Chapter 099: What I Saw (Part 2)
Inside the restaurant.
The workers who were having their meals were chatting away.
"Dam, are you planning to go back to Mengdong (one of the small towns in the Golden Triangle)?"
"What are you going back for?"
“But the project will eventually come to an end.”
"I plan to spend some money to enroll in a welding class and stay in Taunggyi."
“Is that so?”
"I really envy you. I have a wife and children back home."
"Haha, you are reluctant to give up that half acre of paddy field, right?"
"Aren't the gangs setting up some kind of cooperative? We can just hand over the paddy fields to them. Anyway, we don't make much money from farming all year round."
Fang Xinwu has some understanding of this.
The gangs in the Golden Triangle that suddenly changed their business operations did set up some kind of agricultural cooperative in the local area and even established a Golden Triangle Agricultural Cooperative Association.
In fact, these local management agencies disguised as gangs are also taking advantage of some of the "conveniences" of the gangs to engage in violent land annexation.
Currently, 83% of the arable land in the Golden Triangle has been integrated for the cultivation of oil palm, hybrid rice, genetically modified corn and genetically modified soybeans.
Genetically modified corn and soybeans are all imitated by Qingye Group from America. Anyway, as long as genetically modified things use some original varieties with differences as the mother plant, even if the other party knows about it, they will not be able to do anything to Qingye Group.
In fact, the key to genetically modified crops lies not in safety but in the control of production technology. If places that do not master genetically modified technology blindly promote genetically modified crops, they will only become America's leeks.
As a tropical climate and a sub-plateau, the Shan Plateau is very suitable for large-scale terraced agriculture.
The so-called large-step agriculture is actually an advanced version of terraced field agriculture, which utilizes the altitude difference within the plateau and the resulting temperature difference to rationally arrange various crops.
The average altitude of the entire Shan Plateau is between 750 and 1,200 meters, and the total area is approximately 170,000 square kilometers.
Among them, the area of river valley plains is about 32,000 square kilometers, the area of low hills is about 58,000 square kilometers, the area of alpine virgin forests is about 45,000 square kilometers, and the remaining 4.5 square kilometers are difficult-to-use alpine meadows, rivers, mines, etc.
Therefore, the large-scale terraced agriculture of the Shan Plateau can be roughly divided into three terraces, namely the river valley plain area, the low hilly area, and the high mountain forest area.
Developing agriculture in the Shan Plateau, although the terrain will make the initial transportation investment relatively high, the development speed will inevitably increase once the transportation catches up in the later stage.
In fact, this is a truly sparsely populated area, with a population of only 6.6 million in an area of 170,000 square kilometers, an average of about 39 people per square kilometer.
If fully developed, at least 100 million mu of agricultural land can be reclaimed.
In fact, Hongsavadi is a place with great potential. It has a population of only 54.58 million, a plain area of 130,000 square kilometers, and a large number of low hills and sub-plateaus.
Compared to Luzon, which is made up of a large number of small islands, Hongsawadi's agricultural potential can definitely support the food needs of 200 to 300 million people.
Now Aoba Group and Hongsawadi Branch are frantically building infrastructure in order to unleash their agricultural and mineral potential.
Fang Xinwu saw that many workers did not want to return to their hometowns, mainly because they were attracted by the superficial prosperity of Dongzhi. They did not know that the Qingye Group was trying to completely strip them of their land.
As long as they lose their land, these people will have no choice but to become hardworking workers and work for the Aoba Group for the rest of their lives.
After merging a large amount of land, Qingye Group can turn these lands into agricultural production bases it needs through mechanization, farming and scale.
This behavior can be called "malicious urbanization."
Fang Xinwu was not clear about the key points. He only saw that cities like Taunggyi were very prosperous and workers' wages were rising steadily, but he ignored the fact that the land in their hometown was being rapidly acquired by the Qingye Group.
During the meal, the topics discussed by these workers mostly focused on work, family and children.
Fang Xinwu kept all this information in mind.
After lunch, take a nap until around three o'clock.
Fang Xinwu and his two younger brothers left the hotel and wandered around the street.
The sun after noon is still very hot, but the altitude of the Dongzhi Basin is relatively high, and the temperature is similar to that in southern Yunnan.
Coming to the west side of Taunggyi city, workers are laying railroad tracks, which connect to Ruiniang Town.
Not far from the railway, there is a completed parallel road.
"Brother, there are a lot of people over there." Mao Heshui said, pointing to a large factory-like building in the south.
Fang Xinwu turned his head and looked over, and saw the sign and name above: Aoba Hospital.
This company again...
When Fang Xinwu saw the building with the word "Qingye" at the beginning, he knew that it was the property of the Qingye Group. This company also had a lot of business in the Golden Triangle area, and he had also secretly investigated this company.
It's just that a lot of information is superficial, such as the founder Li Qingye, who was once the son of the president of a large domestic group. Later he went abroad and founded the Qingye Group.
With his many years of experience in intelligence work, Fang Xinwu knew that there was something fishy going on.
After all, why would he, the heir of a multi-billion-dollar group, go to such a chaotic place like Hongsavadi to start a business?
Especially after Fang Xinwu saw the inexplicable deaths of the other party's parents and eldest brother, he realized that the water was very deep.
But Fang Xinwu also admired Li Qingye for giving up his inheritance in China and taking the risk to start a business in Hongshawadi.
At this time, the scale of Qingye Group's industry in Hongsawadi really surprised him.
He traveled all the way from Tachileik Town on the Siamese border to Taunggyi City and saw so many businesses with names beginning with "青叶" that it was a little unbelievable.
For example, Aoba Hospital, Aoba Construction, Aoba Bank, Aoba Supermarket, Aoba Transport, Aoba Building Materials, Aoba Cola, etc.
This has almost penetrated into every aspect of Shan State. According to his friends in Taunggyi, the reason why Qingye Group moved its headquarters to Taunggyi City this time is because Li Qingye has a close relationship with the local General Maunggu.
Fang Xinwu naturally knew Maungu, who became the final winner in the Byinmana incident some time ago. Now he is one of the three giants of Hongsavady and controls all the regular army and internal security forces.
Just as he was in a daze, someone patted his shoulder, and Fang Xinwu immediately had a stress reaction.
"Don't be nervous, it's me."
Hearing the familiar voice, Fang Xinwu finally relaxed, and then he complained unhappily: "Old Ma, can't you just say hello directly?"
The middle-aged man named Lao Ma , with a mustache and wrinkles on his forehead, joked, "Practice your reaction ability. Do you want to go for a drink?"
"Okay! Let's go!" Fang Xinwu said without hesitation.
The group walked towards the city.
Lao Ma led them through many twists and turns and finally arrived at a very busy street, with stalls on both sides selling small commodities, daily necessities and agricultural products.
"Those internal guards don't care about this place?"
Lao Ma shook his head: "This is the pedestrian street they marked out, and they are the ones who collect money from these stalls."
"Keep pace with the times!" Fang Xinwu said with a smile.
Lao Ma shrugged: "It's better to open it up than to block it. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't make a living, who would be willing to set up a stall?"
Fang Xinwu did not respond. After all, some words always seemed incorrect when spoken out.
After a while, they arrived at the small restaurant opened by Lao Ma.
