As a giant in the automotive industry, Louis Renault has a mature business operations team, so Qin Zhiyuan does not need to worry about its operations.
This is also the reason why Qin Zhiyuan chose to cooperate with Louis Renault.
Without him, worry free
In fact, Qin Zhiyuan also considered Huang Bohan when choosing partners for cooperation.
Before becoming Prime Minister Lan Fang, Huang Bohan was also one of the richest people in the world.
After becoming the Prime Minister of Lan Fang, Huang Bohan donated all the plantations in his hands to Lan Fang in order to attract others. At the same time, in order to stabilize the finance, he also donated his banks.
For now, Huang Bohan's wealth may have shrunk, but overall, the industrial structure under Huang Bohan's name is being adjusted, shifting from plantations to shipbuilding and transportation, and more towards industrialization and modernization, so Huang Bohan also has mature assets in his hands.
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The reason why Qin Zhiyuan did not choose to cooperate with Huang Bohan in the end was because Qin Zhiyuan wanted to maintain the domestic balance in Lanfang.
At this time, Huang Bohan already had great power in Lanfang. Qin Zhiyuan could not continue to let Huang Bohan dominate the Lanfang family. There must be checks and balances to achieve long-term peace and stability.
In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Qin Zhiyuan really hopes that Louis Renault will immigrate to Lanfang.
In that case, Louis Renault and Huang Bohan, who are equally influential, will form a check and balance. If there is a conflict between these two people, or they start a competition because of something, Qin Zhiyuan can appear as the arbiter.
This is the balancing act of an emperor.
It's a pity that Louis Reno is not interested in politics.
Otherwise, if Louis Reno also runs for Lanfang Prime Minister, an absolute balance will be formed in Lanfang.
Think about it, by then Louis Reno will represent the new immigrants, and Huang Bohan will represent the Lanfang aborigines; Louis Reno will represent the Western white people, and Huang Bohan will represent the Chinese; Louis Reno will pay more attention to heavy industry and new energy, while Huang Bohan will focus on basic industry and agriculture.
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If Qin Zhiyuan supervises as the arbiter, and the two interest groups Huang Bohan and Louis Renault take turns in power, then Lanfang will reach true maturity in terms of both its political structure and its economic structure.
This situation is not completely impossible. The French Renault Group is indeed very large, and the French government does attach great importance to the Renault Group. However, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Louis Renault is also gradually adjusting the industrial structure in its hands.
In the hands of Louis Renault, the current industrial focus has gradually transitioned from heavy industry to new energy.
Whether it is New Baku's United Petroleum Company or Australia's Pilbara Mining Company, at present, the jobs provided to society and the actual value created may not be as good as France's Renault Group.
But if we look at the prospects and financial prospects, there is no doubt that the energy industry has a brighter future.
This is also the reason why Louis Reno lingers in Lanfang.
In fact, Groupe Renault has hidden dangers in France.
The Renault Group is undoubtedly a giant, producing products covering almost all heavy industrial products and military products such as cars, tanks, aircraft, artillery, guns and ammunition.
The production of automobiles is fine, but the production of military industry is very questionable.
Think about it, the military industry of a world-class power is actually controlled by private individuals.
Although France encourages and protects private ownership, it is impossible not to worry about this current situation.
Qin Zhiyuan is going to find a suitable opportunity to discuss this issue in detail with Louis Renault.
However, with Louis Reno's shrewdness and sophistication, Qin Zhiyuan probably doesn't need to worry. It is impossible for Louis Reno to not have the slightest concern about the current situation, otherwise he would not have the motive to immigrate to Lanfang.
No matter what decision Louis Renault will make, Qin Zhiyuan will build Lanfang into a better place. As the saying goes, if you plant a plane tree, a phoenix will come. As long as Lanfang is attractive enough, even if Louis Renault does not come to Lanfang
, there will also be other people coming.
In late August, Lanfang's rice enters its second maturity period of the year, and it is also the third maturity period after the founding of Lanfang.
In order to cope with this bumper harvest, Qin Zhiyuan issued the first order after returning to Lanfang. He even went to the field himself and went deep into the fields to understand the actual situation.
The situation is obviously extremely gratifying, and even more surprising than expected.
The rice in Lanfang is Champa rice introduced from Annan. You don’t have to be too busy in a year and can easily harvest three crops. Compared with the Republic of China, the yield is amazing.
Agriculture at the beginning of the 20th century has not changed much compared to the previous two thousand years. The Chinese are already quite talented in agriculture. One acre of land can produce three to four hundred kilograms a year. This is still the so-called superior agricultural product in the South.
For fertile farmland, if it is in the north, the yield will be even lower, more than 100 kilograms is normal.
The land in the Republic of China has been cultivated for thousands of years, and the fertility of the land has been almost exhausted. Although the Chinese used countless methods to increase the fertility of the soil as much as possible, they were still unable to do so in the era without chemical fertilizers.
Fortunately, there are now high-yield crops such as potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes. Otherwise, with the total amount of land in the Republic of China, it would be impossible to feed 450 million people.
Therefore, the land in Lanfang is regarded by the Chinese as a gift from God.
Thanks to the rich local products in Lanfang, the aborigines of Lanfang can live happily without having to work hard, so in the consciousness of the aborigines of Lanfang, there is no concept of land development at all.
Therefore, even in the 20th century, the land in Lanfang was still in a primitive state.
It is really appropriate for such undeveloped land with fertile soil to be farmed by the Chinese.
Almost 7 months ago, the land in Lanfang entered its first maturity period. The yield at that time was extremely amazing. The average yield per mu reached 400 kilograms, and the highest yield could reach 1,000 kilograms. This achievement made almost all the new immigrants happy.
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This is more than twice the amount of prime farmland in the Republic of China.
And this is not an isolated phenomenon, but a common phenomenon.
After the first harvest, Lanfang's rice consumption was basically self-sufficient.
This gave everyone unlimited motivation, so the farmers in Lanfang took more meticulous care of the land that had been harvested for a season, and had unlimited expectations for the land that was gradually being reclaimed.
By the time of the second maturity period three months ago, the agricultural concepts that had been passed down for thousands of years had undergone fundamental changes.
Those farmers who cultivated their land intensively found that although they took the utmost care, the yield per mu of land did not increase much.
Relatively speaking, those farmers who planted the seedlings in the fields and left them alone, and then devoted all their energy to clearing up wasteland, harvested more food.
After farming for a lifetime, no one would admit that their skills are inferior to others, so they learned the hard way. Starting from three months ago, almost all the farmers in Lanfang just put the seedlings in the fields and left them alone, and then devoted all their energy to
Go to open up wasteland.
So by the end of August, the land planted with rice in Lanfang has exceeded 45 million acres, and the current season's output is estimated to reach 18 million tons. If calculated based on the whole year, the annual output is estimated to be more than 54 million tons.
And this number will further increase in the future, because generally speaking, farmers in Lanfang have only developed half of the land allocated to them.
In other words, if Lanfang develops all its current land, its output will double.
What is the concept of 54 million tons?
If an adult consumes one pound of grain every day, this grain can feed nearly 300 million people
If all the land in Lanfang is developed, it can feed nearly 600 million people
If Lanfang's fertilizer plant is officially put into operation, the output will further increase
Seeing the earth being divided into neat squares, looking at the golden fields, and looking at the barns getting taller and taller, almost everyone was ecstatic.
This joy cannot be described in words.
For thousands of years, food has been the biggest factor restricting the Chinese people. During disaster years, the Republic of China would always starve to death everywhere and the people would have no means of living. This is not a literary fiction, but something that the Chinese in Lanfang have experienced personally.
Therefore, the Chinese in Lanfang now cry and laugh whenever they mention food. They laugh because of the harvest scene in front of them and the beautiful and bright future, and they cry because of the tragic experiences of their ancestors and the unbearable life during the Republic of China.
A good harvest is of course a good thing, but for Qin Zhiyuan, it is also a minor trouble.
According to general rules, supply and demand determine prices. When supply is sufficient, prices will fall, and when supply is insufficient, prices will rise.
Then the problem now arises.
The food produced in Lanfang is enough to feed hundreds of millions of people, but the current population of Lanfang is even less than 10 million. What to do with the remaining food?
The problem of low grain prices and harm to farmers is not serious yet, but it is very likely to happen in the future.
How to put it, because Chinese farmers attach great importance to grain, they have the habit of storing grain. No matter whether they harvest more or less, their first choice is always to store grain. Only in rare cases will they choose to sell grain.
Lanfang is basically tax-free for agriculture, and will only collect some symbolic grain after five years, so almost all farmers choose to transport the grain home and store it in barns to meet unexpected needs.
It's really about meeting unexpected needs.
Almost everyone knows that grain is the most delicious when it is freshly beaten, but almost no farmers are willing to eat new grain. They always save the grain in batches and eat it starting from the oldest batch.
Start eating the second batch.
By the time we eat the second crop, it may be old grain from two years ago, or even three years ago.
Only when the barn is really full of grain will the farmer choose to sell the grain.
Of course, in the previous Republic of China, there was never a situation where warehouses were full.
Similarly, in Lanfang, it is almost foreseeable that the warehouse will be full.
