Chapter 316 Delayed Release

Chapter 316 Delayed Release

Chapter 316 Delayed Release
Magong Town.

Rice experimental base in Shiomachi Village.

Jiang Miao looked at the large field of rice in front of him and a smile appeared on his face.

In August, leaf blight spread from Indochina to Guangxi Province and soon spread rapidly across the country through the transportation and logistics system.

Although in October, after entering the southern part of the North China Plain, it was suppressed by the cold air from Siberia.

However, in Lingnan, Southwest China, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plain, rice, corn, sorghum and other grass crops have been widely infected with leaf blight.

Fortunately, preparations were made in advance in the country and no losses were caused.

In 2028, the various types of food crops harvested in China are:

1.5 million tons of rice.

1.3 million tons of wheat.

2.3 million tons of corn.

3.4 million tons of soybeans.

Sweet potato flour 2536 million tons.

Potato flour 3994 million tons.

Other grains: 2705 million tons.

Cassava has not yet entered the large-scale harvest stage, because new varieties of cassava generally require about 9 to 10 months to plant. Starting from the large-scale planting that began in June last year, the first batch of cassava can only be harvested at least until March this year.

However, Serbia's total grain output last year still reached an unprecedented 9.42 million tons, with an average of 671 kilograms of grain per capita.

This production capacity does not include the grain grown by rural farmers on small plots for their own use. If these are added together, the per capita grain output can be increased by dozens of kilograms.

At the same time, there is another "food" in the country that is overlooked by many people.

That's pasture.

The production capacity of the new generation of forage grass, which is centered on alfalfa, peanut vines, soybean vines, etc., has actually become very large, and these forage grasses have replaced a large part of the feed.

For example, soybean meal, which was very scarce in the country before, has now become very sufficient, and it can even be said that there is overcapacity.

In fact, from the fact that domestic companies continue to use soybean oil to refine biodiesel and use soybean protein as industrial raw materials, we can see that the domestic soybean production capacity is very sufficient.

The previous business of importing soybeans from Brazil and Argentina has also been changed to local consumption.

There is no way. Corn and wheat in South America are almost wiped out, and now we can only eat potatoes and soybeans. As for the disadvantage of eating too many beans and farting, the locals can actually tolerate it.

Even though these people used to be very pretentious, faced with soaring prices of corn and wheat, the local poor can only accept the reality of eating beans as their staple food.

Between starvation and farting, they now endure farting.

The surplus food in Seris is mainly exported to Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and some friendly regions.

Currently, the core East Asia, Northeast Asia, and Southeast Asia have a total population of about 23.8 billion. Combined with the remaining food stocks in these regions and after switching to growing cassava, sweet potatoes, and beans, the food supply is still relatively sufficient.

The per capita grain supply in these areas can reach about 415 kilograms.

In addition to the huge amount of meat, eggs and milk exported by Serbia, in fact, the current urban population consumes less than 200 kilograms of staple food each year.

If we don't eat vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs and milk, then the 200 kilograms of grain per person per year is really just enough to make ends meet. We need about 300 kilograms per person to barely get by.

However, if there are sufficient vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs and milk, the direct consumption of staple food will be reduced a lot.

Currently, about 42% of the feed for Seres' meat, egg and milk production comes from forage grass, and 58% of the remaining feed is grain or indirect products of grain (such as Egyptian catfish meal).

Therefore, Serbia currently has a large surplus of staple food, which is enough to ensure sufficient supply within the country, Northeast Asia, and Southeast Asia, and to sell about 5000 to 8000 million tons of food to regions such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

In addition to stopping the import of food from South America and Russia, the world's food supply is actually still relatively abundant. After all, America has a lot of corn, wheat and soybeans in stock.

However, the increasingly severe climate crisis and leaf blight crisis have caused many countries with food reserves to choose to hold their positions and wait and see.

Therefore, there is a food crisis in many areas at present.

As for the weird India, tens of millions of their people starved to death. That was their bad luck.

On the one hand, the climate in South Asia has accelerated the spread of leaf blight.

On the other hand, the staple food in South Asia is rice, plus a small amount of wheat, corn and potatoes. Except for potatoes, other food crops are targets of infection by leaf blight.

The third reason is that India’s agricultural model is a typical model of self-cultivating farmers and landlords. This agricultural model has a very strong historical inertia. It is difficult to force the conversion of these farmlands to plant other food crops without bloody lessons.

The fourth reason is the abnormal climate in India. Last summer, the temperature was extremely high, causing serious floods in some areas and severe droughts in others, which led to major problems in grain cultivation.

The fifth reason is that India did not have a strong food reserve system. When they discovered that India's food production had decreased by nearly 17% in the early summer, although they suspended rice exports, they still did not take the opportunity to import food. By the time leaf blight spread widely in the country, it was too late.

As India's autumn grain harvest last year dropped by nearly 45%, the terrible famine has become difficult to control.

And Seris is able to lend a helping hand.

But there was no thought of lending a helping hand.

Feed your own brothers first, and go to rescue the enemy? Don't be ridiculous.

Therefore, when all forces chose to stand idly by, Tianzhu collapsed. Even though some landlords and wealthy people had stored huge amounts of food, tens of millions of people still starved to death. Then zero-yuan purchases broke out on a large scale, followed by the national chicken-eating competition.

Various forces within India also made their appearance, directly following a late Ming Dynasty script.

This kind of bandit-style chicken-eating competition caused the already very fragile Indian agriculture to collapse completely and entered a vicious cycle.

This situation is not only happening in India, but all parts of South Asia are in this chaos.

In South Asia, the only areas that can barely maintain themselves are the two Shannan countries and Ceylon. These three areas can barely maintain themselves mainly because of their small populations and with the help of Seris.

In fact, if the local population was smaller, only about 200 to 300 million, perhaps America and Lucia would grit their teeth and provide tens of millions of tons of food to support India and other places in order to contain Seris.

But who can blame India, East Pakistan and West Pakistan in South Asia for having a combined population of 18.8 billion?

With such a large population, even if the per capita grain intake is 200 kilograms, at least 3.76 million tons of grain will be needed.

Due to natural disasters and man-made calamities, the grain output of these three regions last year was less than 2.1 million tons. Even if they rushed to plant potatoes and cassava, it was still a drop in the bucket.

What's more, many local landlords, wealthy people and businessmen are world-famous for their unhuman behavior.

At the beginning, America and Lucia donated millions of tons of food to try to help India and other places. The processed food was transported to the local areas, but it did not enter the mouths of the victims. Instead, fires and looting occurred inexplicably.

As to whether it was burned or robbed, it is unknown.

...

Jiang Miao actually didn't care at all whether the Indians lived or died. After all, he wasn't that philanthropic.

A researcher picked up a handful of rice and said, "Boss, these rice can be harvested."

"Okay, you organize people to harvest!" Jiang Miao nodded.

The rice in front of us is the new variety of rice that Jiang Miao has been cultivating since March last year. He has cultivated three generations in total, with a total of 1749 varieties.

进入决赛圈的三代品种只有五个，分别是盐稻25号、盐稻33号、旱稻7号、寒稻12号、香海9号。

Currently, only Salt Rice No. 25 is planted at the Yancheng Rice Experimental Base.

Salt Rice No. 33 at the Chongming Island Rice Base.

Upland Rice No. 7 is located in the northern Yunnan rice base.

Handao No. 12 is at the Beidahuang Rice Base.

Xianghai No. 9 is at the Gratitude Rice Base in Qiongzhou.

These rice varieties have their own characteristics. Apart from the common feature of being resistant to leaf blight, all other characteristics were carefully selected by Jiang Miao.

For example, Salt Rice No. 25 is characterized by its adaptability to the high-salt water areas of the southern coastal areas and its perennial nature. In the coastal areas of South China, it can be harvested three times a year, with an annual yield of about 350 kilograms per mu, and an annual yield of almost 1050 kilograms per mu.

The characteristics of Salt Rice 33 are similar to those of Salt Rice 25. The difference is that Salt Rice 33 can be grown in the Zhejiang Gaoguan Triangle and the coastal areas of Jiangsu Province, but it can only be harvested twice a year, with an annual yield of about 800 kilograms per mu.

These two varieties can tolerate salinity similar to that of seawater, and are both types of indica rice that are commonly eaten in the South.

Handao No. 12 is a variant of Wuchang rice. It is very fragrant, with a fragrance similar to Siamese fragrant rice, and its yield is slightly higher than that of Wuchang rice.

Upland Rice No. 7 is a perennial variety planted in mountains. It is a glutinous rice type variety with good resistance.

The last one, Xianghai No. 9, is bred with Siamese fragrant rice as its mother plant, and its main feature is one word: fragrant.

Its fragrance is about three times that of Siamese fragrant rice, but the yield is relatively low, only about 260 kilograms per mu. Fortunately, it is a perennial variety grown in South China and can achieve three harvests a year.

In fact, the last three varieties are relatively niche varieties.

The varieties that are truly strategically significant are Salt Rice 25 and Salt Rice 33, which have a relatively ordinary taste.

The reason why these two varieties have strategic value is that they can be directly irrigated using seawater, and can even be planted on floating islands on the sea surface.

As the sea level rises in the future, although coastal areas can rely on dams to prevent some coastal plains from being flooded, groundwater infiltration will be difficult to avoid.

Especially when the sea level is higher than the ground, a saline groundwater layer similar to Australia's Great Artesian Basin may form.

The situation in South China, such as Lingnan and Guangxi Province, is not so bad, after all, there are relatively few low-lying areas along the coast. However, in the Yangtze River Delta, Jiangsu Province, and Hebei Province, the low-lying areas in these plains are very large.

Jiang Miao plans to make preparations for both scenarios.

On the one hand, promote the construction of coastal dams.

On the other hand, the goal is to cultivate salt-tolerant crops.

If there is a problem with the coastal dams, causing seawater to flood the low-lying farmland in these areas, this salt-tolerant rice can be used as a remedial measure.

Just when Jiang Miao was lost in thought, a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses appeared beside him and whispered, "Academician Jiang, long time no see."

"It's Lao Zhang. How come you have time to come here?" Jiang Miao glanced at the other party. Although he had roughly guessed the other party's purpose through the identification panel, he did not say it out loud.

"I have something to ask." Old Zhang looked at the rice in front of him with a complicated expression on his face, and then he said in a low voice: "Academician Jiang, can the announcement of these rice varieties be postponed for a while?"

"Oh?" Jiang Miao pretended to be confused, then seemed to remember something, looked at him meaningfully, and then slowly said a time: "September this year at the latest."

"September? Sure."

The timing was very clever.

Because rice can only be grown in tropical and a small part of subtropical areas in September.

Jiang Miao then added: "I can temporarily postpone the release of the two varieties grown in South China until March next year."

Lao Zhang was very satisfied with the result: "Great! Thank you Academician Jiang for your cooperation."

Although Jiang Miao promised to solve the problem of breeding new varieties resistant to leaf blight within two years, there is a lot of room for maneuver during these two years.

12 months is also within two years, and 18 months and 24 months are also within two years.

Obviously, some people do not want Southeast Asia and South Asia to resolve the food crisis quickly.

Jiang Miao naturally had no objection to this situation. Anyway, he had cultivated the new variety within two years as promised.

By that time, taking into account the time for various approvals, cooperative research, etc., it is estimated that it may take three years for foreign countries to get the new varieties.

Jiang Miao can also take this time to further study these rice varieties. For example, he can develop hybrid varieties that can only be grown for one generation. This way, he can further restrict foreign countries from obtaining seeds and keep the seeds for himself.

Sometimes this measure is absolutely necessary.

After all, the barbarians are powerful but not afraid of virtue, which is a famous warning left by our ancestors.

Only a combination of sticks and sweet treats will make Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia more obedient.

Seeing that Jiang Miao agreed to cooperate, Lao Zhang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Jiang Miao had too strong a sense of morality and insisted on releasing new varieties now, which would affect some of Seris's strategic arrangements.

"By the way, Academician Jiang, how do you think we should respond to Annan's proposal to introduce new varieties of cassava?"

"..." Jiang Miao thought for a moment, then smiled and shook his head: "Since they are not giving up, we can agree to their introduction, but we can make some adjustments in other aspects."

Old Zhang understood what Jiang Miao meant.

"After all, other regions also have low-toxic cassava, but they are not as good. I guess they have secretly obtained some branches of the new variety of cassava through underground channels."

Lao Zhang nodded and said, "Annan did obtain some new varieties of cassava branches from underground channels and is secretly cultivating them into seedlings."

"That's it. By reducing industrial quotas, we can make them think clearly whether they want food or industry. There are not so many good things in this world that you can have both." Jiang Miao said calmly.

Old Zhang had a similar idea about what Jiang Miao said.

Want to have agricultural self-sustaining and industrial quotas? You are dreaming!
Similar to Siam, they are now very timid and have given up the idea of ​​self-sustaining agriculture and actively chosen to integrate into the Greater China economic circle.

Annan, on the other hand, has always been rebellious.

Now that Seris controls food supply, industrial quotas and various technologies, it will be easy for them to control the other side.

Especially now that America and the EU are fully withdrawing from East Asia, Annan has not completely recognized the reality. It can only be described in one sentence, that is:
Heart is higher than the sky, life is thinner than paper.

(End of this chapter)