Now that food had become the foremost priority of wartime stockpiling in the war zone, with everyone from Grand Marshal Zuo Qiu Mingyue to the stockpiling commissioners below him and even ordinary citizens watching closely, Zhang Tie, as the Stockpiling General, naturally could not afford to let down his guard. Fortunately, he had long been prepared. Back when Great Xia had faced a food shortage last year, he had already begun quietly making many arrangements in Torch Dragon Territory. Now, those preparations were precisely coming into use. At the same time, what gave Zhang Tie the greatest confidence in confronting this problem was that Torch Dragon Territory had once again enjoyed a bumper grain harvest last year. Beyond Torch Dragon Territory, even the output from the more than one hundred million mu of official farmland in Peaceful River County—which he had taken over less than a year ago—had likewise seen a bumper harvest.
The bumper harvest from the more than one hundred million mu of official farmland in Peaceful River County shook the entire Northeast Protectorate. This was because, on land also within Peaceful River County, many fields had continued to suffer total crop failures or reduced yields since the latter half of last year. Only the official farmland in Peaceful River County contracted by Zhang Tie had achieved a miraculous turnaround, displaying an enormous contrast with the other fields.
Under Zhang Tie's multifaceted measures, the more than one hundred million mu of official farmland under his name had produced a bumper soybean harvest from soybeans planted in June last year by late August. As for the winter wheat planted in September, it was now growing splendidly and was likewise on the verge of a bumper harvest.
With such experience and foundations, and with the support provided by Torch Dragon