Chapter 499 [0494] Fosbiero's Red
As the initial mining team went to the exploration points one by one, Fuquelin and her professional team collected quite a lot of detailed data on the growth status of Fosbyro's specialty plants in spring.
And through these data, it is not difficult to see that there is a reason why the Fosbyro people cannot keep these northern plants alive.
For example, the growth conditions of the Cassidoros flower are relatively normal. Fosbyro can meet both the humidity and climate requirements, but the problem is that its germination and wintering conditions are too harsh.
As a three-year-old herb, the Cassidoros flower has to go through two winters, and if it wants to successfully winter, there must be strong winds, and it must be wind mixed with ice elements-that is, the breath of Anivia.
Without the blowing of the breath of Anivia, the Cassidoros flower cannot create a layer of ice element protection under the epidermis of the stem to maintain the shape of the stem and press it down to crawl on the ground.
Without this protective layer, the Cassidoros flower would stubbornly raise its head in winter, and then snap, without exception.
Other northern plants also have their own various characteristics. Some of them have extremely high requirements for temperature and humidity, some require special element environments, and some are even only adapted to the soil of the Dragon Ridge Mountains...
Out of the environment of the Dragon Ridge Mountains, these conditions are almost unsatisfactory, so the Fosbyro people tried for a long time and failed to successfully grow these plants. In addition, there are few people in Fosbyro, and there are few mountain products sold due to poor trade. In the end, they simply chose to collect herbs and pick them in the Dragon Ridge Mountains.
Now, as the Fukulin team has completed the field experiment, they will return to Fosbyro with the seeds picked during this trip, and simulate cultivation again in an artificial environment. If the experiment goes well, Fukulin will call other teams to discuss how to create large-scale conditions for artificial cultivation.
Field experiment-condition screening-experimental cultivation-environmental transformation-small-scale planting-promotional planting, this is the plan that Karya taught Fukuilin for the rapid artificial cultivation of special species.
If Fukuilin, a little girl who can accelerate the growth cycle of plants, was not there, the whole process would take at least seven growth cycles. The field experiment would take an unknown amount of time - relying solely on controlling variables to observe the production conditions of plants, the workload is simply daunting.
But with Fukuilin, she can greatly reduce the time for field experiments and experimental cultivation. Only small-scale planting and promotional planting require the normal time of plant growth cycles!
After the field experiment was completed and returned to Fosbyro, Fukuilin and the team members held a very serious meeting. During the meeting, Lux brought Karya and Grandma Nadine, the president of the Herbalist Guild, also attended the meeting.
There was only one topic for this meeting, which was to choose which northern specialty plant to be used as the choice for Fosbyro's experimental planting.
Because there is only one Fuquelin, and there are only a few people who can cooperate with her accurately, it is completely impossible to carry out artificial cultivation experiments on multiple plants at the same time.
Only one of them can be selected for cultivation.
As for which specific one to cultivate, this question not only involves the difficulty of the experiment, but also needs to consider economic issues at the same time-if this plant flows into the market in large quantities, will the market be able to eat it?
How to cultivate plants that require a special growth environment under artificial conditions is an academic issue; but which plant to choose for cultivation is an economic issue.
In addition, considering that the people of Fosbairo must believe that plants can be cultivated according to the experimental results, the subsequent experimental planting may need to attract people to visit, which is also a problem that needs to be considered.
Among the northern plants that Fuquelin has studied, the Cassidoros flower has the clearest growth conditions, but after a simple discussion, it is the first to be eliminated.
There is no way. Even if Fuquelin helps complete the preliminary experiments for three-year-old plants, the plants will grow naturally in an artificial environment from the beginning of the small-scale planting of artificial conditions.
The subsequent promotion and planting will also take a lot of time, and planting this plant will take a lot of energy. The people of Fosbyro now do not have enough time and savings to stop working for three years to plant flowers - and even if they do, Lux's appeal is not enough for them to put aside all their concerns and try.
So, even if the growth conditions of the Cassidoros flower are very clear, even if its sales and price are very attractive, even if its field experiment results are the best, it cannot be chosen.
Among the remaining plants, after three hours of intense discussion, everyone finally chose the fragrant red sedge as the first plant to be cultivated artificially.
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Fragrant red sedge is a specialty plant in the southern foothills of the Dragon Ridge Mountains in the northern region. Its usable part is its red leaves.
Whenever spring comes and flowers bloom, the plants on the southern foothills of the Dragon Ridge Mountains will seize the precious time to bloom and compete for beauty.
The flowers of the fragrant red sedge are not gorgeous, but at this time, its leaves will turn bright red, and it will emit a wonderful fragrance and secrete oil.
Because the wintering temperature in the northern region is very low, the local northern cold bees need more beeswax to build nests than bees from other places, so they like the oil of sweet red osmanthus very much.
After collecting honey, these northern cold bees rub their bodies on the leaves of fragrant red sage, bring back this fragrant oil, and mix it with beeswax to build nests. In the process, they hide among the leaves. The small flowers will complete the pollination by the way.
Herb collectors in Forsbarrow also pick a lot of fragrant red sage leaves to take home in spring. The leaves of this plant can be pressed for oil and are the main component of the "Northern Essential Oil" that is popular in the capital.
Although some corrupt nobles in the capital use it in strange places, in fact, the oil of fragrant red sage is a very good cooking oil. It is not only very fragrant, but also quite durable in storage. It can also be used as antifreeze oil in winter. The body has extremely high economic value.
However, because there are also plants with higher economic value such as Cassis rosea in spring, Forsbarrow herb collectors generally do not pick too many fragrant red leaves - under the same volume, The price of fragrant red sage leaves is less than one-twentieth of that of Cassidor rose flowers.
For herb collectors, fragrant red sage is a very useless plant. When there is nothing to pick, people usually pick some fragrant red sage leaves and go home, squeeze the oil themselves, and then sell the oil residue to hunters to dye their fur.
However, from the perspective of artificial plant cultivation, fragrant red sage leaves are the best choice for Fosbairo!
Although fragrant red sage leaves are also perennial plants, their leaves can be picked in the spring of the first year. According to herbal collectors, as long as more than two-thirds of the leaves are not picked, subsequent fragrant red sage leaves can be harvested. It will continue to grow.
In addition, due to its easy pollination, fragrant red sage often grows in a large area and is densely stacked on top of each other. The yield per unit area is amazing!
Moreover, although the results of field experiments on Fragrant Rose are not as clear as Cassidorus flowers, they are still one of the more obvious ones. The main reason why the Forsbyro people were unable to grow Fragrant Rose in the past was because of its impact on the land. Fertilizer rate has very high requirements. In addition, with different growth cycles, this plant also has extreme temperature requirements. It needs to be very cold in winter and very hot in summer.
(Regarding this, Fouquelin, who conducted the experiment, was actually a little strange, because the area where the fragrant red sultana is located, even in summer, the temperature does not meet the requirements for the summer cycle growth of the fragrant red suspense, but it grows in the mountains. )
For Fosbairo, controlling soil fertility and temperature is the easiest thing to do.
Taken together, Fragrant Red Suzhou has the advantages of high planting density per unit area, high product output rate, easy to achieve growth conditions, and complete subsequent processing industries (oil extraction, printing and dyeing). It is the best artificially cultivated economic crop!
After completing the field experiment process, Fouquelin will lead her team to start further experiments on the artificial cultivation of fragrant red sage in the experimental area in Forsbarrow City.
Since it is early spring now, the fragrant red vines have not even bloomed, let alone planted seeds. Therefore, in order to conduct the experiment, Nadineson will have to make another hard trip to the Longji Mountains to dig out a few fragrant red vines and bring them back intact.
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After the meeting, Fouquelin happily went to arrange her laboratory.
Lux took the initiative to invite Granny Nadine to have tea with her.
Although she is a paragon of nobility, and although she is drinking the Ionian treasure that Ogesha specially brought to Lux, Lux's tea-drinking style is no different from Granny Nadine's - both of them brew a large cup in one go. Then wait for the tea to cool down a little before pouring it.
"It's really good tea." After drinking half a cup of tea, Grandma Nadine smiled and narrowed her eyes, "Drinking a cup of tea in early spring will make the spring cold disappear, and my old bones and joints won't hurt anymore. "
"If you like it, I still have quite a few." Lux also smiled, "I can't tell if it's good or bad, just have some flavor in the water."
Grandma Nadine blinked her eyes when she heard this, her expression a little subtle.
In fact, Granny Nadine had heard many stories about Lux's "paragon of nobility" from her friend Grandma Ling. However, with gradual contact, she found more and more that this Earl seemed to be similar to the paragon of nobility. It had nothing to do with it. Whenever she thought of the title "Paragon of Nobles", she would subconsciously think that it was Lux who pretended to be one.
But the strange thing is that Lux is obviously a very direct and honest person - from the perspective of Granny Nadine's age, this kind of sincerity cannot be deceived.
In this case, she could only regard the stories of her friends as rumors spread by the nobles of the capital.
"Does Granny Nadine have any other ideas about the cultivation of fragrant red sage?" After talking about the tea question, Lux finally brought the topic back to the topic, "In the previous meeting, you never spoke, just nodded. ——Is there anything you can’t say?”
"No." Grandma Nadine's answer was very simple, "Not at all. You have already thought of everything I can think of."
"..."
"This is not an unintentional compliment." Looking at Lux who suddenly didn't know what to say, Granny Nadine put down her tea cup, "This is the truth."
Lux nodded, indicating that she understood.
"In the eyes of outsiders, we herb collectors can pick plants like Cassidorus that are worth gold when dried, but they don't know that the flowering period of Cassidorus is less than ten days." Speaking of the life of a herb picker, Granny Nadine sighed helplessly, “And they all grow in the steepest and most dangerous places. Every year, there are many good guys and girls who come here to pick more herbs. Cassie Dorothy fell to her death."
Lux continued to nod silently.
"My father slipped and fell into a deep valley while collecting medicine." She raised her head slightly and sat upright with her tall body, making it difficult to see her facial expression. "People traveling with me said that he was just for a Cassiopeia flower."
"..."
"So after I heard that farmers in other places can farm, I was wondering if I could grow some plants like them, even if it requires more work to take care of." Grandma Nadine rubbed the edge of the teacup with her dry fingers. , continued, "The one I chose at that time was fragrant red solanum."
Lux was a little surprised.
"But I'm not a mage, and I can't control the temperature." Granny Nadine's expression gradually became bitter. "I opened up a place at the top of the city and used the most fertile soil I could find to build a flower bed. A lot of fragrant red sage is planted inside.”
"In the first spring, the fragrant red sage sprouted. A layer of thin seedlings with light red leaves were particularly beautiful in that flower bed." While recalling the past, Grandma Nadine continued to tell, "At that time, many people were like me. They would look at those fragrant red berries every day when they had nothing to do, watching them grow little by little and attract bees - my neighbor was even stung by wasps in the flower bed."
"Then what?"
"Then in the summer, they all died." Grandma Nadine shook her head, as if feeling pity, "One by one they withered. I was so anxious that I lost my hair, but not even one of them survived until autumn."
Lux pursed her lips.
"Later I refused to give up and dug up a batch of adult plants from that year in autumn and planted them in the flower bed." Grandma Nadine continued in a stubborn tone, "I take care of them more carefully than I take care of Nadineson."
Lux said nothing because she already knew the ending.
"Then, one winter, they all died." After saying this, Granny Nadine finally lowered her head and looked directly at Lax with a pair of cloudy eyes, "I know why you are looking for me, I know."
Lux was a little surprised.
"I'm not that old hunter who can't see the situation clearly. I just hope that the herb collectors can live a better life." Grandma Nadine's expression was very complicated, with a mixture of unwillingness and relief, loss and expectation. "Herb collectors don't know how to live a better life." We are sad because we can’t pick them. If we could, we would actually prefer to plant them safely instead of going to the mountains and risking our lives to get those precious flowers and plants.”
"If planting can help herb collectors get better results, then Fosbairo can have no herb collectors!" Grandma Nadine stretched out her arm and put her rough and withered hand on Lux's hand, "I I don’t know magic, so I can’t grow fragrant red sage, but you know, so you must grow it and find a way for everyone to grow it!”
"The old woman's words still have some weight among the herb collectors." Grandma Nadine pursed her lips and promised in as strong and airtight voice as possible, "As long as there is a way to plant fragrant red sage, No matter what magic is used, no little brat among the herb collectors dares to say anything wrong!"
Lux did not speak after all. She looked directly into the eyes of the old man opposite and nodded solemnly.
"must."
Kalya’s Little Classroom·Red:
[Red and Blue] in this volume refers to Forsbarrow’s Red and Blue.
The red color is fragrant red perilla, the leaves can be pressed for oil, and the oil residue can be used as dye.
And Lan... everyone should have guessed it.
PS.113k/200k, there will be another chapter in the middle of the night.