I See through Everything

Chapter 246: Chapter 136: Fermentation

For products from the Eastern Guangdong Region, the transportation costs to the Pearl River Delta Region and the Yangtze River Delta Region are comparable to those for products from Southeast Asia.

Jiang Miao’s development of high-end fruits and various agricultural products was, indeed, aimed at competing with Southeast Asia.

Some might argue that this approach is not conducive to winning over the various powers in Southeast Asia.

However, from the perspective of geopolitics and economic warfare, the Hailufeng Company can essentially be seen as a weapon.

Whether or not this weapon is used...

...and whether or not one possesses this weapon...

...are two entirely different matters.

Take the durian industry, for example. As a key industry for Malaysia, Siam, and An Nan, their annual durian exports to the country reach over a million tons, with an industry value of 40 to 50 billion Hua Yuan.

Without a large-scale domestic durian industry, the country can only use import permits as a condition to keep the Southeast Asian parties in check.

But if the Hailufeng Company possessed a massive Durian Plantation, the outcome would be completely different.

You dare cause trouble?

Not only will I block you with import permits, I can also leak news that we’re about to massively ramp up production, preparing to drive the international durian price into the ground.

This deterrent is far more terrifying than just blocking import permits.

The same logic applies to Hailufeng Company’s new soybean variety.

I can continue to import, but I must also maintain my own production capacity, ready to expand rapidly at a moment’s notice.

This way, whether it’s America, Lucia, or the nations of South America, they would completely lose their say and bargaining power in the soybean industry.

It could even lead to other global powers losing their influence in the food sector.

This situation arises because the current domestic soybean cultivation area is around 150 million mu.

Once Hailufeng Company’s new soybean variety is introduced, major domestic agricultural companies and growers will surely abandon their soybean fields in the Northeast Plain and the Huai-Hai Plain to invest in soybean cultivation in the sandy lands of Monan.

Those freed-up 150 million mu of former soybean fields could then be used to grow grains and cash crops.

million mu of available high-quality arable land could destabilize the market prices of many major agricultural commodities. For instance, switching to sugarcane and beets could sway world sugar prices; planting cotton and flax could influence global cotton and linen prices; and growing corn and wheat could impact the prices of grain, animal feed, and alcohol worldwide.

This situation would trigger a series of chain reactions.

The world’s major exporters of agricultural commodities would find themselves at the mercy of the world’s largest market.

And this time, the leverage wouldn’t just be about market access, but the power to launch a counteroffensive and settle old scores.

At that point, it wouldn’t just be a matter of being unable to make money in the world’s largest market; their global markets would suffer a severe blow as well.

For now, Hailufeng Company’s new soybean variety isn’t being planted in the sandy lands of Monan, so the outside world has had little reaction to the company’s experimental soybean cultivation in Shanmei. After all, many agricultural companies and research institutions collaborate with farmers on experimental plots.

Even if the harvest yields over 300 kilograms per mu, it wouldn’t cause much of a stir.

After all, with the south’s abundant water and heat, a soybean yield of over 300 kilograms per mu is achievable with proper management, especially on an experimental field.

But planting it in the sandy lands of Monan is a completely different concept.

Getting a high yield from good land is to be expected, after all.

But getting a high yield from wasteland means the country would instantly gain hundreds of millions of mu of arable land.

Even if it can only grow soybeans, soybeans are not just an oil crop but also a feed crop, capable of influencing the global oil and feed markets.

...

While Meilong Town was holding a meeting to arrange the implementation of the "Rice-Bean-Fish-Lotus Root Project," Jiang Miao, having returned to company headquarters, began He Youwei’s treatment.

Over the past few days, he had taken the time to study the gene-targeting therapy plan that He Youwei had researched herself. After examining her genes, he discovered that her plan indeed had quite a few problems.

In the laboratory.

Jiang Miao explained to her the differences between the new plan and the old one, and why the adjustments were necessary.

"In your plan, a daily dose of 3,500 units of vitamin C is not enough."

"Teacher, why isn’t it enough? I shouldn’t have made a calculation error, right?" He Youwei grew a little nervous.

Jiang Miao calmly answered the question, "You didn’t account for the fact that after gene target 0368 is activated, the body’s absorption of vitamin C will decrease by 20% to 30%. Therefore, the vitamin C dose must be increased to 4,500 units."

After checking her own gene sequence on the computer, He Youwei had a sudden realization. "I see."

"Furthermore, your prescribed dosage for component #22 of the bitter melon extract is also incorrect. Although this extract isn’t highly toxic, it stimulates two other gene targets, 8006 and 9587. Target 8006 reduces the small intestine’s fat absorption efficiency, creating a risk of oily diarrhea. Target 9587 inhibits the renal tubules’ reabsorption of potassium, which can lead to an electrolyte imbalance."

"Ah!" He Youwei checked gene targets 8006 and 9587. After running through the deductions, she found it was just as Jiang Miao had said. In that moment, cold sweat involuntarily beaded on her forehead.

No wonder Lin Shuya—her teacher’s wife—had been so against her testing the drug on herself, not even allowing an ultra-low dose.

’It now seemed she was still far too inexperienced, completely unqualified to develop a new drug independently.’

"The dosage for bitter melon #22 should be adjusted to 0.025 milligrams per day. Although it will still reduce the renal tubules’ potassium reabsorption by about 30%, this can be compensated for by eating more bananas and potatoes."

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