The two took turns driving, and arrived at Kingman at around three o'clock in the afternoon. They drove towards the valley, and met a large truck dragging a big head. When they reached the intersection of the valley, the truck turned out to be...
I also turned a corner, and it turned out that I was delivering wood to my ranch.
Ju An drove the car past the truck and drove along the foot of the mountain toward the center of the valley. He didn't go far when he saw a few small gray dots in front of him. He thought that this was the temporary camp, so he couldn't help but speed up the accelerator.
Within two minutes of driving, Wang Fan sat in the passenger seat and started complaining: "I said you are so anxious. You will be in such a bad place soon and you will be hit by two stones from time to time. It is really too much."
After hearing this, Ju An smiled and turned around at full speed, turning around and teasing Wang Fan: "Can't you just treat it like we're on a cross-country trip and complain after just a few bumps?"
"I'm not complaining about myself, but you scared the snakes in the box behind. We were dancing around in the box." After Wang Fan finished speaking, he nuzzled at the plastic box behind.
Ju An patted his head: "I was so excited that I forgot about this matter." As he said that, he looked at the road as much as possible to find a slightly flatter place to walk.
Wang Fan followed Ju An and looked around at the surrounding environment: "This place is far worse than your pasture. It looks so desolate, it's like the Gobi Desert."
After hearing Wang Fan's words, Ju An smiled and said: "The land here is cheap, and the old professor Leonard has new plants to plant. From now on, this place will be dedicated to raising goats. It looks desolate now. In two years, you
Let’s take a look again. It’s guaranteed to be green, and it’s unlikely to grow alfalfa. Plants with good drought resistance would be good.”
Wang Fan heard this and asked: "Are you going to torture the sheep again? Have you come up with a new breed? Not bad! Not bad!" Wang Fan patted Ju An on the shoulder: "In the future, we will not only have beef at home, but also
There is also new mutton for a change of taste. By the way, I actually prefer donkey meat, so why don’t you get some for me?”
Ju An listened and said with a smile: "There are so many new breeds. They are ordinary goats. At most, we should choose better meat goats. In this regard, Professor Leman gave me the advice. Now Hans Ranch is to raise the sheep first."
Besides, raising donkeys is also a good choice, but you can’t raise them.
There are too many. We don’t eat them here in the United States. If we raise too many, there is no place to sell them. We can raise a hundred or ten at most and eat them ourselves.” When he mentioned donkey meat, Ju An’s mouth started to water. There was dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat under it.
Ah, I don’t see many people selling donkey meat here in the United States. I’ll keep it for myself and eat it at the main store.
"You have to take this matter seriously and try to get it done as soon as possible. No one eats it here in the United States. There are many people eating it in China. Just export it to the country. By then, the racecourse in Jiangnan will be able to have multiple main dishes." Wang Fan said
Chu Juan said with a smile.
Ju An listened to Wang Fan's words and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you get excited when it comes to eating. I haven't even raised the sheep yet. Besides, you don't have enough mutton to eat. Now the sheep are raised in the pasture."
More than a thousand sheep are not enough for you to eat. Even if they are exported to the country, what will happen to the tax? The domestic import tax is not low, so we should raise it for ourselves first." Ju An of Xishuihe Ranch raised it as soon as he bought it.
I bought a group of sheep, and now there are more than a thousand of them. Apart from eating them myself, I don’t sell them to outsiders. They supply them to Taylor’s tourist ranch. Basically, my family only eats them once or twice a month, and Thomas gives them to them.
When the cowboys prepare the meat, they give it to Ju An. If he had to butcher it himself, Ju An would not be interested. There is no such thing as convenient beef nowadays. Just tear the package and put it in the pot.
The time passed quickly as the two foodies chatted about eating. In a blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the temporary building. Wang Fan, the resident, got out of the car and heard the roaring sound of excavators. There were several excavators not far away.
The excavator began to dig a small lake on the pasture, and a black iron pipe more than thirty centimeters thick was erected on the ground not far away, spraying water outside.
Leonard saw the black Mercedes-Benz approaching and had been waiting for Ju An in front of the temporary building early. He saw Ju An get out of the car and came over and said to Ju An: "How is it? It's not bad."
Ju An looked at it and nodded: "I can't say enough about this progress. You did a great job." Ju An looked at old Leonard. It had only been a while since his face had been tanned. Now,
The old man was dressed as a cowboy. At this time, he was also wearing brown riding boots, a white shirt, and a big Mexican hat stuck on his head. The brim of the hat was wider than the old man's shoulders, which was equivalent to carrying a sunshade with him.
Umbrella.
Leonard smiled after hearing Ju An's praise and said: "I am a little busy, but don't you feel that I am more energetic than when I was in Montana? I used to squat in the laboratory all the time, but now I am doing more activities outside. I feel like this
My health has improved a lot." The old man showed his tanned and furry arms to Ju An, gestured, and then said: "Would you like to rest inside the house first or check the progress?".
"Let's not worry about that. I also brought a few king snakes over and put them here for them to catch rattlesnakes and other things." Ju An said as he opened the back door of the car and took out the plastic box.
Leonard looked at the plastic box in Ju An's hand and said: "This is really good. Rattlesnakes will be fine if you be careful, but there are a lot of rats here. Now I can hear the sound of these things running around when I sleep at night. There are
It will be much better if you take this." After saying that, he motioned to Ju An and the two of them to follow him towards the house.
The so-called house is a simple work shed that is common on domestic construction sites. It has white plastic walls and a few steel frames. The door is a transparent plexiglass door. When you open it, a cool breeze will flow.
As we walked in, the air conditioner was on inside.
Ju An walked in and took a look. He saw a simple table, a wooden bed in the corner not far away, and some clothes hanging on the wall. It seemed that the old man also lived here at night. It was both an office and a dormitory.
Next week, Ju An said: "The conditions are not very good." In fact, Ju An just sighed and acknowledged the old man's work attitude. He just said it verbally and could not take it seriously. There are air-conditioned rooms in this wilderness.
Ling's is pretty good.
Leonard waved his hand and said: "It's nothing. When I went out to study plants when I was young, I used to be a sleeping bag in the tropical jungle at night. I haven't come here yet." This old beauty is not good at this. She takes everything she says seriously.
, Ju An is just being polite to the old man.
The old man got coffee from the pot for Ju An and Wang Fan, and then said to Ju An: "I'm going to notify Rand to see if he is there. If he is, ask him to come over and meet you."
Ju An nodded after hearing this. Rand was a new ranch manager that Lawrence and Thomas were optimistic about. He had worked on large ranches in California for more than 20 years. Thomas and Lawrence took a fancy to this person's experience and got to know him through their California cowboy friends.
This person also has a good personality. To use Thomas's words, he is a good player. He was recommended by two old men to Ju An as the director of the new ranch. Of course, he is still temporary now. If he wants to secure this position, it depends on his subsequent performance.
Why not transfer people from existing ranches? As mentioned above, on the one hand, the cowboys on the ranch are too young now, and on the other hand, the cowboys on the Xishuihe Ranch are not willing to come here.
Wang Fan stood at the door, drinking coffee and looking outside: "How big is your new ranch?"
Ju An explained the boundaries of his new pasture to Wang Fan: "The two sides are connected to the foot of the two mountains, and the upper and lower sides are connected to the road. The area enclosed is the area of my pasture, which is more than 167,000 acres."
"Damn! It's equivalent to doubling the area. There are only 400,000 people. Can you now be among the top ten landlords?" Wang Fan asked with wide eyes.
Ju An smiled and shook his head: "It's early, I think I'll be able to get close to the top ten landowners after doubling the amount. I'm not interested in the top ten for the sake of the top ten. What I want is a profitable pasture. Some of them
They cut down trees and sell them. Some people directly raise animals. Most of them do not rely on pastures for their livelihood. Unlike them, I rely on pastures for their livelihood."
Before he could finish his words, Leonard opened the door and walked in. He saw that no one followed him, probably because he didn't find Rand, the acting ranch manager.
Leonard shrugged at Ju An: "Rand is not here. I heard that the cowboy went to inspect the fence with a few people and will probably not be back until night."
He waved his hand to Leonard: "It doesn't matter, I don't plan to leave tonight anyway, arrange a room for me and Wang Fan."
"There is only one room now, how about I give you an extra bed?" Leonard said to Ju An.
"Okay!" Ju An looked at Wang Fan. Wang Fan didn't care. He had lived in the dormitory with several people before, let alone the two of them. Then he asked Leonard: "I see that the groundwater has been pumped out.
How long will it take for this small lake to be dug?”
Leonard thought for a moment and said: "The lake will be more than a month away. Now that the water has been released into the low-lying areas, there is no need to dig out the two low-lying areas on both sides. Just dig out the small highland of more than 200 meters in the middle. Just dig a
The area of the lake on both sides, which is more than 50 meters wide, is several acres larger than what we planned."
Ju An nodded. The size of the lake is not a problem at all. Whether there is a lake or not is the biggest problem. He then asked: "When will the construction of the cowboys' dormitory start? I saw the wood delivery company on the way here."
Truck”.
"We have arrived now and are unloading the goods. The construction team will be able to enter the site the day after tomorrow, and then the electricity from the power company will be able to pass through. We will build the residences by the lake first, and then the residences on both sides."
Old man Leonard took out the blueprint and spread it out on the table and pointed with his fingers: "It is in the Lake District. There are about thirty-five people in the dormitory. There are twenty-six or seven cowboys on both sides, plus some other things."
The number of personnel required to fully operate the ranch is 150, which is still small.”
Wang Fan also stretched his head to look at the drawings. Ju An glanced at it and calculated in his mind: "Well, let's follow the plan first." There are more ranchers without automatic irrigation, but with the name of the new plant
You can also do some small tricks yourself. Thinking of this, looking at the old man looking at the drawings, he sighed in his heart: I'm sorry, Leonard! I have to slowly open the golden finger again.