Mechanised farming works best in the flat-bottomed valleys of the lowlands. To the south, in the terraced hills of Zhejiang Province, an older and simpler lifestyle persists. It's 7:00 in the morning and Longxian's most successful businessman is off to work. In the golden terraces surrounding the village the ears of rice are plump and ripe for harvesting. But today, rice isn't uppermost in Mr Yang's mind. He has bigger fish to fry. Further up the valley, the harvest has already begun. Yang's fields are ripe, too, but they haven't been drained yet. That's because for him, rice is not the main crop.


机械农具最适宜在山谷低地的平坦处工作。在南面，浙江省连绵起伏的丘陵地带，人们坚持着一种古老而又简单的生活方式。现在是清晨7点，龙现村最成功的商人正出门工作。在金黄梯田环绕的小村落，饱满的稻穗正待收获。然而今天，稻子却不是老杨心中首位。他有更重要的事要做。在山谷地带，收割已然开始。老杨的田地也临近丰收，但收割却尚未完成。这是因为稻米并非他最主要的作物。