It seems that the renovation project of this pasture is imminent. If this pasture cannot be transformed into a fully automatic sprinkler pasture, how will it be able to raise so many black Angus cattle and dairy cows? If one is raised per acre, it can also raise 100,000.

head.

To change the metaphor, the pastures on TV are all green lawns of European five-star stadiums, while the ones at Broken Pastures are like the rotten vegetable patches of Chinese Premier League stadiums.

"Don, did you make a big loss when you bought this ranch?" When he saw how bad the ranch was, Joubert felt as if he had been cheated.

"I don't think I was deceived at all by buying this ranch for 1.5 billion dollars, because it is worth the price, but if it wants to develop well, it must be renovated." The price of 1.5 billion was purchased by Zhou Gucheng.

In fact, Tang Zhengqing didn't even pay a dime for the price, so he grabbed it directly.

Tang Zhengqing has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Although he is not a Virgo, the obsessive-compulsive disorder still exists. If you want to do it, do it well, or else don't do it. This is Tang Zhengqing's style of doing things.

"It seems that it will cost a lot of money." Joubert felt that if he wanted to modernize the ranch, he would have to spend 100 million U.S. dollars, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get it, and the place would have to be acquired.

When American workers came to do the construction, Joubert got a headache when he thought about the big boss of these unions.

It is precisely because of this that Joubert did not go to work in various industrial companies after graduation, but went directly to Wall Street. After all, there is no labor union on Wall Street.

Workers in the United States don't care about you. As long as you sue the union, you will be finished. You know, the union has bankrupted a city, and you are still missing a ranch? Tang Zhengqing doesn't want his ranch to be lost by then.

They were sued by this group of agricultural workers.

There are many agricultural companies in the United States, regardless of whether they are pastures, farms, or even various fruit and vegetable planting bases. You only need to spend money to sign a contract with the agricultural company, and then you can wait for them to do everything for you.

Tang Zhengqing knew that the same was true for the Broken Ranch. Here, these cowboys were hired by themselves. Some of them were from agricultural companies, and some directly hired local cowboys. All of them were managed by Old Moore.

The weather is pretty good today. There are some clouds in the sky, so the sun is not very harsh. In addition, the location of the pasture is very cool. Even when the breeze blows, there is still a hint of coldness. It is already October.

, in November, when the cold snap comes, the pasture will turn into a world covered with ice and snow. Usually at this time, Old Moore instructs the cowboys to bale hay and store green grass to prepare for the winter.

To the west of the ranch is the National Forest Park, which is a mountain, and to the east is Yellowstone National Park, which is a mountain. The ranch is actually between the two mountains, and both mountains run north-south. This gives Tang Zhengqing a big headache.

Tang Zhengqing, who has good knowledge of geography since he was a child, knows how powerful the cold current in the North American continent is. The Arctic cold current goes directly from the north to the south, and then blows to the Gulf of Mexico without any obstruction along the way. Who makes the mountains of the entire North American continent run north to south?

, and they are also distributed on the east and west coasts.

The winter in Montana is not generally cold. It is just like the Northeast China. When the cold wave comes, the temperature will drop by 30 degrees immediately. It is winter from November to March of the next year, and spring begins.

It’s almost the end of March and the beginning of April. Spring is very short, and it’s almost summer without even feeling it.

The terrain of his ranch is a miniature version of the North American continent. "There will definitely be heavy snow in winter!" Even though Tang Zhengqing has never lived here, he knows that this is definitely the case.

The cold current blowing across the North American continent will bring you one meter of snow overnight, bringing you a temperature drop of 20 to 30 degrees.

Tang Zhengqing browsed the scenery along the way and carefully observed the advantages and disadvantages of the entire ranch along the way.

There are not many bodies of water in the pasture, just a few lakes, small rivers, and not many woods.

Although the entire pasture is endlessly flat, which is very rare, this has some disadvantages for raising animals, especially large beef cattle.

"We also need to plant some trees!" Tang Zhengqing recorded it in his mind.

After an hour, Old Moore drove Tang Zhengqing and his party to the southernmost part of the ranch. As for why Tang Zhengqing knew that this was the southernmost part of his ranch, it was because some boundary markers and horizontal fences were erected here.

, there was a sign on it that said Broken Ranch, so Tang Zhengqing knew about it.

"Boss, we have arrived at the pasture and are soaked. Do you want to go back?" Old Moore shouted to Tang Zhengqing behind him.

Although the cab is very large, only Lao Moore and Tang Zhengqing and Zhubert are in the cab. Li Zhenghai and Niu Ma are sitting in the compartment of the pickup truck, broadcasting live.

"Old Moore, what is that?" Tang Zhengqing asked, pointing further through the fence of the pasture.

"Boss, that's the bison herd in Yellowstone National Park over there. We can't hurt them. It's illegal to hurt them." Old Moore thought Tang Zhengqing wanted to try something new and hunted a bison.

At this time, Li Zhenghai, who was standing in the carriage, also saw the group of North American bison not far away, "Oh my god, the North American bison! This is the national animal of the United States!"

The American bison, also known as the North American bison, is the largest mammal in North America and one of the largest bison in the world. It is also a relatively fierce animal, weighing up to one ton, and has a pair of sharp horns that curve upward on its head.

They will not back down in the face of the most aggressive predators. They have dark chestnut brown hair and large shoulders like hummocks. Within the group, each bull forms a group and defends the group.

Cows, the period from June to September is the breeding season of American bison. Each cow can give birth to a calf every year.

Despite its huge size, it can still maintain a running speed of 60 kilometers per hour. The main group consists of females and calves; males will form separate bachelor groups, which will only gather together when mating.

American bison are new immigrants to North America. They originated from European bison in Eurasia and later migrated to the Bering Strait. During the Ice Age, a large amount of water was frozen into glaciers, causing sea levels to drop, exposing the gap between Asia and the Americas.

The Bering Strait is an ocean floor continent. Many animals from the Eurasian continent cross to America through this ocean floor bridge, and the bison is one of them.

American bison live in herds. They often trek in the mud and like to bathe in the mud. They rub their bodies on big rocks and tree trunks to get rid of external parasites. They mostly feed in the morning and evening and rest the rest of the time. When encountering wolves Attacking and running at speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour, herbivorous grasses and sedges are the species' main food, along with other leaves such as flowering plants, woody plants and even lichens. In winter bison dig through thick snow to find what's underneath. Buried plants.

The lifespan of a wild bison ranges from 18 to 22 years, and in captivity it lasts 35 to 40 years.

American bison live in large groups in the Great Plains of the United States and Canada, from Great Slave Lake in the far north of Canada to Mexico in the south, and then from eastern Oregon to the Atlantic Ocean. Large herds of American bison wander back and forth on the Great Plains. They roam in the winter. Migrating south and back north in the summer, they follow a traditional route known as the "Buffalo Trail."

At the beginning of the 19th century, the number of bison in the United States was approximately 65 million. However, since Europeans set foot on the American continent, the fate of this large animal has changed forever.

After European colonists entered North America, bison were massacred and nearly extinct by the end of the 19th century, with only a few hundred remaining. They were eventually strictly protected and the population has now recovered. Today, bison live on state-owned lands managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior There are approximately 10,000 bison, divided into 17 bison herds, distributed in 12 states. There are also an estimated more than 160,000 privately raised bison.

Yellowstone National Park, which spans the three states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, is the only land where bison have lived since prehistoric times. The place where Tang Zhengqing is now is at the foot of Yellowstone National Park.

The American Wildlife Conservation Society began to promote the designation of the American bison as the national animal in 2012. The image of this animal has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It has existed on the back of the five-cent coin for 25 years and has been used on the seal of the United States Department of the Interior since 1912. superior.

President Trump signed the bill two years ago, thus officially establishing the American bison as the national animal of the United States. After becoming the national animal, the status of the American bison has become equal to that of the bald eagle, the national bird of the United States.

Tang Zhengqing never dreamed that he would encounter American bison. This is very rare. And according to the current situation, the small group of American bison in front of him is obviously wild and lives in Yellowstone National Park. .

Thinking of this, Tang Zhengqing wondered if he could find an opportunity to attract these bison to his pasture.

However, even if he knocked down the bison in his pasture, he had to make it invisible to outsiders, otherwise Tang Zhengqing would not be able to take advantage of him if someone from the American government came to his door.

It would be best to let the bison stay in Tang Zhengqing's pasture and not be able to drive them away. Thinking of this, Tang Zhengqing couldn't help but laugh. He didn't have other abilities, but he still had this ability. As long as he carved a group of people on the pasture, The spiritual formation, no matter what kind of animal it is, will be deeply attracted to it and will never leave.

When we came here, we were not very fast, mainly because we had to observe the conditions of the ranch along the way. Now, on the way back, we didn’t care about anything. Old Moore ran all the way and drove from the southernmost part of the ranch to the ranch in just half an hour. The northernmost house.

Going further north from the house, we left Broken Ranch. Tang Zhengqing roughly measured it and found that the length of the entire ranch from north to south was about ten kilometers.

After returning, Tang Zhengqing, Zhubert, and Old Moore went to the office together. As for Li Zhenghai, they said they would go around, and Li Zhenghai also knew that his cousin must have something going on, so he didn't follow him.

"Moore is like this. I went to see the pasture today. The situation in the pasture is very bad. The main reason is that the water source in the pasture is scarce and the quality of the pasture is catastrophic. I want to transform the pasture into a modern pasture. And

We will also replace all the grass in the pasture." Tang Zhengqing put forward his idea straightforwardly.

As a boss, you can only use words to break your legs. Otherwise, if you let the boss do everything, why should the manager do it?

"Boss, I don't know how long you plan to complete the renovation, or what your estimated cost is. I have a good idea." Old Moore continued to ask.

"I don't know how much it will cost. I just need to complete the renovation of the ranch. As for how much it will cost, I will have professionals to make the budget."

"Boss, I will seize the time to consult some construction companies to ensure that the ranch is renovated as soon as possible."

"Moore, I heard that labor costs in the United States are very expensive. Is this true? And I heard that workers in the United States are not willing to work overtime. Will the ranch be renovated on time?"

"Boss, I understand your worries, but you don't need to worry. I will take care of everything. It's good that America's labor unions are strong, and it's good that American workers don't like to work overtime. But there is one thing. American companies are very

Respect the contract. As long as the contract they signed is completed within half a year, it will be completed within half a year. If they fail to complete it, they will pay a large amount of liquidated damages."

"That's good, that's good. The worst we can do is spend a little more money." As long as money can solve the problem, it's not a problem. As long as it can be done one day earlier, Tang Zhengqing can make profits one day earlier.

Tang Zhengqing's previous impressions of the United States came from the Internet and TV. He always thought that people in the United States were living in dire straits. When he came to see it, it was really true.

Compared with workers in China, industrial workers in the United States are not too happy. However, the biggest problem is that labor costs are too expensive, which has caused the manufacturing industry to continuously migrate from the United States. Until now, the manufacturing industry in the United States

There are not many left, either high-tech industries or the most basic industries, and these cannot be moved away.

Even though the gantry cranes used to build Ford-class aircraft carriers are made in China, why don’t the shipyards that build the aircraft carriers move away? Why can’t the shipyards get jobs, and why are these workers not allowed to leave the shipyards? Why don’t General Electric move out?

What? Americans are not stupid. These things are the most fundamental things of their country. How could they be moved away?

Old Moore left in a hurry. There were still many things on the ranch that he needed to take charge of, and the ranch was used to Old Moore's management.

After Old Moore left, Tang Zhengqing communicated with Joubert to figure out how to transform the ranch.

"First of all, we need to dig some deep wells. This is the most important thing." If there is no water source in the pasture, it will be rootless and nothing can be done. After all, animals need to drink water.
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