The rise of nanometers

Not far from Shanmei is Tuocheng Chaonan District.

An unexpected situation put this place on alert.

Chaonan District, Xihu Village.

Staff members wearing protective clothing or carrying sprayers on their backs sprayed disinfectant everywhere; they spread lime on the ground and soil; or they put up cordons and plastic sheets to isolate the site.

The heads of the local Animal Husbandry Bureau and Health Bureau came to the scene in person and saw that hundreds of pigs had died of illness in the pig farm.

The other living pigs in the pig farm also looked sick. In addition to being listless, they all had purple patches on their bodies, and some of the patches had scattered bleeding.

The epidemic prevention technician from the Animal Husbandry Bureau said with a solemn face: "It's African swine fever. According to the farmers' feedback, these pigs showed symptoms of the disease, and most of them died in just a few days."

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, Cai Yinsong, the head of the Animal Husbandry Bureau, was so anxious that he was distracted. Gao Zhongying, the head of the Health Bureau, thought about it and reminded him in a low voice:

"Lao Cai, report it as soon as possible! This matter was discovered by Fengmin Agriculture. They must have reported it to that person. It can't be concealed."

"..." Cai Yinsong suddenly woke up after being reminded.

Facing the Suiren Department, which has direct access to Tianting, engaging in such deception, coupled with Zhang Rongji's thunderous methods, Cai Yinsong was frightened like a chicken pecking at rice: "Report it as soon as possible, report it as soon as possible."

Just when the urgent reports from Cai Yinsong and Gao Zhongying came up.

Huang Xiuyuan also just had a phone call with Zhang Rongji.

Regarding the swine fever that suddenly appeared in Tuocheng, although it had not appeared in the original timeline, he had already expected such a thing.

After all, in the global grain and food industry, the four major ABCD grain groups behind them have been making small moves, and there are also many of their minions and accomplices in the country.

After losing control of the ore market, the world boss on the other side of the ocean is left with half the oil card, half the semiconductor card, half the precision instrument card, as well as the financial card and food card. As for the final force card, unless I want to die together, otherwise it will be useless.

The financial card has actually been weakened a lot, because no matter how finance is operated, it will eventually return to physical trade.

Hua, who obtained the ore license, also gained its own financial base after using the ore to link Huayuan. Therefore, in finance, although the United States has a huge power, it does not have an absolute advantage.

Now the only cards they have in their hands are the oil card and the grain card. As the core of the American grain card, the four major ABCD grain groups are responsible for the execution and operation of many things.

After Huang Xiuyuan read the investigation report of Fengmin Agriculture Tuocheng Branch, he was basically sure that this was a trick of the four major ABCD grain groups.

There are actually huge differences in the proportion of pork consumption in the world. The Western Continent Alliance and China consume more pork than beef; while the United States and Australia in the New World consume more beef than pork.

With impure motives, ABCD naturally aimed at the core of meat consumption in the Old World, severely damaging the other party's pork breeding and making the other party more dependent on itself.

Some people may say that if there is no pork, I can still eat beef, mutton, chicken, etc., and this will not affect my life at all.

If you have this kind of thought, you are really wrong.

Among the feed conversion efficiencies of various poultry and livestock, pigs are 2.5 to 4, while cattle are as high as 8 to 20, and white-feathered chickens are only about 1.5.

The so-called feed conversion efficiency refers to how much feed is consumed to grow one kilogram of meat.

Beef has a very low meat-to-feed conversion rate. Each kilogram of beef consumes 8 to 20 kilograms of feed, which is about 2 to 5 times that of pork.

China's pork consumption is about 50 to 60 million tons, which requires 125 to 240 million tons of feed.

If it were all converted into beef consumption, 400 to 1.2 billion tons of feed would be consumed.

This is simply a disastrous consequence. You must know that Fengmin Agriculture’s total feed output last year was only 32.82 million tons. Adding Beidahuang’s 11.3 million tons and COFCO’s 28.69 million tons, there is still less than 100 million tons of feed.

ABCD's intention is very obvious, that is, to destroy domestic pig farming. At that time, whether it will transform into raising cattle and sheep, or increase the import of meat, it will have to rely further on international food.

Huang Xiuyuan estimated that in addition to the swine fever discovered in Tuocheng, it may have appeared in other places in the country, but the superiors were not aware of it for a while because the information had not yet been transmitted.

He quickly called Lin Baijie and asked him to notify Li Feiyang and activate the Blue Age network to determine the swine fever situation in various places as soon as possible.

Blue Era, United Group, and Beijing Enterprises Group, plus Fengmin, Beidahuang, and COFCO, basically cover every corner of the country.

The Suiren Clan, which has such a huge network of connections, found 17 suspected outbreaks of swine fever in less than five hours.

Judging from the locations where swine fever outbreaks have been discovered, they are basically concentrated in the southern coastal areas, which are also the main pig breeding areas in the country.

Huang Xiuyuan knew that the matter was in trouble, so he immediately wrote an email and sent it to Qin Lizhang, asking him to upload it as soon as possible.

He himself hurried to the biological laboratory in Red Bay.

…

His eyes returned to Tuocheng.

After talking to Huang Xiuyuan on the phone, Zhang Rongji immediately went to Xihu Village in Chaonan District.

Du Tai, the Tuocheng branch manager of the Blue Era, and Zhang Rongji appeared at the scene at the same time, and the two did not bother to exchange pleasantries.

After observing several pig farms in Xihu Village, I saw the stinky dead pigs, and saw the farmers with ashen faces.

"Manager Du, what suggestions do you have?"

Du Tai thought for a while and replied: "I would like to give you a few suggestions. First, ban swilling pigs, do not allow unprotected transport vehicles to transport pigs, conduct a comprehensive inspection of the surrounding areas, temporarily prohibit the entry and exit of pigs, and monitor the diseased pigs found. Carry out total destruction.”

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Rongji also made a decision: "This is the only way now."

"I suggest that diseased pigs that are to be destroyed should be given a reasonable subsidy."

Zhang Rongji nodded, turned around, discussed with Cai Yinsong and others for a while, and decided to give each big pig a subsidy of 1,200 yuan and a small pig a subsidy of 300 yuan.

Du Tai, who received instructions from the head office, also came up with a plan: "Send these sick pigs to the garbage recycling plant. They can be used as raw materials for gas and organic fertilizer. Our company will provide a subsidy price of 2 yuan per kilogram!"

"Thank you very much." Zhang Rongji was also very grateful for the help from the Suiren Department.

After all, if the Animal Husbandry Bureau is allowed to handle it on its own, it can only dispose of it by burying it, and it will have to pay the cost of the engineering team. In addition, it may face the risk of a second outbreak.

After all, human greed has no bottom line. Pork infected with swine fever is not inedible, but this behavior will allow the swine fever virus to return to the pig farm through swill, forming a vicious cycle.

Unified purchasing for Blue Age to refining gas and manufacturing organic fertilizer directly eliminated the possibility of the return of sick pigs.

Blue Age took action and immediately dispatched fully enclosed trucks to buy all the sick pigs in Xihu Village, whether they were dead pigs or live pigs, at a price of 2 yuan per kilogram and take them back to the garbage recycling plant.

Several pig farmers almost fell to their knees in front of the Animal Husbandry Bureau and the Blue Age people. The combined subsidies from both sides amounted to more than 1,400 yuan for a big pig.

Although I don’t make much money, at least I won’t lose too much money. At most, I’ll work in vain for a year, but I’ll get back a lot of my capital.

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