148. Wool for banknotes

When they arrived at the Straw Hat Ranch, the Benjamins were busy harvesting wheat. The wheat harvest in December made Emperor Wu, who had lived in the northern hemisphere for 27 years, very uncomfortable.

The Straw Hat Ranch grows a wide variety of crops, and their vegetable garden is full of seasonal vegetables. Moreover, Mrs. Benjamin has a good hand in cooking, and their food is of a very high standard.

Emperor Wu has always wanted to find an opportunity to eat.

From a distance, the wheat field is connected with the blue sky, and the ears of wheat flutter slightly in the wind, as if they are still and moving, forming a far-reaching and tranquil picture, which can be taken as a computer desktop.

The price of wheat in Australia is one of the lowest in the world, and the price has been falling year after year due to too many seeds.

But these macroeconomics have nothing to do with the straw hat ranch, except for a part of them to be stored, the rest will be sent to the grain station in the town, no matter how the price falls, the government will always give money to subsidize the farmers and herdsmen, and ensure the harvest in drought and flood.

With the exception of House Manor, most of the other farms and ranches in Pelican Town do not have large tracts of farmland, so the output has not increased, and there has never been a situation where supply exceeds demand.

Farmers and ranchers are very well aware of this dynamic equilibrium and do not blindly increase production. But hearing that the House brothers were preparing to open a new wheat field worried the small farmers.

Faced with this barrel of wine, Benjamin used three "wows" in a row to express his inner feelings, and he seemed very excited.

Benjamin and Hans met during an argument, Hans borrowed Benjamin's lawn mower and returned it as a bad one, and the young and vigorous two got into a fight over it, and ended up at the police station.

There was no doubt that he was Hans's best friend, but Benjamin never heard him talk about the cellar.

Although this barrel is only forty years old, it is no less intense than Maggie's, because it is closer, the sweetness is more reserved, and the taste is more intense.

Emperor Wu saw the calf Xiao Ming who was saved by himself here in Benjamin, this guy has grown a lot stronger, and the food in Benjamin's house has always been good.

"Wu, when are you going to take this guy back, do you plan to raise it until the day you send it to the slaughterhouse? Benjamin quipped.

Emperor Wu planned to take Xiao Ming back in a while, but before he grew up to the point where he couldn't manage it, this cow was stubborn at first glance. The sick seedling when he was born grew up to be a big brother.

Benjamin's family was still busy harvesting wheat and had no time to taste the wine for the time being, Emperor Wu told Benjamin that he would call him when he drank, and Emperor Wu would know if this barrel was bad or not.

Originally, they wanted to continue to deliver wine to Belmondo de Haus, but it was not easy to be a guest at House Manor, and their guards were all fierce. Although Emperor Wu defeated Dali and his men last time, it does not mean that he will also retreat the second time.

At this time, the wool buyers in the town called, because the truck broke down halfway, they could not enter the pasture to buy, and Emperor Wu could only find a way to pull the wool piled up into a small mountain.

The buyer promised to pay an extra $1 per kilogram for freight. Emperor Wu is not greedy for the more than 400 Australian dollars in freight, he just wants to dispose of the wool as soon as possible, the lack of storage conditions in the warehouse, and placing it there will only slowly grow insects.

Fortunately, there are a lot of people in the town who provide freight services, and some cowboys buy trucks to keep at home, and when the ranch has nothing to do, they go out to run transportation, making about $20 to $30 an hour.

Emperor Wu and Tex had no choice but to return to the ranch with Xiao Ming, this guy was very restless in the open trunk of the raptor, perhaps because he was going out for the first time.

In order to prevent it from jumping out of the car, Xiao Ming's four legs were tied. Even so, the sound of impact can still be heard from behind from time to time.

Back at the pasture, Emperor Wu immediately untied it and gave it freedom. The little one couldn't wait to jump out of the car and run aimlessly through the grass.

Hey noticed the new visitor and immediately followed.

Pulling wool needs a truck, Emperor Wu called a "Optimus Prime", it seems that the truck driver is a Transformers fan, the front of the car is also painted blue, he repeatedly emphasized how powerful his car is.

Emperor Wu thought that his car was no different from other people's trucks, except that it was larger and more beautiful.

Pull the mountain of wool into the town, where the buyer is smoking a cigarette and waiting.

The December shearing has come to an end, and two months ago, the yard was filled with trucks delivering wool waiting to be weighed.

At that time, the ranches with more sheep would hire sheep shearers to help, and these "scissor hands" could earn hundreds of dollars a day.

The buyer repeatedly apologized for seeing the truck, which had broken down an hour earlier and was parked on the way back.

Emperor Wu only thought about exchanging the pile of unused wool into banknotes as soon as possible, so that he could buy some planks to repair the fence when he returned.

Recently, while touring the ranch, Frank found three more broken holes that looked like they had been bitten by animals such as wild dogs or kangaroos.

The whole process of selling wool is tedious, the wool is sorted according to different specifications, and then weighed with oddly shaped weighing tools.

Emperor Wu and Tex were bored and wandered around the streets next to the acquisition station.

As a local, Turks wasn't too familiar with the place either. The location of the acquisition station is relatively remote, located in the southeast corner of Pelican Town, and it is rare to have the opportunity to come over.

There are several families living here, all of whom are small one-story cottages with trees planted in their yards. Turks said many people here plant a tree after a child is born so that it can grow with them.

Turks did the same when Lily was born, but the eucalyptus tree was secretly cut down.

Not long after, the wool merchant called them over to settle the bill, and 423 kilograms of wool were sold for a small 6,000 Australian dollars, and they were paid in cash.

The Australian dollar, like the Chinese yuan, has a maximum face value of 100 yuan. A stack of heavy green banknotes felt very good in Emperor Wu's hands.

The Australian dollar is plastic, beautifully printed and cannot be torn.

The main colour of the $100 note is green, and the obverse features Nellie Melba, a world-renowned Australian soprano. On the back is General John Monash, Australia's preeminent military commander in World War I.

Emperor Wu wondered that most of the Australian banknotes were printed with writers and artists, and only the smallest five dollars were printed with the Queen of England.

The stack of bills was immediately pulled out of five sheets and replaced with building materials such as wide planks.

Two more were sent to the supermarket to buy a large bag of vegetables and fruits, and the vegetable garden of the ranch was so small that if you relied on it to eat vegetables, you would starve to death sooner or later.

It was four o'clock in the afternoon when he returned to the ranch, and it was still early, and Emperor Wu decided to go to the House Manor. The main thing is to see what kind of person that Mr. Belmondo is.