Shi Lei's performance in the calf tie competition is also remarkable, although he has worked very hard, but after all, he is a beginner, and it is still not so smooth to do, compared to him, a guy who grinds his guns in battle, others are really often doing this work, so it is natural that Shi Lei has not been able to maintain the first place, but Shi Lei, who is also among the best, is already very satisfied.

Finally, it is the award time that everyone is most concerned about, and a few ranchers who are talking and laughing around are always glancing at the makeshift podium intentionally or unintentionally, and it seems that they are also looking forward to the overall results of their own ranches.

After the game, Laura, who was dragged out of the studio by Shi Lei, was the first to run up and send Shi Lei a fragrant kiss to congratulate. With everyone's ardent anticipation, the final overall result has finally come out.

Stone Ranch unexpectedly won the first place, and Shi Lei won the first place in the individual comprehensive results, as the first time to participate in this interactive competition, Shi Lei really brought a lot of surprises to everyone.

And Stone Ranch as a whole, when it rejoined this activity again after a few years, it was already a generation of new people replacing the old people, and when McRae was in charge, Stone Ranch simply disappeared completely from the activities between various ranchers, so it is understandable that Old John had a bad impression of McRae.

And now the stone ranch, under the leadership of Shi Lei, the new rancher, not only in terms of management, has made a great improvement, but it is no longer enough to describe this change, it is completely the rhythm of leapfrog development, and now these ranchers around it have some meaning that they can't catch up with the pace of the stone ranch.

But fortunately, the original business direction of Stone Ranch has nothing to coincide with all the ranchers here, but like Old John, they have all cooperated with Stone Ranch in different ways and made money from Shi Lei.

Moreover, Shi Lei's several party invitations have almost disappeared everyone's estrangement. Therefore, these ranchers still agree with Shi Lei, and their relationship has become harmonious again. And this time, Shi Lei had such a dazzling appearance in his first battle, and other ranchers also sincerely accepted Shi Lei's identity as a rancher in their hearts.

After the results are announced, there must be a regular award ceremony, I don't know if it was inspired by Lincoln, or if Santa Barbara has been selling such trophies for a long time, and the trophies provided by Mike Sr., the organizer, are also made of chocolate, but they are not the same shape and size as Lincoln.

Old Mike, an old guy who doesn't repair it, took out this trophy that was obviously custom-made. The shape is also a little too bizarre.

The whole is a hand, a hand that spreads its fingers and is pinched into the shape of a trophy, and the base is a saddle This can be said to be very innovative, but the slightly upturned middle finger is swollen. And this middle finger is also deliberately made in the shape of a shotgun.

Shi Lei originally wanted to learn from Tang's approach, and gnawed on this chocolate trophy, which would be really unspeakable to the middle finger raised high.

Shi Lei looked at the trophy in his hand with a smile, and finally decided to keep it intact, after all, it was the first trophy in his life. Although the look of this trophy is a bit fucked up.

"Well, I have to say thank you Old Mac for the trophy, I can see that this chic trophy has consumed a lot of old Mack's energy." Shi Lei delivered his acceptance speech, and deliberately touched the protruding middle finger.

"It's hard to make this old gun so hard, old Mike. Especially when this job has been eliminated for so many years, well, this craft is really good. Shi Lei said while pointing to his middle finger, which had been made in the shape of an old-fashioned shotgun.

This sentence secretly ridiculed old Michael's inability to live, which amused the ranchers and cowboys on the scene. One by one, they laughed wildly at Old Mike, and there were whistles and loud cheers, and Old Mac himself laughed.

"It can also be seen. Old Mike was sure from the beginning that his ranch would definitely not win the championship, otherwise who would want to make such a useless thing for himself. Before Shi Lei's words were finished, there was another burst of laughter below, and Old Mac was not annoyed, he kept laughing.

"Next year I will definitely prepare a trophy full of goodwill, the kind full of the best wishes, because I intend to leave it at the stone pasture to continue to witness our victory. Finally, thank you old Mike, thank you friends for your support, I will come back. After Shi Lei finished speaking, he jumped down from the platform and ran to the cheering crowd.

After returning from Old Mike's ranch, Shi Lei made simple preparations and planned to set off, and several ranches for Greens to follow up on the situation were almost discussed, Shi Lei needed to take a look and decide which ranch to choose as the focus of the next development.

The few I went to see this time were mainly used to develop beef cattle breeding, so the area was not small, and the same price was not cheap, and it was Greens who felt that the price was almost hanging, so Shi Lei was really ready to decide which one to buy.

On the day before parting, Shi Lei hugged Laura and chatted in the sofa in the living room for a while, and the poor fur boy shoes had to be turned into soft fur mats this time, and were trampled under the feet of Shi Lei and Laura wantonly.

It feels really good to put barefoot on the fur, and the two have formed such a habit, and the furball has always enjoyed it, and it has not put on the majesty of a big cat at all.

The two who were about to face parting were busy complaining to each other at this time, and they didn't pay much attention to what was put on TV, but vaguely heard that it was a ranch in Connecticut, and lost a cow that had been recognized as a breed that was prohibited from live export.

Hearing the name of the ranch seems to be a little familiar, Shi Lei paid a little attention to it, and he really heard it, the second place in the beef category at the last New York Food Show, the ranch that produces new breeds of beef cattle developed by himself, it seems that this is jealous.

Shi Lei didn't forget it after reading it, he didn't go to his heart, he just felt as if he had forgotten something, he had an idea but couldn't catch it. Shi Lei quickly forgot about these and began to accompany Laura wholeheartedly.

The next day, Shi Lei and Grims embarked on a tour of the United States, and recently Shi Lei is estimated to be able to experience the busy life of those trapeze people that he had only heard about.

Shi Lei's first stop was to his neighbor in California, the real hometown of cowboys, Texas, which has always been known for its toughness. There is no shortage of huge ranches here, including one of the largest private ranches in Quanmidi that is now also on the market, and of course it will certainly not be Shi Lei's target.

Although Shi Lei wants to find a big ranch, but it doesn't need to be as big as hundreds of thousands of acres, Shi Lei does not have such a big demand at present, although the top ten landlord level of the whole rice emperor is one of Shi Lei's goals in the future, but now Shi Lei only needs a pasture that can raise tens of thousands of beef cattle.

Many large properties were listed for sale for several years without finding a home, and finally had to be removed from the market and the private transaction changed hands, and Greens found a few targets this time. This is basically the case, so Greens has the confidence to keep hanging on to the other party's appetite, and he can keep bargaining with the other party, because this is a bit of a buyer's market, and Shi Lei's range of options is indeed relatively large.

As soon as he got out of the plane, Shi Lei clearly felt the enthusiasm of Texas, this summer is almost over, but the weather here in Texas can still make people feel like they are cooking, even in the ranch that needs to be checked this time. Nothing has changed since then. It is said that the summer here often stays above 40 degrees, and such violent weather is really not Shi Lei's liking.

After simply going around the ranch, Shi Lei had already given this candidate a big cross in his heart. This extreme weather really makes Shi Lei unhappy, and it will also be a big challenge for the livestock on the ranch.

Shi Lei will have to replace all the beef cattle with Brahmin cattle. Or Po-Angus cattle, or longhorn cattle that are a specialty of Texas, so that the little reputation that Shi Lei had established before was in vain.

And the pasture situation here is really not ideal. A huge irrigation system is also needed to maintain the growth of the pastures, and Shi Lei does not like this situation. Although Shi Lei was very yearning for the thrill of shooting in Texas, he still gave up the candidate ranch in Texas.

The latter stops are in another large area where livestock is concentrated. It is located in three pastoral states northeast of Midi.

Shi Lei and the others first came to a ranch in Wyoming, the environment here is very beautiful, after all, the general land in the state is used for animal husbandry, and it is basically a large vast pasture.

However, the ranch that can be found is still not suitable for Shi Lei, because the area of this ranch is only more than 20,000 acres, which sounds not small, and it is twice as large as the current stone ranch, but the water and grass here in Wyoming are scarce, and there is a drought and lack of rain, so it is simply impossible to feed a large livestock such as cattle and sheep without a few acres of land.

In this way, the more than 20,000 acres of pasture is only a few thousand head of cattle, and the actual benefit is not as good as the stone pasture, so Shi Lei had no choice but to give up. Shi Lei's first goal is to expand a ranch that can accommodate more than 10,000 cows.

Another ranch in Minnesota can meet Shi Lei's needs in terms of grazing area and irrigation facilities, but Minnesota's famous extreme weather really gives Shi Lei a headache, and in winter it can reach dozens of degrees below zero, and urine bubbles and urine will freeze into the temperature of popsicles.

Although it is not exaggerated to the point of going out to pee with a stick and knocking off the icicles turned into urine while urinating, it is really possible to freeze the birds, but it can reach more than 40 degrees when it is hot here.

Although it is Hanks who will come here to manage the ranch, is it really good for Shi Lei to choose such a place for Hanks to come? Shi Lei had no choice but to put this ranch on the list of candidates first, and then continue to look at it, hoping to have a more suitable ranch.

The last ranch really didn't disappoint Shi Lei. (To be continued......)

ps: Before I knew it, it had reached 200 chapters, thank you for your support, it was your support and encouragement that gave me the confidence to persist until now and continue to work hard. During this period, I experienced several injuries and stayed up late to work overtime, even when my brain was about to pump, I insisted on 2 shifts. I hope you will support this book even more, without your encouragement, I will not be able to go on. ↖(^ω^)↗R1292