Chapter 986 The school sweetheart’s first love who took a check and went abroad (24)
Mrs. Hunter brought a copy of today's newspaper.
The headline on the front page is the new reform policy introduced by the government—tariffs on exported grains are going to increase!
“It is said that in the past few years, the export price of grain has been much lower than that of beef, mutton, cattle and sheep fur and other products. The government felt that foreign exchange was too low, so it decided to reduce grain planting and expand the livestock industry by increasing tariffs.”
Mrs. Hunter sighed.
She only has pasture, so it is not affected.
Whether the expansion of animal husbandry will affect the purchase price of cattle and sheep is a matter for the future, and it will not have such an impact in the short term.
But the impact on the farm is huge.
As soon as the policy came out, many farmers cried.
What will we do if tariffs increase and food production decreases?
Many farmers have decided to change careers, and the mayor and his family are also having a headache.
Didn’t Sean also grow 30 hectares of grain?
“What are your plans for the future?”
Xu Yin: “…”
I'm going to die, sister has just entered the state!
"is this real?"
“Really! The New Deal tariffs will start on New Year’s Day.”
…”
The leaders of this country are so willful. Policies are released as soon as they are announced, without giving people any mental preparation.
Xu Yin’s heart was bleeding.
Her 50-hectare farm!
Even if the 20 hectares of kiwi fruit and grapes planted do not expect a bumper harvest this year and next, she mainly plans to sell the 30 hectares of grain to make money!
Even if you don’t make a lot of money from them, workers’ wages, seed costs and other expenses must be recovered, right?
Thinking that not long after, five to six hundred tons of grain would be piled up in the warehouse and unable to be sold, she covered her chest and felt heartbroken!
So much so that after Mrs. Hunter left, she didn’t even think about using goat milk to make milk tea or soufflé to reward herself.
The whole barrel of goat milk was put into the system warehouse. I sat in front of the window with my chin propped up, looking at the lush pastures outside, the cows and sheep swaying their tails and happily walking in the sun, eating grass and drinking water from the stream. However, I was distracted.
In fact, she has a systematic warehouse. Even if she really cannot sell the goods, they will not rot in the ground or pile up in the warehouse to become moldy.
When import and export tariffs are relaxed in the future and food prices are raised, we can still sell them. In the long run, we cannot lose money.
At most, it has been difficult in recent years.
But she still has pasture. Once the Angus beef cattle are raised, it can bring her a lot of profits. She can afford to use the pasture to offset the short-term losses of the farm!
Thinking about it this way, she was no longer as anxious as she was at the beginning.
But for a while, I couldn’t calm down to do anything else, so I simply got on my motorcycle and went to the mayor’s house.
The mayor is indeed worried about the increase in export tariffs on grain.
His family has 80 hectares of farmland, half of which is planted with fruit trees and the other half with oats and wheat.
The sudden increase in tariffs means that food may be unsaleable this year. After all, the domestic population is so small, how can it be digested internally alone?
“Sean is here? Have you heard the news? If I had known earlier, I would have stopped growing wheat and raised Angus beef cattle.”
The farmer next door also came to the mayor to discuss countermeasures, with a worried look on his face: "It's already midsummer, do we really have to watch them rot in the ground?"
“Sean, what do you think?”
What ideas could she have?
She has only been a new farmer for less than half a year.
There is an inexplicable feeling of desolation, as if the new emperor who had just ascended the throne was pulled down from the throne before he was happy enough. But when she met the mayor's expectant eyes, she couldn't say anything discouraging.
Thought for a while and said, "I have an idea."
“Speak quickly, speak quickly.”
…”
She was thinking hard, and she actually came up with an idea that was far from a good idea:
"We have two steps. The first step is to recruit people to the North Island for sales. There are many companies and workers in the North Island, and the domestic demand for food is greater than that of the South Island. Instead of passively waiting for buyers to come to your door, it is better to take the initiative. Buyers are now in demand. There must be a lot of farmers looking for them. The initiative is in their hands, and the price is whatever they say. So at this time, the less likely we are to look for them, we directly go to Beidao to look for the grain and oil company. After the new policy was introduced, it was just Increased tariffs have put greater pressure on exports, but domestic sales are not restricted, and grain and oil companies' demand for grain is still normal."
The mayor and the others looked at each other and it seemed to make sense.
“What about the second step?”
"The second step is to sell it ourselves!" Xu Yin said and laughed. This was her last thought. "Didn't we open a mutton restaurant? The reputation of our roasted whole lamb has spread to Christchurch, right? But just selling roasted whole lamb is so monotonous, and I suddenly thought of some snacks from my hometown—delicacies that require wheat flour!"
She thought of small crispy pork, fried dumplings, egg pancakes, twists, sesame seed cakes, leek boxes, mutton grilled buns...
Just talk and don’t make any lies.
Xu Yin simply rolled up her sleeves and borrowed the kitchen of the mayor's house to cook a table of delicacies for everyone present, including wheat flour, mutton and other ingredients that were most indispensable in Cook Town.
Everyone was in a daze.
Aren’t we discussing ways to deal with the New Deal? Why are you eating around the table?
Well!
Don’t tell me, Sean’s craftsmanship is really good!
“Are these delicacies from your hometown? I didn’t expect Chinese people to have so many noodles.”
“This little crispy pork is really good! Is it goat meat inside? It’s fragrant and numb, and is it filled with Sichuan peppercorns?”
Xu Yin nodded.
Small crispy pork is originally supposed to be pork wrapped in flour, but who knows that the local area does not raise pigs but only sheep. Add some pepper and salt to cover up the mutton smell, and it will taste delicious.
But when the breeding of Angus cattle reaches a large scale in the future, they can also be wrapped in beef strips and fried.
“This sesame sesame pancake is so delicious! There are layers upon layers, and it’s sprinkled with salt and pepper, right? It’s crispy and crispy when you take a bite, and it’s even more delicious than pizza!”
“I like this twist, it’s pretty and delicious.”
“This one called Youdunzi also tastes good. There is also a leek box. Why is it called a box? Isn’t this a dumpling?”
Xu Yin: “…Well, that’s not the point. The point is, do you think that if the mutton restaurant also sells these snacks, the business will go to a higher level?”
Everyone nodded while eating: "That's for sure."
“But Sean, no matter how good the mutton restaurant’s business is, it doesn’t need so much wheat flour. Five tons a year is considered too much.”
“Yes, what about oats and potatoes?”
"well…"
Returning to this problem, the delicacies in hand no longer taste good, and the mayor and others are unable to swallow their food.
"The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge." Xu Yin said, "Now that the crops are almost mature, there is no point in complaining about others. It is better to wait for the harvest and go to Beidao to try your luck."
Others could not think of a better way and decided to do as Xu Yin said.
●First, we will launch Chinese food made from wheat flour in the mutton restaurant. The more we can sell, the better.
Perhaps, like the roasted whole lamb, its fame will spread to Christchurch and attract tourists to come and buy it?
With this way out, everyone’s sense of decadence has dissipated a lot.
Xu Yin took advantage of this time to make several trips to Christchurch, obtained a large truck driving license, and bought a second-hand large truck.
(End of this chapter)