However, unlike the farmland on the North China Plain, Hamilton's farmland is very standard. It is divided according to the grid. The farmland is square and neat, and the arrangement is very standard, like a square grid.
Hamilton is an important industrial city in Ontario. In the past, it paid attention to industrial development and ignored agricultural development. In order to protect the employment of local people, the local government restricted the sale of farms and only allowed local people to buy, so the farm price has been low.
In recent years, the economic environment around the world is bad. Hamilton decided to diversify and began to pay attention to agriculture. He liberalized the policy to allow immigrants and Canadians in other provinces and cities to buy, but the development is slow.
Ontario's agricultural land is generally 160 acres per unit. The government will issue a real estate certificate to each unit. Buying a farm is the same as buying a house. Brokers and lawyers will help the government handle the land transfer procedures.
After the transfer of ownership, the buyer will have the permanent right to use the land. When the owner dies, he can give it to his son and his son to his grandson, which can be passed on from generation to generation. Everything dug up under the farm during the period, anything found in the house, belongs to the owner.
Mao Weilong is already half an expert in this field and introduced the local food policy to Qin Shiou: "it should be noted that Hamilton's wheat and barley are purchased by the local agricultural bureau, and other crops don't matter. You can sell what you want to grow to who."
Because he didn't enter from the front door, 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 was a small river at the edge of the forest. The river meandered. When they walked past, several wild ducks flapped their wings and flew.
"Hamilton has always had plenty of rain this year. Look, the sky is gloomy again. It seems that there must be several rains in October. I hope there won't be too much snow in winter. It's very troublesome to deal with snow disasters in farmland." Mao Weilong looked at the dark sky and said.
Two little bullies followed. They clumsily got into the fence. As a result, they were too fat and stuck in the gap between the fences. They whined helplessly there.
Qin Shiou went up and opened the fence. The bully climbed out with his arms and legs, squatted beside Qin Shiou, tore his trouser legs and played.
Through the woods, Qin Shiou saw not the harvest wheat fields and crops, but patches of light green grass.
It seems that you are suddenly on the grassland. The green grassland is vast and flat. Except for a small lake in the middle, the others are all grassland. A group of goats walk slowly on the grassland, which is very quiet and beautiful.
"At the foot of chilechuan and Yinshan, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields. The sky is gray, the wild is boundless, and the wind blows on the grass to see cattle and sheep! " Qin Shiou couldn't help sighing.
Mao Weilong looked at him with a smile and said, "how about this farm? Do you think it's 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 to Qin Shiou and said, "you boy, don't you understand? What have I been calling here? farm! But look, where is the farmland? Can it be called a farm without farmland? That lawyer is very cunning. He knows that his land can't grow crops, so he planted these grass that doesn't need much nutrition. It's useless! "
"It's good to be a ranch." Qin Shiou said.
Mao Weilong shook his head and said, "yes, if you can do pasture, the problem is that you can't do it at all! These grasses are not grass. Do you think grass has low requirements for soil texture? Fart, higher! This kind of grass is beautiful. In fact, it doesn't have much nutrition. If you raise cattle and sheep here, you'll have to pay for it. "
Qin Shiou pointed to a group of black goats in the distance and smiled. Mao Weilong also smiled: "that's wild goats. Ontario has become a disaster. Like your wild boars, they can eat anything, but they grow too slowly to raise this thing to make money?"
Hearing what he said, Qin Shiou became interested and said, "is there a flood of wild goats here?"
Mao Weilong nodded and said, "yes, it's really a lot. I felt that Canada's environmental protection was good at the beginning. In fact, shit, they can't take care of it. These wild goats have strong reproductive ability and low requirements for food. It's difficult to clean up. "
They talked and walked all the way. They walked for more than an hour before they approached the villa next to the lake.
The villa is not locked, and the owner seems not afraid to recruit thieves. Qin Shiou went in and took a look. The villa here is different from the fishing ground. It is not a full wood structure, but a common North American stone villa.
There are Parthenocissus on the wall behind the house. Because Hamilton has a lot of water vapor, the ground floor is covered with moss.
There was no one to repair the house for a while. There were many weeds around the house. Qin Shiou and his two people walked over and scared several gray haired rabbits out of the grass.
In his spare time, Mao Weilong taught the little bully dogs to drive away the rabbits. As soon as he saw these fat guys, the two little bullies ran after them with a body of fat meat. They made a young barking sound in their mouth. They looked fierce. In fact, they couldn't even eat the hare's fart.
No wonder lawyer Lagrange would buy the farm. Compared with mother earth, the farm is not only wider, but also has more beautiful buildings.
Even though it has not been maintained for a long time, the villa is still full of gorgeous atmosphere. The religious carvings on the marble exterior wall are very clear and the stones 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 a white wooden fence. The small fence is only waist high and low, with delicate paint. Some trumpet flowers are wrapped around it, adding a bit of romantic style.
Mao Weilong sat on the steps, stretched out his hand to pull open the weeds, grabbed a handful of soil and said, "Hamilton doesn't have much black land, 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. He can only plant weeds."
The front of the villa faces the small lake. 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, with a strong pastoral style.
There are several small rivers in the farm, including the river next to the forest before, and finally gathered in this small lake. Some wild ducks and wild birds chase and play happily on the lake. They make a "quack" sound from time to time, which makes the quiet farm a little energetic.
Through the backyard of the villa, there are tall and spacious cowhouses about 200 meters away. Behind the cowhouses, there are warehouses and tool houses covered with white iron sheets.
All the houses were unlocked, because the tools and furniture inside had been sold long ago. The lawyer was also cruel. He searched the farm so clean. What a talent!