The discovery of fast-growing iron thorns is as important to Huahua Town as a catalyst added to a chemical reaction, or a shot of a stimulant to an athlete.
Although it is still necessary to wait for the complete completion of the thorn worm serial missions, large-scale planting can begin.
It doesn't prevent him from bringing back the trunk of the fast-growing iron thorn. During the dinner, he summoned the town officials to study and discuss its function.
"If it can grow to two meters high, it can be used to build a house. It is much stronger than the fir we use. A house built with it, I bet, can be safe in a storm."
"Blair, your consideration is not comprehensive. Wood must not only be strong, but also waterproof, moth-proof, and decay-proof."
"I don't think my consideration is incomplete. You can see that its wood is very compact, which is similar to the rock wood cut by the logging team. Rock wood never has insects." Blair retorted. The rock wood he said is a kind of rock wood called rock wood. The arbor of the tree likes to grow in crevices of rocks.
Rock trees are very precious. A two hundred year old rock tree can be sold for fifty silver coins.
After cutting down the trees on Thorn Ridge, only less than ten rock trees were found, of which only three were 200 years old, and the other seven were less than 200 years old.
Similar to rock wood, there is also stone wood, which is also extremely rare.
Gao Ertai 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 does not sink, it means it is not good enough."
"Yes, give it a try."
So the servant brought the water basin.
With great effort, he took off a section of the trunk and threw it into the water basin. The trunk sank directly to the bottom of the basin.
Seeing this, Blair proudly said: "Look, everyone, I never tell lies, 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 barrel of a knight's gun, and it can also be used to make an arrow shaft. It should be more suitable than birch."
The shafts of ordinary knight guns and the shafts of arrows are all made of birch wood.
Birch City on Coral Island specializes in planting birch trees to produce the birch wood needed for making weapons. There is also a birch elf in the tulip family.
"If it is really better than birch wood, we can supply it to Tulip Fort. I believe the Earl will like better gun shafts and arrow shafts."
"In particular, it can grow quickly. This advantage is incredible. A rock tree grows for two hundred years, and it is only the thickness of a palm. It is just a young seedling, and it is already as thick as a wrist."
"I seem to see a bush of gold coins."
"Haha, it's a tree that bears gold coins."
"Unexpectedly, the most useless thorns become the most useful wood."
The laughter and laughter at the banquet expressed their expectation for the fast-growing iron thorn tomorrow.
Liszt and others finished their discussion.
Raising his wine glass, he said in high spirits: "It is not yet certain that it is a cash cow. You can continue to pay attention to it and study it to fully dig out its value. If it is really a cash cow, it must be planted on a large scale. It is best not to open up wasteland in Thorn Ridge Wherever there are, fast-growing iron thorns are planted."
Everyone raised their glasses together and echoed loudly: "As you wish, my lord."
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After dinner.
Liszt, who was slightly drunk, took a walk in the castle manor, played with Dou Sen for a while, and then planned to go back to his study to read a book. He was planning to learn a foreign language recently—Wind Language, the language of the Eagle Kingdom.
At present, in Flower Town, there is only the old Grandet who travels widely and knows snake script and wind language at the same time, so he temporarily handed over the flower caravan to Abagon for management. I went back to Huahua Town and served as a translator, coordinating officials to manage the 476 newly arrived serfs, and at the same time taking care of Fengyu teaching.
Mastering a foreign language is still useful.
However, the old Grandet was busy with tasks and had no time to teach alone, so he contributed a notebook he had learned when he was studying wind language in his early years to Liszt.
This notebook records the more common wind language, how to pronounce it in serpentine.
Learning is boring, and he found it interesting at first glance, but after two days of watching, he lost his patience. When passing by the worm room, simply go in to tease your own elf worms.
Nine elf worms, all packed in a big box.
It's like raising silkworms, except that these "silkworms" are colorful and colorful. He stretched out his hand and touched them one by one. The appearance of the elf worms was very smooth, and it felt very good to the touch. Some are lazy and motionless, others are full of energy and wander around, including thorn bugs.
The gray-white thorn worm, not to mention beautiful, was originally the most inconspicuous of this group of elf worms.
But looking at it now, he always felt that this thorn worm stood out from the crowd.
"This is..." The stimulation of alcohol made his brain react a little bit sluggishly, and after a pause, he suddenly shuddered, "Fat, the thorn worm has become fat! It is obviously one size bigger than other elf worms! This is A sign of evolution!"
Tulip Castle has raised more than a hundred elves.
When he was a child, he often played with elf worms, and even witnessed two elf worms break through into elves. The biggest change in the elf worm before the breakthrough is "fat", this phenomenon is usually called the fat pupa stage. Unlike butterflies, elves don't pupate, they just become fat.
In the process of fattening, elf worms will slowly decay and age.
If you are unlucky, you will die of old age and turn into ashes.
If you are lucky, one day, the elf will break through the skin, break out of the pupa, and fly with wings.
"Fat pupa stage!"
Liszt was completely sober from the drunkenness, and the tension spread all over his body, mixed with uneasy surprises. Although the fat pupa stage is a signal of evolution, it is also a signal of death. The elf worms will not last too long during this period, at most one or two months. If you don't succeed, you will die, and there is no third way to choose.
"It's only a month or two. In this little time, I'm afraid I can't even complete the thorn worm serial missions. I must help it!"
Fat thorn worms slither back and forth in the box without stopping for a moment.
From time to time, he raised his head and looked at Liszt with black sesame-like eyes, expressing his close feelings. But at the same time, Liszt can feel that there are still bursts of restlessness in its emotions—maybe this is its desire and impulse for evolution. After all, it has already affected four mutant thorns.
There is no detailed information to explain the influence of elves on plants, but Liszt is sure that it is definitely related to the emotions of elves.
During this period of time, the thorns were very violent and mutated continuously.
"How can I help it?"
"Provide it with nutrients and fertilize the Cordyceps every day?"
"Expand the area of the thorn bushes?"
"I feel that these are common methods. They are effective but not decisive for the help of evolution... The probability of evolution is more about luck." Sufficient nutrition can, to a large extent, breed elf worms, but sufficient nutrition, but There is no guarantee that the elf worm can break through.
After much deliberation, the only thing that can really help the thorn bugs is the smoke mission.
"We must complete the thorn worm serial mission as soon as possible. First of all, we must complete the current task of 'The Bottleneck of Fighting Qi'. Starting tomorrow, I will personally supervise the construction of the workshop!"
The decision has been made.
Liszt let go of his nervousness, smiled and looked at his elf worms, especially the thorn worms.
The fate-determining moment has come: "Little guy, come on."
As if sensing Liszt's encouragement, the thorn worm stood up half its body, looked at Liszt with sesame eyes, and was in high spirits.
It is full of confidence!