On this day, Xiao Feng finally came to the largest island ranch in the copper country, Raisko Island.

The island, south of the city of Punta Arenas, in the southernmost part of the country, near the Strait of Magellan, has been engaged in island farming for a long time.

But in recent decades, the island's environment has deteriorated as young people have left the island.

Punta Arenas is already the southernmost city of the Copper Country, and a short walk south, across the Strait of Magellan, is the South Pole.

The natural scenery here is very good, but the environment is not very good, it is cold all year round, and life on the island is very boring, so not many young people want to live on the island anymore.

Most young people choose to live on the mainland, or in more prosperous cities.

As a result, this originally very prosperous island ranch was gradually abandoned.

Xiao Feng landed on the island with Jesse, in fact, when he came to acquire the island this time, he also came here for a vacation.

The scenery of the Patagonia region that belongs to the copper country is still very beautiful, and in recent times, Jesse has been working a lot since she became pregnant, she is also very tired, and her mood is also a little up and down, Xiao Feng took the opportunity to buy the ranch and took her here for a vacation.

It's actually only a 10-minute boat ride from Punta Arenas to Isla Resco.

The island is very large and flat, and in the early years when the Portuguese and Spaniards set off the Age of Discovery, and when they controlled the Strait of Magellan, every time they passed by the island, they would throw some cattle and sheep on the island.

Because there were no natural predators, the island soon became full of cattle and sheep, and every time the Spanish fleet passed by, they would hunt some cattle and sheep on the island for supplies.

This custom persisted for hundreds of years, until the British and Dutch took control of the area.

Later, after the success of the Copper Kingdom's independence, it became a private ranch, and there were several families on the island who were engaged in animal husbandry at that time.

At its peak, there were more than 3,000 people living on the island, with more than 100,000 cattle and sheep.

But now, young people no longer like it here, there is no Internet, and they can only engage in the boring life of animal husbandry.

So more people chose to leave here, and now there are dozens of old and sick people living on this island.

Most of the pastures were abandoned, and the cattle were no longer raised, except for more than a hundred sheep and hundreds of turkeys.

The only remaining family on the island is the Ricardo family, but there is only the grandmother of the family, and her sons and nephews in their seventies and eighties, who are thousands of years old together.

Ever since they learned that there was a Western Pacific Investment Group that had recently bought up island ranches in the copper country and started farming, they contacted them through various channels.

In the end, Xiao Feng was contacted through the Weng family in Aisen District, and this was the acquisition trip.

After Xiao Feng landed on the island, he took Jesse to see the environment on the island first, and to be honest, the environment on the island was very good.

After all, in the early years, it was also run by Ricardo and several of their relatives, for almost a hundred years.

The land is mostly leveled, and most of the land is planted with alfalfa and various plants suitable for cattle and sheep.

There is also electricity on the island, and there are houses, but the houses are relatively old.

The youngest on the island is one of the grandsons of Grandma Ricardo, Dominguez, who slept in his forties.

Seeing Xiao Feng and them coming, Dominguez was very enthusiastic and took Xiao Feng and them to visit the family museum.

It is said to be a museum, but it is actually a hut that introduces the historical development of the island, and stores various tools used by the island's farmers in different eras.

Then Domingos showed Xiao Feng how to shear the sheep, first knocking the sheep they raised into the river, pressing the sheep's head with a special wooden pole, and letting the sheep swim in the ditch they had dug.

This process is just enough to wash off the dust and debris on the sheep's body, and then drive the sheep ashore, get their heads stuck in a wooden trough, and then start shearing the sheep.

It was the first time for Xiao Feng to see cowboys shearing sheep, and Jesse had seen it many times before, although the techniques were similar to those of North American cowboys, but the final result was similar.

But Dominguez is old after all, according to him, if he was younger, he could cut a hair in three or five minutes, but now it takes at least twenty minutes.

"Mr. Xiao, you see that the situation on our island is probably like this, if we engage in regular large-scale farming, this island can raise up to 80,000 cattle, 20,000 sheep, and by the way, we can also raise more than 100,000 turkeys, which is our previous experience... ”

After a series of visits, Dominguez called a few helpers and roasted a whole sheep for Xiao Feng.

Then, while having a big meal and tasting wine, he recommended this Lesco Island to Xiao Feng and them.

And Xiao Feng is really excited about this island, 80,000 cows, 20,000 sheep, and 100,000 turkeys, ho!

This is really incomparable to the island ranch he currently controls, no wonder this island is known as the world's largest island ranch!

"I'm also old, and the elders in the family are older, so it's not appropriate to stay on the island anymore. I want to take them to the land to retire ... ”

Domingos is also a cool man, and he doesn't hide his current embarrassing situation.

First of all, the annual output of the island makes them no money at all, and the annual taxes and fees, and various expenses, are very expensive, and it is unprofitable for them to run this ranch.

The most important thing is that they are all old, and this island is really not suitable for them to retire, and most of their children make a living on land, and they are all mixed well.

They all want to go to their children!

In the end, Xiao Feng didn't talk nonsense, and directly took the island, the price was not expensive, only a few million dollars, which is not a small amount in the copper country.

But for Xiao Feng, it was just a drop in the bucket he seized from the Li family.

"I really didn't expect it! Tongguo is actually the world's largest exporter of chicken!"

Before inspecting the livestock industry in the copper country, Xiao Feng had always thought that the main export of the copper country was beef and salmon.

But after the inspection, he learned that Tongguo was not a big cattle breeder before, but after signing a free trade agreement with China, it began to raise cattle on a large scale.

And before their agriculture was also very developed, but at that time, their main species exported like the world was turkey!

Since the sixties and seventies of the last century, the copper country has been the world's largest exporter of turkeys, exporting hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

And turkey is particularly popular in Europe and the United States, especially in the United States.

The United States is also the world's largest turkey breeding and consumption country, and even the rice itself is not enough to consume, and it has to import a large number of turkeys from other countries every year, including the copper country.

But in China, the creature was sentenced to death because many Chinese people thought turkey meat was not tasty.

And the reason why this is the case, Xiao Feng believes that first of all, domestic people do not have the habit of eating turkey, and secondly, they have not studied the way to eat turkey, so the way of eating is very simple, so there is such a stereotype.

At least Xiao Feng has enjoyed many turkey feasts in Tongguo, and according to the cooking mode of Tongguo people, this turkey meat is still quite delicious.

In Xiao Feng's opinion, turkey is actually a very good breed of breeding, especially for a fast food restaurant like him!

Recently, he was looking at the Westpac investment team's investigation report on investment in turkey farming, and he was taken aback by this look.

The input-output ratio of raising a cow is less than one to one, while the input-output ratio of raising a turkey can reach about one to five.

The main advantage of breeding turkeys is that the breeding cycle is short, the turkey has strong disease resistance, from the shell, to adulthood is only a few months, and each chicken can weigh more than ten kilograms after adulthood.

Feathers can be used as craft decorations, and can be shredded and sold to down buyers.

And the pure meat after each chicken is removed from the bones, it can have more than ten catties, and in terms of net profit, it is much stronger than the forty-day fast-growing chicken loin in China!

The most important thing is that turkey also has the characteristics of high protein, low fat and low cholesterol, which is a rare and high-quality ingredient.

Looking at it this way, this turkey breeding is definitely a promising potential industry!

It's just that according to the cooking habits of China, this turkey is not delicious, so it has not become popular in China.

In the copper country, in addition to roasting turkey, it is also popular for locals to chop up turkey meat for stuffing and make steak-like chicken steak for frying.

A variety of cooking methods, with the seasonings produced by Tongguo, Xiao Feng has eaten it a few times, and it is really good.

So he had the idea to bring this thing back home!

Previously, he also referred to the price of domestic turkey meat, to be honest, it is really very expensive, and a turkey leg on the Internet is 100 yuan smaller.

The reason why it is so expensive is first of all because there is too little domestic breeding, and most of the turkeys are imported.

And these middlemen, who only think about making money, do not want to promote on a large scale, will cause such a situation.

And if he gets the turkey back, it won't be a problem at all.

For example, they can use turkey in chicken rice, chicken steak rice, and even some meatloaf and sausages produced by their celebrity chefs.

Chinese people don't like turkey meat? That's because you don't eat it the right way!

He didn't believe that their celebrity chefs made seasoned turkey meat, and consumers wouldn't like it.

It's really not good, you can also make turkey meat into various fillings and quick-frozen food, he doesn't believe that it can't be promoted.

This thing is not expensive in Europe and the United States, it is just an ordinary public ingredient, Xiao Feng can't figure it out, how did it become a high-end food in China?

And the purpose of his investment in South America this time is to bring down the prices of many high-end ingredients in China!

For example, salmon, beef, all kinds of marine fish.

In the future, Celebrity Chef Manufacturing will be committed to becoming a large-scale catering and ingredient supply group, serving the people of the country wholeheartedly, and the ultimate goal is to make the Chinese people afford to eat meat and fish.