[388] Rubber Fengyun

On the night when the Chinese team won the Shijie Cup, the national team, under the reception of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, had a big meal at a Brazilian barbecue restaurant called "Happy Steak" in Rio de Janeiro.

Although the game has been over for more than three hours, Ambassador Miao Qihui still can't hide his excitement and excitement, and toasts to the players one by one. The young men of the Chinese team did not refuse to come at this moment, holding the wine bottle and drinking happily, even the comrades who usually don't drink alcohol were also red at this time.

Looking at the team members with a spring breeze, Ambassador Miao's heart blossomed, and today, double happiness is coming.

In addition to the Chinese team winning the championship, Ambassador Miao Qihui also reported another good news in the telegram that had just been urgently photographed back to China.

This was the Brazilian government's readily agreed to export 300,000 Brazilian clover saplings to China, to be delivered in two batches in July and October. Introduced by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, six of Brazil's largest rubber plantations have shared this large-scale export order from Red China.

Since only 32-37 rubber trees can be planted on one acre of land, the 300,000 rubber seedlings imported from China can only be planted with 8,000 hectares, or 80 hectares, according to the maximum planting density, which is a drop in the bucket compared with the planting area of more than 700,000 hectares in China in later generations. You know, in the 50s, the American auto giant Henry Ford alone owned 3,000 hectares of rubber plantations in Brazil!

At one time, Brazil even banned the export of rubber seedlings to stabilize its market share, but driven by huge economic interests, rubber seedlings still bloomed everywhere to Shijie, and Southeast Asia became the largest rubber planting area in Shijie. The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and the rubber leaf blight that broke out in the tropical jungles of South America swept through Brazil's major rubber plantations like a plague, so that the hard-hit Brazil's rubber production in 1940 was only 1.4% of Shijie's production!

As a result, Southeast Asia, as a rubber production area, is regarded as a fat meat and a battleground in the eyes of various colonial powers. For this reason, Japan even did not hesitate to start a war against Britain and the United States, hoping to annex Southeast Asia alone, which shows how great the temptation of rubber resources and the benefits contained in them are!

Brazil also did not understand that the Chinese Weishenme wanted to introduce the Hevia clover tree from Brazil, thousands of miles away.

Brazilian Vice President Sergio Ramos asked Ambassador Miao Qihui in person: "Aren't there rubber-rich India and Southeast Asia next to China?" ”

Chinese Ambassador Miao Qihui said earnestly: "This is because China wants to be a trading partner with every country. In our opinion, geographical distance is not an issue, the point is that Brazil is a great country and a left-wing ruling party. Therefore, China believes that it is necessary to establish stable trade relations with Brazil. In addition, China will continue to introduce Brazilian rubber seedlings in the future to consolidate and expand bilateral diplomatic exchanges.

Politically, although Brazil severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1947, China hoped to serve as a link between Brazil and the Soviet Union and help Brazil ease its relations with the Soviet Union. We are convinced that Brazil wishes to maintain friendly relations with all the permanent members of the United Nations. Based on the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, the Chinese people do not want to interfere in the internal affairs of any country, and we hope to become messengers to promote Shijie peace! ”

Vice President Ramos was very emotional after learning more about the Chinese government's proposition, and he exclaimed: "I very much agree with your proposal, Mr. President, and we in Brazil are willing to establish such friendly relations with China, so that we can be good friends, do more business, and talk less about politics." The Soviet Union was very domineering in this regard, and they always supported the Brazilian National Labor Party in its riots. They also secretly supported the Communist Party of Brazil in organizing various strikes! ”

"I know that in 1944 Brazil wanted to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, but it was opposed, and finally realized the importance of relations with the Soviet Union, so it established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1945 and won the seat in 1946," said Ambassador Miao with a smile. After the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union began, Brazil chose to sever diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1947 in order not to offend the United States. These are the choices of the Brazilian people themselves, and we respect the will of the Brazilian people and do not interfere or intervene in them. We know almost nothing about the strikes and repressions taking place in your country."

In the subtext, Ambassador Miao told the other party: "We all know in our hearts what your relationship with the Soviet Union is, and there is no need to talk nonsense about riots." The establishment and severance of diplomatic relations for the sake of a non-permanent member of the Security Council, the Soviet Union hated you to death. Besides, didn't you Social Democrats come to power by coup d'état? You Brazilian military police are not vegetarians either, are there fewer strikers who have been arrested and killed by you before? ”

Vice President Ramos' face turned red when he heard this.

Ambassador Miao continued, "Before I came to Brazil, the Prime Minister told me that politics should give way to the economy, and that only when the economy develops can the people at home have a better life, so our foreign policy is to 'put aside disputes and seek common ground while reserving differences.'" 'This eight-character policy. Open the door to do business with the people of Shijie, that's what we want. Trade drives economic development and ultimately benefits people.

As for your internal affairs, to be honest, we don't care at all. However, we believe that if Brazil wants to become a leader in South America, it is a very advantageous option to develop trade relations with our country and thus promote economic development. In fact, China and Pakistan have had diplomatic relations since 1921, not today. For thirty years, we have not had any conflicts of interest, and certainly not in the future, so the prospects for our cooperation are very broad. ”

After Ambassador Miao Qihui explained the meaning of the eight words 'shelving disputes and seeking common ground while reserving differences', Vice President Ramos's eyes lit up and he nodded heavily: "What your Prime Minister said is very right! Indeed it is! As long as you can abide by the five principles of peaceful coexistence that you mentioned, we are willing to be good friends with China."

Ambassador Miao Qihui smiled: "We Chinese people have an appreciative attitude towards your country's current failure to send troops to the DPRK, and as for your country's support for the United States to send troops, although we oppose it, we will never interfere or hold grudges behind our backs." Please remember that the Chinese are absolutely friendly to the Brazilian people thousands of miles away. ”

Vice President Ramos was very appreciative of Ambassador Miao's remarks, saying, "From my personal point of view, I am already in favor of this trade, and as you said, it is good for all of us." ”

In fact, where do Brazilians know that the real key is the Indian rubber tree, which is not adapted to the soil and water in China! Seeds don't live! Only Brazil's wild Hevia clover is truly a dish in a rabbit's basket. Otherwise, the rabbits are crazy or idle and come all the way to buy rubber saplings. And at the risk of being scolded by the Soviet Union, dealing with Brazil, which had just broken off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1947, when the bitch ruthlessly turned around and broke off diplomatic relations!

After discussion, the Brazilian government finally felt that no matter what, business is business, and if you don't sell it, someone will sell it, not to mention that people are so enthusiastic that the money will be sent to the door! Besides, this is also an opportunity to ease relations with the communist camp, and when the two sides are mutually beneficial, why make too much trouble.

The ruling party in Brazilian politics at this time was the Social Democratic Party, a coalition of new bourgeoisie and liberal landowners who came to power in 1934 through coups and riots, and who tended to break away from their colonial economic status and gain initial industrial and agricultural independence. They adopted a policy of forcibly nationalizing the country's underground resources, resisting foreign investment, and developing the national economy.

Since Brazil has not yet discovered huge reserves of iron ore at this moment, the Social Democratic Party's policy of forcibly nationalizing underground resources has not made the United States decide to intervene militarily. At present, the main interests of the United States in Brazil are only rubber plantations, coffee and other agricultural products, and Brazil does not dare to nationalize those rubber plantations that belong to the United States, and Brazil continues to implement a free trade policy of opening up its market. The United States will follow Brazil to make a fuss. At a time when the earth was plunged into the Second Shijie War, Brazil, which had been on its own, had indeed made great progress.

As for the military coup d'état in Brazil after the discovery of iron ore, the military dictatorship began, and the introduction of foreign capital was advocated in the economy...... That's a later story, so I won't mention it for now. (Bald Eagle: "Lao Tzu's harem family affairs, you are so verbose!") ”）

The plantation owners were in a position in the Brazilian government, which was ruled by the Liberal League, the Social Democrats, and they urged the Brazilian government to immediately approve the deal, which cost $3 per plant, for a total of $900,000! That's a step higher than the market price in Brazil! This kind of business that makes a fortune is a business, and whoever doesn't agree is a fool. Besides, didn't the Chinese say that they would buy it in the future? If you can form old customers, wouldn't it be a profit!

Due to the occupation of Southeast Asia by Japan during World War II, the rubber gap in the United States at that time was extremely large, so the United States Congress later mandated that domestic rubber products must use a large number of synthetic rubber to avoid the recurrence of this situation, so the United States synthetic rubber production increased year after year, which greatly suppressed the international rubber prices in these years. It wasn't until the Korean War that rubber prices rose again. However, there will always be an end to the war.

Therefore, this business, which can easily make a profit of $480,000 by digging up the seedlings grown from rubber seeds and selling them, is a good business for those rubber plantations who have deep ties to the government. Over the years, due to the inability to prevent leaf blight and the decline in the price of natural rubber, many rubber plantations in Brazil have even begun to deforest in favor of more profitable coffee, rice and soybeans.

As for whether the Brazilian clover rubber tree can be planted in China, which is said to be very cold in winter, the Brazilian government has no confidence in its heart, and says that if it dies, don't blame me! And there is a great possibility of planting death, after all, it is a tree transplanted thousands of miles away. But he encouraged the Chinese ambassador to buy a little more.

Therefore, before the decisive battle between the Chinese team and Brazil, the Brazilian government happily reached an agreement with Ambassador Miao Qihui and signed the contract.

In order to avoid trouble, the Brazilian government pretends not to know about it, but it does not publicize it, although it is an intermediary who secretly introduces the rubber plantation owner. In the hope that when the United States pursues it in the future, it will put all the blame on the lawless and mercenary businessmen. After all, rubber is a strategic material that the Batumi organization strictly prohibits exporting to socialist countries, and although rubber seedlings are not included, if they are made public, I am afraid it will be a troublesome matter.

According to the contract, all of these rubber seedlings are seedlings with a diameter of more than 3 cm at breast height, and if they survive, they can be seeded after one year, and they can be tapped. The Chinese side chartered two sea vessels from the Brazilian freight company, and Ambassador Miao instructed the relevant personnel to prepare enough fresh water for spraying on the road. I invited a local experienced agricultural technician in Brazil to take care of him all the way.