Academy of Sciences, Shonan Hybrid Rice Research Center.

At this time, the north and south of the river have been drifting thousands of miles of snow.

Thousands of acres of bare rice experimental fields, except for some dead branches and leaves, are the occasional remnants of snow, and the snow in the south is so fragile.

At this time, Huang Mingzhe was in the research center, and he and an old man visited the greenhouse cultivation base.

The old man not only has his hands covered with ravines, but his face is also full of the erosion of time, but his eyes are blazing, and the vicissitudes of life in the eighty-five years have washed away the pure heart of the lead.

The old man waved his hand and motioned for the assistants left and right to leave, obviously he had something to say to Huang Mingzhe.

And Huang Mingzhe also signaled Zhang Shihe to take people into the distance, and soon there were only two people left within 100 meters, and the old man said with a solemn expression: "Mingzhe, the idea of you to engage in indoor agriculture is very good, but the reality may not allow it." ”

"Yuan Lao is worried about the peasant problem!" Huang Mingzhe understands the contradiction between indoor farming and the country's large agricultural population.

Yuan Lao nodded and sighed: "If the peasant problem is not solved, the agricultural factory you envisioned will be difficult." At present, the domestic agricultural problem is very big, and it will worsen in the future, it is difficult! And it's a dilemma! ”

Yuan Lao has been engaged in agriculture all his life, and it is easy to see the essence of the domestic agricultural problem, which shows the grim situation and the complexity of the interests involved.

The main problem is the large population with limited arable land, and the lack of water resources.

Moreover, the current domestic food supply is based on the overuse of land and the import of large quantities of foreign grain.

If one day the land is no longer able to grow crops due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers and over-cultivation, or if foreign countries do not sell grain, the problem of feeding at home will face a huge challenge.

Why is it getting worse? Why don't farmers farm anymore? It's simple, tired, no money.

There is really no money for farming, because the prices of labor, fertilizers, seeds, pesticides, agricultural machinery, fuel oil, etc., will rise, but the price of food is not allowed to rise.

If the cost rises unilaterally and the sales remain the same, then the profit will naturally fall.

Is food prices allowed to rise? It's true that food is cheap now, and it doesn't seem like a problem to double it, but this idea lacks comprehensive consideration.

In any country, the price of grain is the basis of 100 prices, and it will have a magnifying effect on all other prices, doubling the price of grain, and the price of all kinds of labor may increase several times.

Because all labor is to eat, and the products and services we currently use unite the labor force of countless people. In other words, the current prices of all kinds of commodities in our country include the cost of rations for countless people.

The cost of this ration has gone up, and the price of each production and circulation link will be increased, and finally the end consumer will pay for it.

What changes will such a large-scale, large-scale price increase cause? It will mainly have a great impact on the current urban economy.

At present, the urban economy is mainly developed by borrowing, and all walks of life are trying to dig out the savings in the hands of ordinary people.

If people have little savings left and their basic daily necessities have risen sharply, they will still choose to eat when they have to choose between paying off their debts and eating.

As a result, debts cannot be repaid, and they become bad debts, triggering crises in banks and other financial institutions, which is called systemic financial risk.

At the same time, the capitalists are enjoying low-cost labour, and have come up with theories to prove that domestic development must keep wages down.

At this time, the price of daily necessities has risen, forcing the wages of labor to rise, and the capitalists are not going to make a fuss? Therefore, the resistance is very great, and although the capitalists do not say anything, they really want the peasants to work without taking money.

The peasants are not fools, who will work if they don't take money, and the capitalists are unwilling to make concessions, so the peasants can only non-violent and non-cooperative, and stop farming.

As for state subsidies, that's a drop in the bucket. And it is even more impossible to get those capitalists to pay for subsidies.

Huang Mingzhe looked at the rows of seedling trays that were preparing seedlings, as if he could see through the essence of things: "Everything is backward in productivity. ”

Yuan Lao didn't know that it was a problem of productivity, and there was also the current entanglement of the interests of all parties, he was engaged in hybrid rice, and he could not do anything about social problems.

Both of them were preoccupied, discussing issues while visiting the base.

Obviously, this time the G organization is fighting snakes and hitting seven inches, directly attacking the weakness of China, people can not use mobile phones and computers, and they can not buy cars and houses, but they cannot skip meals.

Once a country has a food problem, it will inevitably trigger a series of chain reactions, ranging from economic recession to social unrest, and possibly even a complete collapse.

The bitter lessons of history tell us that when we don't have enough to eat, it's often the time to take risks.

In January 2015, international grain prices continued to rise, and major grain exporting countries reduced the scale of grain exports and raised export grain prices.

The price of grain futures in the international financial market has risen by 50~70% in less than a week.

And Huang Mingzhe has been prepared for a long time, since you continue to raise the price of grain, then I will harvest grain futures and use the funds obtained from futures to make up for it.

The Central Grain Reserve has urgently checked the grain stocks in the reserve warehouses in various localities to ensure the safety of these grain silos, and has continuously increased the stocks.

At the same time, TV stations and the Internet are also carrying out propaganda, asking the whole people not to waste food and food, encourage meal packing, save water, and so on.

A multi-pronged approach is aimed at ensuring food security in the country.

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During three days at the Shonan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Huang Mingzhe and Yuan Lao discussed a lot of issues and realized the grim state of food and agriculture in China.

In Huang Mingzhe's view, it is necessary to carry out structural adjustment of domestic agriculture and at the same time ensure the stability and income of peasants.

In terms of food production, it is necessary to promote the agricultural factory model and convert a part of the agricultural population into agricultural workers.

On the other hand, it is necessary to expand the production of fruits, vegetables, and agricultural and sideline products, so that some farmers can turn to this side.

Finally, there are some problems, that is, technical problems, transportation and preservation of agricultural products, and the circulation of sales.

During this period, he discussed these things with the other hall masters of the Netherworld Mansion in the Dream Realm of Nanke, and also asked the Institute of Social Research of the Academy of Sciences to redesign the agricultural model and plan for the next transformation.

The Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering have a special virtual city in the Nanke Dream Realm - Truth City.

Huang Mingzhe came to the Social Research Institute of Truth City, and it was midnight at this time, but the lights were still bright in the Social Research Institute.

"Mr. Huang, we have preliminarily discussed a series of plans." Wang Yadong, president of the Institute of Social Research, said.

On his side were Lin Hai, the director of the Agricultural Research Institute, and others.

"Let's discuss it at the meeting, let's hurry up." Huang Mingzhe said as he walked.

A moment later, hundreds of researchers appeared in the conference hall, including more than 70 from the Institute of Social Research and more than 30 from the Agricultural Research Institute, all of whom were the elite of the two research institutes.

They had to be cautious about this discussion, because the issue of agriculture is very important, and a single mistake can lead to the harm of thousands of farmers.

Huang Mingzhe was sitting precariously and glanced around at everyone before he spoke: "The meeting has officially begun, and everyone is talking freely. ”

However, the researchers did not immediately speak in a hurry, but began to discuss in a whisper.