Chapter 1226 Environmental Gap
To be honest, this was Yang Dongxu's first time to visit a foreign breeding farm. In the past, he had thought that if he had money, he would buy a large piece of land abroad and build a Daxing farm. From now on, everything he eats at home would be produced by himself and consumed green and safe food.
As a result, after years of digging and filling holes, there was no time to realize this idea. The two families first visited a beef farm in a small town not far from the German capital.
The environment in foreign countries is indeed much better than that in China, especially in rural areas. Walking on that street in the city, you may still smell the smell of urine, or even see all kinds of garbage that has not been cleaned up. You must know that rats on the streets of London, England, are not afraid of people at all. The smell of urine on the streets of New York can be smelled from far away.
However, the environment in the suburbs and rural areas is indeed very good. There are no plastic bags flying around, and there are no bottles littering the ditches after being sprayed with pesticides.
It’s not clear whether the water is clear and you can drink it directly, but you can see the green aquatic plants and swimming fish. The surrounding greenery is also very good. The main reason is that except for the big cities in Germany, the population in the countryside is not so dense at all.
For example, in the small town in front of us, there are tens of thousands of acres of farms around. 90% of the land belongs to some large farmers, so there are not many small farmers scattered around. Except for some permanent residents who are considered a market gathering place, there are no other people in the entire town.
Naturally, no one will help you plant things in every corner. After all, they want to have a large piece of land for farming. Moreover, farming is ingrained in the Chinese people’s bones, and they feel uncomfortable when they see the land without planting something on it. Foreigners obviously don't have this hobby. They would rather lie on the lawn and take a nap if they have this free time.
The eldest sister and Zhou Ya took their children to play with a group of town children on vacation in the town park. After all, the weather is still quite hot now. Although it has been windy for a few days, children's skin is so tender that it is easy to get sunburned if they are exposed to a little bit of sun.
So Yang Dongxu and Liu Leehom were the only ones to visit the farm. Even Ran Feifei, the aunt who contacted the farm owner, stayed in the park and did not follow.
The farmer was contacted by Ran Feifei through the food supplier, so the other party was very enthusiastic and personally drove two people to the farm in a pickup truck to visit.
I didn’t see a beef cow that had two holes cut into its belly and then watched it eat. The laws for foreigners are sometimes quite dumb. For example, in some countries, to kill lobsters, you need to freeze them unconscious before killing them. Killing them alive is inhumane.
But two holes were made in the calf to observe the cow's eating and digestion. So the two big holes were said not to affect the cow's health, and no one said it was inhumane. In short, it was quite speechless.
Basically, the cattle raised in foreign countries are different from the cattle raised in China. Due to the development of rural breeding industry, the breeds of foreign cattle breeding are basically a few fixed breeds of beef cattle.
Unlike China, there are domestic cattle, cattle raised on pastures, and even buffaloes from the south and yaks from China. In short, every place has its own varieties. No one seriously studies and breeds one variety specifically and uses it to create a good brand.
Therefore, when purchasing beef from a foreign country, just ask what kind of beef the farm produces and what the quality of different parts is. Basically, they are all very similar.
Of course, there are also some famous specialty beefs, such as Japanese snowflake beef. In fact, to be honest, although Yang Dongxu is delicious, it is not a glutton.
When eating beef brisket with potatoes, or steak, or braised beef. He really couldn't tell whether it was yellow beef, Monte beef, or top-quality snowflake beef. Mutton can be classified according to the smell of mutton and the strength of the meat. Chicken and duck can taste it, but beef can't really be felt.
Unless the beef cattle of a certain kind are raised on feed all the time, the taste difference is as big as the taste difference between domestic free-range chicken and farm feed instant chicken, and the other ones are really hard to tell.
"Originally I wanted to set up a free-range cattle farm, but unless we go to Inner Mongolia to provide a playground, we can only raise cattle in captivity and not free-range cattle." Liu Leehom said helplessly after walking around the cattle farm.
It is obviously impossible to become a nomad on the Tibetan Plateau, but it is not that difficult to get tens of thousands of acres of land for you to grow pasture and run a cattle ranch under other identities.
Basically, we can contract 10,000 acres of land in rural areas, which involves a large number of farmers, let alone tens of thousands of acres of land. China's urbanization is not good, and the land is scattered in the hands of farmers. Every rural person has his own land, which is very scattered.
If you want to gather together, even when Yang Dongxu is reborn, you can only do it if the government takes the lead and then collectively contracts. But those are basically contracts for several thousand acres, not many for tens of thousands of acres, let alone tens of thousands of acres.
And even if tens of thousands of acres of land are contracted to you, the contract price per mu of land is enough for you to buy a farm abroad. This is no exaggeration.
For example, in the next few years, the price of rural contracted land will continue to rise. 500 yuan is the normal price. By around 2018, it is generally 800 yuan per acre, and even 1,000 yuan per acre.
Even if it is calculated as 800 per mu, the price of 10,000 acres of contracted land is 8 million. At this price, you can contract a large farm in a South American country like Brazil, Germany, or the UK.
Moreover, 8 million is not a one-time contract for several years or ten years, but a contract fee of 8 million every year. However, in addition to paying taxes after buying the farm, the cost is many times higher than the fact that the farm is basically privately owned forever.
So domestic captive breeding is the most suitable breeding method. If you want to raise cattle in the wild, you can only go to places with natural geographical conditions such as XZ and Inner Mongolia. If you want to raise cattle in the wild in other places, you will basically lose money.
"If you really want to build a large beef cattle farm, the domestic environment is indeed not suitable and the cost is too high. You can consider doing it abroad. If you think European and American countries are too far away, you can also do it in Russia. I have connections there and can guarantee your safety and the farm, and I can get you a large piece of land." Yang Dongxu suggested.
"It's very difficult. First of all, let's not talk about whether your sister and Xiao Jiali are used to living abroad. Even my parents can't let me go so far, even if Russia is a neighboring country." Liu Lihong smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He does have a dream of a large farm, not just a breeding farm. He has always wanted to build a comprehensive planting and breeding farm.
If the farm is big enough, with a stream or a lake, it would be perfect. When you have nothing to do, you can take a ride on a horse, take a nap in a recliner under the shade of a tree, and put a fishing rod next to it. It's so comfortable.
In fact, when he went to the big courtyard a few years ago, he saw Yang Dongxu fishing in the pond in his yard, and he was also very moved. However, in recent years, due to the groundwater in Yanjing, the water quality of the pond in the big courtyard has not been very good.
Yang Dongxu had to make a waterproof layer underneath, occasionally let Cui Ma or Hua Aunt change the water, and raise some ornamental fish in it. And such a pond has undoubtedly lost its soul, that is, it is just a scene when living in the courtyard, and there is no longer the comfort of moving a recliner next to it in the past.
"If you really want to go, find a suitable opportunity to ask and sit down for ideological work. If you really do free-range breeding, to be honest, we have connections at home and abroad and don’t have to worry about selling. It is indeed more promising than you circle a few hills in your hometown." Yang Dongxu patted his brother-in-law on the shoulder.
This matter can only be done by Liu Lihong himself. Once the eldest sister’s family decides, whether it is to contact the farm or do something else, it is actually a piece of cake.
"Let's find a chance to talk about it. I originally came to visit a foreign farm with great expectations. Now, although I feel that they are doing a good job, I don't feel like continuing to visit." When Liu Lihong thought about the price of land in China, he instantly lost the desire to build a large free-range farm in China.
So after strolling around, he felt that he had no energy, so the two simply said goodbye to the farmer and returned to the town. Accompany the family to stroll around the town.
If you don't want to travel to a big city or see some iconic buildings and historical relics when traveling abroad. It is actually a good choice to enjoy a slow-paced rural life in a small country town, and it doesn't cost much money, and there is no city or the kind of crowded feeling in China.
"What's wrong with my brother-in-law? He seems to be depressed after coming back?" After playing until more than four o'clock in the afternoon, the group started to get on the bus back to the city. Zhou Ya held her son who was a little tired after running for a morning in her arms so that he could sleep more comfortably.
"Regarding the farm, my brother-in-law wants to build a large-scale breeding farm, or even a large-scale integrated breeding and planting farm. This is not easy to do in China.
Even if it doesn't make money, it may even lose money. After all, the land price in China is too high. Let's do it abroad. He is afraid that his eldest sister and children will not be accustomed to life abroad, and his parents probably won't agree. Or he himself is not sure whether he can adapt to life abroad." Yang Dongxu said helplessly.
"It depends on him. If his eldest sister agrees and his parents have no objection, he can even be given a farm. If the family disagrees, and he himself is not sure, we can't help him."
"That's the reason. To be honest, when I first started making money, I had two ideas, one was to buy a house and live in it, and the other was to have money to build a large farm.
Everything I eat is home-grown green and worry-free, and I can ride a horse when I have nothing to do, and then sit by the lake and fish. It's so beautiful." Yang Dongxu couldn't help showing a yearning look on his face.
"It's nice to think about the early retirement life, but you only see the leisure side of the farmer. Think about managing so many cattle and sheep every day, cleaning the manure in the breeding pen, and harvesting grass. You have to be busy with so many things every day.
How long will it take for you to be as free as you think? If you entrust the farm to others and don't ask at all, you probably won't be able to enjoy it.
So what you actually want is not a farm, but the pleasant leisure time after owning a farm. But that kind of life will get boring after too long.
So instead of having a farm like you have to raise chickens to eat eggs. It's better to treat it as a holiday and leisure project occasionally. If you have something in mind, find a suitable farm to travel. If you don't feel it, just leave without dragging it out."
"Hearing what you said, I think it feels a bit like this. I just want the leisurely life of a farmer, not really want to be a farmer." Yang Dongxu couldn't help but smiled and nodded.