Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start-Chapter 75 - Development Planning of the Farm

Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Development Planning of the Farm!

Chapter 75 -75: Development Planning of the Farm!

After the crow flew away, Xu Yang rode off on his motorcycle.

The livestream had ended for the day, so it was time to head back for a meal.

The livestream hadn’t been short, and he had earned over 20,000 popularity points, which he could save up for an Advanced Lottery.

The motorcycle he won as a reward was pretty good.

It had ample horsepower, a stable body, and good shock absorption, making it very comfortable to ride.

With the livestream off, Xu Yang packed the drone into his backpack and took another trip to the fruit wholesale market.

He had a relative there, and Xu Yang chatted with him, partly to discuss the future market for blueberries, and partly to get a sense of the current fruit market conditions.

He wanted to see what would be good to plant.

His farm was too small.

Any decent-sized farm would have at least five or six greenhouses with all kinds of fruits grown in them.

Actually, managing a greenhouse is quite tough; it requires a high investment and high risk, and involves a lot of work.

There’s a saying around here, “If you want to get poor fast, grow greenhouse vegetables.”

A decent greenhouse alone demands an investment of two hundred thousand, and the one Xu Yang invested in cost him seventy to eighty thousand. He was even thinking of reinforcing it, fearing that a heavy snow might collapse it.

Then there’s the physical labor; working in a greenhouse is very sunny and hot, the air is moist, and it’s easy to get rheumatism.

Of course, despite the hardships, many people still do it because greenhouses really can be quite profitable.

Xu Yang estimated that the blueberries in his greenhouse could bring in about 150,000 per mu of land at market prices.

The greenhouse was 100 meters long, 13 meters wide, and the highest point was 7 meters, covering about 2 mu of cultivated area.

That’s 300,000 a year, deducting costs of 100,000, he could almost earn 200,000.

As long as the blueberries grew properly.

Xu Yang reached the wholesale market, found his relative, brought a bottle of wine, some cooked food, and cold dishes, then they sat down together to discuss the market.

“Strawberries aren’t good, too many people are planting them, there are several greenhouses together forming a plantation, doing promotion to let people come and pick themselves.”

“Not just strawberries, there’s also dragon fruit and persimmons.”

“These are specifically for pick-your-own greenhouses, making money off walk-in customers, quite lively once the season hits.”

“For your small farm do it yourself, I recommend not planting these common types.”

“Blueberries are good, you could work on establishing channels, if you manage good channels, they’ll sell well, and if you could set up stable channels, that’d be even better.”

“But your production is a bit low, major fruit merchants might not be interested.”

This relative of Xu Yang was named Liu Jian Country, over forty years old and a distant cousin.

Liu Jian Country had been in the fruit wholesale business for many years, not extraordinarily big but stable.

Having been in the business for so many years, he certainly knew a lot of ins and outs.

“I’m thinking of establishing channels, by the time the fruits mature, I can take some samples and approach people.”

“If sales are good, I plan to increase investments the following year.”

“I’ve also thought of doing grafting and breeding, selling tens of thousands of seedlings from a greenhouse, but I just don’t have the energy for it.”

“I won’t go for a plantation, my farm is enclosed, I’m not doing it for sightseeing business.”

“Just trying to figure out what crops yield the highest profit.”

Xu Yang ate a few peanuts and asked.

“Nowadays, I feel like whatever you plant, it’s all the same, so many people set up greenhouses every year, but few actually succeed.”

“If you want stability, plant strawberries and dragon fruit, but the earnings are low and they don’t sell for much.”

“Otherwise, contract a hillside, do grafting, plant apples and pears, those yield decent profits.”

“You could also plant watermelons, off-season watermelons, time it well and sell them in winter, the profits are pretty good too.”

Liu Jian Country took a sip of wine and explained.

“Uncle, have you heard of Annona?”

At this moment, Xu Yang put down his chopsticks and turned to Liu Jian Country.

“Annona? We really don’t have that around here.”

“But it seems to be pretty popular in the south, I don’t know how it would do here.”

Liu Jian Country thought for a moment and spoke.

Annona, scientifically known as Annona cherimola, is called yang boluo in Guangxi, and either apple or Ghost Raisin in Guangdong.

Originally from tropical America, like Mexico and Colombia.

It was later introduced into China, widely cultivated in regions like Taiwan, Liangguang Region, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

This fruit is delicious, with a silky texture similar to lychee.

The first thing Xu Yang thought about when planting in the greenhouse was “South fruits in the north.”

This involves growing southern fruits in northern greenhouses.

This would save on expensive transportation costs.

Annona was what Xu Yang planned to focus on as his next major project!

“I was just asking casually, it doesn’t matter if there’s no market for it.”

Xu Yang chuckled as he spoke.

Running a farm was far from simple, and Xu Yang was also a person who loved to use his brain.

Whatever he did, he always liked to think more, ponder more.

“You’ve always had your own ideas since you were young, no one could persuade you. As long as you can grow the Annona, there definitely will be profits.”

“The question is whether your greenhouse can grow them.”

“That thing comes from the tropics; it’s not so easy to grow.”

Liu Jian Country thought for a moment and then said earnestly.

Growing in greenhouses involved a lot of knowledge, and different crops required different methods.

Plus, the risks were high. If the crops contracted some disease, it would spread and affect a large area, leading to a complete loss.

“It’s because others can’t grow them that I can make money if I can.”

“I’ll give it a try.”

Xu Yang responded lightly, as though he was just making an offhand remark.

But deep in his eyes, a serious determination that could not be dispelled was hidden.

He had actually made up his mind and came to Liu Jian Country specifically to learn about the market for other fruits.

After finishing their meal, Xu Yang said goodbye to Liu Jian Country, then rode away on his bike.

Don’t drink and drive, don’t drive after drinking.

Xu Yang had something to do that afternoon, so he hadn’t drunk any alcohol, just chatted. They were all relatives, and Liu Jian Country knew that Xu Yang did not like drinking, so he didn’t mind.

Xu Yang rode all the way back to the farm.

Li Shan was busy in the greenhouse.

This time was just dusk, the temperature inside the greenhouse had cooled down a bit, allowing for work.

If it had been the afternoon, the inside of the greenhouse would be like a steamer, making you sweat profusely as soon as you entered, making it impossible to work.

Xu Yang also got busy in the greenhouse.

The two of them checked on the condition of the blueberry seedlings while also clearing the weeds.

A whole greenhouse full of blueberry seedlings, pulling weeds was also strenuous work.

But these tasks were necessary, as larger weeds were even harder to pull.

The blueberry seedlings were growing robustly, showing no signs of wilting, which relieved Xu Yang.

After all, greenhouses especially fear crop diseases, which are basically very hard to cure.

“Tomorrow, I need to go up the mountain, you stay at the farm and feed the chickens and ducks,”

Xu Yang instructed Li Shan.

“Okay, Brother Yang, don’t worry, no problem,” Li Shan busily agreed.

“I’m planning to build a Mountain God Temple in the back mountain, our farm is close to the mountain, I think it’s also good to seek some peace.”

Xu Yang spoke up.

His farm was just behind the mountain, only about a kilometer away.

Typically, farms are built on open wastelands, relatively peaceful.

Having a mountain behind, wild animals might easily wander into the farm.

But this place was close to the village and the soil was really good.

Plus, Xu Yang thought having a mountain was great, and if he prospered, he would lease the mountain as well.

“Brother Yang, can I go and worship there after it’s built?”

Li Shan asked.

“I’m building a small temple, it’s not mine, anyone can worship there.”

“Go if you feel like it.”

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“The farm is still in its early stages now. If the harvest is good, I plan to invest more next year and build a few more greenhouses.”

“I will also hire more people then; it can be quite scary to be here by yourself sometimes.”

Xu Yang asked again.

Being alone in the farm was a bit creepy, and not everyone with a faint heart would dare to stay here alone.

But the villagers were brave and not afraid of these things.

“That’s not a problem, Brother Yang, I have no issues.”

“I’m used to being alone, I actually find it quite nice, just doing some work by myself, feeding the pigs, it’s peaceful,”

Li Shan busily responded.

“Alright, just speak up if you need anything.”

“You worked hard today, pulling weeds is tiring, rest early.”

Xu Yang walked out of the greenhouse, wiped the sweat from his forehead, then went for a stroll in the farm with Little Black and Yuanbao.

The day ended there.