The area of ​​one acre is about 4,000 square meters, and the size of two hundred acres is 800,000 square meters. At first glance, this is a very small number, but if you count it carefully, it is actually less than one square kilometer. In the vast desert, a small oasis of such a large is as insignificant as a coin on a square.

If you are close to a large oasis, it may still have considerable utilization value. But if you are too far away from the large oasis, the high development costs and dangerous living environment will make it worthless.

Two hours after finishing the call with senior bureaucrats of the Ministry of Defense, Zhang Lisheng drove into a small oasis that was judged by the federal government to have no development value.

Jeep knocked down clumps of short shrubs, and the thick tires with extremely strong grip were rolled over into green grass, rushing to the source of all the miracles of life in the desert. A small river channel that runs north and south is only two meters wide, but runs east and west but stops in front of the entire oasis.

The young man opened the car door and jumped out of the car.

The breeze was cool and the water vapor was wet. He stretched his muscles and bones comfortably. He was about to speak when he suddenly saw 30 or 40 busy next to the river ditch or built a special building house;

Or study the growth trend of riverside plants while measuring water quality;

Or in a dazed figure, an old white man in a dusty blue canvas denim work suit and a wide-brimmed cowboy hat rushed over, speaking incoherently, and scolded him with great excitement: "My God, do you know, do you know what you have done?

Those short shrubs, those short shrubs, are the last barriers to protect this oasis from the rustling winds. You actually broke more than a dozen plants. I hesitated for three days and couldn't bear to conduct destructive research on them. You, you..."

"I'll let you get what you want, right?" Zhang Lisheng spread his hands and interrupted the old man, pointing to the scattered short trees in the distance. "Look, the sap from the broken shrubs is still fresh and still maintaining basic activity. You can collect it as 'experimental materials' now."

Hearing this, the old man's expression became even more angry, but he ignored the need to shout at the young man and shouted at the assistants beside him, while the student shouted hurriedly: "Daming starts the generator;

Emily took the freezer;

Donaldson was ready to collect the vessels…”, strode towards the broken tree in the distance.

Looking at the old man's running back, Zhang Lisheng shrugged at his shocked agent and said, "Good noon, Charlie, is this the geology expert you found for the farm?

Judging from the friendly ‘academic dialogue’ between scientists he had just had, he had a bad temper.”

"Boss, Professor Connegie is the best candidate we can find at the moment," Charlie came back to his senses and said with a wry smile: "The geology experts are now 'hot and hot', so we don't have much choice."

"You misunderstood what I mean, Charlie.

As a biologist, I really appreciate such a scientist who focuses on academic research and seems inhumane. You do a good job." Zhang Lisheng smiled at Charlie and turned his eyes to the LS legal officer beside him, "Edward, it's great to see you."

Two hours ago, I received a call from a supervisor named Philips Edwards, a director of the Ministry of Defense Logistics Bureau, and made an appointment with him to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning in the lobby of the 'Sea King Building'. I hope you can be with you at that time."

"Yes, boss," Edward said respectfully: "I will prepare myself for any unreasonable demands he makes, at the legal level."

The young man nodded happily, no longer talking about serious matters, looked around and chatted with the vibrant environment that was different from the desert, saying, "It was the first time I came to this oasis. The environment was really good, and I couldn't tell at all that it was desertification."

"I felt the same when I first came to this oasis, boss," Edward said regretfully: "It's a pity that the amount of water outflows on which the oasis relies on is indeed showing a decreasing trend.

The federal environmental assessment predicts that this oasis has existed for at least a thousand years and has entered a 'decline period'. It is expected that if the ecology remains unchanged, it will be expected to exist for another seventy to one hundred years. Once the water consumption increases, the environment will deteriorate rapidly."

As soon as my friend finished speaking, he saw Zhang Lisheng frowning slightly, Charlie hurriedly explained from another perspective, "Of course we can manually dig deep water wells to improve the quality of vegetation and establish a more complete ecological circulation system to reverse optimize the environment here.

Only by spending money at all costs can any miracle happen, boss.”

"This is not bad. Anyway, what we need to lack the most in the future is money." Zhang Lisheng nodded with his eyebrows, looked down at the ditch under his feet, and suddenly a hint of curiosity rose in his heart, muttering to himself, "Why has this small river existed for so long, but it is about to dry up now...", and opened his hands and stroked the water surface in the air.

Suddenly, on the originally calm river surface, ripples that seemed to be blown by the strong wind rippled quietly.

More than ten seconds later, the young man's face suddenly changed, his eyes became brighter and brighter. He whispered after a long silence: "Charlie, I remember you said that the company has invested a total of 20 million meters in this oasis. How much does it cost to buy it from the Federation?"

"Boss, most of the investment of 20 million meters is spent on building farmhouses, agricultural machinery, and ordering advanced automatic irrigation systems. The land price is only 370,000 meters, which is equivalent to the sum of the value of all the wood in this oasis."

"That means that if there were no such trees, wouldn't the value of simple land be worth much?"

“Yes, the oasis we bought is closest to ‘New Washington A’ and is owned by the Washington State Government in accordance with the new federal charter amendment.

The Washington Public Land Use Act stipulates that federal citizens or companies can apply for purchases of all land marked in the state that cannot be used reasonably by the government at a guaranteed price of ten meters per mu.

After the subscription is issued, the state government must make an announcement within fifteen days. Within one month of the announcement is issued, if other buyers are willing to compete, the government will use a public auction to determine the ownership of the land within one week;

If no competition arises, the land will belong to the applicant in one month.

So if the value of the land attachment is not counted, that is, wood, the reasonable land price of this oasis is about 800 to 1,200 meters." Edward replied in a very professional tone instead of Charlie.

"Ten meters per acre, this is too cheap Edward. Are you kidding? How could it be possible?" Zhang Lisheng said in surprise.

"In fact, this price is already too high. Boss, ten meters per acre, and one square kilometer is one thousand meters. It is also marked as unusable by the government. Louisiana or Nevada was sold publicly in peacetime more than ten years ago.

For the government, wastelands can't bring even a meter cent profit if they stay idle for a hundred years. Selling them at a low price, no matter what kind of development is done by private individuals, will mean endless taxes and jobs.

The worst result is that it continues to be idle. Even so, the government still cashes out a public fund with 'waste', and the buyer must pay land tax to the government every year, so why not do it?

"It's good that you say this Edward. It seems that I haven't really learned your pragmatic way of thinking like this in your meter style until now." The young man opened his mouth but found that he could not refute it. He shrugged and said, "Well, is the land tax you said that you must pay to the government every year expensive?"

"It's very cheap bosses, different laws in each state. If they continue to be abandoned, the highest is only one percent of the land purchase price. If it is successfully developed, there will be various tax deduction mechanisms."

"Oh, in this case, we seem to be lucky," Zhang Lisheng smiled excitedly and lowered his voice: "Charlie, after returning, apply to the Washington State Government to purchase all the public land around this oasis, and buy as much as you can."

"All boss," Charlie had already felt his thoughts from the various questions raised by the young man, but he still asked, "This oasis is about 350 kilometers northwest of the northwest of this oasis is 'New New York City', and part of the extended desert belongs to New York State and southeast..."

"Okay, Charlie, don't worry about the small money. Regardless of which state belongs to, take down all the land you can buy around it." Zhang Lisheng's face tense, and he said solemnly as he planned to say the agent.

"I understand, boss." Although I didn't know the intention of the black-haired young man in front of me, Charlie immediately replied respectfully after hearing his resolute tone.

Zhang Lisheng nodded silently, stood by the river and stopped talking. It was not until a few minutes later that the old man who had collected the broken branches and leaves in the distance walked towards him with a gloomy face. The young man smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Good noon, Professor Kangneki, I am Zhang Lisheng."

"Professor, Mr. Zhang is the founder of LS Group and the owner of this oasis." Charlie hurriedly added, fearing that the old man would continue to contradict his boss and the gods he believed in.

"I know who he is, Mr. Charlie." Connegie glanced at Charlie and stretched out his hand covered in soil and clenched it with the young man, and said without hesitation: "A geologist who studies soil and water conservation must also be a qualified biologist, and as long as a federal biologist, no one would not know who Zhang Lisheng is.

But honestly, PhD, your attitude towards science is not proportional to academic achievement.”
Chapter completed!