Spring Thunder Chapter 0206 Corn Falls in Pingyang
Coming out of the "reserve" is considered to be suffering, so of course I have to have a good meal to welcome him back and get rid of the bad luck.
Qu Jing and Li Hai took Lin Guangwei out of the detention center, took him to a restaurant and ordered a table of delicious food .
"Li Hai, Qu Jing, why is Zhao Hongzhuang willing to let me go? Didn't you go to find her and she didn't want to talk at all?" Lin Guangwei asked after drinking a glass of wine.
"Li Hai and I went to Zhao Hongzhuang several times, but she didn't want to talk to us. We had no choice but to find Nan Yi. It must be Nan Yi's idea that got you out."
"Nan Yi, what can he do? He and Zhao Hongzhuang have a bad relationship."
"I don't know. Anyway, I just told Nan Yi yesterday that you were out today. If Nan Yi hadn't done anything, it's impossible that Zhao Hongzhuang suddenly showed mercy." Qu Jing said.
"Then why didn't he come to pick me up?"
"Zhiping, what's the matter?"
Nan Yi was about to go out when the phone in the room rang.
"An outbreak of avian influenza occurred in Hong Kong, and chickens in the chicken farms in Yuen Long died in large numbers."
"Oh, how did you get the news?"
"Mrs. Chen heard from the market when she went to buy vegetables today that several chicken stalls were selling chickens at low prices."
"Go and ask around. I'll wait for your news."
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yi sat in the living room waiting.
Half a day later, Ruan Zhiping called again.
"It has been confirmed that there has indeed been an outbreak of avian influenza. Chicken farms have suffered heavy losses. The Department of Health has already been dispatched."
"Throw your mother, I know."
Damn it, I just started raising chickens and you give me a bird flu. Are you trying to go against me?
After cursing, Nan Yi dialed the phone again.
"Aunt, there's an outbreak of avian influenza in Xiangkeng. Please pay attention to epidemic prevention at the chicken farm."
"Nan Yi, don't worry. The sanitation work at the chicken farm has always been done very well. The houses where people live are not as clean as the houses where chickens live. In our chicken farm, there is no smell at all."
"Auntie, stop bragging. How can a chicken farm not have a bad smell? Keep a close watch on it. If any chicks die, remember to quarantine them."
"Don't worry."
After finishing the call with Ge Cuizhu, Nan Yi called Xian Yaodong again, "Uncle Xian, I remember someone in the village is doing grain business, right?"
"Yes, Yaochang is selling corn from the northeast to Shencun. He can make a little money from a carload of corn."
“Sold to chicken and pig farms?”
"Yes, he does a good job, and the millet can be sold to Xiangkeng."
"I understand. Tell him that the corn market will change drastically soon. Tell him not to sell it at a loss but to keep it in his hands. The village will allocate one million yuan to buy the corn that is already at the Shencun Railway Station at a low price."
"Nan Yi, why did you suddenly think of turning the bag upside down?"
"Due to the bird flu in Hong Kong, the price of corn in Guangzhou and Shenzhen will definitely drop sharply, but bird flu is not difficult to control, and this incident will soon be over. The price of corn will definitely go back up before long.
Of course, it’s not mainly for making money. We have our own chicken farm, so we stock up on millet as feed while it’s cheap, and it won’t go bad anyway.”
“I understand, and I’ll start doing this.”
"You can harvest it freely. The price of millet is not expensive. If you can't sell it all, you can feed it to your chickens. If you still can't eat it all, you can feed it to others."
"Give it to people? Who would eat millet when there is rice to eat?"
"I didn't ask you to feed it to the villagers. Just figure out how to make it into a snack."
"Okay, I understand."
The outbreak of avian influenza made Nan Yi think of corn, and then of Mexico’s debt crisis.
From 1970 to the present , Mexico has implemented a "crawling peg to the dollar" system, which is an exchange rate system that allows the currency to gradually appreciate or depreciate depending on the inflation situation.
In August this year, many of Mexico's foreign debts will mature, but according to Mexico's current financial situation, it will be unable to repay them when they mature. At that time, the third world debt crisis that shocked the world will begin.
In the past, Mexico was mainly based on agricultural planting. They had the best soil for growing corn and the corresponding processing equipment, and the main export destination of corn was the United States.
However, with the development of the times, China's automated agricultural planting took off; the amount of black corn imported by China became less and less, and later it even began to dump it on Mexico, so the price of black corn fell very seriously.
Mexico then came up with a plan: if the amount of corn exported to Mexico reaches a certain level each year, the tariff will be increased in a step-by-step manner. Mexico originally thought that it would protect its farmers, but farmers are simple-minded. If growing corn doesn't make money, I will grow something else.
Because of the drop in corn prices, many farmers went bankrupt and the unemployment rate soared. Mexican drug dealers took the opportunity to rise. One hectare of land used to grow corn can only earn more than 10,000 pesos, but growing drugs can earn more than 400,000 pesos.
Corn is one of the staple foods of Mexico. As its planting decreases, its price will rise. In the next few years, selling corn to Mexico will be very profitable.
"Four major grain merchants... let's see what you can do in Heixi. Let me see what you are capable of."
Nan Yi muttered to himself, stood up from the sofa, walked to the window, picked up a pine nut and turned it over in his hand. Soon the flesh and the shell separated.
When it was time for dinner, Nan Yi went to the street to buy some braised food, packed two servings of pork trotter rice in a lunch box, and walked slowly towards Hepingli.
"Lin Guangwei, Lin Guangwei, are you there?" Nan Yi came downstairs to Lin Guangwei's house and shouted towards the attic above.
"I'm here, I'm here." Lin Guangwei stuck his head out of the window and shouted down, "Nan Yi, why didn't you come at noon?"
"I'm busy. It's not a glorious thing for you to be released from the detention center. Why do you need gongs and drums to clear the way and a sedan chair carried by eight men to bring you back?"
"That's not necessary, but you have to come to my buddy's welcoming banquet anyway."
"Stop talking nonsense and open the door quickly."
"Wait." There was a sound of knocks, and Lin Guangwei quickly opened the sliding door. "What delicious food did you bring?"
“Pig’s trotter rice.”
Nan Yi shook the lunch box in his hand, pushed Lin Guangwei aside and walked inside.
"You're just going to let me eat this?"
Lin Guangwei said this and followed Nan Yi inside. The two of them arrived at the living room on the second floor.
Nan Yi put the braised food and pork trotter rice on the table and said, "You are a loser now, not a smart guy. It's good enough to have something to eat."
"Okay, I'll go get the wine."
After three glasses of wine, Lin Guangwei asked what he wanted to ask, "Nan Yi, how did you convince Zhao Hongzhuang to let me go?"
"Recalling the past and thinking of the present, I told her about history and traditions, about our passionate years in Wenchangwei, and told her that you have had a crush on her for a long time, but you just felt that you were not worthy of her and never had the nerve to say it out loud.
As soon as she heard it, she said that she had liked you for a long time and asked you to dress up and bring your household registration booklet and street certificate to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register tomorrow."
"That's nonsense. Zhao Hongzhuang has always disliked me. If you are not sure, just cut me into pieces." Lin Guangwei slammed the cup in his hand on the table. "If you say she likes Li Hai, it's possible. I'll just forget it."
"Oh, you know you have a bad relationship with her, why do you still beg her for help?"
"She is from a military compound. She can get a large Liberation Army truck to transport goods. It's easy for a military truck to transport goods from Haiyang to Yangcheng, right?"
"In the end, someone dug a hole and buried you, didn't they?"
"Fuck, how could I have known there were so many pitfalls here? I opened ten boxes over there, all of which were color TVs, but after I brought them back, I opened the others and they were all bricks."
"You were collecting deposits at the hotel, so why did you actually go to get a TV?"
"Who the hell wants to cheat people? I have no choice. I heard there was a batch of color TVs, so of course I had to pick them up. Who knew it was such a big scam?"
"Where's the money? All gone?"
"No, I have nothing this time, I have to start all over again."
"Business should be based on credibility. You can't survive by cheating and deceiving others. There are so many opportunities now. There is no need to rely on color TV alone."
"Then what can I do? I have no money and no people. I can't even set up a stall."
"Take a few days' rest and adjust your mood, then come to the capital to find me in a few days."
"Okay, I'll carry your bag ...drink."
Lin Guangwei drank one cup after another and soon got himself drunk.
Looking at the drunk Lin Guangwei, Nan Yi drank the last drop of goldfish water in the cup, took out a stack of RMB and a stack of foreign exchange coupons from his pocket and threw them on the table.
He threw Lin Guangwei onto the bed, closed the door and left.
