"No, I'll take you to fly around the pasture first, while you can still see it clearly, there is nothing to look at carefully, and you will take a good look at the various facilities of the ranch after you come back, let's get this done today, pay attention to efficiency, and don't delay you to catch the return plane tomorrow." The old rancher still stuck to his ideas.

"That'...... Oh well, excuse me. Shi Lei had to reluctantly agree, people would entertain one night, where should you go tomorrow, I don't plan to serve more. If all these words are said, Shi Lei and they can't continue to stay here, it's good that people can provide a night's accommodation or something.

After the two gave each other a look of care, they trembled and climbed onto the object that was barely called an airplane, and quickly tied themselves firmly to their seats with their seat belts, ready to withstand another flight.

Under the worried eyes of Shi Lei and Greens, the plane started again with a trembling rope, and finally climbed into the sky with a creaking sound. When the plane flew over the vast grassland, Shi Lei finally temporarily let go of his worries that it seemed to fall at any time, and began to focus on the situation of the surrounding grassland.

Although Shi Lei and the others were sitting on a small fixed-wing plane, they didn't have to worry about their vision being affected at all, because this plane had long since lost what should be called a hatch, and Shi Lei's upper body was directly exposed to the air.

They can even lean half of their bodies out of the plane to see what the surroundings are like, which is another important reason why they must use seat belts to tie themselves up properly, which feels really different from sitting directly outside the cabin.

Located in the vast Great Plains region of eastern Montana, this large ranch is crossed by three rivers of different sizes, as well as several ponds of different sizes, the largest of which can catch up with the artificial lake of the stone pasture. The small one is like a swimming pool.

This situation at least means that there will be no shortage of water in the pasture, which is good news for the pasture with high requirements for aquatic weeds, at least there is no need to get so many expensive and troublesome irrigation equipment.

And all rivers have a large area of woods, which is very good for conserving the water and soil here, and from time to time you can see a variety of wild animals of different sizes infested in the meantime, which is good news for Shi Lei, he can finally have a place to live the addiction of hunting, otherwise his one-handed marksmanship is just a dragon slaying skill on the side of the stone pasture, who makes California not even have a hunting season.

The poker-faced uncle flew around the ranch while explaining the situation on the ranch to Shi Lei. He knows everything about the situation in various places, where he can graze more and where he can't let the livestock stay longer, and Shi Lei is also very satisfied.

Basically, it's a place with plenty of water and grass, and even if it doesn't reach the level of one acre to support a large animal, it won't be like the ranch in Minnesota, where several acres of pasture can barely feed a cow, and the cost of feed alone is much worse.

In addition to winter storage, there should not be much need to add too much concentrate to feed the livestock. Even the herbs shipped from China are not used here, and only trace elements need to be added appropriately.

After seeing the grassland, Shi Lei is already quite satisfied with this place, but he has to carefully look at the barn and other facilities before he can make a conclusion.

Finally landed safely on the ground. Shi Lei and Grimes undoubtedly breathed a long sigh of relief again, and the two of them, who had already adapted a little, did not reach the point where their legs stiffened, and climbed off the plane with difficulty. The two of them quickly regained their mobility, and went to see various facilities with Uncle Pokerface.

The result is quite satisfying. It can be seen that the facilities of this ranch are very old, and many of them need to be renovated. Moreover, the machinery of the ranch is even more dilapidated, and it will have decades of service at first glance, and it will inevitably have to be replaced by a new one.

It seems that this poker-faced uncle is still a calculating fellow, or an extremely nostalgic paranoia, which is reflected in his ecstatic plane and the broken pickup truck that has turned the whole rust color.

For dinner, I enjoyed the lamb chops produced in the ranch with this cold poker-faced uncle, and the lamb chops produced by myself were grilled by myself, and the taste was not bad, of course, not as good as the production of the stone ranch, but this uncle was already very grateful for taking such care.

After resting in the guest room for a night, Shi Lei and they ushered in the morning of the ranch, this uncle is really talking, after breakfast in the morning, without saying a word, he drove out of the plane to send Shi Lei and them back to the airport, this early morning blew such a wind, almost dried the two of them, got on the first passenger plane, and the two of them went straight to Santa Barbara.

After returning to the stone ranch and sleeping in the comfortable bed with Laura in his arms, Shi Lei remembered to tell Grimes about his decision. Shi Lei did not hesitate to choose the last stop, the ranch of the poker-faced uncle.

There are 60,000 acres of land suitable for grazing and abundant water and grass, which is completely in line with Shi Lei's plan this time, and due to the remoteness of the place, the price there is relatively cheaper, and the asking price is only less than 60 million US dollars.

Shi Lei also told Grims to take the ranch as soon as possible, but there is no need to rush, the current scale of the stone ranch can still hold one or two batches of slaughter, and there is no problem in supporting the demand within a year, of course Greens knows how to operate.

Shi Lei continued to enjoy his two-person world on the side of the stone ranch, and by the way, he explained to Hanks, and was ready to take over the ranch over there. In addition, let him prepare a list to see which cowboys he will bring over there, at least find two people who are comfortable with him to build his own team.

There is also a herd to be divided, Shi Lei plans to use the stone pasture as a breeding ranch in the future, and send the small livestock with better physique to each sub-ranch, and the stone ranch is equivalent to the hematopoietic machine of each sub-ranch, until they can meet their own needs. Hanks is to be divided according to such an intention.

There is also a very important point, the stone ranch needs to draw out a sufficient number of cattle dogs to the new ranch, where the size of the herd will be larger, the need for cattle dogs will definitely not be a small number, Shi Lei plans to transfer most of the adult dogs in the current stone ranch to the new ranch. Only a few with cubs and dogs who need to take care of the puppies are left, and the rest are brought with the herd.

In order to realize this idea, Shi Lei also had to add a large number of cattle dogs to the stone ranch, and the dogs produced in the ranch are all very smart and can help the cowboys, so of course the more the merrier for the new ranch, Hanks also expressed similar ideas, which coincided with Shi Lei's.

And with the added benefit of having so many dogs to help, the new ranch doesn't have to hire a lot of cowboys to help. The cost of human capital savings alone is not a small number, this account is very easy to calculate, a cowboy's monthly salary is enough to buy a lot of dogs, and the cost of raising a cowboy for a year is enough for the consumption of dogs in the entire ranch.

Shi Lei once again went to the pet market to introduce a lot of new adult dogs, in addition to the usual bit dog breeds, Shi Lei also prepared an additional 10 Dogo dogs whose pedigree may not be so pure, these Dogo are prepared for the new ranch, and more as a guard dog.

Montana is still different from California. There's a lot more wildlife over there, especially in terms of predators, and there's not much chance of seeing black bears, brown bears, and cougars, but with these much bigger Dogo dogs. When you really encounter these fierce beasts, you can be more sure, relying on the relatively small pitbulls and these large beasts seem to be not deterrent enough, especially when facing large bears.

The arrival of nearly 100 dogs from different places. Make the ranch more lively. With Shi Lei's coordination and transformation, they quickly merged with the original dog group, and Shi Lei took the old with the new. Let them learn the skills needed for various ranches from their predecessors. Like the original dogs, each new dog was given a numbered, reflective Kevlar wide collar.

There must still be a long process before the reception of the new ranch, and Shi Lei has time to bring out all the new dogs, ensure that they are used together, and then transport the main body of the original dog pack to the new ranch.

The treatment of the 10 Dogo dogs specially prepared as guard dogs is not quite the same, not only what they wear, but also the kind of customized full-body Kevlar protective clothing similar to the seventh and eighth masters, and the main content of their training is also different.

Cattle herding is just their sideline, more often they have to learn to fight with other threatening animals or drive them away, and this training stone ranch is also advantageous, there are seven masters and eight masters and they have a few experienced veterans, and the hairball is a real cougar, they have no shortage of teachers, nor lack of practice opponents.

Their fighting skills and teamwork are growing rapidly at a visible speed, and at first they only get beaten up against the hairball, and they are slapped on the body by the hairball and let one fly, don't forget that the current strength and speed of the hairball are definitely not the level that a big cat of its magnitude should have.

Slowly, these Dogo dogs learned to cooperate, learned how some dogs to attract the attention of the hairball, others to wait for the opportunity to attack, this kind of attack is a kind of instinct that they are born with, because the Dogo dogs were originally bred to form a group to hunt, but they are not very good at seizing the opportunity before, especially in the face of the hairball, this agile Cheng dù also has no big cat to be the right guy.

While training the dogs, Shi Lei himself did not slack off on his own training, every time he went to see his parents, he had to go to the Rock Fitness Center by the way, and find Master Kane and Tony to have a discussion.

Since you are learning actual combat kung fu, of course, you must learn more guò actual combat to increase your understanding of boxing. And Allen, who will be a professional martial artist, has now become the most frequent combat target that Shi Lei has found, and both of them have benefited a lot from this kind of competition, and they can also feel that they are growing at a faster pace.

While Shi Lei was enjoying his busy and happy days, Greens did not stop working hard, and soon good news came. (To be continued......) R1292