Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 294: Causes and Suspension of the Food War

East Coast of North America, North Carolina.

This is one of the swing states in North America and also one of the states with the largest rural populations in North America.

It has vast plains and many rivers, and was once dominated by tobacco and cotton cultivation.

But by the mid-20th century, affected by the costs of raw materials, labor, etc., agriculture gradually declined, a large number of people left, and the country was forced to focus on developing biotechnology and high-tech industries.

10 month 15 number.

The state's largest port, Wilmington.

Dry cargo containers filled with soybeans, corn and wheat are stacked up like mountains.

Many security guards in special combat uniforms, riding on small sidecars or driving fire trucks, carefully patrol every corner.

A large number of technicians also use temperature measuring rods and constant temperature guns to check the internal condition of dry cargo containers.

Klin stood in the tallest building in the port, holding a telescope, looking down at everything below.

Grain is a bulk commodity. It is difficult to store even 500 million tons, let alone hundreds of millions of tons.

So he set up more than 30 grain companies in North America and South America, and stored the purchased grain separately.

This means increased management costs and increased risks in all aspects.

It also means that after Sanyuan Agriculture transfers the market, the capital groups that have taken over the Eastern market will set their sights on these grains.

They may not burn it, but they will definitely seal it up.

To this end, Kling used 2000 million US dollars to lobby Republican lawmakers in the states where the grain was located to prevent Smith Sr. from using the power of the Democratic faction to officially seize the grain.

Thanks to Yu Sanyuan selling the market for mechanical electronics and CNC machine tools to Unilever, a new round of cooperation was reached with Bush.

It also benefited from the fact that both sides had a common enemy. Yu Sanyuan had to deal with ADM, and Old Bush had to deal with Old Smith.

The Republican congressmen who received donations from the government, as well as the state police, city police, and local police who received donations, were very dedicated to protecting the granary.

But the whole world knows that the 'United Grain Group of America' it formed is affiliated to Oriental Sanyuan Agriculture.

Old Smith would not tear his enemies apart in North America, but in South America, he would definitely resort to violence to seize things.

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South America, Ecuador.

Located at the equator, the climate here is warm and humid, which is very suitable for agricultural development.

It has 1.2 million mu of arable land and an annual grain output of about 2000 million tons.

However, the most produced products are bananas, pomegranates, dragon fruit and white shrimps, and they lead the world in trade and have a profound impact on the global economy.

However, in the 70s, North America intervened here in the name of "Operation Condor" and listed it as "North American Territory". Since then, Ecuador began to use US dollars and quickly became a paradise of sin, a capital of thieves, and the world's money-making base.

10 month 20 number.

Ecuadorian senior officials held an emergency meeting.

Because food prices have continued to rise in the past month, local farmers and local grain companies have all been selling frantically.

Even the grain reserves were secretly sold by official corrupt officials or hacked into by thieves and transported away overnight.

If this continues, at least half of Ecuador's 12 million people will face starvation in a month.

Then the country collapsed and fell into endless war...

In fact, Ecuador had also thought about expelling overseas grain traders, but the main forces that came to collect grain were the United Grain Group of America established by the former North American general manager Klin, and ADM owned by the Smith family, a North American financial giant.

The former has signed a large number of mercenaries and is extremely well-armed. Even the North American military base in Ecuador does not dare to test its power easily.

The latter has its own maritime escort force and directly dispatched an 8000-ton destroyer, two commercial-converted ironclad ships, and 1000 North American Navy soldiers, which were enough to destroy Ecuador.

In addition, there are world grain traders Cargill and Bunge, as well as seed traders DuPont and Monsanto...
It can be said that there is no point in holding this emergency meeting.

Just sitting together and sighing.

in silence.

There was a loud noise in the distance, and then the assistant to the general manager hurried into the meeting room.

"Mr. Butler, Cologne is dead."

"Cologne?!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

Colon is a super tycoon who is rampant in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela.

It has more than 5,000 men and is well-equipped. It is said that there is a North American defense contractor behind it.

Over the past decade, Cologne has infiltrated the police and military systems of several neighboring countries and has also committed several assassinations of senior national executives.

"How did he die?"

"Cologne sent people to attack the No. 117 granary of the American United Grain Corporation of Klin, and clashed with Klin's mercenaries. Two minutes later, ten high-precision missiles hit the villa where Cologne was. When he was dug out from the rubble by the hounds, only half of his head was left."

"···"

"However, the commander of our North American military base, Major Coreno, led his troops to Granary No. 117."

The Ecuadorian governor sighed, "They have already harvested most of the food they should have. I'm afraid they will plunder each other next."

"I hope this place won't be turned into a war zone."

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the other side.

The port of Guayaquil is close to the Pacific Ocean.

At 10 a.m., Major Coreno, commander of the North American military base in Ecuador, led more than 117 Marines in assault vehicles, infantry vehicles, Black Hawk helicopters, etc., and surrounded the No. warehouse of the "United Grain Group of America" ​​set up by the Klins in South America.

Hundreds of security guards guarding the granary, wearing masks and holding rifles, confronted the Marines.

The person in charge of the No. 117 granary, a capable black-skinned cultural person, stepped forward to negotiate, "Sir, we are a legal enterprise and should enjoy the treatment of North American tax-paying enterprises."

"I regret to tell you that pirates have attacked our supply lines. In order to ensure food supply, the many North American bases in Ecuador must levy you here."

"But what we store is wheat, not flour, let alone bread, and you can't use 300 million tons of inventory."

“This is not something you can influence.”

"Sir, I need you to show me the relevant procedures and documents, otherwise I will explain the situation here to the federal court."

"Of course there is no problem with the formalities. We are requisitioning legally."

Coreno took out the "Federal Overseas Base Emergency Measures Order" and the "Fifth Amendment to the Federal Constitution" that had just been revised and publicized by the Democratic faction's chief justice.

The general meaning is that the federal constitution stipulates that the North American military, federal police, state police, county and town police, and the Marine Corps may not expropriate private property for public use without fair compensation. There must be compensation for any expropriation, and there can be no expropriation without compensation.

But the Federal Supreme Court held that if the federal government destroyed property in response to an emergency, it could invoke the "no compensation principle" to exempt the government from its obligation to compensate.

In other words, in an emergency, overseas bases can occupy granary No. 117, including other granaries, and no compensation is required even if all the food in them is used up.

The bill was extremely beneficial to Bush, who was currently leading his troops to attack Afghanistan, and the Republican faction had no reason to refuse it.

Congress therefore acquiesced to the amendment.

But Old Bull obviously didn't expect that Old Smith came up with this thing in order to steal food from Sanyuan Agriculture.

After reading the documents, the person in charge of Warehouse No. 117 shrugged helplessly and called out to the hundreds of security guards who were on high alert, "Gentlemen, I'm very sorry, we are out of work."

"Oh, shit!"

Many security guards wearing masks cursed, threw away their guns, and dispersed on the spot.

Seeing this, Coreno secretly breathed a sigh of relief as if he had accomplished an important mission, and waved his hand to signal the Marine Corps to take over the granary.

next second.

A missile of unknown model accurately hit the Black Hawk helicopter parked in the open space outside granary No. 117.

Fierce flames rose into the sky, and the deafening sound spread throughout most of the port city.

Then, with the appearance of two more missiles, screams and air defense sirens filled Coreno's ears.

Boom boom...
When the missiles landed, the two assault vehicles were shattered into pieces, and more than a dozen North American soldiers who were unable to dodge were knocked over several times.

"Enemy attack!"

However, the shrill cries did not bring any support. Instead, an 8000-ton American destroyer slowly appeared in the harbor.

"The Russell! It's ours!"

"No, Colonel, they're flying a crossbones flag!"

"Fuck! The Russell was robbed by pirates? This world must be crazy!"

The words have not yet fallen.

Whoosh~boom!
Another Black Hawk helicopter was destroyed.

"Support, we need fire support!"
Coreno picked up the personal radio and contacted the nearest North American base, "Sink that son of a bitch!"

Unexpectedly, dozens of white smoke streaks passed through the sky, followed by a series of explosions coming from the northwest.

Immediately the communicator went silent.

Obviously, the base is gone.

the most important is.

The Russell, flying the skull and crossbones flag, released more than 30 large fireworks in succession into the sky above the port of Guayaquil.

Then spider silk and silver-gray powder floated all over the sky.

"Is this a graphite bullet?!"

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!!!"

Major Coreno watched countless landing craft enter the port without any intention of sniping the enemy. He called on the remaining Marines to evacuate urgently.

Because at this moment, the power facilities in the entire port city are all making crackling sounds of overload and short circuit, which also means that the port's electricity and communications are about to be completely cut off.

If he continued to stay here, he might be able to fight back as the enemy was outnumbered, but if the enemy was outnumbered, he would not be able to ask for help and would eventually be wiped out.

Yes, after attacking the North American base, how could we not annihilate them all?

Are they waiting for North America's revenge?

Never expected...

As soon as Coreno and his soldiers evacuated the granary, they were pointed at in the face by dozens of oversized water-cooled Maxim guns pulled by horses and hundreds of security guards who had put down their guns earlier.

"It's a shame that we are out of work and now we are pirates."

"···"

Almost at the same time.

Similar scenes are also taking place in port cities in Peru, Colombia, Venezuela and other countries.

The Pentagon did not receive the news until the next day.

Rumsfeld picked up the intercom with a gloomy expression, "Tell me about your experiences."

Major Coreno: "They hung us in the warehouse, stripped us of our pants and spanked us, and forced us to sit on durian, eat green banana peels, and pee while standing upside down. We have been nauseated, vomited, and had diarrhea all night... Fortunately, we are still alive."

"who are they?"

"Our Marines!"

"???"

"Yes, they are soldiers from the Navy. They are wearing formal uniforms, have formal military ranks, and have formal numbers. They are driving the Russell. I even know the pirate leader. He is the captain of the Russell..."

In January this year, North America will withdraw all Dagger stealth drones deployed in the Asia-Pacific region.

Initially, two 3500-ton destroyers and one 2000-ton frigate were arranged to escort the transport ships back to North America.

When the fleet arrived in Hawaii, two 8000-ton destroyers happened to need to take a vacation for maintenance, so they replaced the previous destroyers. Unexpectedly, Old Smith used the graphics card matrix and the commercial warships of the Tijuana Shipyard to attack the fleet.

Fortunately, the core components of the stealth drone were destroyed urgently, preventing Old Smith's conspiracy from succeeding.

Afterwards, Old Bull found Old Smith and asked him to repair the battleship, and Old Smith did not refuse.

While the battleship was being repaired, it was said that North American Navy soldiers on leave helped train sailors at the Tijuana Shipyard in order to get a hefty commission.

Later, the Bu family was busy attacking the Afghan region and was supported by the democratic faction. Since they were not involved in food, they did not stop the democratic faction from making profits for themselves through the military.

"Could it be that the general supported by the Democratic faction sent a secret order to the Russell, asking them to act as pirates and rob the granary No. 117, and then encountered the Marine Corps who were also robbing the granary No. 117?"

Rumsfeld ended the call and accessed the Russell's communications channel.

In the picture, the Russell has been almost repaired, and the captain is sitting in the command room and talking to her.

"Good morning, Mr. Field!"

"Where are you?"

"According to the Navy's Directive No. 279, our ship has been under repair at the Tijuana Shipyard."

Rumsfeld had already located the Russell, which was indeed at the Tijuana Shipyard, and through the Keyhole-3 satellite, he also saw 2000 Navy soldiers training on the beach.

Including the USS Jones, which is undergoing overhaul, and its captain, Colonel Paul.

So the question is, what exactly is the 'Russell' that appeared in the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador?
Rumsfeld ended the call and opened up North America's global deployment.

After a three-hour search, it was basically confirmed that all destroyers were at the designated locations.

Rumsfeld pondered for a long time and contacted another base where they failed to rob a granary and were attacked instead - the port of Tumaco in Colombia.

"Tell me about your experiences."

"They hung us in the warehouse, stripped us of our pants and spanked us, and forced us to sit on durian, eat green banana peels, and pee upside down. We have been nauseated, vomited, and had diarrhea for a whole night... Fortunately, we are still alive."

Rumsfeld felt that the words sounded familiar and asked terribly, "Who are they?"

"A bunch of black fat guys."

Fortunately, he was not a soldier from the navy.

Fortunately, there was no additional Russell.

Otherwise it will be a big trouble.

After all, an unknown 8000-ton destroyer entered the backyard of North America.

God knows if there is a peaceful world mounted on it.

Rumsfeld ignored the Marine Corps and called Smith Sr.

"Mr. Smith, I hope that your disputes in the field of food can be controlled within a certain scope, rather than forcing soldiers to sit on durian, eat green banana peels, and pee while standing upside down!"

"Ok!"

Old Smith had never imagined that his nephew Clin had obtained so many black fat men from Yu Sanyuan, otherwise he would never have robbed the granary of the United Grain Company of America in order to get back his wife.

"Also, Mr. Smith, England is following our lead in conquering Afghanistan, and I don't want to see the stock exchange in England being looted."

"Mr. Field, you are meddling too much."

Old Smith hung up the phone directly.

Few people know the true causes of the food war.

It’s not because Yu Sanyuan controlled 01% of the world’s total grain production in 30 and was about to reach 50%.

It's not because of what Old Bull said, 'Not even as good as an old Texas woman.'

Instead, Yu Sanyuan made a big plan and divided Sanyuan Agriculture's market share in the East equally among ADM, Louis Dreyfus, Unilever and Elaine Group in advance.

Then, when the plane crashed into the building, we bought the bottom of these four companies and went long without leverage.

Then he used his wife to bring the four companies together and start bidding, thus realizing the first step of the plan.

After the five large capitals reached an internal transaction, Yu Sanyuan secretly released the news, causing AMD, Unilever, Louis Dreyfus, and Elaine Group to all soar by 10% to 30% against the backdrop of global stock markets plummeting due to plane crashes into buildings.

At this time, Yu Sanyuan sold at a high price and left the market quickly.

It can be said that all the money that should have made the four companies' investment back was taken away by Yu Sanyuan.

What’s even more infuriating is that the food was also taken away by Yu Sanyuan.

Tell me, who wouldn’t be upset?
Old Smith held his pipe and took a deep breath. Before he exhaled, the head of the think tank knocked on the door and walked in.

"Sir, about 47 countries around the world have reported to the United Conference of the Mother Planet accusing grain traders of malicious panic buying, which has led to the collapse of their economies."

"What does it have to do with me?"

"···"

"I didn't get any food, let alone any money. They should blame Yu Sanyuan."

"But most of the food is stored in North America."

Old Smith was stunned for a moment, and finally realized that his own ADM was also being blamed. "Fuck!"

Immediately his face changed.

Yu Sanyuan rushed to buy up grain in order to sell it at a high price to his own family so that he could gain access to the Eastern market.

According to inertial thinking, if Yu Sanyuan doesn’t buy it himself, he won’t be able to sell it.

But as time goes by, especially after several small-scale conflicts, the world's food importing countries will inevitably fall into food panic and food crisis after seeing the current situation in Ecuador and other countries.

In this way, the customers who buy grain at high prices are no longer just the four major grain traders.

But countries around the world.

Then, Sanyuan Agriculture will step onto the international stage and become the fifth largest grain trader in the world.

"Fuck!!!"

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Beijing, behind the auditorium - Sanyuan Pharmacy.

Yu Yang carried the medicine and served his sick wife.

"I didn't mean to anger you. After all, we are competitors."

Mrs. Smith was half lying on the bed. "Are you satisfied with the result now?"

"I know that you are the one who allows me to do this. Otherwise, Sanyuan Agriculture would not have entered the world stage so quickly."

"···"

"Don't be angry, I'm speaking from the heart."

"get out!"

"Madam, it's not that serious. Let's just chat. You see, life is only a few decades long. What do you need so much money for? It's better to give it to the world and promote the common progress of mankind."

"···"

"In fact, I know that the Jews in North America are different from those in Europe. They are preparing a plan to destroy the world, but you are just thinking about making money everywhere. That's why we didn't fight each other. Otherwise, you and Mr. Smith would have died long ago."

"···"

"It wasn't me who killed him, it was old Morgan who killed him."

"···"

"Really, the old monsters see things clearly. Just like the essence of capital is oppression and exploitation, the problem is that we are gradually realizing automation and intelligence, and there are fewer and fewer workers in the workshop. In the future, we won't even need workers. Do we exploit the machines? Assuming that we can exploit the machines, but all the workers are laid off and have no money to buy things, who should we sell the things produced by the machines to?"

"Do you think I don't understand economics?"

"You really don't understand."

"···"

"So we can only make more money if we make more people richer, link their labor and brainpower to the value of their output, and then exploit them. That's why old Morgan transformed North America into a financial system and fostered the Smith family."

"Let more people get rich? Don't you know that when people are full, they will be idle and get into trouble? So it is better to eat half full than to eat full, which will make the capitalists feel more at ease. Don't use your collective ownership to judge my capitalism."

"This is a difference in thinking. In fact, the essence of any system is the same, just like the bamboos in the bamboo forest. You grow fast, far ahead of the others, robbing the nutrients needed by other bamboos, making yourself thicker and stronger. But I grow evenly, so that all bamboos share the same nutrients as you. Although I grow thin and short, when we grow to the end and are made into paper, the yield is the same."

"Fart, you absorb more sunlight and produce more."

“Well, this shows that our system is better.”

"···"

Yu Yang chatted with Mrs. Smith for a long time, "Madam, do you want to buy some food?"

"···"

"Hey, ma'am, what's wrong with you? Come quickly, doctor!"

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Entering November.

The world's attention is no longer focused on the Afghan region, but is always paying attention to the spot price of grain.

If someone is selling, someone is bound to buy.

At the same time, the Mother Star Joint Conference has been holding collective meetings for two weeks in a row.

There is only one topic: the world food crisis.

In fact, if the world's food is distributed equally among everyone, there will not only be enough to eat, but also a lot left over.

The problem is that each region is different. Some regions produce more grain, some produce less, and some even have no grain.

If areas with high grain production do not transport grain to areas with low grain production or no grain at all, an astronomical number of people will starve to death.

Of course, this is not a problem caused by the current food war.

Rather, it is a phenomenon that the parent star has always existed.

11 month 3 number.

After more than half a month of consideration, world grain traders ABCD finally announced that they would not purchase grain from Sanyuan Agriculture this year.

On this day, about 60% of the world's food importing countries rushed to the East.

Yu Yang sat in the restaurant of the Auditorium Hotel and looked at Lao Ren, "Look, North America has sent us friends again."

"But if North America bans food exports, you won't be able to ship out your food, let alone sell it to friends who come to you."

"Then let's have another fight."

"I really can't figure out why you touched the tiger's butt over and over again during the North American red-eye flight."

"Do you really think North America is crazy about killing? It rubs it with its hands."

"···"

"Of course, I despise the enemy strategically, but we must take the enemy seriously tactically. Don't worry, North America will come knocking on our door soon."

"Looking for you to negotiate?"

"No, he wants to buy something from me."

"Seeds? Or weapons materials?"

"Your superiors had a meeting and talked about three things. Now they are all on their desks."

"···"

“It’s graphene.”

"···"

(End of this chapter)