silent farm

Chapter 10 A man must be self-improvement and a gun in his hand

As Thomas puts it: "The soil layer of the Amazon plain is very thin, less than ten inches, and the bottom is acidic clay. Now this land, the top soil has been washed clean by rain. What kind of grass can grow in this soil?" , we don’t know, we have to ask experts to take a look. There is also no way to retain water on such a ground. Although we have several ponds, the dry season lasts for more than half a year. Without the protection of the jungle, these water Ponds evaporate very quickly. So we also need to irrigate properly. This also requires professionals to deal with.”

Li Sheng thought that the Amazon plain was a tropical rainforest, and it should rain every day.But it is not.

Thomas told him: "The rainy season here is from December to April. Most of the rain will be concentrated in these months. During these months, it may rain every day. Sometimes the heavy rain will last for several days or even ten days. A few days, and then a few days of sunshine. But during the dry season, that is, from May to November, it may rain, but it is mainly convective rain formed by the evaporated water vapor in the rainforest, and the rain is relatively small. Especially during November and December, there is almost no rain due to the influence of high-pressure air masses. And there are almost no trees in the south of our forest farm, so it is very dry in the dry season.”

Anthony would make occasional comments, but Barbour was mostly silent unless he was talking to him.

Li Sheng has a better understanding of his own land, no matter whether it is drought or flood, he has a way to deal with it.All he needs to do now is to keep these three people behind.

He has also been a boss before. Although he was not very successful, he also knows that if he wants to retain employees, he must make them feel that the company has a future, and the salary must be good.He raised his glass and said, "Guys, I announce a decision. This land will be our Silent Ranch from now on."

"Silent Ranch?" Anthony smiled and said, taking a sip of beer. "A very apt name. It's really quiet here."

Naming, of course, is the owner's right, so it doesn't matter to Babur and the others what the farm is called.

Li Sheng smiled and said: "Of course, today is a good day for the establishment of Silent Ranch. To celebrate, I decided to increase the annual salary of the three of you from the current 18 reals to 25 reals. Of course, you will also It is much harder than it is now. But I will not be stingy, I work nine hours a day, five days a week, and overtime is calculated as twice the salary."

A raise is always the best way to boost employee morale.After hearing the decision, both Anthony and Thomas toasted, and Barbour was moved.They were all drunk that night, but Babur remained sober.

When Li Sheng got up shaking his heavy head, he found that Babur was already punching a self-made sandbag.He smiled and said, "Hey, Babur, good morning!"

"Good morning, Lee!" Babur stopped while supporting the sandbag. "Are you ok?"

He saw Li Sheng frowning, and knew that his headache was caused by hangover.

In fact, Li Sheng's drinking capacity is not good. Last night, the three of them drank too much with Babur, so he rarely talked so much with other people.

But those things can't be done.Babur and the three of them, he must stay.Otherwise he might be in big trouble here.

Of course, it was also because of the excitement of owning a large piece of land that he behaved differently from before.

After drinking together last night, Li Sheng also felt that his relationship with them had gotten a lot closer.He smiled and said, "Just a little headache. By the way, Babur. Teach me how to shoot a gun later?"

Living in the jungle without shooting is very dangerous.

This area is sparsely populated, and Brazil is a country full of guns. In addition, there are many wild animals here. The land beasts that can attack people, such as jaguars, are very dangerous.However, the most dangerous thing is people. Thomas warned him last night that in the Amazon plains, people die every day due to various reasons.

It is said that an average of two people per day die in land disputes in the Brazilian Amazon, and the state of Para is the worst.This is the worst place for poaching and illegal logging in Brazil, and violence often occurs.With a gun in his hand, he himself would refuse to feel safer.

Babur heard his request and did not refuse: "Now?"

"No, I mean, after breakfast." Li Sheng shook his head and said. "In about two hours, I think."

Babur said, "Of course not."

Li Sheng was going to make breakfast, when he heard the bang bang sound behind him, it was Babur punching again.

Breakfast is simple, bread with butter, and a juice called avocado.Li Sheng is not used to this food, but there is nothing he can do without the ingredients.

Li Sheng and Babur went to learn how to shoot a gun.Thomas asked what he and Anthony wanted to do.Li Sheng hadn't figured out what to do yet, so he asked them to do some things in the past.

In the jungle, people prefer to wear jeans, and the upper body also likes to wear thick long-sleeved clothes.Although relatively hot, it is durable and mosquito repellent.Other clothes are easily scratched by bushes when walking through the jungle.But this time they don't need to enter the jungle.Babur took him to a flat land not far from the living area. There was no sign on this flat land, but there were a few round targets a few hundred meters away.

"This is where we practice guns." Babur didn't say that this shooting range was erected by a dozen or so people before them.

After the forest farm stopped cutting trees, most of the workers were dismissed, leaving only the three of them and a dozen other people to stay behind. There is not much work to do. It is really easy, but it will be boring, so they will do it occasionally. shooting.So they set up such a shooting range.But before it was used by a dozen or 20 people, now there are only three of them left.

The shooting range Li Sheng saw was rather crude. Those round targets looked like archery targets, not breast targets, but the size of the targets was smaller than the breast targets.But he didn't care about these, he just needed to learn how to shoot.

In Amazon, men must be self-reliant and have guns in their hands.

Li Sheng carried an M16 on his back and two pistols on his waist.With a gun, if you want to shoot accurately, you must be familiar with the trajectory of each gun.So many people will get used to using a certain gun.So he brought all his guns with him.

Babur also carried a rifle, wooden butt.He stood still at a distance of 100 meters from the target, and said to Li Sheng, "Li, let's practice the rifle first. This is about 100 meters away."

Li Sheng had no objection, and held the M16 on his back in his hand.Seeing his gun-holding posture, Babur corrected him and said, "If you are an expert with a gun, you can hold it in any way that is convenient for you. But as a beginner, you'd better use the standard method." Enter the coaching mode, Babur There are a lot more words.

"The feet are one in front of the other, slightly wider than the shoulders. The body is slightly leaned forward. Hold this place with your left hand, and hold the trigger here with your right hand." Babur put Li Sheng's hand on the correct position of the gun. "Right shoulder against the butt of the gun."

According to what he said, Li Sheng held the gun flat and pointed it at a distant target.

But Babur took his gun and told him several parts of the gun: "This gun has a sight. Generally speaking, the center of the cross inside can be aligned with the target, but the bullet will deviate during the flight. You need to feel it yourself. Look at this place. If you break it off like this, the magazine will loosen..." He talked about how to change the magazine, how to open the safety and so on.

He looked at the gun and said: "This gun has been modified and can only be used in burst mode. Each burst can fire three bullets. This is suitable for combat, but not very good for hunting. If you feel the need , I can change it for you. You can change it to a single bullet. That is to say, change this gun to semi-automatic. Of course, the three-round burst can also be retained. You can also add full-automatic."

"Are you still improving guns?"

"It's not an improvement. I have parts like that." Babur said flatly. "Okay, you know how to shoot. Now let's take a few shots."

Li Sheng held the gun according to the posture taught by Babur just now, aimed at the target in front of him, and pulled the trigger with his finger.He only felt a strong shock, "da da da" all three bullets went out.But he saw that the bullet missed the target.I was quite disappointed.

It's just that he didn't realize that Babur's pupils shrank when he saw him shoot.

(End of this chapter)