American Ranch

Chapter 298 Two Big Valleys

The financial crisis has had a big impact on big cities.

The mountain town of Sainte-Bene, on the surface, doesn't see any influence.How people lived in the past is similar to how they live now.It's just that the income is a little lower...

During the financial crisis, the prices of many commodities are rising, but the prices of ordinary agricultural products are not rising, and the prices are much lower than before.

Chen Mo first went to the supermarket in the small town and bought a few pounds of clams, a few big lobsters, and a few big Dungeness crabs.The prices of these seafood products have increased a lot, but the boss gave Chen Mo a discount and only charged him the cost price...

"Is the golf course in the town open?" Chen Mo asked after seeing golf clubs for sale in the store.

"It's already open." The boss said with a smile.

Chen Mo chose a set...

When I got home, I called Moxie and asked him to come over for dinner, and then went to the kitchen to get busy.

Stir-fried spicy clams, steamed lobsters, and steamed crabs. After cooking, 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 the sound of the V10 engine in the distance, and it was getting closer.

It's the voice of the Lamborghini Maverick...

"Moxie's car, he sold the Ferrari and replaced it with a Maverick." Kong Si said.

Chen Mo smiled, and after a while, Moxi's car drove in: "Hey, it's just right for me to come, I seem to smell the fragrance."

"Come in, it's just right for you to come." Chen Mo raised the champagne still bubbling in his hand.

Spicy clams, Chen Mo's favorite.

For Kang Si and Moxi, every clam requires a sip of champagne. It is fragrant and spicy. It feels poisonous at first taste, but aftertaste, especially after a sip of champagne, it is unstoppable.Pair it with crayfish and crab for 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 1000 acres to as small as dozens or several One hundred acres. And they are relatively fertile land, and the price is relatively cheap now..."

Chen Mo has no interest in these scattered lands.

In fact, it is not difficult to manage, but it is troublesome.Chen Mo mainly likes big...

"A big piece of land?" Chen Mo asked after crushing the lobster claw with his pincers and eating a piece of sweet crab meat.

"It's not far from our ranch, close to the Panoch Valley and Idrija Valley in the Central Valley. The Idriya Valley belongs to Ronnie Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., and Bright is preparing to acquire the company... The Idriya Valley has an area of ​​4.75 square meters Acres, divided into hill ranch area and valley ranch area. The valley area is flat, with about 3 acres of land. The Idrija Valley is the main industry of Ronnie Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., and the company’s debt has reached 7000 million US dollars. In the second financial crisis, it will definitely not be able to survive. 1 million US dollars and taking over the company's liabilities should be able to win."

Chen Mo clicked on the map and looked at it...

The Panoch Valley and the 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, separated by the mountain forest in the reserve...

The Panoch Valley is closer to the town of St. Bernie, only 7 kilometers, but there is no direct road.It takes a long detour. If you take the road, it will take more than [-] kilometers.

"Is it possible to buy the entire Panoch Valley?" Chen Mo saw a small town in the Panoch Valley with an elementary school.There should be 5 acres of flat land in the entire valley, but the land is divided into pieces, and at a glance, 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 came to our St. Bernie before, and they want to merge the town of Nadak into the town of St. Bernie .The town has a large area of ​​land that can be used for grazing, close to 20 acres. 4.75 acres in the Idrija Valley and 5.36 acres in the Panoch Valley. We could actually buy the entire town...  But the land in these two valleys, as you can see on the satellite map, is a piece of yellow, which looks like a desert... This is a large pasture area, an arid and semi-arid climate area. It is a primitive environment area in the Central Valley..."

These two valleys are already close to the central valley, only separated by a desolate hill.

California's Central Valley has a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and cool, humid winters.There is more rainfall in the north and drier in the south.

In the past, the Southern Valley of California was originally a semi-desert area, which 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.

"The water source is not a problem. Look here..." Chen Mo pointed to a huge reservoir 50 kilometers north of the Panoch Valley.This reservoir is very famous, with an area of ​​more than 1 acres. It has its own power station, and its business includes water conservancy irrigation... This reservoir is also an important part of the California waterway system. It is not a problem to connect two waterways.

There was no access to the water system before, and the main problem was money.

It is not necessary to connect 50 kilometers to the waterway system, only a dozen kilometers is enough.The cost ranges from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars.

It can only be connected to the waterway system, and it is not a loss to spend hundreds of millions of dollars.But California has become more and more dry in recent years, Chen Mo is not sure whether he can connect to the system.

If there is no access to the waterway system, these two valleys are tasteless.But for Hegu Animal Husbandry, there is a lot to do...

"There is no large piece of land in the Monterey Valley?" Chen Mo said.

Moxi shook his head...

"Okay. Tell Brett, I'm interested in these two valleys. I can give up some land in the hilly area, but let's take it down in the valley area first..."

"It will cost a lot of money to take down the two valleys together." Moxi was slightly startled: "Especially the Panoch Valley, the entire mountainous area has been taken down, and relocation is a 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. Bernie after arriving in St. Bernie's. In addition, when St. Bernie goes to Nadak, there are many hills in the middle that can be used for grazing And the land for breeding, let the town mayor run a lot to try to change the nature of these lands. If these lands can be compensated to the herdsmen in Nadak Town, can we spend less money?"

"Hmm... Brett needs to cooperate with this matter."

"Reduce the price of pasture, $25 per ton."

"This..." Moxi felt that it was completely unnecessary to do so.

"The price of 50 US dollars is still too high. Let's lower the price. It is important to develop the number of downstream farmers first. After the market economy improves, we can slowly increase the price."

(End of this chapter)