After visiting the night market, Ye Zhou was finally able to talk to Chen Hao calmly about the application direction of gene editing technology.

The two sat on the small table at the barbecue stall, drinking cheap beer while chatting about their imaginations about the future without any secrets involved, so the occasional passersby did not take their words seriously. They just showed some teasing smiles on their faces when they heard topics such as "gene", "laser", and "big plane".

In their eyes, it was probably two frustrated young people talking about the fantasies in their minds.

This is also pretty good, isn't it?

The low position has not dared to forget the country, which is probably the unique romance of the Chinese nation.

However, what they didn't know was that every word these two people said could change the pattern of the entire world.

And just as they were enjoying a rare leisure time, a butterfly flapped its wings in a very far and wide place.

The wind it rolls up will soon cross the sea, and a storm will be brewed with the help of some people.

And China is the target of this storm.

...

Yindu, northern Deccan Plateau, Punjab.

This is the main wheat-producing area in Yindu, which exports more than 8 million tons of wheat to the world every year. This export volume accounts for more than 8% of its total wheat production. This year, its planned export volume will even continue to rise.

In April alone, their wheat exports had reached 1.4 million tons. If this trend develops, the wheat exports are likely to reach more than 14 million tons within the year.

A full 75% increase.

Yindu officials have obtained huge fiscal revenue in grain exports, but correspondingly, the increasing hardship of domestic farmers' lives.

This is a very logical and obvious fact.

A country with a population similar to China has less than half of China's grain output, and even the per capita grain output is not even as good as the Northern Peninsula.

But in this case, unlike China who imports grain every year, they are still exporting large quantities of grain.

How to eat enough has become the biggest problem for farmers here.

Rickash sat in front of the dilapidated house, with a serious expression with a hint of expectation.

He is an ordinary farmer in Punjab, running a small piece of wheat field, and his annual output can barely support the life of the next family, but it is difficult to eat better and get children to go to school.

But this year, an opportunity appeared in front of him.

Due to the high temperature climate in major grain-producing areas around the world and the special circumstances of a major wheat exporting area, international wheat prices have been rising all the way, and in Punjab, local wheat purchase prices have also begun to rise.

If calculated at the current price, he could earn nearly 60,000 rupees at one time by selling all the wheat in his hand, which was enough for his daughter to spend a year at girls' school.

However, such operations are also risky for him, that is, if the wheat harvest is not good this year, he will face the embarrassing situation of having no food to eat, and by that time, it will be difficult for him to survive in this barren country.

According to the ordinary farmers around him, it was impossible for them to spend the money on their children's education, but Riksh's idea was different from them. He had entered the city and seen the world, and knew how much the impact of education and uneducated persons in this era would have on a person's future.

So, he wanted to give his daughter a chance.

Thinking of this, Riksh waved his hand and called his daughter in front of him, and asked:

"Gashima, do you want to go to school?"

The eleven-year-old girl looked at him ignorantly and asked in confusion:

"Dad, why do you have to go to school?"

Ricksh was choked by the question all of a sudden. He opened his mouth to explain, but for a moment he didn't know where to start.

After a few seconds of silence, he replied:

"Don't worry about why, do you know what it means to go to school?"

Geshima hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Do you like going to school?"

Now it's Geshima's turn to answer.

She had indeed seen the children of rich people in towns walking by the roadside in school uniforms and carrying schoolbags on their backs. Every time she would hide from the fields and look at them enviously, but this envy came more from the clean clothes on them, the fragrance of bread in their hands, and the occasional beautiful bicycles.

She didn't have much feeling about going to school.

Because, she didn't know what the school looked like at all.

Looking at Geshima's expression, Ricksh sighed deeply.

After thinking for a while, he finally made a decision for his daughter.

"You'd better go to school, at least, you have to learn how to arithmetic and literate."

Geshima nodded obediently. She didn't understand where her father's idea came from, but at least she understood that being able to go to school means she didn't have to marry someone else early - this is probably the first good thing she could think of.

Rickash stood up and walked towards the merchant who was collecting grain not far away.

Just half an hour later, he sold most of the wheat in stock in exchange for Rs 63,000.

Under his leadership, the enthusiasm of nearby farmers to sell grain also increased. They had no foresight and would hardly consider the future. They only knew that by selling grain at the current price, they could immediately get a large amount of money.

And this money can be used to drink, eat meat, get married...

This is a huge temptation.

A never-before-experience opportunity is placed before them, and almost no one can refuse it.

The butterflies have flapped their wings, and the people who are about to manipulate the storm have begun their planning.

.....

On the other side of the sea, the Office of Strategic Analysis.

Johnson sat upright behind his desk, with thick materials placed on the table in front of him, and the word that appears most frequently among all of these materials is "food".

The analyst stood in front of the screen and explained to a set of data:

"......At present, the wheat prices in the main production areas of Yindu have risen to their historical highs, up 75% from the same period last year."

"However, according to our judgment, in the future, considering climate factors such as easing high temperatures and increasing precipitation, wheat prices are likely to begin to fall around mid-August."

"From now to mid-August, a total of 60 days is our operation window."

"If we can make good use of this window period, we can completely control the Yindu grain market and thus enhance our control over international grain prices."

"After that, we will release the corresponding expectations and force China's grain prices to rise from the international market, thereby inducing the other party to sell reserved grain to stabilize prices."

"And we will take advantage of our financial advantages to eat a lot--the one who will dominate this time will be our official, no matter how much they throw, we will eat it."

“Our purpose is to reduce their reserved grain.”

"Maybe this time, the harm to them will not be too great, but as long as we can hold on and launch the next impact, their food security system will be at risk of collapse."

"That time is the time for us to regain the initiative."

After listening to the analyst's introduction, Johnson nodded slowly.

In fact, this strategy also comes from his own hands, and the logic of his attack in this direction is also very simple:

Energy, food, currency, military power.

These four key factors that dominate the world, they have now lost two of them, and the last military power is very likely to be shaken after the end of this international military competition.

Therefore, they must ensure that the lowest and most critical factor is firmly in their own hands.

food.

In the past time, China's vigilance against food security has always been at an extremely high level and has also made a quick and resolute counterattack on its tentative attack. However, this does not mean that it has no way to deal with their food security system.

The previous failure was simply because the execution was not firm enough.

Now, our side has almost been forced into a dead end.

In their words, it is time to "fight with one's back".

At this time, no one will retreat-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Johnson is confident that absolutely no one can survive such a force.

After one's side completely defeats the other side in the food field, the advantages of the other three elements can also be slowly regained.

This is the last chance and the only chance.

Thinking of this, Johnson breathed a deep breath and said:

"I've already figured out the situation."

"So, starting today, we will follow the scheduled plan."

"Summer is coming, let the storm blow up."

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