But she couldn't explain it either; it would be empty talk. He would only get excited and want to get involved when he saw real profits coming his way.

From a business perspective, his thinking is not wrong. Analyzing from his own point of view, there are indeed huge uncertainties in the future. He wasn't blinded by the immediate benefits; this kid is very cautious in his actions.

"It seems you can't do business with the government after all," Anle said with a sigh.

Helsing's eyes gleamed. "There's some room for maneuver in this matter. If the government is willing to be lenient and shorten the sixty-year period, then we can do this business."

Anle shook her head.

"There's probably no room for negotiation with the government about this matter. Just think about it, it would take three to five years to cultivate these fruit trees."

You want the benefits but don't want to take any risks? There's no such thing as a free lunch.

If these fruit trees are actually planted, wouldn't it be like someone else is planting the trees and you're enjoying the shade?

People have worked so hard to cultivate their fruit trees, and before they've even recouped their investment, they're about to hand them over to you.

Isn't this like someone paying to rent your land and then expecting you to grow the crops? There's no such thing as a free lunch. The officials in Jincheng aren't stupid.

"If the Jincheng government really wants to use these fruit trees for business, why not buy some fruit trees around here? Why do they want to rent them?" Helsin asked, voicing his confusion.

Anle scoffed, "You call yourself a businessman? Are you stupid?"

If these fruit trees are collected piecemeal, they can only be purchased from a few farmers. However, the fruit trees collected from farmers are not concentrated. How can they be gathered together and managed?

There are houses here in the east, west, south, and north; managing them all is quite a lot of work.

Putting aside the effort involved, just consider the manpower required! Does every small plot of land need a family to take care of it?

If we pool our resources to purchase large areas of farmland and forest, we can hire workers to manage them, which will save a lot of money on manpower and make it easier for the government to manage.

Otherwise, if you create so many scattered plots of land to take care of and manage, and then gather them together for management, wouldn't that give the government a headache?

The reason I came to you is because I think your He family has an advantage in this regard. At least your He family is large and powerful, with a large area of ​​farmland and forestry.

If your He family didn't have any farmland or forests, and only had a few small plots of land scattered around, I naturally wouldn't have approached your He family. You wouldn't even have a chance to get this business.

"Even if I were willing to let you share in the spoils, the Jincheng government wouldn't be happy about it." Anle explained to Helsin fluently.

That was indeed the reason she approached Helsin.

This will make things much easier, and it will save Yu Rong and the others from scavenging those small, scattered households. It's really hard to manage those households, one here and one there. How much money will she have to spend to hire workers?

If we cultivate such a large area, we can hire some workers, or even just a few, to manage the entire farm and forestry. Hiring one worker to manage a small plot of land is the same as hiring one worker to manage an acre of land.

Over the years, this will save a lot of money on labor costs.

Putting aside the uncertainties and variables of the future, this is indeed a huge benefit, a mutually beneficial cooperation, convenient for her, and a considerable profit for the He family.

It was actually a very pleasant business deal, but the guy's excessive caution was the problem.

If the He family doesn't seize the opportunity to secure this deal, it will indeed be a huge loss for them. But for her, it's different; she can find other partners to cooperate with. Anyway, anyone would be happy to take on such a big opportunity, right?

In this Red City, there are quite a few aristocratic families who own some agriculture, forestry, and farmland. Although their holdings are not as large as the He family's, they are still quite lucrative.

Helsin lowered his eyelids and understood. The money saved from migrant work was given to these potential business partners in order to consolidate their income rather than collect it piecemeal.

It's probably for the sake of easier management.

That's a really good idea.

Actually, it is indeed a pretty sweet filling for the pie.

However, this timeframe is too long. If it could be shortened from sixty years to thirty, that would be feasible. But judging from the little girl's words, the Jincheng government is absolutely not open to negotiation.

Helsin paused for a moment before speaking, “My Helsen family does indeed have considerable resources in agriculture, forestry, and land. We have a manor that would be very suitable for the Jincheng government to use for planting fruit trees.”

The estate has a hundred acres of gardens and a hundred acres of fertile fields.

"If we could employ all the farmers on the estate, that would be something we could consider."

Anle continued to shake his head, "That's definitely not going to work. The methods people use to grow fruits and vegetables and cultivate fruit trees are all secrets. How could they possibly reveal them to outsiders?"

Cooperation with the Jincheng government always requires signing a confidentiality agreement.

Sixty years. Can you guarantee that the farmers on your estate will work there for sixty years? Can you guarantee that the farmers there won't reveal their cultivation secrets?

If it were to be leaked, do you know how much loss you would suffer?

Even if the Jincheng government finds some cooperative workers, they will only hire people from Jincheng, not outsiders. "Because they don't have the means to control outsiders."

It didn't originally belong to Jincheng. Even if it broke the rules of the Jincheng government, how could it possibly escape to the jurisdiction of Tianqi? It's not that easy for them to make a move.

That would escalate into a problem between nations.

If someone with ulterior motives were to reveal the secret formula to her with a little bit of profit, and then take the benefits and run to her own Tianqi territory, wouldn't she be left feeling cheated?

Of course, it's not that the Jincheng government is incapable of dealing with the people from the Tianqi Empire, but the problem could escalate too much. She would naturally avoid any unnecessary issues that could be prevented now. Her principle is to avoid future troubles, and anyone in her position would definitely eliminate such a potential threat.

Moreover, her planting techniques are not like those of today's backward farmers who just apply some manure and call it a day; there are many scientific planting methods that need to be known when planting.