After dealing with the follow-up of Flen Pitt's collaboration, Link spent another two days in San Francisco, delivering several truckloads of grapevines to Hans Farm. He saw that Warren was doing a good job here, and it happened that John called again to urge him to sign a contract in New Mexico.

Merce Vecchilo Farm took it. John negotiated a sale price of $23.5 million.

Link rushed over to sign the contract and was given 28,000 acres of farm and 900 head of cattle.

John suggested and a glass to celebrate. However, he immediately noticed that Link was not at all happy about taking the farm, but rather thoughtful.

He smiled and asked, "Are you considering Hudson Farm now?"

Link laughed and said, "That's really something to consider." But until then, I'll give you your due. ”

"In total, we have successfully worked together three times in just two months, and I am sure you will not default. John said with a smile. "Of course, I'd be happier if you felt like paying that money first. ”

Link smiled and said, "I want to take that piece of land in Huazhou." But I couldn't make up my mind. ”

"That land is too expensive. Although the climate is good for cattle breeding. But it's not worth it. John was a little bitter as he spoke. "Link, you know, you want big farms, 500 million is enough to buy a million acres of big ranch in the South, or even 20 million acres of ranch in Australia. And those are farms that have already been developed. Much better than that piece of land that requires a lot of investment to build a farm. ”

Link listened to him, and his mind came alive.

He hesitated because even if there were suitable grapes for winemaking, the climate there was not suitable for winemaking and cellaring. Because the area is too wet. He was worried that it would be useless when he bought it.

But John was right, that the climate was actually very suitable for grazing, whether it was for raising cattle or sheep. And there's a lot of forest there. After buying that land, he can also recoup a certain cost of exploiting forest resources.

The climate there is good, and there are plains and mountains, as well as large forests, and it is backed by national parks, and the environment is beautiful. If you build a farm, you can guarantee a certain land price even if you can't grow grapes. All in all, even if you lose, you won't lose completely.

He took a deep breath and said, "John, I want you to get Hudson Farm done in the shortest amount of time." Then help me operate that piece of land in Ozet. ”

John listened to his advice and suddenly made up his mind, and he didn't even know what to say to Link. However, since Link said that he wanted to buy it, he didn't persuade him, but just said, "Actually, you don't have to be so nervous. The price of that land is too high. No one would want to buy at that price. ”

He paused and said, "Of course, it's not that no one is interested in that land, it's just that they're waiting for the Indians to take the initiative to lower the price. So the land will at least hang there, and no one cares about it for a couple of years. ”

Link knows that too. But he needed to prepare there in advance, and he was worried that someone would cut off his beard. Buying now is much more expensive than the actual price of that land. But spend money for the sake of your heart. If you spend more money, he will buy luxury goods.

He already had a case in his mind. If the land is not suitable for growing grapes, he develops as much arable land as possible on the three farms to grow grapes. And use that land for grazing. In that climate, the grass will definitely grow very well. He can even breed at high densities. It should be no problem to raise tens of thousands of cattle a year.

In particular, the climate there is really good, with temperatures in the range of four to seventeen degrees Celsius all year round, which is very suitable for raising cattle and sheep.

Link didn't speak, just looked at John, and there was only determination in his eyes.

When John saw him like this, he nodded and said, "OK! I'll take care of it for you!" In fact, as long as someone is willing to pay their listing price for that piece of land, all the formalities will be completed very quickly. ”

"Then you buy Hudson Farm as soon as possible. "That's the vineyard he had planned.

"If you're worried, maybe you can buy it at the listing price. ”

"That's no problem either. Link has always believed that the money in his hands is not his money, and that it is only his money if he exchanges it for the means of production. So I didn't buy any luxuries, and the money I spent was basically spent on buying and building farms.

In his heart, the money was not earned by him, but robbed. If he doesn't wash it first, he won't feel at ease using it.

When he thought about it, he felt that buying those farms should be regarded as "laundering" money, and spending more should be regarded as the loss in the process.

But since he is going to wash, then he has to wash it completely. He felt he had to think about paying taxes.

Now he felt that Flen Pitt was right, that if he did not have the corresponding status, no matter how rich he was, he would only be a wealthy commoner waiting for the plundering of the capitalist aristocracy. In the United States, if you want to get status, it is actually very simple, that is, to have rights. He had the money. But money, but if this money cannot be turned into power, he cannot have status.

This right can be the right of distribution, the right of domination, or even the right to speak in a certain field. If you don't have that kind of power, no matter how rich you are, you can only occasionally appear in the newspapers and be used as an object of pastime. Maybe they will be rich, but what will they get besides the envy of the poor?

Those who have money may not have as much cash as him, but those people have more status than him. His position consisted only in having an electoral ballot, which most people had.

If he wants to have power, he must first have a certain status. Of course, the richer he is, the more likely he is to easily attain a higher status. Or it can be put another way: in the United States, the more he can make money, the higher his status.

And what he can get now, easy to make money, seems to be the only kind of grapes.

Growing grapes is not mechanized, and there will be no shortage of workers to be hired. He grows more grapes, which not only makes more money, but also allows more people to eat with him. Then he gains social power and thus increases, because then he can have a certain distribution power.

So he's looking forward to growing grapes and making wine in that reserve. But that would require trial to be sure.

When Link does whatever it takes, John moves quickly. He first bought Hudson Farm for Link at the listing price. Three days later, Link made a trip to Washington to determine the scope of the land to be purchased, and then signed. After paying $500 million, he added another 498,000 acres to his name.

When he hired a helicopter and circled over his newly purchased farm, he saw some clearings of trees completely cut down, but more secondary forests with different stages of growth. He estimates that about 15% of the land is completely vacated. There are also open spaces where no saplings have grown, only grass and shrubs.

Secondary forests account for more than half of the total area of the land, and more than 60% of the flat land. There are still some primeval forests in the flatlands, which are scattered by secondary forests and open land.

Such a land is completely his, and he can transform it at will. However, he also needs to consider external influences. It is part of the largest temperate rainforest in the world. If he destroys it completely, no environmentalist can say that he will be annoyed to death. But he didn't buy the land to protect the environment.

After seeing the land, he went back to Hans's farm. He pondered a long printed satellite map of the area for two days before he was sure that the land was to be developed and that it was still forested.

After his calculations, he found that there was more land to be developed, so he reduced the number of plots by a few more. In the end, he will develop about 180,000 acres of land, which will eventually be planted with 50,000 acres of grapes, and the rest for grazing. The remaining 318,000 acres are to be kept in a forest state.

But he doesn't know how many dollars he's going to have to pay for cutting down so many trees, many of them that haven't reached maturity yet.

He kept the primeval forests as much as he could. As for those secondary forests, if they have grown almost the same, he also tries to keep them. But in the end, 100,000 acres of forest still have to be cut down. If the environmentalists found out, they didn't know what they would do.

He rubbed the corners of his sour eyes, and walked out of the villa into a yellow-brown land with a few grasses growing here and there. In the distance is the turquoise blue Lake Mead. A little further away are the hazy mountains.

He looked away for a while, and felt his eyes feel a little more comfortable. He looked at his watch, and it was already half past four in the afternoon. He thought for a moment and drove in the direction of the Moody River.

He went to his destination, where an awning was set up, and many students were busy working under the awning. He jumped out of the car and walked over to the awnings.

He had only walked a few steps before Benjamin greeted him: "Boss, are you here?"

"How many are left?" Link asked, asking how many vines were left uncuttinged.

Perhaps because it hadn't been cut in a while, it seemed that more vines were brought back this time than expected. And Link thought of the "vice-decay" system that said that these grapes were the easiest to survive on his land, so he made each rattan paper cut fifteen centimeters. As a result, they need to cut more than 1.9 million cuttings. Therefore, the time for cuttings dragged on for four or five days, and it was not fully completed.

Benjamin said, "One more day will be done." To make it harder for the middle school students and the women who didn't have jobs, Link even raised the salary for a slip bag to fifteen cents. It really makes these half-grown kids work a lot.