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He quickly calculated in his head.

This time, 1,738.6 jin (approximately 660 grams) of barley was cut. So, 1,738 jin (approximately 660 grams) is worth a total of 121,660 yuan!

In other words, he could earn over 120,000 in one go!

So much money!

Sheep farming definitely has a promising future!

Shi Wen, and couldn't help but exclaim with delight, "That's a lot of money!"

Zhang Deyuan glanced at him and said with a smile, "This isn't first-class wool."

"Huh? Isn't that right? I feel like their quality is much better than the batch sheared in June?" Shi Wen said, touching the wool, quite surprised. "How much is second-grade wool now?"

Fifty-five.

Shi Wen frowned slightly, considering whether to look for someone else.

Zhang Deyuan looked at Shi Wen and couldn't help but laugh out loud, "I can't even give you second-grade wool, this is top grade, eighty-five a jin!"

How could this person make such a joke? Wait! Shi Wen's eyes widened. "How much?"

Zhang Deyuan: "Eighty-five, that's the price lately."

"Let me calculate it. Eighty-five yuan a pound, that's 147,730 yuan, isn't it?" Shi Wen quickly did the calculation in his mind a second time. "Right?"

Zhang Deyuan had just finished pressing the calculator button. He glanced at it and said, "Yes, it's 147,730 yuan."

Shi Wen, "It's so profitable!!"

Zhang Deyuan: "The wool from our local fat-tailed sheep is of good quality, so it sells for a relatively high price. There's also some very ordinary wool that only sells for 10 or 20 yuan per kilogram."

Shi Wen, "How can the difference be so big?"

"It depends on what the customer wants," Zhang Deyuan Shi Wen Shiwen. "The wool here isn't too expensive; some wool can sell for two or three hundred yuan per kilogram."

Shi Wen, "Is that cashmere?"

"No, it's just sheep wool." Zhang Deyuan stroked the wool from Shi Wen's sheep, admiring it. "Your wool is really good. Would you consider breeding wool sheep?"

Shi Wen's current flock of sheep are dual-purpose sheep for both meat and wool. Locally, dual-purpose sheep are commonly raised; it's rare to hear of anyone raising only wool sheep. Meat sheep, on the other hand, are more common.

Shi Wen waved his hand and said, "Forget it. I'll continue developing my business in the area of dual-purpose meat and wool. Maybe the mutton I raise will be of very good quality. Look at those Dolan Sheep, they cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan each, don't they?"

Zhang Deyuan laughed heartily and said, "If you have that ambition, then I'll be waiting to witness a miracle."

Shi Wen laughed, "Why do you make it sound like I'm bragging? Just wait and see, I'll definitely breed a good batch of sheep in three to five years."

Zhang Deyuan transferred money to Shi Wen, saying, "I don't know about mutton, but your wool is really good, and it's dry, unlike others that use steam to clean it."

Shi Wen: "Huh?"

Zhang Deyuan: "Yes, you encounter all sorts of people in business. Some even add salt and flour to wool."

The two parties settled the payment for the goods.

Zhang Deyuan, being knowledgeable and Shi Wen, entrusted the matter of finding breeding sheep to him. "Brother Zhang, do you know anyone who has good local breeding sheep? Rams? Selling or renting is fine."

Zhang Deyuan: "There are many options. What kind do you want?"

"Good quality!" Shi Wen said without hesitation. "As long as the quality is good, price is not a problem."

Seeing that there was still business to be done, Zhang Deyuan stayed and Shi Wen about breeding sheep.

Zhang Deyuan knew a great many people, and he knew exactly who had good breeding sheep.

The two immediately agreed that Zhang Deyuan Shi Wen Shiwen to see the breeding sheep, Shi Wen would pay Zhang Deyuan a fee for the visit.

Shi Wen him following Zhang Deyuan to various towns.

Shi Wen had high standards; after several days of searching, he hadn't found a single breeding sheep he liked.

That day, they were looking after breeding sheep at an old man's house.

The old man was a native of the area, and his family had been raising sheep for over 300 years.

His family has been breeding local sheep, and now their annual income exceeds one million yuan just from selling and renting breeding sheep.

If it weren't for Zhang Deyuan's influence, they wouldn't have bothered with a small investor like Shi Wen.

However, Shi Wen went into the sheepfold and looked left and right, checking each sheep one by one, but still couldn't find one he liked.

The old man didn't mind, and with a smile, he led them out for tea, advising Shi Wen and Zhang Deyuan not to rush.

When it comes to buying breeding sheep, it's perfectly normal to not find one you like the first or second time. As long as you keep raising sheep in the same place, you might have more opportunities to do business with them in the future.

Once they left the old man's house, Zhang Deyuan couldn't hold back any longer. "What kind of breeding sheep are you looking for?"

Shi Wen sighed, but instead of answering directly, he asked, "Brother Zhang, what do you think of our ewes?"

Zhang Deyuan replied without hesitation, "Very good, one of the best ewes in our area. But to be honest, several of the breeding sheep you saw were also quite good."

Shi Wen, "It's not bad, but it's always a little lacking. Either this part isn't perfect, or that part isn't perfect."

Zhang Deyuan advised, "There's no such thing as a perfect breeding sheep. Why don't you just give up? If you keep looking like this, your ewes probably won't find a suitable breeding sheep even after their next estrus cycle."

Shi Wen people thinking, "If I really can't find anything else, I'll just settle for something that's similar."

But thinking about it, I can't bring myself to compromise.

Choosing the wrong breeding sheep will waste a whole year.

He wanted to breed his own flock of sheep generation after generation, but he figured if he just made do this year and next year, he'd probably never be able to breed sheep that satisfied him in his lifetime.

Shi Wen sighed, "Let's keep looking. It's still almost two weeks until the ewe's next estrus cycle."

Zhang Deyuan shook his head. "I don't care, since you're paying me daily wages. I'm just worried that if you keep running around for another half month and still can't find satisfactory breeding sheep, then all the breeding sheep you've seen will have already been booked, and you'll have missed this breeding season for nothing."

Shi Wen was quite philosophical about it, saying, "It's alright. You always have to take some risks."

Shi Wen is usually easygoing, but he is surprisingly stubborn when it comes to finding a breeding sheep.