"BOSS, I think you should take a look online to see if there are any horses in need of rescue nearby. If there are horses in need of rescue, we can rent a car and transport them back directly."
Cannon has a different view on buying horses.
Zhang Chi was slightly startled after hearing this: "The rescue horse...".
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Chi came to his senses and patted his leg freely: "How could I forget this?"
I can't ride a horse that I haven't trained, but who is Cannon? An old cowboy. It would be weird if he couldn't train a horse.
As for horses in need of rescue, they are also common here.
Some ranches are not well managed. Most of these ranches are tourist ranches, ranches that survive by receiving tourists. Once the number of tourists in these ranches is not enough to support the maintenance of the ranch, many ranchers will directly close the ranch.
Unemployed cowboys can find their own way, but horses can't.
These horses left in the pasture become a problem. Because of the fence, they will not run out of the pasture. Over time, if no one maintains and trims the horses' hooves, they will have problems walking. If there is a problem walking, it will naturally affect the horse's health.
healthy.
Once someone from an animal protection organization finds out, they will post a message online and notify people nearby to see if anyone wants a horse.
Horses may be regarded as assets in our country, but the situation is very different here in the western United States. You guess, there are indeed horses that can be sold for sky-high prices in the market.
It doesn't matter if you say it doesn't count. There are tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of unwanted horses in the United States on public pastures here, which are federal or state-owned pastures, left to fend for themselves.
"Okay, I'll go take a look right away. I hope there is such a horse nearby." After Zhang Chi said this, he turned around and walked towards the house.
When he arrived at the door, Zhang Chi remembered something and said to Cannon: "I have a small room in my house, how about it?"
Zhang Chi meant to let Cannon live in another small room in his house.
Upon hearing this, Cannon pointed to the small RV where Zhang Chi used to live: "No one lives here, I just live here."
"also!"
Zhang Chi thought for a moment, then went into the house and took out his cell phone and started browsing information on the Internet.
Not to mention, Zhang Chi soon found this message: There are a group of horses in Merck Town that need rescue. If you are interested, please call xxxxxxx.
Looking down, I found that there is also an introduction to the horses. Although it is simple, most of the information is quite complete. There are photos of the horses under each introduction.
There were quite a few horses. Zhang Chi scrolled down the web page and found that there were five or six big horses, most of them quarter horses, and one was a pinto horse.
There were actually a few ponies left.
The height of the ponies at the withers is about 1.1 meter. The number is not mentioned. I don’t know exactly how many there are in the ranch.
Many people may think that ponies are quite expensive, but this is the United States. All horse breeds in the world can be found here, and there are also specialized breeding institutions. Naturally, the same is true for ponies.
The quality of these ponies is not very good, mainly because for a pony, the shoulder height is still too high. Of course, if they are good ponies, ranchers will not just throw them away like this.
Lose.
Without even asking, Zhang Chi guessed that these ponies were bought by the original rancher for tourists with children.
"Cannon, let's leave tomorrow morning."
After seeing the message, Zhang Chi called the number above, contacted them, and agreed to go there tomorrow.
The ranch is not far from Zhang Chi's ranch, but it's not too close either. It's almost an hour's drive away. There's no way to go there today because it's impossible to rent a carriage at this point.
With so many horses, Zhang Chi was not prepared to keep them. He would just transport them all to his own ranch. As for the others, Zhang Chi didn't think much about them. For him to not take advantage of them, there must be something wrong with his brain.
"Is the road far away? If it's close, let's go directly, harness a horse and I'll ride back."
Kan Min took out his cell phone from his pocket and took a look at it, and found that it was not too late now. If it was within fifty kilometers, the two of them should be able to get back before dark.
"It's not close, it takes about an hour to drive." Zhang Chi told Cannon the location there.
After hearing this, Cannon replied: "It's not far. How about we go today instead of waiting for tomorrow."
Zhang Chi said: "The main reason is that the car rental shop is about to close. We don't know if we can make it there now. Anyway, we don't care if it lasts only one or two days."
Cannon now understood that his new boss did not have a carriage.
So Cannon smiled and said: "This is not easy, just ask someone nearby to borrow one."
After hearing this, Zhang Chi was a little embarrassed, because he knew a lot of people nearby, but almost none of them were really familiar with them.
It seems a bit inappropriate to ask someone to borrow something when you are not familiar with it.
I'm afraid Mason is the better one, but Mason runs a horse farm and borrows carriages to transport other people's horses. This sounds a bit uncomfortable.
It's not that Zhang Chi is thin-skinned, but he now knows that he is actually not very popular in this area. Many people want to see his jokes, not to mention the working cowboys, and how many of the ranchers are optimistic about him.
Usually when I go to a small bar, I can hear them making fun of me in front of me.
The teasing was not serious enough that Zhang Chi couldn't get angry, so he could only laugh about it.
Now let Zhang Chi ask these families to borrow carriages? Where did Zhang Chi open this door?
Cannon didn't think much about it. He continued to move his luggage and waited for the things on hand to be put into the RV. Then he said to Zhang Chi: "Let me ask you."
Hearing what Cannon said, Zhang Chi nodded immediately.
Cannon was much more familiar with this area than Zhang Chi. When Zhang Chi nodded, Cannon took out his cell phone and made a call directly.
Within a few phone calls, Cannon had the matter settled.
"BOSS, the Burris family's car is idle right now. My car has too little traction. Let's take your car." Cannon put down the phone and shouted to Zhang Chi.
"Burris?" Zhang Chi was a little confused.
"His wife ran the little gas station in town," Cannon said.
Cannon thought Zhang Chi didn't know who Burris was.
Zhang Chi said: "I know, but...".
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Chi realized that he had gone wrong. He thought Burris ran a farm. After thinking about it carefully, he discovered that Burris's main business was sheep raising.
Sheep are not meant to be eaten, of course they can be eaten, but the main purpose is to obtain wool, that is, long-haired sheep.
"Okay, let's go quickly and get back early!"
Zhang Chi went back to the house and got the car keys.
Cannon also put down what he was doing and unpacked his things, so the two of them drove towards the Burris family's ranch.
The Burris family's ranch is a bit far away from Zhang Chi's ranch. Although they both live in the same town, there is still a road of seven or eight miles.
This was Zhang Chi's first visit to the Burris family's ranch.
I have to say that their ranch is much more stylish than Zhang Chi's. First of all, their front door is quite stylish. The doorposts are supported by four logs about three centimeters thick. There is also a crossbeam in the middle.
Hanging is the head of a curled-horned sheep, which is also decorated with five-color feathers, like the tail feathers of a chicken, but I don't know if they are real or fake.
There is a sign on the beam that says Nordic Ranch.
According to Zhang Chi, Burris is not of Nordic descent, so he must be a lover of Nordic culture.
"Burris!"
When he arrived at the door, Cannon got out of the car and was about to make a phone call. He found that Burris was not far away from him, so he shouted at the top of his lungs.
Burris heard the sound and walked towards the door.
Zhang Chi saw people coming and got out of the car.
“You guys came very quickly”
Burris said with a smile.
After shaking hands twice, Burris opened the door and let Cannon drive in.
When the car came in, Zhang Chi helped Burris close the door.
"George, you raise cows well."
Cannon drove the car to Burris's warehouse, and Burris and Zhang Chi walked towards the warehouse together. Before they had walked a few steps, Burris praised Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi did not expect that Burris knew that his cattle were well raised.
"you know?"
"How could you not know how big it can be here? Everyone knows that the cattle on your ranch are very good," Burris said with a smile.
The town is such a big place, and the people are so sparse. Everyone knows who is going to get a wife, not to mention that the cattle in Zhangchi Ranch are strong and strong.
Originally, everyone was concerned about Zhang Chi's side playing tricks, but the current situation no longer believes that George Ranch will play eggs. Not only can't play eggs, as long as the price of cattle does not fall ridiculously this year, George Ranch will definitely make a lot of money.
of.
"Good luck".
Zhang Chi showed an 'honest' smile.
"Luck is also a part of life. People without luck will definitely not be able to do anything well," Burris said with a smile.
Like others, Burris believed that Zhang Chi's ranch would not be able to survive for a few more years, and he also looked down upon Zhang Chi in his heart. These people were considered malicious, but they thought a Chinese was running a ranch? Isn't that a joke? Do it honestly.
Isn't it good for your doctor to be your lawyer? You can't do this!
But now Zhang Chi has used his own strength to prove that not only can we do it, but we can also do it very well.
Everything is fake, only strength is real, and for all ranchers, the only way to prove their strength is to run the ranch well.
Now that Zhang Chi has proven that he is a synergistic rancher, other ranchers will naturally have a different view of Zhang Chi. Of course, Zhang Chi's skin color cannot be washed away no matter what.
But here in the United States, all status and strength come from your pocket, not your skin color.
As long as you have enough money, American society will look at you differently even if you come from North Korea, let alone Zhang Chi, a Chinese.
Zhang Chi has not yet felt that the ranchers on this land are accepting him, instead of just wanting to see his jokes like before.
After chatting about the pasture, of course, the most important thing was the market situation. After chatting about the cattle and sheep, the two of them arrived at the door of the warehouse.
The Burris family's warehouse is naturally larger than that of Zhangchi Ranch, and the forage warehouse and machinery warehouse are separate. In the warehouse, there are not only trailers for transporting livestock, but also a tractor, a drag-type lawn mower and baler.
There's even a crawler tractor.
There are two most important things in the pasture, one is the grass, and the other is these machines.
Equipment like Burris's can only be described as average, such as larger ranches, pastures exceeding four or five thousand acres, and some even have private agricultural aircraft.