After eating and drinking, Li Zitao returned to the hotel and sat in front of the window waiting for Ben's arrival.

It wasn't until near the wee hours of the morning that the 20-member team finally arrived, and after asking the housekeeper to prepare a supper, they started a discussion about meeting tomorrow.

"Priority is given to minerals and railway transportation routes, and farms are as close to ...... as possible," Li Zitao's primary consideration is oil and minerals.

As for animal husbandry, of course, he will also consider, but it will be in second place.

Buying farms and meddling in animal husbandry, on the one hand, is hoarding land, and on the other hand, considering the future supply problems of McDonald's and Subway.

It has its own production, R&D, and animal husbandry industrial parks, which is the trend of future development.

"By the way, has the survey company found it?" asked Li Zitao.

Ben, who was immersed in eating, wiped his mouth and said, "We have commissioned 3 survey companies, and this matter will take a lot of time. ”

"Well, there's no hurry. Fingers tapped on the table, and Li Zitao continued: "Wait until the deal with Morgan is completed, and let them survey those lands first." ”

"Okay, BOSS. "After gobbling up supper, I went down to rest under the housekeeper's arrangement.

The next few days will require a lot of information and materials, and there will be no more rest, and tonight will be their last moment of relaxation.

The next day, Li Zitao personally led the team to kill JP Morgan, and it was Juliana who received them, but there was an additional executive director by her side.

Looking at the director's attitude towards her, Li Zitao can probably deduce her status in JP Morgan, at least a big man on an equal footing with the director.

It's no wonder that being able to enter and exit the financial world of 'women forbidden' is really not small!

"Let's start!" With Li Zitao's order, the three conference rooms were all in a busy handover.

In addition to the countless materials on the table in each conference room, there are three or five telephones, and the huge peripheral team of the think tank will be responsible for verifying the asset information on the spot.

Although Li Zitao believes that JP Morgan will not be funny in the documents, it does not mean that these industries are completely fine.

Morgan also has a time when he looks away, if Li Zitao's people can't tell which ones are garbage industries and which ones are high-quality industries, then they can't blame the other party for deliberately cheating him.

The whole transaction lasted 28 days before it finally came to an end.

In 28 days, it has expanded to 800+ peripheral institutions, running through 7 states.

And the S.H.I.E.L.D. under Li Zitao's command, 600 graduates, under the personal leadership of Samode, boarded a cruise ship to Liberia.

As the only independent state in Africa, Liberia also has a backer, and its supporters are the federal government of the United States.

As for sending Samo, of course, because of the color of his skin, the black brothers are a family!

"BOSS, we've got Chicago Northwestern Railroad, San Antonio Railroad, Galveston West Railroad, Midland Railroad. ”

The corners of Li Zitao's mouth twitched when he listened, this is simply a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west.

Fortunately, most of the rail lines are in Texas, and the biggest gain is the more than 20 lines owned by the Chicago Northwestern Railroad.

Coupled with the railway lines owned by Ace, the railway lines that radiate outward with Chicago as the center, Li Zitao controls one-sixth.

"Unfortunately, the important arterial lines are in the hands of the Central Railway Company and the United Railway Company. Li Zitao muttered unwillingly.

The corners of Ben's eyes began to jump again, and he really wanted to smash the documents in his hand on the table and leave, "Even if they go bankrupt, do you have a B number in your heart?"

It was an important arterial transportation route between the east and west of the United States, and with Li Zitao's current influence, even if he could initiate a takeover, the federal government would veto the deal.

Not to mention that they are in the hands of Forbes and the Vanderbilt family, which are two generations of railroad tycoons in the United States.

However, as the Vanderbilt family had more and more descendants, its wealth was largely dispersed among each descendant, causing its influence to decline significantly.

With the advent of the Great Depression, the rail transport business fell off a cliff.

Because of this, a large number of railway companies will go bankrupt, and I wonder if the Central Railway Company and the United Railway Company will survive this disaster.

"If the bosses grow faster, it's not impossible to take them down. Ben pondered silently in his heart.

"Merge all the railroad lines into Ace and review its accounts, has anyone asked about the McDonald's franchise recently?"

"A lot of people are asking, when are we going to open up the franchise?" said this, Ben's eyes lit up.

McDonald's has shown more potential than the think tank predicted, and the popularity of clean, fast and cheap burgers far exceeds theirs.

"There is news that there are only 50 places open in each state at the moment, and I will slaughter them severely. Li Zitao didn't mean to be soft-hearted at all.

He has no money on hand now, and if McDonald's doesn't make any more money, he'll have to drink the northwest wind.

"Understood, BOSS, in the valley between Monte Sant'Ines and Monte San Raphael, we buy a lot of pasture, which occupies about three-quarters of the entire valley,

With a total area of 3,000 acres, according to the survey, the local ranches are mostly farmed, and in addition, it was once a famous grape growing area in California.

Before Prohibition, there were more than 80 wineries operating there. ”

"Sending people to hire experienced winemakers in the area, re-cultivating the wine industry, and selecting the best quality pasture breeding land to be used as a professional horse farm.

Everywhere else, all beef cattle and free-range chickens are raised, is it suitable for growing vegetables?"

"Of course, California is a large agricultural state, so it's best for growing vegetables and fruits. ”

"What about lettuce?" asked Li Zitao.

"The weather there is great, and the southwest can maintain seven hours of sunshine a day, which is no problem at all. ”

Lettuce, that is, lettuce.

"The Asa Ranch, near Solvan's main road, is a well-known horse farm and livestock farm in Santa Barbara County, where most of the beef cattle are fed to fine dining. ”

"Is the distance between the two places long?" asked Li Zitao.

"Less than 100 km. Ben flipped through the information.

"How big is Asa?"

"More than 10,000 acres. ”

Li Zitao was a little surprised, and immediately said: "With Asa Ranch as the main breeding ground, build a professional slaughterhouse and experimental field, and be responsible for the food supply under the Golden Arches in the future. ”

10,000 acres, which is fully sufficient for current consumption.

"We also have a lot of ranch and land in North Texas, Asia (Arizona), Southeast Ohio, Alaska, totaling 180,000 acres. ”

180,000 acres, more than 700 square kilometers, twice the size of the current New York City, Li Zitao's head hurts.

With such a huge amount of land, it is necessary to recruit management on a large scale.

The previous three survey companies were simply not enough, and after they surveyed these lands, I am afraid that World War II would have broken out.

"Buying a survey company, buying equipment, recruiting experienced personnel, and comprehensively surveying the land I currently own, I have checked every inch of resources. ”

Grandma's, this is the land he bought back for real money, although the price is cheap, but it is also money!

The price of these lands is not cheap, with some prime pastures costing as much as $600 per acre.

Of course, there are cheap ones, such as desolate Alaska.

The land there is half sold and half given away, only 8 US dollars per acre, which is about the same price as a beef cow, and it is almost shouted 'vomiting blood for sale.' ’

The small companies that bought these lands also had the idea of trying their luck, drilling wells piece by piece to see if they could extract black gold.

They bought it at $10 per acre, which is also a pitiful price.

This is also because the American Geological Authority believes that there are potential oil layers and natural gas fields in Alaska, otherwise it may really be in vain.

Covering an area of 1,717,854 square kilometers, accounting for 20 percent of the total area of the United States, it is still a region, not even a state, how miserable you say it is.

Northern Alaska is located within the Arctic Circle, and the weather is cold all year round, except for the southern interior which is habitable, and the rest of the place can literally freeze to death.

In Alaska, fur traders and salmon fishing and processing industries are the most abundant, and in 1897, gold was discovered here.

The gold rush also made the area a little more lively, but people were more willing to go to San Francisco and California to pan for gold than to go to Alaska, which freezes all year round.

So, in other words, this place is a desolate and icy place.

Walk outside for ten days and ten nights, don't say you want to meet someone, you don't have any ghosts!

To buy the land, Li Zitao spent a total of 60 million US dollars, and the other four railway lines spent 36 million US dollars.

Among them, the Chicago Northwestern Railroad is the most expensive, and its price alone is 13 million.

"Send someone to survey Alaska first, didn't the Geological Bureau say that there is an oil layer there? Drill deeper!!" Li Zitao roared like a hungry wolf.

Thinking of the weather in that ghost place, I already felt that my teeth were sore: "It seems that I have to pay a lot of labor costs again." ”

The harvest in terms of mining is also not small, with a total of Tyrone open-pit copper mine and Chintai open-pit copper mine in New Mexico, as well as Henderson molybdenum mine and Aurora molybdenum mine in Colorado.

The cost reached 8 million, of which two molybdenum mines accounted for 77%.

Molybdenum is currently widely used in medical and agricultural fertilizers.

And some scientists have found that molybdenum can make many changes in steel, and the scarcity of molybdenum ore is known, which makes its price too high.

In fact, there are still many options for the South American plate, but considering the complex situation between the United States and Mexico, Li Zitao feels that these things should be considered later.

"All the minerals acquired are all merged into the FSC, and the compensation of minority shareholders must be done. In order not to leave people with a handle, Li Zitao also deliberately explained that he would give them sufficient compensation.

The more different the status and identity, the more Li Zitao must pay attention to the impact of this aspect.

Human beings are very complex animals, and they always like to sympathize with the weak, if Li Zitao and the Kendi family, Morgan, and Rockefeller make trouble.

The people of the whole country are all melon-eating masses, all of them carrying small benches and sitting there to watch a good show.

But if he, a Chinese, bullies a small shareholder who is weaker than him, hehe......

If it weren't for S.H.I.E.L.D., and he was lucky enough to have the support of Eisenhow, I don't know how many times he would have been shot now.

Why did Rockefeller and little Morgan walk alone on the street, and people will only return them respectful greetings and high respect, and not a shining bullet?

Because of their sense of racial identity, they are recognized by the whole country, and it is very difficult, very difficult for Li Zitao to do this.