silent farm

Chapter 221 The signs of deepening food crisis

In the next two days, Li Sheng wandered around the farm after some free time, letting the workers see him and expressing the importance he attaches to the production.

But he was really just walking around, everything on the farm was basically normal, so he didn't need to worry about anything.Even the cows in the No. [-] cattle pen, there have been no new sick cows for several days, and the diseased cows have basically stabilized their condition, and most of them have recovered.

But Li Sheng couldn't really take it easy. Thomas perfected the plan he gave a few days ago and asked him to report.

Li Sheng has seen this revised plan, and the basic things have not been modified, but some contingency plans have been made for some possible accidents.

He took a brief look and said, "You mean the other participating teams go through the selection round first? But how do we organize it?"

Thomas said: "We just need to pay and find an entrusting organization to undertake it. It is impossible to get official approval for such a competition, but there are quite a few non-governmental organizations willing to undertake such an event. Of course, we need to send someone to supervise it. Guaranteed fairness and use of funds."

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "You have a good idea. It's just that it would take too much time."

"It does take a while to prepare, but the strongest team can be selected. It can also warm up for the farm finals. It can also make more people pay attention to our cup."

Li Sheng pondered for a while, and said, "Then proceed as you said. You should work hard on this matter."

"Okay, I will take charge of this matter myself." Thomas thought for a while and then said. "However, I think it is better to only invite the two city teams of Sao Paulo and Rio for the time being."

Li Sheng did not object to this.That way the plate won't be too big.He thought for a while and said, "It seems that you didn't increase the appearance fee for the trials in your plan."

"Yes, if you think it should be given, I suggest not to give too much. Otherwise, many people will pretend to be the team."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "Anyway, it's a knockout match. The fee for each match is 240 reals, which should be enough for their travel expenses."

Thomas had to remind him: "That could be a lot of money."

Li Sheng smiled, took out a check, picked up a pen to write on the check, and said, "Just think of it as giving back to the society." He tore off the written check and handed it to Thomas.

When Thomas saw it, it turned out to be 3000 million reals.He glanced at Li Sheng who was still smiling lightly, but didn't say anything.

After Thomas left, Li Sheng went back to the living room and sat down. The 2000 million reals surprised Thomas, but Li Sheng didn't feel much.This money is only a drop in the bucket compared to what he can earn.Of course, his money did not come from strong winds. He was willing to pay the money for a project with no potential for profit, but in fact, if the project is well done, the intangible benefits will be great.

And if he doesn't take out any money after making money, the world doesn't care if you are the protagonist or a supporting role, just take it!
He is now the "richest man in the world", and the big hat on his head is very eye-catching.Every move will be watched.It wasn't long before he put on his hat, and it was the most curious time.Now do something that people can see is beneficial to society, and the effect will be the greatest.

That night, Li Sheng received a call from Tia.He was a little strange, isn't this girl traveling now?This time should be in the morning in East Asia, and she should have gone to play.

He quickly connected the phone.Tia's face was first displayed on the screen, but the background sound was noisy, and there seemed to be a large group of people shouting in the distance.Seeing that Tia was fine, he felt relieved: "Are you shopping?"

Tia looked at the phone screen, because it was too noisy, so she had to wear earplugs to hear Li Sheng's voice.She snickered and said, "Li, the Southern Dynasties are protesting!"

She pointed the camera of her mobile phone at the crowd holding a sign and chanting slogans from one end of the street, and then turned the camera to herself for more than ten seconds and said, "I heard it was a protest against the high price of food."

Li Sheng on the phone screen just smiled and said, "Leave them alone, protest or something, you have to stay away."

Tia rolled her eyes and said, "Don't be afraid, Li Gang and Sister Yang Yue will protect me."

Seeing the crowd of protesters getting closer, she leaned in on the side of the road, hiding behind Li Gang, and said in a crackling voice: "Today Anthony and Blanca took me out to look at the clothes early in the morning. But the clothes are still there." I didn’t buy it, and I heard someone protesting outside. I heard that someone was protesting the high price of food. I came out to take a look. Humph, seeing how they dare to block the farm’s products, they deserve to have nothing to eat. You don’t know , the rice here is unpalatable and expensive. It costs about eight reals per kilogram. The price of bread has also increased. Yesterday I bought a small cake for Chashi and it cost almost four reals, but the same Cakes in China only cost a little more than one real. And their fruits are also very expensive."

She glanced at the protest team that had passed by her, and the sound of chanting slogans made her worry that Li Sheng would not be able to hear what she said.She trotted back to the clothing store, and continued: "I also said that Nanchao is so good. If it was the people living in the Brazilian slums here, they would have starved to death."

Li Sheng on the other side of the phone didn't bother to care about what happened to Nan Chao, and said, "We won't live there anyway, let them go. Are you having fun over there?"

"It's so-so. There's nothing to buy here. China has everything here. Some people say that the clothes here are beautiful, but I don't think so. Fashionable clothes are much better than their clothes. Some people say that the cosmetics here are better , said to have matsutake active elements. Huh, their matsutake is not as good as ours. And..." Tia narrowed her eyes with a smile. "Blanca said my skin is fine and I don't need makeup."

Li Sheng on the phone laughed and said softly, "Blanca is right, Tia is the most beautiful."

Tia looked around in embarrassment, worried that someone would hear Li Sheng's words.When she remembered that she was wearing earplugs, she stuck out her tongue and said, "How embarrassing for others to hear that?"

"I'm telling the truth. What's there to be embarrassed about?"

"Hmph, Yali said that the most powerful thing about a man is his sweet talk." Tia smiled sweetly, but she didn't admit it, and changed the topic just now. "Li, the Southern Dynasties seem to be short of food now. I heard that they were hit by a typhoon, and many farmlands were damaged. What kind of virus is there this year, and they can't find food that can be imported, and their own domestic food is not enough. They must have Looking for food. You can’t sell it cheap. They sell a kilogram of poor rice for eight reais, and our rice needs to be sold to them at least nine reais.”

Li Sheng asked a little strangely: "You don't like them? Did they make you angry?"

"Hmph, they look down on you. Of course I'm angry!"

"Why do they look down on me?"

"They scolded you on the Internet. Hmph, I know they were jealous at the time. Many people in Huaxia said they were inferior and couldn't see that Huaxia people were better than them. So if you are better than them, they will scold you."

Li Sheng on the other end of the phone felt relieved when he saw her unhappy face, and said with a smile, "What do they think, I don't bother to talk to them."

"Well, I don't bother to care about them! I followed Anthony and the others to the supermarket last night, and found that many of their things were very expensive. Blanca said that proved that their products were low. Anthony said that it should be a big import market, but we Because of their government, not a single grain of rice can come in from the farm.”

Li Sheng didn't want to talk about people from the Southern Dynasties, so he asked, "Have you bought anything good after playing for two days?"

Tia smiled mischievously and said, "I just bought some fruit, and Anthony treats the dinner. I didn't spend any money on the rest. I won't let them take your money."

Li Sheng laughed and said, "You don't have to do that. If you see something you like or jewelry, it doesn't matter if you buy some."

"Actually, there are things here, and China also has them. I don't want to buy them here. Jewelry." Tia pouted on the screen and said. "I'll buy it together when you come to Huaxia!"

Li Sheng was taken aback when he heard this.Speaking of which, he really never bought accessories for Tia.He thought for a while and said, "Then next time I go there, I'll give you a set of jewelry."

"Okay!" Tia had something else to say.Li Sheng heard Blanca calling her.Tia responded, and then said to the screen. "Blanca is looking for me. I'll go first."

"Well. There are protests there, so it shouldn't be very peaceful. You should pay attention to safety."

"Well, I know. I'll call you in the evening. Bye!"

After Li Sheng hung up the phone, he smiled.Although Tia's phone call was not very long, it brought him a very important message: the Southern Dynasty was short of food.

It didn't matter to him, though.Even if there is a food shortage in the market in the Southern Dynasty, they will not hand over the initiative to others.He doesn't need to pay too much attention.

If they don't come to him, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to sell this year's rice.If they came to him, of course the price couldn't be lower.Although it cannot be said that it will be sold for nine reais a kilogram.But five reais is still required.That price is of course expensive.But who made them short of food?

Now the whole world is crying about the lack of food, and even if they have money, they may not be able to import food.

In the event of a food crisis, countries will definitely ban food exports.He recalls a similar, if much milder, food crisis when he was a teenager ten years ago.Some countries have even experienced social turmoil because of this, and many countries have banned food outflows.

But this time the food crisis was much more serious. Even if a country was willing to export food, Li Sheng didn't need to guess the quality of the food.

The quality of the grain in the Southern Dynasties is not good now, and it should be the reserve grain imported before.The Southern Dynasties had a fairly conservative grain import principle, that is, imports were inferior to domestic varieties.On the one hand, it can protect the price of domestically produced grains, and on the other hand, it also deceives the public and declares that their products are the best.As for those good ones, it is not that they are not imported, but they are mainly aimed at the wealthy market.Small number.

Tia is not a naughty girl either.Although she is now being raised by things from the Silent Farm, it doesn't mean she can't get used to other things.At least when I was in Hangcheng, I didn't see her saying that she was not used to eating.If it wasn't for the poor quality of the rice, she probably wouldn't have said it was unpalatable.Therefore, he judged that the rice currently sold in the Southern Dynasty should be the old rice in the reserve granary.

The food shortage in the Southern Dynasties requires a large amount of food to be imported every year, and of course the food reserves are also imported.And those grain reserves are reserved for the crisis, and of course they will not be good grain.For a country that is depleting its grain reserves, it is imperative to find new sources of imports.But he didn't think Nan Chao would find him.One is because the food in Silent Farm is so good, and the second is because it is too expensive.That is not in line with the grain import principle of the people of the Southern Dynasties.

(End of this chapter)