After talking to Snone on the phone, Link kept checking Tanzania's profile. After that, there was no word for a night.

On the morning of his first day, he led him to meet with government officials in Ojalala.

Ojalala had told him beforehand that this time he would meet with the country's president.

His meeting with the country's president was formulaic, as if it were a necessary etiquette. Or rather, it's a symbol of his identity. It is not surprising that someone of his stature goes to invest in a country and is received by the head of state.

He had only half an hour to meet with the president. The main thing is that the president introduced his country's foreign investment policy, and Link said his investment intentions. However, the most important thing to do is to negotiate in detail with the corresponding authorities in the country.

However, there are a few corresponding departments: the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Land, and the Ministry of Agriculture.

This is a bit like the feeling of the Sanya triage, and it is all Bao Qingtian.

But he had just met, shook hands, and talked for half an hour with their president, and there was nothing he could not let go of seeing these ministers.

He had come to Tanzania to seek investment opportunities, and Benehans Africa probably understood his intentions. It's just that his specific purpose is only known to a few people. So for this negotiation, he decided to come himself.

He began by explaining his envisioned investment plan to several Tanzanian ministers: "The Benihans Group plans to build more than just a farm in Tanzania, but also an agricultural demonstration base. ”

He expressed his vision and concluded: "Tanzania is blessed with unique conditions for the development of agriculture, which is relatively good for the whole of Africa. But I must say that Tanzania is still quite lacking in agricultural technology. The infrastructure in agriculture is also relatively backward. He paused and said. "Hopefully I don't say it too much. ”

Tanzania's Minister of Agriculture responded to him in non-standard English, saying: "The problem mentioned by Mr. Hans is a true portrayal of our Tanzanian agriculture, and it is not too much at all. Therefore, we always welcome foreign investors to invest in agriculture in our country. Investors such as the Benihans Group who are ready to develop the food growing industry and who are willing to transfer their know-how to our farmers are particularly welcome. ”

Link smiled and said, "I'm a businessman, and businessmen are profit-seeking. So I came to Tanzania to invest, of course, in pursuit of profits. He took out some information and said. "This is an appraisal report of the Benihans Group's improved breeds. Among them, authoritative testing institutions from the United States, Europe and Asia have certified that there are no heterogeneous GMOs in it. And this one. ”

He said, "Mr. Ministers, this is the crop we plan to grow in Tanzania. Of these, wheat is grown on more than 10 million acres in the United States. Before I arrived, the Beni Hans Group had done a customer visit and found that the winter wheat was growing well. Corn and soybeans, on the other hand, have not been tested in the market, but they have also achieved world-record yields per unit in field experiments. And they also perform very well in terms of disease resistance and anti-lying down. ”

The results of the three black ministers were circulated and read.

Link didn't say anything, just waited quietly for them to finish.

There's a lot of that stuff, and it's impossible for them to read it all. They picked on the key points and looked at them. The Minister of Agriculture was most concerned about these things, and he first asked: "Mr. Hans, you mean that the Beni Hans Group plans to grow these food crops in our country. And it is sold in our country. ”

Link smiled and said, "Yes." To be precise, we hope to build a base of improved seeds in your country. And set up a technical extension agency to teach farmers better planting techniques in your country. ”

"If the Benehans Group can choose to build such a high-quality seed base in our country, I think our country will be very welcome. However, I wonder what kind of conditions the Benehans Group needs to build the two bases you mentioned?"

Link then threw out his full plan: "The seed base will adopt the same highly mechanized production as in the United States, but we hope to open another demonstration base." Together with your country's agricultural technicians, we will teach your country's farmers how to use the farming techniques that are appropriate for your country's conditions. ”

"I beg your pardon, Mr. Hans, you mean to ask for two pieces of land?" "If it's two pieces of land, it's fine, but it's more difficult. ”

Link replied with a smile and said, "Of course it's better if it's a contiguous piece of land." We want to get 100,000 acres of contiguous land. ”

"100,000 acres?" the three ministers looked a little embarrassed by his request. The Secretary of Commerce hesitated for a moment and said. "Mr. Hans, it is very difficult for our country to find a contiguous land of this size. And according to the situation in our country, there may not be so much land needed for the cultivation of good seeds. ”

Link smiled and took out three more documents and said, "Mr. Minister, my goal is not only Tanzania, but the whole of Africa. Also, this is an add-on to the Agricultural Extension Project. ”

The Secretary of Commerce took the document with doubts. When he saw the title of the document, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Mr. Hans, you plan to invest in a desalination project in our country? I think it may not be necessary!"

Link said with a smile: "If you have read the contents of the minister, you will know that this desalination project is very different from what you imagined. ”

Strictly speaking, Tanzania was not the best country for him to implement this plan.

Although the country has a semi-arid climate, it is not dry enough to build a desalination project. But Tanzania is the country he thinks has the best conditions. It doesn't matter if it's politics or the environment.

The Secretary of Commerce handed over two other copies of the same document to the other two ministers, and he looked through the documents himself.

Sure enough, he found that Link's planned desalination project was nothing like what he had imagined. It also understands why Link offered 100,000 acres of land.

The desalination project required a large area of land to pay for itself. Fresh water produced by large areas of water requires a large area of arable land to be used up without wasting it.

And the Minister of Agriculture is thinking more deeply about this desalination project.

Tanzania has a rainy season with an annual precipitation of more than 1,000 mm, but it is located in the tropics, with an increase of at least 2,000 mm. This is a proper water-scarce country. Now there is no shortage of water, just because the economy is not developed enough.

But the absence of water is only in general. The rainy season in Tanzania is only three or four months, and at least half of the year is dry. In this half year, there will be certain difficulties in both agriculture and domestic water. Link's desalination plan is much less expensive than those desalination projects, and although freshwater production is much lower, it seems like a good idea for high-output industries.

Link waited for them with a smile.

The desalination project he came up with is still not a small investment.

He and Carrick had a lot of conversations about the design of the waterdown project. Now they have come up with a design that can best increase land utilization.

The specific design is actually very simple. It is to dig a pond half a meter deep, then attract seawater, cover an enclosed space above the pond, and use black iron sheets to absorb heat. The pumped water is heated in a tin layer and then returned to the pool. Some shelves are built above the pool, and there are more than ten layers of iron sheets on the shelves to hold water, and the pool water is pumped to the shelves with a pumping machine. That's the equivalent of one acre of land for acres of water.

When the water temperature is heated and increases, the surface area of the water increases several times, and the evaporation rate also increases many times.

There is almost no energy consumption in this system. The only thing that needs to be consumed is to carry water. But to lift the electricity of water, you can use the power of the wind.

The entire system may require only two medium-sized wind turbines to meet the required power needs. That's just over 10 million dollars to invest. Add in the buildings and facilities of those pools, and the whole project may cost a hundred million or two hundred million dollars. But $200 million could give tens of thousands of acres of land year-round access to irrigation without pumping groundwater, and some salt.

To be honest, this investment is still high for some poor countries. But Link's selling point for this project is a philosophy. The concept of "eco-friendly agriculture".

As the debate over water scarcity rages around the world, it would be of great benefit to Benehans if he came up with a viable solution to the problem of water use for agriculture now. And he won't lose money on this investment.

With that desalination system, he can still cultivate in the dry season. In a tropical region like Tanza. He can even grow three crops. And what he planted was a good seed. The price is also at least several times that of ordinary grain. In this case, what other reason does he have to worry that he will not be able to recover his costs?

Tanzania's three ministers each have their own areas of responsibility and different priorities. The Minister of Land and Territory looked at what he needed to pay attention to, and the rest was just a brief look. He was the first to read it.

He closed the file and said to Link: "Mr. Hans, although I am personally very optimistic about your desalination project. However, we also have to consider the environmental protection and land use issues involved. ”

Link agrees with this doubt. He nodded and said, "Mr. Minister, I have also considered your concerns. How to ensure that seawater diversion pipelines do not leak, and the land on which the pipelines are laid may require the expropriation of many farmers' land. These are the problems that this project must face. ”

He paused for a moment and then said, "So I mentioned it in the plan of this project." I would like your country to lease the land to Benehans as far from the coast as possible, and at as low an altitude as possible. ”

It was only then that the three ministers understood that the African Benehans Company had made such a claim on the location of the land. After all three of them finished reading Link's plan, they looked at each other. Both of them are quite satisfied with this project.