To be honest, Governor McGowan couldn't quite understand why Hardy wanted to buy so much land.
If someone wanted to mine, the usual procedure was to conduct an exploration first, find a suitable vein, then apply for a mining license. This would grant mining rights to the discovered resource, and even if one wanted to purchase land, they'd usually only buy the area surrounding the mine.
But Hardy, who seemed determined to buy everything regardless of its value, was a first for McGowan.
Even the major American financial groups didn't casually spend billions of dollars on land that might be worthless. If there were no resources below, this investment could end in a total loss.
He could only think that the wealthy truly have deep pockets and no idea where to spend that money.
But in reality, Hardy wasn't just being reckless with his wealth.
You could say he was greedy.
