Chapter 294: Cause of Food War, Call to Stop
East Coast of North America, North Carolina.
It is one of North America's swing states and has one of the most rural populations in North America.
It has vast plains and many rivers, and was once mainly used for growing tobacco and cotton.
However, by the mid-20th century, due to the cost of raw materials and labor, agriculture gradually declined and a large number of people were lost, forcing the country to focus on the development of biotechnology and high-tech industries.
October 15th.
The state's largest port, Wilmington.
Dry cargo containers filled with soybeans, corn, and wheat are stacked on top of each other and piled up like mountains.
Numerous security guards in special combat uniforms, riding small sidecars or driving fire trucks, carefully inspected every corner.
There are also a large number of technicians who use temperature measuring rods and thermostatic guns to check the internal status of dry cargo containers.
Klin stood in the tallest building in the port, holding a telescope and looking down at everything below.
Grain is a bulk commodity. It is difficult to store even 5 million tons, let alone hundreds of millions of tons.
Therefore, he established more than 30 grain companies in North 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 the Sanyuan Agricultural Transfer Market, the capital group that gets the Eastern Market will be interested in these grains.
They may not burn it, but they will definitely seize it.
To this end, Kling spent 20 million US dollars to lobby Republican legislators in the state where the grain was located to prevent Old Smith from using the power of the democratic faction to seize the grain at the official level.
Thanks to Yu Sanyuan's sale of the mechatronics and CNC machine tool markets to Unilever, he and Lao Bu reached a new round of cooperation.
It also benefited from the fact that both sides had a common enemy, Yu Sanyuan had to deal with ADM, and Lao Bu had to deal with Lao Smith.
The Republican congressmen who received political donations, 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 ‘American United Food Group’ it formed is affiliated with Oriental Sanyuan Agriculture.
Old Smith will not quarrel with each other in North America, but in South America, he will definitely use force to rob.
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South America, Ecuador.
Located at the equator, the climate here is warm and humid, making it very suitable for agricultural development.
It has 120 million acres of arable land and an annual grain output of approximately 20 million tons.
But the products with the highest output are bananas, pomegranates, dragon fruits and white shrimps, and they dominate the world trade and have a profound impact on the global economy.
However, in the 1970s, after North America intervened here in the name of 'Operation Condor' and listed it as a 'North American Territory', Ecuador began to use American knives and quickly became a paradise of sin and a land of owls. Capital, the money milling base of the world.
October 20th.
Ecuador's top officials held an emergency meeting.
Because grain prices have continued to rise in the past month, local farmers and local grain companies have been selling frantically.
Even the grain reserves were secretly sold by official moths, or were broken into by hawks and transported overnight.
If this continues, in one month's time, at least half of Ecuador's 12 million people will face hunger.
Then the country collapsed and fell into endless war...
In fact, Ecuador has also thought about expelling overseas grain merchants, but the main forces coming to collect grain are the American United Grain Group established by former North American general manager Colin, and the other is ADM, a subsidiary of 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 edge easily.
The latter has its own maritime escort, and directly sent an 8,000-ton destroyer, two commercially modified ironclads, and 1,000 North American maritime troops, which was enough to destroy Ecuador.
In addition, there are world grain merchants Cargill and Bunge, as well as seed merchants DuPont and Monsanto...
It can be said that this emergency meeting has no meaning.
Just sitting together and sighing.
In silence.
There was a loud noise in the distance, and then the assistant general manager hurried into the conference room.
"Mr. Steward, Cologne is dead."
"Cologne?!"
When everyone heard this, they were stunned on the spot.
Cologne is a super tycoon that is rampant in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.
It has more than 5,000 men and is well-equipped. It is said that there are shadows of North American defense contractors behind it.
In the past ten years or so, Cologne has infiltrated the police and military systems of several surrounding countries, and has also caused many assassinations of state executives.
"How did he die?"
"Colon sent people to sneak attack on the No. 117 granary of Klin's American United Food Group, and clashed with Klin's mercenaries. Two minutes later, ten high-precision missiles hit the villa where Klin was, waiting for him to be dug out of the ruins by dogs. , only half of the head is left.”
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"However, the commander of our military base in North America, Major Coreno, led his troops to Granary No. 117."
The Ecuadorian general manager sighed, "They have almost harvested the food they should harvest, and I am afraid they will rob each other next."
"I hope this won't turn into a war zone."
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other side.
The port of Guayaquil is located near the Pacific Ocean.
At 10 a.m., Major Correno, the commander of the North American military base in Eldogua, personally led more than 300 members of the Marine Corps, riding in assault vehicles, infantry vehicles, Black Hawk helicopters, etc., to surround the Crean couple in South America. The No. 117 warehouse of 'American United Grain Group' is set up.
Hundreds of security guards guarding the granary, wearing masks and holding Totugs, faced off against the Marines.
The person in charge of Granary No. 117, a capable black-skinned cultural person, stepped forward to negotiate, "Sir, we are a legal enterprise and should enjoy the treatment of a North American tax-paying enterprise."
"I'm sorry to tell you that pirates have attacked our supply lines. Many North American bases in Eldogua must confiscate your place in order to ensure food supply."
"But what we store is wheat, not flour, let alone bread, and you can't use the 3 million tons of inventory."
"This is not something you can control."
"Sir, I need you to produce the relevant procedures and documents, otherwise I will explain the situation here to the federal court."
"Of course there is no problem with the procedure. We are requisitioning it 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 made public by the justices of the democratic faction.
The general meaning is that the federal constitution stipulates that the North American military, federal police, state police, county and town police, and Marine Corps may not expropriate private property for public use without just compensation. collection.
However, the Federal Supreme Court held that if the federal government destroys property in response to an emergency, it can invoke the "non-compensation principle" to exempt the government from its obligation to compensate.
In other words, during an emergency, if an overseas base occupies granary No. 117, including other granaries, no compensation is required even if all the food in it is used up.
This bill is extremely beneficial to Lao Bu, who is sending troops to attack Afghanistan. The Republican faction has no reason to reject it.
Therefore, Congress acquiesced in this modification.
It's just that Old Bu obviously didn't expect that Old Smith came up with this thing to rob the food of three-yuan agriculture.
After reading the documents, the person in charge of Warehouse No. 117 shrugged helplessly and greeted the hundreds of security guards who were waiting, "Gentlemen, I'm very sorry, we are unemployed."
"Oh, shit!"
Many security guards wearing masks cursed angrily and threw away their tut tut tugs and dispersed on the spot.
Seeing this, Coreno felt as if he had completed an important mission, secretly breathing a sigh of relief, and waved to the Marine Corps to take over the granary.
The next second.
An unknown type of missile accurately hit the Black Hawk helicopter parked in the open space outside the No. 117 Granary.
Violent flames rose into the sky, and the thundering sound spread throughout most of the harbor city.
Immediately afterwards, with the appearance of two other missiles, screams and air defense sirens filled Koleno's ears.
Boom Boom···
The missiles landed, and the two assault vehicles were shattered into pieces. More than a dozen North American soldiers who were unable to dodge were overturned and knocked over.
"Enemy attack!"
However, no support was summoned by the shrill shouts. Instead, only an 8,000-ton American cruiser slowly appeared in the harbor.
"The Russell! It's ours!"
"No, Colonel, they are flying the skull and crossbones flag!"
"Fuck! The Russell was robbed by pirates? The world must be crazy!"
The words have not yet finished.
Whoosh~boom!
Another Black Hawk helicopter was destroyed.
"Support, we need fire support!",
Coreno picked up the individual radio and contacted the nearest North American base, "Sink that son of a bitch!"
Who would have thought that dozens of streaks of white smoke streaked through the air, followed by a series of explosions from the northwest.
Immediately the communicator turned into a blind tone.
Obviously, the base is gone.
The most important thing is.
The Russell, flying the skull and crossbones flag, actually released more than 30 large fireworks into the sky above the port of Guayaquil.
Then spider silk and silver-gray powder floated into the sky.
"This, this is a graphite bomb?!"
"Get out, get out! Get out!!!"
Major Coreno saw countless landing craft entering the port without any thought of sniping at them. He called the remaining Marines to evacuate urgently.
Because at this moment, the entire port city's power facilities were making crackling sounds of overload and short circuit, which also meant that all power and communications in the port were about to be interrupted.
If he continued to stay here, he might be able to fight against a small number of enemies, but if there were a large number of enemies, he would not be able to call for help and would eventually be annihilated.
Yes, if we attack the North American base, how can we not completely annihilate them?
Is it possible to wait for North America to retaliate?
Never expected...
As soon as Coreno led the soldiers out of the granary, he was pointed in the face by dozens of oversized water-cooled Maxims pulled by horses, hundreds of security guards who had put down earlier.
"It is a great pity that we lost our jobs and are now pirates."
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Almost at the same time.
Similar scenes have also been staged 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 face and said, "Tell me about your experience."
Major Coreno: "They hung us in the warehouse, stripped us of our pants and spanked us, and forced us to sit on durians, eat green banana peels, and play upside down to pee. We had nausea, vomiting and diarrhea all night... Fortunately, we were still alive Alive.”
"Who are they?"
"Our maritime soldiers!"
"???"
"Yes, they are marine soldiers. They wear regular clothes, wear regular military ranks, have regular numbers, and drive the Russell. I even know the pirate leader, who 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 3,500-ton destroyers and a 2,000-ton frigate were arranged to escort the transport ships back to North America.
When the fleet arrived in Hawaii, it happened that two 8,000-ton destroyers needed to take a vacation for maintenance, so they replaced the previous destroyers. Unexpectedly, Old Smith used a graphics card matrix and a commercially modified warship from the Tijuana Shipyard to attack the fleet.
Fortunately, the core components of the stealth drone were urgently destroyed, preventing Old Smith's conspiracy from succeeding.
Afterwards, Lao Bu found Lao Smith and asked him to repair the battleship, but Lao Smith did not refuse.
While the warships were being repaired, it was said that the North American Marine Corps soldiers who were on vacation helped train sailors at the Tijuana Shipyard in order to get a hefty commission.
Later, the Lao Bu family was busy attacking the Afghan region and was supported by the democratic factions. In addition, it was not involved in food, so it did not prevent the democratic factions from making profits for themselves through the military department.
‘Could it be that a general supported by the democratic faction sent a secret order to the Russell, asking the other party to play pirates and rob Granary No. 117, and then encountered the Marine Corps who also robbed Granary No. 117? ’
Rumsfeld ended the call and connected to the Russell communication channel.
In the picture, the Russell was almost repaired, and the captain was sitting in the command room talking to him.
"Good morning, Mr. Field!"
"Where are you?"
"According to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs' Order No. 279, our ship has been undergoing repairs at the Tijuana Shipyard."
Rumsfeld has used positioning to find the location of the Russell, which is indeed at the Tijuana Shipyard, and through the Keyhole-3 satellite, he also saw 2,000 maritime soldiers training on the beach.
Including the Jones, which is undergoing overhaul, and the captain of the Jones, Colonel Paul.
So the question is, what is the ‘Russell’ that appeared in the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador?
Rumsfeld ended the call and opened North America's global deployment.
After a three-hour search, it was basically determined that all destroyers were at their designated locations.
Rumsfeld thought for a long time and contacted another base that was attacked after failing to seize the granary - the port of Tumaco, 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 durians, eat green banana peels, and pee upside down. We had nausea, vomiting and diarrhea all night long... Fortunately, we are still alive."
When Rumsfeld heard the words, he always felt that the words sounded familiar, and said with horror: "Who are they?"
"A bunch of fat black men."
Fortunately it's not a Kaibu soldier.
Fortunately, there was no more Russell.
Otherwise, you will be in big trouble.
After all, it was an unknown 8,000-ton destroyer that entered the back garden of North America.
Who knows if there is a peaceful world mounted on it.
Rumsfeld ignored the Marines and directly answered Smith's phone call.
"Mr. Smith, I hope that your disputes in the food field can be controlled within a certain range, instead of forcing the soldiers to sit on durians, eat green banana peels, or play upside down and pee!"
"Ok!"
Old Smith never thought that his nephew Clin would obtain so many black fat men from Yu Sanyuan, otherwise he would never rob the American United Grain Company's granary in order to regain his wife's position.
"Also, Mr. Smith, England is currently following our footsteps to conquer Afghanistan. I don't want to see England's stock exchange being looted."
"Mr. Field, you are too involved."
Old Smith hung up the phone directly.
Few people know the true causes of the food wars.
It’s not because Yu Sanyuan controlled 30% of the total global grain production in 2001 and is about to move towards 50%.
Not even because of Lao Bu’s words, ‘Not even as good as an old Texas woman’.
Instead, Yu Sanyuan made a big picture and allocated Sanyuan Agriculture's market share in the East equally to ADM, Louis Dreyfus, Unilever, and Elaine Group in advance.
Then take advantage of the plane hitting the building to buy the bottom of these four companies, and then go long without leverage.
Then he used his wife to bring the four companies together and start bidding, thereby realizing the first step of the plan.
After five large capital companies reached internal transactions, Yu Sanyuan secretly released the news, causing AMD, Unilever, Louis Dreyfus, and Elaine Group to all surge by 10% against the background of global stock markets plummeting due to planes hitting buildings. ~30%.
At this time, Yu Sanyuan sold at a high position and quickly left the market.
It can be said that all the money that should have allowed the four companies to recover their capital was taken away by Yu Sanyuan.
What's even more annoying is that the food was also taken away by Yu Sanyuan.
Tell me, who wouldn’t fall out if I changed it?
Old Smith held his pipe and took a deep breath. Before he could spit it out, the head of the think tank knocked on the door and walked in.
"Sir, about 47 countries around the world have complained to the Home Star Joint Conference about malicious panic buying by grain merchants, causing their own economies to collapse."
“It’s none of my business?”
"···"
"I didn't grab food, let alone money. They should blame Yu Sanyuan."
"But most of the food is hoarded in North America."
Old Smith was stunned for a moment, and finally understood that his own ADM had also taken the blame, "Fuck!"
His expression immediately changed.
Yu Sanyuan rushed to buy grain because he wanted to sell it to his family who had obtained the Eastern market at a high price.
The inertial thinking is that if I don’t buy it, I won’t be able to sell Yu Sanyuan.
However, 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 when they see the current situation of countries such as Ecuador.
In this way, the customers who buy grain at high positions are no longer just the four major grain merchants.
But countries around the world.
Then, Sanyuan Agriculture will enter the international stage and become the fifth largest grain merchant in the world.
"Fuck!!!"
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Beijing, behind the auditorium - Sanyuan Pharmacy.
Yu Yang was holding the decoction and serving the sick wife.
"I don't mean to make you angry. After all, we are competitors."
Mrs. Smith was half lying on the hospital bed, "Are you satisfied with the result now?"
"I know, you allowed me to do this, otherwise Sanyuan Agriculture would not have entered the world stage so quickly."
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"Don't be angry, I mean it."
"Get out!"
"Madam, it's not that serious. Let's just have a chat. You see, you only have a few decades in your life, so what do you need so much money for? Why not devote it to the whole world and promote the common progress of mankind."
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"Actually, I know that Jewish capital in North America is different from Jewish capital in Europe. They are preparing a plan to destroy the world, but you are thinking about making money everywhere. That's why we didn't fight each other. Otherwise, you and Mr. Smith would have died long ago."
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"It wasn't me who killed him, it was old Morgan."
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"Really, the old monster can see it clearly. Just like the essence of capital is oppression and exploitation. The problem is that as we gradually realize automation and intelligence, there are fewer and fewer workers in the workshop. In the future, we will not even need workers. We exploit machines. Suppose we can exploit machines, but all workers are laid off and have no money to buy things. Who will we sell the things produced by exploiting machines? ”
“You think I don’t understand economics?”
"You really don't understand."
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“So we can only make more money by making more people rich, linking their labor and brainpower to the value of their output, and then exploiting them. That’s why old Morgan turned North America into a financial system and Fostered the Smith family.”
"Make more people rich? Don't you know that when people are full, they will get into trouble? So if you are full, it is better to eat half full to reassure the capitalists. Don't use your collective ownership to judge my capitalism."< br>
"This is a difference in thinking. In fact, the essence of any system is that different paths lead to the same goal. Just like a bamboo in a bamboo forest, you grow fast and can outrun other bamboos. You rob other bamboos of the nutrients they need to make themselves grow thicker and stronger. I But it grows evenly, so that all bamboos share the same nutrition as you. Although I grow thin and short, when we grow to the end, the output of paper is the same."
"Fart, you absorb more sunlight and produce more."
"Hey, 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, madam, what's wrong with you? Doctor, come quickly!"
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Entering November.
The world's attention is no longer focused on Afghanistan and Afghanistan, but is always paying attention to grain spot quotations.
If someone is selling, someone must be buying.
At the same time, the home star joint meeting has been holding collective meetings for two consecutive weeks.
There is only one topic: the world food crisis.
In fact, the world's food is evenly distributed to everyone. Not only is there enough to eat, but there is also a lot left over.
The problem is that regions differ from region to region. Some produce more grain, some produce less, and some even have no grain.
If food is not transported from areas with high production to areas with low or no food, it means that an astronomical number of people will starve to death.
Of course, this is not a problem caused by this food war.
It is a phenomenon that has always existed on the mother planet.
November 3rd.
ABCD, a world grain merchant, finally announced after more than half a month of consideration that it would not purchase grain from Sanyuan Agriculture this year.
On this day, about 60% of the world’s food importing countries went 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 the export of grain, your grain will not be shipped out, let alone sold to friends who come to you."
"Then let's have another fight."
"I really can't figure out why you touch the tiger's butt again and again during the red eye in North America."
"Do you really think North America is killing it with red eyes? It was rubbed with its hands."
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"Of course, I despise the enemy strategically, but we must pay attention to the enemy tactically. Don't worry, North America will come to our door soon."
"Negotiating with you?"
"No, you are looking for me to buy something."
"Seeds? Or weapons and equipment materials?"
"Your superiors held a meeting and discussed three things, and now they are all placed on the desk."
"···"
"It's graphene."
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(End of chapter)