“Master, according to your instructions, ten ponds were dug on both sides of the Youguang River this year to culture pearl mussels.
Jimmy the Clam Pork Ribs is very concerned about raising river clams and is very confident.
Although he is still a serf now, he has been rated as a serf technician, and his salary has been greatly improved. And because the clam pond is close to the cigar compound, Russell can often be seen. This honor is better than that of most serfs in the manor.
This made it easy for him to find his wife. Now he has a family and a business, and his wife is pregnant.
“Under the leadership of Sir Charles, as soon as the warm season arrived, I recruited a group of capable boys to go down to the river to touch the mussels. Then I also recruited several ingenious female workers to work with me to plant pearl nuclei for the mussels.”
After a year of exploration last year, plus some guidance from Russell, Jimmy Pai Ribs has summarized a set of pearl farming methods.
“I checked the pond yesterday and today, and found that the death rate of these river mussels has dropped to only half!” Jimmy Pork Ribs said proudly, and then scratched the back of his head, “Those girls are so gentle, river mussels I can bear it!”
“The matter of planting pearl nuclei will be left to female workers from now on.”
“Yes, sir.”
After asking about the clam pond, Russell basically had an idea. It could be said that relying on the scientific knowledge of his hometown on Earth, he had successfully cracked some of the mysteries of magic.
The power of the earth is contained underground. In the warm place radiated by the dragon, the power of the earth is obviously more abundant.
That’s why magical creations are born.
But this does not mean that humans cannot interfere with the birth of magical creations – the Shadow Flame Dragon can crush dragon eggs with bare hands. Humans rely on continuous domestication of elves to reproduce from generation to generation, which in itself is an act of human interference.
As long as we find the right method, humans can rely on scientific methods to cultivate more magical creatures.
“Science is not exclusive to the earth. It is a methodology in itself. As long as you know how to sum up experience, Longmian Continent can also develop science!” Russell was quite proud of his success in cultivating pearls.
As a time traveler, most of his current achievements were achieved through the golden finger of Xiao Menglong.
After leaving Goldfinger, he was still an ordinary office worker back home on Earth.
However, reading glasses, cigars, retting technology, and now pearl cultivation technology have undoubtedly allowed him to find another kind of confidence – with a vision of the earth, even without a golden finger, he can outperform most of the natives of Longmian Continent.
“Even without Little Menglong, I can still prosper in Longmian Continent with my earth vision.”
Maybe it is not developing as well as it is now.
But if you give him enough time, he can still build a foundation, and it will not be difficult to achieve a hereditary and unreplaceable title of baron in the future. At least for now, there is absolutely no problem in taking the path of a polymath.
Thinking of this, Russell felt a little bit more uncontrollably proud.
What he was thinking in his heart could not be explained to outsiders. He quickly restrained his pride and said calmly: “The river mussels and pearls that were raised last year are almost ready for collection. Jimmy Spare Ribs, go catch some old river mussels.” Come here.”
The clams in the Youguang River basically only live two or three years.
So the river mussels that were farmed last year are already old river mussels this year.
“As you wish, sir.” Jimmy Pork Ribs ran to the pond, plunged into the water, and came back with a few old river clams a moment later, “Sir, this is the biggest one I found in the pond. A few old river clams.”
Although it was an old river mussel, it was incomparable to the wild pearl river mussel that Russell caught for the first time.
Too small in size.
That wild pearl river mussel had lived for who knows how many years and was the size of a basketball, but these old river mussels that Jimmy Pork Ribs caught were only as big as a palm when they were stretched to death.
“I really regret that I violently pried open that wild river clam. I was really killing a goose to retrieve the eggs and wasting natural resources.”
Russell looked at the palm-sized old river clam in front of him and regretted it again.
As a result, the big river clam died.
As soon as he thought about it, he didn’t think much about the pearl that the old river clam in front of him could breed. He waved his hand and said calmly: “Pry it open and take out the pearl.”
In fact.
It can be said that he already knows how big the pearls are in the old river clam. When he lived in the Cigar Courtyard, he would ride the little dream dragon over every night to take a look. After more than half a month, it is impossible for the pearl to suddenly increase in size.
Soon Jimmy Pork Ribs pried open the clam shell and took out the pearls bred by the old river clam.
“Hey!” Although he had given up hope, Russell was still surprised, “These pearls are actually golden!”
Pearls are small.
The largest one is only one-third the size of a glass marble, more like a pearl the size of a soybean grain.
The largest pearl from the old wild river mussel was the size of an egg, and the smallest one was as big as a glass marble. It completely exploded the pearls produced by this batch of old river mussels. However, the large pearls produced by river mussels are all milky white.
These small pearls produced by Laohe Mussel have a light golden luster.
Charles and others also came out and followed Russell, curiously looking at these small golden pearls.
“Sir, there is really magic flowing!” Charles exclaimed, then hugged his head and exclaimed, “This is really… really the dragon’s gaze. Only adults who are watched by the dragon can raise such a treasure!”
After being identified by Charles, everyone was convinced of this – Russell’s ability to cultivate pearls was entirely a gift brought by the dragon’s gaze.
Such rhetoric somewhat denies Russell’s role.
However, Russell can also understand that in this Longmian Continent where the power is concentrated in the dragon, people take it for granted that all magical creations originate from the dragon – the fact is similar, the pearl also condenses the power of the dragon’s radiation.
Officials are still using the dragon as a gimmick to flatter Russell.
But Charles had shrewdly seen that Russell was not happy about this kind of flattery under the banner of a dragon.
As soon as he rolled his eyes, he understood why.
He immediately exclaimed in admiration: “The gaze of the giant dragon has given the earth infinite magic power, but only a wise and knowledgeable adult can understand the trajectory of magic power, create a miracle, and condense it into magic pearls!”
After a pause, Charles said loudly: “You should immediately invite your Excellency to join the Round Table of Great Scholars. At that time, Your Excellency will surely lead the Round Table of Great Scholars to create more extraordinary miracles!”
“It’s over, it’s over, Charles.” Russell waved his hand, but the smile on his face betrayed his satisfaction at the moment.
The ranger Howles, who is responsible for recruiting free people, has seen his status rise as he recruits more and more free people. However, due to his limited strength, it is difficult for an ordinary ranger to advance to the upper echelons of the manor.
But he is not content with this and wants to continue to make progress.
Therefore, when he saw the opportunity to flatter Russell, he immediately scratched his head. He was limited by his low education and was not as flexible as Charles.
Hearing Russell’s low-key saying “I’ve passed, I’ve passed”, he immediately had an idea: “I’ve passed, I’ve passed. Your Excellency said that he has surpassed the Round Table of Learned Scholars. The Round Table of Learned Scholars is not worthy of your wisdom at all.” !”
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Russell tilted his head towards Howles and said calmly: “Howles, do you think you are very humorous?”
(End of chapter)