The Rise of the Ranch King

Chapter 36 36. Ambition

At six o'clock this morning, Lin Feng, who was preparing for his morning run, opened the door and was shocked!

Three lifeless hares stood side by side outside.

Lin Feng didn't react for a moment. He didn't know it was his "masterpiece" until he saw the little wolverine not far away.

It is said that wild animals will repay kindness after being rescued by humans. For example, I saw in the news that someone rescued a fox, and then the fox's family of seven or eight depended on that person's house to act cute and eat and drink.

The wolverine family has this tendency, but Lin Feng really hopes that they can stay and act as "full-time thugs" in the lakeside pasture, killing the hares and prairie dogs hiding in the burrows to protect the pasture from being eaten up.

This is a good win-win idea, the Wolverine family gets territory and food, and Lin Feng solves his troubles.

The little wolverine has been trained in the small world, understands simple instructions, and can even sense its existence to a certain extent.

It's an amazing feeling.

David Hubbard walked out of his house dressed neatly. It looked like he had slept well last night.

The worker's cabin at Lakeside Ranch. Uncle Frank used to move there when he had a falling out with his wife.

From a long distance away, David greeted Lin Feng with a loud voice that aroused the birds in the forest.

Seeing the hare at the door, David frowned slightly and looked at the little wolverine not far away.

"BOSS, if I guessed correctly, he should be the captain of the ranch guard. He bravely killed two hare criminals and accidentally injured an innocent hare civilian. We are sad for its misfortune."

Lin Feng asked in confusion: "How do you distinguish criminals from civilians?"

David pointed to the one on the far right, "It's white."

Two black and one white.

Lin Feng suddenly realized that this was a cold joke unique to Americans.

Old man David's job in the morning was to look after the cattle and sheep grazing on the green grass. In his words, he could look after such livestock with a hair.

Less than a hundred cows are indeed too few.

At seven o'clock, Charlie drove to work. He brought a ranch analysis report with specific information about the lakeside ranch.

David is a pure old cowboy, and Charlie is more like a rancher's assistant, or agent.

The calf bitten by a wolverine has not yet fully recovered, but it can already walk independently, but with a limp on its hind legs.

This guy was restless while he was recuperating, always thinking about making big news and getting bitten by Wayne.

Wayne is the symbol of loyalty at Lakeside Ranch, with his piercing eyes, firm expression, and majestic stance. Who would have thought that he was almost euthanized before.

The pet rescue center called and said that they would come and see Wayne's current condition when they had time, which would be like a return visit.

Lin Feng estimated that they would be surprised. Maybe they could even be awarded a certificate like "Pet Friend" or something like that.

Just when Charlie was about to discuss the future of the ranch with Lin Feng, Paul Schneider called about the jade auction.

"Long time no see, brother, here's the good news. The auction may be moved forward. It could be held as early as next week, because the seats at the auction site are almost fully booked."

Great, it means there are many people interested in that piece of jade.

"Thank you very much, bro, for having the opportunity to buy you a drink."

Paul also revealed that Zhenbao Auction Company is planning to book the revolving restaurant at the Seattle Space Needle to allow treasure holders to spend a wonderful night.

Lin Feng was eager to start filming tomorrow, so he could have peace of mind if he could get the money as soon as possible, but he was always worried about unintended consequences.

Although I can't think of any link that could cause problems.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Feng's mind had already flown to Seattle.

Charlie coughed twice and stopped talking.

"BOSS, I shouldn't eavesdrop on your phone, but you just mentioned the jade auction?"

Lin Feng nodded, "I plan to exchange the treasure left by Uncle Frank for money to develop the ranch." Charlie was shocked, "Zhenbao Auction House, right? I saw an advertisement about that piece of jade, and it turns out to be yours."

"To be honest, that piece of jade can bring a lot of money to the ranch. Having more money is always a good thing."

"BOSS, you impressed me again." Charlie opened the record book, "Let's see how much it costs to run a good lakeside ranch."

Lin Feng leaned over and saw that it was densely covered with words and even pictures.

Charlie pointed to an abstract shape and said: "We already have a pickup truck, which is very practical, and now we need a tractor."

"tractor?"

Lin Feng likes this stuff.

Charlie continued: "The tractor can be hung with many tools on the back, such as forage harvesters, balers, cultivators that are not used temporarily but will be used sooner or later, sprayers and various harvesting tools..."

Lin Feng thought he was talking about Allegro.

Charlie explained that these are basic equipment. If you want to save trouble, you can buy that kind of integrated large-scale machinery.

"It's just that we only have 500 acres of land at the moment. We don't need to spend money to buy a big one. It won't be too late to buy it when we have half the size of Otto Ranch."

Charlie said this very naturally, as if it was an inevitable goal.

Lin Feng listened very seriously, "So how much does it cost to purchase basic equipment for the ranch?"

"We can buy new equipment, or we can choose to be more sensible and buy some high-quality and cheap second-hand equipment at agricultural supplies auctions. I have friends there who can guarantee that we will not buy defective products."

As he spoke, Charlie opened another page of the notebook, which contained many numbers.

The market price and second-hand price of each type of equipment are listed separately, and some can differ by two or three times.

Lin Feng snapped his fingers and said no problem, everything will be carried out according to his plan.

In addition, Charlie made a preliminary plan according to Lin Feng's wishes. The lakeside ranch is not connected to any ranch now.

In other words, you can purchase agricultural land directly from the state government, which is much simpler than negotiating land prices with other ranchers, and the price is not too expensive.

The expansion of pasture means more cattle can be raised and higher economic benefits.

After reading everything, Charlie closed the notebook.

"BOSS, do you know Wagner Farm?"

Lin Feng said he didn't know.

"The Wagner Ranch was the largest contiguous farm in the United States, spanning six counties in Texas. At its peak, they owned 52 acres of land, 16000 cattle, 1200 oil wells and large mineral reserves."

Lin Feng was a little surprised, "Wait a minute, Charlie, you mean the Wagner Farm mines its own oil?"

Another knowledge point, Charlie told him that if the oil, natural gas and other resources in the United States are on private land, then they are privately owned, and they belong to the state only if they are located on public land or national parks.

Lin Feng was a little excited, maybe one day he would find oil in his yard.

"I checked the information and it's equivalent to twice the land area of ​​Hong Kong and one-third of Shanghai. Isn't it more intuitive to say it this way?"

The area of ​​a farm is equivalent to two Hong Kongs. What is the concept?

It takes two hours to drive around my home. It is unimaginable. It is equivalent to owning a small country with land that is completely your own.

Lin Feng was so excited by what he said.

Charlie closed his notebook and said, "BOSS, how about we do something big?"

Lin Feng smiled slightly and bumped his fists with him.

At this time, Old David's hoarse voice came from the intercom, "Are you ready for dinner? Take me with you!"

(End of this chapter)