According to Knight Wally's description, this is a kind of flower with a light white color and delicate and soft petals, but it does not have a noticeable fragrance.
This seemingly ordinary flower has a relatively thick stem, and underneath the stem grows rough, ugly, and irregular roots.
When Luo Ning heard this, his attention was immediately drawn to it.
"Is this kind of flower only found in the White Flower Society's territory?" he asked.
Wally shook his head. "That's not the case. In the past, there were some at the port, but there was a period of time when the island was short of food. Some prisoners were so hungry that they dug up its roots and ate them. Soon they became dizzy, vomited, and eventually died. So we cleaned up this poisonous thing."
He paused, and then continued, "But maybe you can still find it in the woods outside the port. But it's October now, and the white flowers are basically withering and dying. It doesn't look very pretty."
Wally subconsciously thought that Ronin was interested in flowers. After all, many nobles liked to grow flowers, even though he was a man.
Roning nodded and stopped talking about the issue of Baihua. Instead, he discussed with everyone what they needed to pay attention to in tomorrow's battle.
First of all, they need to enter the territory of the Baihua Society, and they need to consider whether the other party will set traps in advance, occupy the terrain, ambush and attack them, causing heavy casualties on them.
Secondly, this operation must completely resolve future troubles and not let the core members of the White Flower Society escape.
Therefore, when necessary, we need to rely on Knight Missy's griffin to hunt.
After some discussion, it was almost noon.
Everyone had lunch together under the hospitality of Knight Vali.
In the afternoon, Roning took Tom and David out of the port and walked into the woods outside.
According to Knight Wally's description, the three began to look for the little white flower.
Perhaps because the port residents cleaned up the poison more thoroughly, they walked a long distance without finding it, until David found a few small white flowers that were about to wither beside a pond in the forest.
"My Lord, is this it?"
Ronin walked over. He had never seen flowers of this style before and couldn't tell whether what Wally described was what he remembered.
"Dig out the root mass underneath it so I can have a look."
Tom and David started digging quickly, and soon the ugly, irregular roots underneath were removed.
"What is this?"
David looked at it curiously.
The surface of the root tuber is full of pits and it really doesn't look beautiful at all.
"Sure enough, it looks like it's poisonous."
Tom also expressed his own opinion, "Are you going to take this back to make poison for the Great Physician Elrond?"
"This is not poison!"
Roning took the root from Tom and the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't let it go.
"Although it looks ugly, it can be said to be a gift from Mother Earth. It is an ingredient that brings vitality!"
Now it was Tom and David's turn to be confused.
"My lord, Knight Vali said that eating it would cause vomiting, dizziness, and eventually death, but you said it is an ingredient that can bring vitality?"
“Yeah, is this edible?”
Luo Ning smiled mysteriously and said with certainty: "You can eat it, of course you can eat it!"
What he held in his hand was none other than potatoes, which people commonly call potatoes.
This thing is not only delicious, but also rich in starch, vitamins and minerals, which is an important source of energy for the human body. In the cold winter, a bowl of fragrant shredded potatoes can always bring endless warmth and satisfaction to people.
The most important thing is that potatoes have a short growth cycle and high yield, making them a major food crop.
Historically, widespread potato cultivation is said to have contributed at least a quarter of population growth.
Wubei Territory now has wheat and rice. If potatoes can be planted quickly and the food problem can be completely solved, Luo Ning believes that Wubei Territory's population will enter a stage of sustained growth.
If someone dies after eating potatoes, not only will others not try them again, they will even spread the word that potatoes are poisonous. Over time, they will become a highly toxic substance.
He took out a dagger from his space ring, peeled the potato in no time, and then cut it into slices.
After washing it clean with the water in the nearby puddle, Roning summoned a small flame above his palm and demonstrated how to roast potatoes on the spot.
"If we use normally mature potatoes and bake them at high temperature, there is no need to worry about poisoning."
As he was talking, the potatoes in his hands were quickly cooked. Although they were burnt in some places due to uneven heating, a unique fragrance still wafted out.
Luo Ning took out a piece and ate it. Although there was no seasoning, he still tasted a familiar feeling, as if he had returned to Earth.
Tom and David were a little worried and didn't dare to try it, but after seeing Roning eat it, they also bravely ate a piece.
The two people's eyes suddenly lit up.
“It smells great!”
“It feels like never before!”
They also began to admire Roning more and more, "Sir, you know so much."
“I just see it a lot.”
Luo Ning shared the remaining potato chips between the two of them.
He thought of the White Flower Society. They were not worried about falling out with Wally and running out of food. Had they found the correct way to eat potatoes?
"You guys should go back first, and don't mention things like how to eat potatoes to outsiders for now."
Luo Ning said, "If outsiders ask, just say I was just relaxing in the forest alone."
As he spoke, he called out in his heart, and soon, Carlos descended into the woods, but under the distorted light, his figure could not be seen clearly.
"Master, are you in any trouble?" the dragon asked with some concern.
During this time, Carlos followed Ronin. When he was hungry, he would go to the sea to hunt for food, and when he was tired, he would find an island or reef to rest.
To it, life is still as carefree and free as before, but compared to living on the sea, Carlos prefers living in the Ubei Territory, where food is abundant.
"No trouble."
Roning jumped onto the dragon's back with a smile. After such a long time, Carlos's level progress reached 30/12500.
Although it has increased a little, considering such a large base, it is almost equivalent to no increase.
"Come on, take me to the island for a stroll. Be careful to stay hidden."
"Okay~"
Carlos flapped his wings and flew up, and in the blink of an eye he was high in the sky. The overall outline of Rapids Island appeared in Ronin's vision.
The island is not small, with undulating terrain like hills, and most of its area is covered with green trees. Although humans have lived on this island for a long time, the scope of development is still very small.
"Let's go over there first."
Roning pointed to an area with more houses. According to his guess, that should be the territory of the White Flower Society that Wally mentioned.
Carlos was very fast. In just two or three minutes, he arrived above the White Flower Society’s territory.
Luo Ning saw that a large area of land had been reclaimed here, and many people were busy working in the fields.
He asked Carlos to descend a little bit so that he could easily see what the farmers were doing - digging potatoes.
Apparently, the White Flower Society members know how to eat potatoes.
"Huh?"
Luo Ning looked towards the east in surprise, and he actually saw the second pier on Rapids Island. (End of this chapter)