The rancher's house is at the mouth of a small valley, and a mountain stream flows beside the house.
Americans pay great attention to the living environment. It should be said that rich people...the places they live in are usually not too bad.
There is a small artificially dug lake next to the rancher's house. The water is clear and transparent, with green water plants and colorful stones. Occasionally, big fish jump out of the water...
Opposite the lake is a planting area, where various pastures and cereals are planted and mixed to make feed for fattening cattle. It covers an area of 300 hectares and is a fertile land with no end in sight.
300 hectares, 4500 acres.
Qingshui Village, where Chen Mo's hometown is located, is not that big in total.
The forage and grains produced are sold outside the farm if they are not used up by their own pastures.
The house is an old-fashioned single-story house with an area of about 160 square meters and a traditional wooden structure. The entrance is a large living room, kitchen, and dining room. The master bedroom is close to the lake, and you can see the sunrise while lying on the bed...
Chen Mo went home, took a shower, changed his clothes, and went into the forest to look for ginseng.
The forest is mainly dominated by fir trees. Former ranchers planted Changbai Mountain ginseng and American ginseng.
Changbaishan ginseng and American ginseng are both Araliaceae plants, but their clinical functions and applicable groups are completely different and cannot be replaced by each other.
Changbai Mountain ginseng can replenish vitality, rejuvenate the pulse, strengthen the spleen and lungs, promote fluid production, and soothe the mind. It can be used as a first-aid and life-saving drug, but there are many clinical contraindications. It is best to take it under the guidance of a doctor, or eat less, twice a day.
Three grams is like this. If you eat too much Changbai Mountain ginseng, you will easily get angry...
American ginseng is a mild ginseng, so it is suitable for regular consumption and will not cause internal heat. For daily consumption, it is recommended to eat American ginseng, soak it in water and drink it in the morning and evening, or stew it in soup. It is very good for digestion.
Ginseng is most suitable for growing in places with a huge temperature difference between winter and summer. The average temperature in January is -23.5C in winter and the average temperature in July is 20-26C. It has strong cold tolerance, even minus 40C. Ginseng loves water, and the annual rainfall can reach 500-500C.
1000 mm, with a snow cover of 20-44 cm is optimal. Ginseng also likes a cool and humid climate, likes oblique and diffuse light, and avoids strong light and high temperatures. The soil requires good drainage, looseness, and an acidic soil pH of 5.5-6.2
soil.
The mountain forests of Snow Mountain Ranch are very suitable for growing high-quality ginseng. This is why the previous owner of Snow Mountain Ranch chose to grow ginseng here...
Of the 1,000 hectares of mountain forest, less than 100 acres of Changbai Mountain ginseng varieties are planted. The rest are planted with American ginseng...
The planting density of ginseng is quite high. It cost nearly 1 million US dollars to plant these ginseng. Without looking too carefully when entering the forest, Chen Mo saw more than a dozen ginseng... According to the markings on the map, American ginseng was planted in the mountain area.
, there were 8-year-old ginseng near the pasture area, Chen Mo carefully dug out three...
American ginseng, like Changbai Mountain ginseng, becomes more valuable as it gets older. Understory ginseng grown in the forest to imitate wild ginseng can be sold in basically five years. Last year, a businessman came to negotiate for the purchase of wet ginseng, priced at US$30 per kilogram.
I didn't sell it. I wanted to keep it until the 10-year period expired and then harvest it in batches and sell it at a high price... In the entire snow mountain ranch, the most valuable thing is ginseng. Otherwise, this shabby land would not be worth eight million US dollars.
Carefully digging out three huge American ginseng, Chen Mo knew he had found a treasure.
The planting density of ginseng in the mountain forest is very high, but many ginseng die during the growth process. In some places, you can find several ginseng per square meter, and in some places, you can’t find even one in an area of tens of square meters...
A total of 5 million ginseng seeds were planted at the beginning. Not to mention 1 million ginseng plants survived, but at least 100,000 ginseng plants should have survived.
Chen Mo only dug out three ginseng. The largest one should weigh more than 1 kilogram. The other two seemed to be malnourished, and the weight of the two ginseng was less than half of one...
1 kilogram of wet ginseng weighs 250 grams after drying, which is already very large for forest ginseng.
Go home, clean it up, put it in your pocket, and drive to Canlby and head to Billings together.
This time Chen Mo sat in the boss's seat and asked Canelby to drive. He called Bai Xiaoou out of boredom: "Hey, are you busy?"
"No. You and Lao Zhang were playing in the car dealership. Have you settled down at the ranch?"
"About that. The machinery warehouse at Snow Mountain Ranch has been emptied, leaving only two tractors. I need to purchase a lot of machinery and equipment. Do you know anyone who deals in second-hand agricultural machinery?"
"Of course. If you want anything, send me the list and I'll guarantee you a low price."
"I'm on my way to Billings. I just dug some ginseng in the mountains and brought them to you." Chen Mo lit a cigarette: "Snow Mountain Ranch is really a scam. If it weren't for the ginseng in the mountain forest, I would have
Why should I cry..."
Bai Xiaoou chuckled: "Don't get it cheap and be good, you just picked up a treasure. If you don't get so crazy and start a trade war, don't even think about buying the snow mountain ranch. Under normal circumstances, the snow mountain
The ginseng from the ranch alone is worth millions.”
Chen Mo also laughed.
He plans to transplant some ginseng to the cave sky space in a while. The time flow rate in the cave sky space is that one year outside is ten years in the space... If a large number of ginseng can be transplanted and cultivated, it will be difficult not to make a fortune.
"By the way, I went into the forest and took a look around. There are a lot of ginseng. But how to sell it..."
"Why are you anxious? The previous owner of Snow Mountain Ranch had problems with his family business and had to sell the ranch, and you are not short of money. The Sino-US trade dispute cannot last forever. In one or two years, it will be the 10-year period of ginseng. 10
Ginseng that is 20 years old can be called wild ginseng. Compared with 9-year-old understory ginseng, it is normal for the price to double. Don’t worry... you have good things in hand but are you worried about selling them? Let the news go out and find the purchaser yourself.
Coming to the door."
It was past one o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in Billings. Bai Xiaoou and Zhang Kun were waiting for him at the car dealership, and they went to a restaurant outside for a meal together...
Bai Xiaoou looked at the purchase list: "There are so many things to purchase. All the second-hand equipment costs more than 300,000 yuan. Why is there still an F450?"
"A vehicle used for transportation, pulling cattle, and transporting forage." Chen Mo said.
"I'm dizzy. What did you think? Is it too extravagant?"
Canlby, who was next to him, looked embarrassed: "It was my suggestion... Mr. Chen Mo originally planned to use the F150. The traction force of the 150 was slightly insufficient, so I said 450."
"Is that so..." Bai Xiaoou shook his head: "It is used as a tractor anyway, why not buy an F650 or a special truck head."
"Isn't f650 more expensive..."
"I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about the Ford F series. The 650 is a truck in North America. The original 650 looks like this..." Bai Xiaoou clicked on his phone to search for a picture and gave it to Chen Mo, and then said: "The original 650 is a truck, a new car.
The price is less than 60,000 US dollars. It can be converted into a luxury pickup truck or a super SUV. If it is used to haul goods, it can be directly equipped with a large plug-in compartment... I know where there is a second-hand f650 for sale, and there are two plug-in boxes, one
It is used to transport cattle and sheep. It has a special compartment for pulling cargo, and the total package is US$60,000, which is more cost-effective than buying an F450."
The f650 is a truck...a truck!
After leaving the restaurant, the group walked along Highway 94 to Forsyth, 150 kilometers away. There are dealers here that specialize in Ford cars and also sell Ford brand cars.
An F650 is placed in the most eye-catching position, just like a truck tractor. Unlike the F650 seen in China, which is a pickup truck or a luxury SUV.
The car has two matching carriages. The carriage that transports cattle and sheep can transport more than twenty cattle at a time. The external carriage is super long. The other carriage is used to pull goods. The standard planting weight is 9.5 tons. I think it is not overweight by more than ten tons.
What a problem.
The car plus cabin costs US$60,000. The cabin is not standard configuration and cannot be used on highways. It is a self-contained configuration for large farms and cannot even travel on numbered interstate highways.
Bai Xiaoou helped negotiate the price and bought it for US$59,000.
The purchasing power of the U.S. dollar is indeed strong. Although the F650 is a second-hand car with less than 50,000 miles on it, the total cost with the two plug-in compartments is less than 60,000, which is almost 400,000 yuan. If you are in China, you can buy a Raptor for 400,000 yuan.
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Next, I will buy a high-horsepower tractor, a combine harvester, two forage harvesters, two forage bundlers, and a forklift... all of which are second-hand, third-hand, or even fourth-hand mechanical equipment. The total cost
$340,000...
I only have 360,000 dollars left in my pocket, and I still have to buy cattle and sheep, and set aside money to pay the workers' wages... It's only been a few days since I became rich overnight, and I'm poor again before I can enjoy the life of a rich person. Chen Mo feels