Chapter 729

On December 31, 1990, it is less than 12 hours before the new year's bell. On the construction site of Qiuming oilfield, tens of thousands of people gathered here, waiting for a historic moment. Xie liaosha, wearing a safety helmet, stood quietly on the muddy and cold ground. Although it was cold in the field, everyone was full of excitement.

Not far away, several heavy cranes dropped a section of the pipeline into the air, and then slowly moved to the last gap of the Eurasian gas pipeline. The welders who had been waiting there were already eager to try.

Although the cold wind in Siberia is strong, it still can't stop people's enthusiasm. The Eurasian natural gas pipeline project connecting the East and west of the Soviet Union will soon be completed ahead of schedule. Hundreds of thousands of Soviet construction workers worked hard for more than half a year. Now the media organizations all over the Soviet Union are quietly waiting for this landmark event. Almost everyone in the Soviet Union knows how much improvement this natural gas pipeline will bring to the economy of the Soviet Union in the future.

Just a few days ago, three major international rating agencies raised the Soviet Union's sovereign credit rating one after another. You know, not long ago, four republics declared their independence from the Soviet Union! However, political instability had no effect on the strong rebound of the Soviet economy. Since some regions want to withdraw from the Soviet Union, and the laws of the Soviet Union have made clear provisions on this, everything can be carried out according to the legal procedures. It's going to rain. My mother wants to get married. Let him go. It's not a big deal for those who still love this country.

Just at the last meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Xie liaosha had a frank communication with the Marxist Leninist creed faction of ligachev and the Democratic creed faction of Yakovlev. After this discussion, he reestablished the way forward for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the future. Now that he has given up a shift of ideology, Inherit and carry forward the theory of socialist starting point put forward by general secretary Andropov. At the same time, in order to deal with the risk of the collapse of the Soviet Union, we should strengthen the ties between the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the party organizations of the two republics. In the future, even if the Soviet Union really splits, the Soviet Communist Party cannot split.

At this meeting, both the Marxist Leninist programme faction represented by ligachev and the Democratic programme faction represented by Yakovlev made certain concessions. Because facts have proved that ligachev's political ideas can not be realized, and Yakovlev's political ideas will make the Soviet Communist Party face division. Therefore, it is of great significance for the Soviet Communist Party to return to the starting point theory, because it means that the whole Party of the Soviet Communist Party has a real goal to fight for.

As part of the economic reform, Xie liaosha has begun to reform the domestic zombie enterprise Venus. In dealing with these enterprises that are heavily in debt and can no longer generate profits for the country, Xie liaosha chooses to completely privatize, clean up and rectify the property rights of these enterprises, and properly resettle the original employees through the funds raised by privatization.

The Soviet Union was originally a country with high welfare. Medical care, education and housing were free of charge. And the market-oriented reform is only concentrated in the industrial and agricultural production departments. Even if the future workers are unemployed, there will be no big problems in their livelihood. Xie liaosha did not dare to reform those industries that related to the people's livelihood in China. Because if these industries are disrupted by private capital, they will cause people's strong dissatisfaction. After all, it is nothing to drive without a car. But if there is no house to live in, no food to eat, no illness and no schooling, the people have to overthrow the government.

When the final welding work was finished, the whole construction site sounded a neat and loud "Wula!" Sound. The workers who have been struggling for more than half a year embrace each other excitedly. In the most critical situation, the Soviet Union still insisted on building this natural gas pipeline, known as the eighth wonder of the world. Just before this pipe goes through. Japan and South Korea in East Asia, Britain, France and Germany in Western Europe and other countries have signed new natural gas cooperation agreements with the Soviet Union, and the newly established unified market organization of Eastern Europe has also signed a 10-year cooperation agreement with the Soviet Union. Natural gas from the Soviet Union has become the most stable energy source in East Asia and Europe.

The construction army recruited by Xie liaosha won't have large-scale unemployment due to the completion of the natural gas pipeline, because in fact, another oil pipeline that also connects the Communist Youth City and Leningrad is about to start. In addition, the international oil pipeline from Kuwait to Syria contracted by the Soviet Union has also been put on the agenda. Energy infrastructure construction industry alone, the demand for labor is in short supply. Not to mention other industries in the Soviet Union.

The reversal of the economic environment finally led the reform of the Soviet Communist Party to find the right direction. For the Soviet Union, energy and heavy industry are still its best industries. The Soviets are not suitable to produce things that are directly oriented to the consumer market, such as the electronic products and other gadgets that are popular in the world. But in the petrochemical industry, construction machinery industry, petroleum exploration equipment, mining equipment and other aspects, the Soviet Union is still in the leading position in the world.

Out of the need to save government spending, the Soviet Communist Party collectively decided to significantly reduce defense spending. Four new generation aircraft carriers originally built in the Ukrainian shipyard have been put on the international trading platform. India, Brazil and other countries are very interested in this. When the Soviet Union proposed that the four aircraft carriers could be purchased through barter trade rather than foreign exchange, even China and Argentina were involved. This transaction mode of the Soviet Union is an innovation all over the world. By selling high value-added industrial and military products, it can exchange those low value-added agricultural products, resource products and primary industrial products. This can not only reduce the threshold of transaction, but also exchange what is needed.

So at the beginning of 1991, the Soviet Union reached a new international arms deal with India to exchange rice and tea for aircraft carriers, Brazil to exchange coffee and soybean for aircraft carriers, Argentina to exchange beef for aircraft carriers, and China to exchange light industrial products for aircraft carriers. After the completion of these four transactions, the Soviet Union not only met its own needs, but also exported these goods to Eastern Europe and other European countries. This event opened up a new way for the Soviet Union's arms trade. Some African countries and Latin American countries suddenly found that the Soviet Union's threshold for arms purchase was not high. What used to require a lot of US dollars was now only their own minerals and agricultural products, which was too easy.

Under the control of seryosa, the Soviet Union never defaulted on its debts. The London club, an international creditor, had agreed to the plan of converting most of the Soviet Union's bonds into investment. The biggest crisis of the Soviet economy was finally over.