Chapter 164: Wyoming
For the rest of his life, since he wants to donate, he will not pick and search. Nowadays, not only is there a shortage of cereals in the country, but meat is also a rare thing. Since the human body needs many different nutrients, it is impossible to eat only corn as a diet. Even in the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, the soldiers would occasionally eat eggs and other barely fishy things sent by the villagers to replenish their physical fitness. In Chiang's troops, it was even more common for the occasional distribution of spam or canned beef. In order not only to improve food and win the morale of the army, but also to enhance the physical fitness of the soldiers and maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.
Therefore, when people in China for the rest of their lives came to ask for help, they had already planned for it. In addition to the usual rations for filling the stomach, it is always necessary to donate some meat with high nutritional value to the country. Good people do it to the end and send the Buddha to the west. As for vegetables or anything, I can't donate them. In this era, Chinese, except for coastal cities, many inland people did not like the taste of seafood. Acceptance of dried seaweed is low.
On the contrary, I like to eat some wild vegetables, and in the "Saving Wild Materia Medica" compiled in the Ming Dynasty, there are countless edible wild vegetables, which are firmly remembered by the Chinese of this era. In the year of famine, in the midst of war, there were countless people who relied on this thing to feed themselves. Although the amount of starch and protein is too low, there is absolutely no shortage of vitamins.
And in the United States in this era, livestock and meat were the best goods to sell. Not to mention the amount that other companies and the United States can digest themselves, even Spam is a company, if it is at full capacity and does not refuse all orders, the meat produced by the Americans will be used up in an instant, and then sold to the world.
So, in this day and age, the price of meat is high and sought-after. If you want to get a good batch of meat, the only way to do it is to go to the pasture. Or simply buy your own ranch to raise livestock!
The rest of your life chooses the latter. Although it is a natural thing to donate materials to the country, you can't starve to death. Buy meat at a high price. Although it saves you from the trouble for a while, it is just a one-shot deal. There is absolutely no chance of recovering the money when it is spent. It's better to buy a ranch and raise your own livestock. Although the initial investment was large and did not make money, there was finally a fixed asset. After the war, after a few years of cultivation, you can still return to your roots.
After asking the ranch for the rest of his life, and making an appointment with the rancher on the phone to meet at a time and place, he took two horses and a dog with him. Chartered a carriage and headed to a ranch in Wyoming. Two horses, one is a tall and sturdy Shire horse, and the other is Ryan, who has just been subjugated by the rest of his life. That dog was a small dog brought from China for the rest of his life. Qing Xiaoyi couldn't accompany the rest of her life, so she brought a small dog with her for the rest of her life to chat to relieve the loneliness of the journey.
As a result, after the goods arrived at the racecourse, they simply became a villain who bullied men and women. not only "bullied" several pure-blooded Gree dogs, but also made the horse farm restless. The speed of 70 kilometers per hour of the small dog is far suppressed by the 60 kilometers per hour speed of the extremely valuable racehorses in the horse farm. Drove a few horses from the breeding farm around. Almost blew up the swarm. Fortunately, Yu Sheng was there, otherwise this thing would have been shot dead by the security guards of the horse farm.
However, when it comes to Ryan, the little dog still can't beat it. Although Ryan is not as fast as the little dog. The body is also much larger than that of the small dog, and it is not as flexible as the small dog. However, Ryan's strength is far from being comparable to that of a small dog. After being scratched twice by the puppy, a hoof kicked the puppy on the buttocks. The little dog kicked twice in a row. Only then did the world become clear. The two are evenly matched. to get along peacefully.
The timid Sharma, on the other hand, obviously does not have the guts of these two. Although the strength is the greatest, but the timid is afraid of things. Among the three non-human creatures. is obviously the one who was bullied, not only honestly following Ryan's ass as a little brother. Moreover, there is no intention of resisting the little thin dog sleeping on its back.
The rest of his life didn't bother to care about the status and ranking between these inhuman creatures, and the train went all the way west, and the scenery outside the window became gorgeous. Only then did he remember that the place he was going to was the West, where Americans had many legends. The western part of the United States is a destination for later generations of photographers. There are countless beautiful scenery, and inadvertently, you will encounter some beautiful colors between heaven and earth.
Wyoming, where I went for the rest of my life, is where the Rocky Mountains are located, where Yellowstone National Park is located in the United States, and its scenery is so beautiful that it is well-known all over the world in later generations!
Wyoming, officially established in 1888, joined the United States in 1890 as the 44th state of the United States. The Rocky Mountains run diagonally through the boxy state of Wyoming. Yes, Wyoming is located in a mountainous state.
However, the mountains here are not barren. Not to mention the countless wild vegetation and wild animals such as elk and brown bears, the amount of mineral deposits under the mountains due to the presence of volcanoes is also extremely staggering. In later generations, Wyoming ranked first in the United States in terms of proven coal reserves, and the largest production of colloidal clay weathered from volcanic ash in the United States! The second largest uranium reserve in the United States! Oil and gas production ranks fifth and seventh in the United States, respectively! And there are many water resources!
Although the mountainous terrain is not suitable for farming, at most it can be planted with pasture, potatoes and wheat. However, due to its cold and dry climate, which is very suitable for pastures, livestock farming is extremely prosperous. There are four times more cattle and sheep grazing than the population! Due to the size of the land and the difference in industry, the number of cowboys in this area is also the largest in the United States.
Of course, Yellowstone's volcanoes aren't all good. Although there are many mineral deposits in this area, according to the information that the rest of my life and future generations have seen, after many geologists and volcanologists analyzed the lava in Yellowstone, they found that the volcano in Yellowstone could erupt without any additional triggers, such as earthquakes.
The volcano under Yellowstone is a rare supervolcano on earth. In the event of an eruption, the volcanic ash will obscure the sky. Under the influence of volcanic ash, the temperature of the earth will drop by about 10 degrees. And, for ten years in a row. Very few humans have survived this eruption and the ongoing cooling. The course of human civilization will also be changed as a result.
Therefore, this is not only a place where life flourishes, but also an opportunity for the next world change. The huge contrast between them makes Yu Sheng, a person who knows more than others, feel very strange.
In a whimsy, the train had arrived in Wyoming. Get off at the agreed stop for the rest of your life. There was already a bearded man waiting at the station with a horse. This man is Alexander, the rancher of the cattle head ranch where he will go for the rest of his life. After James had settled on a few farmers for the rest of his life, he went back. Didn't follow.
Alexander saw the rest of his life coming. Be tickled pink. He had already heard the radio about winning an Academy Award for the rest of his life. As far as Alexander knew, directors who could make movies and win Oscars were wealthy people, or their ranches could be sold at the price he expected.
With this premise, Alexander was extremely enthusiastic about the rest of his life. Point along the way and talk about the benefits of the ranch. It's just that the rest of his life has seen a lot of various sales techniques in later generations, and he has a strong immunity to Alexander's explanation. The expression is also very calm. And Ryan didn't have much enthusiasm for the Quarter horse that Alexander was riding. A proud look. As for the sharma and the little dogs. That's something that can be ignored.
The bull head ranch was a stroll of two horses, and soon arrived. As Brysler had given him in advance, the grass in the cattle head pasture was growing in good condition. It's not as good as the other pastures you see along the way. It's just that the scenery is really good, and within the scope of the ranch, there is even a lake of water. The color is clear pale blue. In the sun, you can see the bottom of the lake. Occasionally, fish shadows pass by.
Because the train was delayed, so, when it came to the ranch. It's already dusk, and it's about to fall into the night. Alexander's family was the only one in the Bullhead Ranch, and Alexander came to greet the rest of his life, and his wife, a son and a daughter had already prepared dinner for the rest of his life.
Cattle in breeding pens and cow pens. Mooing under his voice in the twilight. Due to the average growth of pasture, the cattle head ranch often uses the method of alternating pasture stocking, and a large amount of alfalfa grass is purchased. In order to ensure the growth of cattle. In Alexander's introduction, the rest of his life secretly calculated and found that in addition to Alexander's asking price for the ranch was twenty percent higher than the market. The inputs and outputs of pastures are not optimistic. The cost performance is really low. It's no wonder that Bleisler and his people knew that this was a beautiful place, and they didn't buy it. If you don't find other highlights after two days, you plan to give up for the rest of your life.
However, he did not directly tell Alexander about his calculations. All options are yet to be examined. Soon, Yu Sheng discovers the unexpected aspects of this ranch. When Alexander invited Yu Sheng into the house, Yu Sheng was shocked. If it weren't for being here, the rest of my life would never have believed that a room with such decoration was actually a cowboy's house.
In my impression, cowboys are sloppy and informal. Unexpectedly, the decoration in his room was so delicate and attentive. The whole house is made of pine, and it is not painted in any color, and the natural color of pine wood is used as the basic color of the room.
The house has two floors. On the lower floor are the main living rooms such as bedrooms and living rooms. There is only one attic on the upper floor. The staircase is also made of pine wood. Although it is not luxurious, it is extremely careful, and there are many old things, which can even be called antiques, such as antlers, bull heads, horseshoe nails, saddles, beer barrels, shotguns, etc., which become the decoration of the room after being properly arranged.
Alexander's wife knew the importance of this transaction, so she prepared a rich American peasant feast. There was a large portion of pumpkin soup, medium-rare grilled steak, vegetable salad, baked potatoes, toast, butter, jam. There was even a homemade dessert prepared. Although Alexander's wife explained the difference of this dessert in detail, it was not much different from cake for the rest of her life.
I have to say that after nearly a century of getting along with cows in the United States, the grilled steak made is still very authentic. With this delicacy, Yu Sheng almost decided to buy this ranch according to Alexander's offer.
After dinner, Alexander took out a report on the ranch over the years. The rest of my life looked through the living room. It was found that the beef cattle raised in the cattle head ranch were basically Highford cattle and Angus cattle.
In this era, there were no dedicated breeds of beef cattle in China. Most of the Chinese raise cattle as a large livestock for farming, rather than killing them for meat or raising them to drink milk. In Europe, where steak is fond, the British have already bred some small and medium-sized beef cattle breeds in the 18th century.
The Hereford and Angus cattle are beef cattle breeds that were bred by the British. These two types of cattle, in addition to having a lot of meat and good meat quality, also have a certain milk production capacity. It is very suitable for pasture farming.
However, Yu Sheng found that although Alexander raised cattle more seriously, the meat quality of beef was very average. The quality grades of U.S. beef are classified according to their quality and physiological maturity: Premium, Select, Preferred, Standard, Commercial, Available, Shredded and Canned.
The age factor is easy to understand, veal is indeed tender. In addition to age, the difference between beef quality and cattle raising is mainly reflected in the marbling of beef. The more marbling, the better the quality of the beef. And the so-called marbling, in layman's terms, is the fat mixed between the lean meat of the cow, the lines formed on the beef! The more marbling, the fatter and leaner the beef, and the more tender and juicy it is when grilled.
And the more marbled the beef, the higher the rating and the more valuable it is. The operation of Niutou Ranch is really average. Most beef, however, is a standard grade, or a commercial grade. There are very few that can reach the preferred level.
Alexander also knew he wasn't the right person to run a ranch, even if it was inherited from his ancestors. But in his generation, the talent for cattle farming seemed to suddenly disappear. He could only explain to Yu Sheng: "I don't know what the specific reason is, but I really can't solve this problem." The ranch has been losing money for several years, and if it weren't for the fact that it couldn't be sustained, I wouldn't have thought of selling it! ”
"Well, Alexander, why do you insist on not lowering the price? You know, you want a price that is at least 20 percent higher than the market price! ”
"Mr. Yu, this ranch has been in operation since my father's grandfather's generation. This house of mine seems simple, but it is also a hundred years old. I'm not going to sell this ranch for a bargain! It's not a matter of price, twenty honor for our family! If the price is too low, then people will say - you see, Alexander's business has failed! That's why the cow head ranch will be disposed of at the bottom price! ”
"I will never tolerate such a thing!" (To be continued.) )