silent farm

Chapter 39 The Quiet Five?
The next day, the weather was fine.Li Sheng walked to the farm office after breakfast. Last night, he had notified all the managers that there was going to be a meeting today.

Everyone was on time, even Chashi was on time sitting at the door and playing by himself.

Li Sheng expressed his thoughts, and finally said: "What I can't make a decision now is, how large an area of ​​hills is suitable for us to develop?"

"I think it is very necessary to build roads. Even if there is no plan to develop hilly areas, we should build some hardened roads." Anthony said first. "The Silent Farm is too big. If it is in the United States or Australia, there is no need to build roads on such a large land. But here is the Amazon, and there is a rainy season that lasts for half a year. Driving trucks in such an environment during the rainy season will cause too much damage to the ground. .”

Today's Silent Farm is not the same as before. Large vehicles driving on the grass will cause great damage to the grass.Especially this is ranch.

Zhang Feng also said: "I have the same opinion as Anthony. But I think we need to build some warehouses. Our farmland is very large. Unless the grain can be sold immediately after the harvest, storage is a big problem."

Li Sheng really didn't think about the question he mentioned.If it wasn't for his reminder, he would really be blinded by then.

But now time is also very tense.It is the rainy season.And before the rainy season ends, the arable land on the farm must be harvested.But this time is not suitable for building at all.

Anthony also frowned and said, "Zhang's worry is very reasonable. Besides, I think we should find customers for our food as soon as possible."

Li Sheng remembered the suggestions of both of them. These two things should be done as soon as possible.

However, he also raised concerns: "It's just that it's not easy to build a warehouse during the rainy season."

"Templated buildings can be used." Anthony thought for a while and said. "The construction period will be shortened a lot. There is no need to worry about the quality."

Li Sheng nodded and said, "Then you and Lao Zhang calculate how much storage you need."

"No problem." "Okay." Anthony and Zhang Feng nodded in response.

"I think the pier needs to be expanded." Babur made a suggestion. "The productivity of the farm is very large, and external transportation must be guaranteed. Our products can only be sent out by water. Now our dock is too small, and the loading and unloading capacity is too small." He paused and said again. "Of course, work on the wharf can only be done in the dry season. But maybe it should be considered now."

This is indeed a big problem.A few silent farms are surrounded by water on three sides, and the other side is a vast jungle. Apart from planes, the only external traffic is ships.The transportation volume of the plane is too small, and it is completely unreliable to transport food, so the only thing we can rely on is the waterway.

And the grain produced by the farm now seems to be definitely a lot. If the throughput of the only port is insufficient, it will definitely have a big impact on the operation of the farm.

Of course, the pier does not need to be too large.It would be good if it can meet the berthing needs of two or three thousand tons ships.

Since this question was raised by Babur, Li Sheng handed over the matter to him: "Then I will leave this matter to you. You can find a special survey team and design company first, and design a new wharf first."

"Ok. Leave it to me." This matter is considered a big project, and Babur is also very happy to be in charge of this project.

Thomas is indeed considering Li Sheng's plan to develop the hilly area.

He didn't expect Li Sheng to make up his mind after saying so much in the jungle.If the area to be developed is not very large, he agrees.

In fact, what scientists and experts say is how important and severe the Amazon forest is to the planet.But in reality, no one can say for sure.

In many countries in the world, the forest coverage rate does not exceed 30%, but Brazil is now more than 60%.Those scientists demanded that Brazil stop deforestation.That was nothing to do.

And the scientists who made those voices are all from developed countries in Europe and America.The development of their own country is incisive and vivid, but they require a developing country to stay in poverty and just sit and talk without back pain.

As long as it is not destructive development, as long as Brazil leaves 40% of its forest coverage, it is considered to be doing its duty for the world.And Brazil does not require private land not to be developed for forests.It can be seen from this point that Brazil does not fully agree with the arguments of those Western countries.

But he doesn't want to post too much.Not only to protect the environment, more importantly, if the development area is too large, the official may come to make trouble.

"Li, if the hilly area is to be developed, the plan needs to be cautious. At least the area should not be too large. Otherwise, the Environmental Protection Agency will use quiet agricultural products as the first bird. In addition, in the area to be developed, we must also consider the indigenous tribes in the jungle .”

Li Sheng pondered.It took him a long time before he said, "You are right. The range of activities of those indigenous people is not small, and the radius may be fifty kilometers."

He is not afraid of natives.Instead, he felt that they were the original owners of this land. He needed to make money, but the other party also needed to survive.And now the interests between the two parties are not entirely irreconcilable.

He took out a map, clicked in the northwest of his forest area and said: "Their tribe is probably at this location." The area he clicked was close to the Nyamunda River.

He circled an irregular circle in the closer northeast area: "I plan to develop here. The area is [-] square kilometers."

"Three thousand square kilometers?" Thomas was surprised.The others were also taken aback.Is this area too big?

Li Sheng nodded and said: "I don't think it's too big. I plan to plant coffee, fruit, and tea trees on some relatively gentle slopes. Plant soybeans in relatively flat areas. Plant Brazilian chestnuts in areas that are not suitable for reclaimed land. I think it can be reclaimed." The cultivated land is at most one-third, and the other two-thirds should be mainly used for planting fruit trees."

After listening to his plan, Thomas nodded and said, "If that's the case, I think there should be no problem. But to develop there, we have to go back to the old business, and we need to hire a lot of loggers."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I'll leave this to you. But I hope to hire more workers who don't have ill will toward the aborigines."

Thomas smiled and nodded. "I will mainly hire local workers of Indian descent. But our development is likely to attract the attention of the Environmental Protection Agency."

"I'll take care of that. And we're not going to break any laws."

Li Sheng thought for a while, and then said: "There is still the problem of the market, and I will also solve it. So the farm will be handed over to you for a while."

"You want to leave?" Anthony froze for a moment. "Actually, you just need to call those grain companies and ask them to negotiate."

Li Sheng shook his head with a smile and said, "The first batch of food produced is rice. The main consumer markets of rice are in East Asia and South Asia."

"Are you going to Asia?"

Li Sheng nodded.To be precise, he intends to go to Huaxia: "I found a travel agency to apply for a tourist visa to Huaxia. The visa has been completed, and I will pick it up tomorrow. After I get it, I will not come again. I will go directly to Huaxia in Brasilia .”

"How long are you going?"

Huaxia's tourist visa for foreigners is usually one month.But Li Sheng couldn't stay that long: "Within ten days."

Huaxia is the country with the highest rice production in the world, but its large population has made this country a pure importer of rice.The country runs an annual grain trade deficit of more than 200 million tons.Of course a large part of that is wheat corn - soybeans are not among them.Imports of soybeans, which are mainly used as feed ingredients, are also at least 5000 million tons.

Li Sheng's goal is China's rice market.Rice is the staple food in eastern China, especially in the south.China is the world's largest rice consumer.The most important thing is that the current Chinese people are not tired of fine food, as long as they have enough consumption power, they are willing to consume better rice.

He is confident that the rice source in Silent Farm is excellent.He himself ate the rice produced in the space, both in terms of taste and aroma, it was better than the rice he had eaten before.However, Silent Farm's planting area is too large, and it may not be feasible to take the high-end route.Moreover, his production cost is not high, as long as he can sell it as ordinary rice, he can make a lot of money.More importantly, if the market here can be opened, the wheat and beef planted in the future may also open up the market of the motherland.

He believes that the agricultural products produced by Silent Farm are definitely high-quality, and of course good things cannot be leaked out.If it really wants to flow out, it will be after first satisfying the Huaxia market.

When his international flight landed at Lingang International Airport.

Returning to his home country after a few months as a foreigner, he feels as if he left yesterday.

(End of this chapter)