Chapter 70: Selling Cattle (Part II)
Halfway through, Zhang Chi found that Da Niu and Erhu were lying on the grass, looking like they were catching something to eat.
"Big Bull, Second Tiger!"
Zhang Chi shouted at the two dogs.
Da Niu and Erhu heard Zhang Chi's call, and immediately wagged their tails and trotted over, and when they arrived at the side of Chiyan Mountain, they jumped and jumped, obviously very enthusiastic about the master's call.
"Let's go, follow me to drive the cattle" Zhang Chi shouted at the big cow and two tigers, and then urged Chiyan Mountain to trot in the direction of the cattle.
Wang, Wang!
The big cow and the two tigers were very excited to follow Zhang Chi's horse, and they couldn't stop screaming, and they didn't know whether they were happy that the master was running away with them or driving the cattle excitedly, anyway, the two dogs were spreading joy on the grass.
Cannon didn't think the two dogs could drive any cattle, but the boss said this, and he smiled and followed the herd.
When they reached the side of the herd, Zhang Chi took his position, and Cannon's side began to drive several of the leacian cows out of the herd.
Phew!
Cannon made a sound, then urged his horse into the herd.
Cannon's voice made the herd a little uneasy, and the leading bull was a little scared, so he began to move with the herd.
As soon as the herd moved, Zhang Chi's work came, and he urged Chiyan Mountain to cut off the herd from the middle, so that the road to the herd would be blocked by the few cattle driven by Cannon.
The idea is very good, but the operation is not like that, when Zhang Chi urged Chi to walk over to Chiyan Mountain, the distance between the cattle slowly shrank.
"Big Bull, Second Tiger!"
Zhang Chi was in a hurry here, and began to call for the big bull and two tigers.
Da Niu and Erhu heard Zhang Chi's call, and looked at Zhang Chi for a moment, not knowing what the master meant by calling him.
"Over there, over there, don't let the cow pass."
Zhang Chi was dealing with a few cows here, but the other few were about to catch up with the herd in front of him, and Cannon was still at the tail of the herd at this time, if he left, then the herd behind would definitely turn around and run.
I didn't expect Da Niu and Erhu to understand, but Da Niu and Erhu really understood, and the two dogs immediately rushed over, blocked behind the butts of the previous group of cows, and grinned at the cows who followed and let out a whining warning sound.
And the cow who wanted to keep up saw the big cow and the second tiger, and immediately stopped, and in this moment's effort, Cannon had already arrived with the horse.
Zhang Chi originally shouted like this, and he really didn't expect the big bull and the two tigers to work, but the big bull and the two tigers did give Zhang Chi a very big surprise.
Not only did he give Zhang Chi a big surprise, but Cannon, who rushed over, also looked at the two dogs on the ground in amazement.
"I didn't expect them to be so smart."
"How's it going, okay?"
The performance of the big bull and the two tigers made Zhang Chi feel that his face was bright.
Cannon nodded, "It's good, but it's missing some training, so I'll have time to train it."
The herd separated, and the calves that left the herd were honest, and as long as Zhang Chi was behind and Cannon was on the side, the calves obediently came to the fence and easily drove the cows into the fence.
When he returned to the herd again, Cannon Kairu commanded the big bull and the second tiger.
Every order issued by Cannon, the two dogs have completed it very well, so let's put it this way, the skills of the two dogs are better than the current Zhang Chi.
The more Cannon worked, the more he felt that these two dogs were really wonderful, and from time to time he would praise the big bull and the tiger, and he would say a good dog or something.
With the blessing of the big bull and the second tiger, the rest of the calf is very relaxed.
Fifty or so calves were driven into the enclosure, and there was certainly not enough grass to eat, so Cannon pulled a few more sheaves of grass and shook them up and put them along the enclosure so that the calves could graze.
In addition to the grass, a drinking trough was also made for the herd.
The more than 50 calves picked out are all relatively thin in the herd, saying that they are relatively thin, but in fact, they are compared with other cows, not that these cattle are not qualified to sell, with the blessing of the gourd, how can these cattle be too bad.
In this way, Zhang Chi was still a little dissatisfied, and felt that the current weight of these cows seemed to be a little lacking, so he secretly poured a little gourd pulp into the cow trough.
Drive the cattle together, and that's pretty much the matter here, and the next thing is to wait for the fattening pasture to come over.
And in the interval when these people didn't come, Zhang Chi continued to practice the lasso, these days Zhang Chi's lasso kung fu has risen very quickly, and now he is no longer standing on the ground to practice the wooden shelf, but directly looking for live cattle to practice.
There is nothing to say about this thing, only diligent practice can produce results, and saying it ten thousand times is not as useful as really putting it on twice.
Today, Zhang Chi added another item to himself, that is, to drive the cattle, and while driving, he followed what Cannon said to experience what kind of reaction the cattle would have under what kind of pressure.
This work is also hard work, there is no opportunistic way, only a practice can improve one's skills.
Cannon, on the other hand, began to train the big cow and the second tiger, and the performance of the big cow and the two tigers just now gave him great confidence in training the two dogs into excellent cattle dogs.
At the beginning of the training, this confidence increased exponentially, because Cannon found that Da Niu and Erhu were so smart, he only needed two or three times for a move, and Da Niu and Erhu could initially grasp the essentials.
This makes Cannon seem to have found a new way to entertain.
Zhang Chi's interest is also good now, riding Chiyan Mountain is chasing a herd of cows, and the lasso in the middle is called a whirring wind, the only thing that is not very happy seems to be the cows, they don't even want to eat grass in peace.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the cattle collector came to the door.
Zhang Chi arrived at the door, opened the gate, and welcomed two large pickup trucks with cattle trucks into the ranch.
The tattered pickup truck is equipped with a trailer, and some places on the trailer that are not easy to clean seem to be hung with cow dung, and the overall feeling is a bit dirty.
"Where do the cattle need to be driven? We're going to have to charge an extra fee."
The leader is a fat cowboy in his forties, dressed like a cowboy, but this figure is not too similar, and the big belly that stands up is almost as big as the belly of a pregnant woman who is about to give birth, and at a glance you know that it is not the kind that often participates in manual labor.
He was dressed as a cowboy, with a gray cowboy hat on his head, a red plaid shirt on top, a pair of blue jeans on his bottom, and a pair of riding boots on his feet, which were stained with some mud, and he looked like he had just come out of a ranch.
"Over there!"
There is nothing to talk about with this Zhang Chi, people buy cattle, he sells cattle, no matter how big the relationship is, it is impossible for people to increase the purchase price, and it is impossible for him to lower the selling price.
The two said a few kind words and went straight to the point.
Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and pointed to the fence not far away: "It's all there, a total of fifty-three."
All the cattle were ready, just waiting for the gang to come and weigh and transport.
When he saw that it was very convenient, he beckoned a group of people who had come with him to the side of the fence.
He was joined by five cowboys, who got to work as soon as they got out of the car.
Zhang Chi looked at the work of these people is quite novel, the first time he sells cattle, he thinks the things brought by these people are quite interesting.
It must be indispensable to buy a cow's scale, and the people brought it are also a big guy, Zhang Chi didn't find it just now, because this scale is actually hidden at the bottom of the trailer, and it can be stretched out directly when it is used.
Several cowboys set up the scales, and two of them took out the lasso, came to the door of the fence, opened the door and walked into the fence, threw up the noose, and soon they were caught by a cow.
After hitting the cow, the two pulled the cow out of the pen.
The cow that pulled out of the fence was immediately surrounded by two or three cowboys, and began to do a simple examination of the cow, looking at the mouth and the cheek, and took out a few test strips, this guy was very busy.
Looking at these people, it was quite chaotic, but in fact, it didn't take much time, and it took about a minute to complete a simple inspection of the cattle.
After accepting the simple pick-up of the cow, under the joint efforts of several cowboys, a few people were very obedient and stood on the scale, weighed it, and then the fat man reported the above numbers to Zhang Chi.
"Nine hundred and thirteen pounds, this cow is really heavy!"
"It's okay," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
Cannon, who was holding a pen next to him, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, thought about it for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he wrote down the weight of the ox on a piece of paper.
The rest of the story was a bit boring, and the whole process was repeated, and each cow came once.
When the fence was empty, the fat cowboy ripped off the list in his hand and put it in front of Zhang Chi.
"Please check if there are any errors in the numbers," the fat cowboy said to Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi took the order and began to fight with Cannon.
There was nothing wrong with it, each cow weighed the same as Cannon had just written down.
"There's nothing wrong with that," Zhang Chi said to the fat cowboy.
"If there is no mistake, please sign here, and here, here, if everything is fine, three business days, the money will be credited to your account".
The fat cowboy began to signal Zhang Chi to sign his name in a few places, and at the same time told Zhang Chi about the payment method and time.
Now that Zhang Chi has signed the word, it proves that this cattle purchase contract is completed, and the money is equivalent to Zhang Chi's pocket.
After everything was done, the fat cowboy shook hands with Zhang Chi: "I hope we have a chance to cooperate next time."
"Okay. If next time, I hope the price will be a little higher, such a low price, it is a bit uneconomical to raise cattle."
The fat cowboy said with a smile: "It's all this price now, and it may be better in the spring, but it's hard to say this kind of thing, the year before last, the price in spring was lower than now, two yuan and three, I don't believe in this price, but it's ...... fact."
Fat cowboy has said this to a number of ranchers, what they said is almost slippery, every time the cattle are harvested, no matter what the price is always complained about the low price, but every time they have to sell, they as a fattening ranch naturally hope that the price is high, because the high price of the harvest means that the price they sell will also be high, but now the market is not their master.
Naturally, they have to lower the price when slaughtering them, otherwise they will make no money from fattening pastures.
Watching the ox cart leave, Cannon asked suspiciously, "Boss, are the cows bigger than they were in the morning?" ”
"It's big, it's not big" Zhang Chi naturally wanted to deny it.
The final price of 53 cows was a small difference of $60,000.
These money to build a simple calfshed, as long as Zhang Chi does not buy any big things, there is no problem with these money to last until the beginning of spring next year.
At the beginning of spring next year, look at the price, whether the price is good or not, you have to sell the remaining batch of cattle, but with a winter of feeding, Zhang Chi doesn't want his cattle to weigh only more than nine hundred pounds, you must know that the rest are 'strong cows' to grow two or three hundred pounds of meat, right?