I saw everything

Chapter 85 Respecting the Fate of Others (Additional Update)
the next day.

It was early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light.

Jiang Miao acted as if nothing had happened and prepared to go to a local durian plantation. However, he did not arrange for A Ming and A Yi to follow him, but let Zheng Siwen lead the way.

On the way to the plantation, Jiang Miao looked at the relevant information collected by Zheng Siwen and others.

The introduction of durian cultivation in China can be traced back to the 50s.

Specifically, between 1956 and 1961, Qiongzhou Agricultural Reclamation imported durian and other tropical fruit trees from Java, Malaysia, Cambodia and other countries in 82 batches for trial planting. Since then, durian has been cultivated in China, but the scale has always been very small, and it was only cultivated by agricultural research institutions.

It was not until the last twenty years that the durian planting industry on Qiongzhou Island began to pick up slightly.

Although Coconut City is located in the north of Qiongzhou Island, durian can still be grown there. There are several companies and more than a dozen growers in the area.

The scale of several companies is relatively large, all reaching several thousand acres; while the durian plantations of the dozen or so growers are relatively small, with the largest one only about 230 acres, and the general area is around a few dozen acres.

The plantation they were going to this time was a small plantation of a grower with a planting area of ​​57 acres. There were 814 durian trees in total, an average of about 15 trees per acre, and more than half of them were old trees over 8 years old.

Jiang Miao took a look at the specific variety introduction and found that the varieties in this plantation were quite diverse, including four varieties: Musang King, Black Thorn, Golden Pillow, and Kalun.

Among them, there are 124 Musang King trees, 71 Blackthorn trees, 484 Golden Pillow trees, and 135 Kalun trees.

Jiang Miao asked Zheng Siwen, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, "Siwen, what's the situation with this grower? Why is he selling his plantation?"

Zheng Siwen quickly explained: "Boss, this grower is a friend of one of my clients. He is in poor health and was diagnosed with heart disease this year. He is not suitable for intense physical labor. His son runs a seafood restaurant in Coconut City and does not have the energy to manage this plantation, so he plans to sell it."

"There are also 200 acres of pineapple fields and 120 acres of mango fields?" Jiang Miao continued to ask as he looked:
"How much is the other party offering?"

Zheng Siwen briefly explained the situation: "He still has about 27 years left on his land. Due to his poor health this year, the pineapples are seriously infested with pests and diseases, so he doesn't plan to ask for money for the 3000 acres of pineapples. The transfer fee is yuan per acre, but we have to pay for the mango and durian trees separately."

"What is the annual rent he signed?"

"It's 1800 yuan per mu per year."

Jiang Miao calculated in his mind that the total area was 377 acres, the transfer fee was 113.1 million, and the annual rent was 67.86.

“How much do mango and durian trees cost?”

"There are 4323 mango trees in total, all of which are Taiwanese mango trees, and are generally 6 to 8 years old. The other party quoted 500 yuan per tree." Zheng Siwen continued: "The price of durian trees is higher, 3000 yuan per tree."

After hearing these data, Jiang Miao calculated it again in his mind.

814 durian trees, each costing 3000 yuan, which is 244.2 million yuan; 4323 mango trees, each costing 500 yuan, which is 216.15 million yuan.

The fruit tree purchase cost plus land transfer fee is a total of 573.45 million yuan, and the annual rent is 67.86 yuan.

Jiang Miao can accept this fee.

After all, this is the market price, and there are certain discounts.

If the land was not so remote, surrounding agricultural companies would probably also have ideas for merger and acquisition.

The reason why Jiang Miao wanted to buy this plantation was naturally not to simply grow fruit, but to use it as a seedling base.

After all, most areas of Lingnan are not suitable for the survival of native durian, and the transgenic grafting technology he developed also requires old durian branches that can already bear fruit as raw materials for grafting.

If we purchase branches from Malaysia or Siam, the other party may not care too much at first. However, once Hailufeng Company's durian industry develops, the other party will definitely become restless and will deliberately block the export of old tree branches.

Therefore, as the Qiongzhou region is the most widely planted durian region in China, Hailufeng Company must establish its own seedling base here.

At the same time, Jiang Miao’s preliminary research work also requires a lot of old durian branches to cooperate with the experiment.

Just in deep thought.

The pickup truck turned from the main road onto a rural road and then went through many twists and turns.

Half an hour later.

The car stopped in front of a low hill.

Looking at the lush forest not far away and a large pineapple field in very poor condition at the foot of the mountain, it was obvious that we had reached our destination.

Zheng Siwen quickly called and informed the owner of the plantation that he and others were coming.

Everyone got off the bus. Although it was morning, it was already very hot in Qiongzhou in June. Fortunately, it had not rained in the past few days, otherwise the air humidity would have risen and the body would have felt even hotter.

Jiang Miao stood under a big banyan tree on the roadside.

He subconsciously used the identification panel to observe the surrounding mountains.

Jiang Miao had previously tested the maximum distance of the identification panel, which was approximately 1360 meters in radius. Beyond this distance, no information could be obtained through the identification panel. This might be the coverage range of that dimensional fragment, which is approximately 1360 meters in radius.

"Hey, what is this?"

Jiang Miao saw the three-dimensional strata analyzed by the identification panel and discovered that there was dense gold in the mountain on the left.

Soon after expanding in multiple branch directions, we finally obtained some detailed information.

That mountain was a small gold mining site 53 years ago. The last mining was about 37 years ago. After that, the small gold mine stopped large-scale mining due to the depletion of gold resources.

This is Jiang Miao's guess based on information traced back from the rock blasting situation.

However, the owners of this gold mine did not realize that the gold mine they were mining was actually just a small section of a mineral vein.

'Is it because there have been many major earthquakes in Coconut City's history that caused the strata here to be dislocated and fractured?'

Looking at the three-dimensional analysis of the strata, and the time when each stratum was deposited, one can quickly piece together where these strata once were.

At a depth of 800 meters below your feet, there is a gold vein that extends beyond the coverage of the identification panel. The area that has been identified alone contains more than 70 tons of gold.

However, when I turned my head and looked into the distance, I saw that where the vein extended was a large flat land, which was either farmland or orchards, and there was also a village in the direction of the vein.

Jiang Miao shook his head gently.

Private enterprises like his are simply unable to develop the mine. At least at this stage, Hailufeng Company is not qualified to lead the mining of such a large gold mine.

Then he gave up the idea of ​​finding out the truth.

Just now.

"Are you from Hailufeng Company?"

A young man opened the big iron gate of the plantation and looked at everyone and asked.

Zheng Siwen walked over with a smile: "Hello, I'm Zheng Siwen, Boss Mao introduced me here, this is Mr. Jiang Miao, the boss of our company."

The young man looked at Jiang Miao with a forced smile on his face: "Hello, I'm Shang Yingze, this farm belongs to my grandfather, please follow me!"

"Hello, nice to meet you." Jiang Miao followed him in.

A simple cement road was also built inside the farm, leading directly to a house at the foot of the mountain. The frame brick house was five stories high, and there were two large iron houses next to it.

As I walked, I looked at the pineapple field on the left side of the cement road. Although many pineapples had already borne fruit, the fruits were very small and many of them were rotten.

On the right side of the cement road are the 120 acres of mango trees. The condition of the mango trees is also not optimistic. The mangoes on them are sparse, the fruits are small, and have not been bagged yet.

After walking for more than ten minutes, we arrived at the door of the house at the foot of the mountain. Behind the house, on the hillside, were the more than fifty acres of durian.

There are three large ponds not far from the house, probably used for water storage.

Shang Yingze took them into the house.

"Grandpa, we have guests visiting the farm."

An old man with a bad complexion walked out of the room and asked helplessly, "You are here to see the farm? Did Lao Mao introduce you here?"

Jiang Miao smiled and nodded: "Yes, I want to buy this farm. Hello, old man, I am Jiang Miao, from Hailufeng." "Hello, Mr. Jiang, please take a seat." The old man sat on a mahogany bench with the help of his grandson Shang Yingze. He turned his head and looked at his eldest grandson:
"Yingze, go make a pot of tea."

"Okay, grandpa." Shang Yingze got up to boil water and make tea.

After Jiang Miao sat down, he took a look at the old man's physical condition.

Through the identification panel, he found that the old man's health was indeed not optimistic. Two stents had been placed, but the stenosis of his coronary artery was still worsening.

Considering the presence of arovastatin in the other party's blood, he has obviously taken medicine to lower blood lipids, but the coronary artery stenosis is still worsening, which can only mean one thing, that is, the diet has not been adjusted and controlled.

This situation is the most troublesome. After all, if the patient takes medicine but does not change his lifestyle habits, the root cause of hyperlipidemia cannot be fundamentally eliminated.

Jiang Miao didn't need to guess about the old man's situation. He knew that he was an extremely stubborn person in his daily life.

This kind of person is often stubborn and will not change unless he gets hurt.

Therefore, Jiang Miao gave up the idea of ​​persuading him.

Letting go of the desire to help others and respecting the fate of others is also a kind of self-awareness. If you see that others are in trouble, you think about helping them. That is a typical people-pleasing personality.

Jiang Miao often helps others for his own benefit. He is not the kind of person who would be nice to others for no reason.

Since he had already guessed the old man's character, he naturally would not lead the topic to physical health, so as not to make the other party angry and embarrassed, but would quickly get to the point.

"Old sir, I can accept your offer, but does the farm include this house, the tin house, the pond, etc?"

The old man didn't expect Jiang Miao to be so straightforward, so he stopped talking nonsense and began to explain the situation of the farm: "The land of this house is agricultural land, but I have a good relationship with the villagers, and it was converted into a residential land more than ten years ago."

The old man paused for a moment, panting slightly, and then continued, "The two tin houses have not been converted into residential land. They can only be used as agricultural facilities and no more houses can be built on them."

After hearing this, Jiang Miao thought for a moment: "Can I go to the local village committee to confirm the title deed of the homestead?"

"Okay." The old man probably knew that Jiang Miao had doubts.

In fact, it is not Jiang Miao’s fault that he is so cautious, because many housing land transactions in rural areas are illegal private transactions, which makes the market very chaotic.

In his hometown of Shanmei, he had heard a lot about the sale of homesteads. Many city people who were unfamiliar with the local rural conditions came to the countryside to buy homesteads, and were manipulated by some black-box schemes. They bought some forged homestead deeds, or one piece of land was sold to multiple buyers, or there were fruit trees, simple houses, graves, etc. of other villagers on the homesteads.

In this situation, even if you sue the intermediary, it will be difficult to investigate and collect evidence.

Therefore, if you want to purchase residential land in the rural area, it is best to go to the local village committee to get the relevant certificate, then announce it on the local bulletin board for a period of time, and send someone to clean up the land, but do not pay the full amount immediately.

Normally, you just need to clean up that area, and if there is a problem, the relevant stakeholders will jump out quickly.

At this time, you should immediately ask the agent and the seller to handle it. If the other party cannot handle it, don't have any illusions and ask for a refund immediately.

After all, if even the local tyrants like the agent and the seller can't handle it, then you, an outsider, probably can't handle it either. This kind of residential land must involve many problems and conflicts among local villagers.

In other words, an initial trial cost of one or two thousand yuan must be invested.

Instead of looking at the agent holding the homestead title deed and pointing at a piece of land, you assume there is no problem and then buy it on impulse.

The land in rural areas often looks like a wasteland covered with weeds, and there may be several large pickle jars buried underground.

Jiang Miao asked to go to the local village committee to get a certificate just in case. He knew that the old man did not lie, but that did not mean that the other party’s homestead deed was real.

After all, according to Zheng Siwen, the old man was not a local, but a resident of Coconut City.

Chatted for a while.

Shang Yingze also boiled water and made a pot of tea.

The two sides then negotiated for more than an hour and finally set the overall transfer price at 600 million. The annual rent for the contract was paid to the village committee, usually paid once a year.

After agreeing on the price, Jiang Miao did not sign the contract immediately. Instead, he asked Shang Yingze to take a few people to observe the durian trees on the back mountain.

After all, these durian trees are the fundamental reason why Jiang Miao bought this farm.

Durians are planted halfway up the mountain, and weeds grow under the trees.

Jiang Miao carefully observed each durian tree.

The result was relatively ideal. At least the other party did not lie. The varieties and ages of these durian trees matched. It was just that the planting techniques were average.

More than half of the durian trees are already bearing fruit, but the fruits are small and there are relatively few of them.

Due to climatic reasons in China, durian fruits generally do not reach maturity until August.

In other words, it is now mid-June, and the fruits of these durian trees are only about one and a half months away from ripening, and the fruit size will not expand much.

The golden pillow durians in front of us are only the size of a palm, and many trees only have a few fruits.

Generally speaking, depending on fertilizer, management, planting density and climate, a single durian tree will produce about 50 to 100 fruits, with the average being around 75.

If the durian orchard is more concerned about quality, the fruits will be thinned to about 50 per tree.

Of course, Jiang Miao was mentally prepared for the situation of the durian trees in front of him. After all, the old man who had been managing the farm had been resting for more than half a year and had not managed these durian trees during this period, so naturally there would be no good harvest.

However, Jiang Miao's purpose was not these fruits, but the branches of old durian trees that had already borne fruit.

You should know that if you cultivate durian seedlings through natural seeds, it will take about 15 years from planting to fruiting; and even with artificial fertilization and grafting, the fruiting period can only be compressed to about four years.

Unless the grafted rootstock is also an old tree and both grafted parties are very compatible, it is possible to bear fruit the following year.

This is also one of the purposes of Jiang Miao's development of transgenic grafting technology, which is to allow grafted durian to bear fruit the following year, thereby ensuring that growers can quickly recover their costs.

After observing the durian trees on the mountainside, Jiang Miao discovered several interesting situations.

The first situation is that gene fragments related to cold resistance appeared in the genetic series of 4 durian trees.

He quickly thought of a possibility, which was the source of these durian tree seedlings.

You should know that China introduced durian in small batches a long time ago. The durian seedlings in this farm are most likely not directly introduced from Siam and Malaysia, but second and third generation seedlings purchased from other first-generation durian plantations in Qiongzhou.

After decades of cultivation, in order to adapt to the local climate, it is possible that second and third generation durian trees will undergo genetic mutations.

However, this kind of mutation is too difficult for ordinary farms and agricultural companies to identify, and even professional agricultural research institutions may not be able to detect it. Only Jiang Miao can discover the mystery.

The second situation is that there are some problems with the varieties of 173 golden pillow durian trees. It is estimated that after two or three generations of hybridization between local farms and agricultural companies, these durian trees can no longer be considered traditional golden pillow durian trees.

Although most of these durian trees with golden pillow varieties do not perform well, life is always full of miracles.

Among them, the genetic sequences of 6 hybrid golden pillows showed very impressive data on the identification panel, including fruit shape, sweetness, aroma, and flesh yield.

He is most optimistic about one tree, which has extremely strong cold-resistant genes.

Although genetically modified silk cotton can be used to provide shelter for old durian branches through genetic modification technology, this cold-resistant trait is ultimately given to old durian branches by the silk cotton, rather than the cold-resistant trait of the old durian branches themselves.

If the durian tree itself has good cold-resistance, then after being grafted onto the genetically modified kapok, its cold-resistance will be further enhanced. At that time, it may be possible to extend the planting latitude line from near the Tropic of Cancer to the north by one or two degrees of latitude.

This discovery was a pleasant surprise.

The third thing is that he discovered that these durian trees have a relatively high demand for certain trace elements, and can even enhance their fruit-bearing ability, fruit sweetness and flavor, and most importantly, cold resistance and disease resistance by increasing the intake of specific nutrients.

This is actually very normal.

Humans haven’t even fully understood their own bodies, let alone other species.

Durian is native to Southeast Asia, is very dependent on climatic conditions, and is not suitable for large-scale mechanization. European and American breeding companies generally do not conduct in-depth research on it.

After all, research solely based on Southeast Asian countries is very limited.

(End of this chapter)