Volume 2 Chapter 60 The Problem of Transportation is a Big Foreshadowing - Tips for a Maniac (Bao 2)
In fact, the most fortunate thing for Li Sheng should be that there are no animal diseases such as animal flu on the farm. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Otherwise, those birds will not be killed, and if they can't do it, someone will suffer.
Now Li Sheng finally knows that running a farm is not easy. It is no wonder that more and more farmers are now abandoning the traditional business model and turning to the development of rural tourism.
Running a farm, producing and making money is inherently small and hard. Where conditions permit, such as the United States, it is better to develop rural leisure tourism to collect tickets and make money. If he hadn't had the space at his disposal, he might have preferred to develop tourism, and might even exploit the forest's potential resources, such as herbs and Brazilian chestnuts. You don't even have to cut wood.
It's just that there are too many things, and he suddenly feels a little confused. Don't know where to start.
While he was troubled, Anthony came to tell him: "Li, the wine from Chonghua has arrived at the port of Belรฉm, and the trading company here in Brazil has completed the customs clearance. Shall we use our boat or find a ship to bring it back?"
It's been a long time.
He thought for a moment and said, "They seem to be shipping in containers." Our ship can't seem to carry containers. โ
Anthony nodded and said, "Indeed." But another problem is that we don't have container handling facilities at our terminals. โ
Li Sheng knew he was right. Because the farm doesn't need containers at all, there are only bulk handling facilities on the docks, and even if you find a ship to send the containers, you can't load or unload them. This is indeed a contradiction.
He thought for a moment and said, "Let the receiving trading company help deal with it." Don't use containers. "Although it takes more time to move goods around, it also requires more cost. But Li Sheng couldn't help it.
Anthony nodded and said, "Okay." I'm going to contact them. "Before, Li Sheng asked him to go through the import procedures for this batch of wine, because Silent Farm did not have an import license, so he could only find a company to act as an agent. Although it costs some money, the cost is always much lower than applying for this qualification on your own.
Li Sheng stopped him and said, "Also, when is Yali coming to take pictures, and what does Thomas think about this set of photos?"
Yali said she was going to Argentina for a car show and would not be able to come until next week. Thomas plans to take some pictures of the flowers in the pasture, and then some in the forest and by the river. In addition, the packaging photos you requested, he planned to take them near the farmland. He's looking for the best angles. โ
Li Sheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, she's here, let me know." โ
He asked Yali to take artistic photos, mainly for Bai Qin. That guy actually had a crush on Yali, which made people scratch their heads a little. He didn't want anyone on the farm to have problems. Now that we have found it, we have to find a way to solve it. Bai Qin's problem was that he didn't know much about Yali. Maybe let him know more about each other, and he can let go of his heart.
After Anthony left. Li Sheng remembered that the drinks came from Huaxia, which also reminded him of another purchase from Huaxia - helicopters. The three helicopters he ordered have not yet been delivered.
The farm's security team had reached thirty-two, and in the end, according to Babur and Zhang Dingbian's idea, there were forty people. The two existing helicopters are not sufficient for their patrol missions, not to mention that the helicopters may also need to be used for cargo in the future.
Now he thinks about preparing a helicopter for himself, otherwise he will forget to run in the south every day, and it will take a lot of time on the road. But even after the delivery of Huaxia, the helicopter on the farm is only just enough.
And he felt that he also had to prepare a helicopter for the farm for others to use. For example, people who need to go out to run errands on the farm, pick up doctors and teachers, and so on. The farm is too far from human society, and it is very troublesome without a helicopter.
In this way, even if the ordered helicopter is added, it may not be enough. If he occupies one, it will be a little inadequate.
He writes and draws on paper, and AC313 can be used mainly for transportation, whether it is cargo or receiving some important tourists. One of the two AS350s can be handed over to the security team, and one is mainly used to transport staff in and out.
Even though all the helicopters ordered from Huaxia arrived, his special plane still did not land.
He could only think about ordering some more helicopters, but he was hesitant about where to order them.
Although he prefers to import from China, the three planes he ordered before are not in stock, and if he places another order, it may take a little longer.
He hopes to buy what is in stock, at least in the short term. However, he also knows that helicopters are different from ordinary cars, and they can pick up goods when they place an order.
He didn't know much about any of this, so he called Fernando: "Fernando. Didn't bother you. โ
"Nope. But you called me, did you have any new ideas?" said Fernando with a smile.
Li Sheng smiled and said, "There are a lot of ideas, but it's not time yet. He paused and said. "I wanted to buy a light commercial helicopter, but I didn't want to wait too long. Do you have any good proposals?"
"The helicopter market in Brazil seems to be pretty good. The company has a branch in Brazil. You can contact them. With any luck, you might be able to buy a prototype of them. Of course, they may have a small amount of reserves. It depends on what model of aircraft you buy. โ
Fernando was familiar with them, but he wasn't finished: "I said you shouldn't have a business jet either." It's not that there is no money. He was puzzled by the fact that Silent Farm has a runway more than 1,500 meters long, but only a few small propeller transport planes.
Li Sheng said: "I rarely go out, and I don't need to buy a business jet. โ
"You can rent it out if you don't need it. Brazil's private jet charter market is quite good. โ
Li Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it." Small business jets aren't so necessary right now. โ
He would rather like to buy a large intercontinental private jet, preferably one that would allow him to fly to China with only one refueling. But he knew that the procedures for a private jet to land in China were very troublesome. And large planes, which can't take off and land on farms, don't seem to have much effect.
"I can introduce you if you need to. โ
"Thank you. Then I won't bother you. โ
Li Sheng followed Fernando's advice and checked the information of the air direct company to see the performance of their helicopters. He also really fell in love with one. EC135, although the model is old, but I haven't seen reports of technical crashes, in addition, it can seat seven people, the cruising speed is also 250 kilometers, and the cruising speed range is nearly 800 kilometers. And it looks good.
Such a helicopter fully meets his needs. However, there is also a multi-national joint development of the EC120, which is said to be the most advanced light civil aircraft. He looked at it and thought it was good.
So he found the contact information of the company's branch in Brazil and called to inquire about the two aircraft.
I heard that he intends to buy a helicopter. Although the purchase intention is just one. But the air straight side was very enthusiastic, saying that it was in stock and could be used for him to test drive, the only condition was that he needed to bear half of the cost of the plane transfer.
Li Sheng thought that this was a means for the other party to hit the market, so he didn't care. In fact, he didn't know that the other party was very concerned about Brazil's helicopter consumer market. He had previously placed an order for three helicopters, and the manufacturer was actually a partner of the company, so of course they knew that bit of news. This makes them see him as a potential long-term customer, which is why they are so enthusiastic.
Otherwise, an EC120 would only cost a few hundred thousand euros, and there would be no need for them to kneel and lick it so much. You know, Silent Farm has recently become well-known in Western countries. There is a large pasture and a large forest farm. The company feels that in such a large place, whether it is grazing or forest prevention and control, it is necessary to fly. And four helicopters should not be enough. They value this market at Silent Farms.
Since the other party is willing to send the plane to the door for a test drive, Li Sheng is of course satisfied. That would take a lot of trouble out of him.
The purchase of the helicopter is over, but there are more worries waiting for him to deal with. For example, the problem of transportation within the farm.
There are more than 30 trucks on the farm with a load of about 50 tons. It stands to reason that it is enough. But now the situation is a bit peculiar.
Because of the donated grain, the farm needs to transport the grain to the dock and load it onto the ship, which requires more than a dozen trucks to meet this need. The harvested algae also requires a large number of trucks to be transported. Especially after the use of tractors to harvest the algae, trucks travel almost day and night between the lakes and the manure digesters.
This has put a lot of pressure on the farm's capacity. However, this should only be temporary. It can deliver about 8,000 tons of grain a day, and it will take more than 20 days for the donated grain to be delivered.
The Brazilian government has come out and found a lot of inland river transport ships, which allows the farm transport ships not to have to run around for this, which allows Li Sheng not to worry about the pressure on the farm's water transportation. It's just that the 300-meter-long wharf is basically occupied by ships carrying grain.
This made the drinks, which had been brought back with great difficulty, wait on the ship for a day before they had a chance to go ashore.
Hearing that the ship carrying the wine had arrived, Li Sheng personally went to the dock.
On the dock there is a 100-meter-long cargo ship loading grain. The grain was already packed in bags. Cranes lift large quantities of grain onto the deck, which are then moved into the holds.
While another smaller vessel is unloading. The loading and unloading capacity of the farm's dock is not high and requires a lot of manpower. If it weren't for the fact that Pakistan had hired some temporary workers to load the grain onto the ship, perhaps the farm's manpower would have been very tight.
Li Sheng found Anthony who was supervising on the edge of the dock where the goods were unloaded: "There is no problem." โ
"The manifest is already in hand. As long as the quantity is right, it's no problem. โ
Li Sheng watched as the improvised farm workers put on and carried boxes of things to the deck, then piled them on a thick wooden plank, and fixed the goods with nets when the pile reached a height of about one and a half meters. The crane then lifts the things to the shore, and the workers on the shore load the goods into the truck.
At such a speed, he looked at it with a toothache: "It's time to come up." โ
If you can't hurry, the workers may not be able to survive. It's tropical.