Three hundred and sixtieth chapters Ju An's generous (4)
Early the next morning, he took Nien and the accountant to Stockton, Missouri. He met Gillen and his group at the airport. They split into two cars and headed towards the ranch. Along the way, Ju An discovered that
There are pastures and farms on both sides of the road, and they are basically square and very dense, unlike Montana which looks empty.
There are fences on both sides of the road. In the fences, there are either crops or horses and cattle. It is much denser than what Ju An saw in Montana. There are no mountains in sight. Everything as far as the eye can see is lush and green.
The grass in the woods and pastures grows strong and pleasantly tender green, while the pastures in Montana look darker.
Looking at the surrounding scenery, Ju An turned to Nin and said: "Now I believe that more than 30,000 acres of pasture is worth more than 40 million US dollars. Just look at the growth of the grass around you."
Nien looked out the window and nodded: "The pasture here grows well, and the forest coverage is also very high. The plain area has a completely different style from Montana."
Ju An looked back at the two accountants. Both of them closed their eyes in the car and said to Nin, "How late were they busy yesterday?"
"At about three o'clock in the night," Nien said with a smile, "some things need to be totaled, and the ranch's assets also need to be cleared."
After hearing this, Ju An sighed with emotion: "It's really hard work." At this time, accountant Charlie had opened his eyes and said with a smile after listening to Ju An's words: "In our industry, overtime is a must. We and Ni
Well, the busier the better. Nine to five is something that is out of reach for us."
Charlie's law firm is not only engaged in the business of Ju'an Ranch. It is also very busy with the private tax filing of ranch cowboys. Charlie smiled and said to Ju An: "Looking at the income of your ranch cowboys, I even want to quit."
Accountants become cowboys."
Ju An said with a smile: "I told these people last year to keep a low profile, but now you can see that seven or eight people have begun to dig swimming pools behind them, and most of them have bought new cars. This has nothing to do with keeping a low profile." Charlie said
If you want to be a cowboy, you just talk about it. This guy's income is estimated to be at least two or three times that of the cowboys.
Nien said with a smile: "I make so much money and don't go out to cause trouble, so that I can collect more money. The cowboys are a bit too honest. They have been in Montana for more than a year, except for beating up a few divorcees in the town."
In this case, very few people have committed serious crimes, which is very different from New York."
Ju An was a little speechless after hearing what Nien said. He also disliked the honesty of his customers because he made money by himself: "You really don't know what to say about you."
The two accountants at the back also laughed after hearing what Nien said. Nien said seriously: "They are making trouble. When they go to the police station, I will also charge for guaranteeing them. And then I will file a few lawsuits and not only the fees will be charged."
, the reputation has also gone out, so we can charge this again
That's how the firm makes money. I kind of miss those rich people in New York who party and take drugs. And then if they get caught by the police, then our business will be lost. It's better to have sexual harassment again.
Or whatever, the money just flows into our lawyers’ pockets.”
The others, including the taxi driver, laughed after hearing what Nien said.
After walking for more than 30 minutes, we arrived at the gate into the ranch. The gate was pretty good. There was something about Flower Ranch written on the iron frame and horizontal bars. The car was driving a little too fast. Ju An didn’t see it clearly. When he entered the path of the ranch, he saw
Looking at the pasture scenery in front of the car, Ju An kept nodding his head.
When we arrived at the door of the ranch house, we saw a two-story wood-grained villa erected at the end of the road. I couldn't tell what the style was. It was just an ordinary ranch style, but it looked more luxurious.
Ju An followed Ji Lun and others into the house. After looking around, he saw that this building was an office. There were two sculptures at the entrance. The crooked Ju An didn't know whether they were good or bad, but they were very tastefully displayed.
Gillen introduced: "The first floor of this house is an office, and the second floor is the original rancher's residence. The whole family will come here to spend one or two months of vacation every year." After that, he took Ju An to a room, inside which was a room.
At the large conference table, Gillen motioned for Ju An and others to sit down, and then said something to a cowboy on the ranch.
After a while, the cowboy came back with a rolled piece of paper and spread it out on the conference table. Ju An stretched out his head and saw that it was a floor plan of the ranch. The green things on it were patches of woods. The entire ranch looked like a
The font is convex, with the tip facing Stockton, several sides are straight, and the roads are very neatly criss-crossed. It looks very beautiful in the picture.
Gillen pointed at the drawing and said to Ju An: "This pasture is so large, with a large forest in the middle. The forest area coverage of the entire pasture reaches 20%, mainly concentrated in this area and both sides."
After speaking, he tapped the dark green spot on the picture with his finger.
Then he pointed to the two small blue dots in the middle and continued to introduce to Ju An: "There are two small lakes next to each other, and then branch out into three waterways, which irrigate most of the pasture grassland, even some
In places where irrigation is not possible, cowboys will just divert a little water themselves."
I am still interested in the small lake Ju'an. Looking at the two points on the picture, the larger one is dumbbell-shaped, with a slightly bulging belly. The smaller one not far away forms a triangle. The two small lakes are drawn together.
Three water lines emerged and expanded towards the pasture. He nodded, and Ju An was very satisfied with this small lake.
Then Gillen followed the introduction and said: "There are twenty-three cowboys on the ranch now. Most of them are willing to stay. This is due to the personnel situation." After hearing this, Ju An nodded and turned to Gillen and said: "Then let's look around.
look".
Gillen nodded after hearing this: "Would you like to go upstairs and have a look first?"
Ju An thought for a moment and said, "That's fine." Although Ju An doesn't live here all the time, he probably comes here two or three times a year, so he can't let go. It would be nice to take a look at the bedroom in the future.
Ji Lun took Ju An upstairs together, and the rest of the people were chatting in the conference room. Only when Ju An got upstairs did he realize that this building has a semi-high-rise building, and even the semi-high-rise building is only two and a half meters high.
This is the former rancher's bedroom. There is a large balcony at the back of the house. The roof of the bedroom is sloping, and the wooden roof has no decoration at all.
It looked good when it was so nakedly exposed. When I opened the balcony door, I realized that the entire building was a mountain-shaped row, with three blocks extending toward the back of the house. The rancher's balcony was in the middle, and not far behind the house were the cowboys.
His residence, not far from two or three rows of gray buildings, there should be stables, barns, warehouses and the like.
Then I looked at the bathroom and the like. There probably weren't many children in the rancher's house. There were only three sloping bedrooms on the top floor, which was quite a big area.
There are several bedrooms on the second floor. The area is much smaller than the top floor. It is about 40 square meters and is connected to the bedrooms. After looking through it, Ju An said to Gillen: "The house is pretty good. It is better than my second floor."
A ranch house is better”.
Gillen said with a smile: "If you like it, you can keep it. Many of the furnishings will not be moved away. If you don't like it, you can donate it. If you like it, just keep it."
Ju An nodded and followed Ji Lun downstairs. A cowboy from the ranch drove Ju An and Ji Lun around the ranch to look around.
From time to time, he passed by the green grass and listened to the crisp chirping sounds of unnamed birds on the trees. Ju An felt that this was not a pasture, but a bit like an ecological park. When he walked to a forest, Ju An also saw two earthworms.
The dog was looking at him with his head stretched out. The fat little thing looked naive, let alone the little squirrel jumping on the tree.
After passing through the woods, a small stream appeared in front of Ju An. On both sides of the stream, colorful wild flowers bloomed along the banks. The long stems and leaves supported a few petals, and there were butterflies from time to time.
It stayed on it and then flew up. The stream was not deep, reaching up to a person's knees at most. It was crystal clear and no small fish were found. However, you could see the mud at the bottom of the water. The stream was also very calm, and there was basically no sign of flow.
"The rancher in front dug three creeks and directed the lake water to most of the pasture, so there is no automatic irrigation here. If you like automatic irrigation, there is another ranch you can check out. The fully automatic one only needs one button to control the entire ranch.
Irrigation is completed," Gillen explained to Ju An.
Ju An quickly waved his hand: "This is very good. Even if it is my pasture yesterday, I am going to dig a small lake. I don't like the water from the water company to irrigate my pasture. I prefer a purely ecological one."
After Gillen and the two men were led by the cowboys for a while, Ju An walked into the forest. He saw that there was only grass between the trees and there were no shrubs. It was particularly refreshing and clean. He pointed at the woods and asked: "All of them
Are all woods like this?"
Gillen gestured to the cowboy, who nodded and said to Ju An: "It's always like this. Every year we clean up the bushes in the woods. Sometimes when grazing, the cowboys will pull out the bushes when they see them. In autumn,
Sometimes we will also clean up the leaves a little bit."
Ju An nodded. This is why there is such a big gap between ranchers. The pasture that I saw yesterday was like a park. Everything was cleaned up. Ju An was still satisfied with the woods and was not afraid of getting in.
My clothes were scratched, and the trees are not all pine or maple like those in Montana. There are at least four or five kinds of deciduous trees here, and they must look quite beautiful in autumn.
After looking at the woods, Ju An said to Gillen: "We are going to see two lakes, that's about it." In fact, at this time, Ju An had already decided to buy this ranch, even though it was a slightly small place.
It's a bit off, but the scenery is so good that buying it is equivalent to buying a park, and Ju An also knows that there aren't many ranches worth tens of thousands of dollars for him to choose from here in Missouri.
After looking at the two lakes, Ju An stretched out his hand and paddled twice in the lake. The lake here was full of aquatic plants, but he couldn't see the bottom. The bottom of the lake was dark green, and the cool water made Ju An feel refreshed: "Okay.
Okay, let’s discuss the price issue next. If the price doesn’t matter, let’s just do it.” Ju An stood up and said with a smile to Gillen.