Living like a salted fish in the end times

Chapter 385 Seaweed Planting Factory
"Besides bureaucracy, are there other problems?" Zhang Hao continued to ask.

"Yes, the infrastructure capacity here is too rubbish. Except for a few wealthy areas, the whole city is simply a super slum, and even many places are not connected to electricity. The living environment is harsh, far beyond imagination."

"There is no local advantageous industry, and the finances are tight. The transfer payment close to the central government is almost a drop in the bucket. At this stage, there is no solution to this problem."

Zhang Hao shook his head helplessly.

"Brother-in-law, you are wrong."

Yang Haoxuan couldn't help retorting.

Zhang Hao frowned: "What's wrong?"

"Including Rio de Janeiro, Brazil still has advantageous industries. Their bioethanol technology has developed very well and has great potential."

"Bioethanol? Alcohol?"

"That's right, it's fuel alcohol. They invented a technology that uses seaweed to produce ethanol. Seaweed is easy to grow, but it's not food. If the cost can be reduced, the possibility of replacing petroleum cannot be ruled out."

Yang Haoxuan briefly introduced.

When Zhang Hao heard this, he immediately became interested: "Using seaweed to produce alcohol? Can you tell me in detail?"

"Brother-in-law, I don't know much about the specific situation. I suggest you ask Deputy Mayor Tang. He must be the one who knows best."

Yang Haoxuan suggested on the spot.

"Tang Weimu?" Zhang Hao touched his chin, his face full of doubts: "I listened to the economic report at the city hall for more than three hours in the morning, and he revealed every bit of the relevant situation. If you hadn't told me, I would have been kept in the dark!"

"Actually, it's not difficult to understand. The underground bars in Brazil are almost flooded. Brother-in-law, where do you think their alcohol comes from?"

"You mean..."

"Yeah, just what you think."

Zhang Hao suppressed his anger and said: "It's so courageous, the government has banned alcohol, and they actually committed the crime knowingly."

"Brother-in-law, it is said in "Das Kapital" that if there is a % profit, the capitalists will take risks; if there is a % profit, the capitalists will flout the law; if there is a % profit, then the capitalists will trample on everything in the world!
As we all know, selling bootleg alcohol can definitely be regarded as huge profits, even if there is no % profit, there are % to %, and they don't waste food, how can this be banned? "

Yang Haoxuan's analysis was very thorough.

"How do you know that there is % to % profit?"

Zhang Hao was a little curious.

"It was Nana who told me, and this is only the income that the official can get. If you add middlemen and sales terminals, it is not difficult to double it by three or five times."

Yang Haoxuan couldn't help showing envy.

Zhang Hao suddenly realized: "So that's the case. No wonder Tang Weimu didn't say a word. If he really lost such a large amount of income, he would probably die of heartache."

"Brother-in-law, you know now, do you have any ideas?" Yang Haoxuan tried to ask.

"What do you think I should do? Is it a severe blow? Or let it go and pretend I didn't see it?"

Zhang Hao asked casually.

Yang Haoxuan nodded without hesitation: "From a rational point of view, the entire bootleg liquor industry chain should be destroyed to maintain the federal authority, but in reality it is not so easy.

There are big and small gangs behind these bootlegs. Once they are forced to clean up, it is easy to set off a bloodbath. Historically, the United States and Mao Russia also had alcohol prohibition laws, but they all failed in the end. "

"What you said makes sense, but it's definitely not okay to let it go. If bootleg alcohol floods the entire Federation, it will be too late to clean it up."

Zhang Hao sighed after finishing speaking.

Yang Haoxuan immediately straightened up and said in a low voice, "Brother-in-law, do you want to do something?"

Zhang Hao shook his head: "Using force to solve the problem is the next strategy, unless it is a last resort. From the current point of view, it is obvious that we have not reached that point yet."

"Then brother-in-law, you..."

Zhang Hao gritted his teeth, and said decisively: "Heavy taxes must be imposed. On the one hand, it is to limit the scale of alcoholics; on the other hand, it is to distribute wealth, so as to prevent local finances from getting deeper and deeper, and even contribute to the flood of bootleg alcohol."

"Taxation? How to tax? Do you want to cancel the prohibition?" Yang Haoxuan was puzzled.

"Instead of lifting Prohibition, we can change our thinking and impose heavy taxes on seaweed cultivation factories to eat the biggest piece of cake from the source."

"Will this work? After all, South America is too chaotic to manage effectively. Even if it is pushed forward, the effect will be greatly reduced."

"Don't worry about this. The seaweed planting factory is not a small workshop. It needs to use a large area of ​​the ocean and plant growth lights. You can't hide it if you want to."

Zhang Hao has a well-thought-out plan.

Clearly, oceans are easier to manage than land.

Of course, indoor planting methods can also be used, but this will greatly increase the cost of planting, and it is completely a loss-making business.

Loss-making business, no one does it!
"Huh? It seems to be the same!" Yang Haoxuan patted his head after finishing speaking, "I remember Nana said that for every milliliters of bioethanol, at least five kilograms of dried seaweed is needed, and the demand for seaweed is very large."

"It appears that a new South Atlantic fleet will be necessary to allow for greater oversight."

Zhang Hao made up his mind instantly.

Yang Haoxuan immediately clapped his hands and applauded: "Brother-in-law, I support you. Anyway, the wool comes from the sheep. In this way, we can not only strengthen the control over South America, but also win over the navy. It can kill two birds with one stone."

"Stinky boy, your brain is not slow."

Zhang Hao cursed with a smile.

At the end of the conversation, Yang Haoxuan suddenly remembered something: "Brother-in-law, can you fire the director of the Education Bureau here for another reason?"

"What's going on?" Zhang Hao asked in confusion.

Yang Haoxuan talked about his concerns, mainly because he was afraid that the Education Bureau would retaliate against the two "whistleblower" students.

Zhang Hao stretched out his hand and patted his brother-in-law's shoulder: "You think too much, and you want to fire the dignified chief of the bureau just because of such a trivial matter? Let me tell you, it's just wishful thinking.

Let's do it my way, I plan to give him a sudden rise and fall, and completely cut off his political life, which is more punitive than firing him. "

"Brother-in-law, I listen to you."

Yang Haoxuan said simply.

……

Early the next morning, Zhang Hao temporarily changed his itinerary, saying that he wanted to visit the largest seaweed plant in the city, which made Tang Weimu suddenly have a bad feeling.

"Consul, the sea is windy and the waves are rough, there are some small fishing boats on the side of the seaweed farm, you can't risk your own safety..."

"It's okay, I'll ask the escort fleet to send a warship over, don't worry about safety."

Zhang Hao quickly thought of a countermeasure.

"Uh, all right!"

Tang Weimu couldn't find a reason to refuse.

However, he still secretly found an opportunity and explained a few words to his assistant, asking him to go to the farm to prepare for the reception in advance to avoid problems.

An hour later, the JBS seaweed plant arrived, a privately held company formerly the federation's third-largest supplier of animal protein.

Later, with the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano, it transformed into the largest seaweed planting enterprise in Brazil, with production bases all over Brazil.

Looking at the majestic factory gate in front of him, Zhang Hao couldn't help revealing something thought-provoking:

"Deputy Mayor Tang, this gate must have cost a lot of money, right? To be honest, the gate of the Consul's mansion is nothing compared to it."

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