Chapter 725 – ‘Niutoushan’ Farm
Chapter 725 “Niutoushan” Farm
Seeing the “Kubota” brand harvester from the jeep, Zhao Guoyang narrowed his eyes slightly.
Kubota Group, a famous agricultural machinery manufacturer in the island country, was founded in 1890 and has a history of more than 100 years.
As the largest agricultural machinery manufacturer in Asia, the Kubota Group has been expanding its business in all directions in Asia, America, Europe, Oceania and other parts of the world.
As far as Zhao Guoyang knows, even in the 1990s, Kubota had at least 120 subsidiaries and 20 affiliated companies around the world.
Its products in the fields of agricultural machinery, small construction machinery, small diesel engines, and cast iron pipes have been at the forefront of the world.
In the impression of Zhao Guoyang’s previous life, Kubota should not have expanded its business in Africa so early.
But now seeing Kubota products in Ethiopia, Zhao Guoyang felt a little vigilant.
This time, I asked Zhang Yufang to purchase a batch of agricultural and forestry machinery from “Hongda Machinery Factory”, with the purpose of testing the African market.
From Zhao Guoyang’s point of view, although the performance of these “lawnmowers” and “harvesters” of his own “Hongda Machinery Factory” is not as good as that of European and American brands, they are still competitive enough in the African continent.
The reason is very simple. Compared with giants in the agricultural and forestry machinery industry such as JCB and John Deere, the products of “Hongda Machinery Factory” have some extraordinary advantages in terms of price.
The majority of African brothers are limited by their own economic strength, and when the quality of agricultural and forestry machinery and equipment is not too different, the first thing to look at is the price.
Another point is that China has very close relations with many countries in Africa, and there are many support teams to assist the African continent.
Among these support teams, there are professionals in the repair and maintenance of mechanical equipment.
Purchasing products from Huaxia Enterprises has a natural advantage in terms of repair and equipment maintenance.
After comprehensively considering these factors, Zhao Guoyang made the decision to transfer goods from “Hongda Machinery Factory”.
But now that he sees similar products in Ethiopia, a powerful competitor of the island country “Kubota”, Zhao Guoyang has to pay more attention to it.
Compared with JCB and John Deere, which focus on large-scale equipment, Kubota’s agricultural and forestry machinery is lighter and smaller.
Although the performance may be slightly inferior, but relatively speaking, its price is also cheaper.
In this way, the price advantage of the products of “Hongda Machinery Factory” will be greatly weakened in the competition with “Kubota”. This is a problem that Zhao Guoyang has to consider.
Of course, just seeing this “harvester” does not prove that “Kubota” has made any layout on the African continent. It may also be a product bought by a farmer himself from overseas.
But no matter what, Zhao Guoyang’s enthusiasm for promoting the products of his own “Hongda Machinery Factory” is even higher now.
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Although it is expensive as the capital, the area of Addis Ababa city is really not flattering.
After the jeep drove for more than ten minutes, there was only a vast expanse of grassland around.
In the driver’s seat, Major Military Attache Hao Renyi of the Military Attache Office of the Embassy in Ethiopia drove the car meticulously, dodging the hidden potholes on the grassland from time to time.
It can be seen that this Major Hao has a lot of experience in walking this path, and he can avoid many obstacles almost subconsciously.
“Well, it’s less than five kilometers away! How about it, are Researcher Zhao and Teacher Zhang tired from sitting?”
Seeing a small three-story building that was faintly visible in front of her, Tang Xiaolin turned her head and said with a smile.
“Not tired, not tired! This kind of road conditions can drive so smoothly, Major Hao’s driving level is very good!” Zhao Guoyang said with a smile.
Hearing Zhao Guoyang praise himself, Hao Renyi quickly said a few words of politeness.
This Major Hao doesn’t talk much, but he is still very easy to get along with, unlike ordinary military officers who don’t say a word except for doing things, and are boring.
After driving for a while, the jeep arrived at this farm called “Niutoushan”.
Seeing the three big characters “Niutoushan” written crookedly at the gate of the farm, Zhao Guoyang and Zhang Yufang couldn’t help chuckling.
Tang Xiaolin naturally understood what the two were laughing at, and immediately explained with a smile: “Our compatriot is a fan of martial arts novels, so he named the farm he rented… Okay, I won’t say much , let’s go in and visit him, and you two talk to him yourself.”
The roar of the jeep motor had already spread to the farm, and after a while, an old Ford pickup truck drove out of it.
“Counselor Tang, you and the distinguished guests have arrived so soon? I just told the servants to buy some beef and mutton…”
In the driver’s seat of the truck, a middle-aged man with natural curly hair and dark skin said with a smile.
Seeing that it was him, Tang Xiaolin smiled and introduced Zhao Guoyang and Zhang Yufang.
“Researcher Zhao, Mr. Zhang, this is Mr. Deng Datong, the owner of our ‘Niutoushan’ farm.”
“Master Deng, these two are what I told you, two important members of our China-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion Group. This is the deputy head of the delegation, Zhao Guoyang, Researcher Zhao, and this is Zhang Yufang, Teacher Zhang…”
“Ah, Researcher Zhao, Teacher Zhang, hello, hello!”
Deng Datong happily got out of the car, and shook hands with Zhao Guoyang and Zhang Yufang respectively.
“Master Deng, it’s presumptuous of us to come today, please excuse me!” Zhao Guoyang greeted with a smile.
“Hey, Researcher Zhao’s words are too polite. We Huaxia have a lot of people engaged in various tasks in Ethiopia. My farm has friends visiting once or twice a month.”
“It’s too late for you to come to see me and talk to me about things in my hometown!”
Walking side by side on the farm road with Deng Datong, listening to his narration about his own farm, Zhao Guoyang nodded with great interest from time to time.
“Researcher Zhao, Teacher Zhang, you should have seen it on the way from Addis Ababa. The geographical location of my area is still very good, located in the middle of Addis Ababa and Djibouti, a country on the coast of the Indian Ocean in East Africa. .”
“The altitude here is more than 600 meters, and the average temperature is less than 40 degrees. Compared with Ethiopia, it is considered a relatively cool place. The most important thing is that there is a river here with abundant water, which is very suitable for vegetable cultivation.”
After hearing this, Tang Xiaolin next to her nodded in agreement, looked at Zhao Guoyang and introduced, “Boss Deng is right. In the past two years, many companies in Huaxia have built ports in Djibouti and the Djibouti Free Trade Zone.” and many other large-scale projects.”
“Boss Deng’s ‘Niutoushan’ farm’s products can be transported unimpeded to the capital Addis Ababa, and can also be sent abroad to Djibouti without trouble. In terms of transportation, it is very convenient!”
After Deng Datong and Tang Xiaolin finished their introductions, Zhao Guoyang smiled and said, “Boss Deng chose to build this farm. The location is naturally very perfect. However, judging from the environment seen on the road just now, there are some Hidden danger.”
Zhao Guoyang turned around and pointed to the desolate grassland outside the farm and said: “This area is already located on the edge of the prairie, and the ability to adjust the climate is relatively weak. Once there is a sandstorm, I am afraid the loss will be serious.”
After Zhao Guoyang said this, Tang Xiaolin and Deng Datong were stunned.
The two of them never imagined that this researcher Zhao could come to such a conclusion just by looking around on the road.
In fact, Deng Datong’s 300 acres of vegetable land was hit by a severe sandstorm just last year. Ninety percent of the vegetable seedlings in the entire farm were bruised and bruised by the crazily sweeping wind and sand.
Shortly afterwards, almost all the vegetables on the farm died, and the loss was very heavy.
Seeing Boss Deng’s distressed appearance, Zhao Guoyang knew he had guessed right.
He smiled in relief and said, “The losses caused by this bad weather cannot be resisted by manpower. This is not your fault, Boss Deng. However, it is not difficult to reduce the losses as long as you take some proper precautions.” …”
After Zhao Guoyang said these words, Deng Datong’s eyes lit up.
He didn’t know why the other party was called a “researcher” at such a young age. Now after hearing what he said, he subconsciously regarded the other party as a biological researcher.
So Deng Datong asked impatiently: “Researcher Zhao, what should we do to avoid the loss of the farm? Please give us your advice!”
Zhao Guoyang let out an “hey” and waved his hands again and again: “Boss Deng’s words are too polite. They are all from Huaxia. If they can help, they will naturally help.”
Tang Xiaolin, who was next to him, heard the words, secretly praised Zhao Guoyang in her heart, and looked directly at him, wanting to see what researcher Zhao could do.
Facing the questioning eyes of Tang Xiaolin and Deng Datong, Zhao Guoyang narrated his thoughts.
“Boss Deng, I think you have lived in Africa for a long time, and you should have heard of a very wonderful plant here—the baobab tree?”
“Huh? I’ve heard of it!”
Deng Datong nodded hastily upon hearing the words.
Tang Xiaolin also smiled and said: “Researcher Zhao’s knowledge is really profound, even this!”
After hearing what the two said, Zhang Yufang, who was standing behind Zhao Guoyang, couldn’t help asking curiously: “Baobab tree? What is that? Does it have any effect?”
Hearing Zhang Yufang’s question, Zhao Guoyang explained with a smile: “On the arid savannah in Africa, there is a big tree with a strange shape – the name is Bobabu tree. Because there are many monkeys and Arabian dogs in the African continent Baboons like to eat its fruit, so people call it ‘baobab’.”
“Speaking of its functions, it is too extensive. This tree is not only a source of food for animals, but also the thickest and largest medicinal tree in the world…”
(end of this chapter)