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[Twelve, the Sino-foreign food war, a battlefield without gun smoke. ]

[In 2008, the four major international grain traders attempted to encircle my country's staple grain market. ]

[They tried to make us live like the people in Haiti, eating dirt. ]

[Our Sinograin directly took up arms and fought one against four, and finally beat them to leave more than 100 billion US dollars, fled in disgrace, and never dared to make any attempt on the Chinese market again. ]

[The conspiracy of the four major international grain traders, which had been planned for nearly ten years, was disintegrated in a few months. ]

[Their plan was completely broken by a few simple but exquisite strategies of Sinograin, which was shocking. ].

[This victory is not only a transcendence in skills, but also a wash of past humiliation. ]

[Remember those days? 】

【Our grain and oil market has almost completely fallen into the hands of these giants. That kind of failure is as memorable as the Battle of Xiangjiang in history. 】

【But what kind of method allowed the four major grain traders to sweep the market so much? 】

【Back in 2001, China joined the WTO, an open door, and also ushered in the greedy eyes of the four major grain traders abcd. 】

【Three of them are from the United States, and the fourth one is from France, but it also has the shadow of American capital. 】

【Their methods are varied, from giving away cheap genetically modified seeds to dumping soybeans, every step seems to be laying traps one after another. 】

【The methods of international grain traders are clever and cunning. 】

【They initially distributed genetically modified soybean seeds to farmers at extremely low prices or even for free, claiming that these high-tech products can greatly increase production and effectively resist pests and diseases. 】

【At the same time, thanks to lower tariffs. 】

【These giants sold genetically modified soybeans to Huaxia's 490 oil refineries at a cost far lower than the domestic soybean price. 】

【They claimed that its high oil content could significantly reduce production costs and increase production. 】

【These words sounded beautiful, and in fact, they did bring short-term benefits. 】

【Soon, genetically modified soybeans occupied the entire industrial chain from planting to processing. It seemed that everything was developing in a good direction. Farmers and companies were expanding their production scales, and everyone thought that the spring of agriculture had arrived. 】

【But the good times did not last long. 】

【In 2003, when everything seemed to be going smoothly. 】

【The four major grain traders suddenly changed their strategy. They filed a lawsuit with the WTO, demanding that Chinese farmers and companies pay high patent fees for using their genetically modified technology. 】

【The high cost is simply an astronomical figure that is difficult to accept. 】

【It is obviously an overlord clause. 】

【We couldn’t agree, so we had to give up using their seeds and return to traditional soybean cultivation. 】

【For farmers who grow crops, switching to other crops may not be a good idea.What is the big problem? After all, their livelihoods are not entirely dependent on one crop. 】

[The reduction in yield is not ideal, but it is not a matter of life and death. 】

[However, for oil mills that rely on genetically modified soybeans, the situation is completely different. 】

[These companies have become accustomed to the high benefits brought by genetically modified soybeans. Not only have they reinvested all their profits in recent years, but they have also expanded massively. 】

[When farmers stopped growing genetically modified soybeans, the supply of raw materials for oil mills immediately fell into trouble. 】

[Oil production plummeted and profits evaporated in an instant. 】

[In order to maintain production, these oil mills had to import large quantities of genetically modified soybeans from the United States. 】

[At this time, international grain traders began their advanced operations. Taking advantage of the upcoming harvest of soybeans in the United States, they claimed that extreme weather had affected soybean production in North America, causing global soybean prices to rise. 】

[What happened next was even more dramatic. 】

[Soybean prices not only rose, but also rose at an alarming rate. 】

[The original soybean price of 2,300 RMB per ton nearly doubled to 4,400 RMB in just a few months. 】

[What's more, some market speculators spread rumors that the price would continue to soar to 6,000. 】

[At that time, our understanding of the international market was not deep enough. 】

[When we heard the news of the reduction in soybean production, we panicked and hurriedly ordered more than 8 million tons of soybeans from the United States at a price of 4,300 RMB per ton. 】

[But at the moment we signed. 】

[In fact, we have fallen into the trap of others' careful and stubbornness, and we are deeply trapped in it and unable to extricate ourselves. 】

[Unfortunately, just after our order was placed, the US Department of Agriculture came out to correct the news. It turned out that the previous report of production reduction was just a misunderstanding. 】

[The soybean production in the United States has not been greatly affected. 】

【As soon as the news came out, the soybean price, which had been rising, began to fall rapidly like a roller coaster. 】

【The financial giants on Wall Street keenly caught this point and sold soybeans one after another, accelerating the price drop. 】

【The result was that in just two months, the price of soybeans not only fell back, but also fell to 2,200 per ton. 】

【Even lower than the initial price. 】

【Our investment was wiped out in an instant. 】

【When the terrifying news finally reached the ears of Chinese business leaders, ships full of soybeans were already sailing in the Pacific Ocean. 】

【At this time, Chinese oil mills faced a difficult choice. 】

【If they accepted these soybeans and continued production, then as the cost increased sharply, the losses would also rise, and the bankruptcy of the company would only be a matter of time. 】

【As a result, many refineries chose to default and would rather not have these soybeans. 】

【But breach of contract is not without cost. According to the contract, the breach of contract fee for each ton of soybeans is nearly 2,000 RMB., 8 million tons of soybeans is a huge penalty. 】

【Enough to make any company collapse. 】

【At this time, the four major international grain traders took the opportunity to not only claim compensation from China's oil mills, but also suspended soybean exports to China. 】

【Almost forced China's oil mills to a dead end. 】

【Finally, except for a few state-owned enterprises, most grain and oil companies are on the verge of bankruptcy. 】

【International grain traders took advantage of the chaos to acquire these troubled companies at low prices. This move almost controlled 90% of the oil pressing capacity in the Chinese market. 】

【Their purpose is not only to control the market. 】

【They also tried to further erode China's agricultural foundation and launched a purchase price for soybean planting companies in the Northeast. 】

【Although tempting, the intention behind it should not be underestimated. 】

【By 2004, the four major international grain traders had almost completely seized control of China's soybean market, with a control power of more than 85%. 】

【Whether it was planting and processing or the sale of edible oil, their business was everywhere. 】

【They cleverly took advantage of their own advantages, or the companies they acquired could only buy the genetically modified soybeans they developed. 】

【These seeds also had to pay additional patent fees. 】

【This left farmers in the Northeast with no choice but to buy seeds from them. 】

【But the ambitions of these grain traders did not stop there. You might think that they did this just to make higher profits in the soybean market, but in fact their goals were even more ambitious. 】

【They wanted to turn China into a huge processing plant, with all raw materials imported. 】

【Thereby completely controlling China's food supply. 】

【In this way, they could manipulate food supply and prices at will. 】

【If they want to raise prices or reduce supply, we will be powerless to fight back. 】

【Just like the plight of the Haitian people, they have been in a state of food insecurity for a long time. This situation is not limited to soybeans. If they can control more types of food, China's food security will face greater threats. 】

【This is a struggle about national security and people's well-being. 】

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"Bah! These damn foreigners are so bad! They actually want to control our food and make us live a life of eating dirt!"

"Their bad tricks are really endless and hard to guard against!"

"Let's see how China Grain Reserves will respond."

"......"

The ancients of all dynasties stared at the light screen nervously and fell into discussion.

Food is the first necessity of the people. If a country's food is controlled by others,How can you expect the people to live a good life?

Dream on!

But the end is definitely that China wins, but they are curious about how they win?

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Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng is extremely worried.

Later generations encountered such a crisis and were able to resolve it.

If the Qin Dynasty encountered it, how would it deal with it?

The best way he could think of was to close the country's borders directly like Emperor Qianlong, so that foreigners could not interfere with China's grain crops.

But this would be completely self-defeating, and it is still very likely that foreigners would force the country to open its borders.

Ying Zheng frowned and pondered: "How to fight back..."

Soon, he thought of another solution.

That is to compete who has more grain!

"Yes! If we compete for the grain in the treasury, we may be able to turn defeat into victory!"

But is this possible?

How can a country's stockpiled grain compete with the world's four largest grain merchants!

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Ming Dynasty.

If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't been hindered by the Ming Dynasty ministers standing beside him, he would have directly cursed the ancestors of the foreigners!

These guys are so bad that even their hearts are black!

They actually tried to completely control China's grain!

Zhu Yuanzhang was also afraid of hunger. What he was most worried about was that the people would not have enough food. He was so angry about the foreigners' practices that he wanted to put all ten of their clans into the oil pan!

"These foreign profiteers! They will do anything to make money!"

"You also want to try to control the world's grain! You deserve to be killed!"

But fortunately, the later generations survived the crisis safely.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to look at the light curtain. He was also very curious about what methods the later generations used.

Maybe he could learn and use it.