After Racking Up 300,000 Yuan in Debt, I Ran Off to Africa to Grow Rice

Deep in debt by 300,000 yuan and with nowhere left to turn, Lin Chuan thought his life would end in despair. Then he packed his bags, flew to a desolate village in Africa, and began his own “rice paddy revolution.”

There’s no irrigation system here, no experience to draw on, and there’s Kabu, the toughest grain trader in the region, who controls the entire market and water supply and sees outsiders as a thorn in his side.

But Lin Chuan isn’t afraid. With three employees at his side, he relies on his sharp mind, iron will, and experience managing rural communities in China to rally the villagers, dig canals and fields, take on the grain merchant, and seize the market...

How much can an acre of rice paddy earn?

Can a single deposit ignite hope throughout an entire village?

Can a business war bring Kabu to his knees?

Here you’ll find farm expansion, grain price manipulation, transport wars, villagers banding together, and big capital moving in...

Here you’ll find sweat and soil, friendship and betrayal, moral choices, and thrilling adventures...

Here, an outsider challenges the limits of African farmland and writes his own epic tale of entrepreneurship.

Lin Chuan will grow from a farmer in debt into a farm owner, a businessman, and finally a major player in the grain trade. Kabu will use every means at his disposal to crush him. And under Lin Chuan’s leadership, the village will find true wealth and dignity.

If you want a story about survival against the odds, business wars, satisfying victories, and vivid depictions of life in Africa,

if you want to see one man use his intelligence, courage, and daring to change his own fate and that of an entire village,

then follow Lin Chuan as he sets out into this mysterious, harsh, and opportunity-filled world of rice paddies.