Chapter 183: Chapter 181: The Unexpected Boar and the Innocent, Lively Little Dog!

Jiang Feng sold another two hundred sheep and ten cattle.

The sheep were sold at a price of 2,500 each, and the cattle at 26,000 each, totaling over 700,000, but less than 800,000.

With the money credited, Jiang Feng felt a bit more at ease, but not completely relaxed.

On the contrary, he felt a heightened sense of crisis.

Jiang Feng called in some veteran employees, Yang Maolin, Niu Erhu, and Ma He, for a meeting in the conference room to discuss these matters.

Jiang Feng said:

"Recently, the consumption of grassland cattle and sheep has been quite high. Logically, the prices of cattle and sheep should be higher."

"But from the current situation, the price increase is not significantly high."

"Moreover, I noticed that the number of spring lamb births in Ximeng League this year is much higher than in previous years."

"Cattle prices have warmed a bit, but sheep prices might drop."

"In the fall of this year, sheep may not sell at high prices."

"If that’s the case, I might have to wait until next spring to sell, and keep raising the sheep until the end of this year."

Hearing Jiang Feng’s words, everyone was silent.

In this regard, they were far less insightful than Jiang Feng. If they could grasp market trends, they would have raised cattle and sheep themselves.

Without capital to sustain, they could only hold on desperately. Even if prices dropped in the fall, ordinary herdsmen could only sell because the cost of keeping sheep in winter is very high.

"Market fluctuations are normal. I just wanted to chat and see if anyone has other ideas? You can’t put all your eggs in one basket; that’s the only way to minimize risk."

"Cattle, sheep, and camels all have times of market downturn."

Jiang Feng continued.

Niu Erhu said: "Boss, how about raising dairy cows? Raising more dairy cows; milk can make money. The dairy factory is always collecting milk, and now the price of dairy products is high."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Feng nodded.

Yang Maolin, however, said: "Many dairy farms have closed down; only a few continue to exist. Didn’t those dairy farms later start raising beef cattle?"

"Dairy cows themselves are expensive, and you need equipment to store fresh milk, which requires a large investment."

"Moreover, you have to deal with dairy cows quickly; if they spoil, they become worthless."

"If there is a dairy processing plant, it would be okay to open a dairy farm, but if you’re just raising dairy cows to sell milk, you’d be worrying every day, even more than beef cattle and sheep."

At this time, Ma He also said:

"Why don’t we open a slaughterhouse? All the money for raising cattle and sheep is earned by those who sell meat, and we could earn it ourselves."

Hearing everyone’s opinions, Jiang Feng nodded but didn’t comment much.

He had considered all these things.

Then, Jiang Feng chatted with them about the situation of the ranch, asked about the things they needed to purchase, handled some miscellaneous tasks, and then adjourned the meeting.

In the afternoon, Jiang Feng started live streaming.

Everything in the ranch was orderly.

Jiang Feng released the horses in the ranch, letting them run within the paddock.

He then took the dogs with him further into the pasture.

On the way, Jiang Feng said to everyone:

"Everything on the grassland depends on the grass. There is a saying here that the more grass there is, the more wealth there is."

"A pasture like mine requires a large investment, but the return on investment is relatively slow."

"Therefore, I have also been researching new paths lately, trying to explore new things."

Upon hearing Jiang Feng’s words, everyone was quite curious.

[Boss, are you going to buy new livestock again?]

[Starting a chicken farm also makes money!]

[Raising chickens doesn’t make as much money as cattle and sheep!]

[I feel the ranch has everything it needs!]

[Do rich people have such worries?]

Jiang Feng strolled leisurely in the pasture, eventually reaching the area with the most lush forage.

These pastures included various types of grasses, some showing buds that cattle and sheep love to eat, and some wildflowers were blooming among them.

Jiang Feng looked relaxed.

At this time, the flock had been driven to a fixed area, and Xiaojin Hua, White Wolf, and Coal Ball came running over to find Jiang Feng.

The three dogs turned into loyal followers again.

Jiang Feng glanced at the live stream comments; everyone was quite curious about his next plan.

Jiang Feng explained with a smile:

"On the grasslands, land can be used to plant things; naturally, we rely on planting for profit."

"The profit from growing grain is relatively low, not as high as forage, and I’m not planting grain."

"Has anyone ever heard the saying, ’If you want to get rich, start by planting trees?’"

"Planting trees can also make a lot of money."

As he spoke, he continued walking toward the depths of the pasture.

It was now 4:30 PM; the sun on the grassland was no longer scorching, occasionally obscured by huge clouds for a few minutes, making it feel quite cool.

The pasture was vast, and it would take half an hour to walk across.

Jiang Feng walked all the way to the farthest part of the pasture.

The area was fenced with metal railings, though without barbed wire; small animals could enter through the gaps, but larger horses and camels could not get out.

Outside is the desolate desert, further out there is a large sandy area, and only further out will there be water sources and forests, where there are many wild animals.

The wilderness feels bleak and dangerous.

Walking in it, you always feel like something is watching you.

Jiang Feng pointed to this area and said:

"This is the outer boundary of my pasture; beyond it is the desert."

"The grass here is far from the water source, it doesn’t grow well, and there’s a trend of degradation."

"I’m here today to see how many acres there are, roughly calculate it, and then prepare to plant trees in this area."

"Plant a valuable tree species that can realize profits."

Jiang Feng found an edge point, stood on it, and then used his steps to roughly measure the length.

This length doesn’t need to be too precise, just an approximate idea is enough.

As he measured here, the Border Collie seemed to have found something, it slipped through the fence, and ran outside.

Outside, the grass was sparse, and in some places, there were low shrubs, harder shrubs that might hide some animals.

Xiaojin Hua slowly ran toward a bush.

The drone’s lens zoomed out.

In the picture, there is a young man measuring the grassland with his steps, a curious golden white Little Border Collie playing outside, a clumsy Mongolian Mastiff sitting on the grass, and a lone wolf standing majestically in the wind.

This scene is very beautiful.

"About five hundred acres."

"Can plant some good stuff."

Jiang Feng mused to himself.

He said to the netizens:

"Recently, I’ve been paying attention to the prices of Chinese herbal medicines, lately, the prices have been skyrocketing, and the seeds have also gone up."

"In Xinjiang, they plant a lot of herbs, saying that planting herbs this year made a lot of money, I know someone who invested 200,000 in planting 150 acres of liquorice, and in the spring sold it for 900,000."

"It seems there are reasons behind this. Now even Chinese medicine is troubled, they can hardly prescribe medicine for patients anymore."

"I thought about planting some herbs, but it’s not quite the right time. In the end, I decided to plant yew, also called the golden tree; not only is the fruit sellable but the timber is also highly valued."

The livestream room is always full of hidden talents.

Recently, the prices of Chinese herbal medicines in the market began to spike, it’s hard for Chinese medicine to prescribe, and the cost for common people to see a doctor is high, which has prompted the higher-ups to form a special investigative group.

Some netizens immediately said:

[It seems to be related to East Japan, they bought a lot of bankrupt Chinese medicine shops.]

[Chinese medicine around here is getting more expensive, it’s almost unaffordable!]

[There might be a big conspiracy behind this!]

[Shouldn’t we plant Chinese herbs quickly at this time?]

[The market is fluctuating, seed prices are high, if the prices drop, one would lose everything, not suitable to enter now.]

The discussion was heated.

Now the internet has brought people closer, in this age of information explosion, all kinds of information are available.

Jiang Feng laughed and said, "Planting Chinese herbs is definitely profitable, but the current market is unstable, it’s not suitable for me to enter."

"It’s better to choose a less popular option."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Xiaojin Hua’s somewhat miserable cry from outside the pasture.

Jiang Feng hurriedly looked over.

Looking closely, a strong wild boar emerged from the bushes, charging straight at Xiaojin Hua.

Wild boars are highly aggressive; if one is pierced by their tusks, they will suffer serious injuries.

Xiaojin Hua turned and ran, its earlier cry was made out of fear when the wild boar startled it.

At the same time as Jiang Feng rushed out, White Wolf and the Mongolian Mastiff dashed out, faster than him.

White Wolf is now about the size of an adult wolf, and the Mongolian Mastiff has grown a lot, showing some of its powerful physique.

The two saw the Little Border Collie being bullied and immediately ran over to help.

Jiang Feng climbed over the fence and picked up a stone, throwing it at the wild boar in front of him.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The netizens also didn’t expect such a situation to occur suddenly.

The stone hit the wild boar’s body, alerting it.

At the same time, the wild boar saw White Wolf and Coal Ball charging toward it.

The ferociousness in the wild boar’s eyes disappeared instantly, frightened, it turned and ran away.

The pig’s hooves churned rapidly, kicking up dust.

White Wolf wanted to chase further, but Jiang Feng called out, telling it not to go.

The Little Border Collie ran to Jiang Feng’s feet, White Wolf and the Mongolian Mastiff looked ahead, watching the wild boar’s escape direction.

White Wolf is a fierce and aloof wolf, the Mongolian Mastiff’s combat power is among the strongest of dogs, with only one wild boar, it’s naturally afraid to provoke the two of them.

Jiang Feng squatted down to check Xiaojin Hua’s condition. Fortunately, Xiaojin Hua wasn’t hurt, but it was just frightened by the wild boar earlier.

"Be more careful in the future, can you just casually know a wild boar?"

Jiang Feng comforted Xiaojin Hua.

The dog smiled clumsily, without much fear.

It remained innocent and carefree.