Chapter 60: It's Going to Cost Money Again
Thinking about money, Zhang Chi went back and took out his mobile phone to make an appointment for the next hoof trim, choosing a manual hoof trimming master, who really couldn't afford such a high-tech.
The hoof trimmer who made an appointment, Zhang Chi then remembered to ask Brother Xiao Ma about it.
So I sent a message to Little Brother Ma and asked him if there was a four-wheeled flatbed truck there.
originally thought that Brother Xiao Ma might not have gotten up at this time, but less than two seconds after the message was sent, Brother Xiao Ma replied to himself, not only to reply to the message, but also to send a few pictures.
"I said Brother Ma, are you a kaleidoscope?"
Zhang Chi is a little strange, why does he not only have this thing on his side, but also several models, five or six large and small.
The car is very simple, a large flat plate with four wheels underneath, because the farm is used for its own use, and it is not on the road, and there are no tail lights and no connected control system.
Some of the carts also have guardrails more than a meter high on all sides.
"This thing sells well, now many people call me to buy here, I recommend buying a bigger one, it is best to have a small tractor made by us, which is ......more fuel-efficient than the tractor in the United States."
Brother Xiao Ma is really a businessman, the flatbed truck has not yet been decided, and he recommended several domestic four-wheeled tractors to Zhang Chi.
A very simple tractor, without a cab, so to speak, the full convertible is simplified as much as possible, and all unimportant configurations are reduced, leaving only the most original function of the tractor, that is, traction.
You don't have to think about this kind of tractor ploughing the land or something, such a small size, used in the United States to plough the land, can exhaust you to death, but it is used to pull things that do not have much weight, and it is really much more fuel-efficient than the pickup used in ordinary ranches.
Zhang Chi was very excited, but he didn't have a special budget to buy this thing now.
"Well, I'll recommend something else to you, take a look at this!"
A few pictures were passed, and Zhang Chi knew what this thing was for, a grass yard machine! It is to stack bales together, and at the same time you can also load and unload bales.
This thing has the function of a flatbed truck, as well as the function of loading and unloading.
As soon as this thing comes into view, the flatbed truck or something is chicken ribs.
"Does it work?"
Zhang Chi gritted his back molars and asked.
When Brother Xiao Ma heard this, he said: "If you don't use it, you can return it to me directly, and I won't recommend it to you, because we don't make it very well, and it always breaks down."
But this thing is really cheap and easy to use, if you buy American products, it will be at least twice as expensive as this, and you say that the grass on your ranch grows well, and now the ranch is yours alone, this thing is a good helper......
The power of this thing recommended by Xiao Ma is a diesel engine for a two-cylinder tractor, but with some machine parts. The same province can no longer be saved, only the basic functions remain.
Zhang Chi felt that he needed this thing, the ranch was now himself and Cannon, if the two of them carried the bales on their shoulders, it was estimated that the two of them could be tired into dogs in a day, and this was not a day or two of work, hundreds of acres of grassland mowing bales, even if they got up early and worked in the dark, they couldn't do it for five or six days.
Originally, Zhang Chi also wanted to rent a loading and unloading machine, but now seeing the price of this machine, it is not cost-effective to rent it again, rent it seven or eight times, which is almost enough to buy this machine, of course, it is better to buy one.
Although the price is a bit over budget, it is still cost-effective in the long run.
"Then I'll go and have a look!"
Zhang Chi decided to go and see it first, if it was good, he would buy one, if not, he would buy a flatbed truck.
"Okay, I'll wait for you, and then I'll take you to see the ranches that use this machine, and now around me, whether it's white ranches or our Chinese farms, many of them use my machine" Brother Ma boasted again when he heard this.
Leaving the phone, Zhang Chi found Cannon and told him about going to California.
Cannon was weird about why he was going to California all of a sudden.
"Just one day, I'll try to come back in the evening, but it's really not tomorrow morning, you see how this machine is."
Zhang Chi opened the chat history on his mobile phone and showed the bale machine to Cannon.
"So cheap?" When Cannon saw the machine, he thought it was nothing unusual, but he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the price.
"I have a friend who specializes in making these small machines, all of which are made in China, and I will go to see what the quality is, and if it is suitable, I will buy one back," Zhang Chi said.
Cannon thought for a while, said what problems he encountered when he used this machine before, and what was not too reasonable in the design, and reminded Zhang Chi to pay special attention when trying the machine.
In fact, Cannon's heart is not optimistic about Chinese-made machines, but his own boss is a Chinese, and he is not easy to say what he thinks.
Now many Americans think that Chinese clothing is good, and high-tech is also impressive, but when it comes to machines, they think that the United States, Germany and RB are good, and the quality of Chinese machines needs to be improved.
Cannon said a lot of points, Zhang Chi simply asked Cannon to say that he wrote it down.
decided to go, Zhang Chi took out his mobile phone to book a ticket, booked the ticket and drove all the way to the airport, but almost didn't catch the plane when he arrived at the airport.
When he arrived in Los Angeles, Zhang Chi did not stop, directly rented a car near the airport, and went to Little Pony's ranch.
When he arrived at the ranch, Brother Xiao Ma didn't have anything to do with Zhang Chi, and took Zhang Chi to a promised ranch to see the situation of the machine, and asked Zhang Chi to try it.
The ranch that Brother Xiao Ma took Zhang Chi to was not far from Brother Xiaoma's ranch, and the rancher was a white old man, about seventy years old, and a seventy-year-old man still ran a ranch, Zhang Chi admired this old man a little.
The old man's main project is the same as Zhang Chi's, and they are also cattle raising, but the cattle he raises are much worse than the cattle raised by Zhang Chi, and many of the cattle are on the thin side.
Don't blame the old man, who let him not have such a gourd.
There are no breeds of cattle on the pasture, they are all miscellaneous cattle.
The whole ranch is also in tatters, like the forage warehouse that Zhang Chi saw, it was directly half without a roof, it was originally a roof, but after a storm, half of the top was lifted off, and the old man also wanted to repair it, but he really couldn't afford to hire someone to repair it.
Seeing Brother Xiao Ma and Zhang Chi, the old man didn't have much to say, and after saying a few words, he stepped aside and started working.
It doesn't seem that Brother Pony has come here for the first time, and he is familiar with the things in the pasture, so he drove the machine out with Zhang Chi.
The machine has been used for some years, and there is dust hanging in many places on it, and it seems that the maintenance is not very good.
But just think about it, an old man runs a ranch, where does he have so much energy to spend on maintaining the machine.
Now Zhang Chi came to test the machine, and at the same time, it was equivalent to helping the old man work.
Brother Xiao Ma taught Zhang Chi how to use it, this thing is very simple, Zhang Chi will learn it, and there are no special requirements for driving, but it is required to aim the front of the car at the bale on the ground when driving, so that the bale can smoothly enter the grass mouth, and then the bale can be hung on the track, and it has been transferred to the back of the packing box.
There are two types of this thing, one is automatic baling, that is, the machine can automatically stack the collected bales together, and the other has to be purely manual, that is, there must be a person behind to stack the transmitted bales.
Zhang Chi's choice is guessed by everyone, it must be a manual code, because the fully automatic guy is a bit expensive for Zhang Chi now.
After trying it and going back and forth twice, Zhang Chi felt that this machine was okay, and it could not be said that there was no problem with Cannon, but there was no big problem, and the small problem could be endured.
Besides, the price of a penny is a penny, and it is a bit inappropriate for such a cheap thing to think about.
Now Zhang Chi is looking at the cost performance.
"One?"
Who is Brother Xiaoma, when he saw Zhang Chi's face, he knew that his business had been done again.
"Here's one, and give me another one of the kind of firewood stove you have here," Zhang Chi thought about it and gritted his teeth and made a decision.
"Okay, then let's go back and inspect the goods," Xiao Ma said.
The two of them left the old man's ranch.
When the car arrived at the gate of the ranch, Zhang Chi found that several cars had entered the ranch, and the cars were full of young people, many of whom had Asian faces.
"What do these people do? Why do I look at how many Chinese" Zhang Chi asked curiously through the rearview mirror, looking at the car entering the ranch.
Brother Ma said: "These are all here to play in the ranch, this ranch is free for people to come to play, and you can also stay, you only need your help to do some work in the ranch."
Otherwise, where can the old man take care of this ranch alone, he is not as young as you when he is old, and he can't do a lot of work, so he will open the ranch for people to come over and experience the ranch life, and help him work by the way.
This method of operation is very popular with some people who want to experience the authentic ranch life here, and many of us Chinese students or Chinese people who work here have come to this ranch."
"Your ranch can also be done like this," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
Brother Xiao Ma said: "I don't dare to do this, the old man is insured, this operation looks very simple to you, but it is not so easy, what if someone is injured in the ranch, many things are not as simple as you think."
In the past, some people wanted to come, and there were even some schools that wanted to organize students to come, but I didn't want to bother this god, because if something happened to my place, it would be troublesome, especially children, who were not afraid to catch anything and play ......."
"By the way, how will you transport it later, do you want me to help you find a driver?" Brother Pony didn't want to talk about this issue, so he turned the topic to car transportation.
Where will Zhang Chi make this money, he came here in person to save freight, from here to his ranch, the distance is equivalent to the distance from the magic capital to Yangcheng, what is he doing with this freight.
Besides, with the gourd and spending this money, isn't Zhang Chi stupid.
"I'll find someone to transport it myself, and I'll rent a trailer later," Zhang Chi said.
Brother Xiao Ma was a little suspicious, but he also asked more, how Zhang Chi bought the machine and wanted to transport it was someone else's business, and he didn't want to care too much.
Back at Little Pony's ranch, Zhang Chi picked one of three or four machines, and then went out to rent a trailer.
Everything was done, it was already dark, Zhang Chi walked to a place where no one was, put the machine into the gourd with the firewood stove, returned the trailer himself, and then drove the rented car but didn't know where to go.
At this point in time, there must be no plane to fly to Folsen, and it is impossible to go back tonight, so I have to find a place to stay overnight.
The eldest brother can live there, but the house is so good, he feels awkward to live there, and after thinking about it, he still calls the second brother Zhang Wu to see if he can deal with it for a night.