"This time, the auction has drawn no small crowd," Duterte Rogers said to Sean Knight with increased warmth, in his office, where he was introducing him around. "Some well-known international land merchants have come."
"Why?" Sean Knight was somewhat puzzled. The documents Duterte Rogers had provided him indicated that the total amount of land being sold this time was merely 10,000 hectares—which was a bit more than previously mentioned.
But was that enough to cause such a big stir?
"Because quite a few people have invested in cultivated land in Ukraine, and they've lost everything in this round," Duterte Rogers said with a touch of schadenfreude. "They were all hoping that the war would end quickly, but it has dragged on for two years now. International grain prices are starting to rise..."
Sean Knight nodded slowly.
