pasture leisure

Chapter 65 The Wool

The disappointing price of beef was being discussed, and Burris had roasted the meat.

"Come here, let's eat"

Burris yelled at the people in front of the house.

After hearing what Burris said, everyone returned to the terrace one after another, each picked up the tableware they had once, took what they wanted to eat from the table, and stood in twos and threes on the terrace while eating and chatting.

Zhang Chi also took something.

But instead of fried rice, he took 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 ribs that hang some meat. The meat hanging on the lamb chops here can be as thick as the ribs.

Don't pay attention to it, just put it on the plate and grab it with your hands.

I have to say that Zhang Chi guessed that in the minds of these people, when everyone was choosing food, no matter what, everyone had a big or small three-flavored fried rice on their plates.

Everyone, including Burris, except Zhang Chi, is like this, which shows how popular the three delicacies fried rice is.

While eating, Zhang Chi got together with Seriol and Burris. Besides these three, there was also an old rancher, Benny, who also raised cattle, and he also raised mixed cattle.

Looking at the group of people in front of him, Zhang Chi discovered a problem. The town of Amber seems to have more Italians, unlike other places, where most of them are Irish.

Irish Americans account for a large proportion of white Americans. This is due to historical reasons. Before the founding of the United States, a food crisis broke out in Ireland, and the staple food of Ireland, potatoes, became diseased. Such Irish people did not For food, I originally counted on 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 number of white Americans.

Therefore, it is very rare for there to be so many Italians in the small town of Amber.

It's just that these Italians are Italians, and they hardly see the lazy and casual personality of the Italians. Most of them are hardworking and tough.

Everyone got together and continued to chat about the kind of thing in the ranch.

Seriol chatted for a while, then asked Zhang Chi: "George, will the cows in your ranch be bred next spring?"

Zhang Chi really didn't think about it. Hearing Serior's question, he said, "I really haven't thought about it. Why, are you interested in the Gascony bulls in my ranch?"

"I'm not asking about Gascony, but about the mixed cattle in your ranch. Isn't there a bull that grows quite strong?" Seseriore said.

As soon as he heard Serior's mention, Zhang Chi knew that Serior was referring to his own bastard, the bull that escaped from the mouth of the puma.

"Oh, I haven't thought about it yet, but it's okay if the cattle in the Ni ranch need to be bred," Zhang Chi said.

Benny is far away from Zhang Chi's ranch, so he only knows that the cattle in Zhang Chi's ranch are good, but he doesn't know that Scarpi is a very strong mixed cow.

Hearing about the mating of Seriorti, he immediately realized that there was a very good breeding bull in the China Boy Ranch in front of him, and Serior wanted to use this breeding bull to breed his own calf. It must be better than Serior's own bull, otherwise who would be willing to spend money to buy a bull.

"Nice cow?" Penny asked.

Serior said: "It's not bad, you can go and see the cattle raised by George's family when you have time."

There's nothing to hide about this kind of thing. If you want to do it secretly, Serior won't mention it at this time.

Zhang Chi, a rancher with two knives, did not expect this to happen.

He is a novice after all, I don’t know if you have an excellent breeding bull in your family, not only can you sell the bull to make money, but also sell the tadpoles to make money. Of course, you can also breed directly, but this is rarely used now. way out.

Generally, pastures use artificial intervention to let cows cup calves, because this method has a high success rate and is more controllable than the natural method.

Of course, some ranches will also choose the natural method. 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.

Seeing Benny looking at him, Zhang Chi said with a smile, "If you are interested, you can come to my ranch to see the cattle at any time."

After hearing this, Benny immediately said: "That will pass tomorrow. At around ten o'clock tomorrow morning, I heard that your cattle are raising well, but I haven't visited them all the time."

"Okay, everyone will call when the time comes," Zhang Chi said.

At the end of the conversation, the two added a call to each other.

Just after taking out the phone, the lawyer named Leonard came over with a plate and a spoon in his hand, and was putting fried rice into his mouth.

"George, your fried rice is really good," Leonard said politely.

Hearing Leonard's words, Zhang Chi smiled and thanked him.

However, the three of Benny next to each other smiled and did not speak.

"By the way, George, have you received your livestock subsidy?" Leonard asked casually after talking with Zhang Chi for a few words.

These words seemed casual, but they were not casual. You could tell by the expressions of the three of Benny, but Zhang Chi didn't pay attention to the three of Benny at the moment.

Zhang Chi naturally knew about the subsidy, 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 back, "Is there anything else?"

Leonard talked about four or five subsidies in a row, but Zhang Chi hadn't even heard of it, so he asked, "There are more?"

Zhang Chi didn't expect that there would be subsidies for buying a small agricultural machinery. He only knew that if he wanted to buy a large agricultural machinery, the US government would give him a certain amount of subsidies. He didn't expect that the government would pay for a small trailer.

He is still too young, and Zhang Chi has no experience in running a ranch. He does not know that almost [-]% of the net income of American farmers and herdsmen, especially small farmers and herdsmen, comes from government subsidies.

Moreover, the larger the farms and ranches, the more subsidies they enjoy. Many large ranches have lawyers who specialize in applying for such subsidies.Most of the tens of billions of dollars in agricultural and animal husbandry subsidies in the United States fall into the hands of these large farmers and ranchers.

These small ranches in Amber couldn't afford a lawyer alone, so we found a lawyer together to help everyone apply for these small government subsidies.

Leonard is obviously such a lawyer, and he obviously wants to get the business of Zhang Chi Ranch when he came here today.

Now Zhang Chi was a little confused when he heard it. It felt like he had missed tens of millions. He only knew some of the main subsidies, but he didn't expect that there were so many things he didn't know. There were more than [-] of them. , He has never heard of these things.

"How to apply?" Zhang Chi asked.

When he asked this question, he turned his head and looked at it, Boris and Seriol glanced at each other.

Burris laughed and said: "You just give the information to Leonard, and you provide the information to Leonard to help you apply. Many of them are difficult for you to apply alone."

As soon as Zhang Chi heard it, he understood that Leonard had to make a profit from the money.

Having lived here for so long, Zhang Chi didn’t know where to throw away the innocence of American society. The United States that Chinese people who have never been abroad think is actually the United States they imagined. They naively think that everything here It is all based on the law and the system, and there is no such thing as human relationship.

This is actually a big mistake, as long as there are people, there will be a society and a circle.

There will also be things that others can easily do here, but if you do it, you may not be able to do it in your entire life.

Because they have a network of relationships, but you don't!
Why are big law firms bullish?Do you think it's just the lawyer cow coins in it?In fact, the lawyers in the big law firms all come from the best schools. Naturally, those who come out of the schools are all good people. Everyone is doing well in society. In the words of our Chinese, there are people in the public security, procuratorate and law. Speaking of other things, the news is much better 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, many doctors would not be able to meet his current conditions.

"Then ask Leonard to spend more time on this matter."

Thinking about it, Zhang Chi understood that there is nothing to say. If you don’t hire Leonard, you can’t get the money. Even if you hire Leonard, you have to give him some money, but you still have the money to get it. Why? Saying it is better than not having a penny.

Reasonable and legal wool is not collected, Zhang Chi is afraid that one day he will go out on a rainy day, and he will be taken away by a thunderbolt.

Leonard laughed and said, "No problem, I'll send you some necessary materials tomorrow, just give them to me."

Zhang Chi understands that with the information coming, it is not just the information, there must be a bill of payment, but it is not a problem for him, there is no free lunch in the world, and today's meeting in Burris, Leonard can come It explains the problem very much.

Why!Society is really complicated.

Zhang Chi felt that he was right to come today.

If you bury your head in the ranch, it's not just hard-earned money.

Zhang Chi's mood immediately improved a few degrees when he thought that money would fall into his pocket soon.

Zhang Chi got the wool, and Leonard got another client, so the big guys couldn't help talking enthusiastically.

"Selier, when is your family planning to move this year?"

Burris asked Serior.

This is the old-fashioned ranch 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 pastures. One is to rent a government pasture, which requires payment Certain fees.

The second is to own a pasture and toss back and forth in two seasons a year. In this way, it is guaranteed 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 saving money, because the pastures of each family don’t grow much grass in winter. After heavy snowfall, the grass in the pastures will be covered, and then it will last until next spring, about April. When the snow melts, the grass can continue to grow.

This is not to say that there will be no grass in winter. We all know that the thick snow has the effect of heat preservation, and the pasture on the ground will still grow, but there is not enough cattle to eat. Normally, one acre can raise three cows, and in winter, one acre may Only half a head can be raised.

(End of this chapter)