Early the next morning, Ling Shizhe, Zhao Xiaoyun and Yan Xiaoyun drove towards the newly bought farm of the third sister.

The third sister's Shishi Ranch is only more than 100 kilometers away from Windsortown, which is sunny and beautiful, so since the 70s, there have been rich people buying farms in Windsor Town as their own retreat.

Three hours later, the car drove into Shishi Farm, and the third sister took them to the new ranch.

There are market channels in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and after years of painstaking operation by the third sister, Shishi Farm has repaid all the loans as early as the year before last.

After Chiang Ching-kuo came to power, he vigorously promoted economic reforms in Taiwan, and the GDP rose gradually, and the quality of life of the people in Taiwan and the Gulf was greatly improved.

In terms of diet, in the past, they only asked to eat well and eat well, but now more and more people are beginning to pursue not only to eat well, but also to eat healthy, for health, it doesn't matter if you spend more money, so that the organic agricultural products produced in Sanjie's farm have a big market in Taiwan/Bay.

Sanjie Ranch rarely uses chemical fertilizers and pesticides, because although Canada is a high-latitude country, it is extremely rich in water resources, and its per capita water share rate is among the top three in the world, much higher than that of his neighbor the United States.

Thanks to Canada's abundant water resources and the non-powered pump irrigation system provided by Ling Shizhe, the entire Shishi Ranch has established a farm-wide water diversion irrigation system, laying a good foundation for the production of high-quality crops.

Agricultural land in Canada is generally 160 acres per unit, and the government will issue a title certificate to each unit. Buying a farm is the same as buying a house, and brokers and lawyers will help you go to the government to transfer the land. After closing. The purchaser then has a permanent right to use the land, and the owner can give it to his son when he dies. Sons to grandchildren, and so on from generation to generation. Everything dug up in the ground of the farm during this period, anything found in the house, went to the owner.

Canada is a high-latitude country, and the most suitable crops to grow are wheat and barley, and the quality of Canadian wheat and barley is famous all over the world. Wheat and barley exports account for a large portion of Canada's fiscal revenue each year, so Canada's agricultural policy is very different from that of other countries, where wheat and barley can only be sold to local agricultural authorities. This is a bit like China's national grain and oil purchasing station, which buys and sells the crops produced by farmers.

However, Canada is very different from China, China's national grain and oil station collects all agricultural products, and in Canada, except for wheat and barley, which must be sold to the state, other crops do not matter, and what they want to grow and sell to whom, it is up to the farmers themselves to decide.

The reason for this is that the Canadian government wants to protect the stability of food prices, just like the southern rice and northern rice in China. Wheat and barley are the raw materials for bread and are a staple food for Canadians, so we often see currencies depreciating in Canada, regardless of the economy. The price of grain sold in Canada has basically not changed for tens or even hundreds of years.

That's it. The peasants of that country are not dying! Don't worry, the farmers won't lose. The so-called compensation for internal losses and external compensation is enough to make up for their losses by relying on the large amount of foreign exchange exchanged for grain exports. Every year, the Canadian government dedicates a large part of its fiscal revenue to subsidize agriculture, and this money is obtained from Canada's grain exports.

In other words, between farmers and the international grain market, the Canadian government acts as an intermediary, buys grain from farmers, and helps farmers sell grain while ensuring the needs of the domestic people, and the foreign exchange obtained is returned to farmers in Canadian dollars.

You will return as much grain as you plant, and the more you plant, the greater the amount you will return.

Don't underestimate this model, the government, the farmers and the people of Canada all reap the benefits. Because grain is settled in US dollars in the world, but the grain trade in Canada is settled in Canadian dollars, farmers, the government, and the international market come back in a circle, the government gets dollar reserves, Canadian farmers get money (Canadian dollars), and the people enjoy the benefits of cheap and stable food prices, and the three parties get what they need.

This is Canada's famous food standard - that is, food is directly linked to the currency through the government's hand, so as to ensure the stability of domestic prices to the greatest extent.

During the grain purchase season, the local agricultural bureau will rent a large number of trucks from the private sector, and then follow the trucks to the countryside to buy grain from local farmers.

The purpose of this is to prevent the exploitation of middlemen and protect the interests of farmers to the greatest extent.

The third sister is already an expert in this area, she introduced to Ling Shizhe: "In addition to barley and wheat are the staple foods of Canadians, potatoes are also one of the staple foods in Canada. Potatoes are commonly known as potatoes, which are three times richer in nutrients than rice and wheat, rich in B vitamins such as vitamins B1, B2, B6 and pantothenic acid and a large amount of high-quality fiber, as well as trace elements, amino acids, proteins, fats and high-quality starch and other nutrients. In particular, the protein content of potatoes is three times that of eggs, plus potatoes are cold-resistant and drought-resistant, if the rain is abundant, the yield of potatoes per acre can reach more than 4,000 catties, even if it is arid land, land products can reach 2,000 catties, which is much higher than the yield of rice and wheat, and planting potatoes saves a lot of water than planting rice and wheat. ”

"If potatoes are so good for you, why doesn't the Canadian government buy potatoes outright like barley and wheat?" Yan Xiaoyun asked curiously.

"Because potatoes are not sold at a high price in the international market and are not worth much, the Canadian government has not listed them as a target for purchase." Ling Shizhe explained: "Because the global annual production of potatoes is too large, so the international price of potatoes is pitifully low, and potatoes are an extremely high-yielding food crop, that is, cold and drought tolerant, whether in the plains or plateaus, drought or rain-rich lands, whether tropical, temperate or cold." It grows, and the yield is not low. ”

Soon came to the newly bought farm. Because it is connected to Shishi Farm, everyone does not enter through the main entrance. So the first thing you see after crossing the fence is an oasis with a grove of poplar, pine and maple trees growing on the edge of the farm. There was a small river at the edge of the woods, and as the four of them walked past, several wild ducks flapped their wings and flew up. It's very Sanmao's work, the flavor of "fantasy farm".

"Wang-Wang!" A dog yelled, and a huge dog ran from the other side of the farm.

Ling Shizhe was frightened, such a big dog could bite people, and quickly pulled his two wives to hide.

"Don't be afraid. That's Karl, don't bite. The third sister comforted the three of them.

Carl rushed to the third sister and stood up, put his two front paws on the third sister's shoulders, stretched out his tongue and kept licking the third sister's face.

The third sister laughed, played with the dog for a while, and then lowered the dog's two paws from her shoulders. Ling Shizhe looked at Carl and said with palpitations: "What kind of dog is this, such a big one?" ”

"Canadian Husky Dog." The third sister explained.

"It looks like a wolf." Ling Shizhe said: "But with such a large size, it is just right to use it for a sled." ”

The third sister smiled: "The sledders are all female dogs." Male dogs don't pull sleds because there are fights between male dogs. ”

The few people continued to walk, passing through the grove, and what met Ling Shizhe's eyes was not a bumper harvest of wheat fields and crops. Rather, patches of pale green meadows.

It's as if you're suddenly on the prairie. The green meadows are vast and flat, and are all meadows except for a small lake in the middle. There is also a herd of goats walking slowly on the grass, which is very quiet and beautiful.

"At the foot of the Yin Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the four wildernesses. The sky is blue. Wild. The wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep! Yan Xiaoyun couldn't help but sigh.

"How's that, do you think this farm is beautiful?" The third sister said with a smile.

Ling Shizhe nodded and said, "It's really a great farm!" ”

The third sister looked at him with a smile and said, "Old Seven, you can look at it, this farm covers an area of 10,000 acres, it is one of the few farms I bought newly, I used to be a rich man living here, some time ago, his company's business was not good, and he needed money to turn over, so he sold it to me." This farm looks beautiful, but the land is wasted. ”

"What! Is the land wasted? Ling Shizhe was stunned by the third sister's words, pointed to the grass with his hand, and said, "Isn't it all very good?" ”

The third sister pointed at Ling Shizhe and said, "You kid, don't you understand?" What have I been calling here? Farm! But look, where is the farmland? Can it be called a farm without farmland? The rich man bought it for a vacation, he didn't know how to run it, and within two years the farm was deserted and a lot of weeds grew. Later, he entrusted it to a farm company, and in order to make money, the farm company did not care about the life or death of the farm, and used violent farming, and within a few years, the farm was abandoned and could not grow any farms.

After the land was wasted, they planted these grasses on top of it that didn't need much nutrients, and that's what you see now, this thing doesn't work! ”

"What kind of farm company! Won't that rich man be higher than them? Zhao Xiaoyun asked.

The third sister said: "BC Farm Company, behind it is the Mo family. ”

I understand, the Mo family is notorious in North America, except for their own farms, other people's farms will never be managed well, and they use violent development methods to obtain huge profits on rented farms, and after the land is abandoned, they will change their vests and continue to deceive others. And the Mo family is also very cunning, he rents a farm and only rents a holiday farm, because those rich people buy farms just for vacation, whether the crops on the farm grow well or not, whether the farmland is tossed by them and wasted, one is that they don't understand, even if they know, they won't care, the purpose of they buy the farm is for vacation, the farm does not grow and the dealer is just right, planting grass will make the farm look more beautiful!

Therefore, for so many years, the Mo family has not had an accident, but in the eyes of a farmer like the third sister who really loves the farm, the Mo family is simply a criminal.

The Mo family will not rent their farm, and the real farmer will not rent the farm to them.

"Is that the case on other farms?" Ling Shizhe asked.

"It's all the same." The third sister said.

"Then let's just make a ranch, I think it's not bad to be a ranch." Ling Shizhe said.

The third sister shook her head and said, "Yes." If you can do ranching, you can't do it, but the problem is that you can't do it at all! These grasses are not pastures, and you think pastures have low requirements for soil texture? No, it's higher! This kind of grass is just beautiful, but in fact there is not much nutrition, if you raise cattle and sheep here, wait for the loss. ”

Ling Shizhe pointed to a group of black goats in the distance and laughed, and the third sister also laughed: "That's wild goats, this thing has been flooded in Canada, they can eat anything, but they grow too slowly, they can't breed this thing to make money, right?" ”

Hearing what the third sister said, Ling Shizhe became interested and said, "Is there a flood of wild goats here?" ”

"Yes, it's a lot, and at first I felt that Canada was doing a good job of protecting the environment. Later, I learned that they couldn't take care of it, and these wild goats had strong reproductive ability and low requirements for food, which was difficult to clean up. The third sister explained.

"Have you ever eaten the meat of a wild goat?"

"I've eaten it, and I asked if it's good," the third sister turned her head to look at him, "Old Seven, you won't let me sell wild goat meat, right?" ”

Seeing that Ling Shizhe did not deny it, the third sister continued: "Let me tell you Lao Qi, it's useless, Canada is the same as Americans, they only eat beef and don't eat mutton, because mutton has a bad smell, and the smell of wild goats is even heavier, and ordinary chefs can't handle it, so Canadians don't eat mutton." (To be continued......)