Li Dong finally signed a memorandum of cooperation with Director Zhou, who represented the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, although it has no legal effect, but as long as it is beneficial to both parties, this agreement will be fulfilled.

After getting the memo, Li Dong handed over the matter to Jia Lin to be responsible, and his main work was transferred back to space. It is foreseeable that for a long time to come, due to drought, food shortages will become the norm.

Therefore, whether it is for his own interests or to do his part in the disaster, he has no choice but to desperately expand the space area and increase wheat production.

By the end of the year, Li Dong's efforts paid off, and with a steady stream of steel raw materials from the scrapyard and smelter, he tripled the space to an unprecedented 30,000 acres.

Of the more than 30,000 acres, wheat cultivation accounts for the majority of the area, about 26,000 acres. In last week's harvest alone, Li Dong supplied more than 25,000 tons of high-quality wheat to the flour mill in one go.

Of the remaining area, Xihu Lake accounted for 1,500 mu, pastures accounted for more than 1,000 mu, and Li Dong also tried to plant more than 1,000 mu of upland rice. Upland rice is different from wheat in that it requires more care and uses more water than wheat.

If it weren't for the automatic rain in the space, otherwise it would be enough for Li Dong to drink a pot of irrigation equipment. At present, the growth of upland rice is okay, and since there is no shortage of water in the space, the yield is expected to be much higher than that of the outside.

In the past six months, Li Dong has provided a total of 71,000 tons of wheat to the flour mill. After the secondary processing of the flour mill, this batch of wheat brought a total of more than 500 million yuan of income to Li Dong, which can be called a huge profit.

These are only the basic income obtained by Li Dong, and they have not yet counted Carrefour's profits. If Carrefour's income is added, then Li Dong can get at least 12,000 yuan for an average ton of wheat.

Just last month, Li Dong finally paid off the arrears owed by the bank and Zhu Bin, which he deliberately extended the time so as not to be suspected. With sufficient financial support, Li Dong invested another 50 million yuan in Carrefour and Xiaoyu Farm for expansion.

Jiangbei Bank and Zhu Bin are not fools, they were naturally stunned by Carrefour's profitability, and chose to follow up without hesitation. Only the Land Bureau was a little strained, and in the end only 10 million was invested, and the shares were diluted to 8 percent.

Xiaoyu Farm has the full support of Li Dong, a rich man, and he is not merciless in spending money. The area of the greenhouse has expanded from more than 1,000 acres at the beginning to 15,000 acres today, which has reached the extreme.

At this time, Li You was discussing with several surrounding farms to expand the area of Xiaoyu Farm. Li Dong supports it in principle, and now is the time when the drought is at its worst, and the timing is just right.

As for Carrefour, it was even more out of control. Some time ago, Jia Lin acquired a medium-sized supermarket chain, increasing the number of Carrefour stores to fifty-eight. Among them, there are two shopping malls, 18 hypermarkets, and the others are community supermarkets.

Although these acquisitions have a bit of a taste of robbery, shopping malls are like battlefields, and Li Dong is not a soft-hearted person. At this scale, Carrefour's stores have basically covered all parts of the capital.

The next step is to expand outward. It's just that limited by the speed of logistics, without the support of Xiaoyu Farm, Carrefour's development is not so smooth.

Li Dong is also thinking about a solution, and the most practical way at present is to establish a local farm to cooperate with Carrefour's development strategy. It's just that in this way, it's time for him to have a headache, after all, he's just a person, and he definitely can't be busy.

Zhu Bin provided a good reference suggestion, since fresh vegetables are not available, then change to dehydrated vegetables. Although dehydrated vegetables are certainly not as good as fresh vegetables in terms of taste and nutrition, this is the end of the world, and eating enough is the first choice.

"Li You, how is the establishment of the dehydrated vegetable factory?" Li Dong specially made a call to Li You, and Jia Lin had been urging him for several days.

The factory is jointly invested by Xiaoyu Farm and Carrefour, each with a 50% stake, and Xiaoyu Farm is responsible for running it. The site of the factory was also selected in Xiaoyu Farm, after all, the origin of raw materials here can save transportation costs and time.

"Boss, the equipment has arrived and is currently being installed. The employees have also been recruited, and Lu Zhengwei is taking them to training. Li You said that this factory is equivalent to a subsidiary of Xiaoyu Farm, and Lu Zhengwei is the new director appointed by Li Dong himself, and his qualifications and abilities are enough.

"I won't say more, tell Zhengwei and let him hurry up, Carrefour is waiting for this batch of vegetables to open." Li Dong urged.

Jia Lin had already chosen the location of the branch in the neighboring city of Maolin, and all the preparations were made, and he was counting on this batch of dehydrated vegetables to make a name for himself.

"Got it, I'll remind him. But boss, if you add the factory, the farm's water source will not be enough, you see, whether to build a new storage reservoir. ”

In fact, Li You knows very well in his heart that although he has a share of credit for the development of the farm, the key lies in Li Dong. Without the abundant and cheap water provided by Li Dong, the farm would have been in the same predicament as the surrounding farms.

"Well, the water transportation has been a bit frequent recently, so let's discuss it with Mr. Wang to see if we can build a million cubic meter storage reservoir at one time? If it is technically feasible, then build it as soon as possible, and if not, then build a few more small storage reservoirs. ”

Li Dong always wants to do it all at once, and with the biggest reliance on space, he is full of confidence.

"Well, boss, then this is a lot of investment, you just invested 50 million some time ago, is it okay to slow down first, we can take it slowly." Li You persuaded tactfully, he felt that Li Dong's step was too big.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about the financial matters, anyway, it's my private investment, and it has nothing to do with the farm." Li Dong now has only a lot of money left, and now that inflation is a bit high, he can't wait to invest it as soon as possible.

"Okay, and I have already negotiated with Anbei Farm, and we are ready to buy their farm as a wholly owned company, boss, do you want to take some time to come and have a look?" Li You reported that a major event like this acquisition must require Li Dong to personally nod and agree.

"Then the day after tomorrow, you can make an appointment with Director Zhang of the Land Bureau, and we will go to the scene together." Li Dong thought back on the itinerary of the past few days and found that he was only free the morning after tomorrow. At the end of the year, there are a lot of things, and he is okay, but Daddy and Auntie have returned late for many days in a row.