Chapter 1018 The Uses of Castor Beans

In front of Yang Fei's car, there was a car leading the way, and Wang Ji's car followed Yang Fei's car.

The mouse was driving the car and stopped suddenly.

Fortunately, on the country road, the speed of the car was not fast, and the people in the car just jumped forward.

"What's wrong?" Yang Fei asked.

"Fei Shao, the car in front has stopped."

Chu Qian said, "I'll get out of the car to see what's going on."

The north wind was bitter outside the car.

Chu Qian was wearing a thin light blue cotton coat, twisting her waist and running forward.

The cars behind also stopped one after another, and the secretaries got out of the car and ran forward to check.

The reason is simple: a tractor, parked on the side of the road, blocked the way forward.

Chu Qian and the others looked around, but they couldn't find the driver of the tractor.

This is a stretch of field road, with weedy fields waiting for spring plowing on both sides, and villages in the distance.

Wang Ji waited for a few minutes, couldn't bear it, and got out of the car and came over. Seeing the scene, he couldn't help being furious: "Who parked the car here? The road is as wide as one's buttocks, and who parked the tractor on the side of the road? Chu Qian, find the driver and move the car away!"

The road can only allow one car to pass, and there are almost no vehicles passing by on the country roads. Who would have thought that there would be a caravan today, and it would be the leader's car?

Chu Qian was even more anxious than Wang Ji. She didn't care about the cold and hard work, so she ran to find the tractor driver.

At this time, Yang Fei got out of the car and walked over, asking, "Director Chu, how far is it from Stone Village?"

"It's not far, just ahead, two miles away."

"Let's walk over. Anyway, we're going down to take a look. It's not bad to see this way."

"Boss Yang, isn't the weather too cold?" Wang Ji said.

Yang Fei smiled and said, "Walking will make you warm."

Wang Ji saw that Yang Fei had said so, of course he had no objection, so everyone got out of the car and walked towards Stone Village.

Next to the rice field is a river, the water is not very deep. Occasionally, I saw peasant women washing clothes on the stone slabs by the river.

Wang Ji accompanied Yang Fei and said: "The countryside is vast, but it is not as convenient as the county. Boss Yang, I still suggest you build a factory in the industrial park in the county. I assure you that no matter how much land you use, we will guarantee sufficient supply. If the existing park land is not enough, we will guarantee that it will be requisitioned."

Yang Fei did not doubt the authenticity of his words.

However, Yang Fei just smiled and didn't speak.

The stone village is not full of stones as imagined, but with green mountains and green waters, the scenery is very pleasant.

But the locals are really poor.

Before Taohua Village developed, it was better than the current Stone Village.

Yang Fei saw the houses from a distance, and then saw the villagers' clothes. He didn't need to enter the house to know what it looked like inside.

Wang Ji and the others really don't understand why Yang Fei went to this rural area to investigate without hesitation?

To be honest, even the leaders like them don't know what to do in this countryside.

In addition to being poor, you are still poor, fundamentally poor!

There is no industry, no employment opportunities, except for planing food in the soil, that is, growing a la carte in the field. Today, when hybrid grains are popular, farmers plant two or three acres of land, two seasons a year,

Thousands of jins of grain are enough for one’s own food, but it’s only enough to eat, so don’t worry about selling money. One is the low price of grain, and the other is that the grain harvested in the field is limited, unless you feed a few pigs and raise a few cows.

Yang Fei is not an official, he is not here to investigate the sufferings of the people.

He roughly looked at the terrain of Stone Village, then shook his head.

Even if he intends to build a factory here, it is not suitable here.

It was the scenery of the countryside that made Yang Fei linger.

When passing a mountain depression, Yang Fei saw a thick layer of small fruits at the foot of the mountain, and bent down to pick them up.

Chen Mo asked curiously: "What is this?"

Yang Fei held the dried fruit and said with a smile, "This is castor bean."

"Castor beans? Can you eat them?" Chen Mo asked.

Yang Fei said: "You can't eat it, it's poisonous. The seeds contain toxin and ricin, especially the toxin, which can cause poisoning. Two or three seeds can kill a child!"

Chen Mo was surprised: "Ah? So poisonous? There are so many at the foot of this mountain, isn't it very dangerous?"

Chu Qian smiled and said, "Every kid in the country knows that this stuff is not edible, so it won't be dangerous."

Yang Fei looked at the mountain and asked, "Are there a lot of castor trees here?"

Chu Qian said: "Many, there are many trees on the mountain. This kind of tree grows very well, and there are many wild ones. They grow very quickly."

Yang Fei said: "Only in this area, or in the whole county?"

Chu Qian said: "Well, I don't know much about it, but in the few villages I have been to, there are a lot of castor trees."

Wang Ji didn't know why Yang Fei was suddenly interested in such an unusual thing, and said, "Boss Yang, why don't you go to the county again?"

Yang Fei smiled and said: "Wang Ji, I have an idea. I want to open a castor oil processing factory in your county. But I have one condition, that is, please help to publicize that my factory will collect a large amount of this castor bean."

Wang Ji was stunned and said: "This thing is all over the mountains and plains. It's useless to rot every year on the mountain. What do you use it for?"

Yang Fei said: "Oil refining."

Wang Ji said: "Didn't you just say that this kind of seed is poisonous? Can the refined oil be eaten?"

Yang Fei smiled and said, "It's not for food. Castor oil is a raw material for daily cosmetics. It's a very important vegetable oil."

Wang Ji said: "Really? We don't even know."

Yang Feidao: "Castor oil has high viscosity and low freezing point. It is resistant to severe cold and high temperature. It will not freeze at minus 10 degrees, and it will not solidify and denature at 600 degrees. It has characteristics that other oils cannot match. It is an important raw material in chemical industry, light industry, metallurgy, electromechanical, textile, printing, dyeing, dyeing and other industries and medicine. At the same time, it is also a kind of medicine, which can cure diseases when used well."

"Does your daily chemical factory need such raw materials?" Wang Ji understood.

"Yes, our current castor oil is mainly imported from India. Castor oil, a raw material, was not in great demand in the past. After entering the 20th century, due to the large amount of high-grade lubricating oil required by modern industry, the production of castor oil developed rapidly. Since the 1990s, domestic demand has increased sharply, making my country a net importer."

Wang Ji said incomprehensibly: "This thing still depends on imports? There are everywhere on our mountain!"

Yang Feidao: "The global production of castor oil is about 500,000 tons per year, of which India's production accounts for more than half. my country is also one of the major importing countries."

After hearing this, Wang Ji asked, "How big can this business be?"

Yang Fei said: "It depends on the production of castor beans in your county. As much castor beans as you can give me, I can produce as much castor oil! The more the better!"

Wang Ji said: "I don't know if it's enough to only collect wild ones?"

Yang Fei said: "It's definitely not enough. Castor is a deep-rooted crop, and it can also be grown and transplanted. As long as the soil temperature is suitable, it is easy to cultivate. I have a raw material base in Jixi, but unfortunately, there are very few castors on the mountains there. I asked someone to try planting, but the output is still limited, so I have always relied on imports. Unexpectedly, I found the most suitable soil for growing castors here!"

Wang Ji couldn't help being overjoyed after hearing this: "Boss Yang, then your daily chemical production base is also built in our county?"