This was a no man's land, and the terrain of that land was so strange that it was impossible to understand.
There were countless lakes and rivers, which could not be seen on a large-scale map.
However, as soon as they opened the small-scale map of Maple Leaf, they would immediately realize that building a public railway in that area was simply a fantasy.
Moreover, the islands between the lakes were all wet lands in summer, and the shallow underground areas were permafrost.
Even if Yun Yi threw in his entire worth, it would not work if he used the entire viaduct.
Fortunately, the large machinery had been sent in during the frozen season. If he wanted more machinery, he would have to wait until next year's frozen season.
"Ah Yi, that place is too remote and too tough. Even if the salary is high, there won't be many Maple Leaf citizens going back there.”
Hai Lu's worries were not unnecessary. Not many Maple Leaf citizens were willing to work and settle in such a northern place.
Jeff interjected." Miss Hailu, you don't have to worry about that. Maple Leaf has relatively lax restrictions on immigrants and foreigners working there, especially in the northern region. There are quite a number of non-Maple Leaf citizens who are willing to work hard.”
The land was vast and sparsely populated, and the labor force was scarce. Otherwise, there would not be so many people migrating to Maple Leaf.
When Yun Yi heard that, he smiled and said,"You'll go?"”
"If I didn't work as a bodyguard before, I would have been able to earn three to four years of salary from mining every year.”
" The insurance will be very high," Hai Lu said." I reckon that the death rate and equipment wear and tear of the miners will be very high.”
Hai Lu was calculating the financial accounts.
Yun Yi smiled." Since Maple Leaf Country doesn't have strict restrictions on foreigners working, we will have the best cold-belt miners in the world. Siberia in S Country has plenty of them. Their conditions are even worse than this. If we pay them well, they will definitely come.”
What about the infrastructure projects?
If the labor in Maple Leaf was too high, they could outsource it to the construction team in S Nation. Their asking price would not be high, and they had a lot of experience in cold zone construction.
However, they had to hurry up. The frozen season was only two to three months away.
The islands that Yun Yi had chosen so far were all open-pit mines. It was still unknown whether they would dig deeper and deeper into the underground mines along the rock pipes in the future. However, the mining method in the first ten years was actually similar to ordinary quarries and open-pit coal mines. The only difference was that the kimberlites were harder.
As for the work, it was to first use explosives to blast the rocks open and loosen them. Then, they would use an excavator to load the trucks and transport them to the gravel processing plant on the flat ground. After that, they would go through the process of crushing and screening. In the end, they would obtain diamonds of different sizes and quality.
After a long flight, the plane finally landed in Maple Leaf.
The moment they stepped out of the cabin, they felt the air was fresh. They could see the sparse forest outside the airport.
They were not far from the Arctic Circle.
Butter City, also known as Yellowknife City, was Urban area on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake. It had about 17,000 residents and was the northernmost city in Maple Leaf.
It was developed relatively early. In 1789, the Canberlandic Company and the Harrison Bay Company opened up fur trade in this area. At the end of the 19th century, gold mines were discovered here, but due to the small reserves, scattered and inconvenient transportation, few large-scale mining was carried out.
A few years ago, a large gold mine was discovered in a remote place. Some people didn't believe it and came to invest. Now, they were almost losing money.
The aborigines here still raised reindeer as they did hundreds of years ago, relying on traditional leather goods and fishing and hunting for their livelihood.
One city had two names, because Yellowknife meant " butter ": There were many gold and copper mines in this place. In the past, the aborigines here often wore brass knives, so it was also called the butter city.
" We'll stay here today," Hai Lu said." We'll take a seaplane tomorrow morning before setting off. If we're lucky, we'll be able to see the Northern Lights tonight."”
Hai Lu had been here before when she bought the land, so she was more familiar with the situation.
All the bodyguards had weapons in their casual jackets that were suitable for outdoor wear. This was fine. The US security company had signed an agreement with Maple Leaf to bring guns into the country.
Yun Yi's bodyguard actually belonged to a company registered in Mei Country.
Yun Yi still had to go to Mei Country to develop in the future. It was much more convenient to register his company there.
However, he didn't bring a long gun this time because the agreement only included pistols that could be carried secretly. Besides, long guns were not allowed in Xiangjiang City.
This wasn't a problem. Hai Lu had already gotten over 200 gun photos from the Maple Leaf Country.
He could own and purchase a gun license plate. When the time came, he just had to fill in his name, attach a photo, and stamp it.
John had already sent two large groups of mercenaries to Maple Leaf. From now on, these people would be responsible for looking after the diamond mine.
Jeff used his own channels to bring the Fal automatic rifle and M200 from belgium to everyone.
The reason why he prepared a spear was not to defend against people, but to defend against bears.
There were polar bears in this area.
They checked into the capital hotel of Butter City. It was currently the highest-grade hotel in Butter City with the best reputation.
This hotel had a very thoughtful design. Basically, all the rooms were equipped with a kitchen.
Dinner was reindeer meat with broccoli, and all kinds of fried fish with broccoli.
Early the next morning, around six o'clock, after eating some hot breakfast in the kitchen, the group arrived at the seaplane airport not far away.
Although it was called an airport, it was actually more like a dock.
A seaplane with two large pontoons was parked on the lake beside the bridge.
"What model?" Yun Yi asked Jeff.
"Ah Yi, it's the Dual Otter, the most classic mid-light seaplane. It's very suitable for polar routes.”
This plane had a full flight range of about 1300 kilometers, which was enough to fly back and forth from the island.
Sitting in the plane, the comfort was not bad. Yun Yi asked,"How much is this plane?"
"Two million isn't enough, but it seems that they stopped production this year. This plane is very reliable and can be used for at least a few decades.”
After hearing Jeff's words, Yun Yi said,"We'll talk about it when we get back. If it's suitable, we'll buy a few from the company here.”
They had to have their own seaplane. It was difficult to move around without a seaplane for more than half a year.
As for the driver, it was a piece of cake. John could send someone over at any time.
Moreover, in the northern part of Maple Leaf, it was more convenient to hire a seaplane pilot than an excavator driver.
The two fan engines started up. After a much more exciting flight than taking off on land, the plane took off from the lake and flew northwest.
Yun Yi was in a good mood because he had actually taken all the diamond mines that could be mined in Maple Leaf for the next 30 years!
Hai Lu's assistant had arrived in Maple Leaf a few days ago. He only knew that his boss had bought two pieces of land in Yellow Knife City.
However, he didn't know that a few days ago, those negotiating representatives were so busy that they didn't even have the time to eat!
This was because Yun Yi had been carrying a large bundle of Maple Leaf Country maps with him for the past few days.
By yesterday afternoon, the company's representative had not only won the land in Canada, but also two more pieces of land in Yellow Knife City.
His memory was limited, but Yun Yi used an unreasonable method to deal with it.
It was enough to buy 30 square kilometers of land for a place that he could remember clearly. What if he could not remember it clearly and only had a rough impression?
30 multiplied by 10, it was another two diamond mine locations with a vague memory and 600 square kilometers of land and water.
A total of 30 million yuan was spent, including land ownership, exploration rights, and mining rights.
However, Yun Yi would not mine the two places that were circled in the end for the next 20 years.
At most, after the exploration of the two largest Kuangqu was completed, he would let the exploration team find out the exact location and situation of the mineral deposits in the last two locations.
600 square kilometers, even if all the advanced detection methods were used, it was enough for a few experts and a group of surveying assistants to work for three to two years.
Now, he had actually given more than 40 million to Yellow Knife City.
The mining rights in the contract would start from the day of official mining, instead of automatically starting after the four-year exploration rights ended.
After spending a huge sum of money, there would be a discussion.
If the price was high, the local government would definitely give preferential policies.
40 million was a small sum of money to Maple Leaf, but it was not a small sum to Yellow Blade City.
He had enough capital to negotiate. Yun Yi also had an account in his heart about the taxes and annoying "management fees" that he would face in the future.
The location of the Kuangqu they were heading to;
It was estimated that after large-scale mining, they would have to pay the government of Maple Leaf about 5 million dollars a year.
The final two mines would cost no more than 1000 dollars a year.
Even he himself didn't quite understand how the negotiation expert did it. After Hai Lu's explanation, he was still confused.
The largest Kuangqu would earn him at least two billion dollars in net profit every year, while the Maple Leaf Kingdom only needed five million?
This was simply more profitable and shady than a coal mine boss.
And all of this was reasonable and legal.
The annual profit of the latter two mines would definitely not be less than 500 million US dollars after mining, and the fee would be 1000 per year.
This could no longer be described as black. It was even cheaper than sending beggars away.
It might be more appropriate to describe those Maple Leaf officials as traitors and traitors.
Until last night.
All the gem-grade diamond mines worth mining in Maple Leaf Country until 9102 had been taken by him.
Diamonds would no longer have much to do with Maple Leaf Country's Wang family in the next 30 years.
A few years later, when the officials of Maple Leaf Country came back to their senses, it was unknown whether they would regret it and commit suicide.
Those people would probably become the biggest joke in the world's mining industry-2 billion and 3 million; 500 million and 1000 yuan.
"Will the Maple Leaf citizens demonstrate?" Thinking about it maliciously, he felt that it was quite fun.
There was no need to worry about the Maple Leaf citizens going back on their word.
Because he would provide many jobs for the ordinary people of Yellow Blade City, and the people here would support him.
Moreover, there was one good thing about western laws.
It was not easy to overturn a decision that had already been made. It was not something that could be overturned by a simple administrative order.
Even if he wanted to start over from the law.
That would also mean the loss of the country's reputation. That was a price that Maple Leaf could not afford. Yun Yi would also sue the Qing Dynasty until it went bankrupt.
This was Maple Leaf Country. If the Qing government violated the rules and harmed the interests of foreign investors, they would not be able to do so.
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