If he didn't prepare, he wouldn't have known. Now that he was preparing, Zhao Hai discovered that he had thought of things too simply. He thought that as long as he prepared the oil press, he would be able to produce fruit oil.
But when it came time to prepare, he discovered that he still lacked a lot of things. First of all, they needed a place to clean the oil fruits. After the oil fruits were taken out, they needed to be washed before the oil could be extracted. Otherwise, the oil would have some hairs on the skin, which would affect the quality of the oil.
Secondly, they needed to constantly put oil nuts into the oil press. This required manpower, as well as tools. Although Zhao had a lot of living materials, he didn't have the tools to extract oil. But he didn't have the tools to do so. Although he had a lot of living materials, he didn't have the tools to extract oil.
Third, they also needed to prepare tools. They could use wooden barrels or iron boxes. They couldn't just let the oil drip onto the ground. Moreover, a thousand jin of oil a day wasn't a small amount, so they needed to prepare a lot of barrels.
Right now, Zhao Hai didn't have any carpenters in his hands. There was no one who could make wooden barrels, and the cost of making iron barrels was too high. Zhao Hai didn't have enough money to buy iron barrels, so he could only buy some for now.
As a result, Zhao Hai found that the money he had wasn't enough to do anything. Even if he wanted to develop faster, it would be impossible.
Zhao Hai didn't have any other way. He could only wait until the oil press arrived, then he would go to Casa City to see how much the barrels cost. Then he would prepare to buy some barrels.
Zhao Hai now had some regrets. He shouldn't have bought the oil press first. It would have been better if he had kept the money to buy other things. What he should do now was to save up some blue-eyed rabbits and have Laura find a buyer for him. After all, for Zhao Hai, this was equivalent to a business without any capital.
Due to the lack of funds, the oil extraction factory might not be able to take shape for a while. However, the rooms still needed to be tidied up. When the oil extractors arrived, they needed a place to install them.
After letting the slaves clean up the rooms, Zhao Hai and Merlin left the castle and went straight to the Mountain Lake. There were no fish in the Mountain Lake, probably due to the effects of the poison during the beast tide. However, they could not rule out the possibility that there might be powerful Water-type magical beasts in the lake. If there really were Water-type magical beasts, then the fish they threw in would be equivalent to feeding the magical beasts. To be safe, Zhao Hai decided to let Merlin investigate the Mountain Lake carefully to determine if there were any magical beasts here.
Green, Meg, and the others also followed. If they really found a powerful water magic beast in the lake in the mountain, they could also help to deal with it.
Although they had checked before, Merlin was more careful this time. At the same time, she was also checking the direction of the water flow. After all, if they didn't check the direction of the water flow in the lake, no matter how many fish they threw in, they would run away.
Fortunately, there really weren't any Water-type magical beasts in the lake. Moreover, the water flow didn't seem to be very fast. There were also no creatures in the water. It seems like the undead and magic beasts in the swamp were too poisonous, so there weren't any life forms in the Mountain Lake.
Zhao Hai was still somewhat worried, so he sent an undead into the lake to find the source of the water. Unfortunately, there was no way to find the source of the water. This lake was also strange. On the right side of Zhao Hai, there was an inlet, while on the left side of Zhao Hai, there was an outlet. The inlet and outlet were dug out by the dwarves, but there was something wrong with these two openings.
The news from the undead was that the inlet and outlet were blocked by something, so they couldn't pass through. This made Zhao Hai surprised. He quickly entered the space and opened the screen, wanting to see what was under the water.
The situation at the bottom surprised Zhao Hai. Although there weren't any big fish or magic beasts in the lake, it didn't look empty at all. There were a lot of aquatic plants growing in the water, and most importantly, Zhao Hai actually saw some coral-like things in the water.
This was what made Zhao Hai surprised. He didn't understand why there were coral-like things at the bottom of the lake. He remembered that corals generally lived in the sea, so how could there be corals at the bottom of the lake?
However, it was a pity that he was too far away from the water outlet and the water inlet. He couldn't see what was blocking the water outlet and the water inlet.
Zhao had to call back the undead that had been sent into the water. Then he gave him the ghost cane and had him take the ghost cane to the entrance and exit of the water.
In fact, Zhao Hai already had an answer in his heart. The inlet and outlet were most likely blocked by corals. If that was the case, then he wouldn't have to worry about anything. He could just raise fish in the lake.
Merine also followed Zhao Hai and looked at the screen. Soon, the undead reached the inlet of the lake. The inlet of the lake was very large, more than ten meters high and twenty meters wide. But now, the inlet was completely blocked by a kind of coral-like thing. This thing was blue, and it looked like a blue crystal in the water. It was very beautiful.
When Merine saw this thing, she nodded and said, "So it's a Crystal Horn Worm. Right, only this kind of thing can hide from my detection. It's possible to survive in this place."
Zhao Hai looked at Merine with a puzzled expression, "Grandma Merine, what is a Crystal Horn Worm?"
Merine smiled and said, "This Crystal Horn Worm is a very special water-type creature. Its body is very small, and ordinary detection magic can't find it. This kind of worm doesn't have any attack power, and nobody knows how they survive in the water. They only know that they can secrete a kind of crystal that looks like a magic crystal. This kind of crystal is very hard, and it's very difficult for a fifth-level warrior to hurt them with a sword. Most importantly, this kind of worm can adapt to any kind of environment. As long as the water reaches a certain depth, they can survive and slowly form this kind of blue crystal that looks like a deer's antler. Moreover, this kind of worm isn't afraid of poison. There are some alchemists who collect this kind of worm to make antidotes."
When Zhao Hai heard what she said, he understood that this Crystal Horn Worm was a little like the evolved coral polyps. It could survive in any kind of water environment, and it wasn't afraid of poison. It was no wonder that there weren't any water-type magic beasts in this mountain lake, but there were so many coral-like things.
Zhao Hai looked at the coral-like things made by the Crystal Horn Worm and couldn't help but nod. "This is very good. It saves us a lot of trouble and we can raise fish in the lake.
Merlin smiled and said, "Not only that. In fact, although the crystals formed by the crystal horn worms don't have much use, they are very beautiful. Most aristocrats like these things very much and like to put them in their homes. As long as these crystals are placed in the room, they can prevent the attack of some poison-type magic. Even if someone wants to poison you, you will discover that these crystals have a special characteristic. When they are placed in the house, if poison enters within five meters of them, they will emit a faint fragrance. Therefore, many aristocrats have many of these things in their homes. The price of these things is also very expensive. There are many of these blue crystals in this lake. If Young Master dug them out, you can sell them for a lot of money."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Forget it. Let them stay in the lake. This way, the lake will look more beautiful. There's no need to rush to dig it out. In any case, this thing can't run away."
Merine didn't have any opinion. In fact, she knew that the Crystal Horn Worm had another advantage. If this kind of Crystal Horn Worm was used to raise fish, then the fish would rarely get sick and the survival rate would be very high. However, she didn't need to tell Zhao Hai about this. Zhao Hai's space could be used to raise fish, and the survival rate was 100%. It was much better than the Crystal Horn Worm.
However, Zhao Hai decided not to dig up these blue crystals. There were also benefits. After all, in the future, they would need to raise them on a large scale. Zhao Hai's space couldn't do it, so they could only put them in the lake. These things were very beneficial to the fish.
After looking around, Zhao Hai felt relieved. Now, as long as they could get some Scaleless Fish seedlings, then their fish farm would be set up.
When they returned to the castle, the several large warehouses were already prepared. Zhao Hai and Green looked at them and felt that they were good. Then they returned to the space.
For the next three days, Zhao Hai stayed in Bluestone Villa, waiting for Laura to send someone to pick up the radishes. In the past few days, he had planted more radishes in the space. In the past three days, he had also harvested nine seasons of radishes. Now, even if Laura wanted a few hundred thousand jin of radishes, he wouldn't be afraid that he wouldn't be able to get them.
In these three days, he had also harvested two harvests of Oil Fruits. Now, he had a lot of Oil Fruits in his hands. He had almost ten million catties of them. This was the third batch of Oil Fruits he had planted. This time, he had harvested the first batch of Oil Fruits from the third batch.
In addition to the oil fruits, in the past three days, Zhao Hai had also harvested a thousand mature big rabbits and seventy thousand small rabbits. However, he didn't harvest the scaled wildebeests. Instead, he raised rabbits in the ranch.
In Zhao Hai's view, the scaled wildebeests were a bit of a chicken rib. Even if it was a meat processing plant, they wouldn't be able to harvest them. This was because the meat was very thick and wasn't delicious. The army also didn't need them because they could only be used to carry things. They weren't used as mounts for cavalry.
If they were used for farming, then they would be very good. However, right now, Zhao Hai didn't have much land to farm, so these horses wouldn't be used for the time being.
In the past three days, Zhao Hai had almost finished transforming the land in Iron Mountain Canyon. As long as the land was transformed, Zhao Hai was ready to send some slaves to build a small village there. He would let the slaves live there and make it a relatively independent existence.
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