As qualified politicians and entrepreneurs, Lorraine and Leo deeply understood that the benefits should be put into their own pockets first. After their men surveyed the grassland, they immediately took the best quality part into their own hands.
inside.
These lands are really good.
It is very close to the city in the south of Nai'an. This is very important for land development. Whether it is establishing a manor or turning the harvest into cash later, being close to the city can reduce transportation costs and facilitate the exchange of people and materials.
There are also high-quality water sources in these plots, either rivers or lakes. They are places where organisms on the prairie gather and thrive. The terrain is flat, the land is fertile, and the vegetation is dense.
When Lorraine got the land, she and Leo had been studying it for a long time. At that time, Lorraine said with emotion, we have finally become big landowners in this life, and we can go out with those eyes on our heads in the future.
The aristocrats compared themselves with "taking people to hunt, and they just walked around the house."
When others say "then you can't run far".
Lorraine can also look down on him with the most elegant eyes and say: "I have a forest at home."
Lorraine has been holding back this wish for more than ten years, ever since she watched a certain Japanese drama about pretending to be 13.
Lorraine took out a map, pointed to the areas marked in red on the map, and said, "These are the lands we bought."
Catherine and Adele put their heads together and looked down at the map carefully. They saw many red squares drawn here and there along the original border of Nai'an.
Adele looked up at Lorraine and said, "Such a lot of land cost a lot of money, right?"
Lorraine pulled a piece of paper, took a look at it and said, "The total value of these lands is about 2.4 million gold coins."
The girls at the table were all shocked, and Vera exclaimed "Ah!", then she jumped up with her hands on the table, staring at Lorraine and Leo with her big almond-shaped eyes, and said anxiously
: "So much! The company doesn't have that much cash."
As a shareholder and financial director of the company, Vera is very familiar with the financial situation of the Flying Eagle Group. The Flying Eagle Group is an industrial group. Although the company has a large business, it still imports raw materials, pays workers' wages, pays transportation costs, etc. every day.
Spending money is a big deal, and if you spend more than two million yuan to invest in the real estate industry at once, you may not be able to afford it.
Catherine grabbed Lorraine's shoulders and said anxiously: "Don't act recklessly. The group has just made some progress. You are spending a lot of money. If there is a problem with the funds, it will be a big deal."
Lorraine smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's no problem. These lands are hard currency, and are better than gold in the empire. Vera is in charge of the group's finances. Did you ask her if she has been short of money recently?"
Vera scratched her long sea-blue hair, thought for a while and said: "No, everything is normal in the group now. Although the liquidity on the books is a little less, it is enough."
"That's not good, you are taking too many risks." Adele said with a frown.
Leo raised his head, put his hands on his hips and laughed boldly, then glanced at Catherine and Adele with disdain, and said: "Women, you have big chests and small brains. Who told you that we paid in cash?"
Leo's words made all the women at the table upset. Even Milena was gearing up to Leo.
Seeing that he had aroused public outrage, all these girls stared at him with cannibalistic eyes. Leo sneaked behind Lorraine, only showing his head, and shouted loudly: "Let us fight with words rather than with force. Violence is a sign of uncivilization."
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Catherine glanced at Leo and said slowly: "Okay, Wen Dou, let me see what you say."
Leo smiled shamelessly, jumped out from behind Lorraine, and said: "Originally, you are worrying about it blindly. How can the boss and I not think of something that you already understand when you explain it?"
Catherine glanced at Leo with a smile and said, "Oh, then I want to hear how you did it?"
Leo said proudly: "Our Flying Eagle Group only paid one-third of the land purchase price and got these lands in our hands."
"Deliberately lowering the price because of the good news?" Adele said in surprise: "This is the best land. If anyone knows about it, it will be a big trouble. Maybe the Heraldry Academy will come to you.
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Lorraine shook his head and said with a smile: "Where did you think of it? We are not short of this money. I will not take advantage of this kind of small advantage. If someone embezzles state-owned assets in disguise, I, the governor, will be found out."
Gotta do it.”
Leo nodded and said, "That's right, it's only over one million. Why would I poach myself? It's not worth losing the reputation of our Flying Eagle Group just for the money.
That's why I said your breasts are swollen... No, don't come here, your brains are bigger than your breasts, so that's okay."
Several pairs of demonic palms stretched towards Leo, followed by Leo's screams. Lorraine looked at the ferocious expressions of several girls and wisely ignored Leo's look for help.
Seeing that Lorraine refused to save her and had no choice but to fend for herself, Leo immediately changed his mind and said, "Okay, okay, your breasts are bigger than your brains."
Then Leo screamed even more miserably.
After a cup of hot tea, Catherine and Adele returned to their seats contentedly. Catherine leaned back comfortably and said, "Oh, I haven't exercised for a long time, and my hands are sore just now."
Adele touched Melina's hair, and the two fairies, one big and one small, looked at each other and smiled.
Lorraine helped Leo, who was lying on the carpet with his head in his arms and his butt sticking out, for a walk. Leo's big thief eyes glanced at this and that. After making sure that the danger had passed, he cautiously sat down in front of Lorraine.
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Leo pulled Lorraine, climbed up to Lorraine's ear and whispered: "Boss, boss, isn't it nice to say a woman has big breasts? I saw Nicole was very upset when she said she had small breasts. Why are these women
Don’t you even appreciate it?”
Lorraine rolled her eyes and whispered: "Just compliment them on their big breasts. Remember, don't compare them with your brains. It's an insult and they will go berserk."
Leo said "Oh", nodded and said, "I understand."
Lorraine said: "Do you really understand?"
Leo pointed at his red ears angrily and said, "Look at this, can I still not understand?"
Catherine said: "Lorraine, I really don't know what you have been teaching him all day long. You have been acting like a little hooligan all day long. Now, tell me clearly how you defrauded him of these lands?"
Leo muttered: "What a lie, it sounds so ugly."
Then he said loudly: "This is a sophisticated business operation of ours. One-third of this is just an advance payment. According to the contract signed between Feiying Group, Feiying Career and Feiying Real Estate, the remaining land purchase funds will be distributed in four months."
Pay these two companies twice. When the time comes..."
Leo chuckled and said proudly: "The land in front of us should be sold out, and the profits from Feiying Real Estate and Feiying Real Estate should also be handed over to the group headquarters. As long as the two sides are exchanged on the books, who dares to say that we Feiying
I didn’t buy the land at the highest price. If you don’t believe me, just ask him to take a look at my account of the land purchase. I even paid the land transaction tax without missing a penny.”
Catherine and the others were stunned. They didn't expect that Lorraine and Leo would actually play the trick of being a white wolf again. Adele shook her head and said with a weird expression: "You two are really..."
Luo Linna said: "How shameless~!"
Leo said disdainfully: "What do you know? What do you know? This is a normal business skill. The boss said that the most capable person can let you lend him money and buy your property and make it his own."
Luolina sneered and said: "How could such an idiot be fooled?"
Lorraine shrugged and thought to himself: Why not? Not to mention the masters of management buyout in the country, how did the oligarchs that Tsar Prussia resolutely deal with get their industries?
Catherine shook her head slightly and said, "If you do this, you will still attract criticism."
Lorraine said: "We know that this matter is all our own. If the news leaks out, even the 300,000 acres of land that His Majesty wants is here, I wonder who has the courage to live long enough to come to us.
.I’m afraid if Madam Lucrezia’s name is mentioned, these people will be scared to death.”
Leo and Lorraine high-fived each other, and they laughed evilly together. Leo said arrogantly: "My uncle is on our pirate ship, let's see who dares to stop our business."
Lorraine pointed to the land deeds and said: "Nicole, pick out 300,000 acres of land from here and prepare it to be handed over to Manager Leander. But there is no need to rush, give him a few land deeds every few days, and then complain to him.
, let him know our difficulties.
Also, adding 1% to the original price as profit, which will be exposed in the future, is also a normal business activity. Who dares to say that the royal family is relying on its own power to seek personal gain with power.
In fact, it’s best to give it away for free, but I don’t think His Majesty wants to leave a reputation as a freebie because of this small amount of money.”
Catherine lightly kicked Lorraine and said, "Okay, don't take advantage and act like a good boy."
"Also," Lorraine took out two more chapters of the land deed and said, "Nicole, give this to Deputy General Leander. Give it to him in your name."
Catherine smiled tenderly at Lorraine and nodded slightly.
Lorraine took out a pen, drew a circle in the south of Croni City, and said: "Our land is right here. These plots are all connected together and spread out along a river. It will be easy to take care of each other in the future."
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Adele turned over the land deed in her hand and looked at the location marked on the map. She still couldn't believe it. This land, which was as big as Maple Leaf Danlin Academy's headquarters, already belonged to her.
Adele shook her beautiful long hair, looked at the land deed in her hand, and said with a dumb smile: "Suddenly I remembered, why do I need so much land? I don't know how to manage a manor. It is still a wasteland and needs to be spent.
How much effort does it take to build a fertile farmland?"
Luo Linna pondered for a moment and said: "This spring seems to be impossible. We have a total of 700,000 acres of land. This is wasteland. If we want to cultivate it, we must follow the rotational cultivation method. Only one-third of it is cultivated every year.
Sowing one-third of the pasture and leaving one-third of the land blank would require at least more than 5,000 farmhands. Of course, if all of it is used as pasture for grazing, the number of people needed will be much less. But for our land,
It would be a pity not to use it for farming.”
"So many?" Adele said in surprise.
Catherine said: "More than that, if we include the families of these farmhands, we need to build a manor that can accommodate 20,000 people in the first year. Not only the houses of these farmhands, but also warehouses and various workshops
, such as blacksmiths, mills, slaughterhouses, and barns for raising livestock.
More than 20,000 people live together. In order to avoid problems, we have to hire security guards and nursing homes, build clinics, and need veterinarians. All these supporting facilities are indispensable."
There are eight people here including Lorraine. The only ones who know about farming here are Catherine and Lorena. Catherine was born in the royal family and as a powerful governor, agriculture is something that must be understood. If you only know how to collect taxes, not
Understanding people's livelihood, it is easy to make big jokes like "why not eat minced meat".
This is because Lorena has several farms in her family, which are all managed by her mother. Following her mother, she is well-informed.
Lorraine knew a little bit about it, but Lorraine Castle had been built two or three hundred years ago, and the most elegant housekeeper in Lorraine's family still took care of everything in order, so naturally he didn't need to do anything more.
Needless to say, Adele and Hilmeria have rarely been to places in the countryside.
As for Vera, have you ever heard of a giant dragon that can farm?
Adele pouted and said, "Building a farm is so troublesome."
Luo Linna sneered and said: "This is too troublesome. This is just the beginning. Management is even more troublesome. After the land is allocated, there will be selective breeding, sowing, raising large livestock, and finally harvesting.
, sell it off, and have a full year's time schedule. Although it can be left to the people below to take care of it without having to do it personally, it still needs to be paid attention to from beginning to end. For the same piece of land, those who know how to manage it can grow bigger and bigger, and those who can't manage it can grow bigger and bigger.
It will take a few years to completely destroy the land."
Vera frowned, with a bitter look on her face, and said grumblingly: "It's so troublesome, Master. I can't take care of it."
Lorraine smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't let you take care of it. Just wait to collect the money every year."
"Really?" Vera looked at Lorraine with her big watery eyes, put on a cute expression, then jumped over and kissed Lorraine on the face, and said: "Hehe, Master, right
I'm the best."
Lorraine said carelessly: "That goes without saying."
"It would be better if there was another salary increase." Vera's big eyes became heart-shaped and she held her hands in front of her chest.
Lorraine: "..."
Catherine thought about it and said: "We can recruit people. Let's set the rent low so we don't have to worry about no tenants coming. There are already many provinces with more people and less land.
It’s just that these all take time. By the time everything is done, it might already be the second half of the year. Don’t even think about spring sowing this year.”
Lorraine suddenly asked: "Nicole, how can we find those who manage the manor? We don't seem to have such people under our command."
Catherine shrugged and said: "It's simple. There are many retired officers under my father's command. As long as they are looking for managers, they will rush to come."
"Well," Lorraine nodded and said, "Nicole, let's start recruiting managers now. As for tenant farmers..."
Lorraine smiled leisurely, and the old god said calmly: "Don't worry, I have a way."
Leo jumped up and grabbed Lorraine tightly, saying anxiously: "Boss, what bad idea do you have? As promised, we must not forget our brothers."
Luo Linna said with great interest: "Oh? Lorraine, where can you find thousands of people within ten days?"
Catherine kicked Lorraine and said: "Let's talk first, what we are doing is big enough, and most of the empire is watching, but we are not allowed to use those unethical methods."
Lorraine pouted and said, "No wonder even Leo looks down on you. What did you say? When did I use methods that were not upright?"
Leo suddenly twirled his fingers and said: "Attack Abdelwad, visit the brothel in Ruman City, rip off people in Fried City, let Belen go..."
Lorraine rolled her eyes in anger, grabbed Leo and said, "Who are you on the other end of?"
Leo rubbed his hands and said confidently: "I will always be on the side of the winner."
Lorraine gritted her teeth angrily and said angrily: "You are simply my Italian."
"That mascot you mentioned? Oh, no need to praise me like that." Leo grinned, showing two rows of white teeth, and said with an embarrassed smile.
Seeing Lorraine's depressed expression and Leo's scoundrel look, all the girls couldn't help laughing and burst into laughter. Adele even pointed at Lorraine with her orchid in her hands, and she collapsed with a smile on her face.
Ya's arms.
Catherine pinched Lorraine's arm and said bitterly: "You two are so bad now!"
Luo Linna pressed her cheek to stop her smile and said: "Okay, okay, Leo, don't interrupt, let's get down to business. Where are you going to hire five or six thousand people?"
Lorraine smiled and glanced at everyone, whetting everyone's appetite, and then said leisurely: "Prisoner of war."
The room was quiet for a few seconds.
Then Leo excitedly banged the table, making a "bang" sound, and shouted loudly: "What a great idea~!"
The girls at the table all had expressions of realization.
Luo Linna also slapped her hands on the table and said: "It is indeed a good idea."
Catherine said "hmm" and said: "If they are prisoners of war, that would be the case."
Adele jumped up like a middle school girl, walked to Lorraine with little dance steps, sat on Lorraine's lap, hugged Lorraine's neck, and kissed Lorraine on the face.
Hilmeria smiled sweetly at Lorraine, stretched out her hand to hold Lorraine's, and said nothing.
Luo Linna looked at Lorraine carefully up and down, then shook her head and said "tsk tsk" twice, "The truth is, I'll crack your head open and see what's inside. It seems that you have already thought about this matter."