silent farm

Chapter 114 The transportation problem is a big foreshadowing - a hint from a lunatic (Bao [-])
In fact, Li Sheng was most fortunate that no animal diseases such as animal flu occurred on the farm.Otherwise, it doesn't matter if all the poultry die, or someone will suffer if it doesn't work.

Now Li Sheng finally knows that running a farm is not easy.No wonder more and more farmers are now abandoning the traditional management-based business model and turning to the business model of developing rural tourism.

Running a farm, making money from production is inherently low, and it is hard work.Where conditions permit, such as the United States, it is better to develop rural leisure tourism and collect tickets to make money.If he didn't have the space in his hands, maybe he would be more willing to develop tourism, and maybe even develop the potential resources of the forest, such as herbs and Brazil chestnuts.There is no need to chop wood.

It's just that there are too many things, and he suddenly feels a little bit confused.Not sure where to start.

When he was worrying, Anthony came to tell him: "Li, the wine from China has arrived at the Port of Belém, and the trading company on the Brazilian side has completed the customs declaration procedures. Should we use our ship or find a ship to bring it back?"

Something arrived?Speaking of which, it's been a long time.

He thought for a while and said, "They seem to use containers to transport them. Our ships seem to be unable to transport containers."

Anthony nodded and said, "Indeed. But another problem is that our terminal does not have container handling facilities."

Li Sheng knew he was right.Because the farm does not need containers at all, there are only bulk loading and unloading facilities on the wharf, and there is no way to load and unload the containers even if they find a ship to deliver them.This is indeed a contradiction.

He thought for a while and said: "Let the receiving trading company help with it. Don't use containers." Although it takes more time to move the goods around, it also requires more costs.But Li Sheng had no choice.

Anthony nodded and said, "Okay. I'll contact them right away." Li Sheng asked him to go through the import procedures for this batch of wine before, because Silent Farm didn't have an import license, so he had to find a company to act as an agent.Although it costs some money, the cost is much lower than applying for the qualification yourself.

But Li Sheng stopped him and said, "Also, when will Ya Li come to take pictures? What do Thomas think about this group of photos?"

"Yali said that she is going to Argentina to participate in a car show, and she will not be able to come until next week. Thomas plans to take some photos of the flowers in the ranch, and then take some photos in the forest and by the river. In addition, the packaging photos you requested, he plans to take near the farmland Shoot. He's looking for the best angle."

Li Sheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, she's here, let me know."

He asked Ya Li to take art photos, mainly for Bai Qin.That guy actually fell in love with Yali, which made people scratch their heads a bit.He doesn't want problems with anyone on the farm.Now that it is discovered, it is necessary to find a solution.Bai Qin's problem is that he knows too little about Ya Li.Maybe let him know more about the other party, and he will be able to relax in his heart.

After Anthony left.Li Sheng remembered that the drinks came from Huaxia, which also reminded him of another purchase from Huaxia—helicopters.The three helicopters he ordered have not yet been delivered.

The farm's security team has reached 32 people, and in the end Babur and Zhang Dingbian's idea is to recruit 40 people.The existing two helicopters cannot meet the needs of their patrol missions, not to mention that the helicopters may also be used for cargo in the future.

Now he was thinking of preparing a helicopter for himself, otherwise he would forget to run in the South District every day, and the journey would consume a lot of time.But even after Huaxia delivered the goods, the helicopters on the farm were just enough.

And he felt that a helicopter should be specially prepared for the farm for other people to come and go.For example, people who need to go out to do errands on the farm, pick up doctors and teachers, and so on.Farms are too far away from human society, and it would be very troublesome without helicopters.

As a result, even with the ordered helicopters, it may not be enough.If he takes one, it's even more inadequate.

He writes and draws on paper, and AC313 can be mainly used for transportation, whether it is cargo or receiving some important tourists.One of the two AS350s can be handed over to the security team, and the other is mainly used to pick up and drop off staff.

Even if all the helicopters ordered from Huaxia arrived, his special plane still hadn't landed.

He could only think about ordering some more helicopters, but he hesitated where to order them from.

Although he prefers to import from China, the three planes he ordered before are not in stock, and if he places another order, it may take longer.

He hopes to be able to buy in stock, at least for short-term delivery.But he also knows that helicopters are different from ordinary cars, and they can pick up the goods after placing an order.

He didn't know much about these, so he called Fernando: "Fernando, I didn't bother you."

"No. But you called me, do you have any new ideas?" Fernando said with a smile.

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I have a lot of ideas, but it's not the time yet." He paused and said. "I want to buy a light commercial helicopter, but don't want to wait too long. Do you have any good proposals?"

"The helicopter market in Brazil seems to be doing well. Air Direct has a branch in Brazil. You can contact them. If you are lucky, you may be able to buy their prototype. Of course, they may have a small amount in reserve. It depends. Depends on what type of plane you buy."

Fernando is really familiar with these things, but he hasn't finished yet: "I said you probably don't have a business jet. It's not that you don't have money." He said that Silent Farm has a runway that is more than 500 meters long, but there are only a few The propeller-type small transport aircraft is very puzzled.

Li Sheng said, "I rarely go out, so I don't need to buy a business jet."

"You can rent them out even if you don't need them yourself. The private jet leasing market in Brazil is quite good."

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about it later. I don't really need a small business jet now."

He wants to buy a large intercontinental private jet, preferably one that allows him to fly to China with just one refueling.But he knew that the procedures for private jets to land in Huaxia were very troublesome.Moreover, large planes can't take off and land on the farm, so it doesn't seem to have much effect.

"If necessary, I can introduce you."

"Thank you. Then I won't bother you."

Following Fernando's suggestion, Li Sheng checked the information of the air direct company to see the performance of their helicopters.He really had his eye on one. Although the EC135 is an older model, there are no reports of accidents due to technology. It can seat seven people, has a cruising speed of 250 kilometers, and a cruising range of nearly 800 kilometers.And it looks good too.

Such a helicopter can fully meet his needs.However, there is also an EC120 jointly developed by multinationals, which is said to be the most advanced light civilian aircraft.He looked at it and thought it was good.

So he found the contact information of Air Direct Company's branch in Brazil, made a call, and inquired about the situation of these two aircrafts.

I heard he was planning to buy a helicopter.Although the purchase intention is only one.However, the air carrier was very enthusiastic, saying that it was in stock and could be delivered to his door for his test drive. The only condition was that he would bear half of the cost of the plane transfer.

Li Sheng thought it was a way for the other party to hit the market, so he didn't care.In fact, he didn't know that the other party was very concerned about the helicopter consumer market in Brazil.He had placed an order for three helicopters before, and the manufacturer was actually a partner of Air Direct, so of course they knew about that.This made them see him as a potential long-term customer, which is why they were so enthusiastic.

Otherwise, the price of an EC120 is only one million or hundreds of thousands of euros, so there is no need for them to kneel down like this.You must know that Silent Farm has recently become famous in Western countries.There is a large pasture and a large forest farm.Air Straight Company believes that in such a large place, flying is needed for both grazing and forest control.And four helicopters should not meet the needs.What they value is the market of Silent Farm.

Since the other party is willing to send the plane to the door for a test drive, Li Sheng is of course satisfied.That would save him a lot of trouble.

The purchase of the helicopter is considered to be over, but there are more troubles waiting for him to deal with.For example, the transportation problem within the farm.

There are more than 30 trucks with a load of about [-] tons on the farm.Reasonably enough.But now the situation is a bit special.

Because of the donated food, the farm needs to transport the food to the pier for loading, which requires more than ten vehicles to meet this need.The harvested algae also requires a large number of trucks to transport.Especially after using a tractor to harvest the algae, the trucks are going back and forth between the lakes and the green manure fermentation tanks almost day and night.

This makes the capacity on the farm quite tight.But this should only be temporary.About 20 tons of grain can be delivered a day, and it will take about [-] more days for the donated grain to be delivered.

The Brazilian government took action and found a lot of inland river transport ships, which saved the farm's transport ships from running around for this purpose, and this made Li Sheng not have to worry about the pressure on the farm's water transportation.It's just that the 300-meter-long wharf is basically occupied by ships transporting grain.

This made the wine that was finally transported back have to wait on the boat for a day before they had a chance to go ashore.

Hearing that the wine ship had arrived, Li Sheng went to the pier himself.

There is a cargo ship about [-] meters long on the pier, which is loading grain.The food has been packed in bags.Cranes hoist large quantities of grain onto the deck, and workers move them into the hold.

While another smaller vessel was unloading.The loading and unloading capacity of the farm's terminal is not high, requiring a lot of manpower.If Pakistan hadn't hired some temporary workers to ship the grain, perhaps the manpower on the farm would have been very tight.

Li Sheng found Anthony who was supervising on the side of the unloading pier: "There is no problem."

"The manifest has been received. As long as the quantity is correct, there will be no problem."

Li Sheng watched as the farm workers who were called temporarily put on their clothes and moved boxes of things to the deck, and then piled them on a thick wooden board. When the pile was about one and a half meters high, they used net bags to fix the goods.Only then did the crane lift the things to the shore, and the workers on the shore loaded the goods into the truck.

Looking at this speed, he felt a little bit of a toothache: "There is still time."

If you can't hurry up, the workers may not be able to survive.It's tropical here.

(End of this chapter)