Zhang Chi's task at the moment is to be responsible for imprinting, and the job is actually not as simple as it seems.
"Use harder, BOSS, and use a little more force the next time. The mark looks a little bit thicker. When the meat grows, it may become a bit thicker."
Cannon looked at Zhang Chi who had just taken over, and said the first mark he had made.
Brian also said: "BOSS, no matter how hard you try, the cow...the cow will stop barking after being carried for a while."
Brian originally wanted to say that the cow didn't hurt at all, but thinking about how his boss was not stupid, how could he not know that dry ice would hurt the cow, so he swallowed back the rest of his words.
"OK!"
Zhang Chi made a gesture. Originally, Zhang Chi thought that he had used enough force, but who knew that the mark left behind was still a bit dull.
Nowadays, the branding is usually done with dry ice or liquid nitrogen. In the past, it was all done with fire, where you heated the iron red and put it on the butt of the beef.
Later, some people felt that this was too outdated and cruel, so they suggested using dry ice and liquid nitrogen with low pain. But what do you say about this thing? If dry ice and liquid nitrogen are not used in Zhangchi, will it not hurt?
Some people just sit around and look for work.
He threw the used soldering iron back into the dry ice jar and looked up at the cows passing by in the pen.
"Hey! Little guy!"
Zhang Chi was immediately happy when he saw the cow in the pen, because this calf was the one he had been fighting with. The little guy was easy to recognize. Although it was covered in black hair, it had a very obvious mark on its forehead.
It spins like a whirlpool and looks like a windmill.
Seeing this little thing, Zhang Chi stretched out his hand wearing anti-freeze gloves, grabbed the little guy's ears, and pulled it slightly hard.
The calf didn't meow like ordinary calves. It didn't move back, but kept thinking about how to gallop with its head.
Zhang Chi saw that this little thing was quite stubborn, so he reached out and grabbed the two cow's ears, and then fixed its head.
"Look at how cool you are!"
Zhang Chi looked at the calf and said.
After speaking, Zhang Chi looked at the labels on the calf's ears and found that the little thing weighed quite a bit, almost 100 kilograms.
When Cannon saw it, he smiled and said: "BOSS, stop playing around, there are still a lot of cows to be burned later."
After hearing this, Zhang Chi let go of the calf and said to everyone: "Everyone, remember, I will be the one to brand this little guy in the future. Don't use dry ice, use fire. I have to cure his stubborn temper."
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The cowboys laughed, but no one answered the question.
Following the little stubborn cow was its mother. From the moment Zhang Chi grabbed the baby's ears, it kept barking. It was not until Zhang Chi let go of the baby that it became quiet.
However, when Zhang Chi took out the soldering iron and pushed the soldering iron onto its rear buttocks with all his strength, it started howling at the top of its lungs again.
Zhang Chi had ignored the howling sound and squeezed the iron hard so that the iron could leave obvious marks on the cow.
After about ten seconds, Zhang Chi took the iron away from the cow, and an obvious mark of low temperature appeared on the cow.
Cannon said nothing but gave Zhang Chi a thumbs up.
Keep up the good work!
Repeating these steps mechanically, after almost twenty or thirty heads were burned, Brian took over Zhang Chi's work and let Zhang Chi take a rest.
When Brian got tired, another cowboy took over. In short, the cows kept passing by, and the marks had to be made in time.
Although it only takes a few minutes to hunt each cow, but for more than a thousand adult cows, a few minutes each means thousands of minutes. One hour is only 60 minutes, and it takes almost hundreds of hours to finish.
Fortunately, every step is done in a set, otherwise it would be really frustrating to do this job for several days.
In this way, it took more than three days after all the adult cattle were roasted.
After all the cattle are branded, the next step is to move some of the cattle. Needless to say, the Gascon cattle will be moved directly to the ranch in Colorado.
As for the miscellaneous cattle, even if Zhang Chi doesn't want to sell them, they have to sell them because they take up space and have to be moved to the new black cattle.
Fortunately, the mixed cattle here in Zhangchi are well raised. After the news was released, many people came to see the cattle. In the end, they were sold to a rancher east of Folsom at a very good price.
Before the money from the sale was warm in Zhang Chi's pocket, he took on the surname of the grandsons of the IRS.
The money from the sale of a few hundred cows was barely enough to pay taxes on the new black cows. When Zhang Chi mentioned the IRS, his teeth itched with hatred.
I wish I could stand at the door of the house and shout: Ten thousand taxes in the United States, ten thousand taxes, ten thousand taxes!
I have to say, these guys are really ruthless, and this time they won't let us hand it over until next year, but they have to hand it in now, if not.
Hmm! These cowards are so cruel!
Don't worry, I will definitely come and take away your cattle for you to auction.
Zhang Chi was sitting in the room, with Melika sitting opposite. The couple had just received the tax bill. Zhang Chi was looking at it, and Melika already knew it. She looked at Zhang Chi with a smile.
Observing her husband's face, Melica wanted to laugh, but held it back, but her eyes were full of smiles.
A rainbow appeared on Zhang Chi's face. What is a rainbow? It means red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple all over his face.
Is your face so wonderful?
If you see the current tax form, your face will probably be even more exciting than Zhang Chi's, with six figures! And the ones that start with it are not small accounts like OWO, they are almost reaching the maximum!
"I have been busy for a long time, so I have to work for them," Zhang Chi said bitterly.
My flesh hurts. This is not cutting my flesh. This is just Ling Chi. Zhang Chi almost had a heart attack.
The current market price of each of two thousand cows is quite high, almost double the price of cross-bred cattle.
But it is impossible for Zhangchi to sell this cow. All he gets are cows and calves, and only a few bulls, so these cows must be raised.
Even if Zhang Chi wanted to sell it, Melika would not agree. Such a strong cow will definitely produce a lot of meat. Isn’t raising such a cow more profitable than raising a cross-breed cow?
Melika did not speak or comfort her husband, because she knew that her husband also knew that the IRS would definitely not be able to charge you the agricultural transaction tax rate for the cattle she found in the mountains. How could these guys let you take advantage?
Zhang Chi, who was cursing, looked up and saw the expression on his wife's face. Suddenly he felt relieved and his original complaints disappeared.
There is no other way to stop it from disappearing. It’s not called a tax bureau, not a lending company. The lenders have to give you some money first. These people are just collecting money, and they don’t necessarily do anything for you after taking the money. This is violence.
institutions, state machinery.
The cruelest thing is here, if you want to keep the cattle, then you have to pay the tax first. If you don't pay, then you have to sell the cattle.
"What's wrong? Have you figured it out?"
Melika asked.
Zhang Chi said: "Is there anything that I can't understand? People with big fists can get paid for free, but we with small fists have to pay. This has not changed for thousands of years. Is there anything that I can't understand? I just vented my anger."
But Melika said: "It seems that someone is interested in these cattle in the mountains."
"How do you say that?" Zhang Chi asked.
Melika said: "It's a bit unusual to press for taxes at this time. Maybe someone is doing something wrong."
As for the explanations in the news about why people who found cows were suddenly taxed, Melika didn’t believe a word of the explanations.
When Zhang Chi was in China, he always heard how good the United States was and how fair the government was. But when he got here, he only had one word in his mind: Cut!
Let's put it this way, one is better than the other.
"Can we take advantage?" Zhang Chi said.
Merica laughed directly after hearing this: "With our small bodies now, we can only be taken advantage of by others. Let's not talk about it. Let's look at choosing a pasture and take action quickly if it is suitable."
Looking at the ranch, Zhang Chi felt a little bored. He even watched a few, but he was not satisfied with it, so he didn't show it to Melika.
The couple was looking at the pasture when they suddenly heard a knock on the door outside.
The two of them turned to look at the door of the house at the same time, and found two cowboys from the Colorado ranch standing side by side at the door.
"Come in, what do you want?"
Melika waved the two of them in and motioned for them to sit down.
"BOSS, we want to resign."
As soon as the two sat down, Melika and Zhang Chi were a little surprised.
Zhang Chi thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have any thoughts on the treatment here?"
The two men shook their heads: "No, we want to give it a try."
"Give it a try? Are you going to find a cow too?"
Melika was a little confused at first, but soon understood what the two of them meant. It seemed that the two of them were also preparing to go into the mountains to find cattle.
Melika said: "You are not familiar with this place. This is not Colorado. It will be dangerous for you two to enter the mountains."
Zhang Chi remained silent. He felt a bit like a fool. These two guys actually said confidently in front of him that they were going to find cows?
"There is a team that wants to invite us to join. The price offered is good and we are quite satisfied with it, so we came here to tell you."
The cowboy explained.
Zhang Chi glanced at Melika.
Melika also looked at Zhang Chi. When she saw Zhang Chi nodded slightly, she smiled at the two cowboys and said, "I agree. I'll ask them to calculate your salary tomorrow. If you have any questions, you can
You can call me directly."
When people say they want to leave, why would Zhang Chi stay? Melika doesn't want to stay either. The two of them agree on this point.
When the two cowboys came over, they didn't think anything was going wrong. They were now focused on making a fortune. As for what they would do if they couldn't find it, they actually thought about it, and that was to continue doing odd jobs.
But once you succeed, you will never have to work for others again in your life.
Neither of them ever thought that God would really be so kind to you?
Who knows, they won't give up now if they don't try.