"Spit it out, little fellow."
Holding an anxious rubber worm in his palm, Liszt treaded on the muddy water and came to a vacant rubber park that had long been planned. In the future, more than ten thousand mu of land would be cultivated in the rubber park, so the distribution of the park had been determined in advance.
The rubber worm opened its mouth and a faint green light flew out.
It was a small seed. After falling to the ground, it immediately took root and germinated. Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, it grew branches and leaves, gradually growing into a huge worm stalk tree.
Such a dynamic plant growth scene moved Liszt: "Seeds can grow into towering trees, sprite worms are bred in such a way … Then, what about the magic power fire seed in my body? Is there any connection between it and the sprite worm stalk's seed?"
Sprites could be seen as being bred from seeds.
If his guess was not wrong, then a fire dragon could also be bred from a magic power fire seed.
Then, sprites and dragons were bred from seeds, and their seeds were obviously not ordinary seeds, but were condensed from magic power. The sprite worm stalk's seed also had the function of ordinary plant seeds. It was probably impossible for a magic power fire seed to germinate in the ground.
"I hope it will not germinate in my heart, use me as a soil to absorb nutrients, suck up my qi, and give birth to a fire dragon."
As the new rubber worm stalk grew, his thoughts became active.
One moment, he compared the similarities and differences between sprite seeds and magic power fire seeds; the next moment, he thought that humans developed from fertilized eggs, which could also be regarded as seeds; the next moment, he concluded that probably all life originated from seeds; and then, he inexplicably thought that the siren A Qi did not seem to develop from seeds.
When she was born, she was in a shell. Except for her legs below the knees, the rest of her body had already fully developed.
"Perhaps A Qi was originally a shell?"
Sprite worms did not exist, but ordinary plants suddenly mutated and gave birth to sprite worms. Sirens might not exist, but shells suddenly mutated and gave birth to a siren.
Such a thought was a bit weird.
He did not think that A Qi was transformed from a shell. The flesh inside a shell had no beauty to speak of. "But how was A Qi's shell formed, and where was she born? If I can solve this mystery, maybe I can breed new sirens in batches. "
Although A Qi was still underage and was still being groomed, her role was obviously huge.
She was the one who discovered Nami, the kelp worm, the ringed reef, the pearl lake, and the black giant clam. She was also the one who discovered the pink conch. She was the one who rescued Kris Truth, the green caterpillar, the mallard duck, and the six-headed sea serpent king were all discovered by her.
Basically, smoke mission rewards related to the sea were inseparable from A Qi — after all, Liszt was not an aquatic creature.
A Knight could conquer the earth and even the sky in the future. However, not even a Dragon Knight could conquer the sea — except for a Dragon Knight who rode on a Water Dragon. A Water Dragon would definitely be able to roam freely in the sea.
He did not wander in the sea of thoughts for long.
The worm stalk had already been settled.
Liszt put away the rubber worm that had calmed down and began to size up the new rubber tree worm stalk. He discovered that this cordyceps was completely different from the previous two cordyceps. It was much larger, its trunk thicker, and it had more branches. Especially its leaves, which were extremely exaggerated, larger than a banana leaf.
It bore no fruit.
It was probably like an ordinary rubber tree, where rubber could be cut from the trunk.
"The biggest mutation of this new worm stalk is probably its leaves. I'll pluck a leaf to study first." Liszt carefully pulled off a leaf with magic power.
The magic power quickly dissipated, and it became an ordinary leaf.
From the fracture at the root of the leaf, he could see a small amount of rubber oozing out, which proved that the new rubber tree could still produce rubber. It did not lose this ability — in Liszt's view, the value of rubber was comparable to magic potions. If the ability to produce rubber was lost, it would definitely be a failed mutation.
"Such a big leaf, and it's quite strong." He pulled the leaf, but it was not torn. "It can be made into a fan, or … a bag? Like a rice dumpling, using its leaves to wrap food? I always feel that this kind of function does not match the value of a rubber tree. "
…
The new rubber tree worm stalk was settled.
Liszt's next focus was to complete the new smoke mission — to stock up enough food for ten thousand people to survive the winter.
But he soon discovered a serious problem: "It is not October yet, and the winter is from mid-December to mid-February. When do I stock up enough food to complete the mission? Should I start stocking up now? "He was not sure if the food he stockpiled now could be regarded as food for the winter.
However, it had to be done first. There was no way to stock up enough food in a hurry.
Ensuring basic food and clothing, a robust young man would consume about 600 catties of food a year. Subtracting the surplus consumed by the old, weak, women, and children, and counting the excess consumed by the Knight, one could get an estimate — a single subject would need to consume 2 catties of food a day.
Ten thousand people would need 20,000 catties of food a day, which was 10 tons.
Ten thousand people would need 600 tons of food for two months.
"From now on, I have to find a way to buy grains from all over the Coral Island every day. By December, I will be able to store about 100 tons. Besides the consumption of food produced by the territory, I will also be able to store about 100 tons. Adding meat and seafood to the mix, storing another 100 tons won't be a problem … There is still a shortfall of 300 tons."
These 300 tons had to be purchased from the outer islands.
The cost was definitely not low.
Currently, the income from the flower wine has been mortgaged until next year. The income from the Black Tulip, Flower Soap, and rubber is barely enough to maintain the territory's construction.
To buy more food, he had to raise gold coins again.
"If there's no other way, I'll start selling black pearls. Let's see if there's a market for black pearls below the size of a bowl." He had sold a fist-sized black pearl to Levis for hundreds of gold coins.
Now with more and more black pearls.
The price will certainly fall. Of course, no matter how much it falls, it is definitely more valuable than the white pearls produced by the Grand Duke's pearl oysters in the Lake of Tranquility. White pearls can only calm the mind. Black pearls can not only calm the mind but also dispel the wind attribute magic.
And they are also bigger and have more magic.
"Ten times the price, I can definitely sell them! Now the large black giant clams in the Pearl Lake can no longer be found, but there are still a lot of small black giant clams. I can earn gold coins by catching a batch of them … I don't need to worry about the territory's finances at all. I have no money, but I have specialty products!
Therefore, after returning to Flower Town, he immediately took a few black pearl samples and went to Tulip Castle to discuss the black pearl trade with the Levis couple.
If there is no market on the Coral Island, he can let his sister-in-law Rolia sell them on the Golden Island.
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