Chapter 10 News from the Seed Store Because of the time constraints, Lisa only prepared a traditional German farmer's traditional German dish only has four ingredients: potatoes, onions, eggs and smoked bacon. There is no vanilla, which is unfamiliar to Chinese people, and no butter cream. Simple, affordable, and unpretentious, working people all over the world share a common sentiment towards food. Everyone got a full plate. Guo Yang looked at the exotic food, took a bite, and unexpectedly found that it tasted pretty good. He gave Lisa a thumbs up and said, "It tastes really good." Then he started eating with big mouthfuls. Every bite has charred onions, smoked bacon, crispy fried potatoes and soft and tasty eggs, but only salt and black pepper are used for seasoning. Looking at Guo Yang eating his meal in big mouthfuls, Lisa and Victor looked at each other and smiled gently. Fran couldn't help but say in an emotional tone: "After eating this farmer's meal, I felt like a pair of warm hands were calling me. I missed my Mary."
"Aren't you afraid that you will lose all your money and be beaten by Aunt Mary when you go back?" Catherine said from the side. Then she stood up and gave Guo Yang another bowl of food, saying, "Eat more." Guo Yang was surprised. Has this woman changed her personality? But Catherine smiled charmingly and said, "You can go to work in the fields only after you are full. If you can't drive the tractor, you can help with other things." This is the right feeling, Guo Yang thought. Just can’t drive a tractor? Guo Yang felt that it was increasingly necessary for him to show himself. After a while, Catherine picked up the prepared lunch box and got on the small tractor in the yard, saying, "I'm going to take lunch to John." Seeing this, Guo Yang also stepped forward and said, "I'll go with you. You take me to familiarize myself with the environment, and then I'll help your brother with the work." Then he stood directly on the platform behind the tractor's main driver's seat. Catherine did not hesitate at this time. She calmly asked Guo Yang to hold the bracket steady, then started the tractor and drove towards the field. Guo Yang admired the beautiful scenery of the farm along the way, and from time to time he looked at Catherine's long braided golden hair and fair skin in front of him, and smelled the faint fragrance. I feel that this peaceful farm life is also very beautiful. But he doesn't belong here. Suddenly, Guo Yang wanted to return to his homeland in the Northwest. Gobi Desert, Seawater, Grassland Oasis, snow-capped mountains, glaciers, canyons, rivers. The eagle soars, the mountains are green, The grassland is vast and there are herds of cattle and sheep. That's where he belongs! Victor Farm is very large, and most of the area is planted with various forage grasses, mainly alfalfa.
Due to the abundant rainfall in Germany, alfalfa can be harvested up to four times during the growing season from March to September, effectively utilizing the alfalfa's ability to grow repeatedly and obtaining a high nutritional value and digestibility. On a slightly higher ground in the pasture is an undivided cowshed built with side fences and an open roof. This enclosure method ensures that the cows can freely obtain food, water and a comfortable rest environment. At the same time, feeding and management are also more convenient. In addition, the farm has a pond covering an area of about 10 acres and nearly 20 acres of forest. Passing through the cowshed, there are stretches of cornfields and wheat fields. Guo Yang also saw soybeans mixed in the wheat fields. I learned from Catherine that the field was planted with silage corn and wheat, which was also used as feed for dairy cows. Soybeans were sprinkled in it to increase the nutritional content of the feed. But such a large farm is managed by only six or seven people. It has to be said that the degree of mechanization is really high. Most farms in Germany meet most of the carbohydrate needs for animal growth by growing grass, corn and cereals. Another important component of farm livestock feed is protein, much of which needs to be supplemented with soybeans imported from places such as Brazil, Argentina and the United States. Due to favorable natural production conditions, these countries have lower production costs. On the side of the wheat field, there is another large area of pasture. From a distance, Guo Yang saw fields of cut alfalfa spread out on the grass to dry. The scene looked spectacular. In the middle of the grassland, a silage crusher was using a pick-up cutter to crush alfalfa, and then pouring it from the spray port into a two-axle trailer towed by a high-powered tractor traveling side by side. Catherine drove the small tractor directly into the field and honked the horn several times. The harvester and the truck then stopped. Guo Yang then saw the models of the silage machine and tractor, the Claas JAGUAR 695SL and the Fendt 930 that had just started to roll off the production line this year. Fortunately, they were all agricultural machinery that Guo Yang was familiar with. The Claas JAGUAR695SL is a self-propelled forage harvester launched by Claas in 1988. According to historical development, Claas expanded the JAGUAR2008 silage harvester series in 900. By 2023, there are still many second-hand machines circulating in the market, and the prices are generally still over one million yuan. A German youth who looked somewhat similar to Victor got out of the car and walked over. The older white man next to him should be Endri, the only employee of the farm. Catherine took out a plate and filled each of them with a farmer's meal. She said, "This is Guo Yang, who is traveling to Europe from China. He is Uncle Fran's friend and has come to visit our farm." After a brief greeting, John and Endri began to feast on their food. At this moment, a long-lost voice came into Guo Yang's mind. "Ding, we found some agricultural machinery that can be analyzed. Do you want to analyze it?" Guo Yang was stunned. He didn't expect to receive news from the seed store at this time. Analyzing agricultural machinery? He remembered that this function was not included in the initial introduction, and it had not been triggered for such a long time! Looking at the agricultural machinery on Victor’s farm, Guo Yang had a guess. Could it be that these two farm machines triggered the hidden function of the seed store? I thought that I had been busy buying lottery tickets overseas recently and had no chance to trigger it.
Whatever! Let's try it first. So he silently chose 'yes'. "Ding, insufficient natural energy, unable to analyze, it is recommended to collect agricultural machinery information and save it first." “How to collect and preserve?” "Ding, the host uses his body to touch and control the farm machinery. The store can collect and save the information by itself, and analyze it when there is natural energy." "What was analyzed? Technical data?" He also has a certain understanding of agricultural machinery production. If there is only technical data, it will be difficult to replicate agricultural machinery based on China's current industrial foundation. "Ding, the technical data is only part of it. There is still a certain chance of analyzing the mechanical fragments." "Mechanical fragments?" "Mechanical fragments are part of the seed after-sales service and can be used to upgrade related agricultural machinery." So awesome! This time, it’s really awesome. Guo Yang's mood became hot again after a long time. These are all good things, and he urgently needs them. The development of the Northwest requires the purchase of various large-scale agricultural machinery, and Guo Yang has already made preparations. One of the purposes of his visit to Hanover this time was to purchase some urgently needed heavy machinery at the Hanover Agricultural Machinery Show. For example, high-horsepower tractors, heavy-duty deep tillers, forage machinery, etc. But now it seems there is one more path. Just agricultural machinery manufacturing... Another gold-devouring beast. Guo Yang didn't know if the 1 billion in his pocket could sustain it. Coming back to his senses, Guo Yang asked Catherine and her brother, "Can I go up and try?" "I can let you go up and have a look, but it's better if you don't start it. This is one of the most difficult farm machines to operate and learn. There are a lot of points that the driver needs to master," said John. Endri even mocked directly: "This is not one of those black-smoking single-bar diesel tractors in your country. You can't afford to pay for it if it breaks down." Hearing this, Guo Yang suddenly became a little angry. Can’t afford to pay? Who are you looking down on? It is understandable that Victor, John and others did not believe in his driving skills. Endri's words were pure sarcasm and full of cognitive bias. During this period, the gap between domestic tractors and those of developed countries was widening in terms of electronic control, electromechanical control, and electromechanical-hydraulic integration. But the gap in power is something that needs to be caught up quickly.
And look down on the single-cylinder diesel tractor that emits black smoke? That may just be the beginning of its efforts. As long as you are brave enough, the skills of those who race single-cylinder semi-trailers and drive single-cylinder tractors are often a mystery. (End of this chapter)