Chapter 183: Think More Openly

Chapter 183: Think More Openly

Chapter 183: Think More Openly
It's winter in Australia and the weather is a bit cold.

There is a big temperature difference between morning and evening in Melbourne, so many people wear down jackets.

Jiang Ning wore a coat and no long johns.

No matter how cold it is, it will still be above ten degrees, so it won't have much impact on him.

When we arrived at the ranch, the hired workers were all busy. This year, an incomprehensible phenomenon occurred on several large ranches in the surrounding area. The grass on the originally fertile pastures grew sparsely, while the grass on the boss's ranch grew exceptionally lush.

The harvest has to be done every ten days.

The workers were so busy that they didn't even have time to slack off.

There are also 20,000 sheep that need to be taken care of. It’s okay for meat sheep, but half of the fine-wool sheep are not for meat, but for wool production. They need to be sheared every year. The workload is really heavy, so there is no time to be lazy.

Avicii drove the car and took Jiang Ning around for a while.

Many places have not been developed and utilized. Although it is a little better than the ranch in Texas, it is also limited. The investment in agriculture and animal husbandry is large and the returns are small. Many ranches are pristine, so the prices of ranches with good natural conditions and abundant water and grass are naturally high.

Land without water and grass is naturally worthless.

Just like Cao Bin’s land, no one wanted it even at a price of 100 yuan per acre.

However, Jiang Ning is very smart. He can turn a desert into an oasis. In his eyes, there is no useless land at all. This ranch actually has great potential for development, but he doesn't have the heart to do so for the time being. He will buy more land if he has the chance.

We’ll talk about the rest later.

Jiang Ning sat in the passenger seat, looking at the sheep grazing leisurely and asked, "What is the price of wool this year?"

Avicii said worriedly, "The price of wool has dropped drastically, to less than 12 Australian dollars per kilogram. Boss, more than 80% of Australian wool has been bought by your factories in China. Do you have any channels to sell the wool?"

“I don’t have the channels.”

Jiang Ning said: "Wool is not a necessity. If it is hard to sell, then sell those fine-wool sheep and raise more beef cattle. We Chinese have an old saying that food is the first necessity of the people. If people have no money, they can choose not to buy new clothes, but they cannot choose not to eat, and they cannot choose not to eat meat. Therefore, there is no need to worry about selling food. I think raising cattle is a good idea."

Avicii disagreed: "Boss, in fact, the economic benefits of raising beef cattle are not as good as fine-wool sheep. It's just that the wool market is not very good now, but maybe the market will be better in two years? In addition, your country does not allow the import of Australian agricultural products. Many farms and ranches cannot sell their agricultural products and are having a hard time. Of course, if you have channels, it would be even better."

"Not in a hurry!"

Jiang Ning was not too concerned: "You should sell those fine-wool sheep first, and buy some cows or sheep to raise. We'll see when we can sell tens of thousands of cows a year. We don't have any cows, and there are too few sheep. Even if we slaughter them all, they won't be able to fill a few containers."

Avicii said: "You are the boss and you have the final say. I have no opinion."

After resting for a night, Jiang Ning went to see the ranch for sale.

The ranch is not far away, less than five kilometers away from his ranch.

But this ranch is much bigger than his, almost twice as big. It is said to be a ranch of a pastoral group, raising more than 4,000 cattle of all sizes, most of which are Simontal cattle, and there are also a small number of Angus cattle and Charolais cattle.

Simontal cattle are large in size, not picky eaters, and easy to raise.

Charolais cattle are larger than Simontal cattle and are one of the best beef cattle breeds.

Angus cattle are smaller and look like little black ones.

But this kind of beef is tender and suitable for making steak.

It is a representative of high-end beef cattle breeds.

The person in charge of the ranch was a worker with a sad face, probably worried about his impending unemployment. He took the two of them to visit the ranch. The ranch was well developed, and the infrastructure was similar to that of Jiang Ning's ranch.

Some areas are planted with grass and there is also grain specifically for feeding cattle.

Unfortunately, the entire harvest this year was a complete failure, and all of my hard work for the year went to waste.

The asking price is not high, 2600 million Australian dollars.

It includes 10,000 acres of land, more than 4,000 head of cattle, and all the properties and machinery of the ranch.

Jiang Ning thought it was good and it would be worthwhile to buy it.

Let Avicii hire a professional team to start negotiations.

Then he called his brother and said, "There's a ranch for sale, do you want it?"

Jiang Hua asked, "How much?"

Jiang Ning said: "More than 20 million Australian dollars, a little over 100 million."

Jiang Hua was a little embarrassed: "I don't have that much money."

Jiang Ning said: "Don't worry about the money. Come and see if you want."

Jiang Hua was a little hesitant: "Even if I buy it, I won't be able to run it."

Jiang Ning said: "That's not a problem. I'll let someone take care of it first. You can run it yourself anytime you want."

Jiang Hua finally asked, "If you buy me, should I pay you back later?"

Jiang Ning said, "You don't have to pay me back, but this is the last time I will buy you property. If you want to buy property again, we should settle accounts clearly as brothers. I can lend you money, but I won't give it to you for free again."

Jiang Hua thought for a long time and said, "I'll go take a look!"

Jiang Ning said: "Then take your ID and visa to Yangcheng, and I will ask someone to get you an expedited visa."

Jiang Hua agreed, and the two brothers talked for a few words.

Just ended the call.

Jiang Ning made several more phone calls to the agency.

While waiting, I visited a few fellow villagers.

There are quite a few fellow villagers who are doing well here. They keep in touch from time to time, organize activities to exchange information, and cooperate when there is a chance. Of course, there are also quite a few scams, and most of them are engaged in the agricultural and animal husbandry industries.

Some people farm.

There are farmed ones.

There is a fruit shop selling fruits.

There are also people who grow grapes and sell wine.

There are also those engaged in catering, hotel and real estate.

These people have a variety of sources of information, and can hear a lot of industry insider information.

I visited several fellow villagers, and one of them, a boss named Feng, had an island he wanted to sell.

Jiang Ning was quite interested and went to have a look.

result……

It's a small island of less than 100 acres, a piece of land the size of a palm.

Jiang Ning really looked down on it. He liked big islands, not small islands like this. He thought an island of tens of thousands of acres was too small, let alone an island of less than a hundred acres. An island like King Island would be okay, but any smaller one would be fine!

Actually, it’s not a bad idea to buy an island.

But you can’t just buy an island casually.

Although you have permanent property rights when you buy land outside, there are actually many restrictions as in your hometown. The attributes of the land cannot be changed. Ranches can only be used for breeding, farms can only develop agriculture, forest land is even more troublesome, and the same is true for islands.

There will be many additional conditions when a sovereign state sells an island.

The property rights are lifelong, but it does not mean you can do whatever you want after buying the island.

Most of them can only develop tourism, and they are all small islands.

Big islands like King Island will not be sold.

Jiang Ning contacted an agent and asked him to find an island for him.

After hearing the conditions, the agent shook his head and refused to accept the order.

I'm powerless and his request is too outrageous.

After playing for a few days, Jiang Hua flew to Melbourne.

I came here alone, feeling very nervous all the way.

I was afraid of the trouble of going through customs, so I didn't bring any clothes with me. I just carried a small bag that contained my ID and cell phone. I had nothing else. It was not until I got out of the airport and saw Jiang Ning that I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was my first time in the southern hemisphere.

I flew here alone, so I would be surprised if I wasn't nervous.

I followed Jiang Ning to the ranch and rested for a night.

The next day I went to see the ranch for sale.

I fell in love with it at first sight.

There are few people from my hometown who don’t like the land.

Such a large ranch, and there are several thousand cows.

The grass is just sparse, which doesn't look very good.

Jiang Hua was more worried: "Can we buy this pasture if there's no grass growing on it?"

Jiang Ning said: "Don't worry about that, the grass will definitely grow."

Jiang Hua nodded and was no longer worried.

Jiang Ning didn't even ask him if he wanted to buy it, everyone came over!

Need I ask?

So we arranged for someone to handle various procedures for him.

I had originally planned to buy a house in the nearby town of Block. There is a school and kindergarten in the town, and it would be very convenient for my niece to come and go to school. But I can't find a suitable one for the time being, and there is no rush for this kind of thing.

We can only wait slowly.

After ten busy days, I submitted various applications. The rest was left to professional organizations and Avicii.

The two brothers flew back home.

When I arrived in the provincial capital, there was an event I wanted to attend.

Jiang Ning was not in a hurry to return to Bei'an and let Jiang Hua go back first.

Jiang Hua arrived at the farm at five o'clock. It was so hot in Bei'an in July that it was like spontaneous combustion.

Chen Huiru and the nanny's children are still on the farm.

Jiang Hua explained the situation.

Chen Huiru felt like she was dreaming. Suddenly, she was going to own a ranch in Australia that was twice as big as the Xianling Farm. It all seemed unreal. Her biggest wish before was to have her own farm in Beian.

I have never thought about buying property overseas.

I had mentioned this to Jiang Hua several times before, asking Jiang Hua to ask Jiang Ning if he could also get a piece of land to build a farm, but Jiang Hua just couldn't open his mouth. Unexpectedly, before I even asked, he went ahead and bought a property overseas.

Chen Huiru asked: "Is the ranch okay?"

Jiang Hua was somewhat excited: "Of course it will work. How can it not work if Jiang Ning likes it? It's not far from his ranch, only five or six kilometers away, and there are several thousand cows there. Those cows alone are worth a lot of money."

Chen Huiru said, "I don't think there's even grass growing on that pasture."

Jiang Hua wasn't worried at all: "If Jiang Ning says it's okay, then it must be okay."

Chen Huiru nodded, finally feeling relieved.

Jiang Hua went to the side and told his parents about it.

There is nothing much to say about Jiang Youxin and Zhang Yulan. Being young has its advantages. No matter how close brothers are, they cannot resist the erosion of time and the fickleness of human hearts. Jiang Ning is only in his twenties now and his parents are still alive. It is reasonable for him to give money to help his brother build a family business.

If I wait until the New Year, I will be my age.

It’s hard to say whether she will give money to her brother to build a family business.

After dinner, the family went downstairs to take the child for a walk.

As soon as I got downstairs, Jiang Wei called and asked Jiang Hua to come over to discuss something.

The reason was so convincing that Jiang Hua would feel embarrassed not to go.

So he left the child to his parents and wife and drove away.

When we arrived at the night market, we found that there were not only two cousins, but also my eldest cousin's husband Liu Wei and my eldest cousin Zhou Aiguo.

Zhou Aiguo couldn't stand Jiang Ning, but he had no problem with Jiang Hua.

After saying hello and sitting down, Jiang Wei couldn't wait to ask, "How did you watch it?"

Jiang Hua suppressed his excitement and said, "It's pretty good. That ranch is as big as two fairy farms."

Jiang Ze asked: "How much does it cost?"

Jiang Hua said: "About 20 million Australian dollars, a little over 100 million RMB."

Jiang Wei then asked: "Have you bought it?"

Jiang Hua couldn't help but feel excited and nodded, "The application has been submitted."

The two cousins ​​were extremely envious.

Jiang Wei said with satisfaction: "Hua Zi is really awesome now. He also has businesses overseas."

Jiang Hua was still sober: "I don't have any money either, Jiang Ning bought all of them."

Jiang Wei said sourly, "Does it matter who bought it? It will be yours in the future anyway. What a pity. Dad only gave birth to me as a son, but not a brother. No one bought me a ranch overseas, so I still have to work hard on my own."

Liu Wei laughed out loud when he heard this: "It's not too late now, you can ask your second uncle and aunt to give you a brother."

Jiang Wei sighed and said, "It's too late. I don't know if I can give birth to a child. Even if I do, it will only be a baby for me. I might even have to help him with his inheritance. I can't count on my brother to help me with my inheritance."

Everyone enjoyed listening to it.

Zhou Aiguo asked: "How about the ranch?"

Jiang Hua took out his phone, found the pictures he had taken and shared them with everyone, saying, "I think it's OK. There are several thousand cows, but the grass isn't growing well. It's sparse and not much better than the wilderness in Bei'an. But Jiang Ning said there's no problem."

Liu Wei nodded as he looked at the photos: "Since Jiang Ning said it's okay, then it shouldn't be a problem. Such a large piece of land costs more than 100 million yuan, and there are several thousand cows. It's actually not expensive. Do you want to go over after you buy it?"

Jiang Hua shook his head: "I can't go for now, the child is too young."

Jiang Ze asked: "If you don't go, who will run the business for you?"

Jiang Hua said: "Jiang Ning said he asked someone to take care of it first."

Jiang Wei got some beer and drank it first, then he said with high spirits: "It's useless to be envious. We have to work hard. Huazi has bought property overseas, so we have to catch up and try to buy a ranch in Australia and be Huazi's neighbor."

Liu Wei handed the phone to Zhou Aiguo and encouraged him with a smile: "If you have ambition, then work hard."

Jiang Ze asked, "Brother-in-law, have you taken a good look?"

Liu Wei said: "I looked at several, but I still can't make up my mind."

Jiang Wei asked, "Have you asked Jiang Ning?"

Liu Wei also took a sip of beer and said, "I asked, and Jiang Ning also helped analyze it. The main reason is that I haven't made up my mind yet. I want to buy a leisure farm, but I don't want to just invest without any output. My family is poor, and I can't compare with Jiang Ning. I can't support it with just investment without any output. But buying a farm and running it is also very troublesome. I can't just abandon my family and go out to farm."

Jiang Ze said: "You can learn from Jiang Ning and find a professional manager to take care of it."

Liu Wei immediately shook his head: "How can it be that simple? If it were that easy, anyone could be a landlord."

Jiang Ze thought about it and it was true. There was a lot of mystery surrounding Jiang Ning.

Whatever you plant on the land you buy will grow, and if you buy a ranch and sell grass you can always catch up with the sharp rise in grass prices.

It feels like I'm God's illegitimate child.

Others can't learn it.

Jiang Hua asked Liu Wei, "How is your brother-in-law doing in learning English?"

Liu Wei said: "I think it's OK. I've been watching Hollywood movies and listening to English songs since last year. I also use software to practice speaking English when I have nothing to do. I can basically understand daily communication, but it's not very fluent."

Jiang Hua was a little envious: "That's great too. I have to learn English too."

Liu Wei said: "It's time to learn. We need to go abroad in the future and we can't do without English. But to be honest, you need a suitable environment to learn English quickly. My aunt-in-law has only been in the United States for 20 days and can communicate with foreigners. I have been studying hard for half a year and I always feel I can't open my mouth when I meet foreigners. I am afraid of saying something wrong and being laughed at."

Jiang Hua said: "Foreigners are actually not what we think. It doesn't matter if you say it wrong. I stayed at Jiang Ning's ranch for ten days and interacted with his ranch workers. Even if I said it, those foreigners would not laugh at me. Instead, they encouraged me."

Liu Wei nodded and said, "That's the truth, everyone understands it, but the environment is different. For the elderly, the psychological burden is too heavy. Even if foreigners don't laugh at you, they are worried that if they say something wrong, they will be laughed at by others. It's different outside. Foreigners don't understand Chinese, so you have to speak English with them, and you will learn it quickly."

Everyone agreed and recognized this statement.

Language is something that really requires a specific environment to be learned quickly.

……

Two days later, Jiang Ning also returned from the provincial capital.

I arrived at the farm at 3pm and didn’t go to the living area.

Went straight back to the villa.

Going upstairs, the child just woke up.

Feng Yu and Feng Xue were both playing with the children on the bed.

The little guy put a pillow behind his back and sat on the bed playing with toys.

Hearing the noise, he turned his head to look over.

After about two or three seconds, the little guy seemed to recognize his father.

She waved the Easter egg in her hand and grinned at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning was overjoyed. While greeting Feng Yu and Feng Xue, he walked over, took off his shoes, got on the bed, picked up the little girl and kissed her. He asked Feng Yu, "You said my daughter can call me daddy now. Is that true?"

Feng Yu leaned on his back, supporting his head with one hand, and said, "Of course it's true, Tiantian calls me daddy."

The little guy waved the egg and shouted "888888" five or six times...

I didn't hear clearly whether it was "Dad" or "Bobo" who was calling.

Jiang Ning was a little unsure: "Is he calling dad or Bobo?"

Feng Yu said: "He just started to imitate the pronunciation, so of course he couldn't call me accurate. He really knew how to call me daddy after he was one year old."

Jiang Ning was relieved and asked, "Can you call me mom?"

Feng Yu said: "Tiantian, call me mommy."

The little guy called "Maomaomaomaomao" five or six times in a row.

Jiang Ning rubbed his cheeks and said happily: "My baby is so rare, he can even call me mom and dad now."

Feng Yu asked him, "How do you see the ranch?"

Jiang Ning said casually: "The application has been submitted and the process has begun."

Feng Yu said, "When will mom come over?"

Jiang Ning said, "Let's go there in mid-August. There's no point in going earlier."

Feng Yu sighed: "It feels like time flies by so fast. Before I knew it, little Tingting is going to kindergarten, and mom and dad are going out. Now you've bought a ranch for me. When my brother and sister-in-law go out, should we go out too?"

Jiang Ning said leisurely, "Why do you think so far ahead? I live one day at a time. I never think about those things. Living in the present is the most important thing. The world is so big and transportation is so convenient now. Drinking mutton soup on the farm in the morning and grilling lobsters on the beach in Melbourne in the evening are not far-fetched dreams. Why should you limit your thinking to one place? With our conditions, we can go wherever we feel comfortable. This year we are in Bei'an and next year we will be in Australia. When the children grow up, we can go to the African grasslands for a year. It is not impossible. So, open your mind and don't be too limited."

(End of this chapter)