Half a year has passed since 1999, and as of May, Nanhua has experienced its first busy farming season.

Liu Yiming and Xu Hui are summarizing the first quarter.

"In the busy farming season, 70,000 hectares of palm trees and 100,000 hectares of rubber have been planted. This year's rice harvest will drop by about 10%." Xu Hui yawned. He worked overtime last night and felt a little sleepy.

"If there is less rice, it will be less. We still have a lot of stock. It doesn't matter. How much is the shortage of various grains this year?" Nanhua can only be self-sufficient in rice. In addition, wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans all need to be imported.

The quantity is quite large.

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Wheat and sorghum are okay, they are mainly eaten, while corn and soybeans are mainly used to make feed, support the development of animal husbandry, and provide Nanhua with more meat.

"We import nearly three million tons of various crops every year, mainly corn and wheat. Last year, we imported more than two million tons of corn. This is not rice in exchange for wheat, it is all real money!" Xu Hui always said

Thoughts.

Corn can also be grown in Nanhua. You just need to avoid the rainy season. Sufficient light and high temperatures in the dry season can also make corn grow well.

But Liu Yiming did not promote it.

"Don't be nervous. It's like exchanging a car for corn. I'll use this to negotiate with Sam later and ask them to lower the import tariff on cars. We are making a few cheap models. Don't worry, we will definitely make a profit."

Exchange industrial products for agricultural products, a shortcut to industrialization.

"Last year, the import volume of grain, meat, leather, cotton cloth, silk, and various ore raw materials exceeded 600 million yuan, and machinery was 140 million yuan. The United Kingdom, the United States, and the Qing Dynasty had the most frequent trade with us.

Also, the negotiation with Germany on 10,000-ton hydraulic press technology collapsed because their price was too high, but we have already manufactured an 8,000-ton free forging machine..." Xu Hui listed the problems one by one.

Liu Yiming's thoughts gradually diverged. Nanhua's top products are still pharmaceuticals and daily chemical luxury goods.

Including sugar, tobacco, coffee, spices, rubber and palm oil, etc., overall the amount exceeded. Because of the war, the amount of excess last year was not large, less than 10 million yuan.

Last year, due to the war squeezing production capacity, not many cars were exported. The annual output was 200,000 units of various vehicles (including large tractors, small agricultural tools...), most of which were taken over by the army and the Construction Corps.

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Later, various plans to support the large-scale water release rounded up this year's production capacity. Fortunately, the productivity has been completed, and this year's production capacity has increased to 500,000 wheeled vehicles and 50,000 crawler tractors.

Nanhua cannot absorb such a large production capacity, and is in urgent need of external expansion. Coincidentally, the United States has a large amount of agricultural products, especially corn, that needs to be exported and cannot be digested locally, and its agricultural machinery is obviously inferior to the tractors imported by Nanhua.

"It is expected that the United States will import a large amount of Cuban sugar next year, and its share of other parts will definitely be reduced. Most of the sugar we export goes to the United States. I think we must be prepared for shocks." Xu Hui finally said a piece of news that attracted Liu Yiming.

of attention.

"What is the total sugar export volume this year?" Liu Yiming asked.

"18.1 billion, but this is the stimulus of the war. We have pulled out all our strategic reserves and sold them to our allies. Under normal circumstances, it is 70 to 80 million, which fluctuates greatly." After all, sugar is a pillar industry, and the most important thing is Nanhua.

Almost all of the directly inherited plantations were planted with sugar cane, which produced a large yield and did not need to be re-planned.

"The government implements subsidies and uses the European sugar price as the standard. When exported to Europe, the price is the same as beet sugar. How much subsidy do we need?" Liu Yiming asked.

"I didn't calculate it carefully. It's probably several million. Why do you do this? If it can't be exported, we can keep it, whether it's for storage or raw materials..." Xu Hui didn't understand why he was throwing money into the water.

"The country with the largest sugar production in Europe is Germany. Taking advantage of this year's sugar has just been put into storage, it is best to sell the remaining old sugar. It is best to make trouble with Germany." Liu Yiming sighed. He originally wanted to start a fight with Germany.

Talk about cooperation.

Apart from the Kaiser, cooperation between South China and Germany is still possible in other areas. The fifth import and export trading partner is France, and the fourth is France. If such a quarrel occurs, the trade between the two parties will definitely shrink.

"Why?" Xu Hui didn't understand even more. Selling at a low price can still be called a clearance sale, and there is still a fight with Germany? But the construction of those islands has not been completed, so there is no point in snatching them!

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Liu Yiming was stuck. It couldn't be said that in five months, the Boer War was about to begin. With the pro-German Boers and the German volunteers joining the Boer army, the Anglo-German confrontation was about to surface. Even if it wasn't at this time

If you stand in line, you should also show your attitude.

The location of Nanhua is very important. On the one hand, Britain and the Qing Dynasty have a trade volume of hundreds of millions of pounds, and all of them have to pass through Malacca; on the other hand, Nanhua can go out to the Indian Ocean through Sumatra, which is too close to the crown on the Queen's head.

If the relationship between South China and Germany is too good, there is no telling who the Allies will deal with first...

When the time comes, dozens of battleships from Britain, France, Russia and Japan rush into South China. Even if they are repelled by wolf pack tactics, the losses will be extremely heavy and there will be no benefit at all.

Do you expect that polio patient who talks so much about it to have the slightest qualm of conscience at his most glorious moment?

Besides, the worse the relationship between South Germany and South China, the more benefits South China can get. For example, if it uses this as an excuse to expand its support for the Arabian Peninsula, the UK will only turn a blind eye if it does not encounter Suez.

Eye.

"Isn't it about opening up the market? Where there is conflict, there will be focus, and where there is focus, there will be exposure. It is equivalent to giving free publicity to our sugar. When Nanhua Cane Sugar has some influence, we will bribe a group of specious experts to praise it. When the time comes,

You can cut leeks." Liu Yiming was talking nonsense in a panic.

"And we must increase trade with Europe to facilitate our operations in Oman. Fishing in troubled waters will muddy the water." Liu Yiming had an idea.

"Southeast Asian cane sugar has always had a market in Europe, and it still does now. We control one-third of the world's sugar production. This reason is not valid." If it is fully rolled out, the loss will exceed 10 million. Xu Hui wants to know the specific reasons.

"In terms of UK-German trade, Germany's outflow is close to 100 million pounds, which is equivalent to 500 million yuan. This situation has lasted for more than ten years and will continue in the foreseeable future." Liu Yiming thought for a while and used

Same old reason.

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"Do you think the deterioration between Britain and Germany is coming soon? Or even the outbreak of war?" Xu Hui asked in surprise.

"It only takes a small conflict and it will deteriorate quickly, but war will not, at least not in the short term, but we can also make profits. When Anglo-German relations deteriorate, Britain will definitely win over us. This is his

As has always been the case, then is the best time for us to increase the Arab garrison."

Liu Yiming hid the first half - why it deteriorated, and told some of the benefits he wanted to obtain.

As for the other part of the interests, of course they consume Britain.

The actual end of British expansion was in 1902, after the Boer War actually ended, spending 2.5 billion pounds (approximately 12.5 billion U.S. dollars or 1.6 billion taels of silver). In 1900, the German naval military expenditure was only 7.4 million pounds.

After that, Britain, which was unable to maintain a large colonial system, gradually formed autonomous dominions, including Australia, Canada and other vast lands, which became autonomous dominions and finally became a federal state.

"Increase the Arab garrison? I will find a way..." Xu Hui thought for a while and said.

Arabia is one of the two cores of Nanhua's future development. According to the plan, Nanhua's petrochemical center will be established in the Arab region. One of the cores of Nanhua's chemical industry is Brunei oil exploration.

When it comes to countless Brunei, Xu Hui is still very generous, but he has to adjust the financial budget, so Xu Hui finds it difficult.

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Construction and development opportunities are also being considered at the Construction Corps headquarters in the Arabian Peninsula.

"Commander, we have built three oil storage tank areas. The maximum storage capacity can reach 300,000 tons. That should be enough, right? Are we starting to build a refinery?" Chen Hong, chief engineer of the Arab Regional Petroleum Corps, took the plan.

Shu walked into Zheng Lei's office.

It was said to be construction, but in fact it was digging pits and then assembling them. Using explosives and machinery, the pits were dug within a month. They were all located near mountains to prevent sandstorms.

"When will the laying of the oil pipeline be completed?" Zheng Lei said.

"The pipeline up the mountain has been laid, and the pipeline down the mountain will be completed soon. It will be completed within two weeks." Chen Hong said happily.

"Mr. Chen, it's like this. In principle, we can only use the small refinery in Well No. 1, and Oman will no longer build large-scale refinery facilities." Zheng Lei said cautiously. During this period, Chen Hong worked early and late, and Zheng Lei was afraid of getting hurt.

Until he showed his enthusiasm, I never dared to say anything.

Many people in the Petroleum Corps believe that this place will be the next Brunei, a petrochemical center, and another engine of Nanhua. Unfortunately, this place is just an oil depot for the time being.

"Is it to keep it secret?" Chen Hong didn't have a special expression, but he was a little disappointed.

"Yes, in the past six months, we have drilled 17 exploration wells, 15 of which have produced oil. The production is extremely large. It is ridiculous. It only cost Qatar 1,600 yuan to drill a well and more than 40,000 yuan to plug it.

." Zheng Lei smiled sarcastically.

"I can understand that our country is still not strong enough. If such a huge amount of wealth is far away from the mainland, once it is discovered, we will not be able to protect it. I understand the reason why a common man is guilty of a crime, but I still feel a little unwilling to do so!

"Chen Hong smiled bitterly.

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After all, I don’t know how many years to wait. Nanhua’s development momentum is very strong, but it seems to be too early to surpass the United Kingdom. He is already thirty-eight, and he can wait for twenty years. Twenty years, a generation

, can Nanhua erect a pipe on this piece of sand openly?

"If we work hard and endure hardships, we will catch up sooner or later. Then our descendants will not be so tired and can live a good life.
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