Chapter 73 (continued)

Many workers wearing rain boots were tending to the sheep pens, and people and sheep were living in harmony. The sheep in each pen looked very relaxed.

Xi Yuxin explained to them, "This area mainly raises fattening sheep; both breeding rams and lambs are kept here."

Shi Wen curiously, "Manager Xi, how many lambs did you take in this year?"

Xi Yuxin: "We're still receiving them gradually; so far, we've received over 20,000."

Shi Wen in astonishment, "It really is a huge ranch!"

Xi Yuxin laughed, "Some of them will be sold."

They walked further down the corridor.

Red Blossom Ranch also adopts a model of separating lambs and ewes for management; the lambs are now raised separately.

These lambs already have ear tags and have received their required vaccinations; they appear to have been weaned recently.

After Shi Wen about Xi Yuxin, Shi Wen went directly to the sheepfold to check.

Red Blossom Ranch lives up to its reputation as a large ranch; its breeding techniques are very mature, and the quality of the lambs it raises is quite consistent.

It's clear that their overall quality is superior to that of sheep raised on a small scale by herders, and also superior to the sheep that Shi Wen bought last year.

The selection of breeds for these large ranches is indeed very well done.

After Shi Wen everything, Shi Wen had a better understanding of the situation.

He formally submitted his purchase request to Xi Yuxin.

The two parties negotiated prices: breeding lambs were 30 yuan per jin, and meat lambs were 22 yuan per jin.

After the price was agreed upon, Shi Wen Shi Wen from sheepfold to sheepfold to select lambs.

Three thousand lambs is far too many; it will take two days to select them all.

They did not go home that night, but stayed at the guesthouse at Red Blossom Ranch.

Shi Wen about him Yan Kexing.

Yan Kexing asked, "Is carrying sheep tiring?"

"The fatigue is bearable, but the heartache is the real problem." Shi Wen said in a somber tone, stating the price per lamb, and then calculated for Yan Kexing, "Just these three thousand lambs alone will cost me over four million."

If it weren't for the subsidies from the Abnormal Affairs Bureau, he really wouldn't be able to afford to raise them. If he really wanted to raise them, he would have to take out another loan.

Yan Kexing said, "You've already paid the costs now, but when it's harvest time in the fall, you won't think it's expensive anymore."

"That's right." Shi Wen was excited to have bought the lambs. "If nothing unexpected happens, our profits this year will definitely reach the tens of millions."

Yan Kexing: "Truly remarkable."

Shi Wen, "It's the Qilin Bloodline. By next year, our ranch should be able to be self-sufficient."

The two chatted casually for a long time before hanging up and going to sleep.

The next morning, Shi Wen woke up according to his biological clock at 5:30 a. m., before dawn.

After he finished washing up, he read a book in his room for a while before the sky outside gradually brightened.

The guesthouse at Red Blossom Ranch is right next to Red Blossom Ranch. The guesthouse's wooden building looks a bit like the buildings in a tourist area.

Looking out the window, you can see the vast grasslands of Red Blossom Ranch.

I often see staff members driving cattle out early in the morning Shi Wen by the window.

Then he saw a knight approaching on horseback in the distance.

The cattle being herded by the staff were local brown cattle, which Shi Wen on the pasture, so he didn't find it particularly surprising.

However, he couldn't take his eyes off the horseman.

The horse beneath the knight was so beautiful that its metallic coat shimmered in the soft morning light.

It races across the pasture like lightning, with even the wind chasing after it.

Shi Wen seen many people ride horses and have some knowledge about them, but I've never seen such a beautiful horse before.

It's so beautiful, it makes one forget the mundane world.

When Xi Yuxin treated them to breakfast, Shi Wen couldn't help but ask at the table, "Manager Xi, Red Blossom Ranch also raise horses?"

"Yes, we raise them," Xi Yuxin said casually. "Sometimes we need to herd cattle and sheep out to graze, and riding a horse is more convenient than riding a motorcycle. Why?"

Shi Wen, "When I woke up this morning, I saw people riding horses outside. The horse's coat was like satin, it practically shone. I was wondering, do people ride such magnificent horses when they go out to herd livestock?"

"That's not it," Xi Yuxin, the horse you saw should be an Akhal-Teke, used for display at the river thawing festival. It's resting at our ranch for now."

The Akhal-Teke horse is also known as the Ferghana horse.

Shi Wen inquired with interest, "Is the owner of the Akhal-Teke horse from our country, or was it brought in directly from abroad?"

Xi Yuxin: "This horse is from China, and it comes from a very famous horse farm. However, that farm doesn't have many Akhal-Teke horses. The cost of raising this horse is too high; just buying the horse costs tens of millions. We managed to get this horse for the Kaihe Energy Conservation project by going through the channels of our city leaders."

Shi Wen the other party's subtle attempt to dissuade him, but he still couldn't forget that platinum Akhal-Teke horse.

What herdsman could resist such a beautiful horse?

Zhu Ji Shi Wen's interest and, after parting ways with Xi Yuxin, whispered to him, "You want to buy a Ferghana horse?"

Shi Wen said dejectedly, "I was just asking around, but even if I were to buy it, I couldn't afford it."

A large portion of the money he earns running his ranch comes from subsidies from the Abnormal Affairs Bureau; where would he get the money to buy a Ferghana horse?

Shi Wen said that, but then added, "The ranch was originally planned to raise horses, but we just haven't found any suitable ones."

Zhu Ji: "You don't like local horses, right?"

Shi Wen, "It's not that I don't like them, it's just that I haven't seen anything that suits my taste yet."

Zhu Ji: "I understand."

Upon Shi Wen this, Shi looked at him warily. "What are you trying to do? Don't try to sell me Akhal-Teke horses; I can't afford one right now."

"Even if you ask me to introduce them, I can't find any resources to introduce them." Zhu Ji waved his phone. "I just checked, and there are very few purebred Akhal-Teke horses in China. The only ten or so that exist are all in the hands of wealthy people, and they are very difficult to deal with."