Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 549 Stinging, Climate Conference

The North American First and Second Fleets sound intimidating.

In fact, they do not exist.

Because the First Fleet was disbanded as early as 1973 and its responsibilities were inherited by the Third Fleet, the ships of the original fleet were either divided up by other fleets or remained in port for a long time and became scrap metal.

The Second Fleet was also dissolved in February 2005 due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the inability of North American aircraft carriers to be rotated. It was reorganized into the North American Joint Task Force for maritime disaster relief. Currently, it consists of only one 2-ton amphibious command ship, two 5000-ton frigates, and three supply ships.

With the conflict in the South Pacific still unresolved, North America's sudden deployment of these two non-existent fleets is most likely an attempt to avoid losing face and substance in front of the four major powers.

They intend to use their titles to make a show of heroism in Southeast Asia, then spread the news globally to demonstrate their dominant position.

Normally speaking, Sanyuan Agriculture has reaped huge profits in Southeast Asia, and these two fleets don't even exist. After North America made the news public, they should have stopped while they were ahead and not refuted, exposed, or responded to the false visit of the First and Second Fleets.

But they are also very concerned about their own reputation, and especially like to hit someone in the face first.

Otherwise, how would anyone know it was their own doing?

If nobody knows, then all that effort was wasted.

Therefore, if the North American First and Second Fleets dare to come over, Yu Yang will definitely send the Joint Fleet to the Gulf of Mexico to try and conquer North America's backyard.

Of course, this is called a patrol, not a provocation; it is a legitimate ocean-going activity.

It is mainly used for maritime training, patrolling international shipping routes, eliminating ruthless pirates, and promoting exchanges between countries.

Due to historical factors, there are some 'international free ports' in the world.

For example, Gibraltar, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Djibouti...

Warships from North America, France, England, and Japan, among others, can enter free ports for berthing in accordance with international law, provided they apply in advance and their country of origin agrees.

Therefore, North American warships, and even aircraft carriers, visit Hong Kong almost every year.

Therefore, when the joint fleet patrols the Gulf of Mexico, it can dock at free ports in surrounding countries such as Cuba, Jamaica, Honduras, and Panama.

停泊时间或许是1个月，或许是3个月，或许是1年、3年、5年、10年…

At that time, do you think North America will feel any more irritated?
"This world should be lively and bustling."

After arranging the ocean voyage, Yu Yang turned back to learn more about the oil tycoon's death.

This matter needs to be analyzed from the perspective of J.P. Morgan.

First, Brooks plotted against the Tijuana Group, ordering the Marines to move east and engage in a fierce battle with the Combined Fleet.

This directly led to the destruction of the sailors' fleet and triggered the liquidation of David by the Commonwealth of Capital.

In order to survive, David resorted to using the Marines Commando to take revenge on the Brooks family.

At this point, strictly speaking, the conflict was limited to David and Old Brooks.

However, the oil faction, which should have been allies, provided David with detailed intelligence about the Old Brooks family.

As an observer, J.P. Morgan had to consider whether, given the current international situation, the oil tycoon, who dared to betray Brooks today, would betray himself tomorrow.

It's important to know that the existence of Morgan Estate, including Morgan's whereabouts, is currently known only to oil tycoons and close associates like Welch.

Most importantly, four years ago, Morgan’s intelligence team discovered many Eastern laborers (farmers cleaning mussels at nuclear power plants) in the Great Lakes region.

They were strong and muscular, and their movements were elusive, making it hard not to associate them with the three-system black fat man.

If it's the fat black guy, it means Yu Sanyuan has been eyeing the Morgan family for a long time.

So, recalling the swift and decisive attack by the fat man on the European Jews, what if the oil tycoon revealed Morgan Estate and his whereabouts to Yu Sanyuan…

David didn't want to die, and neither did old Morgan.

Therefore, only the oil tycoon could die.

However, this also demonstrates the Morgan financial group's control over federal capital.

Therefore, after a moment's thought, Yu Yang rejected the idea of ​​seizing the oil tycoon's assets after his death.

After all, if we acquire ExxonMobil today, North America could take it over to the state tomorrow, leaving us with nothing.

Yu Yang then contacted the head of the United American Grain Group, Mr. and Mrs. Clin.

Whether it's the oil-rich countries joining the WTO, or the Russians joining the WTO, or the conflicts in Southeast Asia, David and Bush turning against each other, or the death of an oil tycoon, all of these are just smokescreens.

Their real goal is to seize control of grain pricing.

In response, the US assisted oil-producing countries in joining the WTO and allowed European and American investment in all three sectors of oil-producing countries, triggering an investment boom.

In this process, because oil-producing countries possess a complete three-system industrial base, a three-system electronic base, and a three-system commercial base, European and American investments are limited to raw materials and capital.

The funds mainly refer to US dollars and euros.

That's why Old Smith borrowed hundreds of billions of dollars and euros from his own company to invest in oil countries.

By receiving hundreds of billions of euros and US dollars from Old Smith, the oil-producing countries could then lend them out interest-free, giving them sufficient funds to purchase grain from the Americas.

Furthermore, Old Smith was heavily in debt and had almost completely lost the ability to fight back.

At the same time, they sold off their holdings of euros, Japanese yen, Thai baht, etc., and went on a buying spree to snap up US dollars, which they then used to purchase more grain from the Americas…

To this day, the highly capable Klins have secured nearly 70% of the new grain harvest in North and South America in the fall of 2005.

It can be said that, apart from the portion that the grain exporting countries kept for their own consumption, the rest were all bought by the Klins.

Therefore, before the summer grain harvest in 06, the country controlled at least 60% of the global grain trade.

This, in turn, allows the collective grain reserves of the three systems to maintain their reserves for up to 10 years, thanks to the support of the three systems technology.

In other words, the collective grain reserves of the three lineages, based on the current population, can feed them for 10 years.

Compared to two years in North America, one and a half years for the Arctic, and three months for Japan, their own food reserves are terrifyingly large.

In this scenario, assuming a global food production shutdown and nine years of crop failure, our country could win without firing a single shot.

Of course, this is just a hypothesis.

In fact, let alone a nine-year production halt, even a one-year halt would throw the home planet into complete chaos.

The evil thought of "boiling a frog in lukewarm water, reducing production year by year, and starving everyone in 20 years" flashed through Yu Yang's mind, and he set the global food supply price for 06.

"The rate will be further reduced, by 10% compared to 05."

"Yes, Chairman Yu." The factory secretary noted down the key points and turned to leave.

At this time, the construction site's loudspeaker was still broadcasting international news.

"Disaster relief in Southeast Asia is of utmost urgency. While countries around the world are actively participating, a team of scientists from 32 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, conducted overnight discussions on the Southeast Asian tsunami, the earthquake along the Southeast Asian fault zone, and the undersea currents triggered by the tropical monsoon in Southeast Asia."

"Research shows that the fundamental cause of this sudden tropical monsoon is global warming, and the main cause of global warming is carbon emissions and air pollution."

"In fact, as early as 1992, the MotherStar Conference began to focus on this aspect and established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and adopted the 'MotherStar Conference Framework Convention on Climate Change' to clarify the international cooperation mechanism and take the control of greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide as the core measure to address climate change."

"Then in 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, which for the first time set carbon dioxide emission reduction targets for developed countries and introduced market mechanisms (such as carbon trading). However, the implementation process has faced many challenges and has not yet been popularized globally."

"After the South Pacific tsunami, NATO and the EU, led by the US, UK and France, called on all countries in the world to renegotiate the climate agreement in Paris, aiming to set the global warming target to within 2°C within 10 years and promote the global carbon neutrality commitment," Yu Yang understood that the US and Europe had lost their foothold in Singapore and could not regain it in a short time. While sacrificing interests to gain access to Southeast Asia, they were still unwilling to give up and planned to use 'carbon neutrality' to restrict the industrial development of the three systems and the East.

"Little tricks!"

...

Austin, Texas.

Crawford Farm.

After Old Brooks compromised with David, all members of the Brooks family and executives returned safely.

But Old Bush has no time to comfort his friends and family. He is sitting in a wheelchair and is having an emergency video call with Little Bush to discuss the aftermath of the Nanyang incident.

For example, carbon neutrality restricts the development of industry in the East.

For example, it could further squeeze the market share of three-series products in the international market.

For example, dispatching the First and Second Fleets.

However, Lao Bu's idea differed slightly from Yu Yang's guess.

Sending the First and Second Fleets was not only because they didn't want to lose substance, but also because they wanted to lose face.

They also tried to bring Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and other countries onto the ship.

Simply put:

The combined fleet completely controlled the South Seas, and everyone's interests suffered.

Now that I've dispatched the First and Second Fleets to get revenge, the Japanese islands have no choice but to follow suit, right?

England has to follow suit, right?

You've already included Japan and England, so there's no reason not to include Germany.

Germany has left; is France going to remain indifferent?

Then there's the Philippines, South Korea, Canada, Australia, other NATO countries, other EU countries...

This is tantamount to North America using a fake First and Second Fleets to guide global navies to gather in the South Pacific.

No matter how powerful the combined fleet is, it certainly can't withstand a group attack.

At that time, issues such as Singapore's reconstruction, the Straits of Malacca, and Southeast Asian resources can be discussed again.

Old Bu believed that such a perfect plan could definitely be realized.

To everyone's surprise, the news reached Shili Camp before the plan was even finalized and the meeting was even over.

If it weren't for Commissioner Smith risking his life to relay the message, they wouldn't have known that Yu Sanyuan knew about their plans.

"Damn traitor!"

“Father, that fake Rumsfeld in the Hong Kong-Macau economic circle has sent us a note saying that the joint fleet will be patrolling the Gulf of Mexico in 10 days.”

"The Combined Fleet has just experienced a high-intensity battle, and various supplies have not yet been completed. The reorganized sailor fleet has not been repaired. If we include the reorganization and the replacement of the sailor fleet with three types of avionics and three types of weaponry, it will take at least six months for them to arrive."

"So, we're scaring Yu Sanyuan, and Yu Sanyuan is scaring us too?"

"Child, we are not trying to scare them. If necessary, for the sake of our interests in Southeast Asia, we can still deploy two carrier strike groups. However, the prerequisite is that warships from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan can reach Southeast Asia."

Old Bu puffed on his cigar, "Yu Sanyuan isn't trying to scare us. You should know that the Joint Fleet is only the main force in the South Seas. In the Far East, there are two other naval forces: one is a near-shore firepower cluster built around the cement aircraft carrier, and the other is a long-range strike force composed of the 818 electronic reconnaissance ship and the Xiao Dongyue-class 10,000-ton destroyer, combined with Eastern submarines."

"If our fleet and that of our allies arrive in the South Seas, the 818 electronic reconnaissance ship and the Xiaodongyue-class 10,000-ton destroyer will also enter the South Seas, and then the joint fleet will head to the Gulf of Mexico."

"As a result, the two carrier strike groups we cobbled together had to return from the South China Sea. After we left, the NATO and EU fleets were leaderless and could not control Yu Sanyuan at all. They had no choice but to disband on the spot."

"Ultimately, our plan to win over NATO and the EU to seize the discourse power in Southeast Asia failed."

After finishing his sentence, Old Bu continued to savor his cigar. "To put it bluntly, this is a psychological game, or a real-life military chess simulation."

Xiao Bu: "Military chess simulations are useless. At least before the South China Sea Battle, no matter how we simulated it, we could not conclude that both sides used Peace World, the entire sailor fleet was wiped out, let alone that Singapore was almost destroyed."

"Kid, you can't reason with two lunatics."

"Yes, reality has no logic."

Old Bush shrugged. "Get your trip to the East sorted out as soon as possible, and urge them to sign the new Paris Agreement and Kyoto Protocol."

"Ok."

After the two ended the video call.

Old Bu, driving his electric wheelchair under covert security protection, left the farm and arrived in the town.

The old Brooks family's ancestral property at Crawford Farm.

The residents of the town also have intricate connections with the Old Bu family.

Therefore, most of the young people coming and going call him Grandpa or Uncle.

However, the once bustling town has become somewhat silent today, and curses can occasionally be heard.

"Hey, old Burke, what happened?"

"Damn food prices, they've fallen again, down 10%."

"It's okay, it's only 10%."

"No, no, no, the cumulative decline was 35% in 03, 30% in 04, 25% in 05, and 10% this year. Taking $100 as an example, it's equivalent to $65 in 03, $45.5 in 04, $34.2 in 05, and $30 this year... I could have sold $100 worth of grain, but now I can only sell it for $30. Isn't that terrible?"

"But you joined Agriculture 3.0, and the grain production almost tripled. 30x3, at least $90 a day, so you didn't lose much."

Upon hearing this, Old Burke's eyes turned red. "Even so, I don't know what's going on. The money in my pocket is rapidly decreasing."

"You probably used it on a woman's belly, haha."

"Damn it, you just don't understand me." Old Burke ended the small talk and stormed off.

Old Bu watched the departing figure, his brows furrowing slightly.

Old Burke is an outgoing person. The two have known each other for over fifty years. In the past, he could always respond cheerfully to any joke, but today he was annoyed.

From this perspective, there is indeed a problem with the food supply.

Old Burke had intended to contact the advisory group for more information, but then his conversation with Old Burke suddenly flashed through his mind.

Grain prices have been falling year after year; what used to sell for $100 now only sells for $30...
By adopting Agriculture 3.0, grain production nearly tripled; 30x3 yielded at least $90 per unit, resulting in minimal loss...

"Yes, it's no wonder it's built on Agriculture 3.0."

"If food prices continue to fall, and Yu Sanyuan suspends the operation of the North American Agriculture 3.0 system, how will Texas farmers make money?"

Old Bu's expression changed instantly.

(End of this chapter)