Rebirth of the Super Landlord

After reading the information about the Kidman family, Su Zhen looked at the land that Nicole mentioned. According to the information, this land had been on the market for several months, but if I asked

There are many people, but few people can see. Most of them retreated after learning the price. The price of more than 600 million Australian dollars is enough to scare away most people.

According to the data, the exact area of ​​this land is 213,854 hectares, of which the grazing area is only 43,671 hectares, which is only 20% of the total area. The remaining land is mostly hills and jungles, because it is surrounded by low mountains and other continents.

, the height in the middle is different, Australia is high on all sides and low in the middle, so although this land is on the coast, it has a lot of hills, but the altitude is not high, and the highest point is not more than one thousand meters above sea level.

Su Zhen made an estimate. From this price, it seems that the land price in Australia is much higher than that in the United States. In fact, this is indeed the case. Although Australia is a vast and sparsely populated country, the population density is only 2.1 people per square kilometer.

However, the area available for livestock and cultivated land is only 260,000 square kilometers, which is far less than the total area of ​​the United States of 1.97 million square kilometers. More than 90% of Australia is uninhabited wilderness, but even so, it is very rare.

Well, after all, buying such a large piece of land is hard to come by now.

Less than half a month later, the Sydney Olympics, which lasted for a whole month, finally came to an end. On the third day after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, Liu Ru, Liu Shihua and Ruolan took Xiao Tingting back to the United States.

Su Zhen, Lux and Mark stayed because they had made an appointment with Nicole Kidman to see the ranch. The day after Liu Ru and Liu Shihua left Australia, Su Zhen called Nicole.

Yes, we can make an appointment to go see the ranch together.

On the appointed day, Su Zhen and the others met Nicole at the airport, who was dressed in a white shirt and jeans. She looked extremely youthful and beautiful. Standing next to Lux, who was also dressed in jeans, they looked like sisters. It was impossible to tell that they were already married.

A woman over thirty.

The ranch he wanted to see was located in the western part of Victoria in southern Australia, not close to Sydney in New Wales in eastern Australia. And because the plane was requisitioned by Liu Ru and others who were returning to China, Su Zhen could only charter it with an Australian airline.

A small plane goes.

As mentioned before, the original owner of this land was Nicole's distant cousin named Hick Kidman. His father was once a core member of the Kidman family, so he owned this vast land.

But after his father passed away, this Hick Kidman was different from his fathers in that he had no interest in managing the land. He preferred to have a say in the financial market. He just suffered from insufficient funds, so he planned to sell the land.

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Speaking of which, Hick's determination to sell the land has something to do with Su Zhen. Since Su Zhen soared in the stock market, many rich people have become interested in investing, and Hick is one of them. He officially accepted Su Zhen's advice.

After being stimulated, he prepared to sell this land and use the funds to enter the capital market to do something big. So after Hick got the news from Nicole that it was Su Zhen who wanted to buy the land, he was quite surprised. All he could say was this

The world is really too small.

Because there is an airport on this land, the plane does not need to land at the surrounding city airports. When he got off the plane, Su Zhen noticed that the airport was very large and was built on a wasteland. Looking outside the airport

Bare land. Su Zhen frowned, could this be all land?

Nicole on the side saw Su Zhen's expression and knew what Su Zhen was thinking, so she explained, "This is the only piece of wasteland within the ranch, with an area of ​​only a few dozen hectares. It is precisely because it is wasteland that it was used as an airport site."

, so that it will not affect the environment of pastures and mountain forests."

Su Zhen nodded when he heard this. If it was only a few hectares, it would still be acceptable.

At this small airport, Su Zhen met the owner of this land, Hick Kidman, a strong and cheerful middle-aged man.

"Welcome to Australia, my friend." Sigg gave Su Zhen a familiar hug, then hugged Nicole as well, and then took a few people on a helicopter, because the airport is far away from the ranch area.

The distance is still quite far, a helicopter is much more convenient than a car, and with this upgrade, Su Zhen can observe the land more clearly.

Sure enough, Su Zhen, who was sitting on the helicopter, could clearly see that most of this land was covered with hills and woodlands. However, there were also many rivers and lakes, and the hydrological resources were much richer than those in Wyoming.

In this way, Su Zhen at least doesn't have to worry about irrigation issues. But looking at those rivers, Su Zhen swallowed and asked, "There won't be crocodiles in these rivers, right?"

Hearing this, Hick was stunned and said with a random smile, "Of course not. Although there are many crocodiles in Australia, they are all distributed in the waters of northern and northeastern Australia. There are no crocodiles in the south. You can rest assured about this." But then he paused.

Dun said, "In fact, even if there are crocodiles, they are not scary. Generally, crocodiles

Fish rarely attack people. In fact, the most dangerous things in Australia are snakes. Australia has the largest number of venomous snakes in the world, both in terms of species and quantity. However, most of the large ranches in Australia have medical stations with all the equipment.

Anti-venom, so there are basically very few cases of fatal bites.”

Hearing Hick talk about snakes, Su Zhen was okay, but Lux and Nicole tightened their clothes, as if they had already felt the snake's slippery body, and they had goosebumps all over their bodies. After all, there are no fear of reptiles in the world.

women are still in the minority.

Because Su Zhen wanted to observe the pasture, the helicopter did not fly very fast. After more than ten minutes, the helicopter flew to a vast grassland, and there were cowboys grazing a large group of sheep on the grassland.

"Is that a sheep?" Su Zhen asked, looking at those round and swollen bodies. Obviously, they were not meat, but made of fluffy down.

"Yes, those are all sheep, and they are Australia's most famous specialty, Merino sheep," Sigg introduced with a smile.

"Then you only raise sheep here?" Su Zhen asked Hick.

"Of course not. Basically no ranch in Australia raises a single type of livestock, because it is not cost-effective. Once the price of a certain product plummets, you will lose money." Hick shook his head and continued, "Because

Australia has a small population and cannot consume its annual agricultural output. Therefore, Australia's agricultural economy mainly relies on exports. Therefore, in order to prevent losses due to a single product, basically all

It is a mixed type. Just like my pasture, in addition to raising sheep, it also raises a lot of dairy cows and some horses. It does not raise beef cattle. Compared with the United States, the cost of beef cattle in Australia is high and does not have much advantage.

It’s hard to make money. In addition, the ranch also grows a lot of wheat and sugar cane, and there is also a grape grove and a winery. The most profitable thing about the entire ranch, besides the hair, is the winery.”

Also, Australia is different from the United States. The United States has a sufficient population to consume most of the local farm products, but Australia cannot do that because Australia’s population is too small and the market is extremely narrow. For example, sheep, there are 1.6 billion in the entire Australia.

Tens of millions of sheep produce an astronomical amount of wool every year, but Australia has a population of only 20 million. How can it possibly be consumed, so it can only rely on exports. But to Su Zhen's surprise,

"Look, kangaroo!" Just as Su Zhen and Hick were chatting, Lux suddenly pointed outside the plane and shouted. Su Zhen and others turned to look out the window of the plane, and there was indeed a group of jumping creatures on the grass in the distance.

It is Australia’s symbolic animal, the kangaroo.

Seeing this, Hick smiled and said, "Kangaroos are very common in Australia. Although they may seem cute, they are very fierce. Moreover, kangaroos have always been a major concern for ranchers. The government also allows the hunting of kangaroos in moderation.

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Su Zhen was a little confused when he heard this and asked, "Since kangaroos are the symbol of Australia, why do ranchers hate kangaroos so much and the government agrees to hunt them?" Lux also looked at Hick, wanting to hear his explanation.

"Australia has many symbols, such as emus and koalas. However, these creatures have become symbols because they are rare and unique. The only difference is the kangaroo. The kangaroo has become a symbol entirely because of its number. There are too many kangaroos.

"There are more than 50 million kangaroos in Australia," Hick explained.

Su Zhen was shocked when he heard this. So many? He had always thought that kangaroos were rare animals in his previous life... Now it seems that not only are they rare... they are simply overpopulated. This number is more than twice the total population of Australia.

Surprised to see Su Zhen, Hick smiled wryly and continued, "And kangaroos are different from other animals. They have strong adaptability. They can be seen even in urban parks and golf courses. They not only eat

Turf in parks and golf courses will also break into farms and pastures, destroy cash crops, and compete with livestock for food and water sources. Therefore, kangaroos are already a scourge to a certain extent, and you must be careful when driving in the wild, because you

You know when a kangaroo will suddenly pop out, so there are many car accidents caused by kangaroos every year, so when you encounter a kangaroo while driving, the government's instruction is to just hit it directly."

Hick paused and then continued, "In fact, the government does not prohibit the hunting of kangaroos. Every year, millions of kangaroos are killed, but most of them are done by some meat products companies. People are afraid of kangaroos because of their hatred of kangaroos."

Basically, you won’t hunt kangaroos, but if you like hunting, kangaroos will be a good prey, because kangaroo meat tastes good, has good nutrition, and the texture of its fur is also excellent. Of course, it is allowed

The kangaroos to be hunted are only a few common species with a large number. After all, there are still a small number of kangaroo species that are relatively rare. In addition, only kangaroos in the wild and pastures can be hunted, and kangaroos in reserves and ecological parks cannot be hunted.

Killing. In fact, ranchers usually kill all the kangaroos that break into the ranch. The government will not interfere. As long as they don't kill them indiscriminately, there will be no problem.

Su Zhen and Lux ​​were stunned by what they heard. Kangaroo really deserves to have the word "rat"... and it is as harmful as rats. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!