Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 383 Snow Mountain Farm
Qin Xiayue has always held an indifferent attitude towards Yi Weidong's purchase of a farm. She still can't understand Yi Weidong's business plan, but just thinks that Yi Weidong's decision should be supported.

Chatting with Yan Jiedi in private, he also said that even if the grain can be profitable for a long time, it would not be much to earn double or double the profit in a few years.

How can Yan Jiedi and Qin Xiayue understand the power of the food war? The most important thing for future generations is food security, energy security, and Internet security. Falling behind in each of these items will put the country on the brink of danger.

Yi Weidong came to the small town of Manchester again. There were only a few shops on Cross Street. After all, it was only a little over an hour away from Los Angeles. If there was anything to do in the town, he would call the owner of the farm first. Call before leaving.

Yi Weidong continued to drive east along an asphalt road, and soon came to the largest 1-acre Locke farm. The owner of Locke named the farm after himself, but he was old, and his son let him live in New York. In the past, I wanted to sell the farm that is not very profitable now.

At the fork in the road, the name of Locke Farm was written on a wooden board, and there was a warning of private land below. Fortunately, there was a cowboy driving a Ford F150 whose name is still Terminator, and it was only later changed to the name of Raptor.

Turning into the fork, the cowboy walked towards Yi Weidong with a cigarette in his mouth, and asked, "Are you Mr. Yi from Xiangjiang?"

Yi Weidong said, "It's me."

"My name is Wesley. Boss Locke is not here. I was the one who called you just now. I will show you around the farm."

"sorry to bother you."

Wesley looked a bit like a mixed race, with the blood of the Asian yellow race, but he didn't ask rashly, and simply said a few polite words. Wesley drove the pickup in front, and Yi Weidong followed into the farm.

Thick trees are planted beside the wide dirt road, including sycamores and birches. The residence is more than a mile away from the asphalt road. It is a typical wooden two-storey villa surrounded by wooden fences and a garage around it. , Grain warehouses, workers' houses and other buildings are only a little far away.

Stopping the car, Wesley introduced the specific situation of the farm to Yi Weidong. The farm has more than 1 acres of wheat, two small hills covered with trees, and 7000 acres of pasture. Ten Holstein cows, one cow produces 8000 to [-] kg of milk per year.

There are also some Simmental cattle, some quark horses for riding cowboys, combine harvesters, large tractors, supporting tools such as plows and rakes, and buried oil storage tanks.

Wesley took Yi Weidong around the farm in a pickup truck. The endless fields were covered with green wheat, which looked really spectacular.

After looking at the alfalfa planting area and dozens of acres of lavender planting area, Yi Weidong asked, "Mr. Wesley, is lavender also a commercial crop?"

"Just call me Wesley. Lavender flowers can be used to extract essence, and they can also be dried directly for sale, which is quite popular."

Yi Weidong doesn't understand these things. It seems that running a farm still needs to learn more.

At noon, I had lunch with Wesley in the worker's room, and met three cowboys by the way. Yi Weidong learned that usually only these four cowboys manage the ranch, and only work that requires labor such as planting, harvesting, and spraying Time to hire some temporary workers, mainly Asians, Africans and Mexicans without green cards.

Through today's observation, Yi Weidong is quite satisfied with this farm. There is a wide river passing through the pasture, and there are several lakes connected to the river. It can be said that the whole farm will not be short of water.

This farm really satisfied Yi Weidong, and a small amount of cattle and horses also satisfied Yi Weidong's desire to be a rancher. It is also good to come here every year for vacation to experience the life of a farmer.

After the break, Yi Weidong continued to visit the farm under the leadership of Wesley, and did not leave Locke Farm until after three o'clock.

When we returned to Los Angeles, it was still dark. Yi Weidong came to the hotel first. When Mi Xiaozhou opened the door, he was a little flustered: "Boss, are you back?"

Yi Weidong looked at Mi Xiaozhou strangely: "What's wrong?"

"No, nothing!"

When Yi Weidong entered the room, he saw a lot of cosmetics on the small coffee table. Yi Weidong promised that the cost would be fully covered, and Mi Xiaozhou didn't exchange US dollars when he came. It seems that he bought it with public funds.

Mi Xiaozhou made tea anxiously, and carefully sat in the distance. Yi Weidong said, "Why are you sitting in the back? I won't eat you."

Mi Xiaozhou moved forward and said cautiously: "Boss, these are very cheap, I didn't spend money randomly."

"Do you think I'm angry?"

Mi Xiaozhou looked at the expressionless Yi Weidong, nodded madly in his heart, looked at the cold face, and said that he was not angry?
Yi Weidong went on to say: "I'm angry because you saw that I was a little flustered and looked like I was found out for doing something wrong. Go and bring me the account."

Mi Xiaozhou turned around and stuck out his tongue. He really looked like a student who was caught doing something wrong just now.
Yi Weidong used the account book to read it from the beginning. The delicate traditional Chinese characters are very neat. Every purchase is clearly recorded. The unit price of cosmetics is not expensive. He closed the account book and said:
"In the future, your cosmetics can also be included in the account, don't be evasive like a child."

"Yes, boss."

Clothes can be included in the account, and there are not many cosmetics. Yi Weidong asked Mi Xiaozhou to put away all the cosmetics, and then we talked about buying the farm.

"Boss, have you selected a farm?"

"It's Locke Farm. Let's talk about the price first. The asking price of 150 million US dollars is a bit expensive."

At this time, the U.S. dollar was still pegged to gold. An ounce of gold was priced at $35. There was a slight fluctuation but the range was not large. The time when the United States announced the decoupling of the U.S. dollar and gold was in 1971, and gold has never been as low as $35 an ounce since then. Yep, Yi Weidong thought of this and scolded himself for being an idiot. He bought gold and stored it up. Just use gold as a loan to spend money. One ton of gold is 35274 ounces, and one ton of gold is only 123.45 U.S. dollars, which is only 963 Hong Kong dollars. Ten thousand, you can buy four or five tons every month.

If Yi Weidong buys hundreds of tons, his net worth will be doubled several times when the gold soars in the future.

What is the expression on the boss's handsome face when he is talking about buying a farm?
Yi Weidong quickly came back to his senses, and ordered: "Remember it, and remind me to buy gold next year."

Mi Xiaozhou carefully recorded it in a notepad before talking about buying the farm again.

The next day, I took Mi Xiaozhou to contact the intermediary and found the owner of the farm, Locke. At this time, the farm was very difficult to sell. After some bargaining, the price was reduced to 138 million US dollars. Buying this farm actually cost more than a ton of gold. , Forget it, the value of the farm will increase in the future. After negotiating everything, we agreed to sign a sales contract at a law firm the next day.

In the evening, I talked to the three daughters about buying the farm, and I didn’t have to go to school the next day. I came to the law firm to register and set up a Dongxue company. The farm owners Locke and Wesley were already waiting. Under the witness, the sale and purchase agreement was signed.

Then put the ranch under the name of Dongxue Company, including the crops in the field, livestock such as cattle and horses, and machinery such as pickup trucks and tractors are all left in the ranch.

Dongxue Company is also under the name of Yan Jiedi’s offshore company Dongxue Holdings. Qin Xiayue and Wen Xiuyun also have a small amount of shares. They also signed an agreement with Wen Xiuyun to mortgage the shares to Yi Weidong and borrow money to study. It was still in Yi Weidong's hands, Wen Xiuyun was just holding it on behalf of him, and after paying the intermediary's fee, the transaction was finally completed.

After going out, Yan Jiedi was still very excited, and said: "Then let's go to the acceptance farm, I want to see the lavender flower sea you mentioned."

"Silly girl, lavender doesn't bloom until June."

"It doesn't bloom until June?" Yan Jiedi was very disappointed, but soon became happy again:

"That can also ride horses and milk cows."

"Then do you want to stay at the farm today?"

Locke has packed up the last things yesterday, and he can move in directly today.

Qin Xiayue was also looking forward to it, and said: "Then buy some blankets and other things and we will live on the farm today."

Yi Weidong touched Yan Jiedi's head: "Let's go, let's take over the farm."

First, we arranged for Mi Xiaozhou to buy some accommodation necessities, some food by the way, and hold a bonfire meeting at night to celebrate the three girls entering school and buying a farm.

Wesley had been waiting on the side for a long time, the pickup went first, Yi Weidong carried Qin Xiayue and Yan Jiedi, Wen Xiuyun and two female bodyguards followed, and the three cars arrived at the present reform after more than an hour's journey. In the snow mountain farm with the name.

After getting out of the car, Wesley introduced the new boss Yan Jiedi to the other three cowboys, asked Hewlett and the others to clean up the villa, and talked with Yi Weidong and Yan Jiedi about the development of the farm.

Yi Weidong had a general understanding before, and only now can he get detailed income data. In fact, it is not profitable to only look at the harvest for farming. The annual net income of such a large farm is only more than 3 US dollars.

Yan Jiedi frowned: "This income is too low, isn't it? Brother Wei Dong, can you return it or buy it?"

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "What are you talking about? I've paid all the money, and I'm still regretting it!"

Qin Xiayue also said: "It's not making money. You see, when wheat was expensive, the net income was less than 5."

Even if it is based on 5 yuan, it will take nearly 30 years to pay back. If you do this calculation, it is really not cost-effective to buy a farm. No wonder you often see news about the bankruptcy of farmers in the United States. It is really possible to go bankrupt if you engage in agriculture.

Wesley sat on the side without saying a word. It seemed that the farm was not making any money. Otherwise, Boss Locke would not have thought of selling it, and he would not be able to say if he wanted to add some mechanical equipment.

Yi Weidong said: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements for this farm, and I won't lose money."

At this time, Wesley was present, and there were some things she couldn't say. Qin Xiayue smiled and said, "Weidong's money is lost, and Xie Di's pocket money is earned, isn't it, Xie Di?"

Yan Jiedi smiled and said, "Miss Xiaoyue also has your shares in it, and your pocket money will be indispensable at that time."

After reading the reports for the last five years, Yi Weidong said to Wesley: "I think the income of lavender is not bad. Can we expand the planting area and make essential oil after harvesting the flowers? This is more profitable than wheat."

Wesley said: "This idea is good. Lavender is easy to manage. Now April is the planting season. It can be harvested twice a year, and the profit is higher than that of wheat."

"Reduce the planting of some pastures and plant lavender instead. You can make a plan for me later."

Yi Weidong thought about it and asked: "Should we add some machinery? I think there are a lot less machinery under the carport."

Wesley scratched his head: "It is true that we need to add some machinery. Locke sold some relatively new tractors, and the rest are a few years old. When they are not enough, we will rent them from other farms, which will greatly delay the planting time."

"Then you also make a list for me, and make up for the missing machinery, so as not to delay the normal operation of the farm."

Since we bought the farm, we need to manage it well. Yi Weidong and Wesley discussed some future work on the farm, and after making arrangements, asked: "How did you store the harvested wheat before?"

Wesley replied: "After drying in a dryer, put them in sacks and sell them directly to grain merchants."

Yi Weidong asked: "Is there any large grain storage tank installed here in Los Angeles?"

"Yes, the large ones can hold tons of tons."

Yi Weidong also watched a documentary about how the beautiful country stores grain in his previous life. He built a huge storage tank with food-grade stainless steel, dehydrated and dried the grain, and stored it directly in the storage tank. Regular inspections and temperature control Can be stored for 5-8 years.

Yi Weidong said: "Now that the price of grain is low, it is not worthwhile to sell it. I plan to build several [-]-ton grain storage tanks. After the farm wheat is harvested, it will be stored and sold at the right time."

Wesley frowned. After many years of farm life, he knew that food prices would fluctuate periodically, whether it was war or natural disasters. It is indeed more profitable to store food and sell it when the price is high than to sell it directly every year. The requirements are relatively high.

Tens of thousands of acres of farms spend a lot of money every year.

After talking about the funding issue, Yi Weidong said: "Don't worry about the funding issue. I have a company in Xiangjiang, and running a farm is just a side business. There will be no shortage of funds."

It is just to store the harvested grain. If the money is really insufficient, it will not be too late to sell the grain. It is just that a large amount of money needs to be invested in the construction of stainless steel storage tanks.

Wesley said: "That's no problem, I will contact the builder for an inquiry."

After discussing the development of the farm, Yi Weidong walked into the small wooden villa courtyard for the first time. It seemed that it had been many years, but there was no problem with the accommodation. There were three bedrooms upstairs and the attic was enough to live in.

Not long after, Mi Xiaozhou bought some chickens and ducks. The farm also had a vegetable garden and frozen beef. At noon, Yi Weidong cooked a large pot of beef stew and cooked six hard vegetables, and had lunch with the cowboy.

What strengthens the relationship is to eat and drink together, and some unfamiliar cowboys are full of praise for Yi Weidong's craftsmanship, and they soon became acquainted.

After dinner, Yan Jiedi and Qin Xiayue helped Yi Weidong, who was drinking too much, to the upstairs room, Qin Xiayue complained: "Weidong too, he can't drink so much."

Yan Jiedi sat on the edge of the bed and knocked on her knees: "Who says it's not, it's shameful to drink so lightly."

"Did you lose your man?"

The drunk Yi Weidong asked suddenly, and Yan Jiedi shivered in fright. Just as he was about to get up, Yi Weidong pulled him into his arms and imprisoned his upper body with his arms.

Qin Xiayue said angrily: "Okay, you are pretending to be drunk."

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "If I don't pretend to be drunk, the four of them will take turns feeding me, and I will really get drunk."

Yan Jiedi was hugged by Yi Weidong, Qin Xiayue was still watching, her face was already blushing, and her chest felt stuffy.Angrily said:
"Relax, little rascal!"

Qin Xiayue giggled, Yan Jiedi's face turned even redder, her whole body suddenly became hot, and she could only struggle hard, but it's a pity that the thin Yan Jiedi couldn't break free.

Qin Xiayue suddenly yawned and said, "I'm a little sleepy, I'm going to take a nap for a while."

Knowing that Yan Jiedi is thin-skinned, she sleeps with Yi Weidong in her arms and hides it from Yan Jiedi every day, so it's better to give the two of them some time to spend together, since they can't be the overlord Yi Weidong by themselves, they should share some with Yan Jiedi.

Every day, I feel itchy in my heart, because I can't do anything due to the tradition and feel uncomfortable, and I want Yan Jiedi to have a taste of that feeling.

Before closing the door, he said: "Xie Di, you can take care of the drunk Weidong, we will ride horses tomorrow."

When Yan Jiedi heard the sound of closing the door, she said angrily, "You're dead, you won't be laughed at by Sister Xiaoyue in the future!"

Yi Weidong lowered his head and tasted his fragrant lips: "What's the joke? Are you kidding us like this?"

It was already like this, Yan Jiedi also gave up struggling, took off her coat and turned her back to Yi Weidong's arm as a pillow, moved a few times, and found the most comfortable position: "I'm also a little spring sleepy, don't mess around Move, I'll squint for a while."

(End of this chapter)