America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 91 141 square kilometers of farm

Texas, as a whole, can be roughly divided into four main geographic regions.

They are West Bay Coastal Plains, North Central Plains, Great Plains, and Pecos.

The terrain of the state is generally flat, and most of the places where the population gathers are plains.

Tarrant County is located in northern Texas and belongs to the northern central plains.

There are no mountains in this kind of place, and Sunnis Mountain naturally cannot rise high.

Sunny Mountain Farm is located in the south-central part of Tarrant County.

It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually a hill with an altitude of less than 200 meters.

The farm is surrounded by the Sunny Mountains and has a vast area.

Abel came back to Texas this time and came to Fort Worth. He didn't go home or go to his father first.

It's for this farm.

In short, he was going to buy Sunny Hill Farm.

After buying it, he plans to use it as the training ground for Rock Security's headquarters in Texas.

This is a huge land with a total area of ​​141 square meters, which is 883 acres and 593.4 square kilometers.

It is 6 times bigger than Smith Farm, and it is the largest farm in Tarrant County.

Its owner was a Florida businessman named Cade.

This guy has been buying this farm for 15 years.

All along, it has never been seriously operated.

The whole farm has been deserted.

Starting five years ago, Cade listed the farm for sale.

Offer $1.25 million.

At first glance, 141 square kilometers of land only sells for 1.25 million, which seems not very expensive.

But you know, this is Texas.

The state with the largest land area in the United States is also the state with the most active land sales and transfers in the United States.

According to data from Texas A&M University.

In 1999, Texas land transactions reached a record 5055 transactions covering 446 acres, a 347% increase over the previous year.

Transaction volume reached US$13 billion, an increase of 1998% over 15.6
More than 44 acres, nearly 1800 square kilometers of land, were sold for $13 billion.

Make a comparison,
In Pengcheng in 2022, the combined area of ​​all jurisdictions is only 1997.47 square kilometers.

On the Texas side, it can probably sell for $14-15 billion.

Less than [-] billion yuan.

It can only be said that the place occupied by Ah Chou is really unique.

Texas is on A Chou's side, and it is the most blessed.

The land of the Florida guy has been hung up for almost five years, and the initial price was 1.8 million U.S. dollars.

But no one cares about it all the time, and those who ask are also too expensive.

After a few years, it was finally reduced to $1.25 million.

But no one bought it either.

The reason is that Sunny Mountain Farm, more than 35000 acres of land, has one-fifth of it desertified.

This has greatly reduced the land value of the Sunny Mountain Farm.

The underground here has been checked again, and there are no minerals.

Buy it for farm and ranch use only.

But one-fifth of the land is desertified, so few farmers or agricultural companies are willing to buy it.

Naturally, the price cannot be raised.

But Abel is different. He mainly wants to provide security for the rock and find a large enough training ground.

There is a certain amount of desertified land in the Sunny Mountains, which can just be used as training for desertification operations.

In addition, the area is large enough, and it is not far from my own farm.

It can be said that it is very suitable, so he passed an intermediary company.

Abel asked David Jones, who had come to work at his side, to contact him.

This piece of land is in the hands of the Florida guy, and it has become a hot commodity.

He even flew over from Florida when he heard that someone was willing to buy it.

Abel made an appointment to meet him in Fort Worth, and then went to see the farm after the meeting.

As long as the situation and price are right, he is willing to buy it.

Negotiations went very well, mainly David Jones haggling with the other side.

In fact, even this land was found by David Jones.

David has resigned from American Express and officially came to work with him.

Through bargaining, the Florida guy finally sold the farm for $0.99 million.

Afterwards, David also said that the other party still made a little money at this price.

When the Florida guy bought this land 15 years ago.

It cost about 8000 million US dollars and paid land taxes for 15 years.

There should be several million dollars to be made.

Abel doesn't care about these.

He originally planned to go over to take a look at the scene after the negotiation was over.

But he didn't go to Alexander, Alexander himself came up.

"You want to buy Sunny Mountain?"

As soon as we met, Alexander, who was wearing a suit and tie, frowned and asked.

Abel was a little uncomfortable with Dad's appearance.

In the past, Alexander, dressed in denim all day long, dressed very casually.

But he also knows that in the United States, the image of politicians is a very important part.

Politicians need to make target voters feel that their choice is right and that the candidate they choose meets their psychological expectations.

Even if it's just an image fit.

"Yes. It's very cheap. It's six times bigger than our farm, but it's less than [-] million yuan." Abel responded with a smile.

"6000 million? [-] million I feel a loss.

One-fifth of its land is desertified, and one-fifth of it is unsuitable for planting! "

Alexander said angrily.

"Let's not talk about it." Abel said with a smile, "Tell me about you, Dad.

From the way you look, things are going well.

Also, don't you want to introduce the gentleman behind? "

Alexander did not come alone, he was followed by two people.

I don't know Abel, but he looks a little familiar. He is about the same age as Alexander, and his height and build are much shorter.

The other, younger, was an acquaintance of Abel's.

His name is Kane, he is about 30 years old, and he looks powerful.

Kane is John Jr.'s younger brother and John's son.

He also used to work at Smith Farms before coming to work as a security guard at a mall in Fort Worth.

Looking at this picture now, it seems that he has become his father's bodyguard or driver.

Alexander also wanted to talk to his prodigal son about Sunny Mountain.

Fortunately, Alexander also knew that this situation is not suitable now.

Alexander stepped aside slightly so that the smiling old white man behind him could face Abel directly.

"This is Dwayne, my partner."

"This is Abel, my son."

"Hello." Abel smiled and stretched out his hand. No wonder he felt familiar. It turned out to be Dewayne, a member of the Fort Worth City Council. This guy seemed to have visited his house several times before.

Dwayne smiled and reached out to shake hands with him, "Ha, hello, Abel. I haven't seen you in a few years. You are taller and more handsome."

Alexander is more than two meters tall, Abel is more than 1.9 meters tall, and Dwayne looks less than 1.8 meters tall.

So compared to Dwyane, he's really tall.

"Okay. We are all our own people, so we don't need to be so polite."

Alexander spoke.

"Sit down, Dwayne.

Don't you want to talk to my son?Now he is in front of you. "

(End of this chapter)