lao Luo and Bai Ling have already started to worry about grain storage.

Bai Ling was naturally among those who were also troubled by this.

However, compared to this issue, Bai Ling was more worried about how to maximize the benefits of using so much grain.

After all, if storage becomes impossible, future generations can still be involved.

"At worst, we can open up the channels a bit more, bring in another batch of talent, and even let in some enterprises to build more modern warehouses through a combination of cooperation and learning from others. But we simply can't consume so much grain, and that's the real problem! Because unlike in later generations, we only have a total population of 6 million."

"Of course, in the first year, we won't have a huge surplus of grain. Even if we have a lot left over, the amount won't be too much. But as grain production increases year by year, the surplus each year will be astronomical. What will we do then? Store it all? That's definitely not realistic! Putting aside everything else, how to store it is a major problem that we can't avoid!"

Hearing this, Lao Luo's brows furrowed deeply, and he never imagined that one day he would be so worried about having too much food. It really put Lao Luo in a difficult position.

Bai Ling then raised an eyebrow and revealed her thoughts.

"Old Luo, everyone's been working hard on post-war reconstruction. It's not just us, the Americans, the Soviet Union, and Europe are all doing it too. As a result, food has become a hard currency!"

"Of course, we definitely cannot sell to those places mentioned earlier, because we will inevitably have conflicts with them in the future! Even if the grain rots in the warehouse, we will not sell to them!"

"But what about other places besides them, those less developed places that are in the same boat as us? What are your thoughts on those places?"

Of course, Lao Luo had considered these places as well. In fact, he had just been considering whether or not to sell grain to these places.

But this inevitably leads to a problem.

That is.
"These fellow sufferers are so poor! Unlike us who have already made it ashore, these places are truly impoverished relatives! With their shabby appearance, where would they get the money to buy our food?"

Seeing that Lao Luo really couldn't think straight, even in this situation, he still didn't know how to be flexible.

Bai Ling immediately chimed in.

"How stupid! If you don't have money, offer something else as collateral! For example, if you don't have money, do you own a mine? Even if you don't, can you vacate the market? Let's all sit down and sign some free trade agreement so they can buy more of our industrial products in the future. Or, why not open up some important industries and let us help them with their development?"

That's a bit unseemly.

Although Bai Ling put it very tactfully, who is Lao Luo?

As soon as Bai Ling said this, Lao Luo immediately understood what she wanted to do!
This is somewhat contrary to Lao Luo's usual approach.

Therefore, Lao Luo directly refuted it.

"Bai Ling, are you serious? We're respectable people!"

"A respectable person? What's a respectable person worth? They'll still be respectable people in the future, and they'll still be eyeing our little things every day. Besides, we haven't infringed on their sovereignty; we're just trying to make a little money to spend. At most, we'll ask them to cheer us on and boost our morale when something happens in the future. What's the big deal?"

After saying that, he saw that Lao Luo was still frowning and struggling with his thoughts.

Since things have already come to this point, I might as well be more direct.

Bai Ling directly pointed out another problem that the world of Beijing had to face.

"Let me be frank with you. As we introduce more and more industries and our industrial output grows, we definitely can't absorb all the industrial products we produce ourselves!"

"Even if there is some demand in the future, it will only be a minority! And as for Europe and America, as our output value increases, they will definitely impose various restrictions on us in the future! Just like the future!"

"What will we do with all our products when that time comes? Shut down all the factories? Send all the workers home? Let me tell you, I definitely don't want to do that! So, it's absolutely necessary to plan ahead!" (End of Chapter)