Chapter 187 What the hell? Ten years old rice exported to China?
At this moment, Li Xiang has appeared in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, one of the tourist cities often visited by Chinese people.
The most famous thing about Bangkok is... transvestites. Of course, there are many other famous attractions or fun places, but none of them are as attractive as ladyboys.
It's a pity that Li Xiangjie keeps to himself and has no interest in transvestites at all.
Bangkok is only more than 300 kilometers away from Hpa-an, Myanmar, and is still south of Hpa-an. Although Li Xiang went to play on the sea before, he has not left the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal. It will not take long to come to Bangkok. He changed into local clothes. clothes, wearing a hat and sunglasses, shopping and eating on the streets.
There are many signs in Chinese, some restaurants have Chinese menus, and large shopping malls are equipped with Chinese service desks and Chinese employees.
It's just that Li Xiang feels that it's not much fun to go shopping alone, and in order to avoid revealing his identity, he has to hide his identity. After all, he is now a big Internet celebrity with more than 30 million fans, half an actor in the entertainment industry, and has worked with Xiao Tianxian. In a passionate scene, it would be bad if someone recognized it.
On the streets of Thailand, there are many tourists from China, as well as many Chinese working and living here.
"Bring the girls over for team building next time!" As a conscientious boss, Li Xiang naturally wants to provide generous benefits to his employees. Traveling abroad is one of the very good team building projects.
His company was founded not long ago, and he didn’t do many team building events. He just ate and drank in the county town, and then went to the provincial capital to play, but he never left the province.
If Yao Yao and the others knew this good news, they would definitely be very happy.
Moreover, you can also take videos while traveling and gain some traffic. With their workaholic personalities, Yao Yao and the others would definitely not have fun in vain.
Li Xiang came to a large shopping mall and bought a few good-looking things when he saw them, using the US dollars he had obtained earlier.
In Bangkok, U.S. dollars can be used directly and are particularly popular. Even in daily consumption places such as stalls and shops, the use of U.S. dollars is very common.
This is the tragedy of small countries. Their monetary systems lack credibility, and many small countries do not have the ability to print currency. The Thai baht is actually more valuable than the currencies of many countries.
Li Xiang searched for foreigners, but he was also a thief and did not bully ordinary people. He only targeted officials and wealthy businessmen, especially those involved in illegal business, so he paid for everything he ate, drank, and bought.
"This restaurant should be okay." On the third floor of the shopping mall, Li Xiang saw many restaurants, so he picked a popular one, found a place to sit down, and ordered curry crab meat, raw pickled shrimp, and pan-fried stone. The grouper fish, fried pork rice with basil leaves, tom yum soup, and fruit smoothie with coconut milk all taste good.
Especially the curry crab meat and pan-fried grouper, which are rich in flavor and full of Thai flavor. The sauce served with the pan-fried grouper is quite unique and suits Li Xiang's taste buds.
There was also a TV set up in this restaurant. Li Xiang glanced at it and saw a Thai porn film with many exciting scenes. It felt a bit strange in such a public place, but the locals didn't I feel like something is wrong. Maybe it’s because Thai people are more open-minded?
Because there are many adult performances in Thailand, such as "Drumming", Chinese friends went to see them without saying a word. "Bang the Drum" only invites women to come on stage. If they are men, they will be stripped naked by strippers, take a bubble bath, have their breasts slapped in the face, etc., all in full view of the public.
So when you go to Thailand to watch these performances, be sure not to bring your family, otherwise it will be quite embarrassing.
Li Xiang was not in a hurry during the day and ate slowly. After a while, the embarrassing video finally came to an end. After the commercial, some serious news came.
The picture shows a Thai deputy prime minister and minister of commerce tasting a pot of freshly cooked rice. This TV station is quite considerate. Maybe it is afraid that the local Chinese and tourists will not understand it. It broadcasts in Thai with Chinese subtitles.
Li Xiang looked at it for a while, then frowned, what is it? Actually want to sell ten years old rice to China?
Of course, the news did not explicitly say that this batch of tens of thousands of tons of old rice would be sold to China, but the Prime Minister mentioned the need to promote exports to China. After all, China is the largest rice consumer. Moreover, Thai rice is mainly exported to China, although it is also sold to some other countries, such as Indonesia, South Africa, Iraq, etc.
This batch of ten-year-old rice, no, eleven-year-old rice to be precise, is a batch of rice pledge projects "operated" by the former Prime Minister. The word in the news is "high-priced rice acquisition project," but when the Chinese You understand the trick, as long as the price is high, there must be rebates, and there is a lot of room for manipulation.
The specific amount of Chen rice is definitely not limited to the exposed batch.
The deputy prime minister staged this scene when he inspected a granary in northeastern Thailand, "eating it personally" to prove the quality of this batch of eleven-year-old rice, and then emphasized that this batch of rice had passed the quality inspection Reportedly free of aflatoxins and other chemical additives.
As for the pot of rice he tasted personally, who knows whether it was made from old rice?
If it is liquor, aged for ten years and of high vintage, it is naturally good, but rice? Do you think you have a different-dimensional warehouse like me? What you put in it will be what you take out?
Li Xiang collects rice now. Because of the "freshness" characteristics of the system warehouse, even if he eats it in the apocalypse ten years later, it will still be "new rice." But how can an ordinary granary in Thailand compare?
One of the reasons why he collected supplies, especially grain, so early was that the weather would get worse year by year, and grain production would decrease year by year. If he continued to collect grain on a large scale in the last few years, it would put pressure on the ordinary people in the area.
Although the end of the world will come and many people will die, it is always better to leave more food to the local area. It would be safer for him to take a little bit every year and do it in installments.
But I never expected that Thai people are so bad that they want to sell ten-year-old rice to China? Let me go, how can I bear this? Li Xiang felt that this must have happened more than once. No wonder the Thai rice he bought at a high price had no aroma at all when he was working in a big city.
It’s okay if it doesn’t have any fragrance. The key is that if the rice has been stored for many years, it will contain aflatoxins.
Aflatoxin is a Class I carcinogen with high stability. Even if it is sterilized at 100°C for 20 hours, it may not be completely killed. It is extremely toxic. The toxicity of aflatoxin B1 is cyanide. It is 10 times that of potassium and 68 times that of arsenic. A trace amount can cause cancer. If aflatoxin in the body reaches more than 1 mg/kg, it can induce cancer!
It can also penetrate, not just adhere to the surface. Even if the moldy area is removed, the aflatoxin may have penetrated into other places. It can't be cleaned by washing.
For example, if an apple is moldy, it is useless to cut off the moldy parts because aflatoxin has already penetrated into it.
"In this case, I'm not polite. I only accept new rice. Keep the old rice for you to eat!"
Li Xiang decided to go to the main producing areas of fragrant rice in Thailand, such as Roi Et, Ubon Ratchathani, Buriram, Sisaket, Surin, and Yasothon in the northeast, to inquire about the situation and harvest last year's new rice. Because this year's seeds haven't been sown yet.
Although Southeast Asia can be harvested three times a year, high-quality rice, such as Thai fragrant rice, is grown once a year. It is sown in July and August and harvested in November and December, because this period coincides with Thailand's dry season and heavy rainfall. Reduction and abundant sunlight provide ideal conditions for the ripening of fragrant rice.
Rice in other seasons, those that are cooked two to three times a year, is not very tasty.
After Li Xiang finished eating, he decided to set off immediately. The population density in Thailand was not high, that is, it was concentrated around Bangkok. He walked through the wilderness, using the cover of trees and other places, without fear of being discovered. I don't care if I find out.
Just when I stood up, there was a "commotion" in front of me, and then the locals in the restaurant knelt down and murmured something.
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Some Chinese tourists are talking, saying, "The King of Thailand is here, should we kneel down?"
Li Xiang shouted: "Of course you don't have to kneel."
You shouldn't ask this kind of thing. Do you still need to ask? More than seventy years ago, the teacher told the world that the Chinese people have stood up since then. Didn’t he tell you?
Besides, since 1853, Thailand has not been a vassal state of China and does not need to kneel to the Chinese.
How can the people of a superior country kneel before the Lord of the country?
However, Li Xiang had made it clear, but there were still a few people who were hesitant and seemed to want to kneel. Li Xiang gathered his ice sword energy and said in his heart, if you dare to kneel, don't ask for your knees in the future.
Fortunately, when the Thai King, who was guarded by many guards, passed outside the restaurant, those people did not kneel, but just squatted down.
Li Xiang didn't even squat.
The King of Thailand's pomp was very grand, with people cheering in front and behind, all kinds of ceremonial guards, and many canopies of different colors. People kneeling around him kept shouting "I'm waiting in line." Although Li Xiang couldn't understand, he still couldn't understand. I know, it probably means something like "Long live your Majesty".
It is said that if you are outside, the elephant will have to kneel down when you see it.
"It's so majestic. It's so old, but there are still decaying feudal remnants." Li Xiang shook his head. Respect local customs? What kind of custom is this? Some customs are meant to be broken.
As early as 1912, China had abolished the kneeling ceremony. Later, the teachers' campaign to destroy the Four Olds used super strong force to eliminate all ghosts and ghosts and abolish all stereotypes and bad habits. Therefore, even in the end of the world, order has collapsed and many aspects have begun. History is in reverse, but no one has ever mentioned the decadent ritual of kneeling.
It can be said that this extremely insulting feudal etiquette is a red line that no one dares to touch. Even those “leaders” in the last days dare not mention it.
The guards glanced at the man standing, especially Li Xiang. They probably knew he was Chinese, so they ignored him.
After the King of Thailand left, many people stood up, and Li Xiang also left the restaurant.
That night, the Royal Jewelry Center, a two-story splendid building owned by the Thai royal family and considered one of the largest jewelry stores in the world, was looted by a mysterious person. Many precious rubies, sapphires, topaz, jade and gold products were lost. It is said that the loss was as high as one billion.
Li Xiang read the news and felt something was wrong. He estimated that the things he took away were only seven or eight billion, right? He didn't take many seemingly worthless items, such as some porcelain, tin, bath oil, etc.
But he didn't take it to heart, after all, this kind of thing is routine everywhere.
Li Xiang came to the main producing area of Thai fragrant rice, visited the place, and inquired about information. A few days later, another major event occurred in Thailand. Many granaries in the northeast were looted by mysterious people and mysterious forces. Up to 100,000 tons of high-quality fragrant rice were looted, and all of them were stolen. It's new rice that's gone.
(End of chapter)