"How is it? Is there still not enough food?"
In a conference room somewhere, several senior Chinese leaders gathered together for a discussion.
"The grain transferred from the south is just a drop in the bucket. If the south transfers more, there may be famine."
"What can we do? We're still waiting for food to buy materials, and now there's a famine in the country. Sigh."
"The pace of development cannot stop, and the food problem must be solved." A senior leader sitting in the first seat spoke.
"Then what do you think we should do? We can't keep diverting grain from the south. If we keep going like this, people in both the north and south will suffer."
Someone thought about it and suddenly suggested, "How about we also learn from those powerful countries and sell weapons and cannons?"
As soon as this suggestion was made, the others fell silent.
A heated discussion ensued.
"I think this is a good idea! Aren't there countries that are poorer than us? We can sell those unwanted weapons to them in exchange for their food."
"I think this is a good idea, too. I agree. The food we earn can be used to buy materials."
"Those materials are worthless to begin with. Capitalist countries are just trying to strangle us and make money, so they're selling them at exorbitant prices. But at this stage, we just have to accept it. We shouldn't be so unethical when selling weapons to countries that need our support."
The leader thought about it for a while and felt that this method was feasible.
The next topic became which country was suitable as a sales target and what weapons they could offer for sale.
After much discussion, they selected several small countries that were relatively abundant in food and close to China.
After China expressed its intention in this regard, news of its approval came immediately from the other side.
China is having a hard time as its resources are blocked by big countries. These small countries are having an even harder time. "Struggling" is not enough to describe it; they can only be said to be struggling to survive.
After the news came out that China was willing to sell them weapons, their leaders agreed almost without thinking.
On the agreed day, the other party's leader came directly to China, showing full sincerity.
China sent representatives to discuss the purchase of weapons with them.
The weapons sold this time were also obsolete by China, but the most valuable one was the K49.
With An Jingzhi's presence, the pace of updates and iterations in China's aerospace sector is very fast.
K49 is already an obsolete product.
However, although it is an aircraft eliminated by China, it is considered to be of medium technology in the international field.
"What? Can you sell K49 to us too?" the leader of a small country said in surprise.
Everyone knows that the weapons sold by the other party must have been eliminated.
But I didn't expect that even the K49 could be sold. Although the K49 is also an aircraft eliminated by China, it has only been eliminated for a few years, and its combat effectiveness is obvious to all. It was deeply remembered by countries around the world when it made its first appearance on the battlefield a few years ago.
The Chinese representative smiled and said, "Of course. The weapons we're showing you today are all for sale. Take a look here first to see which ones you need. I'll take you to see the power of these weapons in person later."
"Great! I want to buy a K49!"
"We want K49 too!"
Everyone rushed to express their needs to the Chinese representatives.
The Chinese representative politely reassured everyone, "Okay, I've already remembered everyone's needs. Don't worry, we still have some weapons to view."
He then took the leaders of these small countries to visit the weapons they sold one by one, which included almost all land and air weapons.
Afterwards, people were sent to take the leaders of these small countries to test the power of these weapons on site.
In the end, they left with a large order and returned home satisfied, while the Chinese representative was ecstatic and reported the order.
This order has solved China’s food problem, but it is only temporary. If China’s drought does not recover soon, it will continue to fall into the current predicament.
In order to get the enemy's food, China was very fast, and the enemy was also quick enough to get the weapons and food at the same time.
The food was shipped back to the country, solving most of the famine in the country.
Sanhua Steel Plant is located in the north and was also affected to a certain extent when the famine occurred.
Others can only eat until they are 50% full every day, but the An family can eat until they are 70% or 80% full.
The extra food was sent back home by An Jingzhi every month.
Li Hongjuan was walking when Wang Caiping suddenly approached and said, "The factory director just announced that everyone will be able to receive 5 kilograms of coarse grains and 5 kilograms of fine grains later. Hurry up and line up! If you're late, you might not be able to get a share."
Li Hongjuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered what her son said in the letter: the famine would be alleviated soon.
Her family has no shortage of food, but others have had enough of the days of food shortage.
When Wang Caiping brought her to queue up, the square was already crowded with people and there were several long queues.
"Thanks to you for supporting my family with a lot of fine grains over the past six months, I will return you two kilograms later when I get it." Wang Caiping said embarrassedly to Li Hongjuan in the team.
Wang Caiping's daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby. The adults in her family were not well fed, so they had no milk. They could only grind rice into powder and boil it into rice paste to feed the baby.
After all the fine grains at home were eaten up, Wang Caiping had no choice but to go to Li Hongjuan. Li Hongjuan generously lent her a lot of fine grains without thinking.
"Don't be in a hurry to pay it back. The children still need to eat. Why are you being so polite to me? There are only two people in my family. Apart from saving some money to send back to our hometown, we have no extra expenses. You have a heavy burden, so you should pay first." Li Hongjuan said generously.
Wang Caiping wiped her hair a little embarrassedly and said, "Then I'll return you one kilogram first. Don't worry, I will definitely return the food you borrowed from me."
If Li Hongjuan didn't believe in the other person's character, she wouldn't have lent her the money.
"Believe me, why wouldn't I believe you?"
The speed of collecting food was very fast. In order to collect food, the factory took turns to rest in the afternoon. Many people didn’t even have lunch and were hungry. They had to wait until four or five in the evening to collect their share of food.
The same went for Li Hongjuan and the others. When they got their share of food, it was already dark.
Wang Caiping returned one pound of food to her, and then happily carried her own food back home.
China recovered temporarily, perhaps because God was kind to it. The drought lasted less than three years before it ended.
In the past two years, by selling weapons, China not only earned food but also gained many followers.
China did not stop developing during the famine, and the materials purchased at high prices by tightening its belt all played their due role.
While Western countries were watching the fun, China's strength had quietly grown a lot stronger.
By the time they reacted, it was already too late to contain them.
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