The Rise of the Ranch King

Chapter 71 71.Shocked! You are such a sheep

John Otto believes that the ranchers in Riverdale Town are too old. This is an era of extreme utilitarianism, and people will be punished if they don't do it for themselves.

The old ranchers who still adhere to the "cowboy rules" of the past are out of tune with this society and will be eliminated sooner or later.

In his eyes, Ben Grando has become a thing of the past, and now is the new era of John Otto.

At the same time, construction work was going on at Lakeside Ranch.

On the way back from the reservation, Lin Feng contacted the construction company to discuss expanding the cattle shed and building a new biogas power generation system.

Everything is preparing for this year's cold winter. If you often watch news programs, you will feel that what you will face next is not the winter of 2021, but the "winter is coming" in "A Song of Ice and Fire". By then, the entire Mongolia When Dana enters the eternal night, monsters with clubs will pour into the pastoral areas from all directions and steal their cattle and sheep.

The next day, the head of the construction company came to check on the situation, and a team of trucks from the reservation drove into the ranch at the same time.

It was many times larger than Cassidy's battle. After all, there were more than two hundred cows, and the scene was quite spectacular.

Riverdale's delivery business is terrible, but its livestock transportation is among the best in all of Montana.

In the past, cattle were driven on highways by cowboys, and the walks often lasted days or weeks.

Now trailers and trucks have replaced this slow and unmanageable method, and it takes less than three hours to get from the reservation to the lakeside ranch.

As a famous agricultural area in the United States, Montana can even transport livestock by air, allowing cattle and sheep to fly, which is more difficult in some economically developed non-agricultural states.

At the front of the reservation's transportation convoy was a Lincoln Navigator. After getting out of the car, Geronimo glanced around.

Lin Feng saw the longing for this land from the chief's hawk-like eyes. He wore a suit and tie and exuded the unique temperament of a politician, more like a U.S. Congressman.

"It's a nice place. Look at that lake. It's very rare in the whole of Montana." The chief pointed at Tranquility Lake and said, "I grew up by a lake like this when I was a child, and later I followed my tribe to the border of Montana. , I have never been to the lake since then.”

Lin Feng thought for a while, "In other words, you are not a native of Montana."

The Indian tribe where Geronimo now belongs is a branch of the Sioux. The "Wounded Knee Massacre" launched by whites in 1890 ended the Sioux's rule in the Great Lakes and western plains.

The chief showed an elusive smile, "My mother is Mexican. She comes from the Apache tribe. I was also born there, so she gave me the name of the Apache tribe hero."

"They abused us for 400 years and now Deb Haaland joins the same government that enslaved us and stole our culture and they call it progress."

Lin Feng took a long breath, "My nation has suffered the same suffering as you. White people always feel that they are the center of the world and can dominate other countries and nations, but fortunately we have risen."

Geronimo turned his head to look at him, still smiling, and then turned back to look at the motorcade at the far end with a deep gaze.

The chief was very busy, making sure the cattle and sheep were safely pulled to the pasture and then driving away. In the afternoon, he had to attend a hearing at Helena City Hall.

Looking at his Lincoln Navigator, Lin Feng began to look forward to his Maybach. Every morning he woke up hoping to receive a call to pick up the car.

After Geronimo left, Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Standing with the chief always felt oppressive. He liked to talk about heavy topics, as if Lin Feng was responsible for the current situation of the Indians.

Geronimo was a man who bore the burden of his nation, but he had the wrong person to confide in.

The unloading started over there, it was an absolute big scene, and in my hometown people would set off firecrackers to celebrate.

The more than 200 newly arrived cows smelled the scent of pasture and couldn't hold it any longer in the truck pen.

The cows that were taking priority for a walk on the grass all looked here. In the past, Lin Feng thought that animals other than humans were dull. After spending time with them, he discovered that no matter cattle, sheep, dogs, or wolverines, they actually had a certain spirituality.

The wolverine family in particular taught him a lesson, and the scene of the big wolverine banging on the floor-to-ceiling windows that night is still vivid in his mind.

David rode over and asked if he could unload the truck. Lin Feng nodded.

"Drivers, please don't be anxious and come one by one in order. Livestock will have a stress reaction when they change to a new environment. I don't want to stay around and drive drones to look for cattle." Lin Feng was in control of the overall situation. He called Charlie, let Charlie take the three dog brothers to unload the sheep and drive them into the sheepfold first.

Today they are not the protagonist, the cow is.

Sheep are easier to say, after all, they are small, and both Caucasian dogs and German shepherds can handle them.

The thirty new arrivals are Tennessee sheep with mixed coat colors, including pure white and pure black, some mixed with black and white, and some with yellow coat. However, these sheep are significantly smaller than the white goats, so they are easy to distinguish.

The size is small, so don't expect the meat to be tasty.

The driver opened the iron fence on the truck, and thirty sheep rushed out, like an overturned cup spilling water on the ground.

Wayne started to work, and a dramatic scene happened!

It just barked a few symbolic times, and the sheep running in front fell to the ground!

It wasn't because he tripped, but because his body stiffened as if he had been hit by a bullet, and then the whole sheep fell down!

In just a few seconds, more than half of the sheep fell to the ground. If the grass hadn't been so soft, they would have suffered a concussion.

"What happened to them?"

Lin Feng's face was filled with questions.

He didn't die just after arriving at the ranch. He must have been killed by the beauty of the ranch, like a mouse falling into a rice vat.

Wayne was also dumbfounded and hurriedly ran towards Lin Feng, like a child who had done something wrong.

Charlie looked equally confused, and only the truck driver stood there laughing.

Of course, not all sheep fall to the ground in that posture. Some have stiff hind legs and can bend their front legs, falling down in a "kowtow" manner.

Lin Feng wanted to go over and see what was going on, but ended up cheating.

The sheep closest to it suddenly stood up and ran away without any trouble, and the other sheep also began to hide their bodies.

Now it became lively again, they were barking, running, and gnawing greedily on the grass.

Before Lin Feng could react, a few more sheep took another "second draw". They fell to the ground in a daze like before, and then resurrected with full health in a few seconds.

"What is going on? Can anyone give me an explanation?"

Facing the sheep all over the place, I was completely confused.

Charlie shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know, maybe it's the Tennessee sheep's way of expressing happiness."

The driver, who was not too concerned about the excitement, revealed the mystery. It turned out that the nicknames of these sheep were "Faint Sheep" or "Crooked Sheep".

Some individuals of Tennessee sheep suffer from congenital myotonia due to a genetic defect. If they are too excited or frightened, their muscles may suddenly stiffen and fall to the ground for a few seconds.

The genetic defect means that future generations will have the disease as long as they don't mutate, and breeding on pasture for several generations has basically become a family trait.

They are not miraculous functions carried in the mother's womb. The Tilting genes in the newborn Tilting sheep are still in a dormant state and have not yet been awakened. After adulthood, they will stumble an average of twenty times a week. That is to say, excluding night rest, every day You have to come here after every meal.

After listening to the driver's explanation, Lin Feng was amused that there was such a species in the world.

(End of this chapter)