Not to mention the 60s, even after the new century, it is rare to see people in big cities.

When the car entered the ranch range, he heard Chu Xiangqian say that starting from this piece of grassland and mountain forest, all the way to the farthest land between the canyons dozens of meters high, all belonged to his own.

Suddenly excitedly chattered and asked questions.

Xue Jinglan, Hong Kong Sheng, and the master and sister, who were sitting in the position and listening, were also very excited.

If this is replaced by the Celestial Empire of the old society, Chu Xiangqian will definitely be one of the top landlords in the country.

Xu Jie, the first assistant in the Jiajing period, retired and returned to his hometown, allowing the children of his family to run rampant, covering an area of only 240,000 mu.

But Chu Xiangqian's ranch covers an area of 10,000 acres, which is roughly equal to more than 400,000 acres of land.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he was one of the top landlords in the old society of the Celestial Empire.

But when Chu Xiangqian said that there was a farm in Texas that combined agriculture and animal husbandry, covering an area of 520,000 acres and spanning six counties in Texas, equivalent to 207,000 hectares, they were all speechless in shock.

The third ring road of the capital was only 159 square kilometers at this time, equivalent to 15,900 hectares.

In other words, one farm is equal to 13 capitals, and just thinking about it makes the master and the lady numb their scalps.

However, as the car continued to go deeper into the ranch, everyone slowly felt that Chu Qianqian's ranch was equally amazing.

Otherwise, after more than 20 minutes of driving, I haven't reached the entrance of the ranch yet.

When they entered the ranch and looked at the endless grasslands, mountains, woods and wastelands, everyone once again realized the scale of this ranch.

When passing by the canal under construction, Simon said to Chu Xiangqian, "BOSS, according to the meaning of the construction team, it will take about 40 days for the canal to be completed."

At that time, the cattle and sheep will not need to worry about water resources in the drinking water and the pastures around the canals.

But if the newly cultivated nearly 1,500 acres of farm are to be fully developed, it is better to build new water diversion equipment. ”

Chu Qianqian nodded, he had let the fly around the sky before, and had surveyed the farm land.

The people of Solvang Construction Company naturally wished that the ranch would build an automated irrigation system, but Chu Xiangqian carefully calculated that the automated irrigation system would save manpower.

But maintenance is very troublesome, the annual consumption of electricity is actually not small, plus the labor cost required for maintenance, it is better to recruit more cowboys.

Cowboys can be said to be the all-rounder of the ranch.

When he's not busy, he can leave things like maintaining fences, repairing pasture equipment, harvesting pasture, and repairing cattle and sheep pens to cowboys.

In other words, as long as you only work about 10 hours a day and host a few barbecue and beer parties, the cowboys won't complain.

So Chu Xiangqian planned to build a small ditch on the farm.

Let the cowboy be maintained every six months, and build 2 pumping machine rooms, which can meet the water demand of the entire farm.

As for the dynamic irrigation system, which is more water-efficient, I spent $10,000 a year to buy new water rights.

Coupled with the water rights that the ranch had before, the ranch didn't have to worry about water at all.

In this case, fools spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to build irrigation systems that can only meet the needs of farms.

If it weren't for the fact that the town didn't allow the construction of small power plants, Chu Xiangqian planned to hold back the water and raise the two rivers that run through the small half of the pasture, raising the water level and letting the water flow irrigate the entire farm by itself.

By the way, it generates electricity to meet all the electricity consumption of the ranch, and by the way, sells some electricity to the small town of Solwan.

Unfortunately, even if he lobbied the town's higher-ups, the farmers and ranchers downstream of the ranch would be worried about using the dam to control their water supply.

In a wet year, it is not a big problem, but in a dry year, the dams alone hold back the water, and the downstream farmers and ranchers will subjectively think that their water is less because of the dams.

If this thing doesn't work well, you have to make a fuss, and even come to the door with a gun to ask for an explanation.

"Help me make an appointment with Max of the construction company to come to the ranch tomorrow morning to discuss the project of supporting the water canal on the farm."

The 1,500-acre farm looks huge, but in reality, the amount of work that needs to be built for a small canal is not large, at most a hundred thousand dollars, and it can be done.

Moreover, when leveling the wasteland where the farm is located, the project clearly stipulates that the criss-crossing ditches must be excavated on the wasteland.

Towards the end of the project, the main road of the ditch on the farm was reinforced with cement, and when the water flowed, the dirt ditch made it easier for the land to store water.

This winter, water is poured into the farms, and by the time spring comes, the wasteland can be cultivated and cultivated.

After all, that wasteland is not saline, and it does not need to be irrigated for several years before it can be cultivated.

Before Christmas, all the 600 cattle raised in the ranch were sold, and there will be cattle and sheep sold every month in the future, and the ranch will be renovated in the future, so there is no need for Chu Xiangqian to pay money.

In the evening, everyone who packed their luggage and rooms gathered on the grass of the ranch manor for a barbecue party.

The cowboys who came to the banquet made some desserts, and Chu Xiangqian just served beef and mutton and enough beer and red wine.

Shi Niang took Xue Jinglan, Hong Kong Sheng, and Aiyuan to make a lot of northern desserts, which immediately made the cowboys and the children of the ranch keep praising them.

If it weren't for the difference in language, there would definitely be cowgirls asking for advice on how to make sweet and sour meat.

To put it bluntly, rice people just like food with a little sour, but very sweet.

When I was in the Blue Coat Society, I learned English and even Island Chinese.

I have been on Hong Kong Island for many years, and although I rarely use English, I have not forgotten it.

So although it was a little rusty to communicate with the cowboys on the ranch, and the spoken voice was a bit awkward, it was not a big problem to communicate.

After the barbecue party begins, this guy is most active.

is not to chat with cowboys, about the ranch and the town, or to teach the children in the ranch who have learned basic kung fu posture with Zhang Tianzhi before.

Chu Xiangqian knew that this old man was habitual, and he took the initiative to understand and integrate into the new environment.

Hearing that as long as he was within the ranch, he could match a gun at will, and immediately found a young cowboy and asked him to teach him how to shoot, which already showed that this old man was taking precautions.

No matter how powerful the kung fu is, it can't carry an automatic rifle.

And the fists and feet are not to mention compared to firearms, in fact, when the opponent holds the knife, the fists and feet are already at a disadvantage.

Lao Jiang's hand, a knife with a force, from the bottom to the top, split a two-and-a-half-meter wooden stick erected is more attractive.

Although there was definitely no knife qi or anything, when the knife reached about 2 meters, the tip of the knife really did not touch the tip of the wooden stick.

In the eyes of the insider, it is just the force of the wooden stick that cracks when it is split from the bottom to the top, and the top of the stick bursts open.

But when the layman looked at it, it was as if it was an invisible knife qi that split the top of the wooden stick.

All of a sudden, not only the children surrounded Lao Jiang, but the young male and female cowboys were also excited to ask questions about Lao Jiang.

Little Simon, this guy simply knelt directly in front of Lao Jiang, and kept shouting in his mouth, sounding awkwardly 'master'.

Foreigners don't pay much attention to kneeling, because as long as they believe in religion, they have long been accustomed to kneeling to God.

And foreigners are more realistic, if you can learn real kung fu by kneeling, there is no hesitation.

Now Lao Jiang was in trouble, and he couldn't speak English, so he could only look at Chu Xiangqian, who was chatting with Simon, Hans, and Horner about the ranch.

After Chu Xiangqian got Simon's reminder, he shrugged his shoulders and walked over and said, "Uncle Jiang, you just teach them to practice the knife for an hour every day, and you want to practice to your level."

For less than twenty or thirty years, it was a dream, and it was simply idle and having fun. ”

Lao Jiang came back to his senses, and after twenty or thirty years, he would have gone to see his ancestors.

And in his heart, let alone twenty or thirty years, even if it is thirty or forty years, these rice guys may not be able to practice to their own level.

After all, he was an executioner who was responsible for cutting off his head, and in the first one or two decades, he didn't know how many wicked people he sent to see Hades.

Only then did he accumulate experience and ability to use knives.

After being rescued by Gong Baosen, in the palace family for many years, he was also instructed by Gong Baosen, and only then did he ponder and improve the strength of the knife.

Seeing that Chu Xiangqian was clearly letting himself teach casually, rather than really teaching real skills, he smiled and nodded.

But here comes the problem again, the language barrier.

In the end, Simon Jr. and others had to continue learning Chinese.

And at the end of the day, although the work of the ranch is not tiring, the workload is indeed very large.

Experienced cowboys who know how to conserve their strength during the day, coupled with maintaining this workload all year round, have long adapted to working on the ranch.

But at the end of the day, rookie novices must be eager to sleep directly after eating after work.

It's just little Simon, who is not a half-grown cowboy on the ranch who is not an official cowboy on the ranch, that he has the energy to learn kung fu.

However, after years of accumulation, the ability to fight will definitely improve a lot.

In the evening, after the barbecue, the cowgirls and children took the initiative to help clean up.

After that, everyone went back to Ge's house, and the master and Ehime also went back to their rooms in the main building early to rest.

After all, after a day's flight, plus I was old and drank a little wine, I was already sleepy.

Chu Xiangqian took the little hands of Xue Jinglan and Hong Kong Sheng, who were still a little excited, and sat on the observation deck outside the manor in the middle of the mountain, looking at the pasture under the moonlight, while muttering and chatting first.

Xue Jinglan leaned directly on Chu Xiangqian's arms, and Hong Kong Sheng was a little shy, but he also sat tightly beside Chu Xiangqian.

But after a while, Chu Xiangqian's hand was around her waist.

Hong Kong Sheng hurriedly pressed Chu Xiangqian's hand, but it didn't take long for him to feel that his mountain peak was held down by Wuzhi Mountain.

If it weren't for the fact that it was night, the Hong Kong students who were blushing would definitely be ashamed and could only run back to their rooms.

Secretly glanced at Chu Xiangqian, who was casually concerned, the secret Dao senior brother was simply bad.

But I didn't mean to be angry at all.

And Xue Jinglan had long regarded Hong Kong Sheng as her helper, and she didn't care about the little actions of her and Chu Xiangqian.

Just chatting, more than ten kilometers away, in the mountains five or six kilometers east of the town, there were faint bursts of wolf howls.

Although the voice was not loud, it also frightened Xue Jinglan and Hong Kong Sheng's hearts, and they subconsciously hugged Chu Xiangqian's arm tightly.

A normal wolf howl can be transmitted for five or six kilometers, but if the wolf is on a high mountain and in the middle of the night, it can indeed be transmitted more than ten kilometers away.

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Don't worry, it's still far from the pasture, and even if the wolves go down the mountain, it will be the pasture in the east of the town that will suffer."

On our side, because of the large canyon that stretches for several kilometers to the north, the wolves basically can't come down from the canyon.

Moreover, there were two wooden fences erected in that section of the canyon, so that even if the wolves came from that side, they would not be able to enter the pasture. ”

But Xue Jinglan and Hong Kong Sheng were still a little scared, Xue Jinglan shook Chu Xiangqian's arm, "Brother Xiangqian, let's go back to the house." ”

Chu shrugged forward, it is too normal for a woman to be afraid of wolves, tigers or something.

When the three of them returned to the main house, Hong Kong Sheng hesitated to say that he was sleeping with Xue Jinglan, but he was embarrassed to say it.

And the little girl knew very well in her heart that if she didn't keep it, Chu Qianqian would do something to herself at night.

Chu Xiangqian really has this thought, this is California, and a 16-year-old can get married.

A place where you can get married even after applying to the court.

has a relationship with a 16-year-old Hong Kong student, let alone the law, and ordinary people will not have any opinions.

As for whether Chu Xiangqian is married, a sentence that polygamy is allowed on Hong Kong Island, and the people of the United States not only have nothing to do with him, but they will be envious to death.

Chu Xiangqian saw that Hong Kong Sheng was hesitant, and simply pulled her and Xue Jinglan into the master bedroom together.

Xue Jinglan glanced at Chu Qianqian, but she didn't have a bad face towards Hong Kong students.

Instead, he dragged her to wash up.

Early the next morning, Chu Xiangqian got up early and greeted the master and his wife for breakfast.

Ehime asked a little strangely, "Big brother, don't you wait for your sister-in-law and Ah Sheng?" ”

Chu Xiangqian smiled awkwardly, "No need, your sister-in-law and Ah Sheng must have been too tired from the plane yesterday, so let them sleep more." ”

Shi Niang and Gong Er were stunned for a moment, then looked at Chu Xiangqian with a smile, and when they saw his embarrassed silent nose, they immediately guessed that something must have happened last night.

The two old ladies finished breakfast early, made an excuse and went upstairs.

Seeing that Hong Kong Sheng was not in his room, he immediately knew that he had guessed correctly.

However, the two did not go to Chu Xiangqian's bedroom, but went downstairs to accompany Shi Niang and watched her cook red dates and deer gum soup in the kitchen.

When all the ingredients were in the pot, Gong Er said with a smile, "If God blesses, the two of us should be able to hold our grandson by this time next year." ”

Shi Niang nodded, "It's best to have two grandchildren, and when the time comes, the two of us will hold one by one, and it will be complete." ”

Gong Er smiled and agreed, but in her heart, it was the Hong Kong student she had hugged when she was a child who was closer.

On the contrary, Shi Niang now sincerely treats Chu Xiangqian as a son, and Xue Jinglan's attitude is not only much better than before.

faintly still thinking in her heart, she can't let Hong Kong Sheng be arrogant because she is her aunt and a forward-looking teacher.

And Shi Niang also knew that Chu Xiangqian actually preferred Xue Jinglan.

Coupled with the status of the Xue family, Xue Jinglan has a sweet mouth, and knows how to respect and honor several of their old men and old ladies.

Therefore, the master Chen Shenglan, unconsciously, has slowly leaned towards Xue Jinglan.

Let Xue Jinglan conceive the eldest son of the Chu family first, which is good for everyone.

(End of chapter)