Chapter 577: The Big Dog Is Coming (1/2)
A Boeing 747 plane took off from Yangcheng and landed at Riyadh Airport in Saudi Arabia. It didn't look special at all, until the hatch opened: it contained 120 "Sanqin cattle", alive.
Throughout the journey, the cattle were placed in high-fence boxes with mats at the bottom of the boxes to absorb excrement. These mats are still exclusively supplied by Saudi Arabia, and it is said that the cows are quite comfortable standing on them.
After arriving at the destination, the Saudi quarantine personnel first confirmed the "Animal Health Certificate" and the "Quarantine Permit for Entering and Exiting the Animal and Plant Customs" issued by the Chinese government before allowing the cattle to get off the plane. Subsequently, 120 live cattle were immediately transported to the quarantine site. There, they will be kept in quarantine at designated points. During this period, the relevant Saudi authorities will also conduct further inspection and quarantine on this batch of cattle to ensure that they meet the relevant standards.
Qi Zheng also arrived in Riyadh with the cattle, and of course, he came on the group's official plane.
As a world-class billionaire, and Jiagu also cooperated with Saudi Arabia in agriculture, Qi Zheng naturally received the warmest hospitality from the Saudi royal family, and also let him truly see the luxurious life of the Middle Eastern tycoons.
Inside the royal palace, there are satin decorations, crystal chandeliers, oriental carpets, luxurious sofas, etc., and a golden clock the size of a wardrobe. The chocolates are served in fancy bowls and there are flowers on each coffee table, it really looks like a scene from a movie.
The main force to receive Qi Zheng was the Saudi crown prince and a group of princes.
Yes, the princes - Saudi Arabia is polygamous, so the founding king of Saudi Arabia had 38 official wives and 127 children. And in Saudi Arabia, the son is a prince, and the son-in-law is also a prince, so after more than 80 years of development, the Saudi royal family has more than 5,000 princes.
Well, Jiagu's "acquaintance" Salman in Saudi Arabia is not among them, but he is also related to the royal family.
A banquet for more than a dozen people, hundreds of dishes, from roast camels in the desert to sharks in the sea, delicacies from all over the world gathered together, and of course, Jiagu's "Sanqin Niu" beef.
After the outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States, Saudi Arabia has completely banned the import of American beef products, and has also stepped up the review of American beef.
In particular, the Saudi royal family, for the beloved "Sanqin beef" beef, also allocated a special plane to travel between China and Saudi Arabia to transport "Sanqin cattle".
However, the purpose of Qi Zheng's trip was not for "Sanqin cattle", but for more than 1,000 Jiagu Holstein cows that had arrived in Saudi Arabia for quarantine.
It was only after the indispensable staggering that Qi Zheng was able to learn from Salman about the current situation of Jiagu's cows.
"Rest assured, we've settled the Kagaya cows in the Safi Ranch. Salman said lightly.
The next day, after a car journey of more than 100 kilometers from Riyadh to the southeast, signs of life appeared in front of me. Behind the rows of date palms is the Safi Dairy Farm.
It has been said that Saudis can do without water, but not with less milk. Milk and dairy products have always been an essential food on the Saudi table, and Safi Ranch is the pride of the Saudis.
Salman couldn't help but introduce to Qi Zheng: "'Safi' means 'pure' in Arabic, and Safi Ranch is owned by the royal family and is the best pasture in the Middle East......
According to Qi Zheng's observation, Safi Ranch also deserves such praise.
Everyone knows that cows can't live without water and grass.
In the Saudi desert, there is no green for hundreds of kilometers, and it is difficult to find water for thousands of kilometers. Safi Ranch is located deep in the desert. Building a dairy farm under such harsh conditions seems like a fantasy to ordinary people, at least to spread gold on the ground, well, the Saudis did it.
All the grass seeds needed for the farm are imported from Australia and the United Kingdom. Irrigation water is made from seawater desalination, which costs dozens of times more than ordinary fresh water. The irrigation equipment in the pasture is all American, and the water sprayed out is very even, like a drizzle, which is very beneficial to the growth of grass. The grassland is round, one after the other, growing lush and green, like pearls embedded in the desert.
"However, this kind of pasture is okay to change the taste of Jiagu cows occasionally, and the main feed is still imported from Jiagu. Qi Zheng smiled.
"That's no problem, all the breeding guidelines of Jiagu cows will be implemented according to what your technicians say. These are all stipulated in the contract, and Salman naturally has no objections.
In order to transport these special passengers, the Saudi government also rented several large converted cargo planes and took them over by special planes. After spending so much money and material resources, of course, it is hoped that these guys can settle down in Saudi Arabia and produce milk containing "high-energy growth factors".
Although the other cows on the farm are all purebred cows imported from Europe and Canada, Salman is eager to replace them all with Jiagu cows overnight.
Before that, though, Salman had to worry about whether the cows would be able to adapt to the Saudi environment.
If you just look at the "skinny" cows in the Safi pasture, it doesn't match their worth at all. But that's because in the desert heat, even with the best cooling conditions, the fat and tall cows wilt, become listless, lose their appetite, and eventually stop producing milk.
Therefore, Safi Ranch pursues a "golden principle" - "the thin ones stay, and the fat ones are killed." ”
In Salman's view, the more precious the cow, the more squeamish it is. Whether the "fat and delicate" Jiagu cows can adapt to the high temperature of the desert is really a problem. He didn't want to end up being killed.
But Qi Zheng gave him a reassurance: "If there is no big accident, you will soon be able to drink Jiagu milk produced in Saudi Arabia." ”
"Really, that would be great!"
Qi Zheng smiled silently.
He is going to arrange a simple first-order "three-star spirit gathering array" here, so that Jiagu cows can adapt to the foreign environment as quickly as possible - after all, it is the first battle of Jiagu cows to go overseas, and they can't be strained in the first battle.
Salman, who had received Qi Zheng's promise, temporarily put aside his worries and asked casually, "I heard that Jiagu is seeking to acquire the third-largest grain trader in the United States?"
Qi Zheng's heart moved: It's coming, the big dog who is willing to send money is here!
The current Saudi Arabia is still a Saudi Arabia with a swollen wallet.
Although the global financial crisis in 08 once caused oil prices to fall sharply, it was less than a year, as the global economy gradually got rid of the haze of the financial crisis, international oil prices also rebounded quickly and rose to a high range.
It will take at least two years for the boom of high oil prices to disappear, and the Saudis will also experience the pain of continued low oil prices, and the concept of consumption and investment will become relatively cautious.
But until then, it will be easier for the Saudis to get money out of their wallets as long as they are interested in projects, and it is a matter of how much.
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