America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 331 America's Largest Farm

  Abel lived in this suburban mansion called "Hydra Manor" that day.

  Hydra Manor is located on the banks of the Colorado River in Austin, with beautiful surroundings and charming scenery.

  This manor has a breathtakingly large land area and a unique location, providing the owner with the most enviable view in Austin.

  The manor is surrounded by lush trees; the graceful river scenery in front of the house is romantic and charming, allowing the owner here to enjoy the best of life.

  The backyard has a beautiful large pool and fountain, full of life.

  The interior decoration is classical, noble, novel and chic, with gorgeous mahogany floors, walls decorated with oil paintings, arched windows, hanging chandeliers... the attention to detail makes this villa look tall and elegant.

  After dinner.

  Abel and his grandfather Alex were walking near the north side, not far from the Colorado River,

   You can faintly see the city center of Austin in the distance, in the garden lawn with bustling lights.

   "Before you came. I have already agreed on the details with Herbert."

  Alex looked at the Colorado River under the moon sky, and the old man said softly:

   "The time is set after Christmas, which is the same as when you first met last year. Herbert originally wanted to hold your engagement reception at the Bush Manor, but I don't think this is good, so I discussed it with Herbert."

   “He was very reasonable. He thought my suggestion was good and agreed with me.”

  Alex looked at his grandson next to him, who was already as tall as himself.

   "The day after Christmas this year, we will hold your engagement ceremony here or at the Shrub Manor, or at Smith Manor."

   "We will invite some of the bush's relatives, and our Smith's relatives."

   "Other irrelevant people are waiting, so they won't be invited."

  After hearing these words from his grandfather, Abel couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

  Although it is confirmed that he will marry little Laura, he does not want to make the engagement ceremony as if he is announcing it to the world.

  If it is made too grand, the whole of the United States will know it, and the whole people will know it.

  Then he will have to bear a huge cost of public opinion if he wants to steal **** in the future.

  This is what Abel doesn't want to see.

   Clearly both Alex and Herbert had this in mind.

  Abel whispered to his grandfather, "Thank you, Grandpa"

   "It should be me thanking you." Alex smiled.

   "Without you. Herbert couldn't have valued me so much. Even his son's achievements have surpassed mine. Without you, Smith is nothing in front of the bush."

"you need to know."

  Alex looked at his grandson seriously: "Your existence and your achievements are the real reason why the bush chooses to do this."

  Abel naturally understood this.

  He knew that if it wasn't for him, even Alex and Alexander, father and son, would be the Grand Commander.

  It is impossible for me to get as much tolerance from the bush.

  The most important reason for the bush to be tolerant to him is himself.

   "I know." Abel pretended to be relaxed and smiled at his grandfather:

   "Your grandson is the richest man in the world. Your grandson is so rich that he deserves everyone's attention."

   Alex smiled.

  The old man changed the topic to another matter.

   "I heard what Herbert and Alexander said. You want to let people from your security company participate in the Afghan-Afghanistan battle?"

"Ok."

   "Do you still want a company under your name to appear on the military's procurement list?"

"Ok."

   "Herbert has already told me. George will help, but not too much. There are too many people joining this time. Those guys, pushing George up is just to eat hard."

"I understand."

   Abel knew the biggest backer behind the Bush family.

   In fact, it is the Texas consortium headed by Davis Brown and others.

   Specifically, it is part of the military-industrial complex.

   Otherwise, it would not be Herbert who launched the Gulf War in 1991, and his son launched another battle ten years later.

  Although most of the U.S. leaders took office, the U.S. has waged wars abroad.

  But in modern times, there is no doubt that the battle launched by the father and son is the largest and the most extensive.

  The reason for this is because behind the father and son, there are a large number of cannibals.

  The United States can bring them the greatest benefits by launching wars abroad.

   Being a Texan with a wide circle of friends, Alex knows this.

  He has no objection to his grandson joining in, but he reminds his grandson to be careful.

   Because the grandson doesn't join them, they are at most just angry.

   But if grandkids grab their food, too much.

  Then they are not just angry, but the so-called destruction of people and wealth is like killing parents.

  Alex expressed so carefully many times because of this.

  The grandfather and grandson chatted for a long time, and Herbert joined in later.

   Further behind, Arya and Barbara also come here to watch the moon.

   They didn't disperse until very late.

   The next day, Abel did not leave the Shrub family's Hydera Manor.

  He met an executive from Sotheby's auction house in a small meeting room here.

   This person's name is Jason Jones, and he is the president of Sotheby's Auction Group America.

   "Good afternoon, Mr. Jones."

  In the small conference hall, Abel greeted each other.

  Jason Jones immediately responded: "Hello, Mr. Smith."

  Sotheby's is a world-renowned auction house founded in London, England.

  It is famous for auctioning works of art and cultural relics, but also includes more than 70 other categories.

  The auction center of this auction house is located in New York, USA and London, UK, with offices in 90 cities in 40 countries, and holds regular auctions in more than 10 locations around the world every year.

  Jason Jones is the head of Sotheby's in the United States.

  After the simple greetings, Abel didn't talk too much with this person, he directly stated his purpose.

   "Mr. Jones. I believe you already know why you are invited here."

   Of course Jason Jones knew that being able to come here meant that the Smith Intelligence Group had contacted Sotheby's many times.

  The representative Jason Jones will be sent here only after the two parties have an intention to cooperate.

   Meet Abel Smith, the richest man in the world, in the famous Hydra Manor of the Shrub family.

  Jason Jones is no surprise either.

   Many people know about the marriage between the Smith family and the Bush family.

   "Understood, I understand." Jason Jones said quickly.

  Abel nodded in satisfaction: "Then please tell the Wagner family about 500 million US dollars. As long as they agree, then they don't have to go to the auction to sell their ancestral property."

   "Please rest assured, Mr. Smith." Jason Jones also said to Abel: "We will negotiate with Mr. Wagner. But whether they agree or not depends on what they mean."

   "Then I will trouble you."

   Jason Jones left soon.

  Abel took the opportunity to take a piece of farm information handed over by Alan Baker, the leader of the Smith Thinking Group.

   This is a profile of a large fenced farm called "Wagner Farm".

  It contains the data of various resource points of this Wagner farm at its peak and now.

  As for why Abel suddenly cared about the farm.

   That was his plan to add another title to himself in the name of providing supplies for the Afghan-Afghan war.

   This title is called—agricultural capitalist.

   What is an agricultural capitalist?

  Agricultural capitalists, like industrial capitalists, are industrial capitalists engaged in capitalist commodity production to exploit wage workers.

   The difference is that in industry.

  Because products are sold at production prices, industrial capitalists generally only earn average profits.

   Only when the individual production price of its products is lower than the social production price can industrial capitalists obtain excess profits.

  In agriculture, due to the monopoly of land management, the social production price of agricultural products is determined by the production conditions of inferior land.

  At the same time, the monopoly of private land rights also makes agricultural products have to be sold at a value higher than the production price.

  So after the agricultural capitalist sells the product, the direct profit will exceed the average profit.

  The internationally renowned four major groups of ABCD are the largest agricultural capital on this planet.

  The C in ABC is the Cargill Group in the United States.

  It is one of the top ten private companies in the United States, and its status in the United States is not inferior to the Koch Brothers.

  Among the huge forces in the United States, such as military force, finance, energy, media, people's livelihood, and industry.

  The part of people's livelihood is composed of those retail groups and these agricultural capitalists.

  Cargill is one of the best. In other words, Cargill is one of the controllers behind the American Minsheng.

  Abel wanted to get involved in the people's livelihood, he opened the Pacific Supermarket Company.

   But this is not enough, he also needs to have his own agricultural group.

  In this way, a large amount of agricultural commodities, such as food, can be produced.

  Since ancient times, the ultimate means of production on this planet has always been land.

  This is why whether it is Buffett, Bill Gates, or Zuckerberg behind.

  In the end, they all chose to become landlords.

  Only land, which can produce a large amount of output, is combined with sales channels.

  The combination of the two sides can be regarded as a perfect people's livelihood giant.

  Like Cargill, it is both an agricultural conglomerate and a retail giant.

  When finance is on the right track, the media is beginning to emerge, energy is beginning to develop, and high-tech industries have yet to see their shadows.

  Abel intends to activate Minsheng.

  This plan will be divided into two steps, one is the supermarket.

  The construction of Pacific Supermarket has started.

   Then the agricultural side can't let it go.

  Smith Intelligence Group also found some super large farms that Abel could get in China and in many places around the world.

  This Wagner farm is one of them.

   What Abel is holding in his hand at this time is the detailed information of Wagner Farm.

  It contains the data of Wagner Farm, the peak period and various resource points now.

  【Area: Across six counties in Texas, covering an area of ​​207,000 hectares (equivalent to 2070 square kilometers), or 520,000 acres】

  By size, Wagner Farms is the largest fenced farm in the entire United States.

  The so-called fenced farm means that at its border, there will be a fence surrounding it all.

  This also means that its land property rights are clear, and it is not afraid of losing money for itself, and it is difficult to take advantage of others.

  【Water rights: free use of water resources throughout the farm】

  The United States has special water rights laws.

  If there is only land ownership but no water rights, the person who owns the land cannot use the water resources in the land.

  Generally speaking, most farms will have corresponding water rights.

   But most of them cannot get all the water rights.

   There is a complete set of legal system, including four types of riparian rights, preemptive rights, mixed water rights, and public water rights.

   Except for public water rights which cannot be traded, the other three types of water rights can be transferred and traded.

   And this farm has all the water rights in the territory.

   This is rare on large farms.

   Like Abel’s Sunny Mountain, about 30% of the water rights are public water rights.

  He can use it, but so can others.

  If the local government inserts a pipe to get the public water rights from it, Abel has no way to refuse.

  Wagner Farm has all the water rights, which means that all the water in the entire farm's 520,000 acres of land belongs to him.

   No public water rights.

  【Cow herd: There were 16,000 cattle at the peak, but now there are less than 7,000 cattle. 】

  There are relatively few sheep pastures in the United States, because sheep eat grass and eat all the roots, which has a very bad impact on pastures.

   Except for individual pastures, sheep in the United States are mainly raised in captivity.

   Farms like Abel’s family also raise sheep, but they are actually raised in captivity.

  The sheep mainly eat feed on weekdays, and the agricultural output of Smith Farm is mainly corn and sorghum.

  These two kinds of crops are generally not sold out, but are made into feed to raise cattle and sheep on the farm.

  That's why Smith Farm can raise so many cattle and sheep despite its small size.

  That's why Smith Farm needs so many agricultural workers.

  【Farmland: The existing cultivated area is 30,000 acres, mainly wheat, and the farm has 150,000 acres of land suitable for cultivation. 】

  520,000 acres of land, 150,000 acres are very good irrigated land.

  They can be used for large-scale industrial production of food.

   As the son of a farmer, Abel knew what it was like to industrialize food production in America.

  One acre of corn can yield about 150 bushels.

  A bushel of corn is about 25.401 kg.

   In other words, if you plant one acre of corn, you can harvest almost 3,800 kilograms of corn.

  150,000 acres, can produce more than 570,000 tons of corn every year.

  570,000 tons of corn.

  Whether it is made into feed, corn syrup, or human food, it is a very large sum.

  【Horses: Horses have always been an important source of income for Wagner Farm, and their contribution to the Quarter Horse Industry in the United States has long been recognized. 】

   Whether it is a pasture horse or a race horse, Wagner Farm breeds very well. The performance in various equestrian competitions is outstanding.

  520,000 acres of land, 150,000 acres of land will be deducted for agricultural production in the future, and there will still be a large amount of mountainous land that is not suitable for agricultural production.

  These places can be used to raise cattle, or plant pastures and grazing sheep.

   Of course, horses can also be raised. Horses are still very popular in the southern and central regions of the United States, and they are an important means of transportation.

  【Petroleum resources: Because of the previous business philosophy disputes, the old-fashioned mining technology is still used now. The drilling depth is only about 610 meters. After geological assessment, Wagner Farm is considered to have extremely rich untapped oil resources. The buyer will get 42% of the mining rights. 】

   This piece is a bit dispensable.

  The reason is because the oil here has been dug for decades.

  The surface oil that is easy to dig has basically been dug out.

  The 1,200 wells that are still working now cost a lot to produce a barrel of oil.

   Sometimes most of them are shut down, and they will only work when the price of oil is high.

   This is the case at 610 meters underground.

   Deeper underground, no matter how much oil there is, the production cost will scare everyone away.

   What's more, not all of them, but only 42% of the property rights.

  Abel thinks this part is the most tasteless.

  【Hunting: The current farm operators in this area are also in an undeveloped state. 】

  There are rivers and streams in the ranch, which are very suitable for wild animals to inhabit and multiply.

  Wildlife now on the farm includes deer, turkey, quail, pigeons, waterfowl and wild boar, perfect for small recreational hunting.

  It is conservatively estimated that if it is developed and utilized, it will generate an annual income of more than 20 million US dollars.

  If well developed, it can also be used as your own private hunting ground.

  The development and utilization prospects of some auxiliary resources such as underground salt water resources and intellectual property resources are also listed in the back.

  Looking at these detailed information, Abel felt that although the current large ranch seems to be running a bit miserable.

  But if a lot of money is invested and developed well, its output will surely satisfy anyone.

  The current situation is that the owner of this farm, the Wagner family, has a common infighting among wealthy families.

   This battle started from the time of the third generation of Wagner, David Wagner.

  In the current fourth and fifth generations of Wagner, family infighting has reached its peak.

  This originally well-developed farm has been unmanned and unmanaged all year round because of its internal strife.

   Started to make ends meet and kept losing money.

  In the end, the struggle within the Wagner family has reached a consensus in recent years.

   That’s — sell it, and everyone splits the money.

  Same as the Taylor family, one of the founding families of Sempra Energy.

  The Wagner family is not looking for a buyer directly, they want to sell higher.

  They found Sotheby's auction house and offered an external price of 800 million US dollars.

  Since 1999, Sotheby's has auctioned off this farm all over the world.

   But it is still the early 21st century, and global inflation is not that serious.

  Combined with the economic downturn in the United States, it has dragged down the global economy.

  The United States has experienced Nasdaq again and again, as well as September 11 not long ago.

   No one can afford this farm at the moment, it looks too expensive.

  In the parallel time and space, the Wagner family later had to reduce the price to 725 million US dollars.

  But many years later, no one cares about it.

   Again, it's too expensive.

  Even if it has oil in it.

  In fact, it is mainly its surface oil and gas resources, which have been excavated by people, and only a little **** is still produced every day.

   In its deep underground, there may be richer oil and gas resources.

  How much is the international oil price now?

  The cost of digging up the oil from 610 meters underground, including the cost of barrels, is already more than 20 US dollars, about 23 to 25 US dollars.

  If the international oil price is around $30+ like last year.

   That's somewhat profitable.

  Now the international oil price is only about 20 US dollars, digging a barrel pays a barrel.

   According to the data, 1,200 oil excavators in its territory are currently shut down.

  How could the energy giants be interested in this kind of market.

   And the agricultural giants have cheaper land to annex.

  Until the merger becomes impossible, they will not be interested in such an expensive large farm.

   It is very difficult for Wagner Farm to sell.

  Abel called Sotheby's auction house and asked them to negotiate with the Wagner family.

   Let's see if we can buy this farm directly for 500 million US dollars.

  Compared to others, what attracted Abel to this farm was not the oil resources under the ground, nor the intellectual property rights of Wagner's century-old farm.

  What he values ​​is that the farm is large enough, and there are all water rights in the ranch.

   This is exactly what he needs to form an agricultural group.

   Which led to his meeting with Jason Jones today.

  In fact, the farm he wants to buy at this time is not just the Wagner farm!

   There is one more chapter later, which satisfies four chapters, but it may be late, so don't wait.

  (end of this chapter)