While everyone was discussing the disappointing price of beef, Burris was already grilling the meat.
"Come here, let's eat"
Burris shouted to the crowd in front of the house.
After hearing Burris' words, everyone returned to the terrace one after another, each picked up the tableware and what they wanted to eat from the table, and stood on the terrace in twos and threes, eating and continuing to chat.
Zhang Chi also took something.
But he didn't get fried rice, but two lamb chops.
The barbecue here is not as elegant as a restaurant. The lamb chops are a whole piece, and it is not like the domestic pork ribs that are just hung with some meat. The meat hanging on the lamb chops here can be as thick as the ribs.
It doesn’t matter, just put it on the plate and grab it with your hands to nibble.
I have to say that Zhang Chi guessed what these people were thinking. When everyone was choosing food, no matter what, everyone had a large or small portion of three-fresh fried rice on their plate.
Including Burris, everyone except Zhang Chi is like this, which shows how popular three-fresh fried rice is.
While eating, Zhang Chi, Serriol, and Burris got together. In addition to these three people, there was also an old rancher, Beni, who also raised cattle and mixed cattle.
Looking at the group of people in front of him, Zhang Chi discovered a problem. There seemed to be more Italians in Amber Town, unlike other places where most of them were Irish.
Irish Americans account for a large proportion of white Americans. This is due to historical reasons. Before the United States was founded, a food crisis broke out in Ireland. The staple food of Ireland, potatoes, became diseased. There was no such thing as Irish people.
In order to get food, they originally expected the British to provide relief, but the British refused to save them and forced the Irish to go to the New World to survive.
Therefore, Irish Americans account for a relatively large proportion of the population among white Americans.
Therefore, it is very rare to have so many Italians in Amber Town.
It's just that these Italians are Italians, and they can hardly see the lazy and casual character of Italians in them. Most of them are diligent and have tough characters.
Everyone gathered together and continued to chat about things in the ranch.
Serriol chatted for a while and asked Zhang Chi: "George, will the cattle in your pasture be bred to outsiders next spring?"
Zhang Chi really hadn't thought about this. When Serior asked, he said, "I really haven't thought about it. Why, are you interested in the Gascon bulls in my pasture?"
"I'm not asking about Gascony, but about the bulls in your pasture. Isn't there a bull that's quite strong?" Ceseglior said.
Upon hearing Seriorti, Zhang Chi knew that Serior was referring to his own bull, the bull that escaped with his life from the puma's mouth.
"Oh, I haven't thought about this yet, but if the cattle in the ranch need to be bred, that's fine," Zhang Chi said.
Beni was far away from Zhang Chi's pasture, so he only knew that the cattle in Zhang Chi's pasture were good, but he didn't know about Scar Butt, a very strong cross-bred cow.
When he heard about Seliol's breeding, he immediately realized that there was a pretty good breeding bull in the Chinese boy's ranch in front of him. Seliol wanted to use this breeding bull to breed his own calves, so what about this bull?
It must be better than Seriol's own breeding bull, otherwise who would be willing to spend money to buy breeding bulls.
"Nice cow?" Penny asked.
Serriol said: "It's pretty good. If you have time, you can go see the cattle raised by George's family."
There is nothing to hide about this kind of thing. If it was to be done secretly, Selyol would not mention it at this time.
Zhang Chi, a rancher with two swords, did not expect this to happen.
He is a novice after all. I don’t know that if you have an excellent breeding bull at home, you can not only make money by selling the cattle, but also by selling the tadpoles of the cattle. Of course, you can also breed them directly, but this is rarely used nowadays.
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Generally, pastures use artificial intervention to get cows to have calves because this method has a high success rate and is more controllable than natural methods.
Of course, some ranches will also choose natural methods. For example, Zhang Chi is going to do this, not because he is talking about cattle rights, but because he does not want to hire a veterinarian.
Zhang Chi saw Beni looking at him and said with a smile: "If you are interested, you can come to my ranch to look at the cows at any time."
After hearing this, Penny immediately said: "Well, let's go tomorrow. At about ten o'clock tomorrow morning, I heard that you are raising cattle well, but I have never seen it."
"Okay, let's call you when the time comes," Zhang Chi said.
At this point, the two of them added each other's phone numbers.
The phone was just taken out when the lawyer named Leonard came over with a plate and a spoon in his hand, picking up the fried rice and putting it in his mouth.
"George, your fried rice is really great," Leonard said politely.
Hearing Leonard's words, Zhang Chi smiled and said thank you.
However, Beni and the three people next to him looked at each other and smiled, but did not speak.
"By the way, George, have you received your animal husbandry subsidy?" Leonard asked casually after chatting with Zhang Chi for a while.
These words may seem casual, but in fact they are not. You can tell by looking at the expressions of Beni and the others. However, Zhang Chi did not pay attention to Beni and the others at the moment.
Zhang Chi naturally knew about the subsidies, so he opened his mouth and told Leonard about the several subsidies he had received.
"That's all?" Leonard asked.
Zhang Chi was stunned for a moment and asked: "Is there anything else?"
Leonard mentioned four or five subsidies in a row, but Zhang Chi had never heard of it, so he asked, "What else are there?"
Zhang Chi did not expect that there would be subsidies for buying a small farm machine. He only knew that if he wanted to buy a large farm machine, the U.S. government would provide certain subsidies. He did not expect that even buying a small trailer would cost the government money.
Zhang Chi was still too young and had no experience in running a ranch. He did not know that almost 40% of the net income of American farmers and livestock owners, especially small farmers and animal husbandry owners, comes from government subsidies.
And the larger the farms and ranches, the more subsidies they enjoy. Many large ranches have lawyers who specialize in applying for subsidies. Most of the tens of billions of dollars in agricultural and animal husbandry subsidies in the United States every year fall into the hands of these large farmers and ranchers.
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Amber's small ranches couldn't afford a lawyer alone, so they all found a lawyer to help them apply for these minor government subsidies.
Leonard is obviously such a lawyer. He came here today obviously to get the business of Zhangchi Ranch.
Now Zhang Chi was a little confused after hearing this. He felt as if he had missed out on tens of millions. He only knew about the main subsidies, but he didn't expect that there were so many that he didn't know, including more than 20.
, he has never heard of these.
"How to apply?" Zhang Chi asked.
When he asked this question, he turned around and looked at Burris and Serior.
Burris smiled and said: "You just give the information to Leonard, and Leonard will help you apply for it. Many of them are difficult for you to apply for alone."
Zhang Chi understood immediately upon hearing this that he had to let Leonard make a profit from the money.
After living here for so long, Zhang Chi’s innocence about American society has long been thrown away. The United States that Chinese people who have never been abroad think is actually the United States in their imagination. They naively think that everything here is
They all speak based on the law and the system, and there is no such thing as human relations.
This is actually completely wrong. Wherever there are people, there is society and circles.
There will also be things here that others can do easily, but if it were you to do them, you might not be able to do them in your lifetime.
Because others have a network of connections that you don’t have!
Why are big law firms so popular? Do you think it’s just the lawyers there? In fact, the lawyers in big law firms all come from the best schools. Those who come out of the schools are naturally good people, and everyone does well in society.
, In Chinese terms, there are people from the public security organs, prosecutors, and courts. As a lawyer, if nothing else, you will be much better informed than others.
The best example around me is none other than my cousin Zhang Wen. If he hadn't graduated from a prestigious school, had good teachers and good classmates, his current conditions would not be met by many doctors who would spend their entire lives.
"Then please Leonard, please pay more attention to this matter."
Turning around in his mind, Zhang Chi understood, what else is there to say? If he didn't hire Leonard, he wouldn't be able to get the money. Although he would have to give him some money if he hired Leonard, he would still have the money to take it. Why?
It's better than nothing at all.
The reasonable and legal wool is not collected, Zhang Chi is afraid that one day when he goes out on a rainy day, he will be taken away by a thunderbolt.
Leonard smiled and said: "No problem, I will send you some needed information tomorrow. Just give these information to me."
Zhang Chi understands that it is not just the information that comes with the information, there must be a payment bill, but it is not a problem for him. There is no free lunch in the world, and if Leonard can come to Burris's party today, then Leonard can come
It explains the problem very much.
Alas! Society is so complicated.
Zhang Chi felt that he had come to the right place today.
If you immerse yourself in the pasture, you won't just earn hard-earned money.
When he thought that money would fall into his pocket soon, Zhang Chi's mood immediately improved several degrees.
Zhang Chi got the wool, and Leonard got another customer, so everyone couldn't help chatting with enthusiasm.
"Seriol, when will your family plan to change its business this year?"
Burris asked Serior.
Transition is an old-fashioned pasture management method. When winter comes, the cattle and sheep in the pasture are driven to the winter pasture. Generally speaking, there are two options for winter pasture. One is to rent a government pasture, which requires payment of a fee.
A certain fee.
The second option is to have your own pasture and farm it back and forth in two seasons a year. This ensures that a pasture can rest for half a year to allow the pasture to recover.
Of course, winter pastures in places like Amber are mostly for the purpose of saving money, because there is not much grass growing in the pastures in winter. When there is a heavy snowfall, the grass in the pastures will be covered up until next spring, about April.
When the snow melts, the grass can continue to grow.
This does not mean that there will be no grass in winter. Everyone knows that thick snow has a thermal insulation effect, and the pastures on the ground will still grow, but there is not enough for cattle to eat. Normally, one acre can raise three cows, but in winter, one acre may