Chapter 1247: Fanning the Flames
It's strange that there is such a brother-in-law, the more old-fashioned and conservative Cliff, who likes him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
So even if this guy has become his brother-in-law, the Craif family and this Jerry. The Collins family has not been very close, even when it is usually during the New Year's holiday, that is, to send a postcard to greet each other, many times, even on the phone, everyone is too lazy to call.
But in recent years, I've heard that Jerry seems to be mixing well, and the reason why he mixes well is not because his ranch is running well, but because he has such a very good son.
His son Tom. Collins, like his father, is not a guy who can stay on the farm for the rest of his life, but unlike his father, this Tom is very good at learning.
When he graduated from high school that year, he was admitted to the University of Southern California and became one of the few champions in this red valley for hundreds of years.
Almost all the sons of farmers here are also like them, they are all farmers, they have lived here all their lives, and they have not even gone out to go to college, and the highest education is high school graduation.
So back then this Jerry. Collins' son, Tom. The fact that Collins was admitted to USC and received a full scholarship was quite sensational when word spread around the ranches of the Red River Valley.
After all, this is the ranch area of the Red River Valley, and one of the best students in decades, even Cliff, who has never looked down on Jerry very much, went to Jerry's ranch to visit him personally because of this incident, and congratulated his nephew who had not seen a few times at all.
In any case, this child also has half of the blood of their Bundy family, and this child can have such a talent, which can be regarded as a face for their Bundy's parents, just for this matter, Crane also gave Tom 10,000 US dollars as a reward for his admission to USC, that is, since then, the relationship between the two families has eased a little.
After graduating from USC's law school, he entered one of the most famous law firms in California, and in just a few years, he achieved very good results and became a co-manager of the law firm.
And this guy is also very filial, plus he makes a lot of money, so he usually respects his parents and parents, so in recent years, don't look at how well Jerry's ranch is running, but in the Red River Valley, it is still full of scenery.
So although everyone is now a little disdainful of this Jerry's personality, they are still silent and acquiesce in his speech.
Jerry saw that everyone was waiting for him to speak, which made him very happy, although he had been a maverick all his life, and wanted to be different from these ranchers who smelled of cow, but in fact, in his bones, he still wanted to be recognized by these people.
Now these guys all shut their mouths and obediently watched him speak, which made his heart feel an unprecedented satisfaction.
"Tom called me some time ago and mentioned what's going to happen in the area. Cliff, you don't understand why they suddenly came to you for trouble, do you? ”
When Jerry mentioned his son, everyone pricked up their ears, because everyone had heard of the young man named Tom, who seemed to mix very well in Los Angeles, and was a lawyer, maybe he really knew, a lot of information that everyone didn't know?
Especially Cliff, to be honest, he just wanted to break his head until now, and he couldn't understand why those policemen suddenly came to him for trouble.
He also knew that he had done a lot of things as a traitor, but he had always been very careful in those things, and rarely gave the policemen a grip, and he had been with the police several times before, but each time it ended in his victory.
So he couldn't understand why this time was different from the previous times, why the police would stare at him and start from the direction of grazing, knowing that their family had been grazing in the red valley for decades.
They didn't take care of it before, but this time they suddenly came to take care of it, not only issued a ticket for themselves, but also let themselves get out of the ranch, which is very wrong.
So when Jerry said this, he immediately turned his head and looked at Jerry, waiting for him to tell himself.
Jerry saw that the heat was almost over, so he cleared his throat and continued: "It turns out that Tom and I have been holding secret meetings recently, and several big families in California, as well as some industrial and commercial giants, have been holding secret meetings, and they are discussing one thing, that is, the construction of high-speed rail in California. It is said that they have submitted a bill to the state legislature, and now the parliament is discussing it behind closed doors, and no information has been released to the outside world. But it seems that this high-speed rail is in California, and the route is from Sacramento, to San Francisco, through Oakland, San Jose, and directly down to Los Angeles......"
Jerry deliberately stopped at this point, and some of the ranchers present were indeed stupid, with a tendon in their brains, and they couldn't figure out what connection the construction of the high-speed railway had to do with the police's embarrassment for Reef.
But how shrewd is Kreiff? Listening to Jerry say this, he basically understood that it seemed that the root was here.
"You mean that the high-speed rail is going to pass through our red valley area? That's why they're going to take our land, so those Intercontinental Mounted Police, together with the people from the Land Resources Administration, come to me for trouble? ”
At this time, Crane suddenly had a sudden realization, damn it, these damn people, I'll just say, Lao Tzu has been grazing in the Red River Valley for decades, you bastards, you don't come sooner, you don't come late, but at this time you are looking for trouble with me, and the relationship is because of this matter!
"Are you sure? Jerry, if what you're saying is true, it means that our land here is going to be worth a lot of money in no time. ”
One of the farmers, wearing a baseball cap and a blue plaid shirt, suddenly asked Jerry that this guy's name was Leslie, and he was the most famous stingy guy among all the farmers present, and he valued money.
At this time, when he heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, if he took the high-speed rail line, if he really had to pass through the red river valley area, wouldn't his land also have to increase in value?
After all, his ranch is next to Crane's ranch, just below the Crane family's ranch, closer to Los Angeles, and if they are really going to build high-speed rail here, then their home is also a must.
"Hehe, don't dream about Leslie, if they use such means to expropriate the Crane family's land, do you think they will come to you with cash to negotiate the acquisition? I'm afraid that the first thing they'll do when they get Creef is to do the same thing with you. ”
Sam, another red-necked farmer, suddenly sneered and said, and when Leslie heard Sam say this, his eyes suddenly turned red.
"Grass is special, if they dare to do this to me, Lao Tzu will fight with them to the end."
"Fight, what are you fighting? The ranch near here, in terms of strength, is not the strongest in the Red River Valley of the Crane family? Even he can't resist those bastards, so what are you going to do? ”
Sam, the red-faced guy, looks like a rough man, but his mind is the most delicate, and when he says this, the big guy thinks about it, and it's true.
And who knows what those guys' greed for the land here really looks like? Maybe they'll have a big appetite?
"Hehe, let's be honest with you, those guys don't have a good appetite, they don't just value the land of Crane, but the land of all of us. Do you want to know why they chose Red River Valley instead of Bakersfield when choosing the high-speed rail line? It's because they've taken a fancy to all of us' pastures, and they're going to build a new city here, a city with a high-speed rail transit center as its franchise. ”
At this time, Jerry continued, but at the same time as the words fell, he quietly exchanged a look with Sam and Cliff, obviously there was a tacit alliance between them for a long time.
And he, Jerry, is the one responsible for fanning the flames, reading books (.) And his purpose in fanning the flames is to fool these farmers and make them angry.
After all, Kreiff and the others all know that they can call these ranchers today because of his face and the kinship between them, but if you really want them to fight against the government with you, then you must be taking the wrong medicine.
These damn red necks, it's not as simple as it used to be, what is a knife in the ribs for a friend, that's all bullshit, when the time comes, they won't be special, stick two knives in your back, you'll be lucky enough.
And if you want to tie all these people to your chariot, you must let them see real benefits, or make them believe that someone wants to move their interests and their cake.
So when Cliff learns the truth about the whole thing from Jerry's son, Tom, he devises such a demagogic plan!
And the effect was exactly as they expected, and when the rednecks, who had their own thoughts, heard that it was the damn bankers who were going to calculate them again, they were furious! (To be continued.) )