Chapter 318: Dutton Farm (Seeking Monthly Votes, Recommendations, Monthly Votes) 4800 Words, Please Vote by the End of the Month

It turns out that the mutual aid society is indeed mysterious enough. →In the following months, Kai used a lot of connections, but both the military and the FBI were confused about the mutual aid society. After all, Kai could provide too little information. More importantly, the mutual aid society rarely held public activities, and they chose their targets too randomly. Even the police could hardly find cases related to the mutual aid society from the thousands of homicides in the United States.

Of course, this is a later story. Now, Kai has other things to worry about. He has to go to an appointment.

A date with a top local tycoon.

The patriarch of the Dutton family - John Dutton.

John Dutton is a giant among American farmers and owns the largest Dutton Farm in the United States. Running a farm and doing it to the level of the Dutton family is the pinnacle. It can even be said that the Dutton family has the pricing power of some agricultural products and livestock in the US market. If something happens to the Dutton family, even the entire international market will be slightly shaken.

After the assassination, apart from causing trouble for Thomas, the rest of the old Dutton was to donate to the town of Guardian. Before, they only donated money to the police station and the farmers who were damaged. This time, it was more direct. All those who were injured and sacrificed because of this incident received a considerable donation from the Dutton Family Foundation.

As the head of the police station, Kai could not pretend that he didn't know about the matter. So after dealing with some trivial matters, Kai finally set a time to meet the big boss who was very important in the whole state of Minnesota.

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The Dutton Manor is more than 100 kilometers west of Windham City. It was the first farm established by the Dutton family when they first settled in Minnesota. It is also the most beautiful farm in Minnesota and even in the United States. There is a big lake to the west of the farm, and snow-capped mountains to the north. Between the snow-capped mountains and the lake is an endless grassland. Every winter, a large number of livestock are driven here to spend the winter.

The ancestral house of the Dutton family is here. It is a building standing on the hillside with a history of hundreds of years. Especially because this lighthouse with Gothic as the center reminds many people of the Renaissance, there are many facilities inside the building, such as heated floors, fireplaces (including bathrooms), wine cellars and indoor swimming pools. This house also has a huge 15-acre landscape garden, 130 rooms, at least two or three private cinemas, bowling alleys and a very beautiful outdoor swimming pool.

At the foot of the mountain in front of the house, there is a huge racecourse. This is the favorite place of old Dutton. When he is not patrolling the farm, he will ride his horse and run a few laps on this racecourse every day. But today, it is not old Dutton and his favorite black horse Ada who are galloping on the racecourse, but a young man and woman riding a strong yellow horse and galloping on the racecourse. Between the galloping of the horses, the girl's lovely laughter makes this winter pasture covered in silver become particularly lively.

After running a few laps, the horse stopped at the entrance of the racecourse. A sturdy cowboy with a black beard came forward and pulled the reins of the horse, making the horse stand still so that the man and woman on the horse could get off.

The man on the horse gave the cowboy a thankful smile, and then turned over and got off the horse very neatly. After getting off the horse, the man stretched out his monkey arms and gently hugged the girl off the horse.

"I didn't expect you to be so good at riding a horse. Have you been a cowboy before?" At this time, Beth Dutton, who had been standing outside the fence and watching, came in and handed a can of hot coffee to the girl who was blushing with excitement or cold.

"No, I just learned for a while." The man said with a smile.

The girl took the hot coffee from Beth very politely. Then she asked the man with a little expectation and a little embarrassment: "Kai, can you bring me here in the future? This is the first time I know that riding a horse is so fun!"

Yes, this man is Kai. He was originally invited to visit the Dutton Manor, but unfortunately, the governor came to visit the old Dutton today. There was no way, so the old Dutton had to let his daughter come out to greet Kai.

Kai looked at Susie helplessly. He was not talking to Kelly about this girl, but Susie!

he...tui! Despicable!

But the truth was not like that. Originally, Kai came to visit the Dutton Manor this time, bringing Portman and Meatball, and did not plan to bring anyone else. Kelly did plan to come with him, but the problem was that her mother had already prepared a Christmas trip. They were going to spend Christmas in warm California. This was Kelly's eighteenth Christmas, and Sandra had already planned to give her daughter a unique Christmas gift.

Kelly originally did not plan to leave Kai. The girl was in the heat of love and wanted to hang on Kai. In the end, it was Kai who persuaded Kelly to agree. First of all, eighteen years old is very important for a girl, and more important for the girl's parents, because that means the child will leave them. So Kai felt that Kelly should not reject Sandra's kindness.

Secondly, it was Kai's problem. It was the first time he fell in love with such a young girl. She was only eighteen years old. Kai joined the army before going to college in his previous life, so his first love came very late. He had no experience. The little girl was too clingy. Kai was the kind of person who liked to have his own time. He was not used to someone following him all the time. He preferred a relationship where both parties had their own private space.

But Kai didn't know how to explain to such a girl. So he simply let Sandra take her out for Christmas, and he could relax for a while.

But unexpectedly, Susie came to Kelly right after she left.

She didn't want to spend Christmas alone.

This reason was so strong that Kai couldn't refuse the pitiful Susie. Indeed, such a child actually spent Christmas alone. Kai didn't have any feelings about Christmas, but he also knew that foreigners valued Christmas, and that feeling was the same as the Spring Festival in China.

Just think about it, spending the Spring Festival alone... how miserable it would be.

At the same time, Kai also felt that Susie's mother was really a bastard!

He didn't know that Susie's mother, who was far away in Minneapolis, was also very aggrieved at this time. Although she was not very responsible, she would still spend Christmas with her daughter every year. The madam also has a holiday, right!

But this year, Susie didn't know what was wrong, and insisted on going on a Christmas trip with her classmates... not spending Christmas with her mother.

Susie's mother just felt that Christmas night was really lonely and cold.

As for what Susie thought...

The plan worked!

Ah, this damn IQ!

In order to win back Kai, Susie tried her best to find all kinds of loopholes in Kelly. She didn't expect that Kelly would go traveling during Christmas. This was simply... a godsend!

Kai could only look at Beth for Susie's request. Although he was rich, it was a joke for him to have tens of millions of assets to run a farm like Dutton Manor! Let alone the horse Kai just rode. It was a quarter horse. Quarter horses are one of the most popular horse breeds in the United States. They are one of the ten fastest animals on land. They are often used to participate in cowboy competitions and are known for their competitive nature. They are also often used in professional horse riding and other competitions.

The horse Kai rode was of pure bloodline. Tracing back to the bloodline, it was a champion horse for several generations! This also means that it is worth up to seven figures! This is just the net worth, and the daily maintenance and trainer fees are also sky-high. Kai can't afford it at all!

Horse riding has always been an activity that only rich people can play. In modern society, it is even more exaggerated. Except for the local tyrants, ordinary people can't play it at all. Take the Dutton family's horse farm for example. They have more than 30 horse farms and more than 2,000 horses, most of which are famous stallions, and one-tenth of them are purebreds and Arabian horses with excellent pedigrees. These horses cost tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars to breed once!

From this, we can see how rich the Dutton family is. Apart from anything else, the market price of these horses alone is astronomical.

"Of course! As long as you want to come, you are welcome at any time! But... these beasts are not so easy to control." The horse that was originally led by the bearded cowboy suddenly took a step forward and approached the crowd. Then Beth suddenly took a few steps back as if she was stared at by a beast. It seems that she is very afraid of horses.

Beth's personality is very similar to that of the old Dutton. She pays attention to her family, is tough, cunning, never gives up, and does whatever it takes to achieve her goals. It can even be said that she is carved from the same mold as the old Dutton. The old Dutton values ​​this daughter very much. He even believes that when the crisis comes, the person who can truly protect this family must be Beth.

Unfortunately, she was afraid of riding horses. She had no idea how to control animals that were taller than herself.

Coupled with some other things, Beth was extremely resistant to ranching, so she went to the city to run her own business.

Although I didn't understand why Beth was born in such a family and was afraid of horses. But adhering to personal privacy, Kay and Susie didn't ask.

"Well, my father's meeting with the governor is about to end. If you want to meet the governor, I can take you there now." Beth obviously didn't intend to talk about that topic, and she quickly turned the topic to the next meeting. Obviously, the Dutton family was very grateful for Kay's two helps, and even took out their own connections to introduce to Kay.

Connections are much more valuable than real money and silver. Don't say that the United States is not a society of human relations. In fact, where is there a place without human relations? The upper class circle in the United States is a circle that needs human relations. Those who dream of breaking into the upper class with real talents and knowledge cannot be said to be absent, but they are very rare!

I have seen a joke before, saying that America is so good, and no one cares how much money you have, as if the American dream is real. Americans rarely ask others how much money they have, but they prefer to ask others which school they graduated from. The best way for Americans to distinguish classes is to see which university you go to, and those top universities are the stepping stones to enter the upper class. This is also a circle! And it is more exclusive than many people imagine.

If you don’t believe it, you can look at those political and business celebrities in the United States, all of whom graduated from top prestigious universities.

So connections are very important in the United States, even more important than other places.

Here we can also see the sincerity of the Dutton family.

"Forget it, I'm not used to contacting politicians." The Dutton family is willing to let Kai accept the governor. In addition to showing sincerity, there are other ideas, such as pulling Kai into the Dutton family system. As long as the old Dutton introduces him to the governor, it is basically equivalent to telling others that this person is from our Dutton family.

For others, this may not be a big deal. A sheriff can open up connections with the Dutton family, and he is a winner no matter how you think about it. But Kai is different. First of all, he really doesn't like politicians. Secondly, he had no intention of helping the Dutton family.

Ness was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's okay. I'll let Rip take you around. This place is a bit big, and you'll get lost if you're not careful."

Beth said sorry and walked towards the big house. Today, Old Dutton wanted to introduce all the family connections to Beth and let Beth run for state legislator. If Beth didn't want to take over the farm, she would go to politics and continue to contribute to the family there.

This was the first time Susie heard that you could get lost if you wandered around someone else's house...

"Let's go, the Dutton Manor is very beautiful in winter. It's definitely not to be missed." The cowboy named Rip pulled out a horse and took them around the farm.

Rip is the cowboy leader and the branded person of the Dutton family. As mentioned before, the Dutton family has never been a good family. Their core cowboys are all people who have made mistakes and are homeless. They follow the ancient tradition and are branded by the Dutton family.

The Dutton Farm is the home of branded people, and they are never allowed to be bullied in this family!

This is the slogan of the Dutton family, and it is also because of this that many outlaws and marginalized people in society will join the ranks of cowboys of the Dutton family. Don't think that the cowboys of the Dutton family are the same as ordinary cowboys. In addition to doing the work of ordinary cowboys, they also do a lot of dirty work that cannot be seen by others.

And Rip is the manager and leader of these cowboys.

Rip was once a juvenile delinquent. He had no family. He was taken back to the Dutton farm by old Dutton very early and taught carefully. He is a perfect cowboy. Whether it is managing the entire farm, managing people, or even those shameful jobs, he can complete them perfectly. Even many times, he represents the will of old Dutton.

These materials were collected by Kai before.

To be honest, Kai doesn't like the style of the Dutton family very much. They do things not only by uncompromising means, but also simple, rough and unscrupulous! Take the autopsy report for example. In order to destroy this autopsy report, old Dutton directly sent Rip to burn the morgue of the entire Wyndham City Criminal Identification Center. When burning the morgue, they also left the coroner who was knocked unconscious in the morgue. If it weren't for the good luck of the coroner, he would have been burned to death.

This kind of people in China are typical evil forces! Moreover, there is collusion between officials and businessmen, and money-for-power transactions. They are definitely the focus of the crackdown.

But no matter what, this is the United States. The existence of such people is in line with the rules of the game in the United States. Even if they need to be cracked down, it is the business of the US government. Kai does not need to do anything extra for the US government.

But Kai wants Kai to get close to this family, and Kai asks himself that he can't do it. If the Dutton family didn't give money easily and it was considered a good deed, Kai would not be interested in visiting.

After a round with Rip, the time for the appointment has come.

Old Dutton is an old man who looks serious. Although he is called an old man, he actually looks very young and very imposing. At first glance, he is the kind of person who is decisive and gives people a great sense of oppression. Susie, a girl who jumps out of her mind, also unconsciously keeps silent when she sees this old man.

Old Dutton is not a versatile character. On the contrary, his principle of doing things is to be tough, just like a cowboy, and he likes to do things with a cowboy's mindset. Just like many things he has done, if you can't solve the trouble, then solve the person who creates the trouble.

There was nothing much to say in his conversation with Kai. He expressed his gratitude, but Kai just said that it was what he should do. Then, out of courtesy, Old Dutton introduced his children to him.

Beth did not need to be introduced.

The focus was on his two sons, the second son Jamie Dutton and the youngest son Keith Dutton.

Kai had nothing in common with Jamie. He was a lawyer, and perhaps because his father was too strong, this Jamie always gave people a feeling of being shady. (In our local dialect, this person is not manly, does things unpleasantly, and always likes to be frivolous)

On the contrary, Keith gave Kai a good feeling. He was not the kind of dude who always caused trouble as Kai imagined. On the contrary, he was very much to Kai's taste, and he was also born in the military. He had served in the Navy Special Forces before, that is, the famous Navy SEALs.

But this Keith was similar to Kai, neither of them was a good talker.

Although Kai refused Old Dutton's recruitment, the overall atmosphere was still good. At least Kai liked their Mexican food very much.

But at this moment, there was a sudden barking sound from outside.

Old Dutton frowned, very dissatisfied with the noise outside. Although Kai's status was not very high, he had done a favor to the Dutton family, so he was still a distinguished guest of the Dutton family. This situation was not in line with the rules of the Dutton family.

But soon, Old Dutton had no time to care about this.

Because just now, his grandson disappeared!