Homo sapiens.

Chapter 78 Food Wars

Bandon Island.

A small port on the west side of the island. There is a specially designed underwater channel. At a water depth of about 35 meters, there is an underwater platform made of coral cement.

Mackerel 001 slowly moored on the platform, and then a connecting cabin was raised under the platform, inserted into the bottom of Mackerel 001, and then the connecting cabin began to empty the water inside to test whether the channel was leaking.

After confirming that there was no water leakage, Xu Yingming, escorted by soldiers, entered the bottom communication cabin of Mackerel No. 001.

Open the two gates between the traffic cabin and the connecting cabin, and the capsule elevator inside the traffic cabin slides down at a constant speed.

This kind of capsule elevator does not use cables to pull, but uses gears to hold and grasp to move up and down. It has a lot of power and can resist water pressure at a depth of hundreds of meters.

The capsule elevator came down from Mackerel 001, moved down 18 meters, and entered the water-proof exchange cabin, and then the two gates on it were closed one by one.

Coming out of the capsule elevator, Xu Yingming was taken to the underground transportation cabin, and took the tram to the interior of the island.

As Li Qingye's core scientific research base, Bandon Island is also the area where the main body is located, so it is natural to strictly guard against it.

Even Xu Yingming didn't know where this island was. After all, the soldiers only told him that it was called "Spider Nest Base".

The submarine was sailing under the sea again, and there was no reference to be seen at all. He was not even qualified to enter the cockpit of the submarine, and could only stay in a specific passenger compartment.

As for the communicators and the like on the body, they are not allowed to bring in, and even the clothes must be changed into those prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the underground base of Bandon Island.

When Xu Yingming came to the conference hall, there were other people present.

The spider web managers present included Harry Fernando, Cavendish Lopez, Chen Jianxiong, Mike Dutt (Dutt family), Sun Yaozu (Tusun family), and Ovi (Rear Admiral Luzon).

These people are the core members of the Luzon branch.

Xu Yingming was once again secretly startled by the strength of Homo sapiens.

Philip came out from the side door and said as he walked, "Colleagues, let us welcome the boss with the warmest applause."

clap clap clap...

Li Qingye smiled and waved his hands: "Okay, all take your seats."

Everyone sat down one by one with serious expressions on their faces.

"Today's meeting, on the one hand, is to let everyone get to know each other. In the future, we will all be colleagues, so as not to accidentally hurt our own people."

He went on to say: "On the other hand, it is to deal with the upcoming food crisis."

Food crisis?Xu Yingming didn't notice this, but suddenly he remembered that some time ago, the Aquino family asked them to sell the rice and corn they had as soon as possible.

Chen Jianxiong stood up and came to the mural on the left, holding a device similar to a mobile phone. After pressing a few switches, the mural immediately turned into a large screen.

"This is the information collected by our Security Department in Manila, Sing Tao and New York. ABCD has noticed that we have expanded the rice planting area in Luzon. We are planning to hold a secret meeting soon to discuss the food price issue in Southeast Asia. The Marcus family Both the Aquino family and the Aquino family have received invitations, and they plan to do the same trick again."

The documents are displayed on the big screen one by one.

Chen Jianxiong continued: "In addition, ABCD also contacted some chemical fertilizer and pesticide companies, including 17 fertilizer and pesticide manufacturers including Bayer, Dow, DuPont, Maple Leaf Potash, and BASF. They will use various excuses to promote Southeast Asia. The price of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and agricultural machinery has increased."

The increase in the price of pesticides and fertilizers will obviously further increase the food production costs of Luzon farmers, forcing them to switch to cash crops with higher added value.

"In addition, eight international companies, including United Fruit, will gradually increase the purchase price of some crops in the near future, including bananas, pineapples, sugar cane, mangosteen, lotus mist, etc."

"Everyone has seen it." Li Qingye said calmly.

As members of the big family who once cooperated with ABCD in looting Luzon, Harry, Cavendish, Xu Yingming, and Sun Yaozu naturally understood the three axes of ABCD.

Don't look at doing this, ABCD will suffer short-term losses, but once Luzon's food self-sufficiency plan is successfully destroyed, then Luzon will be a dish, and they can eat whatever they want.

Because the food shortage in Luzon is as high as 700 to 800 million tons, and there are not many countries in the world that can supply this level of food.

And there is another big problem with Luzon's eating habits, that is, rice is the main food, and corn and flour are only supplementary food.

目前世界第一大米出口国是天竺，每年出口大米大约在1100万～1200万吨左右；世界第二是暹罗，每年出口量在600万～800万吨左右；第三是安南，每年出口量在400万～600万吨左右。

Next is America, with an annual export volume of about 500 million tons; Pakistan, with an export volume of about 300 million tons; followed by Hongshawadi, with an export volume of about 250 million tons.

Regardless of the combined export volume of these regions, there is a scale of 3150 million to 3650 million tons.

The problem is that many of these rices have been ordered. If there is a sudden increase in orders, hundreds of thousands of tons will be fine. Once the demand exceeds the level of one million tons, it will be difficult to obtain spot goods for a while.

In order to ensure food supply for a population of 3000 million, it is difficult to resist fluctuations in international grain prices without stockpiling [-] to [-] million tons of rice, and Luzon does not have enough national grain reserves.

Of course, ABCD's three axes will not be effective immediately. To complete the whole plan, they need at least one or two quarters before they can complete the harvest.

"Boss, Xu's warehouse still reserves 24 tons of rice and 36 tons of corn kernels." Xu Yingming was the first to stand up and show his loyalty.

In fact, there are not a few grains stored in the warehouses of various big families.

Li Qingye smiled and said: "Well, I will let Garfield take the lead to set up a secret non-governmental organization called the Luzon Food Safety Association to centrally control the food in our hands. Aren't ABCD just playing? We will accompany them try it out."

Everyone reconciled.

At present, they have 627 million tons of rice, 836 million tons of corn kernels, 133 million tons of wheat flour, and 42 tons of seaweed starch.

In addition, Qingye Group, another vest of Homo sapiens, also controls a large area of ​​farms and plantations in Hongshawadi, and has about 82 tons of rice reserves.

Before the end of the year, after the rice harvest in various places, there will be 200-300 million tons of rice and 300-400 million tons of corn put into storage.

Fighting a food war?

ABCD also bullies those comprador countries that are in a state of disunity. When encountering countries with a high degree of centralization and enough arable land, their methods may not be effective.

The Luzon Food Security Association planned by Li Qingye will increase Luzon’s total grain reserves to 3000 million tons in the next three years, including 1500 million tons of rice, 300 million tons of wheat, and 1200 million tons of corn.

As for where the food reserves come from.

It's very simple, isn't ABCD going to fight a food war in Southeast Asia?Then Li Qingye asked Fernando and other families to take the opportunity to purchase these low-priced rice, wheat and corn with their vests on.

As for the reluctance of Luzon farmers to grow rice, this is not a link that ABCD can directly control.

In the area controlled by Homo sapiens, what the landlords and farmers want to plant must be approved by the Agricultural Association. It does not mean that farmers can replant cash crops with high returns.

Otherwise, Homo sapiens will let them know what an iron fist is, ensuring that they can't even transport agricultural products to the local area.

After all, the local ports, shipping, roads and railways are all controlled by Homo sapiens company. No matter how high the purchase price is, it must be shipped out to be useful.

Chapter 79 Cheap High Tech

The establishment of the Luzon Food Security Association is not something that is intended to be made public.

Xu Yingming even received a special task, that is, to continue to lead the Xu family to unite with the Aquino family to figure out the specific plan of ABCD.

"Wise, according to the intelligence, the ABCD headquarters will send a person in charge to Xingdao to hold a secret meeting there. When the time comes, you will go there in person to cooperate with Jianxiong's actions."

Hearing Li Qingye's order, even though he didn't know what Homo sapiens company was going to do, Xu Yingming knew that he had no right to refuse, so he nodded quickly:

"I will do my best to cooperate with Minister Chen."

As if he had thought of something, Li Qingye ordered again: "By the way, by the way, in the name of the Xu family, you secretly contact the Guo family in Malaysia. They and ABCD are people who wear a pair of pants."

"Yes."

Next, Li Qingye discussed with everyone how to integrate the various families.

Now on the surface, the Fernando family and the Lopez family are an alliance, while the Tusun family and the Dutt family maintain a close relationship.

If all these families are united at once, the other families will probably gather together to keep warm immediately, and even America, who secretly affects the situation in Luzon, will personally intervene.

Therefore, the Xu family must not unite with the Fernando family and the Lopez family on the surface, but must unite with the Dutt family and the Tusun family.

Only by maintaining a balanced and confrontational situation between the major families in Luzon, can the internal and external enemies not jump over the wall in a hurry.

"Next, we want you to exert all your influence and fully support your own people within the army and air force. Only by completely controlling the army can we suppress the opposition forces in Luzon at the critical moment, and at the same time fight against the forces from the United States. interference."

In this regard, Cavendish Dutt asked with some hesitation:

"Boss, although America's two military bases in Luzon have been deactivated, the other party still retains the excuse of interference."

Of course Li Qingye is aware of the tricks: "So we can't be in a hurry. We have to wait for your uncle to step down and push Garfield up. At that time, through Garfield, the terms of cooperation will be abolished."

Cavendish said with some concern:

"I have no objection to this. After all, my uncle and his daughter are not likely to be the next successor. With our support, there is a high probability that Garfield will be able to take the position. But if he breaks face with America, will it be difficult for Luzon alone? confrontation?"

Others are also somewhat worried, after all, this is facing the world's most powerful country alone.

But Li Qingye is confident: "First of all, we will not stop at Luzon. The Hongshawadi branch is developing very fast. It is estimated that we can completely take over there in a year or two. At that time, we will have a branch that knows everything about it. Alternate base."

"Second, the place where America is most likely to do something is Mindanao. We just need to kill the threat there in advance."

Hearing that Mindanao was going to be cleared, Cavendish also nodded: "I agree, even if my family is there, in fact, it can only be suppressed by force and power, and that place is indeed easy to become an excuse for America. "

Li Qingye turned his head: "Jianxiong, set up a special purge team, bring those uncontrollable families, religious groups, and rebel leaders into the key surveillance targets, and gradually replace some of them with soldiers. I want a clean Mindanao."

"Yes, boss!" Chen Jianxiong replied seriously.

Li Qingye did not pin his hopes on internal stability, even if it is internal stability, the enemy can create instability for you.

He smiled sharply and said, "The third point is that we must have the strength to threaten America. This is also a very important point."

Sun Yaozu frowned and reminded: "Boss, if you use biological weapons, you will be hated by the whole world."

Of course, everyone knows the biotechnology level of Homo sapiens company, and they don't doubt Li Qingye's scientific research talent. It is estimated that there are things in the laboratory that are enough to deter all human beings.

But this kind of thing is invisible.

After all, there is no way for biological weapons to let the world know their terrifying power through intuitive experiments. This is not like nuclear weapons. They can be tested to let other forces know that they have nuclear weapons.

Biological weapons can only be put directly on the battlefield to make the enemy understand the degree of threat.

But if it is directly thrown into the battlefield, then it is not a threat, but a direct war.

At that time, the five gangsters will probably join forces to grow mushrooms for Luzon.

Therefore, biological weapons are invisible and can only be used as trump cards. Once used, they will be immortal.

Li Qingye shook his head: "I know that biological weapons cannot deter the five hooligans."

"Eh? Boss, are we going to engage in nuclear weapons? Although there is a nuclear power plant in Luzon, that nuclear power plant is just an empty shell and has never been put into use." Cavendish said, swallowing his throat.

Li Qingye glanced at him like an idiot: "Luzon doesn't have the foundation to develop nuclear weapons, and do you think that with so many centrifuges, the whole world is blind?"

"Then we can only use conventional weapons. It will be difficult for us to deter America, right?" Chen Jianxiong said with a headache.

Li Qingye didn't expect them to offer any constructive suggestions, so he went straight to the point: "Conventional weapons can also deter America, the key depends on how to use them."

"Conventional weapons?"

"Intercontinental ballistic missile?"

"We don't have a satellite navigation system, so missiles can't get close to North America, right?"

"Boss, what conventional weapons can do it?"

Everyone was very curious.

Li Qingye called up a file and projected it on the big screen on one side.

[Cruise missile...]

[Using civilian spare parts and ordinary piston engines, drone-style missiles can carry a warhead of 50 kg to 500 kg, with an effective range of 30 km to 2500 km...]

[The cost of a single cruise missile can be reduced to about 2000-50000 U.S. dollars, which is conducive to large-scale equipment and saturated strikes against the enemy...]

"This kind of thing is a cheap high-tech weapon. Even America's Aegis system cannot withstand the saturation attack of tens of thousands of cruise missiles."

Gollum!

How many thousands? ? ?

Everyone felt that their world view was directly distorted, but when they saw the list of parts listed above, they felt that there were tens of thousands of them.

Even if the unit price is 5 U.S. dollars, 5 pieces are only [-] million U.S. dollars.

The cost of America's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is calculated in tens of billions of dollars. It is a bloody profit to exchange [-] cruise missiles for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

You must know that the purchase price of one of America's Tomahawk cruise missiles reaches 60 to 120 million dollars.

According to the tactical positioning, the cruise missile Li Qingye intends to design is actually similar to the Katyusha rocket launcher during World War II, and its positioning is cheap and large.

The modern bombarded missile interception system cannot defend 100% in the face of saturation strikes.

After all, these interception systems need the cooperation of intercepting missiles, Phalanx machine guns, intercepting rocket launchers, and intercepting anti-aircraft artillery.

The problem is that these things have limitations. The cost of intercepting missiles lies there. Other intercepting weapons are either not accurate or the intercepting distance is too short.