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Chapter 376 The Rise of the Oil King (Third update, please subscribe)

There is never a paradise in the world.

Many times, the so-called paradise is just an ordinary life, maybe even the most basic life.

As the saying goes, "The cold will be clothed, the hungry will be fed, the wronged will be vindicated, and the tired will find rest. This is what a sage expects."

In fact, heaven is as simple as the most common survival needs.

From the day he arrived in Nanyang, Li Yian was committed to creating such an environment.

After more than three years of hard work, this goal is being achieved bit by bit.

Now every morning, what he enjoys most are the reports - for example, the number of people entering the customs yesterday was 358976. What is this? These are population increase numbers.

As for the 7864 Japanese trainees reported separately by the Ministry of Labor, what are they? It is not the labor force, but fertility. It is the rise of one thing and the decrease of the other. It is the loss of 7864 women of childbearing age in Japan. It is the population decline in Japan and the population increase in Nanyang.

Of course, among the many reports, what is even more gratifying is the report that factories have been put into operation. It takes a long time from construction to operation. The commissioning of these factories not only means that Borneo is becoming an industrialized country, but also provides There are a large number of jobs. Compared with agriculture, it is industry that really absorbs the labor force. And of course there are consumer industries.

Today, unlike in the past, there is a new surprise. After just one glance, Li Yian turned his attention completely to the report. The report was from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. The content was very simple - palm oil has successfully entered the European market.

After a long wait of three years, the first batch of oil palm trees planted in 45 years has finally entered the fruiting period. In fact, as early as last year, the two-year-old oil palm trees transplanted from a nursery in Cuba had already begun to bear fruit. Although the results were small in number, they marked the beginning of the palm oil industry.

But things are not that simple. Looking at the report in his hand, Li Yian looked at it over and over again, seeming to find hidden problems in the concise words.

"The output is still a bit low."

Finally, after closing the report, Li Yian made up his mind to go to the oil palm plantation for a field trip in the afternoon.

He fights against workers and has a working spirit. As the president... he also fights against workers.

Moreover, the spirit of rolling up and working has been deeply rooted in his bones. After working all morning, after having a simple lunch in the restaurant at noon, Li Yian went to the oil palm plantation outside the city. The oil cultivated in the Cuban nursery was Most of the palm seedlings are planted near Chang'an, and Jiahe Company's oil palm research institute is also located in this suburb.

As the largest grain merchant in Borneo, Jiahe Company naturally took over the oil palm plantations and established a complete industrial chain from plantations to processing plants and the international market. In this upper industrial chain, the most important thing is the research institution .

After all, the industrialization of palm oil is not only about planting, but also involves further processing and research on the scope of application. All of this requires professional research institutions to study.

Before the industry emerges, technology comes first. This is the basic development principle.

While walking among the half-human-high oil palm trees in the plantation, company manager Dai Dekun introduced the research institute.

"Sir, although oil palm was introduced to Southeast Asia as early as thirty years ago, it has never been truly industrialized. The planting area is relatively limited, and the research on it is far inferior to that of rubber. Although we have hired many people from the UK, They are plant experts, but they are also very unfamiliar with oil palm. The current work in the institute is mainly focused on the prevention of pests and diseases, as well as research on fertilizers, irrigation and other planting aspects."

As an emerging industry, almost everything in the cultivation and research of oil palm is started from scratch, but Li Yian was somewhat negligent about this.

"This question is an oversight on my part, but don't rush and study it slowly. What is our unit output now?"

Although it was an oversight, in emerging industries, it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes.

“Only last year did some oil palm trees begin to bear fruit, and they have not yet entered the true maturity period. The current yield is about 500 kilograms of oil per hectare. However, we have conducted research on several oil palm plantations in Sarawak and Malaya. According to the investigation, the economic life of oil palm is 25 to 30 years. Once it enters the fruiting period, it can be picked and pressed all year round, and the oil output per hectare can reach 1 to 1.5 tons. Its yield is still very high."

very high?

Just kidding!

How could oil palm yields be so low?

Unlike Dai Dekun and others, Li Yi'an knew very well that the output of oil palm would never be this small. This is the "world's oil king", so how could the output be so low.

After thinking about it, Li Yian asked.

“So have plantations been surveyed in their African countries of origin?”

"Professor Sean from the institute has worked in Africa. He said that there are no large-scale oil palm plantations in Africa, and the information in this regard is very limited."

Dai Dekun's answer made Li Yi'an frown... Suddenly, he realized that he had made a mistake - in the past three years, Borneo had planted more than 100 million hectares of land. Oil palm, now it seems that this is a bit risky!

The main reason is that technical research has not caught up yet!

There is an element of gambling involved in this matter!

It seems...the bet hasn't been right yet!

No, there seems to be nothing wrong, it’s just that the output is a little lower.

Fortunately, fortunately, the cost of trial and error is not to risk human life for trial and error.

Still acceptable. Just at this time, Li Yian saw some workers in the distance surrounding an oil palm that was less than one person tall, and seemed to be applying something to the flowers.

"What are they doing?"

"Sir, they are artificially pollinating oil palm flowers. Without artificial pollination, the fruiting rate will be very low."

"The fruiting rate is very low? Does it all rely on artificial pollination?"

Li Yian asked rhetorically.

"Those old plantations also rely on artificial pollination, and local insects seem to be very repulsive to oil palm flowers..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Yian suddenly remembered a neglected detail - oil palm weevil! It was this humble little bug that contributed to the rise of the "World Oil King". So much so that an article has been devoted to describing the connection between Weevil and the rise of Oil King. But that was after the 80s. Before that, all pollination was done manually. Before the palm weevil was introduced in Southeast Asia, oil palm production was only half what it became.

This is also the fundamental reason why the oil palm planting industry has not developed into a large-scale industry in the past few decades!

“It’s definitely not possible to do this manually!”

Li Yian said.

"Only through hand pollination can the flowers and fruits be produced. This is a tedious and hard work. This way of pollination is wrong. Insects are the natural pollinators of oil palm. If there are no suitable insects here, then I will go to the place of origin to find them. , there must be the right pollinators there.”

What is gambling? I am clearly standing on the shoulders of historical giants!

Even if it’s a bet, you can definitely win!

On the way out of the institute, I looked at the plantations on both sides of the road. There were many workers carrying out artificial pollination next to many oil palm trees that were already in bloom.

"Details, the key is details. Fortunately, the remedy is urgent."

Looking at the plantation outside the window, Li Yi'an couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth as he thought about how palm oil and its products would sweep across the European and American markets after pollination was solved.

"Fortunately, I won the bet again..."

Just at this moment, a path ahead that was neither familiar nor unfamiliar came into view. Looking at the path, a shadow flashed in Li Yian's mind.

"Go ahead and go to the right, to the Song family's plantation."

Ten minutes later, Li Yian arrived at the white two-story building in the center of the plantation. After learning from the servant that Song Bing was in the study on the second floor, he walked straight up.

After entering the door, the first thing that hits the eye window is the bookshelf occupying the wall, which is neatly filled with rows of books. Looking towards the balcony, beside the curtains that were blown by the breeze, a woman was lazily reclining on the sofa. The sun shone on her long, satin-like hair, giving off a faint luster, which highlighted her skin. White and transparent. The woman wearing a pink silk pajamas was lying down, the silk outlines her beautiful curves, her slender waist was not too tight, and her high chest rose and fell with her breathing.

At this time, Song Bing was holding a book in her hand, and she was reading the book with a smile, as if she was completely immersed in the book.

Looking at the girl by the window, Li Yian walked over. Maybe he heard the footsteps. When he looked up, Song Bing saw the person coming.

"Brother Li, when did you come?"

When Song Bing sat up, the sling on her shoulders slipped down inadvertently, and the white snow came into Li Yi'an's sight, making his heart filled with evil fire. Looking at the girl's face flushed,

He lowered his head and whispered into her cute little pearls.

"Why, do you miss me?"

"Brother Li, what are you talking about..."

Song Bing's ears quickly turned red, and she moved her delicate body uneasily. At this moment, a pair of strong arms hugged her, and she looked at him nervously and expectantly.

"Li, Brother Li, I..."

Looking down at Song Bing, her fair and tender face was dyed with a faint blush, making her look even more beautiful. Li Yian gently raised her chin...

(End of this chapter)