Chapter 67 Juniper's Advice
Pandan Mountain.
Molan Shanbei has just drawn her foil in late winter.
After being severely reprimanded last time, Juniper did not dare to leave his post without permission this time, and stayed bored beside the god-given fruit orchid seed.
The throne of domination moves from far to near.
Juniper stood up.
A hundred and ten soldier ants, big and small, all around stood up one after another.
"Pandan!"
"Juniper."
Mo Lan flew back first, regardless of whether he liked to hear the fruity fragrant orchid god-given seed or not. He talked about his experience of traveling north with great interest.
The throne of domination descends.
"Longbai Ant King, why are you back so early?" Juniper asked.
“I have gained a lot, so I came back early.”
Long Bai would not say that he almost froze to death in the ice and snow. He waved his tentacles and praised:
"Juniper, you have done a good job. From now on when Mo Lan and I go on a long journey, you will focus on staying in Mo Lan's territory. Herbs are fragile. You must not only keep the god-given fruit orchid seeds, but also protect other Orchid grass species. ”
"I understand."
Juniper asked: "Longbai ant king, what about the azure god-given seeds in the south of the mountain?"
Longbai: "You just go there and patrol around regularly. . During the fruit ripening season, I will arrange blue soldiers to guard under the tree.”
“Oh——” Juniper hesitated and said, “Longbai Ant King, I have a suggestion, I don’t know if it’s okay. Talk.”
Can you still make suggestions?
Long Bai: "Speak!"
Juniper: "We can dig a tunnel that runs through the north and south of the mountain. From the ant nest in the south of the mountain, all the way to..."
Junior raised its front legs, Pointing to the direction of the cave where Mo Lan lived, he said: "It leads there. Usually, some soldier ants are scattered inside the tunnel to communicate and transmit information. In this way, if there is an emergency anywhere in the south or north of the mountain, I will be there. Can receive news quickly and lead the soldier ants to rush to support in time."
Junior: "One more point, as our kingdom grows and grows, the size and number of worker ants and soldier ants will also increase. Expansion in the depths of the mountains. ”
The analysis makes sense!
But Juniper, although his head is big, most of it is muscles, how could he think of such a far-reaching problem...
Long Bai: "Did you come up with this?"
Juniper stammered: "I and Juniper thought of it together. Moreover, Juniper said that we only need to send 3 intermediate special chemical worker ants and 15 junior special chemical worker ants in three shifts, taking turns digging and digging day and night. It can be dug out in a year at most.”
Juniper: “Juniper also said that it can only be dug with Mo Lan’s permission...”
Juniper knows that it is juniper.
Juniper is an intelligent worker ant, and is naturally much smarter than the giant soldier ant.
"Okay! I got it. I'll be very busy recently. When I'm done, I'll arrange for a team of worker ants to go over and dig."
"You continue to guard Mo Lan's territory, and I'll go find Juniper."
Long Bai confessed and controlled the throne to climb over the mountains and land at the entrance of the ant nest.
Long Bai led a large group of worker ants out of the nest to greet him, and also helped to unload the goods, but found that Long Bai did not bring back many things when he went out this time.
"Long Cypress Ant King, why did you come back early?"
"This is a silver cypress tree seed, an extremely precious tree species. Take it to the ant nest and keep it."
The ruling throne shrinks, Long Bai threw a spider silk bag to the ground.
Juniper is a little confused.
Long Bai explained, "Silver cypress should be a variant of Juniperus macrocarpa. The strengthening effect is to optimize the body shape. It is extremely rare and practical."
Long Bai ordered: "Junbai, follow me down the mountain. Let's go to the pond at the foot of the mountain and inspect the topography and geology. We will plan to reclaim the garden. We will be very busy after spring."
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The pond where the azure god-given seeds took root is located in the valley between the mountains.
Four or five hundred meters away, there is a hill with a height of about a hundred meters and a length of about one kilometer. The slope is gentle in most places.
Silver cypress does not seem to like growing in high mountains.
Long Bai decided to carve out this hill for planting silver cypress.
Not sure whether silver cypress is adapted to southern climates. Long Bai and Mo Lan inspected the north of the mountain again and planned to cultivate a garden on a small hill in the north of the mountain and plant a number of silver cypress trees.
The southern part of the mountain and the northern part are carried out at the same time. Comparative observations are made to see which side grows better. In the future, large-scale reclamation and planting will be carried out on that side.
The so-called "reclamation" means clearing away the original plants, organizing the uneven slopes into square squares of neat flat land, and digging ditches.
Among them, trees are the most troublesome to clean. First, you have to cut off their branches and leaves, then bite off the trunk and knock it down. Finally, you have to dig underground to clean out the roots of the tree.
When orchards are opened, ponds must be dug in the mountains to prevent drought.
The overall project volume is huge and may not be completed within a year.
There are not enough worker ants to do the work.
Next, Longbai needs to breed worker ants on a large scale, and plans to increase the number of specialized worker ants to 200.
Considering that he and Mo Lan need to travel far for trade and exploration, the number of specialized worker ants has increased sharply, and accordingly the number of specialized blue ants that store food also needs to increase.
The current efficiency of the Throne of Control in producing ant eggs is one ant egg per day on average.
According to the rules, when Long Bai evolves into the 4th-instar intermediate ant king, the upper limit of ant eggs produced per cycle can be increased to 5.
Needs to evolve once.
Long Bai feels that the God-given seeds of Ziziphus jujube have a good effect on strengthening the membrane wings. Ghost fan, Ziziphus jujube, Ant King honey brewed from Ziziphus jujube pulp, and the pandan produced in the Molan territory this year Seeds, mix and eat.
Unknowingly, Long Bai and Mo Lan's various incomes have been completely combined into one share.
This year’s pandan seed production is still 308.
200 pills sold to the caravan.
50 pills are left for the ghost fan.
Eat 50 pills of cypress and mochi equally.
I took out 8 pills to make samples, and took them back to Baifanshan to show to Red Fox, Baifan, and Wufan to prove their strength.
……
After a light rain, the temperature warmed up for three consecutive sunny days.
The orchids are blooming.
It was very busy on the mountain and down the mountain.
Dragon cypress and juniper cypress led the ant colonies respectively to open two nurseries in the south and north of the mountain, sowing the silver cypress seeds in time.
On the mountain, planting plants requires loose soil and fertilization.
The 2-instar intermediate king ant queen has been conceived and sown with the seeds of the king cedar, which needs careful care.
When the biogas tank is emptied, the biogas residue must be transported to the pond at the foot of the mountain to topdress the seeds given by the Azure God.
The rice harvested last year is spread in a circle along the edge of the pond.
The 8 black emperor peach saplings and 6 spotted star pear saplings that were sown the year before last have all grown to over one meter and can be transplanted at selected locations.
Last year, all kinds of common orchid grass seedlings grown in the Mulan Sowing Nursery have grown up, and they can also be transplanted in selected locations this year.
Mo Lan is determined to cultivate top-grade orchids, and there are many things to do. It also requires eradicating weak seedlings sown in previous years and transplanting new seedlings. Flowers bloom in the spring, pollinate each other, and try what Long Bai calls ‘cross-breeding’.
Long Bai personally brought the big and small worker ants over to help Mo Lan. Long Bai didn't know much, and he was not optimistic about the development prospects of bluegrass from the beginning to the end, and just messed around. As long as Mo Lan is happy.
When the orchids planted near the ant nest bloom, the cypress trees sprout flower spikes one after another.
This year we still need to carry out proper flower thinning.
The cypress, juniper, juniper, and giant cypress each retain 80 flowers and produce 80 fruit balls, which are approximately 400 to 500 cypress seeds.
Both green cypress and dry cedar have flower spikes.
40 cypresses are reserved.
Leave not a single stem of dried cedar. It will not bear fruit first, and then it will grow well for another year.
When all kinds of emergencies are dealt with, the spring season comes when flowers bloom.
It’s time for the caravan from Wanguo Continent to arrive.
Long Bai calculated the time, simply packed up, and set off with Mo Lan.
(End of this chapter)