Crystal Shell Squid Farming Plan

Miklagard's Crow Ships no longer ventured far from these waters, because farther out, the ice covering the sea had grown thick enough for Northern Warhorses to gallop across without breaking through.

Looking down, one could see countless marine creatures frozen within the ice. Naturally, Crow Ships were not suited for breaking ice.

The vast world had been reduced to one small stretch of sea. This was the Miklagard people's final carnival, harvesting countless regional specialties and catches from these waters.

However, no one had found any life forms that could be farmed in the Frozen Earth Territory. After all, this was the ocean, and the Frozen Earth Territory could not support these creatures.

The mutated Crystal Shell Squid required the help of Mages. Ordinary people were not qualified to handle them.

Ryan intended to sell these marine catches as quickly as possible. No matter how they were raised, they would not survive for long, and once they died, dried fish would be worth far less.

However, Ryan's idea was not recognized by the "market."

Many people from Miklagard, including Furia, petitioned him, hoping for a lake where they could raise the species they had selected. It was clear that they were eager and confident about establishing an aquaculture trade of their own.

After some thought, Ryan agreed. It was not for any other reason, but because he currently had no way to arrange livelihoods for all two hundred thousand people.

Letting them raise fish was not a bad idea, though they would certainly suffer and toil during the initial period.

Farmers who worked the land could survive under the benevolent Lord Ryan no matter what. But fish farming was different. Without farmland to feed themselves, they could only spend money to buy grain. It could even be considered... stimulating the