Chapter 198: Global Food Crisis (2)

The Lanfang mercenary officers and soldiers who returned to the Chinese Territory were warmly received by Fang Xiaoyu, who personally set up a banquet in Vladivostok Port to greet all the Lanfang mercenary officers and soldiers, at which he once again officially announced the rewards for the officers and soldiers who participated in the operation.

In addition to giving generous field allowances and generous pensions to all the officers and men of the Third Division, the Chinese Consulate General expanded the Fourth Army of the Guards Army on the basis of the Third Division, with Qiu Yu'an as the commander of the Major General, and the vacancies of the Third Division of the First Army were re-recruited, and a large number of officers and soldiers were all promoted to one level, which can be described as a great joy, and then Fang Xiaoyu also asked Qiu Yu'an to sum up the combat experience, write a report and distribute it to the whole army, so that all commanders can learn from the advanced experience, and this tradition will be maintained in the future. As an important part of maintaining the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Summer is the harvest season of grain, this summer harvest due to the effect of pesticides, the grain of the Chinese collar has not been lost, and the harvest of grain is piled up in the granary, enough for tens of millions of territory residents to eat for several years. Even Han Pingguo also had a lot of harvest due to the pesticide support of the Chinese collar, and there was no need to worry about the shortage of domestic food, but for the first time, there was a surplus.

With the exception of a few places where China is in the neck, governments around the world are struggling with food problems. By the end of July, the worst fears of governments had finally come to fruition, and international food prices had begun to rise.

In the past, the countries of the western continent, which had been relying on the Central and New continents for food, also experienced food shortages, and various governments issued orders one after another to prohibit the outflow of domestic grain, and at the same time purchased grain at high prices in the world, but the grain in each country was not rich, and now in this situation, even if the price is high, few countries are willing to sell grain.

At this time, Fang Xiaoyu had a large amount of grain in his hands, in addition to the territory of the Chinese Territory in the Eastern Continent, the Wild Continent also had a bumper harvest of grain, this year it was the only place where the wind and rain were smooth, and the harvest of grain was countless.

Although the international food price is high, Fang Xiaoyu has no intention of selling food immediately. Now the food is no longer a people's livelihood resource, but has risen to the level of a strategic resource, and Fang Xiaoyu plans to use the food in his hand to seek the benefits he has always wanted.

His first contact was Siam, which could supplement its lack of food through fishing, but the lack of food was also a very big problem. Even if the fishing industry is developed enough, the people of the whole country cannot eat only fish all year round.

Even if there is enough to eat, the human body can't stand it, because although fish contains a lot of oil, vitamins, proteins and other substances necessary for the body, it lacks dietary fiber and starch, which are indispensable for the human body. However, even if they do not have this knowledge, the people who have practiced it are also aware of the importance of eating grains, so food is still very important.

However, the people of Siam are not good at farming, and there is not much surplus grain in previous years, not to mention the year of the catastrophe, and now Siam has reached the point of dire straits, so the envoy of the Chinese leader came here and was immediately warmly received by the king of Siam, and when he saw the arrival of the envoy of the Chinese leader, the king of Siam seemed to see the grain.

Although the Hanping Kingdom sold part of the excess grain, their cultivation area is not large, and the surplus grain is not much after all, plus with this catastrophe, the royal family of the Hanping Kingdom also has to take precautions and store more grain, so the grain sold is only about 200,000 tons.

200,000 tons of grain seems like a lot, but for the people who are waiting to be fed in the whole world, this bit of food is not enough to even plug the gaps between their teeth.

However, it is already the limit that Hanping can sell so much grain, and Hanping has only 600 square kilometers of grain arable land, which is 900,000 mu when converted into mu, and the average yield per mu can reach 700 kilograms with the seeds provided by the Chinese collar, and this harvest will have a grain output of 630,000 tons.

However, there are still more than 3 million people in Hanping, and they cannot sell all the grain, but always keep what they eat, even if the rations for the three million people only eat until the next harvest season, they need at least 360,000 tons of grain, plus the government needs to save some as a backup, and selling 200,000 tons of grain is already the maximum that Hanping can squeeze out in order to earn foreign exchange.

Although the grain released by Han Pingguo was marked at a high price in the international market, it was quickly divided up by the governments that had already been eyeing it, and the national grain merchants who had finished coming could only sigh that they were unlucky. There was no more surplus grain in the Han Ping Kingdom, so all the countries had their eyes on the Chinese Collar with more food.

This world is not as rich in vegetables, meat and edible oil as on the earth, and the diet here is very simple, and it is basically in a very primitive stage, mainly to fill the stomach, and most of the food is staple food. This is also the reason why after Fang Xiaoyu took out the dishes of various Chinese cuisines, even if there was no one to guide them, those chefs could only learn from the recipes, and they were able to open the largest and most high-end interlocking restaurants and fast food restaurants in the Eastern Continent.

If it were China on the earth, people who had experienced those hard days in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China should know that without oil, water and meat, the consumption of food was very large.

According to nutrition, an adult man needs to consume at least 2,400 calories a day to basically meet the requirement. If you eat rice alone, one kilogram of rice can provide 1,500 calories, which means that an adult man needs to consume 1.6 kilograms of rice a day, which is 584 kilograms a year.

If a country with a population of tens of millions is not adult men, it needs at least 10,000 tons of food a day, and even if it can get enough food during the autumn harvest, it will still need at least 1.2 million tons of food in the previous four months, which is still the most economical calculation, not counting any waste and overeating.

In this way, the amount of food that a country needs on a daily basis is still very staggering, and in this agrarian underdeveloped planet, the lack of food production is also one of the important reasons restricting the growth rate of the population of various countries.

Siam is one such country with a population of tens of millions, and although their fishing industry is very developed, and their high-protein fish meat can reduce their food consumption a lot, so many people need at least 800,000 tons of food and seeds to support the next harvest season.

It was at the warm invitation of the King of Siam that the envoy of the Chinese Territory landed on the territory of Siam. The envoy of the Chinese Consulate this time was Gao Qiong, a colleague of the East China Expedition back then, who was proficient in foreign affairs and social affairs, and he is now a minister in charge of foreign affairs of the Chinese Consulate.

Gao Qiong is thin and not tall, but her ordinary face has a pair of eyes full of shrewdness and wisdom, as if she can see through everything about the other party. Gao Qiong, who arrived in Siam, did not delay much, and went to visit King Brinan I of Siam on the same day, and when Brinan I saw Gao Qiong who was invited, he welcomed him very warmly, and hoped that the Chinese leaders could support Siam with some grain in the face of friendly neighbors.

Listening to the words of Brinan I, Gao Qiong smiled secretly in her heart, she usually doesn't burn incense, and she temporarily crams Buddha's feet. Why didn't I see you shouting about friendly neighbors before, and when there was a shortage of food, it was so hot, as if you had a good relationship with the Chinese leader.

Gao Qiong didn't eat this, he pretended to frown and said: "Your Majesty, you must know that our Chinese Territory has only been established for a few years, and our family background is not rich, although we are lucky not to be affected by the disaster this time, and we don't have much surplus food in our hands." What's more, these grains are the people's own grain, and if we want to buy it, we also need to buy it with money, and you have also seen the high price of grain in the world now, so we can't let our lord send you grain at a loss. ”

Hearing some leeway in Gao Qiong's words, Brinan I was also a little surprised, every time he asked the Lanfang Empire, he would get a lot of help from the empire, I don't know what Lu Dao is for, but the officials of the Chinese Collar don't eat this set at all.

Seeing that the other party had completely given him face, Brinan I immediately retreated and said, "I wonder if we can buy enough food from the Chinese Territory to supply the needs of our people." ”

Gao Qiong nodded and said: "We are friendly neighbors, as long as Your Majesty is willing, of course we are willing to provide food, and we are open to supply, Your Majesty can give as much as you want, but you need to trade in cash." ”

Brinan I looked at the civil magistrate on the side and said, "How much food do we need?" ”

As for the lack of food, he had already calculated many times, and now he said without thinking: "Although the grain has been planted, there are still three months before the harvest, and we need at least 600,000 tons of grain." ”

Hearing the civil officer's answer, Brinan I turned to Gao Qiong and asked, "I don't know what the price of the grain in your territory is?" ”

Gao Qiong said: "Naturally, we sold it at the international standard price. Listening to Gao Qiong's words, Brinan I gasped.

Originally, grain used to cost 30 yuan a ton, but since the grain production has decreased, grain prices have increased several times. Brinan I asked tentatively: "Isn't the price of a hundred yuan a ton a bit high?" ”

Gao Qiong pretended to be surprised and said: "One hundred yuan a ton? It seems like last week's price. Your Majesty, according to the latest price, it is already two hundred yuan a ton. Brinan I took another breath and looked at his treasurer for help, who nodded slightly, indicating that it was true.