A week later

At the "Luzon Islands Land Reclamation Special Auction" organized by the Property Rights Division, the Somali company spent 13.5 million gold ocean to acquire four plots of land in the Legazpi area in northern Manila, covering an area of 620,000 acres.

The average price per acre is 21.77 gold oceans, which is equivalent to 10 pounds and 10 shillings, which is a lot of money.

This is not a fringe area, but a vast area of mountains and forests more than 270 kilometers away from the Manila metropolis, a small part of which has been developed by local indigenous people, and most of it is still in a pristine state.

From this point of view, the price paid by Somali companies is somewhat high.

It costs a lot of money to reclaim these barren mountains and plains, and the harvest of raw land in the first and second years will not be good, so it is necessary to continue to invest a lot of money to build bridges, pave roads, build canals, buy agricultural machinery, and hire manpower to reclaim wasteland.

However, from another point of view, the Legazpi area is mostly mountainous and forested on the periphery of the coastal area, surrounded by plains, with fertile land, abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall, vertical and horizontal streams in the area, good irrigation conditions, and low development difficulty, making it a rare and good place to develop large-scale plantations.

Such a large area of plains and wasteland is self-contained, often tens of thousands of acres connected into a piece, which is very suitable for large-scale farm machinery operations.

The newly established Somali company became the biggest winner of the land auction, winning four of the seven plots of land totaling 850,000 acres, totaling 620,000 acres, which made it famous and made the headlines of the Australian World Journal.

So-called; It's not that the Raptors are not the river.

In the city of the Red River Valley, where the rich and tycoons are gathered, there are not a few who can spend tens of millions of dollars at once, but there are very few who intend to invest this huge amount of money in the Luzon Islands to develop plantations.

The investment by Somali companies is a heavyweight that has attracted attention.

Even today's most popular rubber plantations, the investment is only tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of gold oceans, and the investment is hundreds of thousands to millions of gold oceans, which is already the sky.

Often, dozens of natural rubber plantation investment projects can be added together to reach the scale of tens of millions of Jinyang.

Compared with investment in the industrial and commercial sectors, plantation investment is slow to produce results, low returns, and is greatly affected by the natural climate, but it is better in the long run.

For example, the popular natural rubber plantation will not see the income within 10 years, only continuous investment, once the natural rubber tree produces gum, then there is a stable income every year.

Tobacco plantations are another situation, as long as the land is reclaimed and leveled, it will be planted in the current year, and the income will be made in the current year.

How much is this gain?

It's worth putting a big question mark.

This is related to the trace elements contained in the soil, related to sunshine, related to rainfall, related to artificial cultivation, weeding and disease control, and related to scientific crop rotation.

Some of these are controllable, such as soil and artificial cultivation, scientific crop rotation, and some are uncontrollable, such as sunshine and rainfall, so the risks are still there, and not small.

If at the critical moment when the tobacco seedlings are pumping leaves, the precipitation in the rainy season increases, which is extended for more than ten days, hehe...... That's a lot of fun.

At worst, the yield and quality of tobacco leaves will be affected, and the tobacco field will be soaked in roots and seedlings, and the harvest will be completely lost.

At the high-end reception held later, Viscount Li Yong of Humen became the focus of attention, surrounded by a group of upper-class people, talking and laughing, and became the focus of financial and fashion reporters.

Cocktail party

"Changjiang, I knew you were here."

Duan Changjiang was talking boastfully in front of several young and beautiful ladies, and was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Li Xiaozu.

Li Xiaozu smiled apologetically at several ladies and said; "I'm really sorry, ladies and ladies, Young Master Duan has to leave for a while."

After speaking, he dragged Duan Changjiang's arm and left.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Big brother, what's wrong with you, I'm having a good chat here, and by the way, I'll help you inquire about your sister-in-law. ”

"Stop, I don't want you to bother me about my business." Li Xiaozu dragged him to a corner of the hotel, away from the ladies and gentlemen dressed in foreign clothes, and then asked; "Changjiang, what are you doing here?"

"Big brother, it's superfluous for you to ask." Duan Changjiang broke free of his hand a little dissatisfied, tidied up his expensive woolen suit, and said; "This land auction has been an unprecedented success, and a lot of wealth has been made for the royal family, and our property rights department is honored as a specific operating department, which is a great credit, what is a few wine parties? Isn't that what you should do? It's just drizzle. ”

"That's all you need, haven't you eaten or drunk at home?"

"I don't like to hear this, our family does have good food and drink, but don't you need money to eat and drink here, you must know the truth that every grain is hard, you can save a little, and where are there so many beautiful young ladies in our family?"

"Hmph, you're concerned about the latter, right?"

"Big brother, that's normal, Guan Guan Ju Dove, the gentleman is good, my father trains in the military camp all day long, and the whole person is confused, he doesn't even care about his son's marriage, and he doesn't even think about telling me about a good family business, is it wrong for me to worry about it myself?" Duan Changjiang has a heartbeat.

Li Xiaozu nodded at him with his finger speechlessly, and finally held back two words; "Vulgar."

"I'm vulgar, I'm happy." Duan Changjiang was not ashamed but proudly replied, reached out and took two glasses of French sparkling champagne from the waiter's tray next to him, and handed one to Li Xiaozu.

Then he took a small sip and said with enjoyment; "Don't want me to pay for the wine, it's just how good it tastes."

"Changjiang, you don't seem to be short of money."

"That depends on who you compare with, don't talk about the big business of your Earl's Mansion, our aunt also told you about good family affairs, that is also a rich master, I can't catch up with the horse." Duan Changjiang became depressed when he said this, his eyes involuntarily glanced at the Viscount of Humen, who was surrounded by the upper nobles, and said in a melancholy tone;

"Let's just talk about my father, the training is stupid, and the greetings of the Viscount of Humen have been sent to the house, and he doesn't know how to come back to see him, and by the way, he accepted the gift, which is really heartbreaking."

"You feel sorry for those Arab beauties, right?" Li Xiaozu sneered.

"What about the Arab beauty, the land has been auctioned off now, and the money has been paid, and at most one shou noodle will be brought to the door in the future, and now the calf is all over."

The resentment in Duan Changjiang's words is comparable to that of a resentful woman.

Li Xiaozu has a deep friendship with him since he was a child, and he knows a lot about it, and he knows that his personality is a little out of the way, and he is not such a money fan as he appears, and he is not a greedy and lustful person.

Let's put it this way, Duan Changjiang is still a child man, he shows off in front of women, and he doesn't dare to move seriously, but he is full of sullen energy.

This is also to behave in front of himself, in front of outsiders or in front of his younger siblings, Duan Changjiang is pretending to be a polite gentleman, which is extremely confusing.

Li Xiaozu held back a laugh and said; "My little aunt is right to deal with it like this, after all, the Viscount of Humen is an overseas nobleman, and the generals of the Royal Praetorian Guard should not have more dealings with him, my father can't shirk the past and report to the palace, so he can act cheaply and open the net. You can't go to the palace to report to the palace two generals, so what's the point? ”

"Hmph, anyway, you got the benefits, so naturally you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, and I haven't seen you generously give one or two to my family." Duan Changjiang's muttering voice became smaller and smaller.

Li Xiaozu raised his eyebrows and asked; "What did you say?"

"Ah...... I didn't say anything. Duan Changjiang flatly denied it.

Li Xiaozu looked thoughtfully at Li Yong, the Viscount of Humen, and said in a cautious tone; "Yangtze River, you know what? The son of this lord was captured by the Boers in South Africa, and his fate is still unknown. I also learned from my father's private discussions, this Viscount of Humen is as if nothing has happened, and he can't see the slightest misdemeanor, and he still buys land and property here, and maneuvers between the upper class, he is really a ruthless person! ”

"Holy, what's going on?"

"Am I still lying to you? It was Li Jianyang, who married the daughter of Lord Lei, who was arrested, this person is the eldest son of the lord who will attack the lord in the future, I heard that this guy is also a little wolf cub, and his subordinates have hundreds of lives. ”

"Ah......h

Duan Changjiang couldn't close his mouth in surprise, this Li Jianyang is similar to his brothers, they are both the eldest sons of nobles.

According to the rules of the empire, as long as you don't die halfway, you will definitely be a knight in the future, and your status is precious.

Why didn't he and Li Xiaozu join the army?

It's not because both of them are the eldest sons, and they are engaged in high-level and idle work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so they will marry a wife and raise children in the future, and pass on the noble title from generation to generation, and there is no need to fight for life and death.

The military is generally the second son of the family, the future of the concubine and others, and after some experience in the army, he may be able to fight for a future.

This Li Jianyang subverted his three views, so Duan Changjiang looked at Li Yong, the viscount of Humen, again, and saw that he was greeting the nobles with a calm expression, and there was no sadness on his face.

Duan Changjiang's face changed, and he muttered; "My God, this man's heart is made of stone, and there is no half of family affection!"

"So I deliberately ran over to take a look, don't go here if you're fine, this lord and we are not all the way, and his things are not easy to take."

"Big brother, tonight, Jianguo and Jianhua also called me to go to the Meijing Theater to play, I heard that there was a surprise."

"Founding ...... Jianhua? ”

"Uh...... It's the second and third sons of Lord Humen, don't look at these two guys, they're not very old, and they're playing wild. ”

"Don't go, just find a reason to push."

"That'...... All right. ”

It is almost instinctive for nobles to interact with each other to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and it is purely too much to expect to send charcoal in the snow, or they can't blame their cold nature, mainly a large family inside and out, and there are too many fetters in various industries in the forest, far less free and easy than the common people.

Anyway, a person with a red stripe, a poor person who has nothing to worry about, a big scar on his head, and a big scar on his head, I'm afraid of a ball!