The discovery of fast-growing iron thorns was as important to Flower Town as adding a catalyst to a chemical reaction or injecting an athlete with a stimulant.
Although he still had to wait for the thorns sprite worm chain mission to be completed before large-scale planting could begin.
But this did not prevent him from bringing back the trunk of the fast-growing iron thorns. At the banquet, he would convene the town's officials to study and explore its use.
"If it can grow to two meters high, then it can be used to build houses. It is much harder than the fir we use. I bet that a house built with it would be safe and sound in a storm."
"Blair, your consideration is not comprehensive. Wood must not only be strong, but also waterproof, moth-resistant, and rot-resistant."
"I don't think that my consideration is not comprehensive. You see, the wood is very compact, which is similar to the rock wood cut by the logging team. Rock wood never has worms." Blair retorted. The rock wood he was talking about was a tree called rock tree, which liked to grow in rock crevices.
Rock wood was very precious. A two-hundred-year-old rock wood could be sold for fifty silver coins.
After cutting down all the trees in the Thorns Ridge, only less than ten rock trees were found. Among them, only three were two-hundred-year-old, while the other seven were less than two hundred years old.
Similar to rock wood, there was also stone wood, which was also extremely rare.
Gort thought of an idea: "We can sink it into the water. If it sinks, it means that it is similar to rock wood. If it doesn't, it means that it is not good enough."
"That's right, let's give it a try."
Thereupon, a servant brought a basin of water.
He laboriously removed a section of the trunk and threw it into the basin. The trunk sank directly to the bottom of the basin.
Upon seeing this, Blair proudly said: "Look, everyone, I never lie. Fast-growing iron thorns are as good as rock wood!"
Marcus, who had always been taciturn, also said: "The texture is solid and the trunk is straight. It is suitable for making the spear shaft of a knight's spear. It can also be made into arrow shafts. It should be more suitable than birch."
Ordinary Knight Spear shafts and arrow shafts were made of birch wood.
The Birch City on the Coral Island specialized in planting birch trees and producing birch wood needed to make weapons. The Tulip family also had a birch sprite.
"If it's really better than White Birch, we can supply it to Tulip Castle. I believe the Earl will like better spear shafts and arrow shafts."
"In particular, it can reproduce quickly. This advantage is simply incredible. A rock tree that has been growing for two hundred years is only as thick as a palm. This is just a seedling, but it's already as thick as a wrist. "
"It's like I'm looking at a bush of gold coins."
"Haha, it's a tree that bears gold coins."
"Who would've thought that the most useless thorns would become the most useful wood."
The banquet was filled with cheers and laughter. Everyone was looking forward to the future of the fast-growing iron thorns.
Liszt waited for everyone to finish their discussion.
He raised his glass and said in high spirits, "For the time being, we can't be sure that it's a money tree. You can continue to pay attention to it and research it to fully unearth its value. If it really is a money tree, it must be planted on a large scale. It would be best to plant fast-growing iron thorns in areas that cannot be reclaimed in the Thorns Ridge. "
Everyone raised their glasses and shouted, "As you wish, my lord."
…
After the banquet.
The slightly tipsy Liszt took a walk in the castle's manor, played with Dosen for a while, and then went back to the study to read. Recently, he was preparing to learn a foreign language – Wind Language, the language of the Eagle Kingdom.
At present, Flower Town only had Old Grandet, who traveled extensively and knew both Serpentine and Wind Language. Therefore, he temporarily handed the Flower Caravan over to Harpagon. Liszt himself returned to Flower Town and served as a translator, coordinating the officials to manage the 476 new serfs, while also taking care of teaching Wind Language.
Mastering a foreign language was still somewhat useful.
However, Old Grandet was busy and had no time to teach alone. Therefore, he gave Liszt a notebook from when he was learning Wind Language in his early years.
This notebook recorded the more everyday Wind Language and how to pronounce it in Serpentine.
Learning was boring. At first, he felt that it was interesting, but after two days, he lost his patience. As he passed by the worm room, he went in and teased his sprite worms.
Nine sprite worms were packed in a large box.
It was like raising silkworms, but this batch of 'silkworms' were colorful and contending with each other. He reached out and touched them one by one. The appearance of the sprite worms was very smooth and felt good to the touch. Some were lazy and motionless, some were energetic and wandered around, including the thorns sprite worm.
The gray-white thorns sprite worm was not beautiful. It was the most inconspicuous among the group of sprite worms.
But looking at it now, he felt that this thorns sprite worm was a bit out of the ordinary.
"This is …" The stimulation of alcohol made his brain slightly slow. He paused for a moment, and then suddenly, "Fat, the thorns sprite worm has become fat! It is obviously bigger than the other sprite worms! This is a sign of evolution! "
Tulip Castle raised more than a hundred sprite worms.
He played with sprite worms a lot when he was a child, and even witnessed two sprite worms break through into sprites. The biggest change in the sprite worm before the breakthrough was' fat '. This phenomenon was usually called the fat pupa stage. Unlike butterflies, sprites do not metamorphose, they directly become fat.
In the process of becoming fat, the sprite worm will slowly decay and age.
If they are unlucky, they will directly die of old age and turn into ashes.
If they are lucky, one day, the sprite will burst out of the skin, break out of the pupa, and fly.
"Fat pupa stage!"
Liszt was completely sober from the drunkenness. Tension spread all over his body, mixed with apprehension and surprise. The fat pupa stage was certainly a sign of evolution, but it was also a sign of death. The sprite worm would not last too long in this period, at most one or two months. There was no third option if it did not succeed or die.
"There is only one or two months left. I am afraid that the thorns sprite worm chain mission can not be completed in such a short time. I must help it!"
The fat thorns sprite worm slithered around in the box without stopping for a moment.
From time to time, it raised its head and looked at Liszt with its sesame-like eyes, expressing affection. But at the same time, Liszt could feel that there were bursts of restlessness in its emotions. Perhaps this was its desire and impulse for evolution. It had already influenced four kinds of mutated thorns.
There was no detailed information to explain the influence of sprite worms on plants, but Liszt was convinced that it was definitely related to the emotions of the sprite worm.
During this time, the thorns were very violent and continuously mutated.
"How can I help it?"
"Provide it with nutrition and fertilize the worm stalk every day?"
"Expand the area of the thorns shrubs?"
"I feel that these are common means to help with evolution. They are effective, but not decisive … The probability of evolution is more about luck." Adequate nutrition, to a large extent, could breed a sprite worm, but adequate nutrition, could not guarantee that the sprite worm could break through.
After thinking about it, the only thing that could really help the thorns sprite worm was the smoke mission.
"The thorns sprite worm chain mission must be completed as soon as possible. First of all, the current 'qi bottleneck' mission must be completed. Starting tomorrow, I will personally supervise the construction of the workshop!"
He had made up his mind.
Liszt put down his nervousness and looked at his sprite worm with a smile, especially the thorns sprite worm.
The fateful moment had come. "Little guy, come on."
As if sensing Liszt's encouragement, the thorns sprite worm raised half of its body, and its sesame eyes looked at Liszt in high spirits.
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