18. The beginning of the valley pasture

The valley ranch is too remote.

If you have electricity, you can only go to the office area of the ranch, where there is satellite network equipment, but if you want to go online, eat chicken and play games, don't think about it.

As soon as it gets dark, the valley pasture becomes unusually quiet, which makes the newly arrived Ye Mu feel a little uncomfortable.

Returning to the bedroom with Xiaobai, Ye Mu took out the English-Chinese dictionary he brought from China and began to teach it literacy.

Xiaobai is a robot, and its own software and hardware are different, and it cannot connect to the earth's network, let alone learn by itself. Xiaobai learns very quickly, and any word can be memorized only once.

Taught it until midnight, Ye Mu fell asleep, lay down on the bed and fell asleep, Xiaobai climbed up lightly and snuggled up to him.

When I woke up, the sky was hazy, and Xiaobai and two huskies were playing in the backyard downstairs.

Ye Mu yawned and went downstairs, and the princess jumped up and ran and pounced on her.

The princess has a very good look, a warm personality, and likes to play with Ye Mu. The prince is always cold, whether you are poor or rich, he always looks down on you with an expression, and drags you very much. It's just that under the cold appearance of two hundred and five, it will occasionally be very funny.

Ye Mu smiled and rubbed the princess's back hair, and it took advantage of its head again. The prince watched from the side, and posed to ask Ye Mu to pet it, but he refused to take the initiative to come closer......

"Tease. ”

Xiaobai's rotating track ran over: "Tease, the original word explanation is quite funny and stupid, but generally speaking, joking with a tease is much more than scolding people, so it is understood as a very funny two, because anyone will occasionally make two, two cute." Boss, am I right?"

"Yes. "Ye Mu is in a good mood, the Mandarin that Xiaobai just spoke has a little bit of the dialect that Ye Mu is used to.

"The prince is a joke. Xiaobai made a normal child's voice.

The big dog twitched its black nose with a look of a little of you, flicking its tail and biting Hagi's shorts......

"Let's go, let's run. Ye Mu patted its head and looked at Xiaobai: "You are also with you." ”

Xiaobai's two big eyes lit up red, indicating that he was very happy.

This seemed to be the first time Ye Mu had taken it out, and he hurriedly turned his body, and the tracks flew up.

Two huskies followed and let out a cheerful cry.

The road in the valley is wide and flat, dirt and occasionally weeds can be seen.

Karn was in the vegetable garden on the side of the road, picking vegetables, and was about to go home to make breakfast, when he suddenly saw a white 'Walli' running around, his expression was instantly wonderful, and he squatted in front of Wall-E and looked at it again: "The work of art is so perfect." ”

"Specially customized, it cost me a lot of money. Ye Mu walked over with a smile: "Solar charging, super battery life." ”

"Which company's product?"

"WT, you probably haven't heard of it. ”

"It's so cool, but why is it white? I think the original WALL-E is cute. ”

"I love white. I originally used it as a smart housekeeping system, but I didn't know that the valley ranch couldn't be connected to the Internet. In areas with better internet connections, it can still speak. Ye Mu put on a helpless expression, a little pity.

"I love it so much. Tell me about the company's website, and I'll order one too, and see its big flexible eyes. Karn, like Ye Mu, was a robot fan, crouching on the ground and looking at Xiaobai, his eyes were about to burst into love.

"A tech company in Guangzhou, I didn't write down its website, but I should be able to find it online. Ye Mu said that the company does exist, mainly producing cleaning robots, but also can customize robots, as long as the intelligent chat software is installed, the on-chain network can chat with people.

"How much is it?"

"More than three million. Ye Mu touched his chin and said, "It has very powerful functions, and it is a complete system. ”

"God, wait until I have enough money. Karn lifted the basket and said, "Come back from your run and come to me for dinner." ”

“OK。 ”

In the morning at the valley pasture, the air is clear and smells of grass. Quiet valley with the occasional barking of dogs and the sound of cars starting from the accommodation area......

Ye Mu sat and exercised chest expansion, enjoying the first morning at the valley pasture.

Running back, Karn made burgers, and there was fresh milk, cereal, and all that was on the table.

"Ye, we've been here for two months, hurry up and arrange a job for us. Karn prepared steak for the prince and princess, fried it, and put it in the dog bowl with the smell of oil, and said.

"There's an iron ore and a polymetallic deposit in the ranch, have you been there?"

"When I went to the iron mine, I saw a lot of discarded machinery and equipment. The grade of iron ore is between 35 and 42, and the reserves are 3 million tons, which is not valuable for mining in the current steel industry. Polymetallic deposits are located in remote locations and have little mining value based on the preserved exploration data. Karn shook his head.

"Have you checked with Ramsey Metal Exploration Company, and what was the area of the ranch land that was explored in the first place?"

"18,000 square kilometers. The earlier application for an exploration permit for the site has expired, and an application must be made to the government to re-explore. ”

"Then reapply. "The price of the Valley Ranch is US$280 million, which is equivalent to $350 million. You must know that Australia's largest private land sale, 100,000 square kilometers, including nearly 200,000 head of livestock, was sold for only 386 million Australian dollars.

The Valley Ranch is valued at $350 million because of the belief that 42,700 square kilometres of land contain mineralised metals. However, 18,000 square kilometers have been explored before, and the mine has indeed been found, but unfortunately it does not have mining value, and if the remaining land is formally explored, no valuable minerals can be found, and the value of the valley ranch market will immediately shrink by more than 40%.

"Hopefully we can find super minerals. Karn held up the milk and smiled.

Ye Mu clinked glasses with him: "The work of exploration will be left to you." ”

"No problem. Exploration costs are higher on the Australian side, so you have to prepare at least $10 million. ”

"The evil capitalist world, the shitty Australian government. Ye Mu scolded, draining the milk in the cup in one gulp.

Karn and Thompson looked at each other and laughed.

The Australian government office is notoriously bad, and the protection of the environment is taken very seriously, almost to the point of pathology. The cumbersome procedures for applying for mineral exploration permits can make people's scalps tingle......

The Grand Valley is less than 10 kilometres from the Northern Territory state boundary, and the remaining land exploration involves two states, and the relevant documents have to be handled by many departments in both states. The nearest city to the Grand Valley is Mount Issa, 170 kilometres away, which is an important mining city in Queensland, Australia, with a population of nearly 30,000.