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This night was undoubtedly tossing and turning for Shi Lei.

The next day, Shi Lei, who had some gains and losses, still came to Laura's door, which became Shi Lei's living habits.

Laura still walked out with a smile on her face, greeted Shi Lei very generously, and then told Shi Lei that the trip arranged by Shi Lei today was mainly to go to a holiday ranch not far from Solvang Town, covering an area of 10,000 acres of Alisa Ranch.

When he heard this, Shi Lei muttered very childishly, "My ranch is bigger than it......".

Laura also explained that Alisa has been a ranch for nearly two centuries and has bred some of the world's best thoroughbreds, including FlyingEbony, the winner of the Kentucky Derby.

Since opening to the public, it has attracted Hollywood A-listers: Doris Day was a regular here, and Clark Gable was here for her wedding.

It has received little media attention in recent years, despite its rarity: two 18-hole golf courses named River and Ranch, a fully functional spa, a state-of-the-art fitness center (yes, yoga classes here), a tennis center, and fishing.

Many resorts have fish ponds for anglers, but the lake in Alisa is more than 1 mile long and boats are available for tourists.

Horseback riding is still the main attraction here, and the one that is most attractive to regulars. There are more than 100 horses on site, and events include breakfast rides, twice-daily track rides, sunset rides, personal trainers, and weekly riding shows in the summer.

Of course, Laura highlighted the variety of cuisines here that are definitely unforgettable.

Therefore, Shi Lei's remaining leisure time can be consumed here, and it can also provide a lot of valuable experience for Shi Lei's future ranch life.

Of course, Laura didn't think that Shi Lei's ranch would be so big, so all the things he would have would definitely be visible in this ranch.

On this day, Shi Lei really appreciated the beautiful scenery of Alisa Ranch, and experienced golf, tennis and other activities that seemed lofty before. The barbecue by the golf course and the modified American set meal made Shi Lei very enjoyable.

However, Shi Lei did not participate in riding, because he himself is a rancher, and there will be no shortage of horseback riding in his life in the future. Of course, photos of the food and scenery are indispensable.

Just when Shi Lei was going to live in the ranch and continue to experience some other special projects, the ranch that he had talked about many times was finally cleaned up, and he had to leave Alisa Ranch with some reluctance, and sent Laura to the door as always.

At Laura's doorstep, Shi Lei invited Laura with anticipation, hoping that Laura would be able to play for a few days after Shi Lei's ranch was on track.

Laura happily agreed, and then gave a kiss very warmly, and then walked home briskly.

The next day, Shi Lei, who was accompanied by a beautiful woman, slept very lazily until late before packing his luggage and coming to the ranch.

The horizontal wood on the gate of the ranch has now become the word "ROCKSTONE" that Shi Lei thought of, simply put, this is the "stone ranch" that completely belongs to Shi Lei from now on, and for Shi Lei, this is the place where his dream takes off, and it is completely his own kingdom.

After sending off McRae, who was paralyzed, there was only a middle-aged white cowboy named Hanks left by Shi Lei's side.

Hanks is a disabled person, during the chat, Shi Lei carefully asked Hanks himself, only to know that he used to be a captain of the Navy SEAL, and his left leg was injured in the battle, so he is still limping when walking, but it does not affect his galloping horse.

And before joining the army, he was a native cowboy, and after retiring due to injury, he has been the head of the ranch cowboys, and when McRae basically doesn't care about the ranch things, it is basically Hanks who keeps the ranch running. If it weren't for McRae's leaning too much towards the winery, the ranch would have been doing very well.

Hanks originally planned to go home after explaining the situation of the ranch to Shi Lei, but after learning about Hanks's situation, how could Shi Lei let go of such an all-round talent, and besides, he was a reassuring guy who was loyal to things and people.

And, if the investigation is good, Shi Lei plans to still let him be the steward of the ranch, of course, Shi Lei has already thought of a way to ensure his loyalty.

In the case of Shi Lei's opening to stay, coupled with Shi Lei's increase in his salary, Hanks happily agreed to continue working in the stone ranch, of course, he is still just an ordinary cowboy, because there are only two people left in the ranch, the boss and the cowboy.

After Hanks drove the hummingbird helicopter left behind in the ranch and took Shi Lei to introduce the current situation of the ranch in detail, Shi Lei felt that it would be better to ask Hanks what he thought about the development of the ranch.

"Hanks, do you have any ideas for the development of Stone Ranch? You know, I'm completely new and need your experience and knowledge. Shi Lei asked Hanks solemnly.

"BOSS, it depends on what you plan to develop here, whether it is mainly beef cattle or sheep or sheep, dairy cows, and even some people will specialize in raising alpacas, and you can also raise horses, riding horses or racing horses, of course, given that the pastures of the stone pasture are in a mountainous environment, I don't recommend using it as a professional racecourse, in that case the cost will be high."

Hanks seems to have been thinking about these kinds of issues, after all, the development of the ranch used to be largely dependent on his efforts.

"I want to focus on free-range beef cattle, and I plan to keep some dairy cows and sheep for my own use. At the beginning, there was no need to raise beef cattle, and there were more than 1,000 heads. "Shi Lei has also made plans for a long time. In fact, out of trust in his ability to optimize and transform his animals, Shi Lei plans to turn the stone ranch into a breeding base for improved breeds.

"In that case, you can buy more cows, preferably with cubs, which is more economical. In terms of beef cattle breeds, there should be a lot of Angus, Po Angus and Piflor cattle recently. "Hanks has been keeping an eye on the livestock market.

"Are they any different? What about future earnings? "Although Shi Lei has done some homework, he doesn't know much about the shape of the United States.

"Angus cattle, especially Black Angus cattle, are currently the mainstream beef cattle, and the price is not very high because of the large number of grazing.

Bo Angus cattle is a breed of Brahmin cattle and Angus cattle, relatively speaking, it is more resistant to drought and resistant to rough feeding, but the disadvantage is that the meat quality is poorer, especially the top beef is rare, but the cost of feeding is also small.

Piflo cattle is a cross breed of American bison and cattle, and now after artificial breeding, the traits have been relatively stable, the disease resistance is very strong, the meat produced is high in protein and low in fat, it is very popular with some guys who pursue a healthy diet, and the price is more expensive than the average Angus.

However, the meat quality of Piflo cattle is not top-notch, so the audience is very narrow, it is difficult to sell, and its growth is relatively slow, and the cost of raising is getting higher and higher, but the price has not been long, so there are many places to abandon this kind of cattle now.

Of course, these are all said in the case of stocking, and the way of producing low-quality goods such as feed filling and even adding hormones does not count. Hanks is very familiar with this information.

In this way, Shi Lei understands that this Piflo cow is like a domestic black pig, a skewer of wild boars and domestic pigs, which grows slowly but has good meat quality. So Shi Lei decided to raise this, for Shi Lei, who has an animal optimization and transformation system, the disadvantages of this kind of cattle are not considered shortcomings, but their advantages can be magnified.

"Let's choose Piflop. I think I have a way to make them more valuable. Shi Lei said confidently.

Seeing that Shi Lei had already decided, Hanks did not persuade again.

"Okay. Recently, there have been a lot of sales of Piflo cattle in the market, and the price will definitely drop somewhat. But if there are so many cattle, you have to contact the cattle economy. Hanks dutifully built yì road.

"Okay, you contact a few familiar cattle economies, let's pick more cows. By the way, what about the horses and other animals used in the pasture? ”

Shi Lei thought of several other things that he planned to keep. Although all the machinery in the ranch, including a few pickup trucks, is left, how can you herd without horses? He also plans to learn how to ride a horse.

"There are all kinds of family farms and pastures nearby, usually for one type of animal, and horses, sheep and cows for pasture can be bought in the nearby pastures, so let's go around the neighborhood and almost get it done.

Besides, with so many animals, should we hire a few more cowboys? I'm not going to be able to do it alone. Hanks duly proposed the proposal.

Shi Lei patted his head, yes, he forgot about the cowboys, what is the matter with the cowboys in the ranch.

"Cowboy-wise, do you have anything to build on?" Shi Lei thought that it was good to have Hanks.

"Sanchez, Gonzalez and Garcia, who have worked here before, haven't worked on any other ranch yet, but they're all good and very capable, what do you think?"

Hanks remembered those guys from before, but he still had some concerns, although he didn't know what it meant to be a son of heaven and a courtier, but he still understood this truth. Just like the FBI in the United States, every time the director is replaced, a round of purges will be launched. It's all old people from before, what about the new boss?

However, Shi Lei didn't care so much, he had already thought of a way to gain Hanks's loyalty, and the other cowboys were all Hanks' talents, so it would be more efficient to do his work.

Of course, he doesn't put his eggs in one basket, he can also promote a steward among these cowboys who are Mexicans to check and balance, and take precautions against everything, after all, it is not in his own native place.

Now that the general direction has been set, let Hanks, the future manager, go to Zhang Luo in small details. So, Shi Lei returned to the main room and put away everything he brought.

After cleaning up, Shi Lei couldn't help but walk around in this huge main house. This is where I will live in the future, I can't even find where the room is, by the way, see what things are still missing in the main room, and come back to make a big purchase together.

Put a few boxes of red wine that he bought with Laura in the wine cellar, and went to the gym to play with the equipment, Shi Lei found another point, that is, these equipment are a little light for him, but if you add more dumbbell plates, it will be okay, so you don't need to change it.

Finally, after tossing and turning in the gym for a long time, the excitement of fully mastering such a large industry passed, and Shi Lei washed and slerose.