At the end of their strange and silent taxi ride, Luck and Ena arrived at the farmland and after giving the taxi driver extra money to wait for them, Luck and Ena got out of the taxi and began to examine the farmland.
Looking at Luck, who was examining the farmland with no plants growing on it, Ena eagerly began to explain.
"Mr. Luck, this is the land, it's 20 acres and it's suitable for agriculture!"
Luck looked around skeptically and asked.
"Suitable for agriculture? I don't see a single blade of grass growing on this land?"
"That's because the landowner didn't plant any seeds on the land after using the anti-radiation solution, if the seeds are planted, you can grow plants on this land."
When Luck continued to look at her suspiciously, Ena said confidently, "I swear to you that the reason why there are no plants on the land is as I said, you can go and ask the other landowners!"
Looking at Ena's confident expression, Luck decided to put his doubt aside for a while.
Looking around with his eyes, Luck said "there are no stony or rocky areas in any part of this land that would prevent agriculture, right?"
"No, Mr. Luck, the whole land has been made suitable for agriculture, there are no stones or rocks to prevent you from farming."
"And how is this land irrigated?"
Ena smiled at the question she had been waiting for.
"This land has its own water well, Mr. Luck, you can irrigate the land with water from the well."
Luck was pleasantly surprised as he had not expected there to be a water well on the land.
"Is the water well licensed? I don't want to rent land with an illegal well."
Since the time when the groundwater had been dramatically depleted due to unwise drilling of water wells, those who drilled and used illegal wells were severely punished.
"Hahaha, rest assured Mr. Luck, the well is licensed and the water is clean! It's almost safe to use even without radiation treatment!"
Luck opened his eyes in shock and shouted in disbelief.
"There is a water well here that clean?"
Ena, enjoying Luck's state of shock, said, "Yes, the water in the well here is really clean..."
Luck interrupted Ena "Then how come this land is so cheap?"
Ena scratched her head in embarrassment "Hehe, it's clean in terms of radiation, but chemically it's a bit polluted...toxic liquids from an old gold factory still contaminate the groundwater around here...but don't worry, the water is usable for agriculture after treatment."
Luck sighed with regret as he realized the situation at the water well.
"What a pity, what a waste of a radiation-clean water source..."
Luck was right to sigh, after the nuclear war there was almost nothing left unaffected by radiation because of the nuclear pollution that affected the whole world, and no matter how much people learned to cope with the effects of radiation, they still felt the bad effects of radiation.
In the radiation-free world before the nuclear war, people's lifespan was getting longer and longer, but after the nuclear war, the situation was reversed! Humanity, which used to live to be 100 years old, was now barely 60 years old.
Ena nodded in agreement with Luck.
"Yes...this water source would be priceless if it wasn't chemically contaminated."
Luck shrugged "Anyway if it was I wouldn't be able to rent this place would I?"
"Hahaha you're right, they say one man's bad luck is another man's good luck."
Luck liked the farmland.
"One million dollars a month, right?"
"Yes Mr. Luck, if you want to rent it we can go to my office together and sign a contract."
"All right then, let's go."
....
On the plane back to Istanbul, Luck was thinking about the lease he had signed.
"I will pay 1 million dollars a month for 12 months...even if a seed I plant takes 3 months to mature and become harvestable, I will pay at least 3 million dollars...and if none of the seeds I bring from
Gliese grow on Earth, then my 12 million dollars is wasted!"
Such thoughts ran through Luck's mind after signing the lease.
What if I'm wasting money?
Have I jumped the gun?
12 million dollars is a lot of money!
Pushing all the bad thoughts aside, Luck said, "What's done is done, right? At worst I'll lose 12 million dollars and it won't kill me anyway...I can make it back by selling some gold."
Although Luck consoled himself in this way, in the back of his mind there was still the worry of losing 12 million dollars.
You can't easily change a born miser!
"Now that I have the farmland, all that's left is to get the seeds from Gliese...I wonder what kind of seeds Nikolay will bring me."
...
Gliese
Nikolai listened to the reports from his subordinates while Senna looked boredly out the window next to her sister.
Noticing Senna's boredom, Elsa looked at their father and said, "We can go out hunting if you want, we already have someone to take care of this place."
Nikolai asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Am I the 'someone' who will take care of things here?"
Elsa looked at her father with false innocence.
"Did I say that? But since you are the master of this compound, it makes sense that you should take care of things here... you're right."
Nikolai's mouth twitched.
Damn girl! She always gets me every time!
"I'm keeping you from hunting so you can learn how the settlement works! One day, when I'm dead, you will rule this settlement."
The two girls turned to their father with fiery eyes.
"You are a star warrior with 5 star power! You can live more than 100 years, and if you advance to 6 star power, you can live up to 200 years! We may die before you!"
Stubbornly rejecting the idea that his two daughters would die before him, Nikolai angrily slammed his hand on his desk.
"I don't want to hear such nonsense!"
Would a father be told that his children might die before him?
Pointing his finger at his two daughters, Nikolai said seriously, "You two stop fooling around and concentrate on the business of the compound!"
Senna made a last ditch effort, "Can't we go hunting?"
Elsa nodded and supported her brother "Yes, we can go hunting with Toretto or O'conner!"
"O'conner's child was born so they both have the day off! You know family is everything to Toretto!"
"Then let's go to observe people hunting with firearms?"
"No! Daniel already reports to me about them! You two will take care of the compound!"
When the two girls saw that their father was determined, they sat on either side of him in desperation.
"Here are the matters you will deal with today." Nikolai said as he handed the papers in front of him to his daughters sitting on either side of him.
The two girls looked at the papers in front of them and exclaimed in surprise.
"The sewage problem in the compound!"
"The increase in crime in the compound?"
"Do the guards want a salary increase?"
"Was our food caravan attacked?"
"What! Is disease spreading in the compound!"
The two sisters locked eyes for a moment as they looked at the papers, each one pointing to a problem more shocking and challenging than the other.
Shit!