A week later

At the "Luzon Islands Land Reclamation Special Auction" held by the Property Rights Department, the Somalia Company spent 13.5 million gold to acquire four pieces of land in the Legaspi area of ​​northern Manila, with an area of ​​up to 620,000 acres.

The average price per acre is 21.77 gold ocean, equivalent to 10 pounds and 10 shillings, which is quite expensive.

This is not a fringe area in the city, but a large mountain plain more than 270 kilometers away from the Manila metropolis. A small part has been developed by local indigenous people, and most of them are still in their original state.

From this perspective, the price paid by Somalia companies is a bit high.

It costs a lot of money to reclaim these barren plains, and the harvest of raw land in the first and second years will not be good. It requires continuous investment of large amounts of funds to build bridges, pave roads and build canals, purchase agricultural machinery, and hire manpower to reclaim wasteland.

However, from another perspective, Legazer is located on the outer periphery of the coastal area, surrounded by plains and connected into tracts, with fertile land, sufficient sunshine, abundant rainfall, and crisscrossing streams in the area, good irrigation conditions, and low development difficulty. It is a rare place to develop large-scale plantations.

Such large areas of plains and wastelands are integrated into one, and are connected into thousands of acres in pieces, which is very suitable for large farm machinery operations.

The newly established Somalia company became the biggest winner in this land auction. It successfully won four of the seven plots of land with a total area of ​​up to 620,000 acres, making it famous in one battle and making its headlines in the Australian World Journal, attracting everyone's attention and the financial industry is full of discussion.

So-called: It’s not that the Raptors are not that they are not that they are not that they are not that they are not that they are not that they are not that they are not that they are.

There are many people who can spend tens of millions of gold at one time in the Red River Valley, where wealthy and tycoons gather, but few people are interested in investing this huge amount of money in the Luzon Islands to develop plantations.

The investment of Somalia companies is heavyweight and has attracted attention from all parties.

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

Often, dozens of natural rubber plantation investment projects can be combined to reach the scale of tens of millions of gold.

Compared with investments in the industrial and commercial fields, plantation investments have slow results and low returns, and are greatly affected by the natural climate, but they have a long-term advantage.

For example, the popular natural rubber plantations now have no profits within the next 10 years, so they can only continue to invest. Once the natural rubber tree produces the rubber, there will be stable returns every year.

Tobacco plantations are another situation. As long as the land is cultivated and flattened, the year is planted and the year is profitable.

How much is this profit?

It's worth a big question mark.

This is related to the trace elements contained in the soil, sunshine, rainfall, artificial cultivation, weeding and disease prevention, and scientific crop rotation. If you fail to do any aspect, it will affect the expected returns.

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

If the rainy season increases at the critical moment when the tobacco seedlings are soaking leaves, the precipitation increases during the rainy season, which extends for more than ten days, haha... that fun will be great.

At the least, it will affect the yield and quality of tobacco leaves. At the worst, the root seedlings will be soaked in the tobacco fields and will be completely eliminated.

At the high-end cocktail party held later, Viscount Humen Li Yong became the focus of everyone's attention, surrounded by a group of upper-class people, chatting and laughing, and became the focus of financial and fashion journalists chasing.

At the cocktail party

"Yangtze River, I knew you were here."

Duan Changjiang was talking loudly in front of several young and beautiful ladies, but was interrupted by Li Xiaozu who suddenly appeared.

Li Xiaozu smiled apologetically at the ladies and ladies, and said, "I'm really sorry, ladies and ladies, Mr. Duan has to leave for a while."

After saying that, he grabbed Duan Changjiang's arm and left.

"Hey hey...Brother, what's wrong with you? I'm having a good chat here, so I'll help you find out about my sister-in-law."

"Stop talking about it, don't bother you about my affairs." Li Xiaozu dragged him to a corner of the hotel, away from the elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen, and then asked, "Changjiang, what are you doing here?"

"Brother, you're asking too much." Duan Changjiang broke free from his hand with a little dissatisfaction, sorted out his expensive wool suit, and said with his head raised. "This land auction has achieved unprecedented success and has made a fortune for the royal family. Our Property Rights Department is honored as a specific operation department. That's a great contribution. What's the point of taking a few drinks? Isn't that what should I do? It's just a drizzle."

"You have only such a little bit of success, have you never eaten or drunk at home?"

"I don't like to listen to this. There are indeed delicious food and drinks in our house, but isn't it cost to eat and drink here? You must know that every grain is hard to work. If you can, save a little. And where do we get so many beautiful ladies in our house?"

"Hmph, are you concerned about the latter kind?"

"Brother, that's normal. Guanguan Jujiu, a gentleman is a good man. My father trains troops in the military camp all day long, and he is confused. He doesn't even care about his son's marriage. He doesn't even think about telling me a good marriage. Is there any mistake I have to worry about?" Duan Changjiang made a statement.

Li Xiaozu silently pointed him with his fingers, and finally put two words in his mouth; "Volume."

"I am vulgar, I am happy." Duan Changjiang answered without being ashamed but proud. He reached out and took two glasses of French foam champagne from the waiter tray next to him and handed one to Li Xiaozu.

Then he took a sip and said enjoyably, "I don't want the wine I paid for, it tastes so delicious."

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

"It depends on who you compare with. I won't say that your Earl's Mansion has a great family and a great career. Our uncle also told you a good marriage. He is also a rich man. I can't catch up with it even if I just slap in it." Duan Changjiang felt depressed when he said this, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the Viscount Humen surrounded by the upper nobles, and said in a melancholy tone;

"Just talk about my father. He was stupid in training the military. He sent all the prayers from Viscount Humen to the mansion. He didn't know if he came back to see him, and he took the gifts by the way. It was really heartbreaking."

"Do you feel sorry for those Arab beauties?" Li Xiaozu mocked.

"I'm going to be the Arab beauty. Now the land has been auctioned off and the money has been paid. From now on, I will bring at least one birthday noodles when I come to my house. Now I'm all done."

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

Li Xiaozu had a deep friendship with him since childhood and knew very well that he knew that his character was a bit off. He did not show such a wealth-loving person, nor was he a lustful person.

Let me put it this way, Duan Changjiang is still a child man, and he can show off in front of women, and he doesn’t dare to act seriously, but he is full of indifference.

This is to show in front of oneself. In front of outsiders or in front of younger siblings, Duan Changjiang is a polite gentleman who is extremely confused.

Li Xiaozu held back his smile and said, "It's right for my uncle to deal with this. After all, Viscount Humen is an overseas nobleman. It is not advisable to have more contact with him. My father couldn't refuse and report to the palace. He had to do things in a good way. He could not go to the palace to report it. He could not go to the palace to report it. What would it mean?"

"Hmph, anyway, you have the advantage. Naturally, you don't feel pain when you stand and speak, and you don't feel good about giving me one or two." Duan Changjiang's muttering voice became less and less.

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

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

Li Xiaozu looked at the Viscount Humen who was well-off and said in a cautious tone, "Changjiang, do you know? The son of this lord was captured by the Boers in South Africa and his life and death are still unknown. I only learned that I heard my father's private discussion. This Viscount Humen seemed to be nothing, and could not see any distracted behavior. He still bought land here and dealt with the upper class. He is such a cruel person!"

"Damn, is this happening?"

"Can I still lie to you? It's Li Jianyang, who is married to Mr. Lei's daughter, was arrested. This person is the eldest son who will inherit the title in the future. I heard that this guy is also a little wolf cub, and his subordinates have hundreds of lives."

"ah……"

Duan Changjiang was so surprised that he couldn't stop talking. Li Jianyang had similar identities to his brothers, both of whom were the eldest sons of the nobles.

According to the imperial regulations, as long as it does not die in the middle, it will definitely inherit the title in the future and its status is valuable.

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

It’s not because both of them are the eldest sons and are engaged in a noble and idle job in the Interior Affairs Office. In the future, they will marry a wife and raise children and pass on the noble title from generation to generation. There is no need to fight to death.

Joining the army is usually the future of the second son of the family, the concubine's son and others. If you have some experience in the army, you may be able to gain a future.

This Li Jianyang subverted his three views, so Duan Changjiang looked at Li Yong, the viscount of Humen again. Seeing him greeting the nobles with calm expressions, there was no trace of sadness on his face.

Duan Changjiang's face changed and he murmured, "My God, can this person's heart be made of stone, without any affection!"

"So I came here to see it. If you have nothing to do, don't get here. This lord and we are not the same person as us, so his things are not easy to get."

"Brother, tonight, Jianguo and Jianhua also called me to go to Meijing Theater to play. I heard there were surprises."

"Kinguo... Jianhua?"

"Uh... it's the second and third sons of the Lord Humen. Don't be afraid of these two guys being young, they're so wild."

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

"Oh well."
Chapter completed!