From the perspective of the entire Sao Paulo region, Domondot can only be regarded as a small town. This small mainly refers to the small population and underdeveloped economy. It does not mean that the small town has a small scope. On the contrary, as a coffee-growing area where Indians live in the Sao Paulo region, the area of the town is very large. The registered coffee-growing fields in the town alone have more than 40,000 hectares.
The manor that Li Zai'an bought for the Fraser sisters is called Clata, which is the name of the former manor's Italian wife. It is located in a place surrounded by mountains and rivers and is very close to the Rio Claru Reservoir. The winding Title River flows through the edge of the plantation.
The original owner of the plantation was very old and the couple had no descendants, so they planned to take off the garden and move it to a mansion in the center of St. Paul to spend their old age.
This old Italian couple is very kind. The plantation area they announced was 120 hectares, but in fact it was 127 hectares. However, there were hundreds of broken houses on the banks of the Title River. Most of them lived in farmers who rented plantation land, and the area occupied about two hectares, so the couple discounted the plantation to 120 hectares, asking for a price of US$2.13 million, of which 2 million was the price of the plantation, and the remaining fraction was the price of the coffee tree.
Before dawn, Li Zaian took the Fraser sisters to Domondot. He arrived in the town near six o'clock and found the location of the Clareta Plantation according to the information provided in the newspaper.
The old couple who owned the plantation had already gone to downtown Sao Paulo a few days ago, and the one who stayed to handle the land for them was their lawyer.
I heard that Li Zaian and the others were here to buy the plantation. The lawyer seemed very happy and drove them around the plantation in person, and introduced them to the basic situation of the entire plantation along the way.
To be honest, 120 hectares of land is a digital concept in Li Zaian's mind. Only after walking around the plantation himself could he understand how big this land is.
These 120 hectares of plantations did not gather together in square shapes, but were irregularly arranged along the Title River, similar to the eight-shaped layout.
It is approaching December, and the coffee trees all over the plantation are full of red fruits like small cherries. Standing on the river bank of the Title River, which is nearly three meters high, looking towards the plantation. The scenery is very beautiful.
The lawyer told Li Zaian that in June every year, the agricultural planting department of Domondott District will impose a land tax of one percent on the plantation, which is about 20,000 US dollars. Because there is a section of the embankment of the Titt River built on private land of the plantation, he, the planter, can also ask for a private property occupation fee of about 140,000 US dollars from the social public facilities department in the district by June.
In addition, a highway planned by Domondotel District to the downtown of Sao Paulo also passes through the plantation. This road was planned two years ago, but the former planter refused to sell the road land, so the road has not been built.
The lawyer estimated that once the plantation was transferred, the district would definitely come to discuss this matter. His opinion was to refuse this request as much as possible, because once the highway passes through the plantation, although a government compensation can be obtained every year, the operation of the plantation will inevitably be affected.
On the labor issue of the plantation, the lawyer also gave a detailed introduction.
According to him, all the workers currently employed by the plantation live in private houses by the Yuanzi River, more than half of them are Yanumami Indians, and the rest are all African-born.
The original old couple had already settled their entire salary when they left. If Li Zaian planned to change the person, they could leave within a week.
However, the lawyer's opinion is that these workers are very responsible. In the past, the salary given to them by the old couple was a reward of seventy dollars per month for a strong laborer, and the woman who helped the servants was thirty dollars per month. In addition, it was provided with free accommodation, nothing else
Although such wages are not very low, fortunately, these workers have no contact with the Labor Federation, and they can accept the ten hours of working hours every day. Such workers will not have too much trouble if they use them easily.
The lawyer gave a comprehensive introduction and the advice he gave was also feasible. However, he did not do it just for professional ethics. Instead, he hoped that Li Zaian could continue to hire him. In his own words, he was an experienced lawyer who was responsible for resolving various legal disputes for planters.
The most important thing is that his fees are not high, only two thousand dollars a month is enough
Thinking that the plantation really needs a lawyer's help in the future, Li Zaian continued to hire him happily and increased his attorney fee from 2,000 per month to 2,000 per month, and paid him one year's salary in one lump sum.
The lawyer was very satisfied with this result. He then suggested to Li Zaian that as the owner of the new plantation, he could wait until the coffee beans were harvested in August before handling the land transfer.
In this case, he, a lawyer, only needs to use some means to avoid tax payments in this season's coffee harvest
In addition, he also suggested that Li Zaian should not pay in US dollars when paying his husband's salary in the future, but pay in equivalent real currency. In this way, considering the continuous depreciation of real real currency, it is equivalent to saving expenses in labor wages.
Li Zaian nodded to accept these suggestions from the lawyer. As for whether he would do what he said, he could look back and consider it again.
After getting the coveted contract renewal, his monthly salary increased by $500. The satisfied lawyer quickly said goodbye and left. He would be responsible for handling the procedures for the transfer of the plantation within three days. As for the Fraser sisters, they were able to move in that day. There was nothing in the two villas in the plantation and nothing was missing.
The two villas in the plantation are also located near the river embankment and are built side by side. They adopt the ancient Roman architectural style, one building with two floors and one building with three floors. Although the scale is not large, it is very distinctive.
The former owner obviously renovated a section of the river embankment near the villa. A trapezoidal platform of about 300 square meters was opened on the inclined dam, with a steel and concrete structure, and a thick layer of fine sand was laid on it. It was probably a place for sunbathing.
From the river bank, there is an oval swimming pool. The water of the pool is the filtered river water, very clear
There is a circle of nearly two meters high walls made of granite around the two villas. The anti-theft power grid is pulled on the wall, and there is a warning sign on the arc-shaped wall almost every five meters.
The security conditions in Sao Paulo obviously make people feel insecure. Although Domondot is far away from the city, it is not optimistic, not to mention that it is a plantation. The first thing ordinary planters need to be careful of is the workers. The security measures in their villas are basically perfect.
Just like the Clata Manor, the main entrances of the two villas are made of steel protective doors equipped with six air valve brake bolts. In this way, there is also an isolation net with a roller shutter door-style design in the protective door.
Outside every window upstairs and downstairs, there are window guards that can be placed with the main button. Once this thing is put down, it is unlikely to open it outside, unless it is fried.
The master bedroom on the second floor of the villa is probably the last self-defense line arranged by the former park owner. The bedroom door looks like a vault security door. Not only that, the large antique wooden bed in the bedroom can still be moved. There is a hidden lattice embedded in the base plate under the bed, which contains several double-barrel hunting rifles and more than a dozen boxes of bullets.
In fact, in Li Zaian's opinion, no matter how tight the protection is, it may not necessarily play any role. After all, these things are just for peace of mind. If the hundreds of workers living on the river bank are forced to have no way to survive and sacrifice their lives to cause trouble, these so-called protective measures will not be used.
The key point is that this society is no longer before World War II. No matter what the social security is like, there are still very few people who dare to openly jump out and smash and loot.
No matter what the law is essentially protecting the interests of the people, after all, most people in the lower class who are suffering will still choose to abide by it.
Standing in front of the sunny floor-to-ceiling window of the master bedroom, through the lush large coffee trees, you can clearly see the house where workers live. It is actually an absolute compliment. To be honest, those houses are not even considered sheds. They are just made of branches and wood to make a frame, and then a layer of mud on the batter outside.
When the weather is clear, everything is easy to say. Once it rains, especially when it rains heavily, these mud-stuffed houses often have the only fate of collapse.
Fortunately, these workers have no property at home, and they can be rebuilt after a day of collapse. If the roof is leaked, it will be pasted with some mud.
In fact, the workers living in these broken sheds are not unable to build stronger houses. They are mainly not allowed to do that in the plantations. They are just laborers and are outsiders in this private land.
According to the lawyer before, once they build a solid house here, it will not be easy to demolish it in the future. The worst thing is that as long as a house similar to a slum is built here, those homeless vagabonds will quickly come over and build the broken house like a square. It won’t take long to make a brand new slum shape.
Therefore, in order to prevent their private property from becoming slums, the lawyer’s warning is that once someone finds that he has built a concrete building, he must immediately demolish it for mandatory time.
The manor that Li Zai'an bought for the Fraser sisters is called Clata, which is the name of the former manor's Italian wife. It is located in a place surrounded by mountains and rivers and is very close to the Rio Claru Reservoir. The winding Title River flows through the edge of the plantation.
The original owner of the plantation was very old and the couple had no descendants, so they planned to take off the garden and move it to a mansion in the center of St. Paul to spend their old age.
This old Italian couple is very kind. The plantation area they announced was 120 hectares, but in fact it was 127 hectares. However, there were hundreds of broken houses on the banks of the Title River. Most of them lived in farmers who rented plantation land, and the area occupied about two hectares, so the couple discounted the plantation to 120 hectares, asking for a price of US$2.13 million, of which 2 million was the price of the plantation, and the remaining fraction was the price of the coffee tree.
Before dawn, Li Zaian took the Fraser sisters to Domondot. He arrived in the town near six o'clock and found the location of the Clareta Plantation according to the information provided in the newspaper.
The old couple who owned the plantation had already gone to downtown Sao Paulo a few days ago, and the one who stayed to handle the land for them was their lawyer.
I heard that Li Zaian and the others were here to buy the plantation. The lawyer seemed very happy and drove them around the plantation in person, and introduced them to the basic situation of the entire plantation along the way.
To be honest, 120 hectares of land is a digital concept in Li Zaian's mind. Only after walking around the plantation himself could he understand how big this land is.
These 120 hectares of plantations did not gather together in square shapes, but were irregularly arranged along the Title River, similar to the eight-shaped layout.
It is approaching December, and the coffee trees all over the plantation are full of red fruits like small cherries. Standing on the river bank of the Title River, which is nearly three meters high, looking towards the plantation. The scenery is very beautiful.
The lawyer told Li Zaian that in June every year, the agricultural planting department of Domondott District will impose a land tax of one percent on the plantation, which is about 20,000 US dollars. Because there is a section of the embankment of the Titt River built on private land of the plantation, he, the planter, can also ask for a private property occupation fee of about 140,000 US dollars from the social public facilities department in the district by June.
In addition, a highway planned by Domondotel District to the downtown of Sao Paulo also passes through the plantation. This road was planned two years ago, but the former planter refused to sell the road land, so the road has not been built.
The lawyer estimated that once the plantation was transferred, the district would definitely come to discuss this matter. His opinion was to refuse this request as much as possible, because once the highway passes through the plantation, although a government compensation can be obtained every year, the operation of the plantation will inevitably be affected.
On the labor issue of the plantation, the lawyer also gave a detailed introduction.
According to him, all the workers currently employed by the plantation live in private houses by the Yuanzi River, more than half of them are Yanumami Indians, and the rest are all African-born.
The original old couple had already settled their entire salary when they left. If Li Zaian planned to change the person, they could leave within a week.
However, the lawyer's opinion is that these workers are very responsible. In the past, the salary given to them by the old couple was a reward of seventy dollars per month for a strong laborer, and the woman who helped the servants was thirty dollars per month. In addition, it was provided with free accommodation, nothing else
Although such wages are not very low, fortunately, these workers have no contact with the Labor Federation, and they can accept the ten hours of working hours every day. Such workers will not have too much trouble if they use them easily.
The lawyer gave a comprehensive introduction and the advice he gave was also feasible. However, he did not do it just for professional ethics. Instead, he hoped that Li Zaian could continue to hire him. In his own words, he was an experienced lawyer who was responsible for resolving various legal disputes for planters.
The most important thing is that his fees are not high, only two thousand dollars a month is enough
Thinking that the plantation really needs a lawyer's help in the future, Li Zaian continued to hire him happily and increased his attorney fee from 2,000 per month to 2,000 per month, and paid him one year's salary in one lump sum.
The lawyer was very satisfied with this result. He then suggested to Li Zaian that as the owner of the new plantation, he could wait until the coffee beans were harvested in August before handling the land transfer.
In this case, he, a lawyer, only needs to use some means to avoid tax payments in this season's coffee harvest
In addition, he also suggested that Li Zaian should not pay in US dollars when paying his husband's salary in the future, but pay in equivalent real currency. In this way, considering the continuous depreciation of real real currency, it is equivalent to saving expenses in labor wages.
Li Zaian nodded to accept these suggestions from the lawyer. As for whether he would do what he said, he could look back and consider it again.
After getting the coveted contract renewal, his monthly salary increased by $500. The satisfied lawyer quickly said goodbye and left. He would be responsible for handling the procedures for the transfer of the plantation within three days. As for the Fraser sisters, they were able to move in that day. There was nothing in the two villas in the plantation and nothing was missing.
The two villas in the plantation are also located near the river embankment and are built side by side. They adopt the ancient Roman architectural style, one building with two floors and one building with three floors. Although the scale is not large, it is very distinctive.
The former owner obviously renovated a section of the river embankment near the villa. A trapezoidal platform of about 300 square meters was opened on the inclined dam, with a steel and concrete structure, and a thick layer of fine sand was laid on it. It was probably a place for sunbathing.
From the river bank, there is an oval swimming pool. The water of the pool is the filtered river water, very clear
There is a circle of nearly two meters high walls made of granite around the two villas. The anti-theft power grid is pulled on the wall, and there is a warning sign on the arc-shaped wall almost every five meters.
The security conditions in Sao Paulo obviously make people feel insecure. Although Domondot is far away from the city, it is not optimistic, not to mention that it is a plantation. The first thing ordinary planters need to be careful of is the workers. The security measures in their villas are basically perfect.
Just like the Clata Manor, the main entrances of the two villas are made of steel protective doors equipped with six air valve brake bolts. In this way, there is also an isolation net with a roller shutter door-style design in the protective door.
Outside every window upstairs and downstairs, there are window guards that can be placed with the main button. Once this thing is put down, it is unlikely to open it outside, unless it is fried.
The master bedroom on the second floor of the villa is probably the last self-defense line arranged by the former park owner. The bedroom door looks like a vault security door. Not only that, the large antique wooden bed in the bedroom can still be moved. There is a hidden lattice embedded in the base plate under the bed, which contains several double-barrel hunting rifles and more than a dozen boxes of bullets.
In fact, in Li Zaian's opinion, no matter how tight the protection is, it may not necessarily play any role. After all, these things are just for peace of mind. If the hundreds of workers living on the river bank are forced to have no way to survive and sacrifice their lives to cause trouble, these so-called protective measures will not be used.
The key point is that this society is no longer before World War II. No matter what the social security is like, there are still very few people who dare to openly jump out and smash and loot.
No matter what the law is essentially protecting the interests of the people, after all, most people in the lower class who are suffering will still choose to abide by it.
Standing in front of the sunny floor-to-ceiling window of the master bedroom, through the lush large coffee trees, you can clearly see the house where workers live. It is actually an absolute compliment. To be honest, those houses are not even considered sheds. They are just made of branches and wood to make a frame, and then a layer of mud on the batter outside.
When the weather is clear, everything is easy to say. Once it rains, especially when it rains heavily, these mud-stuffed houses often have the only fate of collapse.
Fortunately, these workers have no property at home, and they can be rebuilt after a day of collapse. If the roof is leaked, it will be pasted with some mud.
In fact, the workers living in these broken sheds are not unable to build stronger houses. They are mainly not allowed to do that in the plantations. They are just laborers and are outsiders in this private land.
According to the lawyer before, once they build a solid house here, it will not be easy to demolish it in the future. The worst thing is that as long as a house similar to a slum is built here, those homeless vagabonds will quickly come over and build the broken house like a square. It won’t take long to make a brand new slum shape.
Therefore, in order to prevent their private property from becoming slums, the lawyer’s warning is that once someone finds that he has built a concrete building, he must immediately demolish it for mandatory time.
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