Chapter 82: Windfall
"Set out!" After having a beautiful lunch at the Philippine home at noon, Jiang Hai waved his hand and Robbins and Bell, who had nothing to do today, drove the snow quad bike that Robbins modified tomorrow toward the forest in the distance.
Now because of the snow, the snow on the entire grassland is more than ten centimeters thick. Even if the cows are released to eat grass, the energy they need to eat grass is higher than the energy they consume.
Of course, Jiang Hai’s grassland is not like this, but Robbins and the others don’t know that, and Jiang Hai has no intention of pointing it out.
Now, letting these cows fatten in the cowshed is a good choice. Because the cows are all in the cowshed, there are many less cowshed people needed. What they have to do every day is to keep the cowshed ventilated, clean cow dung, feed, add water, and occasionally brush the cows. That's all. Originally, the five cowshed people were busy every day, but after winter, they had some time to take turns to rest. Of course, the so-called respite is not a real rest, but means that they can do some work that has nothing to do with the cowshed, such as... inspecting the surroundings of the manor to see if the fences are broken, such as repairing machines, maintaining houses, etc., it is just that they don't deal with the cowshed for the time being, and this is considered a rest.
Compared to the cowboys, Edward Anderson, who only had one seaman, was much worse. He had to go out to sea to walk around every day. The bitter sea breeze blew on his face, which was really no worse than the blade, and Jiang Hai's body couldn't stand it.
However, Robbins and Bell, who were resting today, inspected the surroundings of the manor in the morning. In the surroundings of such manors, they all need to inspect every day, especially in winter. After winter, the beasts in the mountain will go down the mountain due to food shortages. If they destroy the fence and enter the manor, hunt cattle and sheep, it will be a big problem for the owner of the manor. Of course, there is another problem, that is, guard against people.
So you have to patrol around here every day. As for maintaining the house and machines, you don’t have to pay too much attention.
Because these houses were built very firmly when they were first built.
There is no meaning of cutting corners. Every villa is made of steel and concrete, and the same is true for the roof. Except for the beginning of spring every year, you need to go up and shovel the snow so that it will not seep water, there is no problem with the house here.
Most of the machines were bought by Jiang Hai just this year, so naturally there will be no problem.
So when you take a turn for a break, these people only have half a day to work hard and can still do some of their own things in the afternoon.
But this afternoon, they have to accompany their boss to hunt.
"Huhuhu..." With the sound of the engine, three snowmobile cars rushed towards the distance in the direction of the woods.
Before winter came, Robbins unloaded three of the four-wheeled motorcycles that Jiang Hai bought.
In fact, it is just a matter of removing some parts and four tires.
Such cowboys are actually very good at doing things, at least such transformations are easy to use.
The position of the front wheel of the motorcycle was replaced with two sled boards, because the four-wheeled motorcycle that Jiang Hai bought at the beginning was very important. On the outer side of the rear, two sled boards were needed to make the motorcycle float in the snow.
As for the propulsion device, it uses tracks to replace the rear wheel position with two tracks, but it is slightly higher than the sled position. Even if a snowmobile is transformed, it can not only run in the snow, but also on the mainland. But of course, it does not run faster without tires, but the problem tires cannot run in the snow.
This is not the first time Jiang Hai has ridden this thing. Although he is not very good at riding, at least he is still quite decent.
After a rush of snow, Jiang Hai and his friends also parked their motorcycles outside the woods.
Then they changed into snow boots, and several people walked into the woods with weapons. Of course, there were two followers of Jiang Hai, Xiao Huang and Xiao Bai. After learning that they were going to play in the woods, these two guys were also very interested.
This forest was planted by the former owner of the manor. The original idea was very simple. Planting some trees can be used to block the sea breeze. If you really need it, you can cut these trees to build a house or something else in the future. Even if you sell them, it will be a big income, right? But unfortunately, before the tree grows, he went bankrupt and finally packaged it to the auction house.
After years of growth, the trees here can now be said to have become rich. The trees on the American Empire are different from those in China. The ones planted in the north of China are basically those types of trees, birch, willow, pine, cypress, etc.
There are also these trees here, but not many. According to Robbins, there are about 5,000 trees in Jiang Hai's forest, two thousand of which are oak trees. This kind of tree is also called oak trees and oak trees, with the highest growth of more than thirty meters.
This kind of tree is also available in China, but it is not very common. Because the branches of this tree are too soft, it is not very popular in China. Cutting trees in China is nothing more than two different things. One is used to build houses and the other is used to make furniture. If this kind of soft tree builds a house, the house will collapse. In addition to preventing moisture and insects, it is not very strong.
Therefore, this kind of tree is not very popular in China, but in Europe and the United States, this kind of tree is quite popular because this kind of tree is the best raw material for red wine barrels for storing red wine, no doubt about it.
The price of oak barrels is not low in the United States and Europe. This manor has a winery, so naturally these oaks are prepared for them. In addition to the oak trees, most of the remaining three thousand trees, nearly 1,800, are maple trees. There are also many Canadian national trees in the United States. This kind of tree is also an economical tree used to make maple syrup. This thing is sold in China at a high price.
In fact, Jiang Hai can collect maple syrup this year, but he did not. At that time, his focus was more on raising cattle, such as maple syrup, so let's talk about it next year.
In addition to these two main trees, there are many other trees here, some of which are originally species, and some are other seabirds who brought them over after eating the tree species, so it looks a bit messy.
The main ones are the northern trees such as willows, pine, cypress, and birch. There are also some cherry trees, black walnuts and other trees. Anyway, Jiang Hai, even though he heard from Robbins, he didn't know these things.
With the steps of the three of them, they slowly penetrated into the woods. As soon as they walked in, Jiang Hai saw the animal, which was a squirrel, standing on the branch of an oak tree, looking at Jiang Hai and his group curiously.
Squirrels are curious creatures, and it is obvious that they have not seen people for a while, which is very surprising.
But it was just a squirrel. Robbins and Bell didn't care at all. Jiang Hai just took a look and then withdrew his gaze. However, Xiaobai might have seen this thing for the first time, so he squatted under the tree and looked at the squirrel.
In the human world, mutualism is a manifestation of politeness, but in nature, mutualism is a provocative meaning.
So this squirrel, who usually has almost no natural enemies and is dominant in this grove, is angry.
"Squeak!" As it roared on the branch, it also took out an acorn from the hole next to it, almost using all its strength, and threw the acorn at Xiaobai staring at it under the tree.
"Huh! Bang..." As the aoke flew over a distance of more than ten meters and hit Xiaobai straight on the head, the squirrel was extremely proud. It seemed that Xiaobai would be scared away by this blow, because in this forest, almost 90% of the animals would be knocked away by its blow, and it believed that the impact of its blow was extremely strong.
But unfortunately, this little guy who has never seen a dog at all, is going to eat it today!
"Roar, roar, roar!" After being hit by a squirrel with an acorn, Xiaobai on the other side was also angry and roared at the first time. When he heard its roar, Jiang Hai and others who were walking in front were startled. When they turned around, they found that it was Xiaobai who had a conflict with a squirrel, which made the few people speechless. But Bell still signaled Jiang Hai with his eyes and asked him to take care of Xiaobai well. Otherwise, if it kept calling, they would have returned empty-handed today.
Although Jiang Hai is a rookie, he is not stupid. Hunting this thing naturally requires quietness. Is it really good to call so blatantly? So he then turned around and asked Xiaobai to shut up. But before Jiang Hai could move, the squirrel on the tree over there saw an acorn that didn't drive Xiaobai away. It was also angry and took another rubber and smashed it at Xiaobai.
Although Xiaobai already had the awareness of dodging, he still did it, but this time, the acorn hit its back.
Although it didn't hurt, Xiaobai was also angry. This little guy dared to be proud of himself. He really couldn't bear it!
As Xiaobai shouted, he rushed directly towards the tree, but it forgot that it would not climb the tree!
So my body hit the big tree heavily. Although the collision made it confused, the weight of hundreds of pounds was perfectly applied to the big tree. This collision made the small oak tree shake.
Although the squirrel standing among the branches was not shaken, it was startled. After being startled, it was also a little angry. The big black monster did not dare to resist, which made the squirrel very unhappy. So it was ready to continue to go back and teach it a lesson with acorns, but before it could go back, the shaking force just now shook the snow on the top of the tree.
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Chapter completed!