In the old king's office, Li Daniu sat in an office chair that looked a little old, looking at the information provided by Burns.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, after the information we have collected in the past few days, the choices we have are actually close to zero."
"No, I remember that there are quite a few countries that sell islands."
Li Daniu did not doubt Burns's professional ethics, although the contact was only a few days, but Burns's work attitude is indeed very serious and responsible on the surface.
"You're right, there are indeed many countries that buy islands, such as Australia, which is relatively close to us, Greece, which is in an economic crisis, and even a superpower like the United States, which also has islands for sale."
Burns explained: "But this kind of sale of theirs is a sale of the state to a private person, whether it is an individual or a business, you can buy the islands from their hands, but this kind of purchase is under the premise of retaining sovereignty, just like buying a house, although you have the right to use or even the right to renovate, but the land where the house is located, in essence, still belongs to the state." ” "You mean, there is no state-to-state sale" Li Daniu frowned, it was much more troublesome than he thought.
"Strictly speaking, in the most recent state-to-state territorial deal, only Russia sold Alaska to the United States."
In this world, Russia sold Alaska, which is equivalent to one-fifth of the current territory of the United States, for $7.2 million, but that happened in 1867.
"Therefore, in the last 100 years or so, there has never been a case in which a country has sold its territory, along with its sovereignty, to another country."
Li Daniu is really worried now, he originally thought that the problem could be solved as long as he made money, but now he found that it was so difficult.
Before the crossing, Li Daniu often saw similar news of selling islands, such as Greece, which sold a number of small islands because of the debt crisis.
Although it is a small island, there is no shortage of millions of square meters in area, and the highest price does not exceed two million euros.
At this price, Li Daniu's $200 million will definitely be able to buy a larger area than Tuvalu's current land area.
One square kilometer is equal to one million square meters, and Tuvalu is only more than 20 square kilometers in total, which is only tens of millions of euros.
And it is not much news that private people buy islands, and there are many local tyrants in the original Great Celestial Empire who are Australian island owners.
But now it seems that Li Daniu's idea is too simple.
Just like Burns said, after these islands are bought, they only have the right to use, not autonomy, and Li Daniu's purpose in buying the islands is to build his new kingdom, the real kingdom, if he can't have the autonomy of the land, then his kingdom, will it still be recognized If the kingdom is not recognized, it is equivalent to a direct death Tuvalu said it would be submerged, but it would have to wait at least 50 years.
If you work hard to relocate the country, but find that you have lost the country directly, then Li Daniu has no place to cry, because the system has said that if Tuvalu dies, then the system will have to withdraw, and even before withdrawing, take away Li Daniu's life by the way.
"Of course, just because it didn't happen doesn't mean it won't happen."
Looking at Li Daniu with a sad face, Burns continued: "If you haven't worked hard, who knows if you can succeed?"
For Burns, if he can buy a place with a better living environment, then his value can be reflected, and he will not be like now, he can't develop anything, and can only cry poverty and seek assistance from the international community every day.
"Well said."
Li Daniu praised Burns's chicken soup for the soul.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, on the information you have read, we have marked some islands that are suitable for us, as long as you have confirmed, I will start to negotiate with the countries to which those islands belong, whether it is successful or not, I will only know after working hard."
Li Daniu had already finished reading the information, all of which were islands, and Burns had also communicated with him before.
Tuvalu has lived by the sea for generations, and although there is also farming, it is all tropical plants such as coconuts and bananas, and the main source of livelihood is still fishing.
This has created a situation where the vast majority of people in Tuvalu cannot survive without the sea.
And before Li Daniu said that he wanted to raise all Tuvaluans, but at present, Li Daniu does not have this ability.
So, Burns and other senior Tuvalu officials suggested that the first target was the islands.
"This Auckland Islands looks good."
Li Daniu actually doesn't care about his kingdom, whether it is on the mainland or on the island, he has only one request, not to lose the country.
"Yes, for now, the most suitable should be this Auckland Islands."
Burns was already familiar with the information on the islands he had provided.
"Auckland is located more than 400 kilometres off the southwest coast of New Zealand and has a temperate maritime climate, which is perfect for our survival."
"It covers an area of more than 600 square kilometres, has abundant rainfall, has a fresh water source, is a designated sanctuary for flora and fauna, and the surrounding waters have much stronger fishery resources than we do in Tuvalu."
"Such a good place, why is it uninhabited" Li Daniu was a little curious, whether it was in the information or pictures, it can be seen that this island is very suitable for human habitation, and the scenery is beautiful.
"Because there are so many reefs around it, and the terrain along the coast is very complicated, it is very easy to cause ship destruction and death.
Previously, a social reformer in Britain had led a group of people to move to it, but only for two years.
The observatory that New Zealand once set up on it was completely closed 60 years ago. ” Although Li Daniu has read this information, he has two completely different feelings from reading it casually by himself and listening to Burns's dictation.
He only wondered now that Burns was going to start praising himself.
"In that case, why is it suitable for us?"
"First of all, the group of people who immigrated before were part of the social group and did not have the ability to form a complete small society.
In addition, the level of social development at that time was limited and there was not enough material support, so they were doomed.
We are different, we are small in Tuvalu, but we have a complete society, and in the current era, the level of materials is abundant, and we can get enough support. ” "Secondly, although the terrain near the Auckland Islands is very poor and prone to shipwrecks, the current level of technology can completely prevent this from happening.
All we need is one route, and that's all we need. ” "In the end, New Zealand doesn't need this land at all, and they don't have to spend a lot of energy and money on this land every year to maintain this natural heritage, and they don't get anything in return.
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Thirty years ago, senior New Zealand officials suggested selling the island to private development. ” After listening to Burns's explanation, Li Daniu also probably understood that for this island, New Zealand was unable to develop it before, and now there is no need to develop it.
"So, what is your estimate of this island?"
Burns was in high spirits as he said just now, and when he heard Li Daniu asking for the price, he immediately became sad.
"The price of the islands is impossible to predict now, because this is a seller's market, but at the current international price of the islands, the price of the Auckland Islands should be about 200 million US dollars.
But the cost of the later stage is huge.
There is currently only one Auckland airport in the Auckland Islands, and there is no other infrastructure.
It would cost at least $300 million to build infrastructure that could feed 11,000,000 Tuvaluans, because we had to start from scratch. ” "300 million or US dollars" Li Daniu was completely stunned by this budget, and this is still a basic living facility, if you want to develop, you can't just rely on basic living facilities.
Upgrade it again, and how much does it cost Li Daniu really wants to take out 300 million US dollars and smash it in Burns's face, so that he can give it to Tuvalu, a 10,000-person citizen, so that one person can still get nearly 30,000 US dollars.
"Yes, because all the building materials have to be imported, and we don't have much of what we have in Tuvalu that we can move there.
However, in the later stage, our investment can be reduced, because the resources of the Auckland Islands are still relatively abundant, we can develop industry, and many things can be self-sufficient, and we no longer need to rely on imports. ” Burns' addition made Li Daniu's mood a little better, after all, judging from the current situation in Tuvalu, if he does not relocate, according to the original way of life, everything depends on imports, how long can 300 million US dollars last Because of the rise in sea level, Tuvalu will be submerged by a third of the big waves, so in recent years, Tuvalu's output has become less and less, and the economic deficit has become higher and higher, always exceeding its means.
Coupled with the poor medical care, the average life expectancy is only 40 years, and perhaps before the entire country is submerged, all the people of Tuvalu will leave.
No matter how much you love this land, how many people can hold on in the face of illness and death "$300 million is no problem, even if $200 million is not enough to buy the islands, it's no problem.
I need you to get these things done as soon as possible, and all I can provide for you is funding.
"Li Da Niu is not bragging, because buying such a big island and having autonomy is definitely not something that can be done in three or five months, and Li Da Niu has a chance to cross once a month, maybe one time, he can get a big back.
And Li Daniu, who has already decided to work part-time as a copyist, believes that as long as the works are well chosen, there is no problem in earning hundreds of millions of dollars a year by publishing, you know, the world's top 50 publishing companies, the annual sales can exceed 60 billion euros.
What kind of concept is this, if you remove some writers who don't have copyrights, such as textbooks, then the remaining writers with copyrights will at least score billions.
And for Li Daniu, taking the classics of another world to grab these billions of euros, not to mention all, hundreds of millions can still be grabbed.
Therefore, Li Daniu is full of confidence.
"Your Royal Highness, if you have any treasures like that necklace, I don't recommend that you take them out, because it is likely to bring us ruin."
Burns said cautiously.
"I know what you mean, but I really don't."
Li Da Niu also has no choice, take out that necklace and sell it, you have no money these days, who will mess with you But on the premise of not having the ability to protect yourself, and then take out something similar, that is to find excitement, the world doesn't know how many outlaws, you only have one, and if you shoot quickly, there is no problem.
But if you take it out one after another, aren't you waiting to be robbed?
"Then you" Burns was very curious, how could he get so much money if there were no treasures "Oh, I decided to write a few books first."
Li Daniu said unashamedly.
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