December 10, Ontario, Land Farm.

Qi Zheng and Lu Zhiwei signed a shareholding agreement.

After learning more about Qi Zheng's strength, Mr. and Mrs. Lu finally chose to buy Dadi Farm and their organic food supermarket into Jiagu USA at a discount, becoming one of the minority shareholders.

After signing, Lu Zhiwei said with emotion: "Although I don't want to admit it, in the United States, the power of capital is the most powerful. It is impossible to achieve anything without the support of big capital. Since Mr. Qi has provided me with this opportunity, why should I just hug my thighs?"

After speaking, he glanced at Qi Zheng with emotion, who would have thought that the young man in front of him could crush 99.9% of young people in the United States with his net worth alone.

Even if the scope spreads to middle-aged and elderly people, it will crush at least more than 90% of them.

After realizing Qi Zheng's capital strength, Lu Zhiwei no longer hesitated and immediately decided to join Jiagu Company.

As he said, it's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and how can you hug your thighs with a stitch and a thread that you work hard.

Qi Zheng laughed, "Old Lu, now that we are our own people, you can call me Xiao Qi." Why, listening to your words, I have been oppressed by big capital. ”

Lu Zhiwei smiled heartily, "In the capitalist world, except for the top class, who is not oppressed by big capital, the key is that it is not obvious."

"For example, the average area of several large farms around my farm is 1,000 acres (about 6,000 acres), which is also a big capitalist on the farm. In this way, they are still not satisfied, and have been seeking to annex the surrounding small farms, and mine is no exception. ”

"Relying on high input, low average cost, and large subsidies, large farms always overwhelm small farms. ”

"In fact, there is also a reason why my farm has been transformed into an ecological farm, which is that it really can't compete with these big farms. Now that I'm okay, I also have the confidence, I have the capital to support me, and I'm not afraid of their aggressiveness. ”

Qi Zheng nodded, "Actually, in terms of output per unit area alone, the data shows that the output per unit area of ecological farms is 2 to 10 times that of large industrial farms, and it is more conducive to the protection of soil, groundwater, biodiversity and the life of the surrounding communities - which is obviously more environmentally friendly and sustainable." ”

Moreover, agriculture in California is facing the threat of drought at any time, and California's natural environment is harsh, relying on reclamation and construction, and thousands of miles of water diversion to create today's prosperity. And with climate change, this threat will become even more serious and should not be ignored. ”

"In that respect, industrialized large-scale farms are not necessarily a good thing. ”

Qi Zheng remembers that since 2011, California has been in the grip of several years of drought, so the government issued the largest water conservation order in history, reducing water use by 25% across the state in an effort to alleviate water shortages.

Agriculture is the most water-intensive, with many farms without water for irrigation due to drought and 5% of farmland forced to fallow, resulting in billions of dollars in losses and the loss of more than 10,000 jobs.

Many people have the impression that California is not only a place name, but also an ideal, and those who move here believe that it is a true paradise: large beaches, large green lawns, year-round sunshine, and the perfect "fertile crescent" with fertile land and fertile fields.

But these are not true, California is not a lush land, but a barren and arid land. The natural environment is not suitable for hundreds of thousands of acres of lawns, citrus groves or apricot orchards, nor can it support the nearly 40 million people who live today.

The Southern California mega-metropolitan area, where Los Angeles is located, stretches expansively, but pales and parched in the sun's light and heat, and settling here is like settling on Mars, where all the necessities of life have to be brought in from the outside.

Lu Zhiwei agreed, "Yes, but those agricultural capitalists only see that expanding the operating area can reduce the cost and increase the income of large-scale industrial farms." They are only concerned with economic profits, and the environmental challenges of using machinery, fertilizers, and pesticides at the risk of consuming fossil fuels, polluting soil and water sources, and destroying biodiversity are not on their minds. ”

"The goal of agriculture is no longer to produce food for humans, but to increase wealth for a few. ”

Qi Zheng even felt that Lu Zhiwei's vision was good - it was rare to have such an understanding and put it into practice at the moment.

In fact, in the eyes of many ecological agriculture experts, the soil destruction caused by industrial agriculture has made yields lower and lower, and large-scale industrial agricultural production methods will become more and more difficult to meet the needs of human survival in the 21st century.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the United States.

Large-scale industrial agriculture in the United States plundered the soil of nutrients, making a handful of agricultural capitalists richer and richer, while the soil was degrading. Large-scale mechanization is accompanied by large-scale monocultures, which lead to problems such as imbalances in soil nutrients and severe losses from specific pests.

In order to solve the problems of weeding and insect pests in farmland that cannot be solved by machinery in the case of labor shortage, some chemical companies that originally produced herbicides and insecticides have turned to develop herbicide- and insecticide-resistant genetically modified crops......

In fact, there are some common problems between China and the United States – even in the United States, there are fewer farmers who know how to produce food sustainably, the population is aging, and few young people are willing to work in agriculture.

Far away, Qi Zheng no longer cared about Lao Mei's problems, and told Lu Zhiwei: "Lao Lu, you are going to enter the busy stage next." Most of the company's team needs to be formed, Dadi Farm also needs to be repaired, and the organic food supermarket I think can be further expanded, you have to make a plan first, and I will let Zehong assist you. ”

Lu Zhiwei smiled bitterly, "I don't have time to breathe in my feelings, so I'm going to work hard?"

Qi Zheng replied with a reassuring smile.

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After Lu Zhiwei went to work, Qi Zheng drove around the area around Dadi Farm to carefully survey the environment.

Yes, Qi Zheng is ready to hang up again.

California's arid natural environment endowment has made threats such as wildfires and water shortages always exist, but these problems are not a problem in front of Qi Zheng - now that he can arrange a second-order spirit array, he is eager to try.

The second-order spirit array not only covers a wider area, reaching a radius of 100 kilometers, but also has a more flexible application of the spirit array.

The spirit array that Qi Zheng can arrange now is enough to solve the threat faced by the California farm, and what extent should it be done after the current problem.

After surveying the terrain, Qi Zheng carefully measured and decided to arrange only three spirit arrays.

"Five Dou Cloud Rain Array (Second Order) trigger, main water system, range: 100 kilometers in radius. Effect: Gather clouds and dissolve rain. It can make the water airflow and turn wind and clouds into rain. Term: 30 years. ”

"Jiukun Liuhe Array (Second Order) trigger, main earth system, range: one hundred kilometers radius. Effect: Solid soil, fertile ground. It can make the earth solid and fertile. Term: 30 years. ”

"Green Bamboo Hundred Soul Array (First Order) Trigger, Main Wood System, Range: Ten kilometers in radius. Effect: Moisturizes, grows. The creature is in the array, as if it was newborn, raising purple flowers, and growing vigorously. Duration: 20 years. ”

The effect of the second-order spirit array is even more domineering, and the second-order "Five Bucket Cloud and Rain Array" arranged by Qi Zheng can collect water vapor within a radius of 100 miles, turn water into fog, and replenish water for the farm at night - this is its new application. Otherwise, there is no rain in other places, and it rains from time to time in your area, which is not normal when you think about it.

At the same time, combined with the "Jiukun Liuhe Array", when the water is sufficient, the water is contained in the array, and then according to the dryness of the land farm, especially if there is a large fire, after the fire extends to the range of the spirit array, the spirit array will increase the atmospheric moisture and even sudden heavy rain in the first time, which is simply a super easy to use "smart fire extinguisher".

The second-order "Nine Kun Liuhe Array" is even more powerful. To put it simply, it can plunder the nutrients of the soil within a radius of 100 miles, so that the land in the array can gradually form a fertile soil layer even without applying fertilizer, and produce a good harvest. It will not be a dream to "save oil" like a land.

As for the "Green Bamboo Hundred Spirit Array", Qi Zheng only arranged a first-order spirit array with a weak effect. Use the weak version of the first-order "Green Bamboo Lark Array" to improve the quality of the farm's products a little and accelerate the growth, there is no need to produce too high-quality food for Lao Mei - it is not good to make a lot of money, it is treated differently.

Again, the best thing is reserved for one's own people.

What's more, Qi Zheng is confident that even if the quality of the "weakened" version of the farm is produced, it can still crush other farms, and it is impossible to make less money.

After all, whether it is good or not is compared, as long as it can be better than the products produced by other local farms in Laomei, there is no worry that no one will be sought after.

Of course, it doesn't mean that everything will be fine with these spirit arrays. Whether it is manual management, technical management, pest control, etc., Lu Zhiwei's careful cultivation is also required.

It can only be said that such good conditions have been created, if Lu Zhiwei does not operate well, Qi Zheng will have to consider replacing him.

Qi Zheng only mourned for the farmers around him, because they didn't know what kind of bad situation they would face.

First, most of the surrounding water would theoretically be intercepted by the "five clouds and rain showers", which would lead to a more arid environment – and it will be more difficult for them to get water for irrigation as California's water table declines every year.

Secondly, the existence of the "Jiukun Liuhe Array" makes the effect of their application of chemical fertilizer greatly weakened, after all, many nutrients will be absorbed by the spirit array, so that more fertilizer will be applied, not to mention the rising cost; the more chemical fertilizer is applied, the more likely it is to lead to soil compaction, acidification or salinization, groundwater pollution, poor crop growth, quality decline, low efficiency and other chain reactions.

This is simply falling into the deep pit of the cycle of deterioration and cannot extricate itself.

The coverage of the Spirit Array is limited, and it does not have much impact on the overall environment, but as far as the surrounding large farms are concerned, Qi Zheng feels sorry for them.

But it's just a little distressing, if it were in the country, Qi Zheng would naturally not use the Spirit Array to do such a thing that harms others and benefits himself.

But in the United States, Qi Zheng said, let them die.

Qi Zheng has always only spoken of conscience to his compatriots, when have you ever seen a foreigner tell us a conscience?

Besides, didn't Lu Zhiwei say that he was surrounded by big agricultural capitalists, not those weak and helpless small farmers, and when they realized that the benefits of farm input and output were disproportionate, they would naturally get rid of it and choose other professions.

At that time, Qi Zheng reluctantly took over their farm. As for the damage to their farm, the most it would take to recover was a little more time, and it was not difficult for Qi Zheng. Well, you can also lower the price at that time.

In this way, it is simply a lot of one stone, well, Qi Zheng feels that he is definitely a qualified capitalist.

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