An hour later.

Ye Luo followed William through the path of planting maple saplings, and the result made him very satisfied.

And the more than 600 gardeners who had been working overnight were now gathering on the edge of the dock to eat the food that Ye Luo had bought yesterday.

As for the rented boats, they were still parked on the docks, and the staff on board were eating breakfast with the workers.

Although the breakfast was just some simple milk with bread and ham, it was already plentiful for them.

You must know that the families of these more than 600 gardeners are not rich, and they can even be called poor, and they are rarely willing to spend money on these things to eat on weekdays.

When Ye Luo and William came to the dock, looking at the people who were having breakfast, they asked William to call a dozen people to the watermelon field under his leadership, and one person came back with a big watermelon of sixty or seventy catties.

Gardeners all carry some food eaters, and naturally knives are indispensable.

So, under Ye Luo's greeting, more than a dozen large watermelons were evenly distributed to everyone present, and almost everyone could get more than a pound of watermelons.

Most of the people present saw the black-skinned watermelon for the first time, and they were accompanied by the watermelon distributed to themselves.

In this regard, Ye Luo hurriedly could only smile and tell them that this watermelon was delicious, let everyone taste it.

Eventually, the deliciousness of the black-skinned watermelon made them want to eat it even with the skin.

After everyone had eaten the watermelon, William let them gradually board the ship, and since the work had been completed, it was natural to go back.

From the beginning to the end, William did not mention the salary, because he planned to pay for it himself.

However, William didn't say it, it didn't mean that Ye Luo forgot about it.

Looking at the figures of several cargo ships leaving, Ye Luo, who was standing at the dock, took out his mobile phone and flipped through it, found William's account number, and directly called 250,000 yuan.

This money is the salary that Ye Luo said before, because the six hundred yuan of each person's salary has already been paid by Ye Luo when he bought the maple sapling, and now he is just making up the salary.

At the same time, William, who was talking and laughing with several gardening workers on the cargo ship, suddenly felt the vibration of the mobile phone in his pocket, and took out the mobile phone with a puzzled face, and found that Ye Luo had actually called 200,000 yuan for himself.

At this moment, William couldn't help but hold the mobile phone in his palm tightly, his eyes gradually turned red, and his heart was full of gratitude to Ye Luo.

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Seeing William away and them, Ye Luo's whole person suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, realizing that he hadn't eaten breakfast yet, he originally wanted to go back and cook something to eat.

Maybe it's because the person has become more relaxed, so that his mood is much better.

"Why don't you do another raffle?"

This thought popped up in Ye Luo's mind out of thin air.

As soon as the thought appeared, it seemed to have taken root in his mind, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not erase it from his mind.

In fact, Ye Luo didn't hesitate too much, and directly opened the system panel and started the lottery.

The system prompts: "Ten consecutive draws start, deduct 1,000 prestige points." ”

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

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Listening to a series of prompts full of 'thank you for your patronage' in his head, Ye Luo almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

As he expected.

His luck has run out since the last time he got the jackpot.

Originally, he was a little lucky, but after the current round of lottery, the little luck in Ye Luo's heart disappeared in an instant.

"I know, where is the jackpot so easy to win?"

A hint of bitterness appeared in Ye Luo's eyes, and the corners of his mouth twitched from time to time, from this point it can be seen that Ye Luo's heart is not as calm as he seems on the surface.

At this time, a small sea turtle on the beach attracts the attention of Ye Luo.

I saw that the little turtle was pushed to the beach by the sea, and was trying to climb back into the sea, and just swam a little distance, it was immediately photographed on the beach by the next wave of the sea.

Compared with the previous time, this time the little turtle was obviously not so lucky, and its whole body turned over directly, kicking its feet towards the sky.

Seeing this scene, Ye Luo hurriedly rushed over, turned over the little turtle that couldn't turn over, not only picked it up but also threw it back into the sea by the way, watching it swim towards the sea little by little.

"It is said that turtles represent luck, and people who can see turtles in the vast sea are the kind of people who are particularly lucky, I don't know if it's true? I didn't expect to be able to see baby turtles after the lottery, but what kind of turtle is this?"

Ye Luo muttered in his heart, thought about it, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone to search for turtle information.

After a while, Ye Luo found a website with a more comprehensive variety of turtles, clicked in, and looked at it carefully.

When Ye Luo finished reading all the information, his eyes showed a touch of disbelief and a hint of joy that could not be concealed.

After understanding, Ye Luo learned that there are 8 species of sea turtles in Aqua Blue Star, leatherback turtles, loggerhead turtles, hawksbill turtles, olive green scale turtles, green sea turtles, ridley turtles and flat-backed sea turtles, all of which are listed as endangered animals.

Among them, green sea turtles, hawksbill turtles, loggerhead turtles, ridley turtles and leatherback turtles are all listed as international Class II key protected animals and endangered wild animals.

The turtle's upper jaw is flat, the lower jaw is slightly hooked upward, and the jaw beak is serrated notched. 1 pair of forehead scales. The dorsal armor is heart-shaped. The shield pieces are inlaid and arranged. 5 vertebral shields, 4 rib shields on each side, and 11 marginal shields on each side. The limbs are paddle-shaped. The forelimbs are 1 claw on the hind limbs, and each has 1 claw on the medial. Males have a tail length of up to half the length of their body. The claws of the forelimbs are large and curved in the form of hooks. Olive or tan dorsal carapace, mixed with light markings, ventral carapace yellow.

The largest sea turtle is the leatherback turtle, which is 2 meters long and weighs up to 1 ton. The smallest is the olive green scale turtle, which is 75 centimeters long and weighs 40 kilograms.

The most unique thing about sea turtles is their shells. It protects sea turtles from aggression and allows them to swim freely on the ocean floor. With the exception of leatherback turtles, all turtles have shells. Leatherback turtles have a thick layer of oily skin on their body, showing 5 longitudinal ridges.

Unlike tortoises, sea turtles cannot retract their heads and limbs back into their shells. Their limbs are shaped like oars, allowing them to swim nimbly in the sea, with their forelimbs mainly used to propel the turtle forward, and their hind limbs acting like rudders to steer their way as they swim.

In addition, the turtle's salt glands can secrete excess salt from the body.

Male and female turtles have the same body posture until they reach maturity. When the male turtle matures, the tail becomes longer and thicker, and because of reproduction, the organs are at the base of the tail.

Although Ye Luo remembered all the turtle information in his mind, after comparing the baby turtles he had met before with all the turtles in his mind, what finally made him excited was that the turtle he released earlier was actually the most precious of all turtles, its name was hawksbill turtle.

The hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is small, 60-170 cm long, and generally weighs about 45 kg. It has a parrot-like pointed hooked beak and a short tail that generally does not show the outside of the carapace. The tortoiseshell dorsal carapace is arranged in the form of a covered tile, brownish-red color, with small light yellow patterns. It mainly preys on fish, shrimp, crabs and mollusks, and also eats seaweed.

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If you want to talk about what turtle is the largest turtle in the world, it may not be very praised.

But if there is one tortoise that is the most precious tortoise in the world, it must be this tortoise.

This is a species of sea turtle known as a hawksbill turtle, and its back shell is probably one of the most valuable treasures in the world.

Why are tortoiseshell shells so valuable?

This is going to start with the ancient Chinese culture.

In traditional Chinese culture, if an animal has a long lifespan, then some parts of its body are precious.

Among the many creatures in nature, the tortoise has the longest lifespan, so the tortoise has always been regarded as a symbol of health and longevity.

However, the embarrassing thing is that although the turtle is auspicious, the turtle shell is not suitable for wearing, you can't go out every day and hang a turtle shell on your body, right?

However, there is a sea turtle whose shell is very delicate and plastic, and it can be ground into various crafts, and this kind of turtle is the hawksbill turtle.

It is precisely because of this characteristic of the tortoiseshell that it almost brought them the disaster of extinction.

Since thousands of years ago, tortoiseshell has been a sacred object sought after by our aristocracy and wealthy people, who believe that wearing tortoiseshell products can bring them health and longevity.

Therefore, many fishermen have gone to the sea to catch hawksbill turtles in order to obtain higher profits.

Hawksbill turtles, which used to be widely distributed around the world, have become as rare as a few because of people's frenzied hunting.

Even years ago, hawksbill turtles were listed as Red Endangered Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red Endangered Species.

In addition, another reason for the persecution of tortoiseshell turtles is the use of ancient Chinese medical books and charlatans.

Many medical books record tortoiseshell shells as a valuable medicinal material, and even hope that it can be brought back to life.

There are even special books on how to peel off the shell of a tortoiseshell in its entirety, the cruelty of which is simply outrageous.

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Ye Luo didn't know if the little turtle he met was lost, or if he was already living on his own island, if he was just lost, it would be fine, but if it was living on his own island, then he had to be careful.

You must know that this thing is a very precious protected animal, and it is good not to let outsiders find it, but once it is discovered, then it will be accompanied by a lot of trouble.

Ye Luo has read the information about sea turtles, and naturally knows that most sea turtles live in relatively shallow coastal waters, bays, lagoons, coral reefs or estuaries that flow into the sea. Humans usually find sea turtles in warm, comfortable waters around the world.

Different species and different groups of sea turtles within the same species have their own migratory habits.

Some turtles swim several kilometers away to nest and feed their young.

Leatherback turtles, for example, migrate the farthest and nest on beaches as far as 5,000 kilometres.

Black tortoises, on the other hand, prefer to breed and feed their hatchlings at the southernmost and northernmost points of their range.

As for the hawksbill turtle, which makes the leaves more concerned, its main living area is the shallow lagoon and coral reef area, and the many caves and deep valleys in the reef provide it with resting places, and the coral reef also lives in the hawksbill turtle's main food, sponges.

In particular, hawksbill turtles are the only sea turtles that can digest glass, and their diet also includes invertebrates such as jellyfish, anemones, shrimp, crabs, and shellfish, as well as fish and seaweed.