Alpine pasture

Chapter 400 I'm Sorry (Three Watches, Last Around Nine)
The two of them took turns driving the car, and they arrived at Kingman just after three o'clock in the afternoon. They drove the car towards the valley, and they met a big truck with a big head in front of them. When they reached the intersection of the valley, there was a truck. It also turned around, and it turned out to be sending wood to his ranch.

Ju An overtook the truck with his car and drove towards the center of the valley along the foot of the mountain. Before he had gone far, he saw a few small gray spots in front of him. Thinking that it was the temporary camp now, he couldn't help speeding up the accelerator. Within 2 minutes of driving, Wang Fan sat in the co-pilot's seat and began to complain: "I said you are so anxious, you will be in such a bad place soon, and the two stones from time to time are really unbearable."

After hearing this, Ju An smiled and was full of speed, then turned his head and laughed at Wang Fan: "Can't you think that we are here to play off-road, and complain after a few bumps."

"I'm not complaining about myself, but I'm frightening the snakes in the box behind you. Let's shake things up, the box is dancing," Wang Fan said, pouting at the plastic box behind him.

Ju An patted his head: "I am so excited that I forgot about this."Saying that, try to look at the road and find a slightly flat place to walk.

After Wang Fan followed Ju An, he looked around at the surrounding environment: "This place is far worse than your pasture, looking at this desolate place, it looks like the Great Gobi."

Hearing Wang Fan's words, Ju An smiled and said, "The price of land is cheap, and the old professor Leonard has new plants to grow. In the future, he will be feeding goats here. It looks desolate now. Let's take a look again, it is guaranteed to be a green, it is impossible to raise alfalfa grass, and the kind of plants with good drought resistance are not bad."

Wang Fan listened and asked: "Are you going to toss the sheep again? Have you come up with a new breed, not bad! Not bad!".Wang Fan patted Ju An on the shoulder: "In the future, we will not only have beef, but also new mutton to change the taste. By the way, I prefer donkey meat, or you can get some support."

Ju An listened with a smile and said: "Where are there so many new breeds, that is, ordinary goats, and at most meat goats that are better selected, this is the advice given by Professor Lehmann. Now Hans Ranch is to raise sheep first. Besides, raising donkeys is also a good choice, but you can’t raise too many, Lao Mei doesn’t eat this stuff here, if you raise too many, there is no place to sell them.Ju An's mouth began to flow when he mentioned donkey meat. Under the dragon meat in the sky is donkey meat. I haven't seen many donkey meat sellers here in Laomei.

"You have to pay attention to this matter, and try to get it out as soon as possible. No one eats here in the United States. There are many people who eat it in China. It's enough to export to China. At that time, the horse farm in the south of the Yangtze River will have more main dishes," Wang Fan said. Ju An said with a smile.

After listening to Wang Fan's words, Ju An said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you will be excited when it comes to eating. I haven't raised my sheep yet. Besides, do you have any mutton to eat? Now the pasture raises 1000 sheep. Many sheep are not enough for you to eat, even if it is exported to China, what about the tax, the domestic import tax is not low, we still need to feed ourselves first.”Xishuihe Ranch Juan raised a flock of sheep as soon as he bought it. Now there are more than 1000 sheep. Apart from eating for himself, he has not sold it to the outside world. It is supplied to Taylor’s tourist ranch. Basically, the family only eats this one a month. Twice, when Thomas was preparing meat for the cowboys, he gave some to Ju An. If he let himself go butcher, Ju An would not be interested. Now there is no such thing as beef.

The time passed quickly as the two foodies were chatting and eating. In a blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the temporary building. Wang Fan from Ju'an got out of the car and heard the sound of excavators booming. There were several excavators not far away. The excavator began to dig a small lake on the pasture, and a black iron pipe more than 30 centimeters thick was erected on the ground not far away, spraying water outward.

Leonard saw the black Mercedes approaching, and he was waiting for Ju An in front of the temporary building early. When he saw Ju An got out of the car and walked over, he said to Ju An, "How is it, it's not bad."

Ju An looked at it and nodded: "This progress is really beyond me to say, it's beautiful."Ju An looked at the old man Leonard. After a long time, his face was getting a little dark. Now the old man was dressed in a cowboy dress. At this time, he was wearing brown riding boots, a white shirt, and his head was stuck. A big Mexican hat with a brim wider than the old man's shoulders is like carrying a parasol with you.

Leonard listened to Ju An's compliment and said with a smile: "I'm a bit busy, but don't you feel that I'm more energetic than when I was in Montana? I used to be squatting in the laboratory, but now I feel more active outside. My body is much better."The old man showed his tanned and furry arms to Ju An, gestured for a moment, and then said, "Let's rest in the house first or see the progress?".

"Let's not be busy for now. I also brought a few king snakes here and let them catch rattlesnakes or something." Ju An said, and opened the back door of the car and took out the plastic box.

Leonard looked at the plastic box in Ju An's hand and said: "This is really good, the rattlesnake will be fine, but there are a lot of mice here, and now I can hear the sound of these things running around in my sleep at night. This is much better."After speaking, he motioned for Ju An and the two to follow him towards the house.

The so-called house is the simple work shed that is common on our domestic construction sites. The white plastic wall and a few steel frames are put together like this. The door is the kind of transparent plexiglass door, and a cool breeze blows when it is opened. It's oncoming, and the air conditioner is on.

Ju An walked in and took a look. There was a simple table, a wooden bed in the corner not far away, and some clothes hanging on the wall. It seemed that the old man also lived here at night. It was both an office and a dormitory. The next four weeks, Ju An said: "This condition is not very good."In fact, Ju An is just a sigh of relief. I admit the old man's work attitude, and I can't take it seriously. There are air-conditioned rooms, and this is a good place in the wilderness.

Leonard waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. When I went out to study plants when I was young, I was a sleeping bag in the tropical jungle at night. I haven't come here yet."This old beauty is not good at this point, she takes everything seriously, and Ju An is just polite to the old man.

The old man brought coffee to Ju An and Wang Fan from the pot, and then said to Ju An, "I will notify Rand to see if he is there. If he is, let him come over to meet you."

Ju An nodded after hearing this. Rand is the new ranch management that Lawrence and Thomas are optimistic about. He has worked on a large ranch in California for more than 20 years. Thomas and Lawrence are interested in this person's experience, and they know this person through their California cowboy friends. The character is also good, in Thomas's words: he is a good player.He was recommended by two old men to Ju An as the supervisor of the new ranch. Of course, it is still temporary. If he wants to secure this position, it depends on his performance later.

Why not transfer people from the existing ranch? As mentioned above, on the one hand, the cowboys on the ranch are too young, and on the other hand, the cowboys from the Xishuihe ranch are reluctant to come here.

Wang Fan stood at the door while drinking coffee while looking out: "How big is your new ranch".

Ju An explained the margins of his new ranch to Wang Fan: "The two sides reach the foot of two mountains, and the upper and lower sides reach the road. What is enclosed is the area of ​​my ranch, which is about 16 acres."

"Damn! It's equivalent to doubling the size of the land, 40, is it possible to enter the top ten landlords now?" Wang Fan asked with his eyes wide open.

Ju An smiled and shook his head: "It's early, it's possible to touch the top ten landowners after doubling it up. I'm not interested in the top ten and the top ten, I want profitable ranches, some of them It is sold by cutting down trees. Some people directly raise animals. Most of them do not rely on pastures for food. Unlike them, I rely on pastures for food.”

Before the words were finished, Leonard pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing that no one was following behind him, he probably did not find Rand, the acting ranch manager.

Leonard shrugged at Ju An: "Rand is not here, I heard from the cowboy that he took a few people to patrol the fence, and he will probably be back at night."

He waved at Leonard: "It doesn't matter, I don't plan to leave tonight anyway, and arrange a room for me and Wang Fan."

"There's only one room now, why don't we give you an extra bed," Leonard said to Ju An.

"Okay!" Ju An looked at Wang Fan, and Wang Fan didn't care. Several people lived in the dormitory before, let alone two people.Then he asked Leonard, "I think the groundwater has been pumped out. How long will it take for this small lake to be dug up?"

Leonard thought for a while and said: "The lake will take more than a month. Now that the water has been released into the low-lying areas, there is no need to dig the two low-lying areas on both sides. It is enough to dig a small highland of more than 200 meters in the middle. Dig more than 50 meters. The area of ​​the lake on both sides of the wide connection is a few acres larger than what we planned.”

Ju An listened and nodded. The size of the lake is not a problem at all. Whether there is a lake or not is the biggest problem. Then he asked: "When will the construction of the cowboys' dormitory start? I saw the lumber delivery on the way here. truck."

"It has arrived now, and the cargo is being unloaded. The construction team will be able to enter the site the day after tomorrow, and then the electricity from the power company will be able to pass through. First build the residences by the lake, and then the residences on both sides." The old man Leonard took out the blueprint, spread it out on the table, and pointed with his finger: "Zhanshi is the Lake District, and there are about 35 people in the dormitory. On both sides are 26 and seven cowboys, plus some other people. The ranch is completely complete. It takes 150 people to operate, which is still a small number.”

Wang Fan also stretched out his head and looked at the blueprint. Ju An glanced at it and did some calculations in his heart: "Well, then let's go according to the plan."Ranchers who don’t have automatic irrigation need more, but they can also make small moves by themselves using the name of new plants. Thinking of this, looking at the old man watching the drawings, he sighed in his heart: I’m sorry, Leonard ! Buddy has to slowly open the golden finger.

(End of this chapter)