Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 187 What the hell? Ten-year-old rice is exported to China?
At this moment, Li Xiang has appeared in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, one of the tourist cities frequently visited by Chinese people.

Bangkok is most famous for... ladyboys. Of course, there are many other famous attractions or fun things, but none of them are as attractive as ladyboys.

Unfortunately, Li Xiang is a very self-disciplined person and has no interest in transsexuals at all.

Bangkok is only more than 300 kilometers away from Hpa-an, Myanmar, and is still south of Hpa-an. Although Li Xiang had gone to the sea to play before, he had not been out of the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal. It would not take much time to get to Bangkok. He changed into local clothes, put on a hat and sunglasses, and strolled and ate on the streets.

There are many Chinese signs here, some restaurants have Chinese menus, and large shopping malls are also equipped with Chinese service desks and Chinese staff.

But Li Xiang felt that it was meaningless to go shopping alone, and in order to avoid exposing his identity, he had to hide himself. After all, he was now a big internet celebrity with more than 30 million fans, half an actor in the entertainment industry, and had partnered with the little fairy in passionate scenes. It would be bad if he was recognized.

There are many tourists from China on the streets of Thailand, as well as many Chinese people working and living here.

"Bring the girls here for team building next time!" As a conscientious boss, Li Xiang naturally provides generous benefits to his employees. Traveling abroad is one of the very good team building projects.

His company was established not long ago, and he didn't have many team-building activities, which were just eating and drinking in the county town, and then going to the provincial capital to play for a while, but he never left the province.

If Yao Yao and the others knew this good news, they would definitely be very happy.

Moreover, you can also shoot some videos while traveling and gain some traffic. With the workaholic personality of Yao Yao and her friends, it will definitely not be in vain.

Li Xiang came to a large shopping mall and bought a few nice things he saw, using the US dollars he had earned earlier.

In Bangkok, US dollars can be used directly and are particularly popular. Even in daily consumption places such as street vendors and shops, the use of US dollars is very common.

This is the tragedy of small countries. The monetary system of small countries lacks credibility, and many small countries do not have the ability to print money. The Thai baht has actually surpassed the currencies of many countries.

Li Xiang plundered the foreign races, but he had his own code of conduct and did not bully ordinary people. He only targeted officials and wealthy businessmen, especially those involved in shady businesses. So he had to pay for everything he ate, drank, and bought.

"This restaurant should be okay." Li Xiang saw many restaurants on the third floor of the shopping mall, so he picked one that was quite popular, found a place to sit down, and ordered curry crab meat, raw marinated shrimp, pan-fried grouper, basil fried pork rice, Tom Yum Goong soup, and iced coconut milk fruit salad. They all tasted good.

Especially the curry crab meat and pan-fried grouper, which are fresh and fragrant, full of Thai flavor. The sauce with pan-fried grouper is quite unique and suits Li Xiang's taste buds.

There is also a TV in the restaurant. Li Xiang took a few glances and saw that it was playing a Thai gay movie with many exciting scenes. It felt a bit strange in such a public place, but the locals didn't think there was anything wrong. Maybe Thai people are more open-minded?
Because in Thailand, there are many adult performances, such as "drumming", and Chinese friends who went there were silent. "Drumming" only invites women to the stage. If you are a man, you will be stripped naked by the strippers, take a bubble bath, and be slapped in the face with breasts, etc., all in public.

So if you go to Thailand to watch these performances, be sure not to bring your family, otherwise it will be quite embarrassing.

Li Xiang was not in a hurry in broad daylight and ate slowly. After a while, the embarrassing video finally ended, and a serious news came after the commercial.

The picture shows a Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce tasting a pot of freshly cooked rice. This TV station is quite thoughtful. Perhaps they are afraid that local Chinese and tourists may not understand it, so they broadcast in Thai with Chinese subtitles.

Li Xiang looked at it for a while and frowned. What the hell? They were actually selling ten-year-old rice to China?
Of course, the news did not explicitly say that the batch of tens of thousands of tons of old rice would be sold to China, but the Prime Minister mentioned the need to promote exports to China, after all, China is the largest rice consumer. Moreover, Thailand's rice is mainly exported to China, although it is also sold to some other countries, such as Indonesia, South Africa, Iraq, etc.

This batch of ten-year-old rice, no, to be precise, is eleven years old. It is a rice pledge project "operated" by the former prime minister. The term used in the news is "high-priced rice purchasing project", but Chinese people can understand the trick at a glance. Any high price must have kickbacks, and there is a lot of room for operation.

The exact amount of stale rice is definitely more than the one that has been exposed.

The deputy prime minister staged this scene when he inspected a granary in northeastern Thailand, "eating it himself" to prove the quality of the 11-year-old rice, and then emphasized that the batch of rice had a qualified quality inspection report and did not contain aflatoxin and other chemical additives.

As for whether the rice he tasted personally was made with stale rice, who knows?

If it's liquor, it's aged for ten years, so it's naturally good, but rice? Do you think you have a different-dimensional warehouse like me, and you can take out the same thing as you put in?

Li Xiang is collecting rice now, because of the "freshness preservation" feature of the system warehouse, even if he takes it out to eat in the end of the world ten years later, it will still be "new rice". But how can ordinary granaries in Thailand compare?

One of the reasons why he collected supplies, especially food, so early was that the weather would become worse and worse every year, and food production would decrease year by year. If he collected food on a large scale in the last few years, it would put pressure on ordinary people in the area.

Although the end of the world will come and many people will die, it is better to leave more food for the local area. It is safer for him to take a little every year and do it in installments.

But I never expected that the Thais were so bad that they actually wanted to sell 10-year-old rice to China? Damn, how can this be tolerated? Li Xiang felt that this must have happened more than once. No wonder when he worked in a big city before, the Thai rice he bought at a high price had no fragrance at all.

It would be fine if it had no fragrance, but the key point is that rice will contain aflatoxin after being stored for many years.

Aflatoxin is a Class I carcinogen. It is very stable and cannot be completely killed even if sterilized at 100°C for 20 hours. It is extremely toxic. Aflatoxin B1 is 10 times more toxic than potassium cyanide and 68 times more toxic than arsenic. Even a trace amount can cause cancer. If the aflatoxin in the body reaches more than 1 mg/kg, it can induce cancer!
It can also penetrate, not just adhere to the surface, even if the moldy area is removed, aflatoxin may have already penetrated to other places. Washing will not clean it out.

For example, if an apple is moldy, it is useless to cut off the moldy part because aflatoxin has already penetrated into it.

"In that case, I won't be polite. I'll only take the new rice. You can keep the old rice for yourselves!"

Li Xiang decided to go to the main producing areas of Thai fragrant rice, such as Roi Et, Ubon Ratchathani, Buriram, Sisaket, Surin, and Yasothon in the northeast to inquire about the situation and collect last year's new rice, because this year's rice has not yet been planted.

Although Southeast Asia can produce three crops a year, high-quality rice, such as Thai fragrant rice, only has one season a year. It is planted in July and August and harvested in November-December. This is because this period coincides with Thailand's dry season, with less rainfall and plenty of sunshine, providing ideal conditions for the maturity of fragrant rice.

Rice from other seasons, that is harvested two or three times a year, is not very tasty.

After finishing his meal, Li Xiang decided to set off immediately. The population density in Thailand is not high, and is concentrated around Bangkok. He walked through the wilderness, using trees and other shelters, and was not afraid of being discovered. Even if he was discovered, he would not take it to heart.

Just as I stood up, I heard a "commotion" in front of me. Then, the locals in the restaurant knelt down one after another, mumbling something.

Some Chinese tourists were discussing, saying, "The King of Thailand is here, should we kneel?"

Li Xiang shouted, "Of course you don't have to kneel."

This kind of question should not be asked. Is it still necessary to ask this? More than 70 years ago, the teacher announced to the world that the Chinese people have stood up. Didn't he tell you?
Besides, since 1853, Thailand has not been a vassal state of China and does not need to kneel to the Chinese.

How can the people of a superior country kneel down before their state's ruler?
However, even though Li Xiang had made it clear, there were still a few people who hesitated and seemed to want to kneel. Li Xiang condensed the icy sword energy and thought to himself that if you guys dared to kneel, you will lose your knees in the future.

Fortunately, when the King of Thailand, who was escorted by many guards, passed by the outside of the restaurant, those people did not kneel but just squatted down.

Li Xiang didn't even squat.

The Thai king's pomp and circumstance was extremely grand, with a large crowd of people, various ceremonial guards, and many canopies of different colors. The people kneeling around him kept shouting "Lo Pai Zhe Deng". Although Li Xiang did not understand what was said, he knew that it probably meant something like "Long live His Majesty".

It is said that if an elephant were seen outside, it would have to kneel down obediently.

"What a prestige! In this era, there are still rotten feudal remnants." Li Xiang shook his head. Respect local customs? What kind of custom is this? Some customs are meant to be broken.

As early as 1912, China abolished the kneeling ceremony. Later, the teachers' "Destroy the Four Olds" campaign was carried out with extraordinary vigor, sweeping away all monsters and demons and abolishing all outdated customs and practices. For this reason, even at the end of the world, when order collapsed and history was reversing in many aspects, no one ever mentioned the decadent ceremony of kneeling.

It can be said that this extremely insulting feudal etiquette is a red line that no one dares to cross. Even the "leaders" of the last days dare not mention it.

The guards glanced at the people standing there, especially Li Xiang. Perhaps they knew he was Chinese, so they ignored him.

After the King of Thailand left, many people stood up and Li Xiang also left the restaurant.

That night, the Royal Jewelry Center, a two-story building owned by the Thai royal family, was robbed by a mysterious person. Many precious rubies, sapphires, topazes, jadeite and gold products were lost, and the loss was said to be as high as 1 billion.

Li Xiang read the news and felt something was wrong. He estimated that the things he took away were only worth 700 to 800 million yuan. He did not take many things that looked worthless, such as some porcelain, tin, and bath oil.

But he didn't take it seriously. After all, this kind of thing is a routine operation no matter where you are.

Li Xiang came to the main producing area of Thai fragrant rice to scout the area and gather intelligence. A few days later, another major event occurred in Thailand. Many granaries in the northeast were looted by mysterious people and mysterious forces. Up to 10 tons of high-quality fragrant rice, all new rice, disappeared.

(End of this chapter)