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Tianhong Ranch.
It is one of the three major ranches in Qianma Town.
The grassland alone reaches a full 30,000 mu, with 800 herdsmen.
Last year, the Wang family mobilized all 800 herd farmers, and even dispatched 2,000 strong men and 300 auxiliary workers from Ping'an Township, just to harvest the old alfalfa.
The sandy loam soil was also turned over, and the alfalfa rhizomes that could not be eaten by cattle and sheep were buried in the ground and recycled into nutrients for the earth.
Alfalfa is a miraculous pasture. Since it was domesticated by humans, it has been inseparably connected with the development of animal husbandry. It is not picky about the land, has a large forage yield, and has the effect of fertilizing the field.
The seeds of the alfalfa planted by the former Ma Huangfu family are the ordinary fine species obtained from the main vein with great painstaking efforts by the Huangfu family, and the high-quality alfalfa grass has been cultivated after hundreds of years.
Each mu of pasture can be harvested several times a year, and the average annual output of fresh grass can reach 20 tons!
There are usually several types of cattle raised on pastures.
The most common is a "beef breed" called the Shorthorn Red Bull.
At this point, it is very different from ancient China. In ancient China, only farming cattle were usually raised, and the government of many dynasties even banned the killing of cattle by the people, which was a fundamental difference in the social structure.
Great practice has become popular, from the humble Xuanwu family to casual cultivators, to aristocratic families of all levels, which one does not need a lot of meat to replenish energy and blood.
Although beast meat is very good at replenishing qi and blood, it is too expensive after all, and ordinary meat has become the daily expenses of many practitioners. Even the Ding clan soldiers of the Wang family would have meat supplements every now and then.
And the beef cattle, meat pigs, and meat sheep specially used for food have also been cultivated from generation to generation and have strong functions.
As far as beef cattle such as shorthorn red cattle are concerned, their feed-to-meat ratio is very high.
Wang Shouzhe's carriage team is about to arrive at Tianhong Ranch.
Wang Luotong, who came after hearing the news, rode a horse and stood outside the pasture early to greet him. The wind in the ranch was a bit strong, and the black cloak outside the Xuanwu outfit fluttered with the wind, making her look extraordinarily heroic.
In addition to the two generals, beside her was a young man in a well-dressed man riding a tall horse. The young man was tall and handsome, but when he looked at Wang Luotong, his eyes were a little timid, but he couldn't help but glance away.
"What are you looking at? Believe it or not, I'll dig out your eyeballs?" Wang Luotong rolled his eyes, pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and stared at it with murderous intent.
The young man in Chinese clothes had a stiff expression, he laughed dryly twice, turned his head away, and argued in a low voice: "I don't want to look, I don't want to look, I just came to greet Patriarch Shouzhe."
"This Tianhong Ranch is now our Wang family's property." Wang Luotong said coldly, "My fourth brother is here to inspect, do you need you, Young Master Lei, to greet him? If you are sensible, go back quickly, and don't be an eyesore here."
Speaking of this matter, Wang Luotong was also a little speechless.
This young man in fine clothes is Lei Bowu, the seventh eldest son of Lei's Bo generation, the second son of the present lineage. Last time, because she provoked her younger brother Wang Shouye, she was severely punished by her.
Originally, she wanted to attract hatred for her younger brother, so that he would not harass his younger brother and disturb his alchemy if he had nothing to do. But I didn't want to, this guy chased him to Qianma Town within a few days.
Then no matter how much she beat and humiliated her, she was always like a brown candy, clinging to the lead. In addition to going back for a trip to the New Year, this is just the beginning of spring and sticky again.
"Luo Tong, you can't say that." Lei Bowu said with a very thick skin, "The fourth brother is a great man in the world, one of the top leaders in Changningwei, I have admired him for a long time, and I came to greet him It's my job."
Wang Luotong is charming, does my fourth brother need someone like you to admire? What crime did she do to provoke such a great thing.
Fortunately at this time.
Wang Shouzhe's carriage team had arrived, and Wang Luotong hurriedly rode up to greet him, jumped off the horse in front of the carriage, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, you are here."
Wang Shouzhe got out of the carriage, went up to rub her hair, and said in a distressed tone: "You girl, you don't go back to the main house during the Chinese New Year. You have really worked hard these days."
Although Luo Tong is only two years younger than him, in Wang Shouzhe's eyes, a younger sister is always a younger sister. No matter how old she is, she is her own sister.
"Fourth brother, the family spent so much money to buy the assets of Qianma Town." Wang Luotong shook his head and said, "There are too many things to deal with here, and we need to hurry up to revitalize these assets. It's okay if it's less than one year .”
Wang Luotong is also a heroic woman, and she is quite like a royal sister in front of her younger brothers and sisters. But in front of Wang Shouzhe, he looked like a child.
This made Lei Bowu look a little crazy, Luo Tong, who used to add pepper water with a whip, unexpectedly had such a gentle and pleasant side.
"This is the young master of the Lei family's Bo generation?" Wang Shouzhe set his eyes on Lei Bowu, his eyes were slightly serious and scrutinized.
With Wang Shouzhe's intelligence network and eyes and ears, if there is such a person who has been pestering his sister for several months without knowing anything, then he should not be fooled.
Lei Bowu also grew up in a honeypot since he was a child, and he has seen many important people. But when he met Wang Shouzhe's eyes, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly got off his horse and saluted, "Bowu Lei has met Patriarch Shouzhe."
Today's Wang Shouzhe is not a small person, he is a person who can talk and laugh happily with his father Lei Yangyu, and call him a brother. What's more, he is still Wang Luotong's elder brother.
Even as the second son of the Heavenly Man Lei's family, he dare not make any mistakes.
Wang Shouzhe just nodded lightly and ignored him.
Although the Lei family is a family of heaven and man, the Wang family of Ping'an is also a family of the pinnacle of the eighth rank, and Wang Shouzhe is the head of the family. In his eyes, Lei Bowu was just a junior.
Under the leadership of Wang Luotong.
Wang Shouzhe and his group soon arrived at Tianhong Ranch, a fairly good house, after being arranged to move in and other things. Wang Shouzhe talked with Wang Luotong and Wang Zongwei in the study.
"Fourth Uncle, please drink tea." Wang Zongwei is now thirty years old, and he still has two mustaches, but his appearance is much more mature.
But in front of Wang Shouzhe, he didn't even dare to take a breath. When sitting on a stool, he only dared to touch his butt a little bit, and his waist was straight and he looked like he was ready to be lectured.
"Zong Wei, this is the spring clothes and family letter that Miss Rong asked me to bring to you." Wang Shouzhe took out a large package and a thick letter from the storage ring, and handed them to Wang Zongwei.
"this… "
Wang Zongwei stood up hastily, took the package and the letter, and said in fear, "How dare she bother Fourth Uncle, it's too shameful."
"What's your trouble?" Wang Shouzhe said indifferently, "Xiao Rong is my nephew's daughter-in-law. She is the daughter-in-law of my Wang family matchmaker. We are a family. That child is gentle, you have to treat her well, and don't let her down." .”
In the end, it was Wang Shouzhe and Gongsun Hui who went to help him negotiate the matter of Gongsun Rong's marriage. Otherwise, how could he have married a girl like Gongsun Rong with his irresponsible temperament when he was young.
However, the women of the Gongsun family were named quite casually, unlike the women of the Wang family who were ranked according to their seniority.
"Fourth Uncle, don't worry." Wang Zongwei said hastily, "If I fail Rong'er, I will be struck by lightning and I will die. Fourth Uncle, you will have no complaints if you slash me with a sword."
"You have performed well in the past two years, especially this time you have made great contributions." Wang Shouzhe rarely praised him and said, "This time, you have to make some achievements in Qianma Town, so that others can see it, my man from the Wang family It's all good."
"Yes, Fourth Uncle." Wang Zongwei, who was rarely praised, nodded his head excitedly. To be praised by fourth uncle like this is better than anything else.
Afterwards, Wang Shouzhe took out another package and gave it to Wang Luotong: "Your mother is also busy at the Xu family in Jinsha recently, and has no time to buy new clothes for you. Here are two spring clothes that your fourth sister-in-law specially bought for you. "
"Thank you fourth brother, and also thank you sister-in-law." Wang Luotong was also full of joy when he received the gift. The value of the gift is not important, what is important is the care from the family.
After the three exchanged some pleasantries, they entered the formal topic.
"Fourth Uncle, let me report to you the general situation of Tianhong Ranch." Wang Zongwei also straightened his face, took out the brochure and said, "There are 800 households in the Ranch, with a total of 3,100 people. The field has 30,000 mu, but after many years of development, there is not much room for expansion."
"There are 5,000 short-horn red cattle in stock, including 2,000 breeding-age cows, 400 young cows, 100 young and strong breeding cattle, and the rest are beef cattle within one year old. In the past, Huangfu's management method was as follows: About 3,000 calves are produced every year, and about 2,500 calves survive in the end. The cows are usually raised for five years and have three litters. Except for the breeding, the rest of the bulls are sold as beef cattle."
"An average of 2,500 head of cattle will be sold every year to maintain the stock of 5,000 head." Wang Zongwei said eloquently, "Two thousand young and strong beef cattle can be sold for about 10,000 dry gold, and the remaining 500 head Post-breeding cows and eliminated breeding cattle can only be sold for 1,500 dry gold. Under normal circumstances, the average annual gross profit from selling cattle is 11,500 dry gold."
"Tianhong Ranch has 30,000 sheep, of which 3,000 are young sheep. Every year, 3,000 out-of-age sheep are sold to maintain the population. This income is 3,000 dry gold, and the annual wool output is 1,500 dan. The price of each load is five thousand gold, and the income from this item is seven thousand five hundred gold."
"There are a thousand horses, and this income is not fixed. If you cultivate high-quality war horses, the price will be expensive. Usually, the average annual income is three thousand gold."
"In addition, there are ten Linghorn yaks, which can usually reproduce one a year. Calculated by selling one a year, the price is two thousand dry gold. The Linghorn yaks are all huge in size, about five or six thousand catties a head. Huangfu I usually keep it for myself~"
"In addition, the 30,000 mu of pastures produced and the 80 mu of spiritual fields used to grow spiritual alfalfa belong to the internal consumption of the pasture."
"Therefore, the average annual gross profit is about 27,000 dry gold. In addition, it is necessary to purchase other feed, as well as the expenses of the herdsmen, which is about 8,000 dry gold. Therefore, the annual gross profit of Tianhong Ranch was about 1 Eighty-nine thousand dry gold."
Wang Shouzhe nodded as he listened. It seemed that Wang Zongwei had put in a lot of hard work, and he had already started to get started so soon. However, this Tianhong Ranch was discounted at 170,000 dry gold at the beginning of the auction. Even if Wang Shouzhe paid a part of the premium, the purchase price of this Tianhong Ranch alone did not exceed 200,000 dry gold.
In a sense, Wang Shouzhe took advantage of this wave. However, the valuation of the breeding industry is usually relatively low. After all, if things like cattle and sheep are not properly raised, the risk is quite high.
"What about the cow's dairy products?" Wang Shouzhe asked.
"The milk produced by the cows is either supplied to the calves, or a small amount is supplied to the nearby Huangfu clan." Wang Zongwei said, "Most of the rest is made by the herdsmen into dry cheese as one of their own grains. Some of them will be sold to Changningwei, but they are worthless, as you know, Fourth Uncle, many people are not used to the taste, so it can only be used as a subsidy for the herdsmen."
Wang Shouzhe nodded inwardly. Dairy products are not popular in this world. The main problem is that the scale is not enough and it is difficult to preserve them.
Fresh milk is too perishable, and there is no pasteurization method in this world.
But the family also knows that dairy products are good for children's growth.
Therefore, in family farms like Wang's, a small amount of cattle and sheep will be raised, and occasionally supplied to the young clansmen.
Most civilians in the world basically have no access to dairy products.
Even dry cheese can't be kept for long, and the taste is generally unacceptable.
But in the world before Wang Shouzhe traveled, dairy products were a huge industry.
Even Wang Shouzhe was slightly moved.
Because of one of the most difficult problems - the problem of sealed packaging and transportation after disinfection, it is completely possible to use taller glass bottles!
Of course, dairy products are just added value.
Wang Shouzhe paid more attention to the growth of grass. He drank spirit tea and asked, "Zong Wei, tell me about the situation of grass."
"Tianhong Ranch's 30,000 mu of grassland could produce about 450,000 dans of hay fodder each year, and each dan of dry hay could be sold for a large copper and thirty dime, with a total value of about 6,000 dry gold. Not enough. Therefore, it is necessary to mobilize a batch of hay materials from Xingwang Ranch, as well as a large amount of bean dregs from soybean oil produced by Qianma Farm, and the value of this batch of materials must be more than 5,000 dry gold."
Wang Shouzhe nodded and said: "That is to say, the forage and food, plus spiritual grass, etc. that the cattle, sheep and horses actually eat in a year also need the value of tens of thousands of dry gold. Raising cattle, sheep and horses is just a waste of these things. The value is magnified."
"You can say that." Wang Zongwei nodded and explained, "However, these prices are for selling to Huangfu's ranch. The main reason is that the distance there is short. After all, it is the relationship between the branch of the main family. If it is sold to other guards, the transportation price will be higher. It’s relatively high, and overall it’s not very cost-effective. Therefore, it’s more cost-effective to sell it to the Huangfu family or convert it into meat and wool.”
"The feed produced by the three former horse pasture farms as a whole is greater than their own consumption, and the excess will be supplied to the Celestial Emperor Huangfu."
"Hehe~" Wang Shouzhe nodded endlessly, "Whether it's selling calves, beef cattle, or wool and horses. In the final analysis, it is the problem of planting feed. As long as the feed output per mu is higher, the nutrition will be more abundant. Then the cost of beef cattle, wool and horses we produce will be lower.”
When talking about this matter, Wang Zongwei also became excited: "Uncle Si, what you said is so reasonable. Some old herdsmen said that the newly planted alfalfa grass, cattle and sheep prefer to eat it and have a better appetite, and the yield of alfalfa per mu The output will be 70% more than before.”
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