Nangong Ming nodded and confirmed Bai Shuo's question. Bai Shuo said lightly: "It seems that this matter is related to the soybean war that year."
Upon hearing this, Cao An immediately asked: "What? A single grain of food defeated the giant Wang Zhongtian? Can soybeans break out a war?"
Bai Shuo said seriously: "Fat man, don't underestimate food. As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people. A former Secretary of State in the United States said that whoever controls oil controls all countries, and whoever controls currency controls everything."
To control the global economy, whoever controls food controls the entire human race. Oil, rice dollars, and food are the three strategic cornerstones of the United States' global dominance."
Seeing Cao An's curiosity, Bai Shuo continued to tell him about the food policy of the United States: In order to control the global agricultural product market, the United States has long implemented a huge agricultural subsidy policy. The United States has a vast land and the scale of agricultural operations has a natural scale advantage, but it is far less than that of the United States.
Subsidies are important. The agricultural subsidy system in the United States began in 1933 during the Great Depression. Although it is facing the subprime mortgage crisis this year, the agricultural subsidy in the United States still reached 290 billion yuan, which is equivalent to about 30% of the food price that year. In other words, the agricultural subsidy system in the United States has reached 290 billion yuan.
Grains have gained corresponding price space and comparative advantages from government subsidies, so that the agricultural competition between many grain-producing countries and the United States has essentially evolved into a competition between small-scale farmer production and the U.S. Ministry of Finance. Once such competitive grains
After flowing into various countries in the world, many countries will desperately occupy their own cultivated land to develop industry, thereby producing cheap consumer goods and exporting them to the United States. At this time, the United States has reduced its food exports and raised food prices, thus hitting other countries.
economy, influence the political situation of other countries, and even control the governments of other countries.
A large amount of food aid is a common "method" used by the United States: in many African countries, one of the conditions for receiving food aid is to produce bananas, cocoa and other non-agricultural cash crops for the United States. As a result, the food production in these countries has been abandoned and reduced to
The tragedy of Haiti, a vassal state of the United States, is an example: Before 1995, Haiti produced 170,000 tons of rice annually, which could meet 95% of its domestic demand. However, in 1995, it opened its rice trade to the United States, and American rice, which was half the price of Haitian rice, quickly occupied the Haitian market.
, farmers have changed careers one after another. Now 3/4 of Haiti’s rice comes from the United States, and the country’s food lifeline is completely in the hands of the United States.
Cao An clapped his tongue: "I didn't expect that the food we usually eat can play such an important role in the international economic situation. Brother Shuo, tell us about the soybean war."
Bai Shuo glanced at Nangong Ming and saw that Nangong Ming seemed to be quite sure of what he just said, so he said: "Then I will try my best first. If I am wrong, please correct me, Mr. Nangong."
Then, Bai Shuo told everyone about the soybean war between the United States and China a few years ago:
The food policy of the United States naturally includes soybeans. Soybeans are the raw materials for the production of soybean oil and soybean meal: soybean oil is used as edible oil, and soybean meal is the main source of protein in animal feed. Before 1994, China was basically self-sufficient in soybeans, with only a small amount Exports. In 1990, the export volume of soybeans even exceeded 1 million tons. We are the main soybean exporter in Asia. But now we have become a major importer of soybeans. This is partly due to the food policy of the United States. They rely on huge financial subsidies to produce soybeans. Entering the Chinese market, my country's annual soybean imports exceeded 10 million tons at the end of the last century, becoming the world's largest soybean importer. On the other hand, there was a premeditated soybean war a few years ago that caused losses to Chinese companies. The situation was disastrous, resulting in the complete loss of control over soybeans, grains and oils.
It all started fifty years ago, when a rare parasite swept across the United States and American soybeans were devastated. This disaster caused American scientists to pay attention to soybeans and grains, and they searched for solutions around the world. Finally,
The antibody gene was found in black beans in Northeast China. They integrated the gene into American soybeans and successfully passed the soybean crisis. But from then on, the United States was also concerned about this magical black land in Northeast China. But
No one would have thought that a catastrophe for China's food supply was quietly approaching because of this.
At the end of the last century, the American agricultural giant Monsanto made another major discovery in the Northeast. Wild soybeans grown in the Songhua River have 16% higher oil content than ordinary soybeans. More importantly, the antibodies of this wild soybean are very powerful and do not require pesticides or pesticides.
Weeding and planting costs are extremely low. As long as Monsanto can copy the gene of this soybean, the United States will have the highest yield of soybeans in the world. Sure enough, after continuous research and through gene transfer technology, Monsanto has copied a high-yield soybean,
High-yield, low-cost soybean seeds have also applied for gene patents in more than 100 countries around the world, including China. Later, Monsanto actually provided genetically modified seeds to farmers in China's main soybean-producing areas for free.
"This must be a conspiracy!" Cao An couldn't help shouting when he heard this.
Bai Shuo smiled slightly: "You also see that this is a conspiracy, but do you know why they do this?"
Cao An shook his head: "Anyway, I don't think Emperor Mi has any good intentions."
Bai Shuo continued: "You can't understand what other people have in mind. Then our farmers have always been honest, so naturally they won't think too much if someone gives them high-yielding seeds."
Bai Shuo continued: Our farmers never imagined that a huge trap would be laid. After we planted them for free for a year, Monsanto complained to the WTO, saying that Chinese farmers had misappropriated their genetically modified soybeans, which constituted infringement.
Our farmers felt miserable, but there was no evidence. In the end, our farmers in China were forced to stop planting and replant. But in this year, the demand for raw materials from Chinese oil companies continued to increase, and they replaced them with new seeds.
Some Chinese farmers are unable to supply them in time, and some of them cannot meet domestic demand because the oil yield of old seeds is too low. In order to ensure domestic demand, Chinese companies can only purchase soybeans from the only country that can meet production capacity needs, and all this is
American “conspiracy”!
After seeing Chinese companies taking the bait, the U.S. Department of Agriculture suddenly announced that soybean production in North America had declined due to extreme weather, reducing U.S. soybean stocks by 8.12%. A wave of price increases immediately began. Seeing the rise in soybean prices, various sectors in the U.S. Financial capital subsequently poured into futures exchanges and hoarded soybeans frantically, causing prices to soar again. In one or two years, soybean prices rose from 415 cents per bushel to 1064 cents per bushel, equivalent to an increase from 2300 yuan per ton to 4400 yuan per ton. , Wall Street even trumpeted that soybeans would soon rise to 5,000 yuan/ton. Facing the crazy soybeans, China's oil-extracting companies panicked. They began to hoard nearly 9 million tons of soybeans at a price of 4,300 yuan/ton. But when We had just finished purchasing here, and international financial capital went short. In just a few months, the price of soybeans fell from 4,400 yuan to 2,000 yuan, more than half of the price, which subsequently led to a decline in the entire grain and oil prices. Chinese Enterprises At least 15 billion was lost at once, 70% of grain and oil companies stopped production, and a large number of companies went bankrupt one after another. At this time, foreign capital finally showed its fangs. Four foreign-funded companies headed by ADM took the opportunity to purchase 85% of China's grain and oil at low prices. Enterprises. Currently, nine of the top ten oil-extracting enterprises in my country are foreign enterprises and are controlled by foreign capital. It can be said that the control of China's grain and oil processing industry is held by foreign countries.
With a "bang", Cao An's fist hit the table hard: "The bastard Rice Emperor, I didn't expect to be so insidious. This soybean war seems to be the complete defeat of our country."
Bai Shuo nodded, looked at Nangong Ming and asked, "Mr. Nangong, are what I said accurate?"
Nangong Ming nodded: "That's basically it."
"Then what does this war have to do with Wang Zhongtian?"
Nangong Ming thought for a while and said: "In Wang Zhongtian's domestic industrial layout at that time, the grain and oil industry was a very important link. Although the United States had been planning on soybeans for a long time, it was just following the trend, but the conceited Wang Zhongtian
It is determined to have a head-on confrontation with the United States in this field."
Bai Shuo: "Isn't this a clear statement of using one's own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths?"
"Well, that's true." Nangong Ming nodded: "However, at that time, Wang Zhongtian said that the grain industry was the foundation of the Chinese people. Even if he knew that he was going against the trend, he would still complete the counterattack."
"Good! He is a man, and I kind of like Wang Zhongtian." Cao An praised.
Bai Shuo said: "I also admire him very much. He knew that he couldn't do anything but did it despite the wind and rain. This is actually a microcosm of the entire China. Food is related to the fundamental interests of the Chinese people. If it were me, maybe there would be peace.
He has the same choice."
Nangong Ming nodded: "Rationally speaking, I don't agree, but I was finally impressed by Wang Zhongtian's spirit, and finally agreed to go to war with the enemy in this field. You all know the final outcome, Hua Guo
After a tragic defeat, Wang Zhongtian's industrial empire also suffered a big blow. However..."
"But what?"
Nangong Ming sighed and continued: "This is what I hate the most. In fact, it was not impossible to deal with the U.S.'s plunder of soybeans, grain and oil industries at that time. I was confident that we could at least achieve a draw."
"Ah!?..." Everyone was shocked by Nangong Ming's words: "Then why did it happen in the end...?"
Nangong Ming: "I misjudged Wang Zhongtian. His righteous and solemn words were just arrogance that was carried away by victory. When he encountered setbacks and was hit, he was not as strong as I imagined. After several times
After the fight, Wang Zhongtian saw the ferocity of the world's capital giants, and he began to waver. Unfortunately, at that time, I was so focused on uniting allies to resist foreign enemies that I did not notice Wang Zhongtian's changes. In the end, under the coercion and inducement of the enemy forces, Wang Zhongtian finally chose
In the end, China was completely defeated in the war that year. In the most critical grain industry, China's soybeans, grain and oil industries were plundered by foreign capital."
Bai Shuo said harshly: "It's no wonder that Wang Zhongtian's final outcome is like that. If he could have done something but failed to fulfill his due obligations, he is a sinner of the country and the nation. I want to see such a person in
China will not end well in the end."
Nangong Ming glanced at Bai Shuo appreciatively: "Hey... even you understand the truth, but I didn't expect Wang Zhongtian to be confused."
"Uncle Ming, can you tell me what methods you had to fight against the United States at that time? Now facing foreign food control, do we really have nothing to do?" Xiao Lin couldn't help but ask Nangong Ming.
"Who said there is no way?" Uncle Ming suddenly changed his tone and continued: "What happened back then is a foregone conclusion, and it is useless to talk about it anymore. But after that time, those foreign food giants seemed to think that we were easy to bully.
A bigger food storm is brewing, trying to completely destroy our food industry."
Amid everyone's astonishment and attention, Nangong Ming told everyone about another thrilling battle: Just when China's soybean defeat in the First World War had not yet recovered, the world's four major grain merchants, led by the United States, started to fight three years ago.
Hyping corn and wheat. After noticing the strangeness, Nangong Ming immediately found China's main grain industry leaders and China's senior leaders and presented his full analysis.
In fact, according to global data at that time, there was not a very severe food shortage. According to normal distribution, less than 0.2% of the population was short of food. However, international grain merchants used the global food shortage as an excuse to hype up. When Nangong Ming started taking action, he discovered that,
Many officials in China do not think that this round of food crisis will be very harmful. At least based on the analysis of the data, it is not a very serious problem. In order to alert everyone, Nangong Ming kept writing to the top management and kept using his strength.
The recent soybean crisis served as negative teaching material to persuade relevant departments.
In the last secret meeting, Nangong Ming told everyone: Food is not like other materials. You can’t eat food. If you don’t eat it, people will starve to death. Unlike raw materials such as copper and iron, if the price is high, you can use it. Since
If there is not enough food, then the price will naturally increase, and it will be sold to whoever spends more money. For example, there are 100 people on the earth. In the past, each meal was 1 yuan, but now suddenly for some reason, there is only food for 99 people. One person must have it.
Starve to death and let everyone bid, how much will a meal cost? Some people may say that there is only a 1% gap, and it is reasonable to only increase by 1%-5%. But the facts will tell us that the increase can be infinite. Because no one can
If you don't want to be the one who starves to death, everyone will spend all their money to buy food like crazy, so the price of food will keep rising until some people starve to death because they can't afford it, and then the balance will be restored.
Nangong Ming's opinion finally gained the attention of China's top leaders, and they immediately began secretly preparing to face this even greater food crisis.
As Nangong Ming expected, in just two and a half years, international wheat prices rose 3.4 times, and corn prices rose 3.2 times. The skyrocketing food prices affected dozens of countries around the world, causing serious consequences to the economies and people's livelihood of these countries.
great impact.
"It started three years ago and has lasted two and a half years. Didn't that happen not long ago? Why don't we feel anything? It seems that food prices haven't increased much." Xiao Lin asked.
Nangong Ming nodded and said, "Indeed, during this period, the price of food in our country has only increased by 0.7 times."
"Why is it like this, this time our country of China actually resisted those international giants?" Cao An asked excitedly.
Bai Shuo smiled: "It seems that there is only one truth. Our country has adopted Uncle Ming's suggestions and taken corresponding countermeasures."
Nangong Ming nodded and continued: Our country has always attached great importance to grain reserves. After I submitted my suggestion, the country vigorously encouraged farmers to grow grain and vigorously purchased grain reserves, regardless of overcapacity. Just when foreign capital invested in China
When the grain attack began, our country did not hesitate to use its national grain reserves to engage in a large-scale war of attrition with international speculators.
At that time, foreign investors were hoarding wheat crazily in an attempt to force grain prices to rise, so we began to sell off our grain reserves. At this time, many parties tried their best to raise prices, hoping to eat up all the grain we sold, creating a situation in which supply exceeded demand... So we
Then sell reserves, bulls raise prices again, and then buy them all... The country started selling every 10 days and half a month, and then every week, and when it entered the heat, it even sold every two days. This series of precise strikes
, which destroyed the huge capital of those international speculators.
In the end, many parties found that there was an endless supply of selling and storage, and in the end no one dared to take it. Seeing that in July, the new grain was about to mature. If the decision could not be made quickly, it would be even more difficult for the many parties to win. When
When they tried every means to find out how much of our strategic reserves were left, the country took advantage of the situation and released the news that we still had 100 million tons of grain reserves, which was enough for the whole country to feed for a year. Foreign capital was completely cowed and surrendered. At this point, China
The second battle of grain was considered a complete victory.
Hearing this, Bai Shuo, Cao An and others felt very excited, and Cao An jumped up even more excitedly. Bai Shuo said lightly: "It is currently in the midst of a global economic crisis. While they have no time to look around, take advantage of this opportunity."
With the victory of this food war, we should make arrangements as soon as possible, re-plan our food production and reserves, and take the opportunity to recapture soybeans, grain and oil and other industries controlled by foreign capital."
After hearing what Bai Shuo said, Cao An immediately asked: "Brother Shuo, you don't want to be a farmer again, do you? Although I didn't think growing food was fun before, but now I support it 100%."
Bai Shuo laughed and said: "Our Shu capital is a rare large granary. We can develop some ecological agriculture, ecological breeding and so on in the future. With the development of people's lives, material requirements will continue to increase in the future. Now
If you like eating big fish and meat, you will advocate health preservation and health in the future. If you are interested, I will leave this to you."
Seeing everyone's joy, Nangong Ming also said happily: "Okay, I have told you all the things that have not been mentioned to outsiders for so many years. I don't have anything to say anymore."
At this moment, Bai Shuo suddenly turned around, looked at Nangong Ming, grinned and said, "Uncle Ming, I'm afraid you haven't fully explained something important yet, right?"