The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 850

Chapter 850 The Beginning of the Food War

After assigning the task to Li Yabo, Chang Haonan left the compressor research.

Studying thermal effects is a relatively simple and straightforward part that can be left to students.

But that new mechanism—

Considering that it corresponds to the thermal effect, it can be tentatively named the cold ablation mechanism. After all, it may involve a completely new theory, so Chang Haonan still has to do it himself.

So... Since we want to engage in materials research, the prerequisites are naturally equipment and materials.

Even if Chang Haonan has a system, it will be the same.

According to his speculation just now, the cold ablation mechanism is strongly related to the basic theory of molecular dynamics.

The research equipment needed cannot be obtained by these small efforts now.

In addition, in addition to equipment, several researchers who are not students and are dedicated to scientific research may also be needed.

As well as postdocs.

Of course, these all have to rely on the new laboratory under construction.

Otherwise, there would be almost no room for people in the school headquarters, not to mention the equipment.

After sorting out the primary and secondary relationships here, Chang Haonan turned directly and went to Tang Lintian's office.

The latter was flipping through a document at this time.

Judging from the two newspapers on hand, I am afraid they were delivered just now.

Hearing footsteps approaching from far away, Tang Lintian raised his head and saw Chang Haonan appearing at the door.

“Professor Chang?”

He put down the pen and documents in his hands:

“You're a rare visitor...why do you have time to come to my place today?”

The last time Chang Haonan took the initiative to go to Tang Lintian's office was when he had not even graduated from his undergraduate degree.

It also indirectly caused the location of the latter's can of good tea to be exposed, and was eventually beaten to the autumn wind.

At that time, Tang Lintian was still the dean of the School of Aeronautical Science and Engineering.

The two of them met afterward, either outside or in Chang Haonan's office.

“Something about the new laboratory.”

Chang Haonan sat directly opposite Tang Lintian's desk, and the latter took out a tin can from a corner of the filing cabinet as usual.

Du Yishan has retired, and neither Chang Haonan nor Liu Zhenxiang drink tea much.

As the principal of Jinghang, there is a high probability that no fourth person will dare to come directly to him to challenge the autumn wind.

Chang Haonan was not in a hurry. While waiting for Tang Lintian to make tea, Chang Haonan inadvertently glanced at the two newspapers placed next to him.

“The US Department of Agriculture issues a warning: Abnormal drought may reduce soybean production, and we need to be alert to the harm caused to humans by extreme weather”

“Global warming is an urgent problem, the US Department of Agriculture issues a production reduction warning”

Chang Haonan was shocked when he saw these two titles.

He had seen a similar plot in his previous life.

It can be regarded as the first round of offensive launched by the United States at the strategic level after China joined the WTO.

But that time seemed to have happened around 2004.

Now that China has joined the WTO one year ahead of schedule, Americans who have suffered some losses in the past few years are obviously a little bit restless.

So it's only been three months, and I can't wait to do something.

The two cups of tea were quickly placed on the desk.

“New laboratory…”

Tang Lintian sat back down and was about to continue what he had just said, but he soon noticed Chang Haonan's eyes looking to the side, so he temporarily changed the topic:

“It says that soybean futures have risen more than three times last month, and there is no sign of relief.”

"Um…"

Chang Haonan nodded absently, picked up the cup and blew lightly:

"Although soybeans are not a staple food, they are after all a major oil crop and a semi-necessity for survival. Once there is a risk of insufficient supply of this kind of thing, the price increase will not be based on the relationship between supply and demand, but will continue to increase until some people can no longer buy it. Until then.” Tang Lintian originally just picked up two newspapers and read them, but he became interested after hearing what Chang Haonan said:

“Professor Chang also studies some economics?”

After asking for an explanation, I felt that it seemed reasonable, so I added another sentence:

“Oh…I almost forgot that you are still in charge of this large central enterprise…”

Chang Haonan took a sip of tea and then shook his head:

“It has nothing to do with that.”

“I really don't understand economics, but I have read some history.”

He said and put the teacup back on the table:

"During the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to destroy Lu and Liang, Guan Zhong of Qi suggested to Duke Huan of Qi that he buy a fabric called '绨', a specialty of these two countries, at a high price, and at the same time dump grains to them at extremely low prices. , and the states of Lu and Liang saw that it was profitable, so they ordered that all the land in the country be converted to Ti."

"After only a few years, the grain output of Lu and Liang was basically zero, and they could only rely on imports from Qi. At this time, Duke Huan of Qi suddenly ordered that the entire country wear silk, so that the silk from those two countries could not be sold. He went out, and at the same time he suddenly raised the price of exported grain, which directly caused a round of famine, and defeated two serious enemies without a single blow..."

"Historical books say it more obscurely. This operation is called the Battle of Silk, but the core is actually food. After all, people can live without clothes or shelter if they are forced to do so, but if they don't eat, they will definitely starve to death. "

Tang Lintian was born in science and engineering, so naturally he had never read "Guanzi", which was relatively unpopular even among pre-Qin works.

But after listening to Chang Haonan's talk about having noses and eyes, I also knew that it was unlikely to be made up on the spot.

Besides, there is no reason for the other party to make up such a story to comfort himself.

“So what you're saying is...the Americans hope that by raising the price of soybeans, our country will stop growing food and switch to soybeans, and then cut off our food supply in a few years..."

　　Halfway through what he said, he felt that something was not right.

Lu and Liang are just two small countries after all.

　　Huaxia obviously cannot be directly involved.

"no no…"

Chang Haonan also showed an expression that he couldn't bear to look at:

“Our country has control over staple food, and there is basically no way to make decisions about it…”

In the last round of negotiations to join the WTO, China and the United States carried out a package of exchange conditions, including opening up most agricultural markets.

This also includes staple foods.

But with the opening up, the red line of cultivated land and yield indicators are still there. In any case, it is impossible for the whole country to plant soybeans.

Tang Lintian thought so and immediately breathed a sigh of relief:

“Then what do you mean…”

Chang Haonan pretended to think for a while, and then answered:

“I estimate that the other party simply wants to target our country's soybean industry.”

"If you think about it, our country's cultivated land area is not enough. Most of it can only be used to maintain staple food production. Soybeans themselves rely on imports. Now that prices are soaring, soybean farmers must expand their planting area, and downstream companies will also be eager to buy from the international market. Buy soybean futures in case it goes higher.”

“Wait until next year, or the year after next at the latest, and they will announce that production has not dropped as expected, causing soybean prices to plummet…”

Although Chang Haonan didn't finish what he said, it's not difficult to guess what happened next.

Except for a small number of enterprises that are protected by the state, most downstream enterprises may go bankrupt as a result.

Soybean farmers who have hurriedly expanded their planting area will obviously also face huge losses.

The most troublesome part is—

In the last generation, China was able to win the staple food war. Although wonderful operations played a very important role, in the final analysis, the nearly 2 billion acres of domestic arable land was the guarantee.

No matter how bad the situation is, you won't really be unable to eat.

But the soybean industry obviously does not have this advantage.

The self-sufficiency capacity itself is very weak. Related industries are still dominated by private enterprises and collective enterprises, and there is no way to implement orders and prohibitions like central enterprises.

And now stocking up on soybeans…

Apparently it's a bit late too.

So, Chang Haonan couldn't even think of any good solution for a while...

(End of this chapter)

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