Chapter 125: Soybeans in the Northeast
After another two days, Han Jiang and Han Shaoqi set off with five or six people.
After they arrived in Hancheng, they enclosed land to build a granary, and on the other hand, they contacted the Shaanxi and Gansu guerrillas, asking them to send a few guerrillas, and hired 80 poor peasants in northern Shaanxi to start preparing for the construction of a granary security team.
As for weapons and equipment, they will be sent along with the grain ship.
Qin Di erased the snatched weapon, put it in a large wooden box, and then handed it over to Sun Sheng to handle.
He himself doesn't need much attention, for him it's just a trifle.
Although it is said that one million tons of grain is already a lot, he is ready to import 10 million tons of grain in 1931!
Nor is all of this food imported from the United States. At this time, the world's four major granaries are Canada, the United States, Argentina and Australia.
Because of the economic crisis, food prices have fallen to very low levels. One bushel costs $0.33 for wheat, while one bushel is equal to 0.027 tons. That is, a ton of wheat costs $12, and to buy 10 million tons, it costs $120 million.
Although Qin Di's assets have added up to more than 500 million US dollars, the stolen money has not been laundered, the gold and jewelry will not be sold, and a large amount of funds have been deposited in the company.
Fortunately, there is a large gap in grain prices between China and the United States, and as long as he sells half of the imported grain, he will be able to recover the principal and continue to import, and the remaining grain can be stored.
In other words, his capital is equivalent to registered capital, which can be leveraged through constant rollover, combined with bank lending and delayed payments, to leverage large-scale grain transactions, and is not limited to 10 million tons.
However, due to the limited capacity of steamships, especially inland waterway shipping, it cannot be imported in unlimited quantities.
In fact, 10 million tons is already a very staggering number, because China only imported 100 million tons of grain in 2018. Of course, of that 100 million tons, eighty percent are soybeans. Qin Di mainly imported wheat and corn.
The same acre of land can produce 2,000 catties of corn, but can only produce 300 catties of soybeans?
Because soybeans are high in protein, high in calories stored, the same sunlight shines, photosynthesis, and energy is conserved.
Because of this, the average price of soybeans is 1.7 times that of wheat and 3 times that of corn.
This is also the reason why soybeans are the main food imports in later generations, because China lacks enough land to grow soybeans.
The previous analysis of the reasons for the Japanese invasion of Northeast China was not mentioned as an external cause, but there is actually a very important one, that is, it is related to soybeans.
In 1930, an economic crisis broke out in Japan, food was scarce, and the people fell into famine, but Tohoku was a covetous granary!
Since the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan has been importing soybeans from Tohoku.
At the beginning of the 20th century, soybeans in Northeast China were also in demand internationally.
In 1905, the Japanese occupied Dalian and positioned it as the "Manchurian Trade Center", and soybeans, soybean oil, and soybean cakes were continuously shipped to Japan.
In 1906, the Manchuria Railway was established, and Japan seized the right to garrison 1,100 kilometers of railways, thus controlling the situation in Northeast China and stepping up the plundering of Northeast resources.
In 1909, the Northeast exported 800,000 tons of soybeans.
Later, Zhang Zuolin became the king of Northeast China and wanted to regain some of his interests, but he angered the Japanese military, causing him to be seriously injured in the Huanggutun incident on June 4, 1928, and died after returning to Mukden.
Therefore, once a person is extremely hungry, he can fight for his life for a bite of food, and as a country, he can also fight for national fortune!
As a result, China maintained grain reserves throughout the year and never disclosed specific amounts. Without adequate food reserves, European and American countries will try their best to raise food prices, causing social unrest and rapid collapse in China.
Great power disputes and the law of the jungle have always been cruel things, and warmth is only the surface.
Qin Di stayed at home for more than 20 days, and when he thought of those guns in the Shenyang Arsenal, he couldn't help but be angry!
Seeing that the time is in early September, there will be a big incident in 10 days!
He felt very heavy in his heart, and he couldn't suppress his anger!
So, without notifying Yan Xue, he emptied his storage belt and took advantage of the dark night to rush to the north!
He is a foundation building monk, one jump is three miles away, 1720 kilometers from the magic capital to Shenyang, he actually arrived overnight!
During the day, Qin Di found a hotel in Shenyang to rest.
In the second half of the night, when people were sleepy and tired, he once again patronized the arsenal, avoided the guarding army, and loaded 100 cannons, more than 20,000 rifles, and more than 1,000 boxes of ammunition into the storage belt!
Then, he pulled two grenades, startled away the workers on duty, and in turn detonated the remaining ammunition!
That night, the arsenal was on fire, and the explosion was deafening!
By the next morning, when the explosion gradually subsided, thousands of troops and 30,000 workers gathered from all directions, and saw that the arsenal had been razed to the ground and thousands of machines had been turned into scrap metal.
"What goddamn bastard would do such a hurtful thing!"
"Oh my God! The factory is ruined, and from now on, everyone will be unemployed! My wife and children are going to drink the northwest wind!"
"In order to build a plant and debug machinery, how many technicians have spent countless efforts......"
"How could this happen? Didn't you say that the marshal sent an army to protect it? Near the arsenal, there was a brigade of the Northeast Army......
On the same day, Zhang Xueshan hurried over from Changchun, saw a piece of ruins, his heart was cramped, his face was pale, and he immediately took it out and grabbed it, wanting to kill someone!
"Rubbish, all fucking rubbish! What's the use of keeping you! Come on, all the soldiers, ten lashes each!all the officers, 50 sticks......"
"Prepare for war, prepare for war!
Qin Di hid in the distance and watched quietly, thinking: "If the Northeast Army can fully prepare for war, it will be a good thing!"
The next night, he visited the Marshal's Mansion again.
Last time, he came in a hurry and only stole gold and dollar cash, but in fact, the Marshal's Mansion was not only gold, but also other good things.
Qin Di took advantage of Zhang Xueshan to take away a large number of guards, carefully searched in the Marshal's Mansion all night, found two secret rooms, and found 40 boxes of silver dollars, 30 boxes of antique calligraphy and paintings, three boxes of jewelry, as well as many jade, ceramics, enamel, lacquerware, gold and silverware, bamboo, wood, tooth horns and other rare treasures, the value of which is unknown.
So, how much property was robbed of by the Japanese in history?
In 1990, Japan's NHK TV interviewed Zhang Xueshan: "Is it true that the commander of the Kwantung Army, Honjo Shigeru, transported your belongings to Beiping and returned them to you?"
Zhang Xueshan replied: "Not all belongings, only two trains were sent!"
It can be seen from this how rich the Zhang family is and how many people are greedy!