night

The welcome banquet regularly hosted by the Mayor of Darwin was held in the hotel where Yang Chen was staying.

In addition to the Northern Territory officials and celebrities, many Northern Territory farmers, ranchers and mine owners were also present at the banquet.

Before Yang Chen arrived, the farmers, ranchers and mine owners in the Northern Territory had already received the news.

The reason why most of these people came was because they wanted to sell their farms, ranches and mines to Yang Chen, who was an unjust man.

Yes, that's right, he's the one who was taken advantage of.

In the eyes of many people, Yang Chen is so rich. Since he came to Australia to invest, he chose to go to the Northern Territory, a place where no one can shit, instead of going to other good places.

Isn't this a disease?

Of course, no one will say these words out loud, let alone show them on their faces. Everyone treats rich people with the utmost welcome and smile.

The land allocated to Yang Chen by the government was half sold and half given away. They, the owners of the land, had to pay the real price for their land.

After all, cultivated land is different from wasteland. Although land in the Northern Territory is much cheaper than other places, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are.

As long as it's meat, it's money.

After hearing Yang Chen's request, Mayor Darwin's face was stunned for a few seconds, and he still asked in disbelief: "Mr. Yang Chen, are you kidding? Five hundred thousand square kilometers, you know that

How big is the area?”

You must know that the total area of ​​the Northern Territory is only more than 1.3 million square kilometers. Yang Chen opened his mouth to 500,000 square kilometers, and the total area is close to 40%.

Mayor Darwin never thought that Yang Chen would have such a big appetite, which made him couldn't help but wonder if the other party was joking.

Yang Chen shrugged, picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, and said nonchalantly: "Mr. Mayor, those are wastelands. The money I can afford depends on whether you are willing to sell them."

Although the Northern Territory has a land area of ​​more than 1.3 million square kilometers, its northeastern part is the Barkley Plateau, its central and western parts are plain grasslands, its south part is mountainous and desert areas, and its southwest part has many dry salt lakes. Not all of the above areas are

Can be used.

Yang Chen made up his mind to buy up most of the usable land resources in the Northern Territory. The plateaus, deserts and salt lakes had little use value, and they were mainly mountains and plain grasslands.

Mountains can be used to grow fruits and hide minerals, while plain grasslands can be used to graze cattle or grow food.

Of course, he will not let go of some strange landscapes and landforms. After all, he plans to start a tourism industry in the future. Naturally, he will buy these miraculous creations of nature and wait to collect money.

Faced with Yang Chen's attitude of not being short of money, Mayor Darwin was both happy and worried at the same time.

Fortunately, if he agrees to Yang Chen's request and sells almost 40% of the land in the Northern Territory, then the Northern Territory will be able to obtain a considerable amount of financial revenue.

What makes him anxious is that he is afraid that if the land is sold and Yang Chen holds it in his hands, the entire Northern Territory may continue to spin in circles.

After all, if you want to develop 500,000 square kilometers of land, the investment required is huge, and even the Australian government will find it difficult to complete this work.

Otherwise, in the 21st century, the Northern Territory will still not have much increase in population.

After a while, Mayor Darwin continued to speak: "Mr. Yang Chen, I will report your request to the federal government. As long as the higher authorities agree, the Northern Territory, including myself, will not have any objections.

"

Yang Chen nodded and said: "Okay, let's talk about it then."

Although the Mayor of Darwin is the highest-ranking administrative official in the Northern Territory, he really cannot make decisions on behalf of the federal government on such a large land deal.

Yang Chen also knew this, and the reason why he brought it up was to inoculate the officials in the Northern Territory in advance, so that when he had negotiated with the Australian federal government, there would be another disagreement in the Northern Territory.

Seeing that Yang Chen was not unhappy, Mayor Darwin glanced at the venue owners gathered in a circle not far away and shook his head secretly.

As the highest official in Darwin, he was helpless at times, especially when facing the farm owners, who were the nominal and actual breadwinners, he had a severe headache.

There is a strange phenomenon among wealthy people in Australia, that is, if they can buy a property outside the Northern Territory, they will never go to the Northern Territory to develop it.

Even though the Northern Territory has many more preferential policies than other places, those rich people just don’t want to come here.

Well, apart from the environment, the other reason is that the population of the Northern Territory is too small.

It’s inconvenient to do anything with a small number of people. Ranchers in other places want to have a good time and have fun, so they can quickly find a place to have fun as long as they leave the ranch.

But it's different in the Northern Territory. The ranchers here have to drive a long way out of the ranch before they can enter the town and meet people.

Yes, it's a town, not a city.

On weekdays, apart from acquaintances, strangers rarely see each other on farms and ranches. It would be an understatement to describe them as isolated.

Therefore, even the owners of farms, ranches and mines in the Northern Territory will basically choose to leave after they make enough money.

Similarly, many young people don’t like to stay in the Northern Territory where there are few people. Basically, if they go out, they will never come back.

This is one of the reasons why the Northern Territory has experienced slow population growth over the past few decades.

Thinking of the purpose of these people coming here, Mayor Darwin smiled bitterly and asked: "Mr. Yang Chen, there are many ready-made farms, pastures and mines in the Northern Territory. Are you interested?

"

Yang Chen smiled knowingly, glanced at the group of people who had been paying attention to him, and nodded: "Yes, I am here to help the Northern Territory recover its economy and improve its development. If anyone is willing to sell ready-made farms, ranches and mines,

, I am happy to accept this kind of good thing."

When Mayor Darwin heard this, he couldn't help but look happy, and then introduced the farms, ranches and mines in the Northern Territory.

As the mayor of Darwin, he is naturally familiar with the mainstay economy of the Northern Territory. He introduced it in great detail. He even knew how many cows and sheep there were in each pasture. This made Yang Chen wonder whether the other party had done this early.

Enough homework.

There are not many existing farms, pastures and mines in the Northern Territory. Most of them are concentrated around cities or in places with sufficient water sources.

Farms and pastures are basically high-quality land close to water sources. No one wants other places that are too far away.

Naturally, Yang Chen would not let go of these high-quality lands, especially water sources. The most important thing in agriculture and animal husbandry is water resources. Without water, nothing can be done.
Chapter completed!