Chapter 90: Finally Bought All the Horses
Zhao Changshan went to New York, and the cooking work was handed over to Zhao Wei, this kid's skills are not good, but they are not too bad, there is a distance from Zhao Changshan, but there is no problem with filling his stomach.
It's very timely, some of them are good to eat, and they are not so particular.
In the afternoon, Seresto's friend came over, and sure enough, it was still a middle-aged old Mo, Jian Heng talked with him very happily, and the conversation was almost over, Lao Mo took out the contract, Jian Heng swept it and took a copy with his mobile phone, and first passed it to the lawyer Daniel to read it, and when he got back, there was no problem Jian Heng signed it very simply.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, Jian Heng drove to a nearby familiar horse farm to take a look, wanting to make up for the lack of horses. Who knows that after running two or three houses, the horses in the horse farm are not licensed, and the bloodline is so expensive that it is outrageous, or it is the scraps of crooked melons and inferior grass, even if it is unsatisfactory even if it is trained, no matter how cheap it is, it can't be shot, such a horse is only suitable for killing and selling meat.
"Jean!"
Seeing that Jian Heng was leaving, the horse farm owner stopped Jian Heng, he was middle-aged, his father and Anders had a good relationship, when Anders Ranch had a lot of cattle in the past, both father and son helped to turn the scene, so he and Jian Heng were also familiar with each other, and the relationship was not iron, but they were barely friends.
"Don't go around touching it, now the horse farm near here, as long as it is well trained, the price is in the range of four hundred to six hundred, there are no good horses left, you also see, my stable is directly half empty, this time it's a **oss, who doesn't want to sell it for a good price?" Seeing Jian Heng, he stopped and explained the general situation of the nearby racecourse now.
Jian Heng smiled at him: "I know, I'll think of another way."
"If you're not in a hurry, wait another two to three months, and everyone will come in and buy it right away. If that's going to happen, you can go around Great Falls, where my cousin runs the farm, and he says that horse prices are pretty normal at the moment."
"Thanks, I'll think about it" Jian Heng smiled gratefully at him, and then opened the car door.
After getting into the car, he started the car, stuck his head out and waved his hand at the people, and then stepped on the accelerator and left the racecourse.
ran a few horse farms in a row, coupled with the advice of others, Jian Heng was still a little unwilling, checked the phone numbers of several other horse farms nearby, and several of them gave negative home, and there were no well-trained ranch horses for sale in the horse farm.
So Jian Heng had to return to the ranch with a bitter face.
Barley and wheat are practicing equestrianism in the newly enclosed horse training circle at this time, the horse training circle is a circular field, surrounded by a wooden fence, about half a person high, the whole is painted white, from the bottom to the next a total of three layers of horizontal fences, the town is fine sand, mainly for novices to learn to ride horses, can also be used to train new horses, at present it is the most decent thing in Jian Heng Ranch.
The two sisters saw that Jian Heng's car came back alone, and there was no carriage behind them, so they curiously reined in the horse and waited for Jian Heng's car to come over close to the railing.
Jian Heng sat in the car and saw the two of them coming over, and drove the car to the side of them and pressed the window: "What's the matter with the two of you?" ”
"Didn't buy a horse?" Wheat asked.
Jian Heng sighed: "I really want to buy it, but there is no suitable one, either it is a pony that has not been trained, or it is a thoroughbred horse or a thoroughbred, how can these horses be suitable for ranching."
Because in front of the two sisters of barley and wheat, Jian Heng was not embarrassed to say what the Chinese bought and what was expensive, if it was Zhang Jialiang who was standing in front of Jian Heng now, he would have complained and complained, but he couldn't say this to the two foreigners.
Before the two sisters could answer questions, the sound of a motor came from the direction of the ranch gate, and they all turned their heads to see that Old Walsh's antique pickup truck was driving towards him.
"Jean! Hello! ”
The two cars were side by side, and Old Walsh didn't get out of the car, but sat directly in the car and stretched out his hand to say hello to Jian Heng and the McAvoy sisters.
"Did you buy the horse?" Old Walsh was always very direct, and he had something to say.
Jian Heng replied: "No, I only bought five horses, and there are still a few horses!" ”
Horse is a project for Jian Heng, and it is not a taste if there are no horses, dozens of people come over and there is no thing to pass the time.
"If you go to the Salmon Horse Farm, there are some horses that are not for sale at Old Alferred, they are all well-trained pasture horses, which may be more expensive, but the standard is guaranteed," said Old Walsh.
Jian Heng was a little strange, and opened his mouth to ask, "How is it possible that the horses in his ranch have not been sold?" ”
The horses trained by the old man are quite famous in the neighborhood, although Jian Heng has not been there, but he knows that this old man has trained the champion horse of the National Barrel Race, and it is not one or two, and he is also a celebrity in the whole Montana.
Jian Heng didn't think of him first, firstly because his horses were indeed expensive, and secondly, he thought that the horses in his ranch must be the first to be taken away, where did he think that there would be any pasture horses for sale in the salmon ranch now.
"Alfred asked them how they were going to use their horses, whether they could ride them, whether they could drive calves, and asked a series of questions. Those few are pure horse dealers, where will they answer this, even if they do, with the temper of old Alfred, they will definitely let them try, but they didn't try, and they didn't answer all the questions they asked, and they were directly kicked out by old Alfred......".
Jian Heng finally understood, old Alfred's side of selling horses and picking people, this is not an unusual thing.
There are not many people with strange tempers among the old ranchers and horse ranchers, not to mention selling horses, some people are picking people when selling pastures, and they would rather take less money to choose a suitable owner for the ranch.
Don't talk about others, just say that the old Walsh in front of him, and the old Jeton of the Morey family, just because of a little dispute, the two old men have not said anything for more than ten years, you must know that the two were friends when they were young, and the reason why the two fell out is a bit ridiculous, it is actually because of a misjudged ball when watching the game.
"Thank you for telling me the news, I'll rush over right away!" Jian Heng said immediately.
Old Walsh didn't say much, nodded directly, and then turned the car around and left the ranch directly.
Seeing that the old man's car had gone far away, Mai said: "Just make a phone call about this matter, why did you drive over to inform me?" ”
Jian Heng glanced at the wheat and said with a smile: "He may have forgotten that there is such a thing as a phone!" ”
Jian Heng is really not joking, some old ranchers are so stubborn that they don't like flat-screen TVs, and the kind with big butts has always been at home! Sometimes they don't like things for no reason.
Now that there was news of the horse, Jian Heng didn't want to delay any longer, so he directly turned the car around and prepared to go to the salmon ranch.
As soon as the front of the car turned, the two sisters, Big Barley and Wheat, opened the door and got into the car: "Let's go and see it too."
Jian Heng didn't say much, and took them with him directly.
On the way, I made a call to the salmon horse farm, made an appointment directly to the door to see the horses, and then went straight to the horse farm.
The Salmon Horse Farm is quite far from Jian Heng, from Jian Heng's ranch to the Salmon Ranch is about an hour's drive, passing through Kalispell, and further south, the horse farm is on the shore of Lake Flathead.
Accompanied by two sisters, Jian Heng was not lonely along the way, and from time to time he mixed up two sentences, and before he knew it, he arrived at the salmon horse farm.
The area of the salmon horse farm is not large, it is more than 100 acres, the horse farm, no matter how big it is, it is not of much significance, and there are not many staff in the horse farm, about seven or eight cowboys, who are busy training horses in several horse pens.
Originally, Jian Heng thought that old Alfred was a little unsmiling, but who knew that when he heard that Jian Heng was a rancher, a smile burst out on the old man's face.
"What kind of horse are you going to buy?" The old man motioned for Jian Heng to follow him in the direction of the stable.
Jian Heng said: "A simple ranch horse, with excellent training, must be particularly docile, because the person who carries the horse may not be very good at riding, or he is directly a novice."
"So you want to be a ranch inn," said Alfred Sr. as he walked, "you know, my horses here are more than a hundred to a few hundred dollars more expensive than those trained in a normal horse farm."
"As long as the expensive one makes sense!" Jian Heng did not show weakness, and he would not be famous because of the old man, and he was in a hurry to buy a horse to please him.
To be honest, there is this price, Jian Heng has more choices, it's a big deal to buy it from the big waterfall with a freight, it's impossible for these people to take away all the horses in Montana, if it's really so generous, Jian Heng will kneel directly and be convinced!
Alfred glanced at Jian Heng, and then walked in with Jian Heng and the others without saying a word, and from beginning to end, the old man's eyes didn't look at the barley and wheat sisters a few times, except for nodding at the beginning, and then almost ignoring the two sisters.
"Bob, Bob! Go and lead a pasture-ready quart horse! ”
When he arrived at the door of the stable, the old man did not take Jian Heng and the others into the stable, but stood directly at the door and yelled loudly at the stable.
Soon there was an answer from the stable, and less than two minutes later a black man in his thirties came out with a quarte horse with a long shooting star on its chestnut nose.
"Try it!"
Jian Heng didn't say a word, took the reins and began to ride the horse into the training circle, and began to trot slowly in circles, and after a lap, Jian Heng understood that there was no vanity under the so-called fame, and this horse was indeed well trained, so to speak, if he rode this horse yesterday, the rope thrown out for the first time, the black bean would definitely not be able to dodge.
After trotting two laps, Jian Heng came out of the training ring directly, ran to the dirt track, urged the horse to start a sharp bend, stopped sharply, and spent a few minutes, after running around the dirt track three times, Jian Heng got off the horse.
"The training is excellent," Jian Heng praised from the bottom of his heart.
"This horse is six hundred and fifty dollars" The old man didn't get along with Jian Heng at all, and immediately made a bid when he heard his praise.
Jian Heng looked at it and shook his head: "I hope to see the mare again."
This time the incident made Jian Heng unhappy, and he decided to spend more money to buy a mare, and then breed it on his own pasture, so as to save such a thing from happening again in the future.
"Bob" The old man snapped his fingers, and the black man ran to Jian Heng's side with a trot, and led the horse back in Jian Heng's hand.
"Bring a few more mares," the old man commanded.
Soon, two or three men came out with five horses.
Now Jian Heng, Barley and Wheat tried it together.
I have to say that the old man's reputation is not covered, as a ranch horse, these mares have nothing to pick in terms of body shape or running pace, of course, except for the price, everything is beautiful.
In addition to these five, the servants tried two more batches, and the horses were good, but the prices were a little different, and the most expensive one actually cost nine hundred dollars.
Of course, every horse is different, the body is good, the pace is more compact and natural, and the price is naturally high.
Now there is a saying that when a horse and a dog are born, the first teacher to learn to run is the mother, so the mare has a great influence on the pace of the foal, and the more standard the pace, the easier it will be to spend on the foal's pace training in the future.
The old man is even more awesome in that he never bargains with people, he makes an offer, you want to buy it, if you don't want it, you just leave.
With a bite of his teeth, Jian Heng tried a few more geldings, and finally directly bought seven very good mares, plus three slightly cheaper geldings.
After the delivery was completed, Jian Heng looked at the carriage following his pickup truck and sighed: "It's out of budget, it's out of budget!" ”
said that the budget was exceeded, but the smile on his face could not deceive people, and he was indeed very satisfied with this batch of horses.
"You're really weird, you only wanted to buy a training horse for three or four hundred dollars, but now you're quite happy for seven or eight hundred dollars" Wheat was a little disgusted with Jian Heng's duplicity, and opened his mouth to scold Jian Heng.
Jian Heng glanced at her from the rearview mirror, and then sighed: "Alas, I won't be able to distinguish you right away."
The injury on Damai's face can't be bad all the time, not to mention the future, even if the injury on Damai's face is good now, if you don't pay special attention, you really can't tell it, like Huang Xiaodong and the others can't tell who is who in these two sisters now.
I don't know if Jian Heng's eyes are poisonous or what, so far I can still tell it.
"By the way, when will your horses arrive? Didn't you say that your horses are good, so why don't you contribute to the ranch and breed them? Jian Heng suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and immediately came up with such an idea.
Wheat asked, "Two thousand at a time!" ”
"Why don't you grab it!" When Jian Heng heard this, he immediately pouted.
"Two thousand is still a friendship price," Barley said.
"Then there is no friendship between us!" As soon as Jian Heng heard that it would cost two thousand knives to breed with their horses, he immediately replied, and he had the potential to cut off his robe.
Barley and wheat ignored Jian Heng, and the two of them directly stretched out their middle fingers and pestled them all the way to Jian Heng's eyes.
"I bought the stallion essence directly, and artificial insemination is cheaper than using your horse," Jian Heng said ignoring the two jade fingers that stood in front of him.
"Can it be the same?" Wheat was very disdainful of Jian Heng's words.
Big Mac opened his mouth and said, "He's just a stingy guy, I've never seen a more stingy person in my life."
"In the future, there will be five misers in the world, and in addition to the original four, one Jane will be added!" Big Mac stretched out his hand and wiped it in front of him.
"I'll take your horses to breed while you're asleep!" Jian Heng muttered.
The tip of Big Mac's ears immediately said, "What did you say? ”
"I said, I'll tie up Denver when I get back and change the name to Truck!" Jian Heng said jokingly.
"Don't!" The two sisters said in unison.
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