The financial crisis has had a great impact on large cities.
On the surface, there is no visible impact on the small mountain town of Saint-Bénie. People’s lives are similar to what they lived before. It’s just that the income is lower...
During the financial crisis, the prices of many commodities have increased. However, the prices of ordinary agricultural products have not increased, and the prices are much lower than before.
Chen Mo first went to the supermarket in the town and bought a few pounds of clams, a few large lobsters, and a few large Dungeness crabs. The prices of these seafood products had increased a lot, but the boss gave Chen Mo a discount and only charged him the cost price.
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"Is the golf course in the town open?" Chen Mo asked when he saw golf clubs for sale in the store.
"It's already open." The boss said with a smile.
Chen Mo chose a set...
After returning home, I called Moxi and asked him to come over for dinner, and then went into the kitchen to get busy.
Stir-fried spicy clams, steamed lobsters, and steamed crabs. After they were cooked, Kang Si helped bring the lobsters and crabs to the living room. Chen Mo opened the low-temperature wine cellar freezer and brought out a bottle of French champagne. As soon as he opened it, he heard v10 in the distance.
The sound of the engine is getting closer and closer.
It’s the sound of the Lamborghini Maverick…
"Mossi's car, he sold the Ferrari and replaced it with a Maverick," Consid said.
Chen Mo smiled, and after a while, Moxi's car drove in: "Hey, I came just in time, I seem to smell the fragrance."
"Come in quickly, you came just in time." Chen Mo raised the still sparkling champagne in his hand.
Spicy clams, Chen Mo’s favorite.
Cons and Moxie, you have to drink a sip of champagne before eating a clam. It is fragrant and spicy. It feels poisonous at first taste, but after the aftertaste, especially after a sip of champagne, you can't stop. Pair it with crayfish and
Crab, a delicious and hearty dinner...
"Boss, are you going to buy a large piece of land or scattered small pieces of land? There are many farms and ranches listed for sale in the Central Valley and the Monterey Valley. These farms and ranches range from more than a thousand acres to dozens of small ones.
Hundreds of acres. And it is relatively fertile land, and the current price is relatively cheap..."
Chen Mo has no interest in these scattered lands.
It's actually not difficult to manage, but it's just troublesome. Chen Mo mainly likes big...
"A large piece of land?" Chen Mo asked after crushing the lobster claws with his pliers and eating a piece of sweet crab meat.
"Not far from our ranch, it is close to the Panoch Valley and Idria Valley in the Central Valley. Among them, Idria Valley belongs to Roni Pastoral Co., Ltd., and Bright is preparing to acquire the company... The Idria Valley covers an area of 47,500
acres, divided into hilly pasture area and valley pasture area. The land in the valley area is flat, about 3 acres. The Idrija Valley is the main industry of Roni Pastoral Co., Ltd., and the company's debt has reached 70 million US dollars.
In this financial crisis, we should be able to win the US$100 million that is definitely unsustainable and take over the company's liabilities."
Chen Mo clicked on the map and looked at it...
Panoch Valley and Idrija Valley are two adjacent valleys.
Among them, the Idrija Valley is more remote, but the straight-line distance from the valley pasture is only about 10 kilometers, with the mountain forests of the reserve in between...
The Panoch Valley is even closer to the town of St. Beni, only 7 kilometers away, but there is no direct road. It requires a long detour. If you take the road, it will be more than 30 kilometers.
"Is it possible to buy the entire Panoch Valley?" Chen Mo saw a small town in Panoch Valley with an elementary school. The entire valley should have 50,000 acres of flat land, but the land was divided into pieces. After a rough look, there are
Several dairy farms.
"As long as you have money, there is nothing you can't buy. In the town of Nadak in the Panoch Valley, the mayor and speaker of the town have been to our Saint-Bénie before, and they want to merge the town of Nadak into the town of Saint-Béni.
.This town has a large land area, nearly 200,000 acres of land that can be used for grazing. Among them, 47,500 acres are in the Idrija Valley and 53,600 acres are in the Panoch Valley. In fact, we can buy the entire town...
But the land in these two valleys, as you can see on the satellite map, is yellow and looks like a desert... This is a large ranch area, an arid and semi-arid climate zone. It is the original environment area of the Central Valley..."
These two valleys are already close to the Central Valley, separated only by a stretch of desolate hills.
The Central Valley of California has a Mediterranean climate, with hot and dry summers and humid and cool winters. There is more rainfall in the north and drier in the south.
In the past, the southern California valley was originally a semi-desert area and could only be used as livestock land. Later, with the construction of the California waterway system, the Central Valley became an important agricultural area in the United States.
"Water source is not a problem. Look here..." Chen Mo pointed to a giant reservoir 50 kilometers north of the Panoch Valley. This reservoir is very famous, covering an area of more than 10,000 acres. It has its own power station and its businesses include
Water conservancy irrigation... This reservoir is also an important part of California's waterway system. It is not a problem to connect two waterways.
We had not been connected to the water system before, and the main issue was money.
To connect to the waterway system, you don’t need to connect 50 kilometers, just a dozen kilometers. This cost can range from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars.
It can only be connected to the waterway system, and it will not be a loss if it costs hundreds of millions of dollars. However, California has become increasingly dry in recent years, and Chen Mo is not sure whether it can be connected to the system.
Without access to the waterway system, these two valleys would be useless. But for valley animal husbandry, there is great potential...
"There isn't a lot of land in the Monterey Valley?" Chen Mo said.
Moxi shook his head...
"Okay. Tell Brett that I have my eye on these two valleys. I can give up some of the land in the hilly area, but let's take it in the valley area first..."
"It will cost a lot of money to capture the two valleys together." Moxi was slightly startled: "Especially the Panoch Valley. The entire mountainous area has been captured. Relocation is a big project..."
"Money is not a problem. As long as the residents in the Panoch Valley are willing to relocate, I can donate a primary school to St. Beni. In addition, there are many hills in the middle from St. Beni to Nadak that can be used for grazing.
and livestock land, let the town mayor run more and try to change the nature of these lands. If these lands can be compensated to the herdsmen of Nadak Town, can we spend less money?"
"Well... this matter requires Brett's cooperation."
"Lower forage prices, $25 per ton."
"This..." Moxi felt that this was completely unnecessary.
"The price of US$50 is still too high. When we lower the price, it is important to develop the number of downstream farmers first. Later, when the market economy improves, we can slowly increase the price."