Chapter 207 Forestry Economy
Will a member of a Central Presidium follow the KGB vice-chairman who is not even a member of the Central Committee? This happened. It was not that Brezhnev was idle, but that he thought Selov's thinking about handling things was very interesting. It was not that the conventional method. It just so happened that Brezhnev also needed time to deal with Khrushchev who returned to his country. Before that, he could inspect it everywhere.
In fact, Brezhnev had not had enough talk with Selov in his heart. After leaving Liangzan Prefecture for a month, Selov, who kicked the entire provincial committee, came back again. The surviving cadres of the Liangzan Prefecture, as well as the director of the KGB organization, and the director of the State Administration of Internal Affairs were trembling in his heart. He knew that his superiors had indeed kept their word and said that he would definitely come back after returning to check in a month.
"The whole state killed 40,000 wild boars, and other wild deer, rabbits, and wolf, which together can have 10,000 tons of meat products!" Because of Selov's order, the KGB, the inner guards and the entire Liangzan hunters experienced the fun of hunting. The wild animals of Liangzan were also affected, and they would definitely not be able to recover in a few years.
However, this is not within Selov's consideration. Even this year can't be passed. What else can you talk about in the future? "Very good!" Selov gave some encouragement to his two subordinates. "I will apply to Chairman Xie Lieping to mobilize some funds to acquire these results. Have you kept the skins of those animals?"
In the bones, all Chinese people are very careful. If they waste higher value just to eat meat, Selov obviously cannot forgive himself. These animal skins can be processed and sold to foreign countries, and they can also make money from purchasing meat. These are all genuine leather, and it is good to make leather shoes and coats, so the First General Administration of the KGB will investigate the market demand of some countries.
"It's preserved, but we didn't catch the forest frogs very easily, and we died a lot!" said the director of the State Administration of Internal Affairs. He fully understood that in simple terms, he could not raise them. But this problem could not be solved. He could only eat and not raise them, and this problem was not difficult to solve. Biologists can breed them after studying the habits of forest frogs. Moreover, the basic conditions in Liangzanzhou are so good that even if it is unsuccessful breeding, it can be fully developed.
"Chairman Brezhnev, are you interested in trying our local food in Ryzan? Today's food will definitely be unforgettable!" Selov joined two subordinates and sent a report, which happened to be Brezhnev was also there. Let them taste the game in the mountains and forests.
"Of course I'm interested, Yuri, this kind of life reminds me of the military life during the Patriotic War!" Brezhnev liked this feeling very much. He didn't miss the hard days back then, but the relaxed feeling.
This is no problem. Notify the canteen of the State Administration of Internal Affairs to start cooking. As the king of mouth, Selov can't cook. It doesn't matter, he can eat. When he touches his mouth, Selov will not be afraid of anyone. Even Brezhnev listens to his introduction. Looking at the sensible analysis, a trace of the original feeling arises in his heart.
"For example, many native species of our Soviet Union, such as the salmon we are making, are in a stage where except for us, but we know that other countries have never heard of it. This is not possible. For example, the rich European and American countries have almost no polluted rivers in their territory because they are more suitable for human habitation. Although our country is vast and sparsely populated, it is very troubled to our country. However, it has also been beneficial. Many species are in the most natural stage. Compared with those foods that are in industrial pollution, we should look for the stage in terms of quality. It is difficult to say this in terms of industrial supplies, but it is very simple in terms of food. The same kind of fish, the Soviet Union's fish grows big and produces more. We claim that our food is naturally pollution-free, and we shoot a documentary from Siberia, which is rarely visited by people. We challenge foreign markets in terms of health and environmental protection..."
Selov kept introducing Brezhnev, and cooperated with Yuxiang to make people unconsciously believe his words. Brezhnev did not doubt what he heard at all, because when Selov spoke, he was completely different from when some cadres gave reports. This was the second time he heard Selov's words. He had heard them in the last kitchen debate, but the two had not met directly at that time.
What you said makes sense is right? I found out that it comes from life. If you have nothing to do, buy more fish. If you meet more fishmongers, I will introduce you to the benefits of the fish they sell. Listen to them twice and combine them yourself. This theory that is enough to fool Brezhnev came out. Shelov had seen much more than the indigenous people of the Soviet Union.
"So, the lives of our country's people are no worse than those of the United States!" Brezhnev felt that way.
"We can't say that. In terms of quantity, we are not as good as Americans, but in terms of quality, we have absolutely no problem. The problem is that our people eat only half of the food that Americans have. No matter how high the quality is, it cannot change the people's sense of hunger!" Selov said helplessly, "Our Soviet transportation is too problematic. It takes too long to transport seafood from Pacific fishery to Central Asia and the Caucasus, and the same is true for the Baltic Sea. This has resulted in the state-owned supermarkets in Central Asia that only have beef and mutton, while the coastal areas lack meat supply..."
Brezhnev nodded in a clear way, it turned out to be a logistics issue. From the plan formulated by the Soviet food supply makers on the plan statement, food supply should not be a problem. However, the losses caused during transportation are not within the plan. The cooperation of the Soviet Union's huge territory can only be said to be ordinary transportation, which has caused high logistics costs, so let alone waste during transportation.
"It's like a fish. You can stew it or make it into caviar. My goal is to be stewed and made into caviar. This is not a conflict at all. Just take out the caviar before stewing the fish..." Shelov, who was holding the caviar, gestured for a moment, and then placed the caviar in front of Brezhnev and Chernenko.
It all sounds simple, but the problem of the planned economy of the Soviet Union lies here. For example, capitalists will definitely do this to pursue value. The factories in the Soviet Union are eager to be simpler, the better. It is like a salmon. If the Soviets were asked to make it, it is likely that the stewed situation that Selov said would be the direct situation without taking out the fish roe first.
"General Selov, what is the difference between us pursuing interests and those capitalists?" Chernenko asked very seriously, "Once we start pursuing interests, how can we ensure that enterprises will cut corners because of pursuing interests?"
"It is understandable to use capitalists to deal with capitalists. I want to let the capitalists sell us ropes. Those capitalists who do not sell us ropes, I will first hang them. The ropes used are given to us by the capitalists who cooperate with us..." Shellov said this sentence like a tongue twister. He pointed to the KGB armband on his military uniform and said, "The anti-counterfeiting workers will never allow this quality problem that belongs to capitalists to appear in our country. If some comrades think that treating the people of the country can also fool them by dealing with capitalists, they can try..."
The KGB canteen came in one after another, including cadres from the State Administration of Internal Affairs and the KGB Security Bureau. Since the merger of the two departments, Selov ordered local institutions with conditions to have dinner in a canteen so that they could communicate their feelings. After everyone arrived, Selov praised the achievements made by the national security cadres in Liangzan Prefecture in the past month, and introduced Brezhnev and Chernenko to the cadres present, and took the lead in applauding and welcomed...
Brezhnev also said a few words of encouragement from the security cadres of Ryazan and started eating. What surprised Brezhnev and Chernenko were very surprised. Shelov was picky about food and was not interested in ordinary food. Instead, he kept trying to eat caviar and a stewed potatoes by the forest frog, wishing he could eat a whole pot of forest frogs alone. This surprised Brezhnev and the others. The forest frogs were not in the recipes of the Soviets, except for the Koreans in some coastal areas in the Far East.
"Yuri, is this something delicious?" Brezhnev couldn't help asking when he saw that Selov was eating so delicious.
Selov, who was eating toad legs, responded very comfortably. He took advantage of the skill of eating caviar and said, "In terms of nutritional value, meat is not as good as fish, and fish is not as good as shrimp. The smaller the animal, the higher the taste and value, but they cannot replace the entire energy of meat, because it is too small to bear all the needs of the human body. However, when conditions permit, we should try it!"
"Oh?" Brezhnev forked a forest frog with a fork. It looked so disgusting. This was the effect of Selov asking the chef to chop off the head of the forest frog with a knife. Otherwise, Brezhnev would not even want to try it.
I ate one carefully, and Brezhnev's face changed instantly. The taste was quite good, much better than eating bread every day. "Ustinovich, you also tasted it. It tasted very good. I didn't expect this kind of thing to taste so good. Yuri, what would happen if the sales of the forest frog were exported?"
"Not really. As far as I know, Eastern countries like to eat forest frogs very much, but whether it is China, North Korea, or Vietnam, the economic conditions there are very poor. When food is a problem, eating forest frogs is obviously not practical!" Shelov held a plate of black fungus and dipped it in a little soy sauce and said, "My fungus, the fungus growing in the forest area, has the greatest function to clear the intestines and can clean up the toxins precipitated in the body. Elderly people whose bodies have begun to decline should eat more..."
Chapter completed!