Regardless of the specifications of the food festival, it should be considered a success in the end. The things made by the Link family of three were "sold" before noon. Hannah "credited" a lot in it, and she sent a lot of it out.

They brought thirty pounds of potatoes, fifteen pounds of mushrooms, and fifteen pounds of cucumbers. All of them were sold, and there was half a carton of change in the small cardboard box. Link didn't bother to count, so he just held it and went to donate.

Hannah insisted on holding the cardboard box, saying that Stephen donated $20 last year and that she would donate this year. Link saw that the cardboard box was not heavy anyway, so it was up to her to go.

In the end, they donated $216.5. The donor's name is, of course, Hannah.

They were busy with their own business, and they also wandered around to see what was delicious. However, most of them are biscuits made by children or some fruits arranged in some beautiful pattern. There are also salads that are simple and easy to make. They ate something at some of the stalls of some small shops that were advertised.

In the end, they ate some steamed dumplings at the Song family's stall. Hannah sat with Stephen, eating, and said, "I donated half a box of money." More than you. More than everyone else!" The staff member who collected the donations just now did say that the money she donated was by far the largest one along with last year's "Food Festival".

Unconvinced, Stephen said, "I'm sure I'll be more than you." Isn't it?

"If you donate some of your pocket money, it will be a lot. "Song Xian and his family's steamed dumplings are also sold very cheaply, and a drawer is only a dollar, and he can't bring too much.

Stephen quickly shook his head and said, "Don't." I'm going to buy a bike. ”

Hannah was stunned for a moment when she heard him, as if she had been thinking about it for a long time before she thought about what a bicycle was. She turned her head to Link who was talking to Song Xianhe and said, "Daddy, I want to buy a bicycle too!"

"When Hannah is three years old, we'll buy a bike!"

Hannah nodded her head and said to Stephen, "Let's buy bikes together! What color do you like?"

Link saw that Hannah had also eaten almost a drawer of steamed dumplings, and it was noon, so she would not be able to eat if she continued to eat. Many of the crowd had already gone home, and it was time for them to pack up and get ready to go home for lunch.

After returning home for lunch, while watching cartoons with Hannah, he tells Jessica what he had just talked about with Kemp, and wants to hear what she thinks about it.

"I support any decision you make. But I think it's mostly up to you how you think about it. Jessica said as she thought. "Actually, I don't think you need to worry about what Fox will do to our business. After all, now several of your companies have arguably become the backbone of Fox's economy. No matter who is in charge of Fox, they will consider your status. ”

Link knew that, of course, but he thought more than that: "A prosperous Fox would do us a lot of good." If we do business here and we end up being poor, it will have a big negative impact on the reputation of the company. However, once Fox is rich, it is possible to make some restrictions that are detrimental to our interests. ”

Towns like Fox have limited capacity. When the towns swell to a certain extent, social contradictions are likely to arise. In the future, there will definitely be some restrictions on urban sprawl.

"So you want to get involved in Fox's development?" Jessica also knew that Fox might be in for a relatively rapid period of development. "You're going to lead the town?"

Link nodded and said, "I had this idea." I didn't really want to control the whole town, and I had the power to make it more prosperous. ”

"You do. ”

Link smiled and said, "I've also taken into account that if Fox's population increases, it will also be a big help to the sales of our farm products." Meat, vegetables, aquatic products, these can all be sold on Fox. And Fox's prosperity may also be able to accommodate more tourists. ”

"Are you sure you're going to sell all the houses you've built? You know, Fox is quite remote, it's not populated, and the locals are poor. ”

Link did think about it. "We have two factories, and there are ways we can encourage them to buy a new house at Fox," he said. For example, take advantage of low-interest loans from Ozette Bank. ”

"But your Ozette Bank doesn't have a mortgage business. ”

"I didn't say it was a mortgage. Just let them take out a mortgage on the house. It is then repaid in installments. This loan is handed over by themselves to the real estate company. If we don't get in touch with the real estate company, it's not a mortgage. ”

Jessica grinned and said, "You're taking advantage of a loophole." The real estate company they were talking about must also be Link's, but he said that banks don't deal with real estate.

"They're all my employees, and that's a perk. ”

If the size of the two factories were to reach their limit, they would require at least 8,000 workers in total. Even if everyone were husband and wife, and everyone settled in Fox, it would bring at least 4,000 new households to Fox. By that time, the whole Fox would be turned into a settlement for industrial workers. And most of the city's inhabitants depend on him for food.

Jessica thought for a moment and said, "If Fox's population grows dramatically, business will also grow." And tourism is likely to become a bit more bustling. Maybe it will eventually grow into a city with a population of tens of thousands. In that case, its status in Huazhou can indeed be improved a lot. ”

Link wasn't that optimistic, but he thought it would be easy to get Fox to pop over 10,000. He nodded and said, "That's true, Fox's tourism is mainly supported by the Twilight series of movies now. But after more than ten years of old books, there is no potential. It's time for something new to emerge and attract more visitors to visit. ”

"What do you think?"

"Do you think building a theme park with vampires and werewolves, or making another werewolf-themed movie, will boost Fox's tourism?"

"That's a good idea. I think the folks at Fox will welcome you to do that, too. Jessica said with a smile. "But it's also a big investment. And the risks are not small. Also, if you want to make a movie, you also need to have a good script. ”

She thought for a moment and said, "Also, you need a real estate company." ”

"I'll let Martha see if they can buy a Las Vegas real estate company. "Las Vegas has been able to complete its recovery this year. Starting next year, it should be one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. Although those are retired old people, as long as the house is bought by someone and who buys it, it doesn't matter at all.

If he has a business in Las Vegas, the real estate company will not need to spend money to support him after completing the Fox project.

"I think your vision is very different from the plan of Mr. Mayor. Maybe you'll have to communicate with them as well. ”

"You're right. I need more land than they are willing to give up. You really have to talk to them. ”

As he spoke, his phone rang. He saw that it was Toby's phone and quickly answered, "Toby, it's me." Is something going on on the farm?" Toby is the head of the farm cowboys, and in fact, a lot of things on the farm Link has been handed over to him to carry out.

Toby said on the other side of the phone: "Mr. Hans, the construction team found some carbonized wood while digging a fish nest in a valley upstream of the 'Great River'. ”

"Carbonized wood?" Link had heard of that thing. That's the wood that was formed thousands of years after it had been buried in the ground. It is usually found in mountainous rivers where ground warfare is common, and is a material for the study of ancient geological activity, climate, and biology. But there are basically no big rivers in Ozet, so how can there be any carbonized wood?"

"Three have been excavated, and there seem to be many more down there. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "I'll take a look." "He doesn't know much about that thing, but I've heard that if the carbonization is not severe, the texture will be beautiful, and the aroma will be more unique. Maybe he could be processed into some knick-knacks and used as castle ornaments.

He spoke to Jessica. Jessica is also interested in this and wants to go and see it together. So the two asked Ms. Hemmer to look after Hannah, and then flew straight over in a helicopter.

The places chosen for salmon nests are usually in the open mountains and in the mountains. However, it is difficult to get the excavation tools into such a densely forested area. It was a rented helicopter to lift the machinery. Therefore, the machinery working here is only a small machine.

"Big River", the name is very domineering, but in fact, the widest river surface downstream is only about ten meters. Upstream, it is only three or four meters. However, the valley is relatively large, and Link plans to dig into a waterhole and release salmon eggs here to hatch naturally.

The helicopter landed in the middle of the valley. Link had seen three black-looking pieces of wood being placed by the river. The creek was divided, and in the deep pit that had been dug up, several roots had been dug out in half. The three pieces of wood that have been dug up are intact.

Toby was covered in mud. When he saw him coming, he greeted him and said, "Mr. Hans, the degree of carbonization of these pieces of wood is not very serious, and it basically remains in its original shape. And the texture seems to be quite firm. ”

Link nodded at him and walked over to a cleaned log. It was the trunk of a large tree with its head, the diameter of the head of the tree was five feet, and the diameter of the trunk was also three feet, and the length was very large, more than thirty meters. The appearance of the carbonized wood is quite complete, and the shape of the bark can be clearly seen.

In some places, the bark of the tree was scraped off by an excavator, and the wood exposed inside was black and oily. It's not like it was made out of the dirt, it's more like it was fished out of oil.

"It's like hemlock. Jessica saw the shape of carbonized wood.

Toby nodded and said, "Miss Benis is right, this should be hemlock. He pointed to the other two and said. "These two, they should be spruce and sequoia. ”

The other two are smaller than the other, but one is much larger.

"There don't seem to be sequoia sequoia in Huazhou!"

"Maybe the redwoods here are the last. Because the earthquake was buried. Toby doesn't understand why the carbonized wood of the redwoods is here.

Link saw that the carbonized wood seemed to be very well preserved, and he asked Toby to dig it all up.

Toby said, "Engineers think there may be a lot of carbonized wood buried in this valley." If all of them are excavated, the construction period may be affected. ”

Link looked at the wider valley and knew that what he said was indeed possible.

Rainfall is abundant in Ozete. If all the carbonized wood found now is buried because of landslides caused by earthquakes. Then the amount of carbonized wood here should not be less. Relying only on the current people and machinery will indeed affect the construction period of the fish nest.

However, he and Jessica had just checked the information on the carbonized wood on the helicopter. Knowing that this stuff seems to be very popular in China. And this kind of wood also reminded him of the over-the-top wood in Oregon, and he had thought about finding someone to sell it. As a result, no one was willing to accept his offer, and it is still piled up in place.

The appearance of these carbonized wood made him wonder if he could sell those woods to China. The wood can actually cut quite a bit of wood. His price is not excessive, maybe the Chinese can accept that price. If no one wants it, he doesn't want the wood to rot, so he can only chop it and use it as firewood.