At around 2 p.m., the trio drove a Rolls-Royce past Romford and stopped at the gate of a ranch south of a nature reserve.

Not long after, the owner of the ranch personally drove a pickup truck to pick him up, and after entering the ranch, Chu Xiangqian's mind couldn't help but focus on the.

When I look at it, it's all desert.

It seems that the chickadee has flown across the Indian Ocean and into the Middle East.

Just to fly to London, it takes at least 40 hours.

The chickadee can fly at speeds of up to 350 km/h, but it must rest and find food during its flight.

This delay will take even longer.

Chu Xiangqian could only retract his gaze, ride on the horse provided by the rancher, and walk around the 1,800-acre pasture.

It soon turned out that the ranch was running quite well, and it should not be so easy to buy it.

Sure enough, when talking to the rancher, although the other party's attitude was okay, his expression and tone all showed that he didn't want to sell.

Chu Xiangqian chatted with the other party for a few minutes, and after confirming the other party's attitude, he didn't talk to the other party and directly offered 80,000 pounds.

The rancher was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but hesitate.

On the way to the ranch, Norton gave Chu Xiangqian a piece of information, which gave him a rough idea of the price of the ranch around London.

In the provinces of the northern edge of England, pastures are basically £10 to £20 per acre.

However, some small but fine farms and pastures think that the utilization rate of soil is extremely high, and the price per acre will naturally be much higher.

That is, the larger the ranch, the lower the price per unit area of land.

Deep forests, hills, swamps and other terrain really don't bring much profit.

More than 50 years later, there were 95,000 acres of land at a price of only £35 million.

Equal to a unit price of £358 per acre.

In addition, agriculture and animal husbandry have always been industries with large inputs, long output times and return on investment.

In the future, if you have money, you will basically not invest in farms and pastures.

On the contrary, it is the kind of rich people who have money, and money is just a number, will be interested in land.

But when they entered the game, they did not buy 10,000 or 20,000 acres, but hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars.

There is a ranch in Texas, which is larger than the whole of New York.

Chu Xiangqian's initial price for this ranch was 50,000 pounds, but now it seems that it is a little difficult to buy at this price.

And after all, the ranch is close to London, and it is normal for the price to be higher, so Chu Xiangqian only offered 80,000 yuan.

Of course, he didn't really fancy the income from this ranch, but because next door was Margaret's estate.

And this manor actually covers an area of 7,000 acres, so it can be said that this chick is also a big landowner.

The offer of £80,000 equals £44.4 per acre.

This price is definitely more than 50% of the market price, which is why the rancher will hesitate.

Seeing this, Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "Believe me, 80,000 pounds to buy two stores in the city of London, the rent alone is enough for you and your wife to live."

In addition, the growth rate of London real estate in the future will be 5 times or 10 times that of ranches. ”

As soon as these words came out, the rancher was even more hesitant.

The tone was not as firm as before, saying that it was to give him some time to think about it.

Chu Xiangqian was not in a hurry, and said to Norton, "Let's go, go and see another ranch." And I don't have much time, so I don't have time to spend on it. ”

Norton smiled and nodded, and as soon as the two of them got into the car, the rancher ran over quickly and asked through the car door, "SIR, WHY DO YOU WANT TO BUY MY LITTLE RANCH WHEN YOU THINK THE PROPERTY IN LONDON WILL RISE?" ”

Chu Xiangqian laughed, "I just want to have a place not far from London where you can ride and raise horses." ”

The rancher who said this almost scolded with envy, and then probably knew that even if he worked hard 12 hours a day, he would not be rich.

It's better to listen to Chu Qianqian, sell the ranch at a high price and go to live in the city of London.

No matter how poor it is, you can sell a new ranch about the size of a ranch for fifty or sixty thousand pounds.

made an appointment to see a lawyer tomorrow and sign a contract, Chu Xiangqian did not go to the manor next door, but took advantage of the fact that it was only 3 o'clock and went back to the city to buy a Bentley walker.

I wanted to ask Norton to find a good restaurant for dinner, but I didn't expect this kid to pull himself and say, "Master, if you're okay at night, why don't you go to my house as a guest?" ”

As soon as Chu Xiangqian heard it, he knew that it must be Mountbatten, or Norton's parents who wanted to see him.

Shaking his head, he said, "It's so sudden, I haven't prepared any gifts." I'd better wait until I buy the villa and pack it up before I visit your parents. ”

Norton had no choice but to finish dinner with Chu Xiangqian and go home by himself.

Chu Xiangqian returned to the Simmons family hotel and went up to the suite on the third floor, seeing that Arthur and another bodyguard were gone, he thought Margaret was gone.

Unexpectedly, when I opened the door, I saw this chick lying on the sofa reading the newspaper.

Seeing that he was back, Nata hurriedly walked over to help him take off his suit, while Chu Xiangqian asked with a smile, "If you don't go back, is it really okay?" ”

Margaret didn't care so much, and asked anxiously, "Honey, have you bought the ranch and the villa?" ”

Chu Qianqian nodded, "Go to the law firm tomorrow to sign the contract." ”

After speaking, he asked rhetorically, "Didn't you ask you to take the champion knight and the team responsible for training and caring for it to the manor?" ”

Margaret pouted, "This kind of trivial matter, just let Turner's butler do it." ”

Chu Xiangqian shook his head helplessly, he didn't need to have subordinates, he really couldn't say it.

Then she accompanied Margaret and Nata, who had not yet eaten dinner, to eat some more, and did not play a friendly match in the evening, but chatted with the chick.

Nata on the side also said a few words from time to time, and before she knew it, it was more than 10 o'clock in the evening.

Two days later, Chu Xiangqian and Margaret were dressed in riding clothes, each riding a sweaty horse, and ran in the pasture for half an hour, before they reduced their horse speed and talked leisurely.

Since yesterday the contract was signed and the ranch was bought, the chick lived directly in the manor next door, and also asked Turner's housekeeper to help with the handover of the ranch and other chores.

Chu Xiangqian was naturally happy to be idle, this ranch had no intention of developing, and he had never thought of making money from this ranch.

Since there is no secret to speak of, it will naturally not be a problem to leave it to Turner's butler to take care of it for a while.

Riding a horse to the outside of the woods between the ranch and the manor, the chickadee, which had flown to London this morning, was flown into the woods by Chu Qianqian's commander, and made sure that there was no danger after a few circles, Chu Xiangqian dismounted and picked up Margaret down.

Then he untied the two boxes on the horseback, found a tree with relatively large shade, opened the box, took out tableware, food and other things, and sat on a long cloth for a picnic.

Margaret should be in a very good mood today, chattering non-stop, even if Chu Qianqian doesn't say much, it still doesn't affect the mood of this chick.

As he spoke, he suddenly said to the race, "My dear, since you brought the champion knight back from the Norton house, can you put my badge on the harness and rider's uniform during the Triple Crown race on the 11th?" ”

Chu Xiangqian nodded indifferently, "Speaking of which, I am the master of the champion knight, and you are its mistress." It's up to you to decide this kind of thing. ”

Margaret was overjoyed, leaning into Chu Xiangqian's arms and muttering the words 'I love you to death'.

Chu Xiangqian simply stepped back, hugged Margaret and looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky.

As for the fact that he had promised Norton that he would print Mountbatten's badge on the rider's uniform, Chu Xiangqian naturally would not regret it.

Anyway, the advertising space of the rider's suit, in addition to the back, also has the chest and arms.

When Chu Xiangqian was in love with his lover You Nong and My Nong, Norton also began to put his mind on Tiger Bone Wine.

This kid is still very smart, and asked people to ask who had a carnival party last night.

Then invited five young people of the same generation to come to the house to see the golden sweat and blood horses.

After gaining the envy of his friends, at the lunch party, only the tiger bone wine in the crystal glass bottle was served.

Not to mention, Chu Xiangqian deliberately used a crystal glass wine bottle, coupled with the faint golden color of tiger bone wine, which looked like it was similar to whiskey in the eyes of those who didn't know.

When the five young people first drank it, they not only felt that the wine tasted a little strange, but they were not used to drinking it at all.

But within a few minutes, these people noticed a feeling of warmth coming out of their stomachs.

Seeing this, Norton couldn't help but laugh and said, "How about it, have you discovered the benefits of this wine?" ”

The five people nodded hurriedly, and then asked, and soon learned that this wine was the royal thing of the East.

It may be useful to fool ordinary people, but it is not good to fool 5 noble children.

But Norton said, "The mysterious East has too many secrets that we don't know yet." And this wine is right in front of us, take a few more sips, and I promise that your female companion will look at you with adoring eyes tonight. ”

Although the young people were not hollowed out by the wine, the warmth in their bodies could not be faked.

Moreover, young people take tonics, and the absorption rate is high, which can naturally achieve the maximum effect.

That night, after more than a dozen men and women realized the benefits of this wine, it was only one night that the tiger bone wine spread among the consumption.

The next morning, before Chu Xiangqian, who lived in the ranch, got up, he heard Nata knock on the door and came in, squatting on the side of the bed and whispering, "Sir, Sir Norton's call." ”

Chu Xiangqian cursed in his mouth, gently let go of the hand holding Margaret, got up and put on the robe and silk pajamas that Nata had brought.

Went out of the bedroom to answer the phone.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said 'hey', he came from the microphone, "Master, we are going to make a fortune." ”

Chu Xiangqian was stunned for a moment, and Norton was not verbose, "I had a party last night, and more than a dozen friends tried the tiger bone wine. I bought two or three bottles less, and I bought 10 bottles directly.

The 100 bottles you gave me before, now there are only 37 bottles left. I think it's best for you to have 400 bottles, or even 1,000 bottles, come by air from Hong Kong Island today. ”

Chu Xiangqian was also overjoyed after hearing this, and secretly said that good things are good things, and there is no shortage of people who know the goods.

"Okay, I'll have 1,000 bottles delivered as soon as possible. As for your 400 bottles, I already had them delivered to the ranch yesterday. ”

Norton was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Master, I'll take someone over to move." ”

After speaking, Norton slapped his forehead, "By the way, the bronzes and antiques collected from Gerald will be transported back to Xiangjiang by air at the airport, or will they be sent to the ranch for you?" ”

Chu Xiangqian thought about it, but decided to let Norton send it to the ranch.

If it is sent to the airport, with normal thinking, it must be after 1,000 bottles of wine are flown over, and the antiques will be brought back to Xiangjiang by the way.

But he didn't plan to take the air at all, and he didn't leave 1,000 bottles of tiger bone wine in Xiangjiang.

It's a matter of having a group of powerful subordinates, which is no secret in Norton's eyes.

And there are chickadees, and if there are people around who are staring at the pasture, they will definitely be able to spot it.

As long as no one is watching, the wine will come in, or take away the antiques, let alone Norton, and even Margaret will not feel that there is a problem.

More than an hour later, when Norton came over with someone, Chu Xiangqian not only had breakfast with Margaret earlier, but also put 40 boxes of tiger bone wine in the granary more than ten meters away from the main house.

After seeing Norton, Chu Qianqian pointed to the granary and said, "You have people move all the antiques to the granary, and I will sort them out later." By the way, I moved ten boxes of wine. ”

After speaking, he took Margaret's hand and took Norton into the main house to drink tea, and took the initiative to talk about the advertising space of the champion knight.

Margaret didn't have the heart to care about what Norton had moved when he came over.

Norton also mistakenly thought that Margaret should have known about the tiger bone wine that had been shipped over a long period of time.

Before he knew it, two more days later, Chu Xiangqian woke up from his hotel suite at 7 o'clock in the morning.

Today is the match day of the 20000 Guinean Championship, not only did Chu Xiangqian leave the ranch yesterday and stay in the hotel, Margaret also took Nata back to Buckingham Palace.

Today, not only Margaret's mother will definitely go to watch the game, but her sister and brother-in-law's family will also dress up to attend this grand event.

Chu Xiangqian saw that Margaret was gone, so he naturally didn't want to stay in the pasture like the countryside.

And now there are only 5 employees left in the ranch, and the average salary is only 55 pounds, Chu Xiangqian has no intention of resigning.

According to the adjustment of the work done by Turner's housekeeper, without making any changes, the five workers quickly stabilized their mentality and worked in the ranch with peace of mind.

Dressed neatly, he drove out of the hotel and headed for the racecourse.

As for the villa, after signing a contract with Gerrard and paying him 300,000 pounds, the matter of cleaning up the villa was immediately taken over by Margaret.

Although it was difficult for the two of them to live in the villa on Garden Street, or even to stay in it overnight, Margaret still wanted to take care of the things such as packing up and buying new furniture and daily necessities by herself.

Chu Xiangqian wished that someone would deal with these small things instead of him, so he naturally agreed with both hands.

Then he signed a cheque for £10,000 to Margaret and left it alone.

Simmons, who received 2 invitation tickets a few days ago, also took his daughter to dress up and drove to the racetrack with Chu Xiangqian's car.

At around 8 o'clock in the morning, Chu Xiangqian took Simmons' father and daughter into a private room.

Not long after, Norton, who had finished dealing with his friend, hurriedly knocked on the door and walked into the private room, and complained to Chu Xiangqian, "Master, are you the owner of the horse, or am I the owner of the champion knight?"

He actually put everything on my head. ”

(End of chapter)