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Chapter 338 Doubt about life

Time is entering October.

In a seemingly peaceful world, there have been certain changes at home and abroad.

The most popular and closely related to people's livelihood is the price trend, and people are paying attention to the daily trend.

The most important thing is naturally the food price.

In the international market, the trend of changing grain prices is to maintain a high level and a slight decline.

Since April and May, it has risen to two or three times that of previous years, and it has not dropped much.

Even though the impact of the locust plague has passed, many affected countries have initially emerged from famine, and the newly grown food in the fields can barely ensure that the people are full.

But international food prices have not returned to their normal position, and seem to be gritting their teeth and sticking to something.

Countless market analysis reports point out that the global market's food shortage is still above 100 million tons, and food will remain in short supply for at least one or two years.

Prices will not fall.

A report also pointed out that grain prices will not fall in the next five to ten years, or even for twenty consecutive years.

"The first reason is that global climate warming has affected the climate laws of many regions. In areas where water is not scarce, drought often occurs; or in drought and semi-arid areas, sudden rainfall increases, floods occur, and severe climate factors will cause grain production to fluctuate by more than 20%, which is generally mostly negative production reduction."

"The second is that sunspot activity has entered an inactive period, and there is a trend and rhythm of entering the Little Ice Age. In the next few decades, the energy transmitted from the sun to the Blue Star will be reduced by about 1%, and the average temperature will be reduced by 1 to 2 degrees. Although the consequences of the Little Ice Age are not obvious enough due to global warming, it has led to the emergence of a large number of extreme climates, such as typhoons, tornados and earthquakes... The frequency of natural disasters will increase significantly, which will affect grain production."

"Three, industrial pollution and over-reclaim have led to the continuous reduction of available arable land, the area of ​​the desert increases by 90,000 square kilometers per year, and the tropical rainforest disappears by 30,000 square kilometers per year. Land that can produce grain will become as precious as gold..."

"The end is the population. The population of Blue Star has exceeded 8 billion and is about to reach the upper limit of carrying capacity. Not only does it not have enough resources to support so many people, but even the grain output cannot meet the basic needs. Once the total population reaches or exceeds 10 billion, the food problem will become the biggest problem on Blue Star. The biggest dream of a large number of poor people is not to live in a villa and own their own cars, but just to pursue fullness."

"The above factors can draw a conclusion: the most important survival resource of Blue Star in the future is no longer oil and natural gas or mineral resources, but food. If you want to solve this problem instead of cruel internal competition, the main solution is to develop aerospace technology and enter the space colonial era; the second is to try every means to increase grain production and deal with the impact of the population explosion."

"In addition, the rise in grain prices and maintaining high levels for a long time is an unchangeable fact. The value of grain has just been reflected and will not fall to its former position."

——The report has sufficient arguments and is confident.

In short, grain prices will only rise and are unlikely to fall. The latest trend is agriculture. In the future, 1 kilogram of grain can be exchanged for at least one hour of working hours in underdeveloped countries.

Grain will be hard currency in the future, etc.

Considering these views and analysis, it is not a random fabrication, but a real reality. When investors and companies see the value and potential of grain, they enter the market and look bullish. There are enough reasons and confidence to keep the grain price at a high level.

Although many underdeveloped countries strongly oppose this kind of market speculation and demand that grain prices return to normal positions.

But capital is a thing that requires eating meat and drinking blood, so that it will not consider whether the poor will starve to death due to high grain prices. They are interested in profits and market prospects, and no one can stop them from getting rich.

Because of this, many large-scale countries with less arable land and more import food have increased by two or three times compared with previous years in terms of import food expenses, and economic pressure has increased. Some countries have even experienced riots, cabinet collapse, etc., and even on the brink of war, which is extremely chaotic.

However, compared with the gradually disordered foreign countries.

In the Xia Kingdom, there is always a calm and peaceful environment.

The prices of grain in supermarkets or vegetable markets have always remained stable or even slightly lowered.

However, the price of meat has dropped significantly compared with two or three months ago.

There are 5 yuan per pound of pork in supermarkets in many areas, which are so cheap that people dare not buy it. I suspect there may be problems with the meat.

Chicken, ducks, geese, freshwater fish, eggs, dairy products, the cheapest price is 3.5 yuan, and the most expensive one is 10 yuan... It is cheaper than many vegetables.

The price of mutton dropped to around 12.

Only beef with a long feeding cycle is about 15 per pound... Because the price is expensive, people feel at ease to eat, and the price has even increased slightly.

The food prices are so stable, and meat is cheaper.

What shocked some analysts even more was that due to the sharp rise in international grain prices, from April to September this year, the total amount of grain imported by Xia State was only about 10 million tons, a 90% decrease from previous years... and most of them are high-end products such as Dai State fragrant rice.

However, in terms of grain exports, Xia Guo exported a total of 120 million tons of grain this year, setting a historical record.

Moreover, this does not include some parallel organizations. Seeing that selling grain abroad is profitable, it exports a large amount of grain and meat to foreign countries. However, the Xia Kingdom Customs Department did not deliberately block it and only imposes a subsidy tax of 0.5 yuan per catty, and will be successfully cleared.

Some institutions conducted statistics and found that 30 million tons of grain sold through private companies or individual institutions and 10 million tons of meat.

In less than ten months, the Xia Kingdom exported a total of 160 million tons of grain.

This is equivalent to the amount of grain imported in previous years, but it is completely reversed!

After obtaining this terrible data, some foreign institutions and forces almost all doubt their lives:

"Where does Xia Kingdom come from so much food?"

"Even if they sold all the stored grains, they exported 40 million tons of new grains. These grains can feed 200 million people. With so much food, the grain prices in Xia Country should rise, so why are they still so stable?"

"Damn it! This is a deliberate move against us. The sudden increase of 160 million tons of grain has made us less profitable!"

"Maybe Xia Guo has adopted a zero inventory strategy, leaving no grain in the warehouse, and eating as much as you plant, and using this method to resist our trading."

"Is Xia Guo crazy? Playing such a crazy game, once their grain yields are significantly reduced and they will starve people to death without purchasing our high-priced grain."

"Bastard, wait and see, don't show any flaws in front of us! Even if there is a shortage of 10,000 tons of grain, we will sell it to you at the price of 10,000 tons of gold!"

In a conference room.

A bunch of people racked their brains, frowned, or showed gritting expressions.

At this time!

A secret report was sent to the computer of the big man in the last chapter. The permissions were the highest secret. He clicked on it and looked at it. His face changed wildly, and then his face turned pale.

He said in a trembling voice:

"Everyone, the reason has been found. According to reliable information, a new crop that can be planted ten seasons a year has emerged in the hands of the people of Xia!
Chapter completed!
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