fisherman legend

Chapter 343 South Island Ranch
Arriving at the ranch visited on this trip, Zhuang Haiyang, who got off the pickup truck, also felt that the air here was really fresh.What satisfied Zhuang Haiyang most was that there were valleys around the ranch, and they were all hillsides with low altitude.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, there is still a flat grassland pasture, and there are many cows walking back and forth on the pasture at the moment.According to the information provided by Will, this is a farm specializing in animal husbandry and fishery as its pillar industries.

In addition to having a large area of ​​ranch land, the ocean and bay on one side of the ranch also belong to the rancher.The only thing that makes Zhuang Haiyang a little regretful is that there are not many buildings in the ranch, and they look a little old.

If the pasture benefits are good, these infrastructures will be improved.Now it seems that ranchers probably don't want to invest too much.Otherwise, why would he plan to sell the ranch?
Seeing Zhuang Haiyang looking at the environment of the ranch, Will also said enthusiastically, "Mr. Zhuang, what do you think of this ranch?"

"Now I can only see a rough idea! The specific scope and area of ​​the ranch must not be obvious at a glance, right? Mr. Scu, if you don't mind, can you show me your ranch?"

"Of course! If you don't mind, how about I invite you to taste the mutton rice from the ranch at noon?"

"My pleasure!"

Zhuang Haiyang is more willing to deal with the rancher than to let Will do the introduction.Through the narration of the rancher, we can observe and understand the ranch more carefully.If it is suitable, he has even planned to stay at the ranch for two days.

Seeing this scene, Will was not angry, but felt that Zhuang Haiyang must have a little interest in doing this.If Zhuang Haiyang is not very satisfied with the two ranches to be inspected next, then the business is likely to fail.

According to the introduction of the ranch owner Skuffler, when his ranch was at its largest, it had raised more than 1000 dairy cows and thousands of mutton sheep.It's just that in recent years, the economy in Niuxilai has been a bit sluggish, which also directly affects the income of these ranchers.

In addition, the labor wages here in Niuxilai are naturally much higher than those in China.As far as the benefits of the ranch are concerned, as long as the employees who sign a formal contract with the ranch must pay their monthly salaries in full.

Revenues are down and expenses are up.Originally, he also planned to do some tourist reception, but several groups of guests came. Scu felt that the arrival of these guests would also affect the normal work of the ranch, so he had to cancel this project in the end.

If he is willing to hand over the ranch travel reception to a professional travel company, maybe the business will be better.But in the eyes of the rancher, his real main business is breeding and planting, not receiving those impolite tourists.

Secondly, there are not many projects in the ranch that are really worthy of tourists.From the status quo told by the rancher, Zhuang Haiyang also knew that this guy didn't know much about business.To put it simply, he didn't put his mind on running the ranch at all!

In the process of making a judgment, Zhuang Haiyang also agreed with him and said: "Indeed! Such a peaceful ranch is not suitable for too many people to disturb and destroy it. However, running such a large ranch requires a lot of daily expenses. It really needs a new profit point."

"Yes! In the past two years, most of the pasture's income has been supported by fishing. Unfortunately, my fishing boat is not large in tonnage and cannot go farther. In the waters near the pasture, the more fishery resources that can be salvaged Come less and less."

"This kind of situation is believed to be very common all over the world! I heard from Mr. Will that there is a freshwater lake in your ranch. Can you take me to see it? I heard that there are many salmon in this freshwater lake. Is it right?"

"Yes! This is one of the few things I can be proud of on my ranch. However, if you want to catch these salmon, you must obtain a legal fishing license. I believe you should understand this point, right? "

"Well! I know a little bit. Fishing requires a fishing license, and hunting requires a hunting license. In a word, many wild things need to apply for a corresponding license. Otherwise, they are all protected animals, right?"

Facing Zhuang Haiyang's ridicule, the rancher also smiled and said: "That's right! It seems that you still did some work!"

"That's natural! In fact, although I don't operate a ranch in China, I also have my own fishing ground and fishing company. And there is also a small leased island. When I am not working at sea, I occasionally receive some visiting tourists."

"So that's it! Then why do you want to come abroad to buy a ranch?"

"One is out of interest. After all, I like and am good at these things. If there are other reasons, maybe I want to buy some properties. At least I know that here, the ranch is a private domain, and future generations can inherit it in the future. Right?"

"Yes! I have to say, you Orientals have indeed bought properties overseas over the years. However, if you really like my ranch, you still need to think about it. After all, the scale of my ranch is not small!"

Although it was the first time they met, Ke Sicu felt that Zhuang Haiyang was not the child from a rich family as he imagined.The speech is also very easy-going, and the most important thing is that the level of English communication is also good.It is obviously different from some orientals with translators.

In fact, even Li Zifei, who came to act as an interpreter, did not expect Zhuang Haiyang's English to improve so quickly.Only Zhuang Haiyang knows that after training, memory and language talent seem to have been improved to varying degrees.

Unlike most other ranches that operate sheep that can be sheared, this ranch breeds all meat sheep.The cattle that can be farmed are not beef cattle but dairy cattle.In addition, there are special pastures and farms near the pasture.

Most of the crops grown on the farm are common corn and some edible vegetables.There is even a small kiwi orchard in this ranch.But this kind of planning seems somewhat messy.

Faced with Zhuang Haiyang's doubts, Sku also said frankly: "The pasture area is very large, and most of the time I hope to be self-sufficient. Unfortunately, the quality of the pasture I plant is average, and the quality of the mutton sheep and dairy cows I raise is also low. Not too good.

In order to save money and make full use of the resources of the pasture, I reclaimed this cornfield.The corn harvested every year can also save a lot of feed money.As for the orchard, in fact I even thought about shoveling it. "

"Why? As far as I know, your Niuxilai kiwifruit has a good international reputation."

"Yes! The problem is that the kiwifruit produced by my ranch can only be sold domestically, and the price is also very low. Apart from manual picking and transportation, sometimes it even loses money. Many times after the fruit is produced, I let the cowboys do it by themselves Pick something to eat."

From these words, it further confirmed Zhuang Haiyang's guess that this guy is not good at running a ranch.And this ranch was also inherited from his father.Maybe he was tired of this kind of life, so he wanted to sell it.

In that case, the money from selling the ranch would be enough for him to live a prosperous life for the rest of his life.Another point, which Will revealed quietly, is that Scuh originally had a child, but died unexpectedly when he was young.

This also means that if he does not sell the ranch, the ranch will not even have a legal heir in the future.Although the rancher seems to be in his 40s, he still has a way to have a child.But now it seems that he doesn't think so.

In short, every rancher who intends to sell his ranch has his own reasons for selling.After walking around the ranch, Zhuang Haiyang quickly decided that he planned to spend two days at the ranch.Will didn't object to this either.

He even felt very happy when he heard that Zhuang Haiyang decided to play here for two days.As long as Zhuang Haiyang is interested in this ranch, then the possibility of this business transaction is relatively high.And the rancher is not disgusted with it.

At noon, under the warm hospitality of the rancher and his wife, the group had an authentic Niuxilai lunch at the rancher's villa.For dinner, the rancher also agreed to invite Zhuang Haiyang to taste the well-known steak in South Island.

In fact, for many foreigners, steak is a common dish.Compared with China, the food culture here is somewhat unsatisfactory.But in any case, this enthusiasm is worthy of recognition.

In the afternoon, Zhuang Haiyang and his party, led by the rancher, drove to the freshwater lake belonging to the ranch.Looking at this long and narrow freshwater lake, the water source seems to come from the mountains not far away.

After testing the water temperature, Zhuang Haiyang quickly said, "This water seems to be very ice!"

"That's right! Most of the water in this lake comes from the melting water of the glaciers in the mountains. There is also a tributary of the lake that leads directly to the sea. So you don't have to worry, the pasture will be flooded when it rains. However, the center of the lake It's still very deep!"

After briefly introducing the situation of this freshwater lake, Zhuang Haiyang found that there are indeed a lot of freshwater fish in the lake after walking around the lakeshore.And the salmon that Will mentioned before, this lake does inhabit a lot.

With such a pure water source, the quality of the salmon raised is naturally excellent.It is only limited to the policy of Niuxilai, the salmon grown in the lake can be self-fished or fished.If you want to sell, you need to go through the corresponding procedures.

All in all, the policies on ranch management here are really complicated.If you are not careful, you may violate the relevant laws.At that time, the corresponding management department will also ask him to pay the corresponding fine.

In Sku's words, if the corresponding business procedures are handled, his lake also provides a lot of commercial salmon.If you catch and eat by yourself, how much can you eat all year round?
But in Zhuang Haiyang's opinion, the sashimi made from this kind of salmon should taste good.As for the sale, if you can't sell it here, then you can ship it to the country and sell it. I believe the price will not be cheap.

With Dinghaizhu space, you only need to go through the corresponding import and export procedures when you return to your country in the future.Then the catches and products he caught from Niuxilai can be sold normally in the country.That income should not be too low.

As for the quality of the grass planted on the ranch, Zhuang Haiyang felt that if he were to run the ranch, it would not be too difficult to apply for a high-level organic certification.The price of cattle and sheep raised in that way will naturally not be too low!
(End of this chapter)