silent farm

Chapter 18 The purchase list that can smash out the crater
If beef cattle are raised well, they can be slaughtered at about two years old.

An average of 90 cows can be slaughtered every year - Li Sheng doesn't know that it is impossible, after all, enough cows need to be left.According to the current price, ordinary farmed cattle can be bought for about two thousand to three thousand reais per head.Of course, if the beef is of good quality, the price will increase.

In Brazil, farmers and herdsmen do not need to pay transaction tax, but only need to pay personal income tax.Moreover, he only needs to pay taxes when he makes money, so he should not lose money.Of course, special circumstances also need to be considered, such as epidemics in the surrounding areas, and all cattle in the entire area cannot be sold.

But he basically doesn't need to consider such special circumstances.If you think about it, you don't have to do anything.What he considered was that it was impossible to buy that many calves with the current funds.

The main cattle markets are in the southern highlands, which are too far away.There are also a lot of cattle farms in the Amazon Plain, which has also attracted the largest cattle breeding company in the country, Matsuda Group, to open a large cattle farm here.

He could only find these things online in Obidos, the larger city closest to the ranch.He is also very depressed about the fact that the ranch cannot access the Internet.

He also learned that the development of computers in Brazil was very slow and quite expensive.The so-called broadband is similar to Huaxia's Internet access through cats. It is said that it was slower a few years ago, but it has improved a lot now.And the price of the computer is also expensive.Maybe this is also the main reason why Brazilians can't be otaku.

It just made Li Sheng feel that the country of BRICs is a bit misnamed...

He would like to take the network cable to the ranch, but in the Amazon, there are not even one more road, let alone a transmission line.If you want to connect more than 200 kilometers of optical fiber from OBIDUS, which can access the Internet, the price and time required are really unimaginable.

The best way to do this is to build a signal receiving tower on the ranch, whether it is used for wireless Internet.Although the speed will be slower, it is better than no Internet access.

The matter of raising cattle can be put aside for now, he plans to solve the network problem first.As a result, when he and Anthony went to the telecommunications department of Óbidos, they found the door closed.After asking people nearby, I learned that this department usually works for one day and then takes a day off because of the lack of work, and does not work on weekends and Sundays.And today they just rest.

This kind of working hours is even better than that of a city in Huaxia that proposed that civil servants work four days a week.Work three days a week.If it is continuous, every week is a small golden week.

Seeing Li Sheng's depressed face, Anthony smiled and said to him in English: "The romance of Brazilians makes them prefer to play rather than work, so they always try to shorten their working hours. This situation is still relatively good." , at least we know when they open. If there's a strike, you don't even know if you'll be able to wait a month or two until they open."

"Are you sure you're not talking about Paris but Brazil?" Li Sheng really didn't know about this.

"There are indeed many strikes in Paris, but their strikes are generally not long and have a relatively certain deadline. In Brazil, you don't know when the strike will end. Sometimes it is long enough for workers to travel around the world." Anthony laughed. Say. "After a long time in Brazil, you can appreciate the romance of Brazilians. They have carnivals that make your blood boil, and work efficiency that makes you laugh."

"Forget it, let's talk about the Internet next time. Let's go to the office of the Matsuda Group." There are quite a few cattle farms near Obidos, so there is also an office of the Matsuda Group in this small town. "Hopefully they don't rest today."

The Matsuda Group office is open today, but there are only two staff members.One is a fat mulatto aunt, and the other is an Indian boy.The mixed-race aunt seems to be the person in charge of the office. As soon as she saw the two people enter the door, she stood up enthusiastically and said, "Welcome to Songtian Group. What do you need?"

Although this aunt's complexion is dark, and the black features are quite obvious, thick lips, round face, but Li Sheng absolutely does not discriminate against skin color."We want a batch of calves that are eight to nine months old," he laughs.

"Okay. Our Songtian Group is the largest cattle breeding enterprise in the country. The Solomon breeds we breed account for 33% of the country's cattle breeds. The quality of the cattle breeds can be guaranteed. I don't know how many calves you plan to buy?"

Li Sheng was stunned for a moment, and asked Anthony in English, "Didn't it mean that they also bred zebu? How did they become Solomon cattle? Is there such a breed of cattle?"

Unexpectedly, the aunt also understands English: "Sir, our Solomon cattle are actually our company's own improved zebu. This kind of cattle has the advantages of high meat yield, fast growth, strong resistance to stress and strong disease resistance. Today it has become the most famous cattle breed in Brazil."

He speaks English so fluently, no wonder he can become the person in charge of this office.Li Sheng hurriedly concealed his ignorance and said, "If we buy 20 heads, how much will it cost and how long will it take to deliver them?"

"20 heads!" the aunt exclaimed. "Oh, please forgive me! The figure of 20 surprised me. Is that right? Not twenty or twenty thousand?"

"Yes. I plan to buy 20 heads. Is your company not producing enough?"

"Of course. Oh, I mean of course it's enough," said Big Mom, bewildered. "But I need to consult the headquarters. 20 cattle, the number is too large. Please wait a moment, gentlemen, sorry, may I know your name?"

Li Sheng nodded and said, "My name is Li Sheng, you can call me Li."

Generally speaking, a cattle farm will usually keep cows and breed some calves themselves.Buying all the calves like Li Sheng, and there are so many of them, this kind of situation will basically not happen.

The aunt made a phone call to report the matter here to the headquarters.

After all, Songtian Group is the largest cattle breeding enterprise in the country, so it still has some efficiency.The statistics were done over there in 10 minutes.And fax the documents.

The aunt looked at the fax for a while, and said, "Li. I have to say that you are very lucky. Now that the price of beef has dropped, many cattle farms have no plans to expand, and there are more calves between eight and nine months old. , There are about 25 calves. However, excluding these [-] calves, we now have [-] calves from six months to eight months and ten months to one year old. I wonder if you are interested?"

Calf from half to one year old.Li Sheng didn't think it was a big problem.But he had other plans: "Is there a heifer that is about eighteen months old?" He had checked, and a heifer can be pregnant when it is about two years old.

"Let me see. Yes, we have, but not many. Just over 3000."

"What's the price?"

"Calf 4.4 reais per kilogram and cow 5.7 reais per kilogram."

Li Sheng asked again: "Is shipping included?"

"Of course not. The shipping fee needs to be calculated separately. I don't know where your cattle farm is."

"It's on the other side of the river in Orishimina." Li Sheng said. "It used to be a forest farm, but now I bought it and planned to turn it into a pasture."

"Oh, that's a big place. And I heard that you've done a good job. It's become a grassland. I guess you must have very good pasture." The aunt said with an exaggerated expression. "If it's there, I think 50 reais per cow for shipping."

When Li Sheng learned that they had so many cattle, he added another [-] head to the list.

If there are more than 30 cattle, the freight will cost 500 million reais.The shipping fee seems high, but he knows that many cattle may need to be shipped from all over the country.The shipping cost is not too outrageous.

Money is not enough for him now.But there is always a way.He asked: "How long will it take for all to be delivered. How will the cattle be paid for?"

"I think it will be delivered within a month." The Brazilian aunt will never say that the time required is short. "All cattle will be weighed after they are delivered. A part of the cattle needs to be paid in advance. But the specific amount needs to be discussed with the headquarters."

"Okay. Then when can your company headquarters send someone to negotiate?"

"Soon. I think they will come soon." Big Mom said with a smile.Although this business can't be completely handled by her, the initial negotiation was completed with her.Maybe the headquarters will give her a generous reward after the deal is concluded.

(End of this chapter)