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He pointed to the drainage ditch under Old John's feet.

"...Little Desmond broke down my front door, broke into my home, chained me up and threw me into the sewer in front of my wife and children"

He pointed at Rip standing next to him and said, "This big guy led his men into my house and punched me in the face first."

His son was locked in the ditch and he couldn't see him. Old John looked at Rip and saw that he lowered his head and didn't speak. He knew that Yang Sheng was right. While he had a headache, he was also surprised at the fighting ability of the Asian man in front of him. Since Rip became an adult, this was the first time he saw someone who could take Rip's punch with his face and still be fine.

And from what the other party said, these things were recorded by the surveillance cameras, and it was their own people who took the initiative. Well... if it were him, he might do the same, but he still couldn't help but curse him as an idiot.

“An apology is also necessary”

Old John said, but he changed the subject: "But there is one thing I still hope you can agree to."

"?" Yang Sheng showed a puzzled expression, "What's the matter?"

"That means the fences on both sides of your pasture have to be removed."

Hearing this, Yang Sheng took a step back and asked, "Why? Those guardrails are fine, why should I tear them down?"

At this point, Old John also showed a puzzled look: "You don't know? Keith didn't tell you? I don't know why you were asked to remove the fence when you bought the ranch here?"

"No, I asked him why before, and then he took action. The real estate agent only told me to pay attention to animal protection issues, but didn't say to remove the guardrail?" Yang Sheng said with his hands in his pockets and shrugged.

"Tsk," Old John bared his teeth and couldn't help but stomped on his son's head twice.

Then he explained why he wanted to remove the guardrail. He didn't have any expectations at first. If these rich guys from the city were reasonable, Keith would not bother to talk nonsense and would just take action directly.

Yang Sheng was a little surprised after hearing this. He originally thought it was a conflict with Desmond Ranch or the family, but it turned out that they were standing up for other people, and it was something that had nothing to do with them. He asked:

"By law or any regulations, am I required to remove the fence on the ranch?"

Hearing this, Old John thought that the situation had not improved, and replied: "No, it's your freedom to demolish it or not, but from the perspective of a rancher, I still hope you demolish it, which is good for everyone."

“But you don’t clean up the excrement afterwards, do you? Otherwise, the previous or the same wealthy people in the city would not have chosen to build fences and be driven away by you,” Yang Sheng said in a somewhat teasing tone.

Old John frowned and said nothing. He thought the negotiation had failed and Yang Sheng disagreed with removing the fence, but he didn't expect his next sentence to be:

"That old Sam's cattle are just passing by my pasture. They won't graze on my pasture, right?"

Old John was a little surprised. It sounded like... there was a turning point?

“Yes, just passing by.”

"Then I don't want the compensation. Just build a fenced passage behind the ranch and install card-swipe access gates at both ends. Give Old Sam a pass and he can swipe the card to pass when he moves the livestock. Then just clean up the excrement on the road and that's it."

Old John was very surprised. The other party was so easy to talk to?

At that time, he did not realize that this was originally the "official business" of the Animal Husbandry Association, and the people from Desmond Ranch should not be involved. If Keith had communicated well from the beginning, it would not be them who were responsible for building the fence passage, and the compensation was something that Yang Sheng unilaterally said without any word.

He was just happy that the matter was resolved and did not expose it to the public. Only those present knew about it.

"No problem, let's do it"

"You won't raid my ranch with guns again later, will you?" Yang Sheng looked at him with suspicion when he saw that he answered too readily.

"of course not"

Old John said it with certainty, but whether it would actually happen or not, only God knows.

……

The matter was resolved, and both sides, at least on the surface, restored their friendly attitude. Old John cut the ropes on Rip and the others' hands himself and released them. He also opened the iron cover of the sewer ditch and let his son out.

In the awkward atmosphere, he and Cowboy started to say repetitive words to Yang Sheng like "I'm sorry" and "There won't be a next time".

Then they drove away in shame. In the afternoon, these cowboys, including Case, came with tools and supplies to repair the gate of the "Dolphin Bay" ranch and build a high-standard wooden fence behind the ranch.

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Old John did think about taking weapons and going to the "Dolphin Bay" ranch to shoot or something, but this was not in line with their usual style and he rejected it.

For several days in a row, the cowboys' sheds were all discussing the defeat by Yang Sheng, which had a certain impact on Desmond's reputation. However, Rip's personal prestige among the cowboys was extremely high. The cowboys who could be taken out for a fight by him were generally old men who had worked at the Desmond ranch for a long time. They knew what could and could not be said. The news was limited to internal discussion and did not spread to the outside world.

Moreover, the other party was also very good at dealing with people, and the matter was resolved relatively satisfactorily, except for the apology and the construction of a fenced passage which made the "Desmond" people, including Old John, a little unhappy.

But having personally experienced Yang Sheng's fighting ability, he had to endure it no matter how unhappy he was, and he had to complete what he had to do as agreed.

The Dolphin Bay Ranch is not big, but it has tens of thousands of acres. It runs from east to west for about 1

0 kilometers long, and building a fence passage requires hundreds of tons of wood alone.

In order not to affect the daily work of their own ranch, in addition to the cowboys inside the ranch, many carpenters were also hired to do this work. It is estimated that it will take about a month in total.

……

On this day, Old John had nothing to do, so he rode his horse to inspect the ranch.

He is accompanied by the loyal Rip.

The "Dolphin Bay" and "Desmond" ranches are adjacent to each other, but the latter is more than a hundred times larger than the former. The "Desmond" family owns approximately 500 million acres of land, making them the largest and most powerful local tycoon.

Not to mention the "small matter" that the father and son both run the livestock association and the police system under the livestock association in a family-style, old John can even influence and directly interfere in the governor's election.

The current female governor even maintains a good relationship with him.

Old John and Rip went to the construction site of the fence passage first. Because they wanted to finish it earlier, they adopted a segmented construction method based on the original foundation. Although the manpower investment and cost were large, it could be completed within 10 days ahead of schedule.

This area is part of the "Dolphin Bay" ranch. Because they were unhappy, they just took a quick tour around and didn't take a close look. On the way back, they jogged along the river bank behind the ranch.

"Hey? When was a bridge built here?" Old John stopped his horse and pointed to a new wooden bridge on the river and asked.

"Yesterday, our neighbors paid the workers to fix it first. They don't ride horses, so they need a bridge like this to cross the river."

Some of the construction team were cowboys from Desmond Ranch, and Rip was the leader of the cowboys, so he knew about this.

The cowboys or Old John's family would cross the river simply by wading on horseback.

Building a bridge has never been in their needs or subconsciousness, so this time it has caused disgust from Old John, who still maintains the traditional cowboy thinking.

"What are they doing in the woods on the other side? Are they going to be food for brown bears or wild wolves? Ha, I hope they never encounter these beasts."

Old John made a mocking remark, but before he finished his words, he heard the roar of a brown bear coming from the woods on the other side.

Mount Tain is an agricultural state with a vast area and a sparse population. It is also close to a reservation, and North American wolves and brown bears are often seen in the wild. It is not news for someone to be killed by wild animals, but a common occurrence.

Hearing the strange cry of the brown bear, the experienced old John and Rip looked at each other and rode across the bridge to check.

The visibility in the forest was poor, but the two men soon spotted an all-terrain vehicle. Not far from the vehicle was a huge North American brown bear, which seemed to be biting a man.

The two men subconsciously thought that it was Yang Sheng's family. Although they had conflicts with them and had said similar curses a few minutes ago, when they really encountered something in trouble, Old John and Rip rushed over first and tried to save them.

But when they got closer, they found that things seemed different from what they expected.

An incredibly beautiful white young woman, with a child hanging on her chest, was giggling as she watched Lucas Young fight with a huge brown bear.

"Wang Defa...?"

The young woman turned her head to look at them, waved her hand, and motioned them to come over.

Old John and Rip watched the scene of Yang Sheng fighting with the giant bear, and subconsciously drove their horses closer with shock on their faces.

"Don't shoot, my husband has the situation under control, the brown bear won't hurt anyone"

The young woman signaled them to lower their guns. She smiled and was not at all disturbed by the thrilling scene a few meters away. She greeted them very friendly.

"Hello, I'm Emily, Lucas' wife, nice to meet you"

"John Desmond, from the ranch next door"

"Rip"

Old John and Rip were both attracted by the battle between man and bear. No beautiful woman was so beautiful. Although they lowered the muzzle of their guns according to Emily's instructions, they still maintained a vigilant posture ready to shoot at any time.

In front, Yang Sheng was dodging the brown bear's bites flexibly, and punching the brown bear's nose from time to time, making the beast furious and roaring continuously, but he just couldn't bite. He was so angry that he stood up and waved his bear claw, which looked like half a foot long, at the damn human in front of him.

Yang Sheng ducked to dodge its attack, pounced forward and hugged its belly. The brown bear lowered its head to bite him, but he dodged by holding its belly and moving sideways, then went around its back and threw it to the waist.

There was a heavy sound of "whoosh" hitting the ground, and Old John and Rip couldn't help but blink.

"Shit, beautiful!"

"Oh man, get him, kill it!!!"

The brown bear couldn't get up for a long time. Old John and Rip were so excited and their adrenaline surged that they couldn't help cheering.

"Hey, watch your language, both of you," Emily protested dissatisfiedly, pointing at the child on her chest.

"Uh, sorry ma'am," Old John and Rip quickly apologized, and Rip asked, "Aren't you worried about your husband?"

Emily smiled and said, "This is not the first time he has fought with this brown bear. Lucas said this is its territory. Fighting with it a few more times will let it know that humans are not easy to mess with, and it will not actively attack humans in the future. With this understanding, with it sitting here, it can also drive away other brown bears and wild wolves."

"So that's it..."

Old John and Rip's impression of Yang Sheng's family changed fundamentally.

And because of something like fighting with a brown bear, it can't be said to be an exaggeration to say that it is worship, but it is certain that I have a great liking for it.

This can be seen from their expressions.

Not far away, a brown bear was lying on the ground, wailing like a child who had lost a fight. After being kicked a few times by Yang Sheng, it struggled to get up, tucked its tail between its legs, shook its big butt, and fled into the depths of the woods.

"Why are you here?"

Walking closer, Yang Sheng teased Shirley on Amy's chest. The little girl had no idea what was happening in front of her. She was whimpering and dancing with joy.

"I was inspecting the progress of the project just now and heard a bear roaring here. I thought something dangerous had happened, so I came to take a look."

Old John looked at Yang Sheng and found that even his clothes were intact - he finally understood how he defeated Rip and his cowboys that day. Although Rip was known as the number one warrior on the ranch, he could not fight a North American brown bear in hand-to-hand combat.

After a few words, Yang Sheng and his wife got on the terrain vehicle, said goodbye, and left.

Old John and Rip were the only ones left there. Perhaps the scene of the battle between man and bear was too shocking for them, and it took them a long time to recover.

Looking at Rip, Old John said, "Now I believe that guy really beat all of you."

Rip looked at him and said, "It should be said that he was not serious that day. This guy is really...really...unbelievably strong. No one would believe it if I told others about it."

……

"You don't seem to have any aversion to this Desmond guy?"

On the way back, Amy held the child in her arms and teased him while talking to Yang Sheng.

"They are the outliers among the elite. It's rare to find capitalists who are willing to stand up for ordinary people. Although according to my standards, Old Sam is not an ordinary person either."

Although there would be no accidents, and even if one happened, the children would definitely not be hit, Yang Sheng still drove the terrain vehicle very slowly.

"You don't mind their rudeness and offense?"

"We've already apologized, and haven't we fixed our gate?"

Amy giggled. There weren't many Americans that her husband didn't dislike. She didn't expect to meet one in a place like this.

"What about other issues? Monopolizing local associations like them and turning them into family power must have other original sins."

"I don't know yet, I'll tell you when I know."

They both laughed, and then started talking about other topics.

"Are you going to leave the land idle?"

"I've seen an environmental protection policy in place these days, and I think this business should be pretty good."

"what business?"

"In cantons like Montaigne, where land is cheap, large amounts of land are purchased but not developed or used for farming, and then environmental subsidies are applied for from the environmental protection department. For example, in Montaigne, the cost of purchasing land can be recovered in about three years."

"Ah, is there such a good thing?"

"It's a protective policy. You know the future development trend. It's an environmental protection brand. Of course, there are entry barriers. Secondly, it may have to pass the review of certain departments."

"Insurance fraud... No, this is not fraud... Then where is the profit growth point?"

"As for the environmental protection card, the property tax must be exempted. This is what causes the operating costs of farmers and ranchers to surge. I don't know about other states, but in Montaigne, the cost has doubled. Otherwise, ranchers like Old Sam wouldn't be so exhausted by transportation costs that they would go bankrupt."

Amy didn't care about operators like Old Sam, and asked, "Can any land be used? There are requirements for the environment on the land. You can't just buy a barren desert and get a subsidy, right?"

“So there is an audit and evaluation process. From the perspective of fairness, it is indeed necessary to pay subsidies for land with environmental value. However, from the experience of the mysterious country, even the desert can be transformed into an oasis.”

"Hate it, you just like to tease me, hahahahahaha"

Yang Sheng: “?”, Amy’s words left him confused.