silent farm

Chapter 12 The Real Landlord

After three months of intensive training, the three teachers felt that they had nothing to teach Li Sheng, the boss student.

During this period of time, they also built several larger wooden houses near the existing group of wooden houses.The previous wooden houses were relatively simple, mainly for the loggers, and the few of them lived in the original management.However, there are quite a few gaps in those wooden houses.There are lights on inside at night, and mosquitos and bugs and the like come in and out of these gaps, which is very annoying.

In addition, although those wooden houses were built with logs, they saw the logs in half and then assembled them like that.It doesn't look good.

It was a forest farm before, so these are not very important.But now it has been changed to pasture.Then we must build some houses that look at least passable.Moreover, Li Sheng wants to enjoy life, not to let mosquitoes enjoy his life.

The main reason why Li Sheng still plans to build a wooden house is, of course, that cement bricks and stones are scarce here. If he wants to obtain a large amount of building materials, he must transport them from the nearby major city Santarém or other major cities through the Amazon River.

But wood is different, here is a lot.In particular, there are many woods left here that are not very expensive.But that kind of wood is enough for them.Building a house with such wood is no worse than building a house with brick and tile structure.The only downside is that the fire performance is relatively poor.

Of course, building a wooden house is not something the four of them can accomplish.The wooden house that Li Sheng wants to build is a large wooden house covering an area of ​​more than [-] square meters. The floor is more than one meter above the ground, and the bottom is supported by wooden piles and beams. A ten-centimeter-thick wooden square, and then the two layers are joined together in a cross shape.On the top three floors, there is also a large garden.It looks like a mansion.

Of course, such a house cannot be built by just a few of them.The construction workers were brought in from the villages of Óbidos and Aurihimina across the river, and the wood was already there.

In addition to the mansion owned by the boss, Li Sheng, Li Sheng also built independent wooden houses for Anthony and the others. Of course, their wooden houses were only about a hundred square meters in size, and they were all two floors.

In addition, there are some wooden houses for workers who may be added in the future.These wooden houses are all two-storey, connected together, and enclosing a courtyard, which can provide a total of fifty single dormitories, and if squeezed, it can even accommodate two hundred temporary workers.Those wooden houses before were used as tool rooms.

The adjacent wooden houses are all built with plank roads, and there are wooden rain eaves on them.

After the construction workers were sent away, the farm became quiet again.In order to celebrate that they have all moved into a new home, the four of them gathered again for a barbecue.

When drinking together, Thomas is always the one who talks the most.But what he said was not drunk nonsense, he talked with Li Sheng in Brazilian Portuguese.

At this moment, Li Sheng also knew clearly that if he only knew English, he would not be able to talk to Brazilians at all.He needs to learn Portuguese, and inside the farm, they generally talk in Portuguese, which is a practice conversation.

Thomas was more worried about Li Sheng’s lack of movement since he bought the farm: “Li, we haven’t had a specific job for several months. That’s abnormal, really abnormal. You know, I don’t want to lose this job. Here are A jungle I know, but without risk."

Anthony also nodded and said: "I don't want to lose such a job, an enviable salary, and of course, the most important thing is that I have a good boss."

After getting acquainted with it, Babur became more talkative: "Li, it's time for you to think about how to run the farm."

Li Sheng nodded and said to them: "You are right, the farm should really start thinking about what to do. But my plan is to raise cattle and sheep, and grow some grains, such as rice and wheat."

"I think we still need to plant corn, which can be used as cattle feed. If there are a lot of plants, there are many cattle farms nearby, and they also need corn." Anthony thought for a while and said. "There are also soybeans. It is said that your country now needs to import a lot of soybeans."

Li Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't plan to grow corn or soybeans on a large scale. The most I can do is grow some for my own consumption."

Brazil's soybeans and corn are basically genetically modified products.Especially soybeans. According to last year's statistics, 94.8% of the soybeans planted in the country are genetically modified soybeans, and the seeds come from the United States.Not to mention corn.There is no longer any non-GMO corn in Brazil.Of course, if he wants to plant, he will definitely not use such seeds. There are wild resources in the space, which may be useful.

But he doesn't have that plan yet.There is so much to plant and so much to think about.Again, he wants to enjoy life.

"I hope that all the cattle and sheep raised will eat pasture. There is no winter here, and pasture can grow all year round. As long as there is enough pasture, we don't need artificial feed."

"But, Lee. The farm doesn't have an irrigation system. If you want to have enough pasture, you may need to spend a lot of money to install an irrigation system. Otherwise, in the dry season, the cows will eat the roots of the grass."

Li Sheng didn't need to think too much, and said, "We can try it first, and we'll talk about it if we don't have enough grass. But don't worry, the ranch won't go bankrupt in at least 30 years even if we don't do anything."

Although Li Sheng learned all kinds of skills from them, Li Sheng is the boss after all, and there is no need for the part-time workers to object to what he decides.

"By the way, I heard that you haven't had a vacation for a year. There won't be anything going on at the ranch recently. I'll give you a vacation. It's the end of September. You just need to come back before the rainy season." Li Sheng wanted to do one thing, I found an excuse to let the three of them leave for a while.

"Holiday?" Babur pondered for a while and said. "Holidays are nice too. We take turns and everyone gets about a month off."

Li Sheng didn't think so: "You guys go on vacation together. At least before the rainy season, the ranch doesn't have any special work. You get paid vacations. The ranch may be very busy next year. So it's best to take advantage of this time to go home more Stay for a while. Also, if the family wants to, they can come together. Maybe some people will be needed next year."

"Haha, we're still happy bachelors," Thomas said with a laugh. "But we're on vacation, what do you do?"

"Now I can fly a plane, and I can also drive a boat. I can't die of hunger."

"I mean, it's not safe here." Thomas meant that someone with malicious intentions might break in, and he was worried that Li Sheng would not be able to deal with it alone.Although Li Sheng has already shown the qualities of an excellent soldier.But he is not a soldier after all, and he has no combat experience.Although the three of them are small in number.But they are all soldiers who have undergone special training and have also participated in actual combat. Usually dozens of people may not be their opponents.As long as there is one of them, it is much safer than Li Sheng staying here alone.

But Li Sheng wasn't too worried about it.On the ranch, he is the master of his territory.Here, as long as he can use the air, he is half god.He smiled and said: "Don't worry. There is nothing coveted here. Even if we don't have to use those tractors in the future, it doesn't matter if someone steals them. If there is any danger, I can hide in the jungle You know, I'm the best student you've ever had."

Babur and the others saw that Li Sheng's intention was very firm, so they didn't say any more.

(End of this chapter)