The group's layout has basically taken shape, and now it is time for the group to begin to make full efforts.

On the tenth day after the official establishment of the group, Zhou Fangyuan recruited Mayor Liu again.

"Continue to expand the acreage?"

Mayor Liu was a little surprised when he heard this, "Xiaoyuan, you have to figure it out, your farm now has a planting area of 30,000 mu, and you still want to expand? What should you do if you have overcapacity and things can't be sold, have you considered this problem? Your idea is good, but have you considered the consumption power of Beitong City?" Now your agricultural products have occupied a large market share, and have begun to spread to the surrounding cities, the shelf life of agricultural products is limited after all, and no matter how far away, I am afraid that when you send things over, it will not be fresh enough. And our local consumption capacity is really limited, what if you get such a large scale and can't sell things in the end? Is it all rotting in the ground?"

Mayor Liu couldn't understand Zhou Fangyuan's thoughts, but considering that Yuanfang Group is currently the largest private group in Beitong City, which can be regarded as a model for the economic development of Beitong City, he doesn't want Zhou Fangyuan to ruin such a good situation because of impulse.

"Uncle Liu, of course I understand, but expansion is necessary, because my next plan, the requirements for agricultural products will continue to increase. ”

Zhou Fangyuan said with a smile.

"No, do you still want to completely control the agricultural products market in Beitong City, this is not impossible, but you have to consider the survival of the surrounding villagers. There are many villagers and towns in the surrounding area who depend on agricultural products for their livelihood, and if you want to completely take over the agricultural market in the Beitong area, what will happen to these farmers? After all, not everyone is willing to sell their land to you. And market activity is also something I have to think about, and I can't possibly hand over the entire city's market to you, which is certainly impossible. ”

Mayor Liu shook his head loudly, he was not optimistic about Zhou Fangyuan's plan.

Zhou Fangyuan knew that Mayor Liu had misunderstood him.

He smiled, "Uncle Liu, it's not what you think, I don't plan to continue to expand the scale of occupation in the market of Beitong City, I want to increase the land on the farm, not to continue to grow vegetables, in fact, I have two needs, one is that I want to increase the scope of grain arable land, I am ready to increase crops such as corn and soybeans, but after planting, I will not directly sell them in the market, I am ready to carry out secondary processing, use vacuum packaging, and send these products to all parts of the country."

Second, I also need to expand the planting area of fruits, our land is relatively arid, more suitable for planting watermelons and apples and other fruits, on the one hand, the demand for gold polo is expanding, on the other hand, I also hope to increase the agricultural planting structure for our Beitong, the shelf life of fruits is longer, and it is easier to send to other places.

Thirdly, I am ready to expand the planting area of potatoes, as you know, potatoes are a very important material for Jinbolo, not only in our Beitong, but also in the three hundred branches of Jinbolo in the country, and the daily consumption of potatoes is a rather terrible number. Although we have expanded the planting area many times before, but it is still not enough, and this year we will continue to increase the number of franchise stores, and the demand for potatoes will be greater at that time, to be honest, Uncle Liu, you also know, I am not at ease with the following franchise stores, I am not unable to loosen the purchase method, but what if the people below mess around? If there is really a problem, the blow to Jin Polo will be very huge. Therefore, I still hope to be able to supply all franchise stores through the distribution of the headquarters as much as possible, at least the production process is in my own hands, and I can relax a little. ”

Zhou Fangyuan said slowly.

Mayor Liu looked at him and shook his head slightly after a moment.

"Your plan is really too big, but if that's the case, I can help you. But Xiaoyuan, the farmland around Beitong City is limited, and now that your family has won so much land, some people have begun to pay attention to you. So this time I can't give you another concession, if you really want it, I have to charge at the normal price, I hope you can understand. ”

Mayor Liu said in a deep voice.

"Of course, Uncle Liu, of course I can understand. ”

Zhou Fangyuan said.

And to be honest, the company has developed to this day, and he is not ready to continue to contract land at a low price. Although it can save a lot of money, but it is meaningless, the distant food company is no longer the small company at the beginning, and it is no longer the level of breaking a penny in half at that time, he has money in his hand, and he can block the mouths of many people who have a heart by contracting land at a normal price.

Otherwise, someone really has to toss him, and the fact that he contracts land at a low price is also a handle. In order to save that little money, it's not worth it to make a fuss for yourself.

"Okay, if you can understand, then you can ask someone from your company to come with a plan another day, as long as there is no problem, I myself agree to contract the land to you." ”

Mayor Liu said.

Again, there was no reason for him to refuse.

His original concern was that the Zhou family continued to grow bigger and stronger in agriculture and squeezed the living space of local small farmers.

After all, after the scale of production is increased, the production cost will definitely be reduced.

It's like planting vegetables, planting one acre of vegetables and planting 10,000 acres of vegetables, the unit consumption is definitely different.

The result of this is that the Zhou family's dishes are cheaper, because they have a large area and low cost, don't do much, and if you press down a dime a catty, the surrounding farmers will immediately have a hard time. Fortunately, Zhou Fangyuan has now also guaranteed that his family's vegetables will not flow more into the local market, and his planting scope has also changed this time.

The first is corn, which is one of the most important food grains in the world, especially in some African and Latin American countries. Today, about one-third of the world's population eats corn kernels as their main diet, of which corn accounts for 50% of Asians' food composition, more than 90% of the food, 25% in Africa, and 40% in Latin America. The nutrient content of corn is better than that of rice and potatoes, but the disadvantages are large grains, poor taste and small stickiness. However, with the development of the corn processing industry, the edible quality of corn has been continuously improved, and a variety of corn foods have been formed.

In addition to this, there are many other uses for corn.

For example, corn flour and embryo flour have a high fat content in corn grains, which will produce a bad taste due to fat oxidation during storage. The processed special corn flour has an oil content of less than 1%, which can improve the eating quality and has a finer particle size. It is suitable for mixing with wheat flour to make various pasta. Because it is rich in protein and more vitamins, the food made by adding it has high nutritional value and is a good food for children and the elderly.

At the same time, corn can also be used to make puffed food, corn flakes and other foods. The more special sweet corn can also be used as a vegetable or fresh food. Corn can also be used to make beer, because the protein content of corn is close to that of rice but lower than that of barley, and the starch content is close to that of rice but higher than that of barley, so it is an ideal raw material for beer production.

Of course, corn is also one of the most important feeds, and the amount of corn consumed in the world every day in terms of feed alone is an unimaginably huge number.

In addition to the above industries, which are basically related to food, corn also has a great value in the industrial aspect.

If the primary and deep processing are carried out separately, two or three hundred kinds of corn can be produced. Primary processed products and by-products can be used as basic raw materials for further processing and utilization, and a wide variety of products can be manufactured in food, chemical, fermentation, pharmaceutical, textile, papermaking and other industrial productions, and furfural can be produced from the cob. In addition, corn stalks and cobs can be cultivated to produce edible fungi, and bracts can be woven into baskets, carpets, carpets and other handicrafts.

Corn starch is also an important part of corn production, and most of the world's starch is produced from corn. Corn also provides an abundant and economical source of carbohydrates for the fermentation industry. The glucose produced by enzymatic hydrolysis is a good raw material for the fermentation industry. The by-products of the process, such as corn soaking liquid, slurry, etc., can be used in the fermentation industry to produce alcohol, beer and many other products.

Secondly, there is corn sugar, corn oil and so on.

All in all, the value of corn is very, very large, this kind of thing, basically belongs to the kind of strategic materials that can be sold as much as it is produced, and there are not enough of them, and the country has to import corn from outside every year, so this thing can be said to be no problem no matter how much it is planted.

In addition to corn, soybeans are basically the same.

First of all, it is needless to say that soybeans are also one of the main feeds in terms of feed, and in other aspects, soybean oil, soybean lecithin, shortening and margarine, stearic acid, glycerin, paint, car spray paint, oxidized soybean oil, elastomber, liquid fuel, enamel, printing ink, polyvinyl chloride, resin, etc., can only be said to be too useful.

The scraps from soybean oil extraction can be used to provide many important products, such as phospholipids for the food industry and the use of stigmasterol and sitosterol to obtain cheap sterol hormone raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry.

All in all, these two crops belong to the type that is in short supply, and even if they enter the local market, they will not have much impact on the farmers involved.

And Mayor Liu also figured it out, this week Fang Yuan belongs to the kind of young man who is very ambitious. Even if he really has a large corn base or soybean base, he probably won't compete with ordinary farmers for living space.

As for potatoes, it doesn't seem to have much industrial use, but the sales of this thing itself are quite terrifying, and Mayor Liu certainly knows how much the demand for potatoes in some fast food restaurants is also quite large.

On top of that, all three crops can be larger and heavier, and they are produced using large, modern machinery, which further reduces costs, in short, the larger the area, the better, and there is no need to worry about side effects.

Thinking about this, Mayor Liu was completely relieved, and he suddenly felt that even if he gave Zhou Fangyuan more land, there seemed to be no problem.

As for the cultivation of the last fruit, this one does not have much impact compared with the first three.

Of course, the market demand for fruits is also large, and the fruit itself can be used as juice, dried fruit, and canned food, which can be said to have the smallest impact on farmers, but it is the least worrying for Mayor Liu.

So after he thought about these questions clearly, he naturally agreed to Zhou Fangyuan's request.

After this matter was settled, Zhou Fangyuan continued to talk about his next purpose.

"Uncle Liu, when is the joint research project with Beitong University going to start? My factory has basically been built, and I want to start it as soon as possible. ”

"I've already said hello to this matter, you just go to Principal Deng. ”

Mayor Liu said with a smile.

The president of Beitong University is surnamed Deng, who is a native of Beitong, and it is said that he has a good personal tutor with Mayor Liu.

Zhou Fangyuan asked, just hoping that he would not be closed, the professors in the university hall are still very popular at this time, and ordinary private enterprises want to hire such professors, of course, it is difficult. Zhou Fangyuan is confident that he can invite one or two, but if he wants to conduct joint research on glass with Beitong University, it will be very difficult to do without Mayor Liu coming forward.

Not only does it cost a lot of money, but I am afraid that I have to beg my grandfather to tell my grandmother good things.

Since the two big leaders in the city have agreed to help Zhou Fangyuan hard, he will naturally not seek this method.

After getting Mayor Liu's answer, he finally left satisfied.

I drove directly in the direction of Beitong University.

There are many communities in Beitong University, which were originally established by the merger of many small colleges and universities in Beitong City. The age of the school is not too long, but the teachers are really not weak.

Zhou Fangyuan drove directly to Beitong University and found the president's office without saying a word.

Of course, the principal didn't just say that he would meet him, in fact, he had called the other party before he came.

Principal Deng's ...... to Zhou Fangyuan I don't know, but since Mayor Liu has already greeted him in advance, he will not refuse Zhou Fang to stay out of the door.

It just so happened that he was in the office now, so Zhou Fangyuan went straight to him.

"Hello President Deng. ”

Zhou Fangyuan hurriedly went over to shake hands with the old principal.

Principal Deng was already about to retire, and his hair was a little gray, he looked at Zhou Fangyuan, smiled and shook his hand.

"What about you, Lao Liu has already told me, he said that you want to engage in the research and development of special glass, this idea is good. But young people, I hope you can understand that any scientific research burns money, and that it may not be effective without money. If you just want to do a quick project and want to use it to make a lot of money, then I hope you should think of other ways. ”

Although Principal Deng knew Zhou Fangyuan's purpose, it was only a rough idea, Zhou Fangyuan's cognition of the future mobile phone, and his imagination of glass, Mayor Liu would not say it casually, so Principal Deng did not fully understand Zhou Fangyuan's plan.

Zhou Fangyuan nodded when he heard this, "Of course, President Deng, I know that scientific research is to burn money, but I am not afraid of burning money, if I don't even want to spend this money, then what competitiveness does my glass factory have at all? How can I gain a foothold in this ever-changing market?"

Zhou Fangyuan said with a smile.