American Ranch

Chapter 620 First Meeting in Michigan

The little girl acted so heartlessly that Brown, who was looking back, smiled wryly and shook his head, but made Qin Yi and the others chuckle.

But Betsy was only five years old, a tiny little girl, what could one expect from her?

Accompanied by her mother, she can still hang out with her favorite sister An Qier and Uncle Yi. Such a situation is wonderful enough for her. Even if her father has to work and can't go together, that's no big deal!
The logic of a child is simple and interesting, but no matter what, Angel is even more excited to have a good little playmate like Becky along the way.

But while playing around, Angel did not forget to take care of her mother. She invited her to drink water, told her stories to lull her to bed, and helped her with her handbag.
Qin Yi and the others took the plane to Helena, transferred from Helena, and arrived in Chicago at the south end of Lake Michigan at [-]:[-] pm. The whole journey took six hours, mainly due to the delay during the transit.

During the whole journey, John took a few team members to guard him, because they were all dressed as ordinary passengers, so they didn't attract much attention.

After arriving in Chicago, Clumsy Bear (the captain and first mate of the Venus) had already sent someone to wait at the airport, which saved a lot of trouble, so he got on the car and rushed to the city, and found a hotel to have a big meal, which was regarded as compensation Had a so-so lunch on the plane.

After wandering around in Chicago for a while, I found that the metropolises are basically the same, so Qin Yi quickly lost interest and took everyone to the pier.

Speaking of the 88-meter-long yacht Venus, it has gone through a lot of twists and turns from Los Angeles to Lake Michigan. There was no problem with Lake Ontario, but when passing through Lake Ontario and entering Lake Erie, it was different from what Qin Yi expected.

Because of the Niagara River, the main river of the two Great Lakes, and the world-famous Niagara Falls in the middle, the drop of tens of meters makes it impossible to navigate this wide river, let alone the Venus. The super yacht is up!

So far, except for the extreme sports of barrel rafting, there is no other boat that can go directly down the river, if the barrel is also a boat!
Fortunately, in Canada not far to the west of the Great Falls, there is a slightly narrower river that is navigable, allowing the Venus to enter Lake Erie and then reach Lake Michigan.

But fortunately, it is now, if it is a month later, Lake Erie will be closed due to freezing, and the Venus will be useless no matter how powerful it is!
Ke Luo teased Qin Yi that if he had to come by boat during the lake closure season, it would be better to buy a new icebreaker. Susa, Rachel and others also answered the conversation. Get an aircraft carrier fleet for Qin Yi.
How big is Lake Michigan?
Qin Yi also wanted to know, so he checked the information before, good guy, it is 17.6 times that of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China!
He has never seen Poyang Lake, but he was lucky enough to see Taihu Lake once. Standing on the shore of the lake and looking at it, it is really like looking at the sea. At this time, he is at the lakeside pier in Chicago, which is exactly the feeling: the mist is vast, the water and the sky are the same color, east, south, north The lake area on three sides is really invisible at a glance!
However, compared to the sea, the color of the lake water is much whiter, without any salty smell, and it is impossible to be clear, but it is really clean. In terms of color, it is similar to the water quality of a drinking reservoir.

Because it is a lakeside wharf in a metropolis, the atmosphere of the city and humanity is too heavy, and there is no natural landscape, which makes Qin Yi and others lose the mood to appreciate it.

Of course, the main reason is that the weather today is not very good. Although it is sunny, the cold wind is strong enough to make everyone's clothes rattle. cold.

Qin Yi believes that under such outdoor conditions, if one comes out of the warm car or indoor rashly, the cold wind will definitely make people's head hurt!

A few years ago, when he was wandering at the bottom of the small waves of the Yellow River, the weather was similar, and he couldn't help covering the back of his head.
But even so, there are still many small yachts docking at the pier. I don’t know if they are tourists or locals. They wear short sleeves, shorts and slippers, and chat happily with their arms folded, as if they are on vacation in Miami Beach!
Seeing such a situation, Qin Yi and the others were very surprised. In the vast world, there are really people who are not afraid of the cold!

It may also be because of the metropolis. Although there are not many tourists and citizens coming and going, they are definitely not rare. Many of them are anglers with fishing gear. It seems that although the temperature is not suitable, there are still many people. The Thanksgiving holiday was arranged in the Lake District.

The pier is very busy, and many speedboats and small yachts are chopping the waves on the lake, paddling quickly, and stirring up a white tail wave at the stern of the boat, like a squirrel running fast on the lake with its tail up, it looks very interesting.

Although the whizzing cold wind today is annoying, it is good news for sailing enthusiasts.

On the lake in the distance, a sailboat with a white triangular sail was raised, floating along the undulating waves on the slightly blue lake, like a white cloud swaying with the wind in the same blue sky.

If these can be regarded as scenery, the Lake Michigan that Qin Yi and others saw for the first time is quite rewarding!

Blowing the cold wind is not something to enjoy, and Susa is still pregnant with her baby, and she can't stay in the cold wind for too long, so she glanced at the pier, Qin Yi did not delay, and took everyone to Venus, who stood out from the crowd. No. go.

The yachts at the pier are mostly middle-class family yachts of a few meters, and there are even many speedboats. There are quite few yachts over 20 meters, and there is not even one over [-] meters, except for the Venus!

The elegant swan-like Venus is even bigger than those passenger ships!
Such a luxurious yacht naturally attracted many tourists and citizens to stop and watch. Some small yachts were also wandering in the nearby waters. Qin Yi could even see that there were many men and women of different ages on the small yachts, holding their cameras to take pictures.

Few people are like Qin Yi, in order to have fun, let a super yacht enter and exit Canada several times, and even sail into rivers with poor waterways, so it is rare to see a super yacht in the inland lake.

In fact, Qin Yi and the others have a yacht to enjoy this time. Although they can enjoy themselves happily, afterward, they will inevitably spend a large amount of maintenance costs. , to say the least, hundreds of thousands of dollars have already been poured in!
But this little money is really a drizzle to Qin Yi!

Not to mention the more than 1 million US dollars in profit brought by beef this year, and regardless of the more than 3 million US dollars defrauded from the auction of cattle breeds, the global sales of wine can bring in 8000 to [-] million US dollars every month!
The profits of other fishing grounds and security companies are much lower, but they are enough to support him driving around on a yacht all day long!
The growth potential of wine demand is not much, but beef is still strong. I believe that next year, when the calves in Wobe Lake Ranch and Teddy Ranch grow up, Qin Yi's income from beef will quadruple!
The money is still depreciating in his hands. It seems that a new round of land enclosure plans must be implemented as soon as possible. There is also a mountainous area of ​​tens of thousands of acres in the Rocky Mountains. The old guy Scott said he would do it for himself. a letter?

This vacation is over, so he has to be urged.

On the way to the Venus, Qin Yi had these thoughts in his mind, feeling that there were more and more dollars, and he couldn't spend them all.
He touched Susa's stomach who was walking beside him, and thought that this little guy is very lucky, his father has worked so hard to earn money, and this little guy is even cheaper than him!
After Qin Yi and the others boarded the boat, the yacht slowly set sail for the first stop of the trip: Huo Lan!

(End of this chapter)