Chapter 307 Acceleration

Chapter 307 Acceleration

Chapter 307 Acceleration

8 month 28 day.

Sporadic cases of rice leaf blight infection began to appear near the border between Guangxi and Annan.

After receiving the emergency report from the local area, the leadership of Guangxi Province attached great importance to it, reported it to the higher authorities immediately, and activated the emergency plan at the same time.

The early rice in the local area has been harvested this year, and the late rice that is still being planted is generally late rice, and the planting time is only one or two months.

Therefore, the local people harvested the rice in advance and harvested the unripe rice as raw materials for silage.

After the rice fields are harvested, the cultivation of rice cassava and flour cassava is promoted across the board.

In fact, about 47% of the rice in Guangxi Province has been replaced with new varieties of cassava, so the situation is not as serious as imagined.

Following the outbreak of leaf blight in Guangxi Province, Lingnan, Qiongzhou, Fujian Province and Yunnan Province all promoted the cultivation of cassava and potatoes.

Various regions in the Yangtze River Basin began to comprehensively promote the planting of new varieties of soybeans, and also increased the planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

It is obvious that there is no hope in preventing the invasion of the yellow fungus in China.

Although there is still a lot of rice and paddy in stockpiles across the country, they will not be enough to sustain consumption in the next one or two years.

Fortunately, the early rice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plain has been harvested or is about to be harvested, so there is no need to worry about infection by leaf blight.

The harvest of early rice this year can barely replenish part of the stock.

Of course, despite this situation, there is no sign of a significant increase in domestic food prices.

Mainly because the government provided guidance in advance, many southern and northeastern regions, where rice is the staple food, began to increase the promotion of various new types of flour.

If you really want to eat rice, you can also buy potato rice and stock rice.

In fact, many families who eat rice on a daily basis have already made preparations in advance and increased the proportion of coarse grains, mainly beans and potatoes, and then added one-third of the required rice.

This leaf blight will greatly change the eating habits in many regions.

However, for the northern and northwestern regions, their staple food is mainly flour, so there is no need to worry too much. There are many new types of flour in the country that can replace traditional wheat flour and corn flour. The most difference is the taste and flavor.

Those catering companies changed very quickly. Many far-sighted noodle shops almost immediately replaced wheat flour and corn flour with new flour.

at the same time.

In Qiongzhou, as the core banana planting area designated by Hailufeng Company, the local banana planting scale has reached a new high.

However, the new variety of bananas planted this year is not the previously promoted Big Mike, Little Mike, or Red Mike, but the new Rice Banana series.

The Xinmijiao series is actually one of the banana varieties that Jiang Miao had cultivated before, but he did not pay much attention to this series of bananas before.

Because the main features of this series of bananas are “large quantity and sufficient to fill you up” and “short growth cycle”.

The yield of new rice banana can reach about 8500 to 9200 kilograms per mu. The growth cycle in Qiongzhou area is about 6 months, so two seasons can be achieved in a year.

However, the disadvantages of this kind of banana are also very obvious, that is, it contains very few flavor substances and has a relatively low sweetness. It tastes like chewing a piece of tasteless gummy candy.

Fortunately, this variety of banana has a relatively high carbohydrate content, including about 23% starch and about 5% fructose, which adds up to almost 28%.

In addition, the stems of this variety of bananas contain a lot of starch, which is somewhat similar to sago palm, but the molecular structures of the starch of the two are slightly different. The molecular structure of banana starch is similar to that of glutinous rice.

The stems of the new banana series contain about 8% banana starch, which means the starch yield per mu is about 400 kilograms.

Originally, this type of banana had no commercial value, but now there is an outbreak of leaf blight, so it is necessary to further increase the variety of food sources.

After all, no one knows whether there are other threatening ancient microorganisms in the Antarctic ice sheet.

Now the Poaceae family has fallen.

Among the remaining staple foods, most soybeans and other legumes belong to the leguminous family, potatoes belong to the Solanaceae family, and sweet potatoes belong to the Convolvulaceae family.

Now it is necessary to add a Musaceae family to fill some of the vacancies in the Poaceae family.

In particular, the stems and leaves of the new rice banana series contain a large amount of crude fiber, starch, vitamins, minerals, and a small amount of protein, which can be used as feed. Combined with high-protein Senzu soybeans, it is a relatively good combination feed.

The new banana series does not need to be fully mature. It can be harvested directly after about 5 months of growth. Green bananas can be used directly as staple food.

The new rice banana series started to be planted on a large scale in Qiongzhou in March. In just about half a year, about 247 million mu of them were planted. At the same time, about 186 million mu of cassava were also planted.

The first batch of newly planted bananas are now ready to be harvested.

The rice fields in Gratitude City are now full of new bananas.

The workers cutting bananas were wearing vests and straw hats, holding long-handled sickles, with the scorching sun overhead.

Cut the banana stem directly off.

Bang! A bunch of green bananas fell to the ground.

The farm workers did not think of accepting the idea because there was no need to do so. These green bananas were not fruit bananas but staple food bananas and would be taken to the factory for further processing later.

Another farm worker took a noose, put it around the bunch of bananas, then hung the other end of the rope on a steel cable and pulled the bananas up.

There is a special pulley set on the steel cable that can pull the bananas to the highway outside, where there are concrete roads and transport vehicles.

In the area where bananas are harvested, an improved harvester is rapidly harvesting the banana stems and leaves. The stems and leaves swallowed by the harvester are instantly further crushed and then sprayed onto the bed of a transport truck following nearby.

The crushed stems and leaves will be transported to the silage processing plant, fermented by adding white sugar, and then used as silage.

The green banana processing factory on the other side has received a steady supply of green bananas.

These green bananas are first cut into individual pieces, then cleaned and selected by a machine, and then enter the peeling machine to remove the outer banana peel.

After the banana peel is removed, the remaining banana pulp is sent to a high-temperature disinfection workshop for unified disinfection.

After disinfection, the banana pulp will be dehydrated under negative pressure using silicon carbide nanotubes to remove 99% of the moisture in the pulp. Finally, a compression process similar to that of compressed biscuits will be used to compress the foam board-like pulp into hard banana starch blocks.

Of course, this is a relatively simple product.

The factory also has other products, such as compressed starch blocks with complete nutrition produced by adding soy protein powder and minerals. The reason for this treatment is mainly to extend the shelf life. After being sealed and packaged, in a dry and cool storage room, this compressed starch block can be stored for two to three years.

Hailufeng Company has opened a number of directly-operated restaurants in the urban area of ​​Gratitude City, including Western Fast Food and Jianghai Restaurant. They are also the first catering companies to try to use compressed starch blocks to make dishes.

Many tourists coming from the mainland are eating at Western fast food restaurants.

"Hello, guests. This is your set meal. We will also give you a complimentary serving of cheese and banana mash." The waiter who came over with the food handed it to the two out-of-town tourists with a smile.

"Thank you." The young man in the baseball cap nodded slightly.

"You're welcome. Enjoy your meal." The waiter then left.

Looking at the set meal on the table, the two started eating.

The two ordered durian pizza, beef burgers, New Orleans grilled wings, two complimentary bowls of cheese banana mash and two glasses of sugarcane cola.

"Gulp gulp... huh..." After taking a big sip of Coke, the young man in the baseball cap looked very happy: "It feels so good to drink a sip of iced Coke in this hot summer. It's really refreshing."

"The durian pizza from Western Fast Food is still the best." The female companion was a girl with short hair and glasses. She wore disposable gloves, picked up a piece of freshly baked durian pizza, and took a big bite of most of it.

The man in the baseball cap put down his glass and smiled: "Of course, they are backed by the Hailufeng Company, so the durian pulp they use is relatively good, and they are very generous with the ingredients, and the price is not inflated."

“Hmm…” The girl with glasses already had her mouth full of durian pizza.

As a newly emerging fast food company, West Fast Food has indeed developed very rapidly. It currently has 358 branches across the country and is still expanding rapidly.

As a company with a relatively complete industrial chain, Hailufeng and its subsidiaries do have huge innate advantages in fast food.

In addition, all Western fast food restaurants are directly operated, with no so-called franchise stores, so the management is very strict, the ingredients are genuine, and the portions are substantial.

Many Western fast food restaurants like to play with portion sizes, such as the size of pizza, which is an area with great room for growth.

People who often eat Western fast food, if they are the more careful type, will easily find that the 8-inch pizza of Western fast food is a circle larger than the same type of 8-inch pizza outside. In addition, the ingredients are very solid, which naturally attracts a lot of young people.

On the other hand, the prices of Western fast food are relatively cheap, similar to those of Wallace, and it focuses on the market of cheap fast food.

For many tourists, if they eat in a place and find the local food not to their liking, Western Fast Food and Jianghai Restaurant become their last resort choices.

For example, the girl in the baseball cap and glasses who is eating heartily.

The girl with glasses took a big sip of Coke, then picked up a spoon and scooped a spoonful of cheese banana mash: "Huh? This cheese banana mash is pretty good!"

"It should be a new product. When they launch a new product, they will give it away for free for half a month." The man in the baseball cap is well aware of the tricks of Western fast food, but many people really fall for it.

In fact, the cost of cheese and banana mash is not high. For Western fast food, even if it is given away for half a month, it will not lose much money.

After all, Hero Dairy can produce cheese on a large scale, and banana starch blocks are produced locally in Gratitude City. With the addition of some seasonings, the cost is definitely not that high.

at the same time.

Siam, which voluntarily surrendered, also obtained special approval, allowing it to purchase a batch of grain from Seris as emergency food throughout the year.

As the world's largest rice exporter, Siam never imagined that one day it would need to come to Seris to purchase food.

The approved Siam Grain Trading Company was divided into three groups.

All the way to the Northeast to purchase soybeans.

Go all the way to Gui Province to order cassava.

We came all the way to Gratitude City in Qiongzhou, where they inspected the new bananas that were being harvested.

Thanks to the Xinmijiao Food Factory.

Larigong looked at the director of the food factory, Zhu Baijie, who was introducing the products nonstop while the translator was quickly translating the conversation between the two parties.

"Mr. Larry, these banana starch blocks can be directly brewed with hot water or boiled, and then added with some vegetables, fruits or meat, and then eaten directly."

Another factory manager placed some of the prepared dishes on plates and handed them to Larry Gong and his group to taste.

After taking a few bites, Larry wiped his mouth and nodded: "It tastes okay, similar to mashed potatoes, but sweeter."

Zhu Baijie did not intend to pester him, but said lightly: "Many areas in Africa use bananas as their staple food. If you are interested, you can buy some and try it back."

As for whether the other party is willing to purchase, it is actually not important to Hailufeng Company.

After all, there is a global food shortage now. Large-scale famine has begun to occur in South Africa and South Asia, and some places have no channels to purchase food.

Larikorn was naturally aware of Siam's current situation. Even though they had cut their rice export share this year, the inventory of more than 10 million tons could not last long.

So he asked directly: "Director Zhu, what is the price of this compressed starch block?"

"3500 yuan per ton."

"3500 Huayuan per ton?" When Larry Gong heard the price, he immediately started calculating in his mind.

It seems that this price is very cheap within Seris, but the problem is that there is a large-scale appreciation of the Chinese yuan. If priced in US dollars, 3500 Chinese yuan is equivalent to about 1000 US dollars.

Fortunately, Seris has provided a special payment plan, which is to offset it through minerals and other assets.

For example, Siam recently plans to hand over the entire Isthmus of Kra to Seres companies for development, including selling the land in the area and the canal operating rights for 99 years. The annual rent generated will be a considerable cash flow.

All these cash flows are in Huayuan, so Siam can directly use Huayuan for purchases, which is naturally not a big problem.

As for the US dollars that Siam had previously stockpiled, they had already been sold off. Due to the recent depreciation of the US dollar, Siam suffered heavy losses from the sale of these US dollar assets.

If it were not for the sale of land in the Isthmus of Kra and the rights to develop and operate the canal, which resulted in a large amount of Chinese dollars as reserves, the value of the Siamese dollar would probably have been directly destroyed.

Although the losses were heavy, Siam was at least much better off than India. After all, the population of Siam was not too large. India had a population of more than one billion. Not to mention Serbia, even if all the grain reserves of other countries in the world were taken out, it might not be enough to feed these more than one billion people.

Since Southeast Asia is close to Seris, it would not be difficult to lend a hand as long as they are willing to cooperate.

As for India, we can only hope for the best.

(End of this chapter)