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Chapter 264 Trillions (first update, please subscribe)

The sharp question made Li Yian fall into deep thought. One thing he had to admit was that what Qiu Yuchi said was the truth.

Like other parts of Southeast Asia, Borneo does not have rich iron ore reserves. Even if it does, there are only a few small and poor iron mines.

Not only are iron ore resources scarce, but even coking coal used for metallurgy is extremely scarce. Although in another world, Indonesia's annual coal output exceeds 7 million tons, and even goes straight to 91 million tons. Not only is there a huge improvement Potential, and % of it comes from East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan, Kalimantan is the Indonesian name for Borneo, and almost all are open-pit mining, with very low development costs, zero risk, and high profitability.

But those coals are all anthracite, and anthracite is not suitable for coking. In contrast, bituminous coal is more suitable for coking.

In other words, Borneo has neither large-scale iron mines nor large-scale coking bituminous coal mines. How to develop the metallurgical industry when the two basic resources of coal and iron are insufficient?

Although resources are insufficient...but thank God, compared to others, Li Yian has knowledge that is sixty or seventy years ahead of his time.

"iron ore……"

After a moment of silence, Li Yian said.

"The iron ore problem should almost be solved!"

Not only iron ore, but also the use of coal for coking has been solved together.

"Is it solved? The company discovered a large iron ore?"

"almost."

"Over there?"

Qiu Yuchi asked,

"Australia!"

Solve it from there? Of course it’s Australia!

In fact, when passing through Australia, Li Yian not only bought a country, but also sent several employees to Northern Australia.

Counting the days, they must have almost arrived at the place and signed the land sales contract.

In the Hammersley Mountains of Western Australia, Old Wick looked at the person in front of him with confusion in his eyes.

"You mean, you want to buy my ranch?"

"Yes, Mr. Wick, you have a total of 3600 acres of land. We will buy all of your land at a price of 1 pound per acre."

Frank put his fingers on his waist and said in a calm tone.

"Believe me, this is the best offer you can get. When Little Wick comes back from the battlefield, what you give him is not a barren pasture, but a brand new future, 3600 pounds, even if it is just If you deposit it in the bank, it will be enough for you to spend your whole life!”

"Are you really willing to pay £3600?"

Old Wick asked in disbelief.

"If you are willing to sign the contract now, we can pay you £4000, now!"

4000 pounds, it must be said that in the face of such a huge sum of money, no one has the ability to resist. Even when Old Wick signed the sales contract, Frank's lawyer couldn't help but sigh.

"As expected of a Yankee, he is generous in his dealings. He is actually willing to pay such a high price to buy these barren lands and mountains."

Where are the generous Americans?

In Pas, the capital of Western Australia, just a few days ago, Wells, on behalf of the American Curley Company, reached a land purchase contract with the Western Australian official after long-term negotiations to purchase the Pilbara at a price of 27.8 pounds. The area mainly includes several pieces of land covering an area of ​​3.4 square kilometers in the Hammersley Mountains and the Turner River Basin. The climate in this area is hot and dry, with erratic rainfall, so there are only a few sheep farms.

Because of this, most of the land in this area is state-owned land. Although most of the land is officially held as public land, there are still some small farms that need to be acquired. Although the price is higher, Wells Or let people buy dozens of civilian farms at a premium.

When the news came that the last farm had been purchased, Wells said to the Hancock in front of him after hanging up the phone.

"Mr. Hancock, what would you like to drink?"

"Just whiskey."

As the High Commissioner of Western Australia, it was under Hancock's promotion that they sold that desolate land to these guys from the United States at a high price.

"Okay, I happen to have a bottle of whiskey here that I brought from England."

While talking, Wells had already taken out some whiskey and poured Hancock a glass. Then the two started chatting, of course about the land. As they chatted, Hancock said.

"I really don't understand why you would buy that land. Although the Turner River is a river, the water is pitiful. As for Whaleback Mountain, it is a completely barren mountain. You can't raise a sheep in an acre. It has no value at all. .”

Hancock, who had been in Australia for several years, certainly knew that those lands had no value at all. If they had any, they would have been purchased long ago. How could they remain idle until now? It's just a wasteland that's almost like a desert.

"land,"

Facing Hancock's confusion, Wells said.

"Land is the greatest value. My boss is a land lover. 3.4 square kilometers. No individual has ever purchased such a large area of ​​land. Even if it is a barren desert, it is still very valuable. You know , Now Europeans are hungry, they are eager to leave, they are definitely eager to immigrate, eager to come to Australia, by then...these lands will definitely have its value."

The half-truth made Hancock laugh.

"Haha, okay, maybe that's the case. Those European guys don't know that Whaleback Mountain is a barren mountain. Even if you sell an acre of land for just a few pennies, your profits will be very high. Well, I wish you and your company success ,but……"

Hancock said after taking a sip of wine.

"Where's my reward?"

When he finished speaking, Wells had already taken out a check and said.

"As we agreed, this is the final payment of £2."

There is no shortage of private transactions in this world. Just like now, it only takes a mere 20,000 pounds to let the High Commissioner of Western Australia run for it, eventually leading to an unprecedented land purchase contract.

At this time, not many people knew what these land purchase contracts meant. Even when the Western Australian officials were smugly celebrating that they had sold the wasteland at a "sky-high price", when Li Yi'an in Sandakan learned that the land had been purchased, he was stunned for more than ten seconds. time.

Sitting in an armchair, he glanced at the telegram in front of him again and said softly:

"My goodness!"

But no one promised him, and now there is no one to share the joy in his heart.

Then, an ecstatic smile appeared on his face. After standing up, he stood up from the big desk in excitement, walked across the room, walked to the window on the south wall, and stared out the window, even though at this time The garden of the office was already shrouded in dusk, but he stood by the window and just stared.

"Okay, it's mine!"

Why is it mine?

Of course it is the largest iron mine in the world!

People in this era simply don’t know that the Pilbara region has the largest iron ore in the world. Australia has 25% of the world’s iron ore reserves, reaching 530 billion tons, of which the Pilbara iron ore reserves Stone reserves reach 400 billion tons.

The iron ore in the Pilbara region contains low-phosphorus and high-phosphorus Brookman ore, Malamamba ore, riverbed ore, etc. Most of them are high-grade iron ore with an iron content of more than 63%. It is a rare high-quality iron ore in the world. Iron ore area.

Not only that, these high-quality iron ores are distributed on the very shallow surface and can be mined directly, so the cost of iron ore mining in the Pilbara region is also the lowest in the world.

Not only that, some of the iron ores contain more than 70% iron. This means that the iron ore can be put directly into the blast furnace for use without any further processing at all.

As early as when he bought the Taranto Steel Company, Li Yian had already set his sights on this giant iron mine worth trillions of dollars. After all, steel companies cannot do without iron ore.

He even specially found a military map and relied on his memory - the biggest side effect of traveling through time was not only that his body became stronger, but his memory also strengthened a lot, which allowed him to gradually map Whaleback Mountain, Turner River, Brookman, Maramamba and other iron ore mines were marked on the map bit by bit.

Thank God, in another world, China imports hundreds of millions of tons of Australian iron ore every year, because the price of iron ore is constantly rising. For several years, the Internet has been filled with information about iron ore mines in Australia and Brazil.

Of course, thanks to Australia's unchanging place names, he could easily find those places on the military map. What was left?

Of course they bought the land.

Well, now, those iron ores are yours!

Where are those iron ores?

It is clearly a golden mountain.

A mountain of gold worth more than a trillion dollars is just that. It’s enough to keep yourself fed and benefit from it throughout your life.

Of course, what's more important is that from now on, there will be no worries about iron ore.

Once again, Li Yian walked to the desk, looked at the telegram seriously, leaned back, and couldn't help but exclaimed again.

"This is truly a trillion-dollar treasure."

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