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As they were talking, Emily came in holding the child. She probably just came out of the room and didn't know there were guests at home. She said in Chinese: "Lucas, I want to eat three fresh vegetables for lunch, with the skin... uh..."

When she saw Beth, she immediately switched to wailing: "Sorry, I didn't know there were guests at home. Hello, I'm Emily Yang, Lucas' wife."

"Wow, Beth Desmond, your neighbor, is here today to discuss a business deal with your husband on behalf of the company. Nice to meet you."

Their eyes met, and the two women saw some of the same qualities in each other's eyes. Beth stood up and shook hands with Emily, and teased the child a few more times.

"You guys chat, I'm going out"

"Amy"

"Ok?"

"You guys make your own lunch, I think we'll have to talk for quite a while."

"Oh fine……"

After she left, Beth sat down again and teased Yang Sheng: "Wow, it seems that you and your wife have a good relationship and are very loving."

"That's good. Let's continue. I want to know why you want to buy my ranch. Your ranch is already big enough. It's very, very big. There's no need to expand the ranch further, right?"

Yang Sheng's study was empty, with no decorations, and most importantly, no wine. However, Xiaoling brought the tea for the guests, so she had to pick up the teacup and take a few sips.

It was neither black tea nor green tea, nothing was added, just ordinary jasmine. Unexpectedly, Beth raised her eyebrows, put down the teacup and said:

“It tastes good, with a floral scent”

“I thought you couldn’t drink.”

"I drank it in college, but to be honest, I don't really like the teas used in tea ceremonies, the so-called high-end teas, and the black tea invented by the Chinese..." As she spoke, she picked up the teacup and took a few more sips. "That's strange, the tea you have is just ordinary scented tea..."

Yang Sheng smiled.

"Business is business, as long as the price is right, why do you want to know the reason for the acquisition of the ranch? Besides, the company I work for is not mine, but belongs to several other wealthy people."

"You know... money can't buy me willingness. I moved here because of the environment. You should be able to see that I'm not really short of money."

"Money can't buy my willingness..." Beth repeated this sentence several times in a low voice. Perhaps she saw that Yang Sheng was indeed not short of money, and her brother Keith had the experience of being humiliated by him, so she suddenly laughed: "Well, then, I will tell you about our company's strategic intentions. You may not know that Congress introduced the latest environmental protection law last year..."

As soon as he started talking, Yang Sheng had a vague premonition. Halfway through, he realized that Beth or her company had the same idea as him, purchasing a large amount of ranch land and leaving it idle, and then, in accordance with environmental protection laws and policies, receiving special subsidies from the U.S. government to make a profit.

Moreover, unlike him who had no roots, the Desmond family in the State of Mountain, not to mention the governor, was Old John's confidant, and the approval procedures of the environmental protection department were passed quickly and steadily. The shareholders of Beth Real Estate Investment Company were all talented people. They might not be as powerful as Old John, but they all had their own connections.

This is indeed a good business, at least before the environmental protection law is changed. Once a new interest group is formed around this law, it will not be easily abolished in the future.

What Yang Sheng lacks in American funds and connections, Beth and her company have in abundance.

He also had another consideration: "...It seems that the European and American countries in this world are still planning to play the environmental protection card. It's not true environmental protection, but a means to block the development of third world countries and developing countries. After all, this is the development trend. I just don't know if there are any strange creatures in the mysterious country of this world who accept foreign investment to shoot a movie "Under the Top of the Poor (Avoid Suspicion)" to attack their own energy policy..."

"The people in District 11, who are living a good life, seem to have already started planning for the energy industry, but they have always preferred gambling.

Fortunately, they placed their bets on hydrogen energy and formed a patent barrier around it. As a result, the combination of the American pony and the new energy of the mysterious country made their 20 years of investment go down the drain, and they went straight to the club to receive customers...』

"So I have an investment project this time, and the start-up capital seems to be enough for now."

Yang Sheng didn't know that Beth's real estate investment company was completely driven by herself. Beth was a very capable woman. Acquiring ranch land could indeed make money, but another purpose was to form an external protection to prevent Desmond Ranch from being eroded by other types of capital.

In fact, Desmond Ranch has many conflicts with the Indian reservation and the country's capital. The series of events caused by the Baker brothers are examples. Beth was beaten and almost died, the eldest grandson of the family was kidnapped and almost disappeared completely, and in fact, old John himself was shot. All of these happened within a month after Yang Sheng's family moved in... However, their family does not have the hobby of snooping into other people's privacy, so they don't know these things in the dark.

The plan of investing in idle land and receiving subsidies under environmental laws is actually very difficult to implement. It requires a considerable amount of capital and connections to operate. When Beth introduced their company's plan, Yang Sheng planned to give up this idea.

On the one hand, without using "special abilities", it will take more than a few years to build up Beth's network of contacts. Real estate investment has always been an industry that relies heavily on assets and connections (resources).

On the other hand, the premise is still not to use "special abilities". If you encounter an extremely stubborn landlord like Old John, if you want to achieve your plan, you have to use similar methods to him, which is what Yang Sheng doesn't like.

It also goes against the principles he upholds.

"Development is the only way forward. Emerging industries have fewer "original sins" and are not involved in the causal relationship of "plundering" or "protecting". At most, they will destroy the ecological niche that Europeans and Americans currently occupy. Ha! This is healthy competition!"

"We should wait for a while in the early stage, and wait for Europe and the United States to join hands to promote environmental protection and low carbon emissions. The symbolic figures should be that strange creature and the Swedish environmental protection princess, right? When the time comes, we can cooperate with the country's energy strategy, and then we can really take advantage of the situation. Why not go straight to the sky? Hmm... There seems to be something wrong with this sentence?"

Yang Sheng was thinking about it, and seemed a little hesitant when dealing with Beth.

The two had already decided on the sale and entered the bargaining stage. Beth thought that Yang Sheng was not satisfied with the price or wanted to raise the price.

She had inquired and found out that Yang Sheng had spent 600 million to get this ranch. The previous rancher was locked in a drainage ditch by Keith for a whole day and had a psychological trauma, so the price was relatively low.

It now seems impossible to acquire the ranch at the original price. She had previously said that she would buy it at a 20% premium. Moreover, the "Dolphin Bay" ranch has no special value to her company, but it is very important to the "Desmond Ranch" because it is a larger ranch next to them. Finally, the real estate company's money is not her money. Although there are dividends, her biggest goal is to protect her own ranch, and she doesn't feel bad about spending the company's money.

She signed a check generously.

"800 million, I'll pay 800 million"

"Uh-huh?"

Yang Sheng came back to his senses and was still thinking about her offer. Beth thought he was still not satisfied, so she immediately tore up the check and wrote another one.

"1000 million, how about that? 1000 million, do you feel my sincerity?"

Yang Sheng: “…”

Transaction.

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The "Dolphin Bay" ranch was originally idle, and no follow-up processing was required after it was acquired. Because of the relationship with the Desmond family, Beth did not order Yang Sheng's family to move out as soon as possible. She just asked them to pack up their things and call her.

But there was nothing much to pack. Everyone in the family had "storage equipment", so they packed up their personal belongings in half a day. The only remaining electrical appliances that needed to be taken away were a few WIFI cable boxes and a TV.

Having said that, Yang Sheng still planned to stay for two more weeks. In addition to the brown bear that he had physically "touched", he also wanted to abduct a few more brown bears, wild wolves and mountain lions. Because of the "Comprehensive University Base" in the "Yegmont" world, his progress in organizing and making the "Hunter Profession" was delayed. He had only made a rough outline of the profession, but what he lacked was a large amount of "beast information" to collect.

It can be understood that as long as a certain type of beast has a certain amount of information collected, the [Tame Beast] skill can be used to tame it directly, while also maximizing the ability and characteristics of the tamed beast.

There is a high probability that they will not come here again, so we should capture all the wild animals we can now.

Now the "Sinkhole Base" is still in a closed-door upgrade state, so the captured wild animals are not difficult to deal with. They can be sent to the Guanyingshan Community, where the [Tree Demon] can take care of them.

……

At night, there may be clouds in the sky, with no stars or moon, and the environment is extremely dark.

However, this has no impact on Yang Sheng and Meng Yi Ye Ling. The former has mastered the vision magic that includes dark vision, which allows her to clearly see other things in the lightless darkness. The latter has a pair of goggles made for her by Yang Sheng, which also has a similar effect.

The two of them have now penetrated several hundred kilometers into the reserve. Along the way, Yang Sheng used the [Tame Beast] skill and easily captured more than a dozen brown beasts.

Bears, wolves and mountain lions, nearly forty wild beasts, because they were tamed by the same person, regarded each other as friendly units and quietly formed a large circle in the dark forest.

Yang Sheng has not yet developed the relevant beast skills. Now he can only make these beasts cooperate in a simple way. He cannot actively or spontaneously use some tactics and actions.

There is a small magic barrier in the center of the venue, which of course requires a magical "special vision" to observe.

Yang Sheng and Xiaoling were resting in the barrier, or rather, doing another sport.

Originally, she came out to accompany her man to do some serious business, but Yang Sheng's prior estimate was inaccurate. She didn't expect the arrest operation to be so smooth and was completed almost in one night.

It's just that it's troublesome to bring them back. Yang Sheng didn't develop any "pet space" on himself, nor did he make props to carry pets, so he had to bring these beasts back personally. He also had to open the "invisible barrier" on the way, because some locations might be infrared cameras that the animal protection organization had hypothesized to be in the wild.

Xiaoling felt no discomfort at all in this dark mountain environment. It might be due to the XP she gained in the "Dark Night Base" underground in Duskstar City. While she was resting in the barrier, she sent some secret signals to Yang Sheng.

Yang Sheng was very familiar with her body language. As a responsible man, he would of course respond to her requests.

On top of the illusion barrier, a silent effect was added. After a few years, the young and ignorant girl has now become skilled in the technique. It didn't take long for her to completely let herself go and spend all her time with her beloved husband.

……

Yang Sheng had no hobby of prying into other people's privacy, but because of a series of events that had happened in the past month, the "Desmond" family, as a rare observation sample, still aroused his considerable interest. He arranged several invisible "magic owls" at the Desmond Ranch 24 hours a day to monitor their every move.

While he and Xiaoling were setting up the barrier and taking a rest, in the Desmond Ranch shed, a fat and strong cowboy was saying goodbye to Rip. It seemed that he was expelled from the ranch because he had a conflict with other cowboys and violated the ranch rules.

People working in the cowboy industry generally have a low level of education, and due to the environment, most of them have rough and explosive personalities. It is common for them to have quarrels or even fights among their companions. As the god of war of the ranch and the foreman of the cowboys, Rip manages his subordinates in a simple and rough way. Anyone who breaks the rules will not only be beaten by him (they can fight back), but will also be expelled from the ranch.

Even though they were fired, their wages were not deducted at all. However, it seemed that since the ranch provided food, accommodation, tobacco and alcohol, and was also responsible for injuries or other accidents, the cowboys' weekly salary was not high.

Through observations over this period of time, Yang Sheng also knew that Rip was a loyal subordinate of Old John. He had been engaged in physical labor for many years and had some talents in hand-to-hand combat. In the world of ordinary people, he did have high combat effectiveness and was very skilled in the use of firearms. Coupled with his courage and carefulness, he would be an elite cowboy or a Boss template cowboy in the game.

The fat cowboy didn't have a car, and there was no bus station on the ranch or even in the town of Blake. After packing his things and settling his wages in full, Rip drove him to the bus station at the junction of the three states.

Yang Sheng originally thought that this was just a daily episode on the ranch and did not pay much attention to it. However, as Rip was an important character on the ranch, there was a "magic owl" that targeted him and naturally followed him around.

Besides, he was just fulfilling Xiaoling's invitation to race, and without thinking too much, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening. Why did Rip have to drive him at this time? Couldn't he do it during the day the next day?

Two hours later, the car stopped at a valley on the road. Yang Sheng's senses and attention were all on Xiaoling, and he did not notice why Rip and Fat Cowboy stopped the car here and came out of the car.

Until there was a "bang" sound of a gunshot, Rip shot the fat cowboy in the head, and the fat cowboy's head blew into pieces like a watermelon, and his body fell directly down the hillside.

"Worthy!"

The incident happened too suddenly and Yang Sheng was caught off guard without any mental preparation. He shivered several times.

He was in a state of confusion at the moment, his IQ was -250, he couldn't think normally, and he was thinking:

"Fuck, do you want to eat oily cat cakes?!"

"Why on earth?!"

In fact, under normal circumstances, with Yang Sheng's brain and experience, it is not difficult to guess why Rip dragged the fat cowboy here late at night for "execution".

Over the past month or so, he has witnessed old John Desmond's operations, which were not to say unscrupulous but certainly frequently crossed the line. These things were difficult to keep secret for the cowboys who lived and ate in the same shed.

Being on the same ranch, they have common interests, and there is a top-down management and discipline system that can ensure that the fat cowboy will not leak anything to the outside world. But once he leaves the ranch, it is hard to say what will happen.

Old John has done so many illegal things, and it doesn't matter if he kills someone to silence them. Although it was Rip who actually did it, the blame should be placed on Old John.

Although it is unknown how many generations Desmond's ranch has been passed down, at least Old John has kept it going until now, and he probably did the same thing for decades...

……

The next day, Yang Sheng notified Beth to come over to collect the ranch. After entering the sage time the night before, his IQ rose again.

After trying to figure out the cause and effect of the matter, all the good feelings towards the Desmond family disappeared.

Using the [Teleportation Scepter] + mind-locking pets to achieve an effect similar to "group teleportation", he and Xiaoling transferred all the wild beasts away in a few times.

To be honest, there was a time when Yang Sheng had some expectations for the United States and its counterparts.

He truly believed the lies propagated by certain media and public intellectuals, thinking that the United States and its peers were a melting pot that integrated the world's races and cultures, a guiding light for the future development of mankind, and could eliminate the barriers and differences between different races and cultures.

But as his understanding improved and more and more reality proved him, this was just a fantasy, and basically existed only in the beautiful picture invented by some people with keyboards.

Not to mention the impact and cognitive manifestation brought about by the "first year of magic".

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, only someone like him, whose material needs are basically met, would be so picky about cultural environment and spiritual wealth, right?

No matter what, the United States in this world does not have what he expected, and he does not want to stay there at all. Perhaps those who think it is romantic to use guns to defend family and property will find this old Western atmosphere very good.

Because Marina wanted to travel around Europe, the family did not buy tickets directly to the mysterious country, but flew to the Great Britain first for a group sightseeing tour.

……

Three months later.

Milan, Italy.

From Great Britain to Grapenia, following the cognition and routes of "Uncharted Waters", then from Lisbon to Madrid of Spaniards, go east to taste Bordeaux wine, visit Paris, which has caused many people in District 11 who have a good life to suffer from mental illness, and then go to Hamburg, the hometown of Lily's counterpart, to taste Hans Meow's big elbow and pork sausage.

Fly directly to Algiers and Tunisia to check in, then head back to the water city of Venice and then to Milan... In the past three months, Yang Sheng's family has only completed about one-third of their European trip.

If you come across a place you think is nice, stay there for ten days or half a month to experience the local culture before leaving; if you don’t have any impression of a place or it feels average, just eat a few meals, find a landmark building to check in, and then move on to the next stop.

Yang Sheng’s mentality is similar to that of the big brother of the “cowardly Big Wild Goose Pagoda” in Xi’an. He does not think that the ancient buildings in the West are noble and elegant. Maybe he is born a rough person and cannot feel any rich cultural atmosphere. Anyway, his main purpose is to make the girls at home happy.

Of course, there were also fun things. For example, instead of looking at pictures on the Internet, I personally visited and photographed several versions of the "Star Gazing Party" in my country. In several cities known as the capitals of art and romance, I experienced the local culture of thieves, strikes and parades up close. I also saw people urinating and defecating in public and workers in special industries when I was "walking alone in the dark alleys."

At Hans Meow's house, I personally experienced "why there are only two kinds of love action movies in the world, one is watched by Hans Meow's family, and the other is watched by everyone else". In some ways, Hans Meow's family really has a heavy taste, and the love action movie industry in District 11 is really a little brother...

The reasons for these conditions are closely related to the chaos in the eastern region of Europe. Man-made terrorism disasters or the influx of a large number of poor people and refugees have provided the decadent capitalist elite with material to break the moral bottom line. The underground bunker Yihongyuan and even the horrifying cannibalism themes in the comics in District 0202 are not groundless but come from reality. Until the future in , these regions are still the hardest hit areas for human and organ trafficking. For example, a country of Ermao that Yang Sheng didn't know about was beaten to the ground by Da Mao, and its nickname is "Uterus of Europe".

This is one aspect, and the other aspect is the media and publicity factors. For example, the wall-building rate of several countries such as Norway, which is a representative of a high welfare society, is beyond the reach of India. If the historical deviation is not too big, the fairy tale kingdom will not announce that having sexual intercourse with animals is immoral and include it in illegal acts until 14 years later. Previously, India has always been the distribution center for sexual intercourse with animals in Europe. Compared with the fairy tale kingdom, India is only creative in innovation and has installed the operating system on the cold-blooded monitor lizard. In terms of industry maturity and the number of animal species, they may still be one step away from the white people in Europe in terms of complete industrialization.

You have to know that in the fairy tale kingdom, this is a business that has developed to the "industry" level. There are professional animal trainers and even ranches that specialize in training such animals.

However, there is no need to increase this useless common sense, and Yang Sheng has no intention of watching it at all.

……

Anubria, a small country in Africa.

This country is very backward. There is no airport in the country, and there is no seaside port. If you want to enter this country, you need to take a plane or a boat to reach a neighboring country first, and then take a bumpy land journey for two days to reach this country.

However, one of the two countries bordering it is Masoli, the most chaotic region in Africa. There are many warlords in the country and pirates are rampant in the sea. Except for the top 100 arms dealers in the world (there is no mysterious country among the top 100 arms suppliers in the world), normal people, even profit-seeking businessmen engaged in legitimate industries, generally would not think of passing through here.

The usual practice is to go through another country, Wuyoudan.