Rebirth of the Super Landlord

This time Su Zhen did not aimlessly and blindly expand his pasture, but discovered the rich benefits.

When he was looking at the annual report of the property in his hand last year, he found that several ranches in his hands had begun to earn huge profits for himself. Last year, the total income of the three ranches reached an astonishing 120 million.

Ten thousand US dollars, of which 40% comes from ranches in Illinois, 40% comes from ranches in Wyoming, and the rest comes from ranches in Australia.

Among them, the profits of the ranches in Illinois have basically reached a ceiling in the past few years, and the fluctuations are not too big. After the past two years of development, the ranches in Wyoming have begun to show signs of surpassing Illinois. After all, the ranch area is larger.

It goes without saying that although due to climate problems, the pastures in Wyoming are not as fertile as those in Illinois, through Su Zhen's continuous injection of space water, there has been a significant improvement. I believe that it is only a matter of time before the income of the pastures exceeds that of Illinois.

Australian pastures originally mainly raised sheep, but now the wool export market is not booming, so profits are not high. Now they are slowly starting to raise beef cattle at Su Zhen's request.

Although the profits from the ranch are much worse than those from Internet companies and the stock market, and are even only enough to pay taxes, after all, due to the limitations of memory, I will definitely have to slowly make money from the stock market in the future.

For industries that are slowly exiting, even those Internet companies, Su Zhen will slowly sell off, leaving only part of them.

But the pasture is different. This income is permanent, and due to the growth of population and the increase in consumption level, the income of the pasture will only increase. Moreover, land is also a non-renewable resource. I believe that purchasing land in the future will

It is getting more and more difficult. Otherwise, those consortium families would not continue to purchase land while operating their original industries. During this period of time, Su Zhen discovered that these consortium families were interacting with several consortiums.

The families in the consortium have also been slowly increasing the amount of land in their hands.

This also made Su Zhen, who had gradually neglected the ranch because he was lost in the huge profits made in the Internet stock market, slightly alert. At the same time, looking at the large amount of idle funds in his account, Su Zhen became interested in investing in the ranch again.

No, just a few days ago, Su Zhen met this old Mr. Archie Emerson at a rally. During the conversation, Su Zhen heard that this man wanted to sell the ranch, and the reason was very simple. This old man

He has no sons, only two married daughters, and the old gentleman is old and has no energy to continue taking care of the ranch.

Thinking of this, Su Zhen couldn't help but look at the scenery outside the car window. This ranch was very well taken care of. This ranch is located in the most fertile Central Valley in California. Old Archie bought it more than 30 years ago. This is why

Naturally, if you want to own such a large ranch in California now, it is simply impossible. Although California is located on the west coast and is a relatively late developed state compared to other parts of the Americas, due to the late 19th century,

Because of the discovery of gold, California developed extremely rapidly. Although by the 20th century, the gold mines had been mined and exhausted, but because of California's rich land, the people who came to gold did not leave, but settled and worked here. And because

During the Second World War, California's industrial development made California the most affluent state in the United States. Today, California's population has reached nearly 40 million, accounting for 10% of the total population of the United States. Therefore, it was only possible to purchase a few decades ago.

To buy such a large area of ​​land, if you could buy more than 10,000 acres of land in California now, you would be happy.

Of course, because of this, if Su Zhen wants to acquire this land, it will cost a sky-high price. The price of land in California is dozens of times that of Wyoming, several times more expensive than that of Illinois, and it is similar to the ranches of Wyoming.

Unlike more than half of the mountain forests, 80% of the land on this ranch is grazing land and cultivated land. Therefore, according to previous estimates, the price of Old Archie’s ranch exceeds 2 billion U.S. dollars. When he thinks of this price, Su Zhen’s heart skips a beat.

He was a little twitchy. This price would consume almost all of his remaining funds. The money he earned through the stock market crash was not much left after various investments last year. Fortunately, he had dividends from several companies in his hand to supplement it.

A lot, otherwise I really wouldn’t be able to buy this ranch.

After driving for more than an hour, the car finally stopped in front of a house on the ranch. Su Zhen looked at the house. It was a very typical American farmyard. Just looking at this house, most people would only think that an ordinary person lived here.

rancher, and would never imagine that a super-rich man with a net worth of tens of billions lives there.

Hearing the noise outside the house, an old woman in ordinary clothes walked out of the house. "Hello, who are you looking for?" the old woman asked.

"Hello, madam, I am Su. I have an appointment with Mr. Archie." Su Zhen thought this was the nanny of the old Archie family, but obviously he guessed wrong.

"Oh, hello, I heard Archie talking about you, young man, come in." The old woman opened the door of the small courtyard and invited Su Zhen and his party to go in.

"Archie, the Sue you were talking about is here," the old woman called back to the barn nearby.

"Okay, I understand, my dear, please entertain me and I'll be here right away." It turned out that this old woman was the wife of old Archie, which surprised Su Zhen.

"Let's sit in the house for a while. I just happened to make cookies. You can try them." The old woman, or should I say Mrs. Emerson, greeted her warmly.

"It's a great honor, Mrs. Emerson," Su Zhen replied, then asked several of Mark's bodyguards to wait outside, and entered the courtyard with only the purple shirt.

After entering the house, Su Zhen took a look. The interior of the house was the same as the appearance of the house. It was very simple and typical of the western cowboy style. This surprised Su Zhen and Xu Zishan beside him. There were no servants in the house at all, and

Compared with Su Zhen's luxurious life, old Archie's life is simply that of an ascetic monk.

"Come sit down and try the cookies I made." Mrs. Emerson warmly greeted the two of them to sit down and served coffee and cookies.

"Thank you very much, Mrs. Emerson." Su Zhenhe Zishan thanked him and tasted the cookie. It tasted really good.

Not long after the two sat down, they saw a person coming in from outside the house. It was old Archie. However, unlike the old Archie who was wearing a dress when Su Zhen saw him last time, the current old Archie was dressed in a cowboy outfit.

There was also a leather apron on his front, and it was obvious that old Archie had been working in the barn.

"I'm old and useless. I've only been working for a while and I'm tired." Archie said with a smile when he saw Su Zhen sitting in the living room. He took off his leather skirt and put it aside and tapped his waist.

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"Mr. Archie is joking, at least you are much more diligent than me," Su Zhen said mockingly. As a rancher, Su Zhen had worked with cowboys as early as in Illinois, but after moving to Wyoming, Su Zhen

It's been a long time since I've done it, and I'm starting to look more and more like a landlord.

"Haha, the little guy is so humble. Just because you can create such a family business at such a young age, you can make the whole world look at you." Old Archie smiled and sat across from Su Zhen. "How about it, my wife does it."

Are the cookies good?"

"It's very delicious," Su Zhen said with a smile, and Mrs. Archie beside her burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"Haha, that's natural. Not only is my wife's craftsmanship good, but the raw materials are also good. The wheat, olive oil, sugar, and milk used are all produced by the ranch itself. They are all good things and there are absolutely no artificial additives."

Old Archie said with a smile.

Su Zhen nodded, paused and said, "Mr. Archie, I think you know my purpose of coming this time. What do you think?"

"Young man, don't be anxious." Old Archie ate a piece of cookie, waved his hand and said, "Before that, I have to test you."

When Su Zhen heard this, he said, "I'll go buy a ranch and it will come with an exam?" But the situation was stronger than others, so Su Zhen had to accept "Mr. Archie, please tell me."

"Can you ride a horse?" Archie asked.

"Of course" Su Zhen replied, do you want to take a riding test? When it comes to riding, Su Zhen is still very confident.

"Then come with me," Old Archie said, got up and went out first. Because Zishan couldn't ride a horse, Su Zhen asked Zishan to sit down and followed him.

"Choose one for yourself. There are extra saddles over there, just take it yourself." Old Archie brought Su Zhen to the stable and said to Su Zhen. Su Zhen looked at the horses and saw that these horses were not expensive breeds, but more expensive ones.

They were ordinary quarter horses, but they were obviously well taken care of and were in good spirits. Su Zhen quickly chose a sturdy chestnut horse and put a harness on it. Old Archie looked at Su

Zhen's movements were very skillful and he nodded, obviously he also rode horses frequently.

The two led the horse out of the stable. After getting on the horse, Old Archie didn't say what he wanted Su Zhen to do, but just asked Su Zhen to follow.

The two of them rode for more than ten minutes and saw a herd of cattle in the pasture and the cowboys who were looking after the cows. The cowboys asked questions when they saw old Archie. At the same time, they looked at Su Zhen curiously, not knowing that this young man

Where do people come from?

Seeing the herd of cattle, old Archie took off the noose from the horse, handed it to Su Zhen, then pointed to a calf in the herd and said, "Su, have you seen that calf? That's the number one calf.

It’s a test, a rancher who doesn’t know how to work as a cow is not a good rancher.”

Su Zhen suddenly realized that Old Archie was testing his cowboy skills. The first project was to rope a calf, but this was not too difficult for Su Zhen, so he took the rope and drove forward.

I have to say that Su Zhen was already very rusty after not doing this for a long time. Fortunately, due to long-term boxing practice, Su Zhen's body coordination was still very good. After a few attempts, he successfully trapped the calf.

Then he dismounted and tied up the calf, all at once.

Old Archie and the cowboys around him applauded, "Not bad, although a little unfamiliar, but the job was done very well." Old Archie praised with a smile. After all, Su Zhen is not a professional cowboy, and he understands Su Zhen's industry. Naturally, he

Knowing that Su Zhen would not be able to spend so much energy on this, it was beyond his expectation that he could accomplish it so well.