Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Alpaca
Grass, seeing his expression, Jesse Zhou came to his senses, "This thing is not a grass mud horse." No, it's a mud horse, oops, it's a bit of a mess. But this is just a joke about the "myth" of the Celestial Empire.
However, based on this, the merchant hurriedly made a "grass mud horse" doll and sold it on the Internet. Moreover, biologists have verified that there is no such thing as a "grass mud horse"; However, scholars have verified that the "lying mud horse" has a historical source. Confused...... It's just helpless,
Later, there was a netizen production of "Song of the Grass and Mud Horse". The song is a children's chorus, and it turns out to be a hit, which adds fuel to the fire, in fact, it is essentially what Atwood calls an alpaca.
"Hehe," Jessie Chou smiled and said to Atwood in English, "That's really what we call it on the Internet there." And it is still a kind of "divine beast" with very powerful "attack power" in our Internet 'legends'. Jesse Chou said.
"It's going to spit boss, that's it?" Divine Beast'" Atwood felt strange, this cultural gap was also too strange.
"Hehe, don't care, it's just a joke on our side." Jesse explained to Atwood with a wave of his hand.
"How many of these alpacas do we have?" Jessie Chou asked.
"This llama is also known as Huakayo alpaca, and we only have about a dozen of them on our pasture, and we raise them in a flock." But the more valuable Suli alpacas, we have about a hundred. Atwood said to Jessie.
"Surrey alpaca? What's the difference with this? More valuable? Jessie Chou asked with a puzzled face.
"Boss, this Sully alpaca stands out among alpacas because of its unique wool fiber characteristics. Sully alpaca's long hair, lock by lock. The high-quality sully wool has a strong glossy finish that sparkles in the sun and feels like silk to the touch. Atwood paused and looked at Jesse Chou.
Jessie nodded to indicate that he had heard, and then asked him to continue.
"The biggest difference between Huacayo and Sully alpaca is that Sully alpaca fiber contains very little pith, so it feels better, and has a higher gloss, and there are no scales in the fiber tissue, which is more suitable for the processing of worsted fabrics."
"And Sully alpacas stand out among alpacas because of their unique wool fiber characteristics. And it has attracted the attention of the Shijie fashion industry, and is favored by hand-knitting. Its wool has a cashmere-like softness, silk-like luster, strong warmth, durability, and is suitable for dyeing in a variety of colors. Sully alpaca wool can be used in high-end men's and women's fashion, such as high-end clothing, outerwear, sweatshirts and exhibits, as well as interior fabrics and textiles for professional use. ”
"The main thing is that the shijie is quite rare, while the white breed is even rarer, with just over 100,000 in the whole shijie, compared to less than 30 in the United States 2000, Australia 500 and New Zealand." Atwood said it in one go.
"How many of these sheep do we have?" Jesse asked.
"At the beginning, because Mrs. Chen liked this kind of sheep very much, we raised some, and now it has developed to more than 100 heads, and we have documented detailed records. And now, we're the most farms in California with more of these sheep breeds. That's a bonus. Atwood also said excitedly.
For something rare, everyone wants to have it. And if you have it yourself, but others don't, what a refreshing mentality it will have. So this old cowboy is also excited.
"Hehe, that's really good." Jesse Chou also expressed his joy. "Let's go, we've been delayed for a while, now let's go and see our 'gold'."
'Haode, boss. ”
The two of them drove in the direction of the Wagyu cattle shed, and the scenery of the grassland was also empty and beautiful along the way.
The buildings on the horizon in the distance gradually appeared in front of you. "That's where Wagyu beef lives? It's so commonplace. Jesse Chou asked Atwood, this is completely different from Jesse Chou's imagination.
In Jesse Chou's imagination, this should be a very sci-fi building, full of fashion and sci-fi feeling, after all, it is such an expensive cow to raise. This is too ordinary. Looking at this cowshed, Jesse Zhou was a little disappointed.
Atwood heard the disappointment in Jessie Chou's tone, and couldn't help but smile, he was also a little helpless to treat this kind of boss who is not a cowboy, who would go to see which cowshed is good or not, that is, this kind of layman, will think of such a boring question, but unfortunately there is no way, who calls him the boss.
"Boss, don't look at its simple appearance, in fact, this building has a not simple setting." Atwood explained.
"Boss, you see, the roof of this bullpen is a single-slope slope, with high south eaves and low north eaves. Is the roof on the south side of Weishenme higher? Atwood asked, but he didn't mean to ask Jesse to answer. It's just that this kind of interaction can make people focus on you more. This is the ability of a leader that Atwood learned from books as a farm manager. Now I use it unconsciously, and I'm used to it.
Then Atwood began, asking himself, "So that the sun will be abundant in the winter and the cow beds will be dry." Generally speaking, the ideal height is 3.5~5 times the height of the cow. ”
"Boss, you see, the height here is seven meters high, and our Wagyu beef is about 1.2 meters, so 6 meters high is ideal. The eaves on the north side, in order to prevent the cold of the north wind in winter, it is better to be slightly lower, and whether it can prevent the cold has a great relationship with growth, and the difference is between 5% ~ 8%, so the height of the eaves on the north side is ideal to 2.5~2.8 meters. We don't have that cold season here, but we're prepared. ”
Jessie Chou nodded his head to indicate that he knew, "En".
Saying that, the two of them had already walked inside, and after greeting the cowboys who took care of the cows, the two continued to visit.
Because Jesse Chou felt thirsty, he asked a cowboy to take a bottle of beer, and he didn't mind that it was a meal for Wagyu cows. I opened it and drank it. "Well, it's not bad, it's beer." Jessie Chou looked surprised.
"Of course, boss. This is a beer that we have selected according to the recipe. It has a high taste and nutritional value. Atwood said.
The building material of the cattle pen is poured concrete, the roof truss is welded by channel steel, the roof is covered with cement tiles, the ground should be flat and slightly inclined, generally with an inclination of 1~3 degrees, mainly to facilitate cleaning, feces and urine water can be removed in time, and the fence of the enclosure is welded with iron pipes.
Jessie Zhou looked at it all the way and nodded all the way, expressing his recognition of the work of our Comrade Atwood. "Sure enough, it's not good-looking, it's really blinding my titanium eyes, Nima's, as well as central air conditioning, temperature control system, air quality monitoring system. Look at how comfortable this life is, how comfortable it is. Jessie Chou couldn't help but sigh.