Inside

Mr. Kestner took out a pipe with a beautiful dark green pattern and gestured inquiringly; "Is that okay?"

"Feel free."

"Hehe......"

Lighting the tobacco in his pipe, Mr. Kestner took a long puff, and immediately his whole body was enveloped in thick smoke, and the figure became looming.

Through the smoke, Mr. Kestner silently observed Li Fushou and nodded secretly in his heart.

Judging from the surface alone, the tall oriental young man in front of him was calm and measured, which left a good impression on him.

With a wealth of experience, Mr. Kesstrong knew that he was a calm and wise man who had the basic qualities of a successful person.

The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, but did not get to the point.

A moment of work

The graceful white girl came in again, walking quietly like a cat, apparently well trained, and smiled at Li Fushou, and then handed a piece of gilded cardboard to Mr. Kestner.

Mr. Kestner opened it and looked at it, then pushed the piece of bronzed cardboard over the heavy European coffee table, and said; "£3,100, nine shillings, and eleven pence, that's a lot!"

Li Fushou quietly opened the passbook and put it in his pocket, which was the sum of his recent net profits.

The deposit of 13,000 steel lunch boxes, calculated at two silver shillings each, in addition to the purchase cost of 1 shilling and 2 pence, can also precipitate eighteen copper pence, which is about 234,000 copper pence.

At the exchange rate of the British Empire, 1 pound was equal to 240 pence, which all adds up to 982 pounds.

In addition, the lunch box can be rented for two pence per month, which can bring in an additional £110 per month.

This fixed income will be available every month in the future, and with the delivery of the third batch of custom-made lunch boxes, this fixed income will exceed £200 per month, turning into a stable income.

Coupled with the thriving business of the Fu Lin Mun Hotel for more than ten days, excluding costs, it can net more than 170 pounds a day, and each gold digger can contribute more than one copper penny profit.

When you add up, the total amount is very scary.

All of this money is deposited in pounds sterling, the world's most hardcore means of payment, guaranteed by the royal credibility of the British Empire, ready to be exchanged for the same equivalent amount of gold.

Now, Li Fushou can be said to be a successful businessman, who has completely established himself in Brisbane and has also attracted the attention of British bankers.

"Mr. Li, as far as I know, you Orientals will buy a beautiful house and marry a white woman when you have money, I don't know how you can spend this huge income, if you need help from Standard Chartered Bank, please feel free to ask."

"Hehehe...... Mr. Kestner laughed, I was still young, and I didn't think about getting married and starting a family for the time being. ”

"Oh...... Then you? ”

"I'm thinking that if I can, I hope to be able to bid a lot of land in the Palmer River basin at a high price, and it would be good to be a gold mine owner."

"Uh......"

Mr. Lee's plan was a complete surprise to Mr. Scottner, a sensitive area in which no Chinese mine owner had yet set foot in it.

Not to mention the Chinese mine owners, even the Germans, France, and Italians are difficult to get involved, and the Royal Australian Mine Owners Association is basically the world of the British, with only a few Irish.

In this world, you don't have money to do whatever you want.

"Unfortunately, Standard Chartered may not be able to arrange it, and as a responsible wealth advisor, I advise you to abandon this unrealistic idea." Kestner shrugged his shoulders regretfully, he was also a loser in the domestic feud, otherwise he would not have been sent to run a bank in the middle of nowhere.

Hell, there's no financial industry in this place where birds don't.

"To tell you the truth, Lee, as a young man from the East, facing a completely unfamiliar and hostile field, even if you invest a huge amount of money, you may not get the land you need, and the British don't like to share the cake, and in the end it may be empty."

"Is there a suitable ranch then? I'm also interested in that. ”

"Uh...... There's a chance. Scottner immediately got rid of the negative emotions that he shouldn't have and thought about it seriously.

For a qualified European banker, it is not just a simple credit and deposit and withdrawal business, but a wide range of real estate, castle land, mergers and acquisitions, art mortgages, brokerage and other value-added businesses that can make a lot of money.

The bold ones were even involved in opium, arms and colonial wars, such as the East India Company......

"Vincent, I remember the last time at the banquet held by Councillor Gales, the young man who had drunk too much seemed to want to sell the ranch he had inherited, what was going on?"

Hearing Mr. Kestner's question, Charlie Vincent soon entered the professional state as well, and said with serious reflection;

"Yes, sir, the young heir's name is Owen, and his ancestors are supposed to be from Manchester's ruined aristocracy, and he wants to return to the British Isles of his dreams, and leave this wild and distant world from civilization.

Owen Farm is a large ranch located in the upper reaches of Brisbane's River, with abundant water and grass in the area, with several rivers with high runoff and the spectacular Red Valley.

As far as I know

Owen Farm is 130,000 acres in size, with several large forests and lakes, and very little area developed, and is a completely independent world. ”

Hearing their introduction, even though Li Fushou was well-informed, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

What is the concept of hundreds of thousands of acres?

One acre of land is equivalent to 6.07 acres of metric land, and 130,000 acres is close to 800,000 acres of land, or about 530 square kilometers.

The Australian continent is vast and sparsely populated, and it is not uncommon for large ranchers to occupy tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and there are millions of acres of land.

"What price does Owen want?"

"Uh...... This is not clear, if we are interested, we can learn more about it and try to facilitate this large transaction. ”

"Mr. Li, look ......"

Mr. Kestner turned his head to look at Li Fushou with an inquiring look in his eyes.

"I'm really interested, but I'm afraid I can't afford the price." Li Fushou could only answer honestly.

Mr. Kestner said with a proud smile; "Rest assured, Mr. Lee, the Queensland ranch is not worth much, I estimate that the whole transaction will not exceed 30,000 pounds, with the excellent profitability of its properties, Standard Chartered Bank is willing to provide the necessary credit support to make every effort to facilitate a big deal that is beneficial to all three parties."

"Okay, let's try it then."

Li Fushou felt completely uncertain, he knew that the ranch was only more than 30 kilometers away from Brisbane, and it could be reached in about an hour by fast horse, and was famous for producing high-quality wool and agricultural products.

And the coal mine of this ranch is also very famous, it seems that there is bauxite or something, and it should be very cost-effective to buy and run it.

The restaurant now has more than 10,000 regular customers, and the number of customers will grow dramatically in the future, and it will need to consume a lot of meat, vegetables and other crop products every day, including meat, eggs, milk and cooking oil.

With a large ranch, none of this is a problem.

It is simply the nature of the Chinese people to open up the wasteland and cultivate the land, and no one is more suitable for agricultural and animal husbandry production than the industrious and capable Chinese, and he has great confidence in this.

Just to save money, the banker Kestner drew a big pie for him, which made Li Fushou feel deeply pressured.

If it was other wealthy Chinese businessmen, they were scared to death, and they didn't dare to take this stubble at all, let alone borrow money from the bank to buy land.

Li Fushou is different, his vision and insight determine to stand in a higher place, see farther, and think deeper.

Charlie Vincent has a sentence that won Li Fushou's heart, Owen Farm is an independent world, and anyone who trespasses without permission can only die in vain if they are killed.

The independent world is good!