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 will 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 had the pasture, so it wasn't 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 was greater.
As soon as the policy came out, many farmers cried.
In the future, tariffs will increase and food production will decrease. What will we do?
Many farmers have decided to change careers, and the mayor's family is also having a headache.
Didn’t Sean also grow 30 hectares of food?
"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 she doesn’t expect a bumper harvest of kiwi fruits and grapes planted on 20 hectares 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, the expenses such as workers' wages and seed costs 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 had no intention of using goat milk to make milk tea or soufflé to reward herself.
The whole bucket 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 happily in the sun, eating grass and drinking water from the stream, but 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.
In the future, when import and export tariffs are loosened and food prices increase, we can still sell the goods. In the long run, we won't be able to lose money.
At most, it has been difficult in recent years.
But she still has a pasture. Raising Angus beef cattle can bring her a lot of profits. She can afford to use the pasture to supplement the short-term losses of the farm!
Thinking about it this way, she was no longer as anxious as she was at first.
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 increasing export tariffs on grain.
Half of his family's 80-hectare field is planted with fruit trees, and the other half is planted 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 too? Well, if I had known earlier, I would have stopped growing wheat and raised Angus beef cattle."
The farmer next door, who also came to the mayor to discuss countermeasures, looked worried: "It's already midsummer. Do we really want to watch them rot in the ground?"
"Sean, what do you think?"
Xu Yin: "..."
What thoughts could she have?
She has been a new farmer for less than half a year.
There is an inexplicable feeling of desolation that the new emperor who has just ascended the throne has been pulled down from the throne before he is happy enough.
But when she met the mayor's expectant eyes, she couldn't say anything discouraging.
After thinking for a while, he said, "I have an idea."
"Say it quickly."
"..."
She tried her best to think about it, but 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 Deal 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 the roasted whole lamb has spread to Christchurch, right? But just selling roasted whole lamb is so monotonous, 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 do 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 Cooktown.
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.
The short crispy pork was 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 tastes delicious.
But when Angus cattle breeding 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? Aren't these dumplings?"
Xu Yin: "...Well, that's not the point. The point is, do you think the mutton restaurant will also sell these snacks, and 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 too much."
"Yes, what about oats and potatoes?"
"well……"
Returning to this problem, the delicacies in hand no longer tasted good, and the mayor and others couldn't eat enough.
"The boat will naturally go 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 the North Island to try your luck."
Others couldn't think of a better way and decided to do as Xu Yin said.
First, we will launch Chinese delicacies made of wheat flour in the mutton restaurant. The more we can sell, the better.
Maybe like the roasted whole lamb, if its fame spreads to Christchurch, it will also 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 driver's license, and bought a second-hand large truck.
(End of chapter)
