C647 Oil for Food
C647 Oil for Food
The purpose of everyone's communication was to promote mutual progress between each other. It was a win-win situation. As for the internal affairs of other countries, they would not interfere.
"Yeah, we welcome your basic principles very much." Abel said, "Our country is short of food."
The delegates of both parties had discussed the contents before they came. Otherwise, they would not have come if their positions were different.
Han Country was here to sell food and light industrial products. They were both mutually beneficial to each other.
"Since the development of our country's economy, our country's appearance has changed completely. Now, our food production can not only feed our one billion people. We can also export large amounts of surplus to our brotherly country, which we are willing to export to. This will alleviate your urgent needs."
Food is the sky for the people. If they can't eat enough and wear warm clothes, then there will be a huge problem with the country.
In this aspect, the Han Country was really regrettable.
Before the establishment of the country, Han Country was a food exporter country. A large amount of rice came from Siamese, northern monkeys, and other countries. Imported. To It's here! In Han Country, before the establishment of the country, once they encountered a natural disaster... It was inevitable that a large number of people would become victims of the natural disaster, and there would be a lot of people starving to death.
After the establishment of the country, the labor in China would be enthusiastic, and the new system would be full of vitality. From 1950 to 1960, the Han Country had a total of 11 years of food exports. An average of 2.19 million tons of food exported annually, and the net amount of food exports accounted for 1.3% of the same amount of food produced during the same period. This provided valuable financial support for industrialization.
But then, three years of famine arrived. During that period, the people who experienced it the most felt.
After that, after that, the grain production was maintained at a normal level. Han Country started to import grain to satisfy domestic needs. This continued all the way until last year.
Last year was a harvest year. Back then, the grain production increased by 2.04 million tons, and it was a total of 69.6 million tons of grain imported. This year, the domestic situation was very good.
And this year was the first year of economic reforms in the country. Apart from a few places that secretly tried to change, most places in the country still had the same system.
The most dazzling one was, of course, Little Guang Village. In the past, this village... It had never paid a kilogram of public grain to the country because it was too poor. But now, for the first time, it was the first time that the country had paid a catty of public grain. And... He returned the loans he owed over the years.
Furthermore, in order to increase the enthusiasm of farmers to grow food, the higher-ups decided to reduce the number of grain purchases from 75.5 billion jin to 70 billion jin. At the same time, they increased the purchasing price by more than 20%, and the purchasing price outside of the number increased by more than 50%.
And this 1979 was a huge harvest year. That year, the production increased by 273.5 million tons!
For Han Country, exporting grain to the outside was no longer a problem. Furthermore, even if Han Country continued to import grain, they could still import grain from the west and export it to Parthia. This way, they would be able to make money.
Hearing Old Zhang's words, President Abel, who was sitting on the other side, he had a worried look on his face. Thank you, friends from Han Country, for helping us solve our urgent need. However, we don't have enough money to buy food right now."
Parthia, this large oil country, was actually short of money?
That's right, the foreign exchange reserves in Parthia are seriously lacking.
Because of the hostile relationship with Y Country, under the leadership of Y Country, the entire Western Countries had frozen over 28 billion yuan worth of overseas assets and funds in the Parthia. Among them, the Y Country alone had 18 billion yuan worth of assets and funds, which made the Parthia suffer. There was also not enough foreign currency to buy cheap food and light industry products.
This was the situation now.
Hearing this, Old Zhang was delighted. Luckily, before coming here, Qin Guan had already discussed a new plan with the Supreme Commander.
Han Country was severely lacking in foreign currencies. Originally, Han Country wanted to exchange food for foreign currencies. At the same time, oil from Han Country was still being exported. Therefore, no one thought that they would use the oil of the Parthia to offset the cost of buying food.
The Han Country did not lack oil!
And now, of course, Old Zhang had to act like a good old man.
"So that's the case. If that's the case, we can consider bartering." Old Zhang said, "What can you export?"
Exit? Abel looked troubled. "The only thing we can export is oil."
That's right, the only thing that can be exported is oil.
Hearing the other party's words, Old Zhang also looked troubled. "This matter is not easy to handle. We are also an oil exporter."
We don't need the things you export. We are also oil exporters. Everyone exports oil, exporting oil to each other for fun.
What Old Zhang said was the truth.
Now, after hearing what Old Zhang said, the higher ups of Parthia were in a dilemma.
Qin Guan knew it was time for him to go on stage.
"The current Parthia is in urgent need of food." Qin Guan said, "If we can't get food, then there are many people in the Parthia. I want it. I'm hungry. This is not good. How about this? We will use the oil of Parthia to exchange for our food. "
"President Qin, if you say so, then what's the use of the oil that we import?" Old Zhang and Qin Guan continued to sing the same tune. The two of them played a double act.
"Yeah, what's the use?" Qin Guan said, "We can only save it up for now and use it as a strategic oil reserve. This can't be too troublesome for the country. We might as well let North Industrial Company handle it."
North Industrial Company's current business was already an import and export business. It was not only Exporting Weapon, but also import. Qin Guan might as well use the company's name to get the oil.
Hearing this, the other party was overjoyed. "President Qin, thank you for your support."
Qin Guan, although he was young, was already an influential high official in Han Country. He controlled the arms trade in Han Country and exported arms to the outside world. He had already made many deals, including exporting a batch of equipment to the Coconut Jujube Country. Many of them were aware of this.
Now, Qin Guan had solved another big problem for them. They welcomed such a friend.
Speaking of the oil exports from Parthia, it was definitely a pity.
Before the coup, due to maintaining a good relationship with the west, therefore, the Parthia's oil exports were mainly for Western World. After the coup, on one hand, the relationship between the western countries and Parthia was cut off. On the other hand, the Parthia and the Western Countries were hostile towards each other. They refused to give it to them.
In this way, one would not be able to export and the other would not be able to import oil. The oil in the west would start to be scarce, and the oil in the Parthia would be stored. This would not be beneficial to anyone.
It was absolutely best for Qin Guan to be the middleman.