silent farm

Chapter 384
Perhaps it was because the flying height of Li Sheng's small plane still made the farms below feel uneasy. A propeller plane took off from the ground and soon flew within a distance of less than 300 meters from their plane.

The pilot on Li Sheng's side muttered, "Look, they are like a country within a country, and they think they have airspace rights."

Before he could finish his sentence, the intercom on the plane picked up a signal, and a rough voice with a German accent said: "55022, man, you are flying too low. That will make our hot air balloon very dangerous" Over there It was Li Sheng's plane number that was calling.

Although the driver seemed quite dissatisfied with these people, he was very polite when he picked up the walkie-talkie: "55022 received. I'm sorry, buddy. There are some guests on my plane who want to see how you run the farm. If we Your flight is bothering you, we'll be leaving immediately."

Li Sheng asked the driver loudly, "Can we go to the ground to see?"

Before the pilot had time to answer, a loud laugh came from the plane and said, "Man, you are welcome to Haimo Farm."

Situ Jie quickly said in Chinese: "Mr. Li, it's not safe to stay in an uncertain place."

The farm is also tens of kilometers away from the nearest settlement.He felt that if the people on that plane were malicious, if they were all buried somewhere in the farm below, no one would be found.

Tang Ke also felt that there was no need to go to the ground.But Li Sheng said with a smile: "The ones on the hot air balloon just now should be tourists from this farm. Since there are tourists who are willing to come to travel, they should not be some kind of illegal shop." And he doesn't think there are such stupid people, Think that everything can be done seamlessly and take risks.Besides, he didn't intend to spend the night here.

The pilot couldn't understand what they were saying, but he had his own considerations: "Mr. Li, although I am very honored to serve you, but you know, I am just a pilot, and the plane needs to return on time."

Li Sheng said to him: "I don't think you would mind if someone rents your plane for a period of time at double the rent."

The driver immediately smiled and said, "Of course. We are very happy to provide more thoughtful services to our generous guests." He reported Li Sheng's shaking of his head to his company.

After the call, he said, "Okay, those capitalists agreed."

He reconnected with the people on the plane and followed him to the farm's dirt airstrip.

After more than ten seconds of turbulence, the plane finally stopped.Li Sheng and the others just got off the plane when a man with a beard and a big belly greeted him.

When he saw Li Sheng, he froze for a moment, and said, "Are you the Li who bought the large desert in the west?"

After Li Sheng bought the desert, Namibia focused on promoting it for a few days. Maybe this man knew it because of that.

He shook hands with the bearded man and said, "If you're talking about the one who bought more than 160 million acres of desert, that's really me."

"I'm Clark Highmore, you can call me Clark. Welcome to my Highmore Farm, Lee."

Li Sheng introduced Tang Ke and Situ Jie, and said, "It's very presumptuous to suddenly propose to visit your farm."

"It's our honor that you can come to Haimo Farm." The bearded man laughed and said.

The airstrip is not far from Haimer's home.It will be summer in the southern hemisphere, and the temperature in the desert area is quite high.Highmore suggested going to their house for a coffee or a beer.

At Haimo's home, Li Sheng met Haimo's wife, a white woman from South Africa.

Through the conversation, Li Sheng learned that the Haimo family has lived in Namibia for more than 160 years.Descendants of German colonists.

When Li Sheng wanted to know the business model of Haimo Farm, the bearded man said proudly: "Haimo Farm has no surface water, but we are still a relatively successful arid farm in Namibia. Because we have developed a variety of tourism projects. For example Hot air ballooning, field adventures, and hunting. It attracts more than 600 tourists every year. Our farm has two deep wells, and the water source comes from the confined aquifer underground. Confined ground water is rich in minerals, which is very suitable for raising karaage Kool sheep."

After listening to his ostentatious introduction, Li Sheng asked him if he could show them around.

Haimo did not refuse, he drove a jeep and took the three of them out of Haimo's house.

Although there are some bushes and some trees in the Haimer Farm, they are very sparse, and there are roads for cars to walk anywhere.

Haimer's car has a satellite locator.He kept looking at a cursor displayed above."That's where our sheepdogs are," he explained.

It turns out that the Haimer Farm covers an area of ​​more than 8 acres.But they only bred less than a thousand Karakul sheep.If there is no location, I don't know how to find those sheep.

"Karakul sheep are native to Central DS and Central Asia. It is a dual-purpose sheep with strong adaptability to deserts. However, the main income item of this kind of sheep is lamb skin, and the method of making money is cruel. But this kind of lamb skin is very beautiful, and the price is quite high. So in the nearby deserts and steppes, farmers like to raise this kind of sheep very much.”

Soon they came to where the flock was.

After they got off the car, Li Sheng saw that the land should be a dry riverbed.There is some grass on the ground, but the grass that has been gnawed by those sheep may not even have the grass roots left.

Li Sheng looked at it for a while and said, "These sheep are very good."

"They're the prettiest sheep for us. Because they bring in dollars or euros," Heimer said with a smile.

Li Sheng smiled and said, "This should be a river."

"Yes." Haimer said with a smile. "This is a seasonal river. If you are lucky and it rains, the river will have water flow for a few days to a month. But when the river disappears, there will still be a lot of grass around here. It's just for these sheep."

Li Sheng bent down, touched a handful of soil, and said, "This soil should be very fertile. Don't you plan to grow some food or cash crops?"

"But there's no water," said Highmer, shrugging. "Hammer Farms has at least over [-] acres of land that could be cultivated if there was enough water."

Upon hearing this, Li Sheng smiled and said, "If there is water, is Haimo Farm interested in growing food?"

"It depends on the situation. If the water bill is too high, we can't afford it. In addition, there are a lot of locusts in the desert, so growing food may not be a good idea."

Li Sheng nodded and said, "That's true. But maybe I can provide you with enough water. If you plan to reclaim the land."

Li Sheng made such a separate suggestion mainly because Xinnong needs to carry out factory planting if he wants to grow food, which is a bit expensive and the area that can be used is not very large.

And the food needed in Africa as a whole is very much.If growing wheat in such a climate requires too much water, it is not suitable.So he thinks potatoes are more suitable.

Practice in the world has proved that the black potatoes of Silent Farm can grow on most of the land.Because there is no soil on the surface of his new farm, it is impossible for him to plant a large amount in a short period of time.And he can see from the situation of Haimo's farm that although these farms also belong to the desert area, they have more soil surface than his new farm.

He was going to use the Haimer farm as a horse bone.If growing potatoes can make money, he believes that other farms will take the initiative to cooperate with him.At that time, he can buy potatoes with the water fee plus money, or buy part of the potatoes with the water fee.

In the past, some countries in other continents bought the potatoes from Silent Farm and went back for trial planting, and now many countries are promoting them.But African countries don't know whether it's because the news is blocked or because they have never thought of growing potatoes.No country has ever gone to Silent Farm to buy potatoes.

Although the yield of that kind of potato is not particularly high, it has strong disease resistance, wide adaptability, and has been detoxified.That's definitely a good thing.He believes that as long as one country in Africa accepts Silent Farm's potatoes, other countries will always see the benefits.

Perhaps allowing African countries to grow the potatoes of Silent Farm will not directly benefit Li Sheng too much.However, as long as Africans talk about potatoes in the future, his name will come to mind.That is also an invisible influence.

In fact, the black potatoes from Silent Farm could not be sold for much.So Li Sheng never thought of making money from it.For him, a black potato was no big deal.Whether you give it away or sell it, it makes no difference to him.

But if black potatoes are used in Africa, which has always been short of food, he may not get any direct benefits, but the indirect benefits are not small. At least if he successfully promotes black potatoes in Africa, at least all African countries know that he is not Bad.It will be much more convenient for him to act in Africa in the future.

He always gives priority to desires.

Regarding Li Sheng's question, Haimo hesitated for a moment and asked, "Li, what do you mean?"

"You know I bought a field west of Highmore Farm."

"Yes. I know." Highmore said with a smile. "I also told my friends that it was an unwise decision."

Li Sheng listened and smiled.Maybe what he said was worse.Like stupid or something.

But what did Haimer tell his friend, he just listened to what the bearded man said.

He smiled and continued: "Actually, when I came to Namibia this time, the main idea was to build several seawater desalination plants. Maybe there will be surplus water supply in the end. Of course, if fresh water is sold, the farm will not be able to afford it." But we can use a cooperative approach. For example, I will provide some food seeds, and after you plant them, I will buy them from you at the agreed price. The price of fresh water will be deducted from it.”

Haimo listened to his explanation, thought for a while, and said, "Li, I can't answer you yet. But I am very moved by your suggestion. But, how to calculate the water fee?"

Hearing his question, Li Sheng knew that he was really moved.Perhaps all he was thinking about now was just how much benefit there would be in agreeing to a partnership.

(End of this chapter)