Chapter 983 Development of South Asia

On March 10, Dahua's senior executives gathered together to discuss development issues in India.

The core of the debate is whether advanced technology should be transferred to India.

"I don't think it's necessary. We are not short of food at the moment. There is no need to create a huge hidden danger just for a small amount of food production."

Today, Ouyang Shiqi has become the head of a department and the Minister of Finance.

Ouyang Shiqi is more prudent and feels that Dahua can develop slowly at the current pace and there is no need to be so radical.

We can wait until the Central Plains region has developed to a higher level, such as when airplanes are flying all over the sky and cars are running everywhere, before we develop India. By that time, there will be a dimensional gap in strength between the Central Plains and India, and there will be no need to worry about rebellion in the Indian region.

"Who says we are not short of food? There will never be enough food. The fundamental reason that currently restricts the development of the breeding industry is that there is not enough food. We cannot waste food in granaries like India.

As for the hidden dangers Mr. Ouyang mentioned, I don’t think you need to worry too much. After all, we only open civilian factories in India and control the military industry. "

In contrast, Li Yao, Minister of Land and Resources, is a radical and wants to make full use of Dahua's resources to accelerate development.

The question of whether food is enough depends on what standards are used to measure it.

If it is just to eat enough, Dahua's current grain production is enough.

However, if you want to eat well and have most people eat meat regularly, you need to vigorously develop the breeding industry. And this requires massive amounts of food.

According to the law of diminishing energy in nature, if a person wants to obtain a 100 kilogram herbivore, the herbivore will consume approximately 1,000 kilograms of plants.

If a person wants to obtain a 100-kilogram carnivore, then the carnivore will probably need to consume 1,000 kilograms of herbivores and 10,000 kilograms of plants.

This is also the reason why most human meat comes from herbivores.

It's really because we can't afford to raise pure carnivores.

Of course, this is according to nature's algorithm.

In the breeding industry, animals are kept in captivity and are not allowed to move to reduce the consumption caused by exercise. This energy conversion efficiency is much higher.

To raise a 100 kilogram pig, perhaps 500 kilograms of plants are enough.

But even so, eating meat is never as cost-effective as eating grain directly.

If you want most people to eat meat regularly, you can never have too much food.

“When a factory can make tractors, it’s not far away from being able to make armored vehicles.”

the Deputy Minister of National Security reminded.

Manufacturing harvesters and tractors in India does not mean that just one harvester factory is enough. Related supporting equipment manufacturing factories are also indispensable.

And with those factories in place, manufacturing tanks and armored vehicles is not far away.

If the local area intends to rebel, it would not be difficult to secretly stockpile military technology and then convert the tractor factory into a tank factory.

Given India's population and development conditions, its war potential is actually greater than that of a woolly bear.

People in the Ministry of National Defense don't care how much meat consumption per capita in Dahua can achieve. They just hope that more will be better than less. It is best to maintain the strategy of strong trunks and weak branches and prohibit non-Central Plains areas from developing advanced technology.

"With the current communication speed and our government's perfect supervision system, we will be able to know if there is any abnormality in the local area. Let alone converting it into a military factory, when they have this idea in their minds, the imperial army can arrive."

Another official stood up and retorted.

Wu Changqing sat at the upper table and quietly watched the debate below.

Some of the views of these officials are sincere, while others are due to various reasons.

Officials who support the development of India may be the pawns of an ambitious official and want to promote this decree to facilitate the achievement of the ambitious official.

Or perhaps, some officials just didn't want Wu Changqing to have too much power and wanted the local government to be able to slightly restrict the imperial power.

No matter how high Wu Changqing's prestige is, it is impossible to convince everyone.

Officials who oppose the development of India may not be really worried about security risks. Maybe they are just representatives of the interests of the Jiangnan Group and do not want other places to develop to challenge the status of the Jiangnan region.

In short, the situation in the DPRK and China is very complicated. There are many people doing things, and there are also many people with selfish motives.

Fortunately, everything is still under Wu Changqing's control for the time being.

No matter how fierce the debate below is, it is just a reference for Wu Changqing. In the end, it is just a matter of Wu Changqing's words.

Currently, there is not much that officials with impure minds can do in the face of such a powerful monarch as Wu Changqing.

It has been eleven years since the founding of Dahua, and there has not been any trouble.

Most careerists are dormant, waiting.

And this wait is still very long, because Wu Changqing is now younger than most officials, only 29 years old.

However, true careerists are often very patient.

What they cannot do themselves, they can pave the way for future generations to complete.

In the end, Wu Changqing chose to develop India after considering the opinions of many officials.

Build a complete industrial system in India, but mainly on the civilian side.

At the same time, Wu Changqing also joined

Strengthened surveillance of officials in Indian regions.

The terms of office of local ministers in other places are three years.

In India, it is shortened to one and a half years.

They are replaced once a year and a half, and each official can only serve once in India, and then he will be transferred to a non-Indian area to serve as an official.

If a certain official is not permanently stationed in India, there will naturally be no chance of rebellion.

After all, rebellion also requires a preparation period, and people will not follow you just by shouting.

At the same time, the division of Indian provinces has become more detailed.

Uttar Pradesh was split into ten states by Wu Changqing.

A state is an institution that is one level higher than a city but one level lower than a province. It is a characteristic of Indian regions.

The states are not separate from each other and are all under the direct jurisdiction of the central government.

In this way, although the administrative efficiency is lower, it prevents the opportunity for a certain province to become bigger.

A small governor is obviously unlikely to think of rebellion.

With such a set of measures, even if the Indian region develops, it will be very difficult to rebel.

Of course, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. If there are really ambitious people, they will definitely be able to find loopholes in this system. However, by that time, Wu Changqing can also make up for those loopholes.

In short, Wu Changqing has an extremely huge advantage when facing the local government, so he doesn't have to worry too much.