Chapter 273: Predators in the Far East
Far East, Amur Region, Gyazer-Breya Plain. Look.Mao.Line.Chinese.Text.Net
In October, the golden leaves of the birch trees begin to wither along the dense forest, and the golden soybean fields meet the sky. The wheels are lined up with high-horsepower agricultural machinery more than a person high, and in the rumbling sound, the pods hanging from the bean stalks are all harvested.
During the harvest season of 600,000 hectares of high-oil soybeans in the giant farm developed by Jiagu, the farm took advantage of the fine weather to dispatch hundreds of large-scale combine harvesters and nearly 1,000 grain trucks to shuttle through the fields to harvest mature soybeans.
With the roar of the machine engine, the harvested soybeans slide down the grain pipe protruding from the harvester into the carriage of the grain truck. Before the end of the year, these soybeans will be shipped back to the domestic black province one after another, and the legend of doubling the value of "farmer's head and tail" will be interpreted in the processing workshop of the black soil.
Qi Zheng, Zhang Zehong, and Vasily, a partner in the Far East, were all present to visit the spectacular mechanized operation in the field.
In addition to them, there was also a strange group of visitors.
Vasily smiled harmlessly: "It's all my partners, you know, after all, it's a project of hundreds of millions of dollars, and everyone wants to witness the harvest moment." ”
Qi Zheng expressed his understanding.
After Vasily went over to greet his partner, Zhang Zehong walked up to Qi Zheng and introduced him in a low voice: "Most of the people who come are crony capital from the Far East. ”
Qi Zheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
"You know who they are?"
Zhang Zehong smiled "hehe" and whispered: "It's not in vain that I've been in the Far East for so long, this group of old hairymen, I don't dare to say that all of them are identified, but I know the identities of most people or the forces behind them." ”
Qi Zheng glanced at Zhang Zehong approvingly: "So, they are not just for visiting?"
Zhang Zehong did not answer directly, but pointed out the identity of these old Maozi to Qi Zheng: "That tall man, his father is the head of the Far Eastern Federal District Prosecutor's Office, and he and Vasily are the highest status in it...... There is also the spokesman of the Deputy Minister of Geology of the Far East...... The others, representatives of crony capital in the lower states of the Far East, have families entrenched in local governments......"
"Of course, that's not the point, the point is that they have the right to collect taxes in many parts of the Far East. See 1 wool 3 Chinese net"
Qi Zheng interrupted him and asked, "The right to collect taxes?"
Zhang Zehong rubbed his hands, nodded and said: "You heard it right, a large part of the taxes in the Far East are in the hands of private property companies, and behind these financial companies is this old man. ”
"Russia, you know, is a country of heavy taxes, especially agricultural taxes. Even if the federal government has some reductions, the Far East, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, will still be accepted. ”
"With such a heavy tax, Maozi farmers are also ruthless, and they don't pay taxes directly. You know, there is a cost to collecting taxes, and in such a vast place as the Far East and Siberia, running hundreds of kilometers for a few thousand rubles is not enough for gas and food. In addition, the peasants in the Maozi settlement, it is good that they are not recruited in normal times, but if the tax collector has to forcibly collect taxes, if they do not do well, they will all fight against them. ”
"So the local governments in the Far East simply hire finance companies, audit firms, etc., to collect taxes. To put it simply, it is directly contracted to local tyrants to collect taxes. Of course, the local tyrants have no time to collect taxes, and they generally directly make up for the regional taxes. ”
"These local tyrants actually have mastered the rich oil and gas resources, forest resources and mineral resources of the Far East, and the income is more than just a little money. Usually a little drizzle is just a necessary expense for them. But they certainly aren't doing good. ”
"When the tycoons of the Far East need to expropriate land, such as forest land, it's much simpler. The local tyrant only needs the farmer's consent to give up his own forest farm. It's very simple, he collects the tax, and if the tax slip is taken out, it will be tax evasion for 10 years! And then a crackling calculation, plus late fees and other things, that is a very large amount of money. ”
"In the whole Far East, when there is nothing to do, everyone forgets what taxes are. Once the local tyrant needs your house and your land, the tax, police~inspection, and security will all arrive......"
What Zhang Zehong didn't say directly was that the local tyrants were no better than the government, he dared to use any means, and the uninteresting peasants basically couldn't survive the cold winter in the Far East.
Tut-tut, it's so black, who is this local tyrant? It's just a bunch of predators.
Qi Zheng also understood, that is to say, this predator has no shortage of land in their hands, no wonder they want to visit the farm for a good harvest.
Without waiting for Qi Zheng to communicate with Zhang Zehong further, Vasily came over with this old Maozi.
"Qi Dong, Jiagu Group's ability to drive world-class horsepower agricultural machinery into the Far East has really subverted our traditional perception of Chinese agricultural enterprises. The burly-looking Nowell said to Qi Zheng.
Qi Zheng immediately said: "Mr. Nowell, Jiagu Group is a modern large-scale agricultural enterprise, and world-class mechanized farming is certainly not a problem. ”
The soybeans on the farm are harvested from the beginning of October and must be harvested within more than 20 days, otherwise the soybeans will be abandoned in the ground after the snow in early November. Jiagu planted 600,000 hectares of soybeans in the Far East this year, which means that more than 30,000 hectares must be harvested every day.
Efficient mechanized work is particularly important at this time.
Jiagu Group has driven hundreds of sets of world-class agricultural machinery into the farm, and these huge agricultural machinery are equipped with satellite positioning, autopilot, etc., to truly achieve precise operation, so that the manpower input of soybean farms is greatly simplified.
In fact, this farm can be regarded as a textbook of large-scale intensive agriculture. Here, from land clearing, spring sowing, weeding, insect control, to harvesting, autumn land preparation...... Almost all links are operated by advanced high-horsepower agricultural machinery. The high scale of land allows cultivation to achieve a high degree of mechanization and intensification, thus effectively reducing production costs. ”
"According to estimates, an average of one person on our farm can be responsible for cultivating and managing 10,000 acres of cultivated land. Qi Zheng introduced.
Obviously, these old Maozi, who have hardly had close contact with mechanized farming, are amazed by this.
The wheels of an agricultural machine were more than one person tall, and even attracted their onlookers. Nowell was surprised: "Such a big guy, I've only seen it on TV before." ”
The efficiency of these giant agricultural machinery is also international-level, dozens of times the efficiency of traditional small machinery, and hundreds of times the efficiency of manual labor.
Of course, advanced machinery is just an embellishment, and this group of predators from afar is most concerned about soybean production.
In this regard, Qi Zheng smiled: "Although the weather in the Far East is a little abnormal this year, the soybean yield of the farm is basically unaffected, according to the current estimate, the average yield per hectare is more than 3 tons, and the highest yield is more than 4 tons." ”
All this, in addition to advanced farming techniques, also depends on the unique natural conditions of the region. The farm is located at 51 degrees north latitude, with 18 hours of sunshine from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day in summer, and the land is fallow and unusually fertile...... Of course, the most important thing is to have the "Spirit Array" against the sky to take care of it.
The old Maozi let out an exclamation, before they came, they had more or less learned about the soybean yield of the native varieties of the Far East, the yield per hectare was only 15 tons, and the yield of Jiagu Farm was more than doubled in comparison.
Vasily and others, who are interested in it, almost laughed out of a pig cry.
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