Eight Hundred and Thirty-Eight. Unique Flavor (8/10)

However, unlike the farmlands on the North China Plain, the farmlands in Hamilton are very standardized and divided according to grids. Each piece of farmland is square and neatly arranged, like a square grid.

Hamilton is an important industrial city in Ontario. In the past, it focused on industrial development and neglected agricultural development. In order to protect the employment situation of the local people, the local government restricted the sale of farms and only allowed local people to buy them. Therefore, the farm prices have always been low.

In recent years, the economic environment around the world has been bad. Hamilton decided to diversify and began to pay attention to agriculture. The policy was relaxed to allow immigrants and Canadians from other provinces and cities to purchase, but the development was slow.

The farmland in Ontario generally takes 160 acres as a unit. The government will issue a real estate certificate for each unit. Buying a farm is the same as buying a house. Brokers and lawyers will help the government to handle the land transfer procedures.

After the transfer of ownership, the buyer has the permanent right to use the land. When the owner dies, he can give it to his son, and the son to his grandson, so that it can be passed down from generation to generation. Everything dug up under the farm during this period, and anything found in the house, belongs to the owner.

Mao Weilong is already a half-expert in this area, and introduced the local food policy to Qin Shiou: "It is important to note that the wheat and barley in Hamilton are purchased by the local agricultural bureau, and other crops don't matter, what you want to grow and sell Who to give it to is up to you.”

Because he didn't enter from the main entrance, Qin Shiou first saw an oasis after crossing the fence: a forest surrounded by poplar, pine and maple trees grew on the edge of the farm.

There is a small river at the edge of the woods. The river meandered, and when the two walked over, a few wild ducks flapped their wings and flew up.

"Hamilton has had a lot of rain this year. Look, the sky is gloomy again. It seems that there will be several rains in October. I hope there will not be too much snow in winter. It is very troublesome to deal with snow disasters in the farmland." Mao Weilong looked said the dark sky.

Two little bullies followed, and they scrambled into the fence and ended up too fat. Stuck in the gap between the fences, he whimpered helplessly.

Qin Shiou went up and opened the fence. The little bully crawled out on all fours, squatted next to Qin Shiou and began to play by biting his trousers.

Passing through the grove, what Qin Shiou saw was not the harvested wheat fields and crops, but patches of light green grass.

It was as if I was suddenly on the grassland. The green grass is vast and flat, except for a small lake in the middle, the others are all grass, and there are a group of goats walking slowly on the grass, which is very quiet and beautiful.

"Chile River, under the Yin Mountain,

The sky is like a dome, covering the whole field. The sky is gray, the wild is vast, and the wind blows the grass to see cattle and sheep! "Qin Shiou couldn't help sighing.

Mao Weilong looked at him with a half-smile. Said: "How is it? Do you think this farm is beautiful?"

Qin Shiou said: "It's really great, it's much better than yours. Why do you say that the farm land is abandoned?"

Mao Weilong pointed at Qin Shiou and said, "You kid, don't you understand? What have I been calling this place? Farm! But look, where is there farmland? Can it be called a farm without farmland? That lawyer is very cunning, he knows his land I can’t grow crops anymore, so I planted these grasses that don’t need much nutrition, this stuff is useless!”

"Then it's not bad to be a ranch." Qin Shiou said.

Mao Weilong shook his head. Said: "Yes, if it can be used as a pasture, it's fine. The problem is that it can't be done at all! These grasses are not pastures. Do you think pastures have low requirements on soil texture? Shit, higher! This kind of grass is beautiful, but it doesn't actually have much nutrition. If you raise cattle and sheep here, wait for compensation."

Qin Shiou pointed to a group of black goats in the distance and laughed, and Mao Weilong also laughed: "That's wild goats, Ontario is overrun, and like your wild boars, they can eat anything, but they are too big. Slow down, you can't breed this thing to make money, right?"

Hearing what he said, Qin Shiou became interested and said, "Is the wild goats overrun here?"

Mao Weilong nodded and said: "Yes, there are really a lot. Damn, at first I thought Canada did a good job in environmental protection. In fact, shit, they can't take care of them. These wild goats have strong reproductive ability and have high requirements for food. Low, hard to clean up."

The two chatted all the way and walked for more than an hour before approaching the villa next to the lake.

The door of the villa was not locked, and the owner seemed not afraid of attracting thieves at all. Qin Shiou went in and took a look. The villa here is different from the fishing ground. It is not an all-wood structure, but a common North American stone villa.

There were creepers on the walls at the back of the house, and because of the moisture in Hamilton, the underlying foundation was covered with moss.

For a while, no one came to clean up and repair the house, and there were many weeds around the house. When Qin Shiou walked over, several gray-haired hares jumped out of the grass in fright.

Mao Weilong taught the little bully dogs to drive away the hares in his spare time. As soon as they saw these fat guys, the two little bullies chased after them with a full body of fat. I can't even eat farts.

No wonder the lawyer Lagrange bought this farm. Compared with Mother Earth, this farm is not only wider, but also has more exquisite buildings.

Even though no one has maintained it for a long time, the villa is still full of gorgeous atmosphere. The religious carvings on the marble exterior wall are extremely clear, and the stone materials used are very solid. After Qin Shiou entered the house, he felt that the stone floor was as smooth as ice.

The villa is surrounded by white wooden fences. The small fence is only waist-high, painted with delicate paint, and some petunias are wrapped around it, adding a bit of romance.

Mao Weilong sat on the steps, stretched out his hand to pull the weeds and grabbed a handful of soil, and said: "Hamilton doesn't have much black soil, and the soil nutrients are generally not very fertile, so it must be protected and used, otherwise it will be like this farm in a few years. , can only grow weeds."

The front of the villa faces the small lake, and there is a lawn in the backyard, on which dozens of fruit trees are planted, including pear trees, peach trees, apple trees and plum trees, which have a strong rural atmosphere.

There are several small rivers on the farm, including the small river next to the woods, which finally converge into this small lake. Some wild ducks and wild birds are happily chasing and playing on the lake. Liven up.

Passing through the backyard of the villa, there are tall and spacious cowsheds about 200 meters away. Behind the cowsheds are warehouses and tool rooms covered with tin.

All the houses are unlocked, because the tools and furniture inside have been sold long ago. This lawyer is also ruthless, and he has searched the farm so clean, what a genius! (to be continued)