Chapter 190 Flame Spider

Richard plans to reclaim 60,000 mu of farmland this year.

The main areas of development are concentrated in the Harland Valley.

More than 6,000 contract slaves have been settled in the Harland Valley, and each person reclaims 10 mu of farmland on average.

If it were on Earth in the previous life, it would be very difficult to complete the reclamation task.

Even in the river valley area, you have to pick up stones and dig tree roots before reclaiming farmland, and you have to dig stones deep in the farmland when you plow the land.

In addition, the wasteland is relatively hard, and the oxen can't bear it after a long time of plowing.

However, there are extraordinary powers in the Dawn Plane. When Richard reclaims wasteland, he will use a large number of monsters.

The power of the iron-horned horse is several times that of the oxen, and each iron-horned horse is almost equivalent to a small tractor.

Richard sent 30 monster cavalry to participate in the spring plowing, which greatly accelerated the speed of reclamation.

In addition to reclamation, there is also the task of river dredging this year.

River dredging is very difficult. The farther upstream, the narrower the river, the shallower the water depth, and the more serious the siltation of the river.

Especially in the upper reaches of Fort William, the flow was cut off last year.

Four or five kilometers upstream from Fort William, the water flow of the Powell River becomes very shallow, about one meter.

Richard has personally measured the water depth and flow, and believes that the 30-kilometer section of the river upstream of the Powell River still has the conditions for water transportation.

If you want to use this river, you need to deepen the river channel and make it narrower.

This is an arduous task. Although Richard has mobilized more than a thousand serfs after the spring plowing, it will take several years to complete the dredging work.

After entering March, Richard suddenly received news that a spider that can spit fire was found on a hillside three kilometers away from the Harland Valley.

After hearing this news, Richard immediately knew that a flame spider nest was found in the territory.

Like the Purple Head Peak, the flame spider is also a magical insect, or a low-level insect-type monster.

The flame spider is also a social creature, different from the Purple Head Peak.

Ordinary flame spiders are considered first-level magical creatures. The spider queen in the nest is at level three, and her IQ is far higher than that of ordinary flame spiders, equivalent to small animals such as cats and dogs.

Insect-type magical creatures are generally of low level, and because of their size, they are difficult to threaten humans.

A third-level flame spider queen is only the size of a human head. If ordinary people prepare in advance, they can even hunt this creature.

Only when magical insects of large size evolve can they hunt humans and use the Horror Upright Ape as food.

Flame spiders have a more powerful toxin in their bodies, which is more toxic than most snake venom.

Ordinary people are bitten by flame spiders. Unless they use detoxification, it is difficult to save their lives.

The person who discovered the flame spider was an experienced indentured servant. His name was Red. He was originally a hunter with high vigilance. When he took the indentured servants to the mountains to cut wood, he discovered the flame spider.

Like the Purple Head Peak, the flame spider is also a valuable magical creature.

The spider silk spit out by the flame spider is the best fireproof material, and it also has a high resistance to fire magic, which is a precious material for making wizard robes.

Of the three magicians in Harland Territory, only Sofia has a magic robe.

A low-level magic robe costs more than one hundred gold coins. A magic robe woven with the silk of a flame spider can cast a constant cleaning spell, and the price is usually around three hundred gold coins.

After discovering the flame spider, Richard, Sofia, Wendy and the magic apprentices all went out to capture these magic insects.

In order to ensure the success rate, Richard also transferred personnel from the demon hunting team.

Since the successful hunting of the giant tiger, the demon hunters in the territory have entered the Eagle Mountains twice. The first time they went out for ten days and returned without success. The second time they successfully used one red blood grass and four sleep grasses to hunt seven iron-horned horses.

These seven iron-horned horses are worth seven hundred gold coins in total. Excluding the red blood grass and sleep grass, the profit of the demon hunting team is about four hundred gold coins.

The ten professionals who participated in the operation received a bonus of six gold coins, and the warrior apprentice also earned one gold coin.

Powell and Soros, the team leaders, each received fifty gold coins.

According to the agreement between Richard and the demon hunting team, the territory will give one-third of the profits to the demon hunting team for every successful demon hunting.

If the demon hunting team members died in the Eagle Mountains, the territory would also be obliged to take care of their families.

Everyone approached the lair of the flame spider.

The vision and smell of the flame spiders are very ordinary. They rely on the shaking of the hair on their legs and the sense of touch to perceive the surrounding environment.

But the spider queen is special and has evolved super vision. The vision of the eight small eyes on her head is slightly better than that of the eagle man.

As soon as Richard and others approached, the spider queen sensed the danger and prepared to escape immediately.

Sofia reacted quickly and immediately released a powerful fog spell, releasing a large area of ​​thick fog near the flame spider's lair.

Wendy also took out the ultrasonic whistle and released the ultrasonic detection spell.

Through ultrasonic detection, the spider queen was accurately found in the thick fog, and then a wood vine entanglement magic was used to control the spider queen.

The members of the demon hunting team immediately used a special iron cage to capture the spider queen entangled by the vines.

After catching the spider queen, the remaining dozen flame spiders were easy to capture.

The spider queen already has simple wisdom and can become a magician's magic pet.

Magicians can sign a pet contract with magic creatures. Generally speaking, if the mental power does not exceed 20 points, they can sign a contract with a magic creature.

If you exceed 20 points, you can contract a second magical creature.

To contract a third magical creature, you need 30 points of mental power.

The average eighth-level magician has a mental power of about 30 points, and a high-level magician can only contract three magical creatures at most.

Once you sign a contract with a magical creature, it cannot be changed for a lifetime.

Although the Flame Spider Queen has high economic value, its combat value is very average.

The three presidents of the Harland Magic Association are all promising magicians and are not willing to sign a contract with the Flame Spider Queen.

In the end, Annie found Sofia and said that she was willing to sign a contract with the Spider Queen after she became a magician.

Although there is no magic contract, it is still possible to domesticate it for a few years.

Sofia did not sign a magic contract with the Purple Head Queen Bee, but she can also domesticate the Purple Head Bee.

However, the Flame Spider is highly poisonous, so you have to be extra careful when raising it. When collecting spider silk, you also need to have a formal magician present before you can start.

A dozen Flame Spiders spin about six pounds of silk every year, which can barely weave two wizard robes.

If sold, this spell is quite good and can earn you about one thousand gold coins.