American Ranch

Chapter 11

The rancher's house is at the mouth of a small creek valley, and a mountain stream flows beside the house.

Americans pay great attention to the living environment. It should be said that the rich...the place where they live is usually not too bad.

Next to the rancher's house, there is a small lake dug by hand. The water is clear and transparent, with green water plants and colorful stones.Occasionally a big fish jumps out of the water...

On the opposite side of the lake is the planting area, where various pastures and grains are planted, which are used to make feed for fattening cattle. The area is 300 hectares, a piece of fertile land with no end in sight.

300 hectares, 4500 mu.

Qingshui Village, where Chen Mo's hometown is located, is not that big.

The pastures and grains produced are sold outside if the pastures cannot be used up.

The house is an old-fashioned single-story house with an area of ​​about 160 square meters and a traditional wooden structure.Entering the door is a large living room, kitchen, and dining room.The master bedroom is close to the lake, and you can see the rising sun from the bed...

Chen Mo went home and took a shower, changed his clothes, and went into the forest to look for ginseng.

The forest is mainly dominated by fir trees.The former rancher planted Changbai Mountain ginseng and American ginseng.

Changbai Mountain ginseng and American ginseng are both Araliaceae plants, but their clinical functions and applicable populations are vastly different and cannot be substituted for each other.

Changbai Mountain ginseng can strengthen the vital energy, strengthen the veins, strengthen the spleen and lungs, promote body fluid, and soothe the nerves. It can be used as a first-aid medicine, but there are many clinical contraindications. It is best to take it under the guidance of a doctor, or eat less, twice a day. Three grams like this.Eating too much Changbai Mountain ginseng is easy to get angry...

American ginseng is a warm ginseng, suitable for regular consumption without getting angry.If you usually eat it, it is recommended to eat American ginseng, soak it in water in the morning and evening, or stew it in soup, the content is very good.

Ginseng is most suitable for growing in places with great temperature differences between winter and summer. The average temperature in January in winter is -1°C, and the average temperature in July is 23.5-7°C. It has strong cold resistance, even minus 20°C.Ginseng likes water, the annual rainfall can reach 26-40 mm, and the snow accumulation is 500-1000 cm is the best.Ginseng also likes cool and humid climates, oblique and diffuse light, avoid strong light and high temperature.The soil requires well-drained, loose, acidic soil with a soil pH of 20-44.

The forests of Snow Mountain Ranch are very suitable for growing high-quality ginseng, which is why the previous owner of Snow Mountain Ranch chose to grow ginseng here...

Of the 1000 hectares of mountain forest, Changbai Mountain ginseng varieties are only planted on less than 100 acres.The rest are planted with American ginseng...

The planting density of ginseng is quite high.It cost nearly $100 million to plant these ginsengs.You don’t need to search too carefully when you enter the mountain forest. Chen Mo saw more than a dozen ginseng... According to the marking on the map, American ginseng is planted in the mountain area, and there are 8-year-old ginseng in the area near the pasture. Chen Mo carefully dug out three ginseng... …

American ginseng is the same as Changbai Mountain ginseng, the older it is, the more valuable it is.Undergrowth ginseng planted in the forest imitates wild ginseng, which can be sold within five years. Last year, a businessman came to discuss the purchase. The wet ginseng was sold at a price of 30 US dollars per kilogram, but it was not sold.I wanted to keep it until the 10-year period expired and then harvest it in batches and sell it at a high price... The most valuable thing in the entire Snow Mountain Ranch is ginseng.Otherwise, this shabby land is not worth 800 million dollars.

Carefully digging out three huge American ginseng, Chen Mo knew he had found a treasure.

The planting density of ginseng in the mountain forest is very high, but many die during the growth process.In some places, you can find several in one square meter, and in some places, you can’t find one in tens of square meters...

At the beginning, a total of 500 million ginsengs were planted, not to mention 100 million, at least 10 should have survived.

Chen Mo only dug up three ginsengs, and the largest one should weigh more than 1 kilogram.The other two seem to be malnourished, and the two weigh less than half of one...

1 kg of wet ginseng weighs 250 grams after drying, which is already quite large for understory ginseng.

Went home to clean it up, put it in my pocket, and drove to Billings with Camerby.

This time, Chen Mo sat in the boss seat and asked Ke Erbi to drive. He called Bai Xiaoou out of boredom: "Hey, are you busy?"

"No. You and Lao Zhang are playing in the car dealership, have you settled down in the ranch?"

"Almost. The machinery warehouse of Xueshan Ranch has been emptied, leaving only two tractors. I need to purchase a lot of machinery and equipment. Do you know anyone who sells second-hand agricultural machinery?"

"Of course. If you want something, send me the list, and I promise to get you a low price."

"I'm on my way to Billings. I just went into the mountains and dug a few ginsengs for you." Chen Mo lit a cigarette: "Snow Mountain Ranch is really a scam. If it weren't for the ginseng in the mountains, I would be so special." Why don't you cry..."

Bai Xiaoou chuckled: "Don't be so cheap, you just picked up a treasure. If you didn't have a trade war because of your crazy nerves, don't even think about buying the Snow Mountain Ranch. Under normal circumstances, Snow Mountain The ginseng in the ranch is worth several million."

Chen Mo also laughed.

He plans to transplant some ginseng to the cave space after a while, the time flow rate of the cave space, one year outside is ten years in the space... If you can transplant and cultivate a large number, it will be difficult not to make a fortune.

"By the way, I went into the forest and took a look. There are a lot of ginseng. But how to sell it..."

"What's the rush? The former owner of Xueshan Ranch had to sell the ranch because of business problems at home, and you are not short of money. The trade dispute between China and the United States cannot last forever. After one or two years, it happens to be the 10-year period of ginseng. 10 Under-forest ginseng in 9 can be called wild ginseng. Compared with ginseng in [-]-year-old forest, it is normal to double the price. Don’t worry...you still worry about selling good things in your hands? Let the news out and find the buyer yourself It's coming."

It was past one in the afternoon in Billings.Bai Xiaoou and Zhang Kun were waiting for him at the car dealership, and went to a restaurant outside to have dinner together...

Bai Xiaoou looked at the purchase list: "There are a lot of things to purchase, and all the second-hand equipment will cost more than 30. Why is there an F450?"

"The carts are used for transportation, pulling cattle, and transporting pasture." Chen Mo said.

"I'm dizzy. What do you think? Is it too extravagant?"

Canlby next to him looked embarrassed: "It's my suggestion...Mr. Chen Mo originally planned to use F150. The traction of 150 is slightly insufficient. I said 450."

"That's it..." Bai Xiaoou shook his head: "Anyway, it is used as a tractor, why not buy an F650, or a special truck head."

"Isn't the F650 more expensive..."

"You may have misunderstood the Ford F series. The 650 is a truck in North America. The original 650 looks like this..." Bai Xiaoou clicked on his phone and searched for a picture for Chen Mo, and then said: "The original 650 is a truck. The new one The price is less than 6 US dollars. It can be converted into a luxury pickup, or a super SUV. If it is used to pull goods, it is directly equipped with a large external car... I know where there is a second-hand F650 for sale, and there are two external boxes, one It is used to transport cattle and sheep, and a carriage dedicated to pulling goods costs a total of 6 dollars, which is more cost-effective than buying an F450."

The F650 is a truck… a truck!
After leaving the restaurant, the group went along Highway 94 to Forsyth, 150 kilometers away, where there are dealers specializing in Ford cars, and they also accept Ford brand cars.

An F650 placed in the most eye-catching position is a truck tractor.Unlike the F650 seen in China, it is a pickup or a luxury SUV.

The car has two matching carriages, the carriage for transporting cattle and sheep can deliver more than 9.5 cows at a time, and the external carriage is super long.The other compartment is used to pull goods, and the standard planting capacity is [-] tons.It shouldn't be a big problem to think it's more than ten tons overweight.

Car plus carriage, $6.The carriages are non-standard and cannot be used on highways. They are configured for the private use of large farms and cannot even be used on numbered interstate highways.

Bai Xiaoou helped negotiate the price and got it at a price of 5.9 US dollars.

The purchasing power of the U.S. dollar is indeed strong. Although the F650 is a second-hand car, it has only run less than 5 miles, and the total cost of adding two external cars is less than 6, which is about 40 yuan.If you are in China, you can buy a Raptor for 40...

Next, I will buy a high-powered tractor, a combine harvester, two pasture harvesters, two pasture binding machines, and a forklift...all of which are second-hand equipment, third-hand, or even fourth-hand mechanical equipment.A total of $34 was spent...

There is only 36 knives left in my pocket, and I have to buy cattle and sheep, and set aside the money to pay the workers' salaries... It has only been a few days since I became rich overnight, and I am poor again before enjoying the life of the rich, Chen Mo thinks Find a way to make some more money.

(End of this chapter)