11. Cats and tramps
Bidding farewell to his neighbor Koala, Emperor Wu drove Old Horton to begin a day's territorial patrol.
Schrödinger didn't seem to like to be quiet in the co-pilot, so he jumped straight onto the platform of the center console, standing on it with his eyes slightly closed, sharp and majestic.
Emperor Wu opened all the windows, let the breeze blow into the car, stepped on the accelerator suddenly, Horton roared and rushed out, although this pickup truck is old, but the horsepower is not bad, the sword is not old!
Schrödinger didn't pay attention, and was pushed down on the seat by a strong sense of pushing back, which made the cats lose face, and after a struggle, he jumped back to the platform with a shout, brushed the fluff on his ears, and continued to be a beautiful man quietly.
Emperor Wu was amused by this little guy, what is called a head can be broken and the hairstyle cannot be messed up, Schrödinger can be regarded as showing it to the fullest.
The registered land area of the entire ranch is 153 acres, excluding Huaxi Lake and the avocado grove. A standard football field is 7,140 square meters, that is, 10.71 acres, and the entire pasture is equivalent to 15 football fields connected into a piece.
In order to protect natural grasslands, the Australian government has strict restrictions on the number of cattle and sheep in pastures.
There are guidelines for how many cattle can be raised per acre per ranch, and the relevant government departments will have guidelines. If the carrying capacity of the land is exceeded, not only will the grass not be enough to eat, the cattle will not be fat, and the expected income will not be achieved, and the owner will also be punished for animal cruelty.
According to the grass production of the lakeside pasture, if only cattle are raised, the 153 acres can raise about 300 cattle, and if you add sheep, this number is even less. The minimum number of months for cattle from birth to slaughter, even if you buy a calf of 5 or 6 months, you have to breed it for about 9 months, which is the shortest budget, so Emperor Wu must find a way to make money as soon as possible and buy land to expand the scope of pasture, otherwise it is easy to get in and out.
Old Horton galloped on the pasture, Emperor Wu inspected the growth of the pasture, only half a kilometer away, he began to frown, from the surface, this is a green and high-grade pasture, but when he got closer, he found that there were many small holes in the pasture, and Emperor Wu saw at least seven or eight with the naked eye, not to mention hidden under the pasture.
There is no doubt that these holes are the masterpiece of the hare, and the rabbit is a cute pet that most girls like, but in Australia they are uninvited guests, these cute little animals have starred in several human-rabbit wars on the Australian continent, and even made many Australian aboriginal animals extinct with their tenacious vitality.
The Australian government can be described as smelling the rabbit, a creature that has brought extinction to the Australian continent and is still a big problem.
Schrödinger became wary, his eyes scanning the meadow incessantly, and the fluff on his ears stood straight.
"Old Xue, what did you find?" Emperor Wu deliberately slowed down the speed of the car, down to 40 miles, to see what Schrödinger was going to do.
Suddenly, it jumped out of the left window with a "whoosh", stepped directly over Emperor Wu's hands on the steering wheel, and slammed towards a small grass pile after landing steadily.
A brown fat hare emerged from the small haystack and fled quickly into the distance! A hare next to him also ran away, and the two rabbits ran so fast, but they didn't expect the little short legs to be so strong.
Good guy, Emperor Wu snapped his fingers, Schrödinger is really not an idle person, Emperor Wu didn't see anything just now, these rabbits have a strong camouflage ability.
Stepping on the clutch gear, Emperor Wu hurriedly caught up, but the speed of Schrödinger and the hare was too fast, the grass was uneven, Emperor Wu could only raise the speed to 80, and Horton would fall apart if it was higher!
Unable to catch up, Emperor Wu simply stopped the car and waited for Lao Xue to return, half a cigarette, and there was an object in the distance running towards the car, which should be Schrödinger who returned from a big victory.
I saw that the little guy had a fat brown hare in his mouth, and bit its neck, and the poor hare was already out of breath.
Schrödinger jumped on the front of the car, threw the hare on it, and stood by with a heroic appearance.
"COOL, worthy of the feline family. Emperor Wu got out of the car, looked at the little guy with his hands on his chest, the running speed just now really opened his eyes, the perfect predator, and when he grows up, he can go out hunting with him.
But Emperor Wu couldn't help but have a question, does the cat eat rabbits? It stands to reason that he just fed him a big bowl of porridge before going out this morning, and he shouldn't be hungry enough to catch rabbits.
Instinctively, cats retain more instinct than dogs, perhaps. In any case, Schrödinger will be indispensable in addition to hare in the pasture in the future, the first guard of the South Australian pasture!
Tonight's dinner is braised rabbit meat, the meat of the hare is definitely better than the domestic one, and it is green, healthy and pollution-free.
Emperor Wu threw the hare into the trunk, started the car and prepared to leave, and after listening to "Zorro is Back" for ten seconds, Emperor Wu turned to radio mode, which is a must-have before every drive.
"The Melbourne Cup will be held next Tuesday......"
Melbourne Cup, Football Match, This was Emperor Wu's first impression.
"For the annual horse racing festival, the Melbourne City Council still makes an exception to give citizens a day off......"
Emperor Wu's body was shocked, and he immediately thought of a way to earn the first pot of gold!
In the evening, Emperor Wu walked around the town to experience the original Australian country life, the people here are very warm, and they will smile at you if you don't know it, making Emperor Wu think that there is something on his face.
Go to the bar for a bottle of Budweiser, listen to the uncles next to you tell interesting stories about the ranch, and lie down on a bench on the street for a while when you are tired.
Emperor Wu noticed that there were small stoves for barbecue around the town square, two of which were connected together, and there were all four corners of the whole square, and the countertops were metal, surrounded by cement, some of which did not require money, and some could be used by throwing a few coins.
A group of young people gathered around the stove by the street lamp in the southwest corner to barbecue and drink.
Emperor Wu was drinking beer and looking at an oven, when a homeless man came from not far away, his hair was messy, his clothes were covered with mud, as if he had just rolled in a mud pond.
The homeless man's eyes were very scary, and if it weren't for a few bottles of beer in his stomach, Emperor Wu would have turned around and ran away.
I saw that the homeless man walked to the oven and stopped, and smiled at Emperor Wu, his teeth were very white.
Emperor Wu nodded to him while drinking, did he want to eat barbecue.
The homeless man fumbled in his clothes for a while, and Emperor Wu guessed that he would pull out a large piece of beef wrapped in paper, or something else that needed to be heated and eaten.
As a result, the homeless man pulled out a small iron bottle and took a small sip of it contentedly.
He turned on the oven, and slowly smoke came out of it, and after about three minutes, the oven was enough to cook anything.
The homeless man bowed slightly towards Emperor Wu, like a polite gentleman. With a wave of his hand, he suddenly poured the liquid from the bottle onto the oven, circling along the oven, pouring as he ran.
Emperor Wu thought he was a madman and that pouring wine into the oven would definitely start a fire, but only a puff of water vapor rose from the metal countertop of the oven, and it seemed that his bottle was filled with water.
The steam was getting bigger and bigger, and the homeless man poured the whole bottle up, and the two small ovens were like a boiling cauldron.
The gap between Emperor Wu and the homeless man was completely covered with water vapor, forming a barrier, and the people around were looking at it.
Emperor Wu couldn't see anything, and suddenly the homeless man jumped out of the smoke and bowed to Emperor Wu, like a magician with elegant manners.
The homeless man finished his performance, and the people around him applauded happily, and Emperor Wu also applauded, looking at the satisfied homeless man walking away.
After Emperor Wu drank the rest of the wine, he was still reminiscing about this special tramp.