After a long night of study and observation, Mendral felt exhausted and emaciated. He walked out of the lush garden and returned to his room. The servant had already made tea and was waiting for him to return.

In fact, while Mendral was busy in the test field, the servant had fallen asleep and woken up. He stayed up almost all night, and now, his eyelids are fighting.

"As always, read it. ”

The Emerald Lord Mendral commanded the servant. He asked the servant to read to him, which helped him sleep. He is still a lord compared to before, but he has changed from an imperial lord to a lord of Kislev.

At the time of Aldolph, Mendral was also a lord. Nothing more than a small lord, a nobleman of a declining empire that has been almost forgotten by the world. In a secluded town where no one disturbs, Mendral grows flowers, raises fish, and studies on his estate, and does not compete with the world for power. He thought he would be like this for the rest of his life. However, a visit from Mrs. Kithrie shattered his otherwise peaceful life. Mendral remembered that morning, when he had come back from his back garden, he heard a report from his servant that his old friend Blandiotto had arrived, and with him a Kislev who claimed to be the High Lord of the North of Kislev.

He didn't want to receive them, but for the sake of his old friends, he still received them. In the end, by mistake, he followed his old friend Blandiotto to Kislev. The man, Rhodes, did not break his promise, and gave himself a large fief, three times the size of his fief when he was on the outskirts of Aldolph. Moreover, the territory was completely autonomous, and Rhodes gave him all privileges except that he could not support troops.

It was here that Mendral felt truly relaxed. He doesn't have to face the disturbing power battles, he can really devote himself to his research.

He felt the power of the land, even though it was cold above the surface. But the soil is pregnant with tenacious life. This is true of the flora and fauna that live in this land. Survive with difficulty and tenacity.

I don't know how long the servant studied, and Mendral was drowsy. He had been working for sixteen hours straight, and if it weren't for the sudden pain in his shoulders and lower back, he still wouldn't have felt the passage of time and the loss of his energy.

When he awoke again, the anxious cries of the servants were in his ears.

Mendral got up and looked at his watch, only three hours had passed since he had fallen asleep.

"Oh, no...... What are you doing, Casbis? I've just fallen asleep. ”

Mendral was annoyed that he didn't like to scold his servants, but this time he really made a noise.

"My lord, my lord, you made me look at the garden, and the No. 117 cotton plant has changed!

After the servant finished speaking, Mendral immediately became energetic.

He sat up directly from the bed, and without bothering to change his clothes, he put on his pajamas and put on his cloak, and hurried to the test field.

As the servant said, the cotton had changed color! However, it was an unexpected harvest, and his original experiment was to increase the yield of cotton. But new varieties were unexpectedly bred...... But in any case, this is one of the results.

"Quick, go and inform the Great Lord!"

Mendral said excitedly.

In fact, when Rhodes first heard the news, he was even happier than when he heard the news of the success of hybrid wheat. Experiments that went off course yielded unexpected results, proving that there are many branches in a tech tree that breeds new varieties. Perhaps the results that can be achieved in the future will be much greater than that of hybrid wheat.

Rhodes conceived the idea of setting up a special research institute, with Mendral as the director and other positions, and a group of life mages to study together......

"Windfall. Windfall. ”

Mendral kept talking, and even if he didn't say it, Rhodes could feel the excitement of the old mage. This kind of excitement and joy was not found in the Empire before Mendrar. In the past, although he also specialized in the study of plants and various natural life, he also achieved some academic results. However, as an unknown wizard, he was always marginalized. Those life mages of Aldolphus looked down on him, even if they came to visit occasionally, it was to spy on his research results, he had no prestige, and in the empire, he couldn't make a trace of storms, and the academic world, too, had long been tainted by power and money. Here, however, it's different. It can be seen that the Great Lord of Kislev is very interested in the results of his research.

Rod listened patiently as Mendral explained the new variety, and listened to him tell how he had achieved these results along the way. Although I was confused, I still kept smiling the whole time.

And in Mendrar's heart, he was already satisfied. It's like meeting a confidant, and your academic achievements have finally been recognized. As the Emerald Lord, what Mendral wanted more was not power and status, but academic achievements. And now, he finally has someone who values his academic achievements.

Rod listened and listened, and already thought in his heart, if nothing else, the economic value of this thing in the future will definitely be good. In the whole old world, there were not many people who could wear cotton clothes, most of them were nobles and knights. Cotton clothing is very warm, but it is only available in one color...... This is a pity for the imperial nobles who value their appearance. And now, the appearance of colored cotton has undoubtedly broken this tranquility. It's just that at present, color cotton has just been developed, and it will take some time to produce it on a large scale. However, in Rhodes's mind, he had already figured out how to protect the research results. Intellectual property rights are very important. Don't work hard to research the results of the painstaking research and be stolen by the imperial merchants next door as soon as they are listed, which will hurt the egg. It seems that the price of silk is sky-high, but once the silkworm raising technology is obtained, the price is greatly discounted.

"Nature is endlessly fascinating, but it also contains countless possibilities. A lot of knowledge is gained through practice. ”

Looking at Master Mendrar's excited expression, Rod encouraged as much as he could. It's just that this endless possibility seems to have fallen into the trap of some god? Forget it, whatever. If it does not change, the world will perish sooner or later.

"We can explore slowly, my friend. For example, I talked about high-yield wheat. ”

Rod reminded with a smile.

"It's not hard, it just takes time. I know that you want to feed more civilians and keep more people from famine. Rhodes, you are a benevolent lord, I have heard it all, you have set up an almshouse to provide the most basic rations for the orphans and vagrants in the city for free. There aren't many lords like you in this day and age. ”

Mendral said, casting an approving look.

"I'm no longer a lord now. ”

Rod reminded with a smile.