Chapter 1318: Year-End Assembly (Part 15)

"The second point is regarding the future positioning of the Western Development Group."

Positioning? Everyone felt a bit strange, because everyone knew where the Western Development Group was located; it was very certain and couldn't be moved, so why did it need positioning?

"The positioning I am talking about is not its location, but rather what kind of responsibility it should shoulder within Huaxia in the future. Just like Lema City now, its positioning is that of a Weicheng for Huaxia City; it is a city built to guard and defend Huaxia City."

Once put this way, everyone understood very clearly, and they all wanted to know what kind of "positioning" the Western Development Group would ultimately have.

However, Yishang was very clear about it now, because Changle had already tipped him off in advance. Originally, the Western Development Group was going to be a very important place, but now its level of importance had taken a nosedive; it had become less important, and Huaxia's future investment would definitely become less and less.

Baifeng took out another document and held it up to show everyone: "This is the investigation report for the Western Development Group, written by Changle. It is a conclusion Changle wrote for me after conducting an on-site investigation, and I approve of it very much."

Everyone hurriedly began to flip through the documents on their desks. For the important documents to be discussed at today's meeting, there was basically one copy for everyone, because when one could not hear, one had to rely on reading the documents to obtain information.

Because Movable Type Printing was already relatively mature, printing such relatively short documents was absolutely no problem for Huaxia. They could arrange and combine the characters and apply ink for printing in a very short time.

And this document, as the leader of the Western Development Group, Ce had not seen it either, so he also hurriedly flipped through it to look, wanting to see what kind of evaluation Changle had for the Western Development Group.

After Baifeng showed the document, he opened it, read a few lines, and said: "Due to the influence of the geology, terrain, and climate factors of the Western Development Group, it does not possess the conditions to build a large city. Therefore, some construction plans for the Western Development Group in the future may have their expectations lowered slightly."

Ce's heart sank directly to the bottom. How did it suddenly change? Wasn't the Western Development Group supposed to be a major platform for Huaxia's expansion to the west in the future? Weren't the roads already built there? How could they suddenly say they were going to lower support and reduce the budget?

Others were also puzzled. So much had been invested in the Western Development Group, so why were they only saying now that the place was no good?

Baifeng ignored the noisy voices of the crowd and continued to say loudly: "But! Because of the location of the Western Development Group, and what we have already invested and built, it is naturally impossible to let the Western Development Group become an ordinary place; it will not be like a town."

Although its climate, terrain, and so on are not suitable for building a city, and it is not that suitable for farming, it is a good place for grazing.

Just now, Ce also said that the cattle and sheep there do not need feed and can grow plump and strong, which means that it is an especially good place for grazing.

The breeding and animal husbandry industries in Huaxia City need to gradually shift to other places. The land in Huaxia City is too scarce, and Pastures are the most land-consuming, so these things that need land the most need to be moved out.

Currently, several towns already have a preliminary foundation for animal husbandry, and methods for castration and feeding are also underway, but after all, the space is not large enough.

This time, it was discovered that the land of the Western Development Group is rich in water and Grass, and the land is vast; it is truly a good place for grazing. Therefore, I have decided that in the future, I will focus on building the Western Development Group into a city centered on animal husbandry.

Industry, agriculture, and the like can be placed in a secondary position; the main thing is to graze cattle and sheep, making good use of the good water and good Grass of the Western Development Group to raise good cattle and sheep.

Then, send them to Huaxia City, Lema City, and other such towns to exchange for grain and all industrial products. This way, the advantages of different towns can be thoroughly brought into play.

Right now, Huaxia City's advantage is industry, and Lema City has already demonstrated its advantage in agriculture; the amount of cultivated land and grain output are almost about to surpass Huaxia City. At this time, having another such animal husbandry city specifically to provide cattle, sheep, and livestock would be the best thing possible.

Everything needed can be exchanged, and it can allow other cities to fully exert their capabilities.

This idea of Ce's just now is very good; next year we must focus on developing animal husbandry. I will also send at least two veterinarians to the Western Development Group to conduct technical training so that the Western Development Group has its own veterinarians. Another thing is to gradually start promoting castration technology in the Western Development Group.

Cattle are not needed for now, but sheep are. The reproduction speed of sheep is too fast, and it needs a certain amount of suppression to keep its growth rate within a certain range. Do not blindly seek speed and quantity; you must also see if your pasture can withstand so many cattle and sheep.

Once the sheep destroy the grassland, then the Western Development Group will be finished.

The last point is that Changle has already set the boundary markers for all the Nobles who chose to exchange land, confirmed your respective fiefs, and evaluated the quality of the fiefs. I believe you have all received them, right?"

Almost all the Nobles shook their heads and sighed, because the results made them a little disappointed. There was no such good land for them to farm, not to mention that the importance of the Western Development Group had now taken a big discount, and the value of those fiefs had naturally dropped as well.

Furthermore, talking about developing an animal husbandry city, doesn't that mean that in the entire Western Development Group, the number of livestock will be greater than the number of people? If all that land is used for grazing cattle and sheep, then naturally there will be far fewer people living there.

They were even wondering if this matter was pushed by Baifeng himself, and if Baifeng had known long ago that the area around the Western Development Group was not high-quality land, which was why he exchanged it with them. But that didn't make sense; this didn't have much benefit for Baifeng, and for Huaxia, wasting so many resources was even less beneficial.

Then Baifeng gave those Nobles a hope, a piece of good news: "However, because your fiefs are all suitable for grazing, I can allow all Nobles with fiefs to go there to graze. As for the people, you can find your own ways, and Huaxia has plenty of livestock; you can just purchase the young ones yourselves.

As for the final output of livestock, after paying the taxes, you can dispose of them however you like. Whether you eat them yourselves or go trade them, it is all fine, as long as you can ensure that the people of Huaxia can eat meat.

Everyone adds wood to the fire, and only then will the flames rise high. Animal husbandry is the same; if everyone goes to graze, meat will no longer be in short supply in our Huaxia."