The discovery of Fast-Growing Iron Thorns is as important to Flower Town as adding a catalyst to a chemical reaction, or an athlete taking a shot of stimulant.
Although it is still necessary to wait for the Thorn Bug series of tasks to be completely completed before large-scale planting can begin.
It does not prevent him from bringing back the Fast-Growing Iron Thorns tree trunk, and during the dinner, he summons the town officials to study and discuss its function.
"If it can grow to two meters high, it can be used to build houses. It is much harder than the fir wood we use. I bet a house built with it can survive a storm unharmed."
"Blair, your consideration is not comprehensive. Wood must not only be strong, but also waterproof, moth-proof, and rot-proof."
"I don't think I haven't considered it comprehensively. You can see that its wood is very compact, which is similar to the Rockwood cut down by the logging team. Rockwood never gets insects." Blair retorted. The Rockwood he said is a kind of tree called a rock tree, which likes to grow in the cracks of Rock.
Rockwood is very precious. A two-hundred-year-old Rockwood can be sold for fifty silver coins.
After cutting down all the Thorn Ridge trees, less than ten Rockwood trees were found, of which only three were two hundred years old, and the other seven were less than two hundred years old.
With the same properties as Rockwood, there is also Stonewood, which is also extremely rare.
Gortai came up with an idea. "We can sink it into the water. If it sinks, it means it is similar to Rockwood. If it does not sink, it means it is not good enough."
"Yes, give it a try."
So the servant brought a basin.
I took out a section of the tree trunk with great effort and threw it into the basin. The trunk sank directly to the bottom of the basin.
Seeing this, Blair said proudly, "Look, everyone, I never tell lies, Fast-Growing Iron Thorns is as good as Rockwood!"
Marcus, who has always been taciturn, also said, "The texture is strong and the trunk is straight. It is suitable for making the shaft of a knight's gun and can also be used to make arrow shafts. It should be more suitable than white birch."
The shafts of ordinary knight's guns and arrow shafts are all made of white birch.
Birch City on Coral Island specializes in planting birch trees to produce birch wood needed for making weapons. Tulip Family also has a birch tree Little Elf.
"If it is really better than white birch, we can supply Tulip Castle. I believe the Earl will like better gun shafts and arrow shafts."
"Especially its ability to grow quickly. This advantage is incredible. A Rockwood has grown for two hundred years and is only as thick as the palm of your hand. It is just a seedling that has just grown and is already as thick as a wrist."
"I seemed to see a bush of gold coins."
"Haha, it's the tree that bears gold coins."
"Unexpectedly, the most useless Bramble turned into the most useful wood."
The laughter and laughter at the banquet were all expressing their anticipation for Fast-Growing Iron Thorns's tomorrow.
Liszt and others have finished the discussion.
He raised his glass and said with high spirits, "It is not yet certain that it is a money tree. You can continue to pay attention and study it to fully dig out its value. If it is really a money tree, it must be planted on a large scale. It is best to plant Fast-Growing Iron Thorns in places where Thorn Ridge cannot be reclaimed."
Everyone raised their glasses together and loudly echoed, "As you wish, my lord."
After the dinner.
Liszt, who was slightly tipsy, took a walk in the castle manor, played with Dousen for a while, and then planned to go back to the study to read. He recently planned to learn a foreign language - the language of Wind Speech, Eagle Kingdom.
Flower Town currently only has Old Grandet who travels all over the country, and knows Snake Script and Wind Speech at the same time, so he temporarily refers to Flower Caravan was handed over to Harpagon for management. He returned to Flower Town as a translator, coordinating officials to manage the 476 new serfs, and also taking care of Wind Speech's teaching.
Mastering a foreign language is of some use.
However, Old Grandet was busy with tasks and did not have time to teach alone, so he contributed a notebook of his early studies of Wind Speech to Liszt.
This notebook records the more common Wind Speech and how to pronounce Snake Script.
Studying is boring, and he thought it was interesting at first, but after watching it for two days, he had no patience. When passing by the insect room, he simply went in to tease his own Elf Bug.
Nine Elf Bug, all packed in a big box.
It was like raising silkworms, except that these "silkworms" were colorful and colorful. He stretched out his hand and touched one by one. Elf Bug had a very smooth appearance and felt very good to the touch. Some were lazy and motionless, and some were energetic and wandering around, including Thorn Bug.
The off-white Thorn Bug is far from beautiful. It is the most inconspicuous one among the Elf Bug.
But looking at it now, he always felt that this Thorn Bug stood out a bit.
"This is..." The stimulation of alcohol made his brain reaction a little slower. He paused and then suddenly said, "Fat, Thorn Bug has become fatter! It is obviously one size larger than other Elf Bug! This is a signal of evolution!"
Tulip Castle raised more than one hundred Elf Bug.
He played with Elf Bug a lot when he was a child, and even witnessed two Elf Bug break through into Little Elf. The biggest change of Elf Bug before the breakthrough was "fatness". This phenomenon is usually called the fat pupa stage. Little Elf is different from butterflies in that it does not pupate, it just becomes fatter.
In the process of becoming fat, Elf Bug 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, Little Elf will break through its skin, emerge from the pupa, and flap its wings to fly.
"The fat pupa stage is here!"
Liszt has completely woken up from his drunkenness, and nervousness spreads throughout his body, mixed with uneasy surprises. The fat pupa stage is certainly a signal of evolution, but it is also a signal of death. Elf Bug will not last long in this period, one or two months at most. If it fails, it will die, and there is no third way.
"I only have a month or two. In this little time, I'm afraid I won't even be able to complete the Thorn Bug series of tasks. I must help it!"
The fat Thorn Bug is sliding around in the box without stopping for a moment.
From time to time, it raises its head and looks at Liszt with eyes like black sesame seeds, expressing its close emotion. But at the same time, Liszt can feel that there are waves of restlessness in its emotions - perhaps this is its desire and impulse to evolve. After calculation, it has affected four mutant Bramble.
There is no detailed information to explain Elf Bug's impact on plants, but Liszt is convinced that it is definitely related to Elf Bug's emotions.
During this period of time, Bramble was very violent and mutated continuously.
"How can I help it?"
"Provide it with nutrients and fertilize Bug Grass every day?"
"Expand the area of the Bramble bush?"
"I feel that these are common methods that help evolution. They are effective but not decisive... the probability of evolution is more related to luck." Sufficient nutrition can, to a large extent, give birth to Elf Bug. However, with sufficient nutrition, there is no guarantee that Elf Bug will be able to break through.
After much deliberation, I'm afraid the only one who can really help Thorn Bug is Smoke Mission.
"The Thorn Bug series of tasks must be completed as soon as possible. First, the current 'Bottleneck of Fighting Qi' task must be completed. Starting tomorrow, I will personally supervise the construction of the workshop!"
The decision has been made.
Liszt let go of his nervousness and looked at his Elf Bug with a smile, especially Thorn Bug.
The fateful moment has arrived. "Little guy, keep working hard."
As if sensing Liszt's encouragement to it, Thorn Bug stood up half-body, looking at Liszt with sesame eyes, in high spirits.
It is full of confidence!