Chapter 318: Dutton Farm (seeking a monthly ticket) 4800 words at the end of the month
Facts have proved that the Mutual Aid Association is indeed mysterious enough. In the next few months, Kai used many connections, but neither the military nor the FBI were confused about the Mutual Aid Association. After all, the information Kai could provide was too little. More importantly,
The problem is that this mutual aid group has very few public activities, and the targets they choose to commit crimes are too random. Even the police have a hard time finding cases related to the mutual aid group among the thousands of homicides in the United States.
Of course, this is something to talk about later. Now, Kai has other things to worry about. He has to go to an appointment.
A date with a top tycoon.
The patriarch of the Dutton family - John Dutton.
John Dutton is a giant among American farmers. He owns the largest Dutton Farm in the United States. As a farm, reaching the level of the Dutton family is considered the pinnacle. It can even be said that the Dutton family owns part of the agricultural products and products in the U.S. market.
The pricing power of livestock. If something happens to the Dutton family, even the entire international market will be slightly shaken.
After the assassination, in addition to causing trouble for Thomas, the only thing left for Old Dutton was to donate money to Guardian Town. Before, he only donated money to the police station and the farmers who had been damaged before. But this time it was more direct, and everyone was injured and sacrificed because of this incident.
of people have received substantial donations from the Dutton Family Foundation.
As the head of the police department, there was no way that Kai, as the head of the police department, could pretend that others had brought things to such an extent. So after dealing with some trivial matters, Kai finally decided to make time to meet with the man who played an important role in the entire state of Minnesota.
guy.
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Dutton Manor is more than 100 kilometers west of Windham City. It is the first farm established by the Dutton family when they first settled in Minnesota. It is also the most beautiful farm in Minnesota and even the United States. To the west of the farm is a large lake, and
To the north are the snow-capped mountains. Between the snow-capped mountains and the lakes are endless pastures. Every winter, a large number of livestock are driven here to spend the winter.
The Dutton family's ancestral home is here. It is a building that is standing on the mountainside and has a history of hundreds of years. Especially because this Gothic-centered lighthouse reminds many people of the Renaissance, and there are many features inside the building.
Many facilities, such as heated floors, fireplaces, wine cellars and indoor swimming pools. The house also has a huge landscaped garden of 15 acres, has one hundred and thirty rooms, at least two to three private cinemas, and a bowling alley.
and a very nice outdoor swimming pool.
At the foot of the hill in front of the house, there is a huge racecourse. This is old Dutton's favorite place. When he is not patrolling the farm, he will ride his own horse and run several laps on this racecourse every day. But today
, what is galloping on the racecourse is not old Dutton and his favorite dark horse Ada, but a young man and woman riding a strong yellow gelding horse galloping wantonly on the racecourse. While the horse is galloping, the girl
The lovely laughter makes this snow-covered winter pasture particularly vibrant.
After running a few laps, the horses stopped at the entrance of the racecourse. A sturdy cowboy with a black beard stepped forward and pulled the reins of the horse, making it stand still so that the man and woman on the horse could dismount.
The man on the horse showed a grateful smile to the cowboy, then turned over and dismounted very neatly. After dismounting, the man stretched out his arms and gently hugged the girl off the horse.
"I didn't expect you to be so good at riding horses. Have you ever been a cowboy before?" At this time, Beth Dutton, who had been watching outside the fence, walked in and handed a can of hot coffee to her face, which was full of excitement or coldness.
Blushing girl.
"No, I just studied for a while." The man said with a smile.
The girl took the hot coffee from Beth's hand very politely. Then she asked the man with a bit of expectation and a bit of embarrassment: "Kay, can you bring me here again in the future? This is the first time I know that horse riding is so fun!"
"
Yes, this man is Kay. He was originally invited to visit Dutton Manor. But unfortunately, today the governor actually came to visit Dutton Senior. There was no other way, so Dutton Senior had no choice but to ask his daughter to come out to greet Kay.
Kai looked at Susie helplessly. This girl was not Kelly, but Susie!
He...tui! Despicable!
But the fact is not like that. Originally, Kelly brought Portman and Meatball when she came to Dutton Manor this time, and did not plan for anyone else. Kelly did plan to come with her, but the problem was that her mother had already prepared for Christmas.
During the trip, they were going to the warm California to spend Christmas. This was Kelly's eighteenth birthday, and Sandra had already planned to give her daughter a unique Christmas gift.
Kelly didn't plan to leave Kai at first. When the girl was in love, she wanted to be with Kai. In the end, Kai persuaded Kelly to agree. First of all, the age of eighteen is very important for a girl, and for the girl's parents
It was more important, because it meant that the child would be leaving them. So Kay felt that Kelly should not refuse Sandra's kindness.
This second time, it's Kai's problem. This is the first time he has fallen in love with such a young girl, she is only eighteen years old. In his previous life, Kai joined the army before going to college, so his first love came very late, and he had no experience.
Ah. The little girl is so annoying. Kai is the kind of person who likes to have his own time. He is not used to people following him all the time. He prefers the kind of relationship where each of them has their own private space.
But Kai didn't know how to explain such a girl. So he simply asked Sandra to take her out for Christmas, and he could relax a bit.
But unexpectedly, as soon as Kelly left, Susie came to the door.
She doesn't want to spend Christmas alone.
This reason was so powerful that Kai looked at the pitiful Susie and couldn't refuse. Indeed, such a child actually spent Christmas alone. Kai didn't feel much about Christmas, but he also knew how much foreigners valued Christmas.
It feels just like the Spring Festival in China.
Think about it, spending the Spring Festival alone... how miserable it would be.
At the same time, Kai also lamented that Susie’s mother was really a jerk!
Little did he know that Susie's mother, who was far away in Minneapolis, was also very aggrieved at this time. Although she was not very responsible, she still spent Christmas with her daughter every year. Madams also have holidays, right?
But this year, Susie doesn't know why she's so upset. She has to go on a Christmas trip with her classmates... and she won't be spending Christmas with her mother.
Susie and her mother only felt that Christmas night was really lonely and cold.
As for what Susie thinks...
Plan passes!
Ah, this damn IQ!
In order to get Kai back, Susie tried her best to find all kinds of loopholes in Kelly. She also didn't expect that Kelly would go on a trip during Christmas. This was simply...a god-sent opportunity!
Regarding Susie's request, Kai could only look at Beth. Although he was rich, it was a joke to want to own a farm like Dutton Manor with tens of millions of assets! Apart from anything else, the horse Guang Kai just rode
Horse, that's a Quarter Horse. Quarter Horses are one of the most popular horse breeds in the United States. They are one of the ten fastest animals on land. They are often used to compete in rodeos.
Well-known for its unique nature, it is also often used in professional horse riding and other competition events.
Kai's horse, on the other hand, has a pure bloodline. He has been a champion horse for several generations back! This also means that it is worth up to seven figures! This is just the price, and the daily maintenance and trainer fees are also sky-high. Kai
I can’t afford it at all!
Horse riding has been an activity only for the rich since ancient times. In modern society, it is even more exaggerated. Except for the wealthy, ordinary people cannot do it. Take the Dutton family's horse farm as an example. They have a total of more than thirty people.
The horse farm has more than 2,000 horses, and most of them are famous stallions, and one-tenth of them are purebred horses and Arabian horses with excellent pedigrees. The breeding of these horses costs tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for one time.
!
From this we can see just how rich the Dutton family is. If nothing else, the market prices of these horses alone are astronomical.
"Of course! If you want to come, you're welcome at any time! But... these beasts are not that easy to control." The horse, which was originally being led by the bearded cowboy, suddenly took a step forward and approached everyone for some unknown reason.
.Then Beth suddenly took a few steps back as if being stared at by a ferocious beast. She seemed to be very afraid of the horses.
Beth's character is very similar to that of the old Dutton. She focuses on her family, is tough, cunning, never gives up, and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. It can even be said that Beth is carved from the same mold as the old Dutton. The old Dutton values this very much.
Daughter, he even believed that when a crisis strikes, the person who can truly protect the family is none other than Beth.
Unfortunately, she was afraid of riding a horse, and she didn't know how to control an animal that was taller than herself.
Coupled with some things, Beth was extremely resistant to ranching, so she went to the city to run her own business.
Although they didn't understand that Beth, who was born in such a family, was actually afraid of horses. However, upholding their privacy, neither Kay nor Susie asked.
"Well, the meeting between my father and the governor is about to end. If you want to meet the governor, I can take you there now." Beth obviously didn't intend to talk about that topic, and she quickly changed the topic to the next one.
During the meeting, it was obvious that the Dutton family was very grateful to Kai for his two helpings, and they even did not hesitate to use their personal connections to introduce him to him.
Human connections are much more valuable than real money. Don’t say that the United States is not a human society. In fact, where is the place that does not respect human relationships? The upper class circle in the United States is a circle that needs human relationships. If you want to achieve those dreams with real talent and learning
It cannot be said that there are no examples of people who have entered the upper class of society, but they are very rare!
I once read a joke about how great the United States is. No one cares about how much money you have, as if the American dream is real. Americans rarely ask how much money other people have. Why do they prefer to ask others where they go to school?
School graduates. The best way for Americans to distinguish between classes is to see which university you went to. Those top universities are the stepping stone to entering the upper class. This is also a circle! And it is more exclusive than many people think.
If you don’t believe it, you can look at those political and business celebrities in the United States who graduated from top prestigious universities.
So connections are very important in the United States, even more important than elsewhere.
The sincerity of the Dutton family can also be seen here.
"Forget it, I'm not used to contacting politicians." The Dutton family is willing to allow Kai to accept the governorship. In addition to showing sincerity, they also have other ideas, such as bringing Kai into the Dutton family's system. The old Duttons only need to go to the governor's office
Once introduced there, it is basically equivalent to telling others that this person is a member of our Dutton family.
To other people, this may not matter. A police sergeant who can develop connections through the Dutton family is making money no matter how you think about it. But Kai is different. First of all, he really has no good impression of politicians. Secondly, he has no intention of helping.
The Dutton family does things.
Ness was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "That's okay. I'll let Rip take you around. It's a bit big here, and you'll get lost if you're not careful."
Beth said sorry and then walked to the big house. Today, Old Dutton wanted to introduce all the family connections to Beth and let Beth run for state assembly. If Beth didn't want to take over the farm, then go into politics.
There he continues to contribute to the family.
This is the first time Susie heard that you can get lost if you wander around other people's houses...
"Let's go, Dutton Manor is very beautiful in winter. You can't miss it." A cowboy named Rip pulled out a horse and took them around the farm.
Rip is the leader of the cowboys and the imprint of the Dutton family. As mentioned before, the Dutton family has never been a kind family. Their core cowboys are all homeless people who have made mistakes. They follow the ancient tradition
, branded by the Dutton family.
Dutton Farm is the home of branded people, and they will never be allowed to be bullied in this home!
This is the slogan of the Dutton family, and because of this, many outlaws and marginalized people will join the ranks of the Dutton family's cowboys. Don't think that the cowboys of the Dutton family are the same as ordinary cowboys. In addition to doing ordinary cowboy work, they
I also do a lot of dirty work that cannot be seen in person.
And Rip is the manager and leader of these cowboys.
Rip was once a juvenile delinquent. He had no family. He was brought back to the Dutton Farm by Old Dutton at a very early age and taught him carefully. He was a perfect cowboy, whether he was managing the entire farm, managing people, or even managing people.
He can also complete those shameful tasks perfectly. In many cases, he even represents the will of Old Dutton.
This information was collected by Kai before.
To be honest, Kai doesn't like the Dutton family's style very much. They are not only unscrupulous, simple and rough, but also unscrupulous! Let's talk about the autopsy report. In order to destroy the autopsy report, the old Dutton directly sent Rip to destroy it.
The entire Wyndham City Criminal Identification Center's morgue was burned down. When they burned the morgue again, they left the coroner who had been knocked unconscious in the morgue. If the coroner hadn't been lucky, he would have been burned to death.
Already.
This kind of people are typical evil forces in China! They also collude with government and businessmen and trade money and power. They are definitely the key targets.
But no matter what, this is the United States, and the existence of such people is in line with the rules of the game in the United States. Even if they want to crack down, it is the business of the U.S. government. He does not have to do unnecessary things for the U.S. government.
But if he wanted Kai to get close to this family, Kai thought he couldn't do it. If it weren't for the Dutton family's generous payment and good deeds, Kai wouldn't even be interested in visiting.
After walking around with Rip, it was time for the appointment.
Old Dutton is an old man who looks very serious. He is said to be an old man, but in fact he looks very young and very imposing. At first glance, he looks like the kind of person who sticks to his word, which gives people a great sense of oppression. Susie dances like this
The girl who had taken off her clothes unconsciously fell silent when she saw the old man.
Old Dutton is not an all-around smooth character. On the contrary, his principle of dealing with things is to be tough. Just like a cowboy, he likes to do things with a cowboy mentality. Like many things he has done, if you can't solve the problem, then solve it.
Troublemaker.
There was nothing much to say in the conversation between him and Kai. He expressed his thanks, but Kai just said that it was what he should do. Then out of politeness, the old Dutton introduced several of his children to him.
Beth needs no introduction.
The focus is on his two sons, second son Jamie Dutton and youngest son Keith Dutton.
He has nothing in common with Jamie and Kai. He is a lawyer, and perhaps because his father is too strong, this Jamie always gives people a shady feeling.
On the contrary, Kais felt good about Kais. He was not the playboy who always caused trouble as Kai imagined. On the contrary, he was very suitable to Kai's taste. He was also born in the military. He had served in the Navy's special forces before and was the famous one.
SEALs.
It's just that this Case is similar to Kai in that he is not a talkative character.
Although Kai refused Old Dutton's solicitation, the overall atmosphere was pretty good. At least Kai liked their Mexican food.
But at this moment, a dog barking suddenly came from outside.
Old Dutton frowned and was dissatisfied with the noise outside. Although Kai's status was not very high, he was kind to the Dutton family, so he was still a distinguished guest of the Dutton family. This situation is not in line with the Dutton family.
House rules.
But soon, the old Dutton no longer had time to care about this.
