Chapter 279: Green
Jia Yi glanced at Li Weier speechlessly: "You have too many qualifiers, do you have a little confidence in me." I have decided that from now on, the cultivation of elf rice will be the second project of our group, the second project after the cultivation of vegetable seedlings. ”
"Such an important thing, you don't have to share it with us, you can do it alone, we can cheer you up, really, we are not greedy. Erin said.
Although she said that she was not greedy, it was actually because she had no confidence in the project at all, and she was afraid that she would do useless work.
Now they are doing a good job in seedling cultivation, but because of climate restrictions, they can only produce one crop a year, and they can't make much money, and there are still a lot of things to do, and they are very tired.
For a mage, the effort is too disproportionate to the gain. The main reason why they are willing to do it is because for the first time, they have a sense of freshness, and they are also able to learn and study some plant cultivation techniques.
Jiayi is planning to expand the cultivation of seedlings, and the demand for improved seeds is still relatively small, but Selena is preparing to expand the cultivation and build a greenhouse to grow vegetables. Both the academy and the imperial capital are in the northern part of the empire, especially the academy, which is closer to the north and has a cold climate.
In winter, there is basically no green in the entire northern part of the empire, let alone vegetables.
Actually, the academy is okay, there is a greenhouse in the botanical garden, and even in the era when there is no greenhouse, the climate can be adjusted a little through the magic array, so there are still some green leafy vegetables in winter.
However, the amount of vegetables that the academy can provide is very small, and except for the teachers and students of the academy, the rest of the people do not have much opportunity to eat, and Jiayi's plan can be regarded as filling the gap in the market. However, the cost of pure glass greenhouses is too high, and even if they are grown, it is impossible to make too much money. At least for a mage, that's not too much money.
And although vegetables are scarce in winter, the market is not as big as imagined, and it is estimated that there are not too many people who can afford to buy vegetables grown in glass greenhouses except for the imperial capital and the academy, especially fresh vegetables cannot be transported over long distances.
The follow-up seedling, Jia Yi is no longer ready to be carried out by the people in his own group, and is ready to be handed over to the recruited old farmers to deal with, this thing is not very profound, as long as you master the steps and be careful enough. It's a bit too wasteful to have a full-fledged mage to nurse the seedlings, just sort out the procedures, do some guidance, and let the rest go.
Jia Yi said to Erin: "Don't be busy refusing, this is elf rice, this thing is not something that everyone can eat except for elves, if it is really grown, how much achievement it will take, and the market must be very wide, and the money is very big." ”
Seeing that they were still unmoved, Jia Yi continued: "And the rice bran of the elf rice can beautify the face and maintain the skin, you see that the elves are so young and beautiful, it is all the credit of the elf rice." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, okay. Li Wei'er interrupted Jia Yi's nonsense with tears and laughter, "People are immortal species, and every elf has a lifespan of thousands of years, so he is so young." ”
However, when it comes to beauty and beauty, Li Weier is obviously a little moved, for women, whether they are old or young, mages or mortals, they all care about their appearance. Elf rice can beautify and nourish the skin, it seems that there is indeed such a statement, and it is not made up by Jia Yihu.
"Whether you can grow this elf rice or not is still a matter of two words, I don't have a clue at all. And so many mages can't be planted well, are you sure you can?" Li Wei'er said this, but her tone was quite loose.
"Take your time, you can't become a fat man by eating in one bite, be cautious, try slowly, even if you can't grow it, it can be regarded as accumulating some experience, it can't be said that it is useless, you know, except for me, you don't have such a great opportunity to participate in the cultivation of such a precious species." ”
Jia Yi asked them to help him cultivate elf rice, not simply to share the benefits of profit to them, for elf rice, although he has some ideas, he has also planted rice in his previous life, but whether it can be cultivated or not, he is really not sure at all. And in the process of cultivating seeds, it takes a lot of time and energy, and it is completely impossible to rely on Jia Yi alone, he must find some helpers.
If you are looking for a helper, there is no more suitable one than Li Weier, Li Weier is proficient in botany, especially for magic plants, she is much more familiar with it than Jia Yi, and everyone has cultivated a certain tacit understanding with each other.
As for employment, Jia Yi still has this level of face, although Jia Yi is also a small achievement, but everyone is a classmate, Jia Yi is young, Li Weier They will definitely not be willing to work for Jia Yi, unless Jia Yi is already a white-robed mage, otherwise they will definitely not want their classmates to suddenly become their superiors.
"I don't care, what do you say, Jiayi, I really haven't eaten rice for a long time, let alone elf rice. March easily agreed, in her opinion, Jiayi was still very reliable in what he said, and every time he said that he was not sure, he succeeded.
As for Chester, it has always been, and Jiayi is what they say, and there are few other opinions.
Speaking of which, Chester had some admiration for Kaichi, otherwise they wouldn't have accepted the hire to build a blast furnace for Kaichi.
Now that Li Weier has relented, and seeing that March and Chester agreed, she also agreed with Jiayi's idea, as for Erin, seeing that everyone agreed, she no longer had any opinions, although she still had no confidence in the cultivation of elf rice this time.
Jia Yi clapped his hands and said, "Okay, now, with the consent of all our members, it has been decided to include the cultivation of elf rice in the second sub-project of our group, and everyone has no opinion." ”
As he spoke, he didn't wait for everyone to speak, and continued: "Okay, since there is no objection, then it is so happily decided. ”
Several people looked at Jia Yi, revealing that the clothes cared for the mentally handicapped youth, although they had never heard of what a mentally handicapped youth was.
Li Weier asked, "Jiayi, do you have any thoughts now?"
Jia Yi scratched his head and said, "I have a little idea now, but it's not a system yet, and I feel a little messy, mainly because the number of seeds is not much, and there are not many opportunities for mistakes." ”
Jia Yi said, took out a small bottle for everyone to see, inside was the elf rice seed.
"So little?" Erin looked at the rice bells, and her confidence dropped a little, and this little seed was too little.
Chester took the crystal bottle and looked at it, and asked with some confusion, "Why is it still green?" Are you sure the seeds are ripe?"
"Of course, even after the elf rice clock is ripe, it is still green. "Jiayi himself has doubts, and he checked it after going back last night, although green seeds are rare, but they are indeed mature and full seeds.
Generally, when rice is green, it is full of white slurry, but in this case, it is indeed rice grains.
"Elven rice is like this. Li Wei'er took the crystal bottle and looked at it carefully, "That's right, I checked, it's green, if it turns yellow, it means that the vitality of the elf rice is fading, and it can't live, it's no different from ordinary rice." ”
"Speaking of which, many things in the elves are green. ”
Li Weier handed the crystal bottle to Jia Yi and said, "Yes, the elves think that green is the color of life, and they like green the most. ”
"If you want to live, you have to wear some green on your head. ”
Li Wei'er glanced at Jia Yi for some reason, and didn't quite understand what this sentence meant, but said: "Yes, the hair of the elf is green, which is a symbol of vitality. ”
Kaichi felt that he couldn't go on any longer, and if he continued, he would not be able to face the elf's hair color, even though he had never seen an elf.