Chinese people pay attention to dietary supplements and have their own theory of dietary supplements. In Europe and the United States, many people call Chinese herbal medicine "magic herbs", but not many people believe in this theory.
They prefer to take vitamins and various certified health ‘pills’ directly.
Tang Xia Yipin, the translation into English is a bit tacky, and I don’t know how to translate it, so it is written directly in Chinese, and there is also a ‘restaurant’ labeled in English.
The total investment is 100,000 U.S. dollars, and we will seek a bank loan based on the specific situation...
Chen Mo paid $30,000 for 30% of the shares. The restaurant's ginseng and ecological chicken were purchased from Chen Mo's ranch at the best price.
For example, American ginseng costs US$35 per kilogram, and the minimum age is 8 years. In fact, the difference between American ginseng under the forest for six to seven years is not particularly big.
One kilogram of fresh American ginseng contains about 8 to 12 ginseng. American ginseng under the forest is not very big, except for a few very special circumstances.
Reed chickens and roosters, with a standard weight of 1.3kg or 1.5kg, can be sold at US$30 per kilogram, which is US$17 per kilogram cheaper than the purchase price in Washington State.
Such prices are sky-high even for ecological chickens. The main reason is that there are very few original ecological chickens in the United States. Original ecological chickens can be understood as purebred native chickens, which are chicken breeds with a long history.
Just like the Tempo chicken in the United States, it is a new breed developed in recent years. The breeding company collected more than a dozen black-bone chicken breeds from around the world and bred them. The breed is excellent and easy to raise. Even if it is raised in the countryside, the price will not be high.
Outrageous...
Luhua chicken and Wushan chicken (black-bone chicken) are both native Chinese chicken varieties. In Chen Mo's hometown, native-raised black-bone chickens can be sold for sixty or seventy yuan per kilogram, and one chicken can be sold for eighty or ninety yuan. They are not very necessary.
Take it to the market to sell, and the restaurant people go directly to the countryside to buy it...
The black-bone chicken sold in supermarkets, slaughtered, only costs twenty or thirty yuan per kilogram, which is more than ten yuan per kilogram.
Chen Mo purchased 55 black-bone chickens and 330 reed chickens at Hayden Comprehensive Farm. Chen Mo paid for these by himself, costing a total of more than 20,000 US dollars.
Luhua chicken is about US$47.5 per kilogram, and black-bone chicken is US$35.7 per kilogram, live chicken. But the price sold by Chen Mo is cheaper. There are roosters and hens, and you can breed them yourself after buying them...
In addition, there are space cards, with hundreds of chickens, you may be able to breed thousands of chickens in a month...
Xueshan Ranch has plenty of land, and breeding by itself can control costs. Then it will depend on the sales of 'Tangxia Yipin'.
Renting a large store in a business district, about 257 square meters, the monthly rent is 6,500 U.S. dollars, and the one-time payment for half a year, plus insurance, is about 40,000 U.S. dollars. For decoration, buying kitchenware, etc., 60,000 U.S. dollars is just enough...
…and then you have to take out a loan…
Bai Xiaoou was in charge of the restaurant. Chen Mo stayed in Billings for a few days, registered the restaurant's brand, and prepared to return to Snow Mountain Ranch.
Two Chinese civet cats with black markings and white chins cost Chen Mo US$2,750.
Both civet cats have pedigree certificates. Chen Mo named the male cat Dahua and the female cat Ali. I went to the pet store to buy cat food for the cats, and also bought an Erha and a Labrador for the pets.
After receiving vaccinations and enough cat and dog food for several months, Chen Mo returned to the ranch.
The cat was kept in a cage and placed on the passenger seat. The two dogs were in the back seat and also in the cage. They were very noisy, mainly the little one. He was very energetic and kept barking, and even the little Labrador was too.
The lead went astray, imitating Xiao Erha's cry and then yelling one after another.
Cihuahua cats are very aloof pets, even when they are young...
The two little ones huddled together in the cage and slept next to each other. When they were really noisy, they meowed twice in protest.
The sky is vast, and the road Chen Mo takes often doesn't see a car for more than ten minutes. Although the long-distance driving is boring, listening to the song opens up to the vast world, and he doesn't feel tired...
Athol is training a sheepdog to drive chickens...
A grain warehouse in the large pasture area was converted into a chicken coop, which was paved with hay and was where the chickens rested at night.
Hundreds of chickens are raised in three places. This is the place where black-bone chickens are raised.
Atsol saw Chen Mo waving the riding crop in his hand and shouting: "Boss, some chickens are laying eggs. Are you going to hatch these eggs?"
"Of course. I need a special chicken coop, preferably next to the growing area. Is it already being built?"
"It's being built. Canlby and Mary are building a chicken coop on the hillside of the gully plantation."
Chen Mo got off the car and went into the warehouse to take a look and said: "The hens that lay eggs are selected separately, and a few strong roosters are selected... More chicks will be shipped in the future. You can find time to order a batch from the Animal Husbandry Bureau.
The vaccine for chickens is back..."
"Canlby should do this. He is a veterinarian. I don't know what vaccines the chickens need..."
"Okay, I'll tell Canlby later."
The 100 hectares of alfalfa planted in the small valley have already grown, reaching a height of 5 centimeters, lush and green, and growing very well.
Black Angus cattle grazing in large pasture areas will wander into alfalfa planting areas to graze if they are not careful.
The grass here is particularly tender, and the leaves and stems are slightly thicker than ordinary alfalfa...
In recent days, Canlby and Mary have been building chicken coops in the creek valley. The chicken coops are made of wood and covered with branches and plant straw. They have built more than a dozen chicken coops, each of which can accommodate twenty to twenty chickens.
Thirty chickens.
Chen Mo went home first and put down the cat and dog...
The two little civet cats seemed very excited. They got out of the car and looked around at their new home. Chen Mo opened the door and they followed him into the living room...
The two dogs, especially Erha, chased after the chickens foraging on the lawn after getting off the car... Little Lala followed suit and chased them out.
For a moment, Chen Mo chased them and slapped their butts, then held one in each hand and put them into a cage...
After feeding the pets and making arrangements, I went to find Mr. and Mrs. Canlby...
Some chicken coops are on hillsides, and some are on the edge of fields.
The small valley has more than 300 hectares, and the planting area is 300 hectares. There is no problem in raising thousands of chickens casually.
Luhua chicken and Wushan chicken (silky-bone chicken) are rare chicken breeds in the United States. It is impossible to import live chickens. The chicken breeds imported by Hayden Comprehensive Farm are all imported fertilized eggs, and then airlifted to the United States for incubation... In addition,
Going through the relevant procedures is also very troublesome.
Chen Mo and Canelby discussed it and planned to apply for a license from the local Animal Husbandry Bureau to breed reed chickens and black-bone chickens. Chen Mo bought hundreds of chickens and had formal procedures. It was not difficult to apply for a license...
Then there is the issue of money.
Raising chickens in the pasture is also a huge investment. Chen Mo opened a pasture account and injected US$50,000 into it. This money is used for the daily expenses of the pasture and to pay employee salaries...
Chen Mo only had more than 10,000 dollars left in his personal account. After taking inventory of his belongings at night, Chen Mo had a headache...