K. This is the 1st working draft of vol. VI. It still ... - From Marx to Mao

396 MAO TSE-TUNG
be put forward, reducing the burden on the people of the Border Region.
In 1939 it was stipulated that the troops in their agricultural
work should plant grain as well as vegetables so as to fulfil the task
of producing 4,700 tan of grain. Most production in 1939 was agricultural
and 25,136 mou of new land was opened up over the whole
year. At first it was estimated that 2 tou of hulled grain could be
harvested per mou giving a total of 4,986 tan. But because the new
land was just being broken in, there were not enough agricultural
tools, leadership experience was uneven, and some of the land suffered
natural disasters, only 2,590 tan of hulled grain was harvested.
At this time the troops still had little capital and commerce had not
yet developed.
FROM MARX
TO MAO
In 1940 the production tasks for the troops stipulated that each
⋆
section should provide grain for one and one-half months, a total of
3,400 tan. In that year the troops opened up 20,679.7 mou of land
which should have given 4,136 tan of hulled grain. Because the harvest
was poor, they only got 2,400 tan. In order to fulfil its duties,
each section also took on salt transport, digging liquorice root and
felling trees (in Guanzhong they also did some commercial work).
The garrison army earned a total profit of 2,236,516.16 yuan from
this supplementary production. This, together with the agricultural
harvest, provided grain for one and one-half months and also met
part of the supplements NOT for equipment. FOR
In 1941 the operating budget for all troops was 4,479,536.40 yuan
and the task for production was to provide 400,000 yuan. However,
the result was COMMERCIAL
entirely different. The requirement for operating
expenses was much greater and the task for self-supporting production
was much greater than originally estimated. Chiefly as a
result of the call by Commander Zhu to select six battalions to get
salt, we got a total DISTRIBUTION
of 56,966 packs of salt valued at 236,408.90 yuan.
In agriculture 14,794.6 mou were opened up and 1,170 tan of miscellaneous
grains harvested. In commerce the total profit was
12,019,592.72 yuan. Because of price inflation, the value of paper
money fell. Regular expenses and clothing and bedding expenses
for the whole year were 7,881,757.17 yuan. (All these excludes the
income and expenditure of one regiment and the forces in
Guanzhong.) The average daily expenses for provisions per man
over the whole year was 0.50 yuan. Apart from the 0.10 yuan issued
by the State, we provided 0.40 yuan ourselves, a total of 2,592,000
yuan. The total for the above regular expenses, bedding and cloth-