In 1953, when the Nationalist Government established a distillery on the island, it decided to encourage the farmers to plant kaoliang by exchanging a catty of the crop for a catty of rice.
民國四十二年，為了增加戰地財源，輔導青年就業，繁榮農村經濟，政府在金門設立了金門酒廠。以一斤高粱兌換一斤白米，來鼓勵農民種高粱。