Spring Thunder Chapter 0235 I Want You to Die
On the first day of July, Nan Yi took the two little girls to see Zuo Can’s two babies.
As soon as I arrived at the hospital, I saw a little old lady arguing with Zuo Can there.
"Just do as I say. The older one will be called Pan Di and the younger one will be called Lai Di. In half a year, Xiao Fang will be able to give birth again. You guys should work harder and give mom a big fat grandson."
"Mom, I like my daughter too. She can't marry someone with such a name that insults people. I've already picked the names. The elder sister will be Zuo Mei and the younger sister will be Zuo Lan."
"Son, don't you listen to me?"
"Mom, this is my daughter."
"Okay, now you've grown up and become capable, and you don't listen to me anymore. My daughter, you can take care of things on your own. I'm leaving..."
The old lady couldn't win the argument with Zuo Can, so she left angrily.
Zuo Can scratched his head and did not chase after his mother. Nan Yi stepped forward and handed over the things he brought.
"My daughter is doing well. One of them is working for a business, the other for a bank. She is living a prosperous life."
"I'm fine, it's just my mom...sigh."
"As an old lady, it's understandable that you want to hold your first grandchild. But if you give birth too frequently, women will age quickly. Let Sister Xiaofang take it easy first."
"I understand." Zuo Can nodded.
"Uncle Zuo, Uncle Zuo, can I see my sister?" Nan Ruoyin approached Zuo Can and shouted.
When Nan Yi turned around, Fan Hongdou had disappeared. He looked at Liuzhi who was standing beside him and Liuzhi pointed to the ward to Nan Yi.
Nan Yi nodded and retracted his gaze. After the noisy process of looking after the child was over, he found a chance to enter the ward and talk to Xu Xiaofang alone.
"Are you okay?"
"It's okay. The two girls didn't bother me. They came out in no time."
Xu Xiaofang looked fine, not as if she had suffered any hardship.
"You look pretty good." Nan Yi said, taking out two folders and saying, "This is the share transfer document of a company called Nan Guo Hong Dou. If you sign on it, 1% of the shares of this company will belong to you.
This is a share holding agreement. I also gave Hongdou 2% of the shares. Since she is still a minor, you will hold them for her. When you recover, go to Xiangkeng to open an account. The annual dividends will be deposited into your account."
"Hongdou is fine, but I can't take it. Nanyi, forget about mine." Xu Xiaofang pushed one of the folders back.
"Take it. Don't be polite to me. I didn't give you these shares for free."
Nan Yi pushed the folder back without explaining why it was not free. He thought the time was not right yet.
"I still can't accept it. Please help me take care of Hongdou. Every time I see her, she is better than the last time. She is now like the well-educated and well-mannered young lady on TV. If I take care of her myself, I will definitely not be able to do it like this. I haven't even thanked you, so how can I take your things again?"
"Sister Xiaofang, I raise Hongdou because I want her to help me when she grows up. You should be able to guess this. So, I still owe you something. Just take it and don't refuse."
"You raise her, and she should repay you in the future. I know you will not treat her badly. If it weren't for you, I don't know if Hongdou would be able to grow up.
Even if she could grow up, she would just be a country girl. In the future, she could only farm at home and marry an honest man. With her original illness, she could not marry into a good family.
You have changed her fate, how can I accept your things again?"
People are different. You can talk to Xu Xiaofang in a friendly and reasonable manner, but you can only scheme against Li Lamei.
The two of them argued back and forth, and finally, Nan Yi had to swallow his pride and Xu Xiaofang signed the document, and the shares were finally given away.
After leaving Xu Xiaofang's ward, Nan Yi asked the two little girls to stay in the hospital first. He called Liuzhi and Grasshopper and went all the way to the east bank of the Pearl River estuary to watch the sea from the river.
"You two have quite a few brothers and sisters in your family, right?"
"Yes, boss."
"right."
"Well, I want you to do something. This thing is very dangerous. No, I should say that in seven or eight years, you will become very dangerous and may lose your life at any time. If this thing is accomplished, it will be beneficial to me, to you, and to the country. Do you dare to do it?"
"Boss, you said it, our lives were saved on the battlefield. If we die, we die. At worst, we can just consider it as lost on the battlefield." Six Fingers said.
Nan Yi looked at the grasshopper.
"Me too, boss."
"Okay, in order for you to better protect your lives, you will go to a training camp in Israel for training in a while. I will only give you money. How to get to Israel and how to join the training camp are all up to you."
"clear."
"clear."
The two of them really understood that Nan Yi was trying to distance himself from them.
"A soybean contains 40% protein and 20% fat, which is 2.5-8 times that of cereals and potatoes. The protein content is twice as high as pork and eggs. It can be called plant meat and is the main source of protein for our people.
Tofu, soy milk, bean curd sheets, fermented bean curd, soy sauce, bean paste, and even cooking oil are all products of soybeans.
In industry, soybeans are the main source of lecithin and stearic acid. Lecithin is widely used in industry, medicine, papermaking, and leather making; stearic acid is an essential substance for ore flotation agents and soap candles.
Oxidized soybean oil made from soybean processing can replace mechanical lubricants, and soybeans mixed with alcohol can be used to make artificial rubber, liquid fuel, printing ink, etc.
The waste product after soybean oil extraction is also the highest quality protein feed in the livestock industry.
There are five main crops in our country: millet, foxtail millet, rice, wheat and beans. Among them, beans, also known as soybeans, have appeared in the Northeast since prehistoric times and became an important food alongside millet in the Warring States Period.
"Mozi" mentioned "farming, planting trees and gathering beans and millet", while "Xunzi" said "businessmen do not till the fields but gather beans and millet".
The meaning of these two sentences is very simple. They are saying that whether in terms of the length of the cultivation history or the breadth of social value, soybeans are as important to our civilization as rice. "
Nan Yi pursed his lips, opened the bottle of purified water and took a sip to moisten his throat.
"Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said that whoever controls food controls all of humanity. You two also come from rural areas, so your understanding of food should be no different. You should be able to understand this."
Six Fingers and Grasshopper both nodded.
"From the Warring States Period to the Qing Dynasty, we have always been the world's largest soybean producer. Soybeans are not like rice and wheat. It seems that we will not starve without soybeans.
But in fact, it was not the case. In 1957, at the first Canton Fair, we had no industrial products that foreigners would appreciate. The only things we could exchange for foreign currency were handmade textiles and grain.
You must have heard about the situation of our grain production that year. It was impossible to export rice, wheat and sweet potatoes. We didn’t even have enough for our own food. Well, foreigners didn’t think much of them either.
The only thing they are interested in is soybeans. Our soybeans are not fertilized or sprayed with pesticides. Foreigners like them very much and will take as many as we can.
Let me put it this way, soybeans are the primary contributor to the success of the Canton Fair.
This was not the first time that our soybeans were exported this year. In fact, before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, soybeans had always been one of the main export commodities of the Qing Dynasty, and Japan and Southeast Asia were the main importing countries.
The Japanese want to eat natto, and there are many Chinese people who go to Southeast Asia, and they want to eat tofu.
After we lost the Sino-Japanese War and the sinking of the Beiyang Fleet, our soybean exports were controlled by the Japanese. A company called Mitsui & Co. shipped our soybeans to Europe.
At that time, Europe was experiencing a shortage of flaxseed for oil extraction, and our soybeans were a timely help. Oil extractors throughout Europe were amazed by the quality of our soybeans.
Under the operation of Mitsui & Co., our soybeans were shipped to the UK. I forgot the year, probably around 1910. Anyway, from that time on, British oil mills began to use soybeans for crushing production.
Starting in the UK, our soybeans spread rapidly across Europe and later to the United States.
Over the next 20 years, our soybean exports grew rapidly.
Let me put it this way, the Zhang family of the Fengtian clique’s ability to fight a war was simply appalling at the beginning. They were defeated no matter who they fought against. But they were able to fight again and again after being defeated. What did they rely on?
They relied on the export of soybeans to exchange for real money for the Fengtian clique.
Why did the Huanggutun Incident happen?
It was because Zhang Mazi wanted to build railways. You should know that after the Russo-Japanese War, the railways in the Northeast were controlled by the Japanese. If things from the Northeast wanted to be shipped out, or things from outside wanted to be brought in, they all had to depend on the Japanese.
The same goes for exporting soybeans. When a pound of soybeans is shipped out, the Japanese will take 70% to 80% of the profit.
Zhang Mazi was born a bandit, how could he tolerate such an insult?
He thought, damn it, there is no railway here, I might as well build one myself.
In 1925, the Fenghai Railway began to be prepared, and it was completed and opened to traffic in 1928. Less than four months after the railway was opened to traffic, the Japanese saw that their benefits were gone. How could they tolerate this? They were filled with righteous indignation and slammed the table and cursed. Zhang Mazi had a very bad conscience and decided to blow him up. He must be blown to death.
As a result, Zhang Mazi was killed in the explosion.
On the day Zhang Mazi died, Zhang Meiluanzi secretly returned to Fengtian and took over the power of the Fengtian clique. I don't need to say much about him, but I will say one thing, that is, he dragged the United States into the chaos in Northeast China.
With the support of American capital, the Fengtian clique built three more railway trunk lines, which completely replaced the South Manchuria Railway controlled by the Japanese. Fengtian publicly declared that HLD Port was the main port in the Northeast, and that all countries could only buy soybeans at HLD Port in the future. This completely infuriated the Japanese.
The South Manchuria Railway represents the interests of many Japanese people, including the damn emperor, the cabinet, the Japanese tycoons, and the top military officials, all of whom have interests involved.
At that time, the world economic crisis was just around the corner, and life in Japan was not easy. Most of the wealth plundered from Northeast Asia had to be used to support their own country. If the income here was cut off, they couldn't bear it, whether publicly or privately.
You all know what happened next. In fact, the Japanese were not prepared at that time, and they did not have enough financial resources to launch a war of annihilation. Just like the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, they once again gambled on the fate of the country.
At that time, the Fengtian clique was strong in both military and military power. If that coward hadn't been so cowardly, he would have risked the extinction of the Zhang family and fought the devils vigorously...
Forget it, it's impossible. This kingdom does not belong to his Zhang family, so why bother about it? He should protect his family's wealth first. He is not willing to sacrifice himself for others.
Family rule, family rule, if you don’t rule yourself, who cares about the world, the people have to rule…”
Nan Yi calmed down and continued, "In 1902, Li Shizeng, the son of Li Hongzao, a minister in the late Qing Dynasty, went to study in France. He found that Europeans at that time had no idea about the role of soybeans, so he recruited a group of tofu workers in China and traveled across the ocean to open a soy product factory in Paris, mainly producing tofu and soy milk.
In 1914, World War I broke out and the supply of milk in Paris was cut off. They had no choice but to use soy milk instead of milk. Li Shizeng got lucky and made a fortune.
We won’t say much about Li Shizeng, but rather the group of tofu workers who were recruited. Although they were basically illiterate, they were quite patriotic because they could not change their status as a poor man.
These workers built a work-study school in France based on Li Shizeng's factory, which attracted a large number of domestic students to study in Paris. Among them, there were two very special people. Do you know who they were? "
"Yes, both are great men."
"Well, we have a wonderful life today, and soybeans can be credited with one more thing. It is said that in the second year after Zhang Mazi's death, an American named Morse came to our country on an ocean-going flight. His purpose was very simple, that is, to find our soybeans and observe and learn about planting knowledge.
For three years, Morse traveled back and forth in the Northeast to collect soybean material samples. At that time, we were in the midst of foreign invasion and warlord infighting, and no one realized the value of soybeans.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that farmers are not valued. Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, it seems that "agriculture" ranks second, but this "agriculture" is not equal to farmers. It only represents agricultural products, that is, food and cash crops.
Whether it was Shang Yang's Reforms, Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che's Military Farming System, Wang Anshi's Xining Reforms, or Zhang Juzheng's Single Whip System, it seemed that the countries became prosperous after the reforms, but the farmers themselves did not get much benefits.
Peasants were still peasants, still paying endless taxes and performing endless corvee labor. It was only after liberation that peasants really stood up straight.
Well, we’ve strayed off topic, let’s get back to the topic.
At that time, farmers were not valued and few people would talk to them on an equal footing. Suddenly, a foreigner came and not only talked to them on an equal footing, but also humbled himself and humbly asked for advice.
If I were the farmer he consulted at that time, I would also tell him all the soybean planting techniques and key points that need to be paid attention to. But when has the knowledge of farming ever been valuable?
In this way, Morse spent three years in the Northeast and collected more than four thousand samples, each of which involved a large amount of planting techniques and seeds, and even the growth cycle was recorded with photos.
Three years later, Morse returned to America, taking with him all of our valuable soybean seeds and five thousand years of accumulated farming techniques.
Morse vigorously promoted soybean cultivation in the United States and shared our farming techniques with American farmers. Because of what he did, he is also known as the Father of American Soybeans!
Driven by Morse, the United States saw the value of soybeans and provided strong support for soybean cultivation. Within two years, the United States' soybean production exceeded that of Japan.
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in order to cut off the US grain imports, they ordered a ban on the sale of soybeans from their homeland and Northeast China to the US.
In order to ensure a stable supply of soybeans, the United States issued planting subsidies to farmers. As long as they planted soybeans, they could receive subsidies. In addition, brochures were distributed to farmers everywhere.
It reads: 'Remember, growing soybeans is helping your country defeat its enemies! '
In the face of their own economic and national interests, American farmers abandoned corn and turned to soybeans. Two years later, the United States accounted for 60% of the world's soybean production.
Thus, soybeans entered the American era!
In 1954, with the authorization of Eisenhower, the United States officially promulgated Public Law No. 480. Through this law, the United States can provide food aid to food-deficient countries around the world through sales, loans, and donations.
The food will be settled in the currency of the recipient country, 25% of the proceeds will be used for the transportation and promotion , and 75% will be given to the recipient country in the form of loans or gifts, but will require US supervision.
Doesn't Eisenhower act like a selfless and philanthropic man by doing this? "
"Boss, our old company commander told us that there is no eternal friendship between countries, only eternal interests," said the grasshopper.
"Well, that's about what I meant. I haven't finished yet, go on..."
