Chapter 288 Golden Pumpkin Seeds
Following Lina's lead, Gervis and Alice soon arrived at the vestibule.
There are three elf insect courtyards in Rose Castle. When Gervis and Alice followed Lina into one of the courtyards, Gervis immediately saw the background of the great nobles.
I saw that there were more than 30 space gates fluctuating in this small courtyard. By this calculation, the Jones family had at least hundreds of elf insect spaces, and there were probably quite a few elves among them.
As for the Great Elf, Gervis had heard from his cheap father a long time ago that the space for growing magic roses seemed to be the space opened up by the Great Elf. The space opened up by the Great Elf was extremely vast, with hundreds of acres of land. Only in this way could the Jones family have enough magic roses to make rose powder for sale.
Soon Gervis was taken into a space gate.
As soon as he stepped into the space gate, Gervis saw a very open field, which he had never seen before. Gervis had only obtained his only two elves a few days ago, and they would not be opened until he returned to Storm Territory.
Because the elves in this space have just successfully transformed, although the land inside is vast, there is only about one acre of wheat, and the other nine acres are wasteland that has not been cultivated. The wasteland is covered with green grass, and there is a clear stream more than two meters wide running through it. Such a scene can be turned into excellent fields immediately with a little cultivation.
"Sir, you see these wheats are the magic wheats that have just mutated."
Lina walked to the wheat field and pointed at the wheat ears for Alice to see.
Gervis looked over in the direction of the sound and saw that the roots of the wheat were very strong, and even the ears of wheat were heavy, with the grains almost as big as melon seeds.
In addition to having larger roots and ears, the color of this magic wheat is also very different from ordinary wheat. Although the original wheat grains are yellow in color, it is not strong. However, the color of this magic wheat is close to gold, and it has a faint luster on it, which can truly be called a golden ear of wheat.
If he didn't know that this magic wheat was a real plant with roots still growing in the mud, Gervis might have mistaken it for a golden pumpkin seed.
Actually, this was the first time that Gervis had seen a mutated magic potion plant. Although he had heard about the incredible things about magic potion plants before, it was only after seeing them with his own eyes that he could truly feel how strange they were.
After a careful inspection, Gervis randomly picked a wheat plant and pulled a grain from the ear.
Alice and Lina saw clearly what Gervis did, but neither of them said anything to stop him.
"Lina, this wheat should be ripe soon, right?"
Start with the wheat grains. Although they look like golden melon seeds, you can tell the difference from their weight, which is much lighter than gold.
"Yes, Lord Gervis, the wheat can be harvested in a few days. I didn't expect the elf bug to suddenly transform today and cause the wheat to mutate. In a few days, we can collect these wheat ears and use them as seeds for the next sowing."
Lina nodded, obviously having understood the situation in this space clearly before reporting.
"Haha, Alice, congratulations!"
He nodded to Lina, then Gervis congratulated Alice with a smile.
After the magic potion plants mutate, as long as their seeds are collected and sown, the scale of the magic potion plants can be continuously expanded. This is equivalent to having an extra hen that lays golden eggs. Moreover, the magic potion wheat is the staple food and can also increase cultivation, so there is no need to worry about selling it anywhere.
After saying this, Gervis peeled off the thin skin of the wheat grains in his hand, then put the wheat grains into his mouth and chewed them.
"Oh, Alice, it seems I have to congratulate you once more. This magic wheat has a very high spiritual energy content!"
When the wheat grains entered his mouth, Gervis could smell the strong aroma of the grains, just like eating peanuts in his previous life. The mutated wheat not only contained spiritual energy, but also had a greatly improved taste. However, because there was still water in this wheat, the taste was not as good as peanuts.
Of course, Gervis didn't eat the wheat grains raw to try their taste, but to feel the amount of spiritual energy contained in this magic wheat. When Gervis tasted it carefully, he immediately felt a trace of spiritual energy flowing in his mouth.
Although it was very weak and almost undetectable, Gervis could feel it after eating only one grain of wheat. What if he ate a handful? At least it would be equivalent to two tenths of the effect of the monster meat.
"Really? Gervase?"
Alice and Lina's eyes also lit up. Lina was in a hurry to report to Alice, so she just checked the appearance of the wheat ears and confirmed the mutation. She didn't take the wheat grains into her mouth to taste them like Gervis did.
Now that Gervis said this, both of them were a little tempted and actually followed suit. Under Gervis's gaze, they plucked a few ears of wheat and put them in their mouths to taste.
"I didn't lie to you!"
Gervis couldn't help laughing when he saw the two of them, especially his cheap wife, who usually acted like a cold goddess, as if she didn't care about anything in the world, but now she was actually learning to eat the half-cooked wheat by herself.
So Gervis asked the two of them with a strange smile.
"Um."
Alice also realized that her actions just now were a little inappropriate. She just hummed lightly and ignored Gervis. Instead, she straightened her expression and said to Lina: "Lina, these magic wheat seeds must be stored well and planted next season."
"Yes, sir!"
"We also need to improve security. After all the wheat is harvested, we will move this space to the Rose Courtyard to prevent the seeds from being stolen!"
There is never a shortage of nobles in this world who will do anything for profit. As long as the news of a good thing like magic wheat spreads, there will definitely be many people who want to do something bad.
As long as they could steal the seeds of the magic wheat and plant them successfully, they could slowly expand the scale, so Alice had to take it seriously.
After seeing the magic plants in the space, Gervis and Alice returned to the study. Gervis continued to read the book while Alice continued to check the letters.
The two occasionally exchanged a few words, and then fell into silence. Although they were still husband and wife in name only, they had already managed to respect each other and were no longer the strangers they used to be.
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The next morning, there was a bustling crowd at the foot of Rose Castle Mountain Road. Hundreds of people gathered, including men and women, as well as many old people and children. Most of these people were ragged and skinny.
"Master Gervis, you are here!"
Gervis was riding a unicorn, wearing leather armor with a long sword, and the big red cloak behind him fluttering in the wind, making him look extraordinary and heroic. When the slave trader Piri saw Gervis's outfit and the tall unicorn, he almost bowed his head to the ground when he stepped forward to salute him.
After stopping the unicorn, Gervis did not immediately pay attention to the slave trader Piri, but glanced at the dirty slaves in the distance. There were about seven or eight hundred slaves, of which more than five hundred were young and middle-aged, and the rest were elderly people, women and children. The number of elderly people was the least, about forty or fifty, and half of them were women and children.
This ratio makes Gervis quite satisfied. Although Gervis's requirement is to support a family, he does not want to keep any extra idle people.
Thanks to "Rotsen" for the reward!!!
(End of this chapter)
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