Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

After talking about the potential threat posed by rogue eagles to agriculture, Ding Wei changed the subject.

"Brother Ren, we are watching the corn and millet we planted grow well on our farm in Heifei, and the harvest will be good by the end of the year. Are we sure we should sell them to the authorities at a low price? If we do, we will lose a lot of profit. With the investment in planting machinery and equipment we have purchased and the current price and profit conditions, it will take us at least seven or eight years to get our money back."

"This principle will not be shaken. We grow good crops and keep the farm from losing money. It will be great if we can make back our investment in seven or eight years." Ren Zhong said. He knew what Ding Wei and the others were thinking. The current grain prices were indeed a disadvantage for the farm, as they at least lost 10% of their profits.

You have to know that a plantation covers millions of acres, and this amount of money is also very considerable. After Ding Wei took over an agricultural company, he had to spend money everywhere. The first half of the year was all expenses, and tens of millions of dollars were spent. He is waiting to make a profit from selling grain. Although the money for the machinery and equipment cannot be recovered in the short term, the more money he makes, the better.

But this is not the purpose of this matter.

What he saw was the long-term interests. In his opinion, the current colonial authorities would not be able to hold out for a few more years. It was the same as the main world. Some people here had gone out to learn new culture and always felt that they were great. They had the idea of ​​being the masters of their own house, and there were independent predecessors everywhere.

If we connect these people together, the next wave of independent movements among black non-Chinese will be everywhere.

Ren Zhong seemed to be just trying to help the people with the plantation. After all, Dongda came too late. The era of relying on force was over. Now we need to do something to let these people see the light. The most important thing for these plantations is to establish their image in the local area and to make it look like they are doing their best to feed the locals.

Therefore, suffering a loss is a blessing. Ren Zhong will find a way to make the fact that farms sell grain at low prices known to the whole world. Dongda's hybrid technology is for the benefit of all mankind and works for every hungry stomach!

As for the colonial authorities, whether they took the grain and sold it at a fair price or even at a lower price and then added money, or transported it to the country and sold it, Ren Zhong didn't care. Relying on the huge quantities, these middlemen could definitely make a lot of money, but their reputation would definitely become worse and worse in the process.

"Lao Ding, you are in Heifei, so at this stage, just focus on doing one thing well, growing good food, and establishing yourself as a local expert in growing food. If the locals are willing to learn, we will do our best to teach them how to grow good food. Don't get involved in other things, and don't worry about the breakups and mergers between their tribes.

Anyway, with our current strength, any tribe with a bit of brains will not be our enemy. Of course, if they want to form an alliance with us to do something private, you should not agree. We will be a neutral farming expert. We will not participate in their internal fighting and let them fight for their own leader. Anyway, it doesn't matter who we cooperate with. Everyone needs food, so it will benefit everyone if we cooperate with us."

Ren Zhong emphasized.

The situation in John Bull's colony is now becoming very delicate. The colonial authorities are negotiating with local tribes on terms of limited autonomy or complete independence. Different regions now have different considerations. If John Bull cannot do without local resources, the idea of ​​independence will be strongly suppressed and not allowed to emerge.

These clever guys emerging from the tribes might cause unexpected events one day.

But for some relatively useless areas, where there were only people but no good mines, the colonial authorities had to find ways to feed them. In such places, John Bull planned to directly tutor them until they graduated and let them go out and have fun on their own.

However, for Ren Zhong, he has a perspective hack at hand, so he knows that places where no mines have been discovered may not necessarily have no mines. Therefore, he treats these crowded places equally and tries to open up large plantations for farming, because food is more important here.

As for these independent tribes who want to rob us in the future, Li Yunlong will teach them what civility, courtesy and love mean. We can give it to you, but you must understand the rules and not rob!
If one tribe doesn’t understand, then just switch to a tribe that does.

In a luxurious conference room on Wall Street.

"We can't give those countries the illusion that using Dongda's hybrid technology can solve the global food shortage problem," said George, chairman of Jiaji, knocking on the table. "Over the past week, due to the spread of news about the success of hybrid rice in Southeast Asia and the new 3000 million mu plan, our wheat price for next year has fallen by 11.5%. In this way, our profits in the grain industry in the North American market have almost been swallowed up by this news!"

“Yes, our corn prices have also fallen by 15%, and orders have also decreased significantly. For those who originally used corn as a supplement to wheat and mixed it into new flour varieties as their staple food, now they have rice as a supplement, which puts more pressure on us in terms of price.

In their expectation, we need to continue to reduce the price to 20%. According to their thinking, next year, with the additional rice production in Southeast Asia exceeding 500 million tons, the price of grain will fall further with this increase. After all, the price of grain in the past few years has been the highest since the war, and it is normal for it to return to a reasonable level as the supply increases. "Solomon, the boss of Bangui Company, said gloomily, "Although the situation is like this, our companies have only had a good few years. Are we going to return to the miserable days of the past? No, we must not let this happen."

"So, gentlemen, do you have any way to turn this situation around?" ADM boss Williams tapped the cigar in his hand and said in a deep voice.

Only these giants are present here, so they can speak their minds without any scruples.

"We must stop Dongda's 100 million mu hybrid grain plan. We must start to disrupt their implementation of this plan. We must not only stop the promotion of hybrid rice in Southeast Asia, but also be vigilant about their plantation plans in Black Africa. Although there is no data yet to show that they have achieved good results, from the disclosed information, they have already established more than ten large plantations of more than one million mu in Black Africa. They have now been planted for a season and are said to be able to solve the local food supply.

If this is true, the supply of grain in Heifei will increase by several million tons. What is more frightening is that after these Dongda people have proved the suitability of grain cultivation in Heifei through these plantations, countless companies will follow their lead. After all, the land in Heifei is too cheap. "Jiaji Chairman George continued.

They were all very clear about this information, but after George said it, everyone suddenly felt a little creepy. This year was only the first year, and these people from the University of East China were already tinkering with ways to increase the world's food supply by tens of millions of tons. If they were not stopped, there might be tens of millions of tons of additional food supply next year.

How can they maintain high food prices?

"We must take action now. Next year, we will plant a large amount of cotton and corn on the arable land in the Amazon Basin. At the same time, we will continue to increase the amount of corn used to make ethanol. The rubber and coffee planting areas in Latin America must also be further expanded. We must reduce the area of ​​grain planting by at least 10 million mu to offset some of the increase." George, chairman of Jiaji, said ruthlessly. "In addition, we should ask the meteorological department to release more news in public opinion and report more on the disastrous climate in Southeast Asia, so that people will believe that the climate in Southeast Asia next year is not suitable for growing grain at all!"

"We increase the purchase price of coffee beans and vigorously promote the benefits of growing coffee beans in Southeast Asia. We make a very detailed comparison to the locals to show that the benefits of growing coffee beans are far higher than those of grain, even hybrid rice cannot compare to them." Although this trick is traditional, it is hard to refuse because of its effectiveness. After all, farmers do not grow crops for charity but to make money. They only need to grow enough food for their family and then use the rest of the land according to market demand. They will plant whatever has the best economic benefits. They have no overall view at all. If the purchase price of coffee beans is really raised to a level that is more cost-effective than the price of grain, then many people will switch to growing coffee beans.

The same is true for cotton.

They can promote cotton planting in places around the world that are suitable for cotton planting, while continuing to grow large quantities of wheat in their homeland of North America to ensure that their own grain production does not decrease.

These three grain suppliers, together with the Gallic Louis Dreyfus, almost monopolize more than 50% of the global grain supply, which is really a game-changer for the grain market, and they have a monopoly on pricing. Judging from the abbreviations of their company names, these four companies form the four letters ABCD.

But that was before the Dongda EIC took action.

Now, the Dongda International Agricultural Cooperation Development Co., Ltd. led by Ding Wei focuses on the promotion of hybrid rice and other hybrid grains. In Southeast Asia, it promotes seeds, but in Black Africa, it mainly operates direct plantations. According to the plan, it will cover at least 5000 million mu. In this way, EIC's direct planting scale may make it the largest agricultural company in the world.

However, it is not yet known whether EIC can really do this.

"I think all of these are worth a try, but what about those Dongda plantations in Black Africa?" Williams said coldly, "We can't stop others from farming."

"We can't do it, so let those who can do it. The labor cost of black Africans is not high. Maybe there are many people who hope to make some quick money. Maybe we can set up a foundation and let them fund the indigenous people of black Africans to defend their rights to their land and homes." George said sinisterly.

"We must advise our friends at John Bull's that from now on, they should strictly review outsiders who farm in Heifei, and re-examine the legality and compliance of previous unreasonable land leases."

What George said was chilling, but Williams and Solomon's eyes lit up and they nodded frequently.

"It's time for our experts in the scientific community to question the harmfulness of hybrid breeds. Without more than ten years of scientific research and experiments proving that these breeds are harmless, then we cannot prove their safety. At least in the Western world, we should legislate to restrict the sale of hybrid breeds, including but not limited to restrictions on specific populations, clear identification of origin and breed, special tariffs and other measures." Solomon added with a sinister smile.

After a meeting, these three giants began to show their sharp fangs towards Ding Wei's promotion business.

Fog.

“Dear Ambassador Jin, I am very sorry that the House of Commons has raised an issue that is not conducive to the cooperation between the two countries in the field of agriculture. Some of our members have asked us to investigate whether large plantations in Black Africa can guarantee the interests of local people and require that the number of local workers employed in large plantations should reach more than 50% to show that there is no discrimination against local people.

On the other hand, in terms of planting varieties, some members of parliament have proposed a government-guided white list of suitable planting varieties.

Faced with the latest information delivered by John Bull's diplomatic secretary Howard, Ambassador Jin's head buzzed and his CPU almost burned out.

As one of the key individuals involved in formulating the agreement on agricultural cooperation, Ambassador Kim knows the important potential significance of this cooperation.

"Mr. Howard, our two countries have a solid foundation for cooperation in the field of agriculture and have held a lot of consultations to reach a cooperation agreement signed by both sides. If the activities of some congressmen have caused a considerable negative impact on these formal agreements, all responsibilities arising from this will be borne by your side."

After Ambassador Jin came to his senses, he spoke to Howard seriously.

Now is the formal negotiation, and Ambassador Jin will not be the slightest bit ambiguous about our position.

"Mr. Ambassador, I understand your feelings," Howard said somewhat awkwardly. It was extremely difficult for him to explain such an inconsistency and seek the other party's understanding. "Our Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Jim Harker, has testified in the House of Commons that this cooperation is very beneficial to our John family. We are also trying to persuade the members of parliament not to launch an investigation and questioning on this matter."

"But given the political structure we have, there is no reason why we should stop MPs from bringing forward any bills."

"Mr. Howard, I think this is not a question of understanding or not, but a question of national credibility. If the agreement reached by our two sides after serious negotiations cannot be abided by, then what else is trustworthy in our international cooperation?" Ambassador Jin shook his head, remembering some information conveyed by the headquarters, and did not soften his attitude towards Howard too much.

Because the headquarters has judged that the current government is already on the verge of collapse due to the canal issue.

According to the prediction of a certain influential strategic expert, John Bull will lose miserably in this Canal War which has not yet ended. Not only will they unconditionally lose the right to benefit from the canal, but they will also lose their influence on the Pharaoh Empire, thereby losing one of the most important geopolitical countries in the Middle East and losing control of the Middle East.

Therefore, the current John Bull government has actually entered the final stage of struggle, and it is likely that a new election will be held. It is a bit chaotic now, and I am afraid that some people will use the banner to make a lot of money in the end, so Ambassador Jin is not very afraid. (End of this chapter)