High Elf Plantation

&ep;&ep;“Jigu?”

&ep;&ep;The pine resin elf called out.

&ep;&ep;Winfried immediately understood its meaning: "Are you asking what's going on? It feels wonderful, right? Little guy, we have signed a contract. Do you understand the contract? You don't understand, but it doesn't matter. We will be partners from now on." He touched the resin elf's head.

&ep;&ep;The resin elf immediately showed an expression of enjoyment.

&ep;&ep;The power of the contract has begun to take effect. The resin elf who was still resisting just now no longer showed resistance and began to get close to Winfried.

&ep;&ep;“Jigu.”

&ep;&ep;“Just call your name Poppy, pine resin elf Poppy.”

&ep;&ep;“Jigu?”

&ep;&ep;"Bobby is you." Winfried communicated with Bobby, "Bobby, tell me what skills you have. Can you raise insects?"

&ep;&ep; "Chi-chi!" Poppy immediately became energetic when he heard the insect, and it actually whistled, "Du-du-du-du..."

&ep;&ep;Soon, amidst its whistle, bugs flew over from the surrounding woods one by one, and there were many bugs running over on the ground. Poppy jumped off Winfried's hand and stood on a rotten log, surrounded by bugs from all directions, as if worshiping a king.

&ep;&ep;When Winfried saw this, he was overjoyed: "Sure enough, resin elves can raise insects!"

&ep;&ep;What he thought of for a moment was not these strange little bugs, but bees. In the world of Usiculum, honey is not only a high-end food, but also a precious magic material. However, few elves know how to keep bees, so honey is very rare.

&ep;&ep;Bobby can control insects, which means that he can raise bees and collect honey.

&ep;&ep; "Amber, honey, I'm really lucky today. I have gained two industries in a row that can make me rich." Winfried gave a thumbs up to Poppy, "Of course the biggest gain is actually Poppy. "

&ep;&ep;Poppy heard Winfried's praise and proudly puffed up his chest: "Jigu." Its head and body are together, and it's not clear where the chest is.

&ep;&ep;“By the way, Poppy, do you have any friends nearby?”

&ep;&ep;“Jigu?”

&ep;&ep;“It’s not a bug, but a pine resin elf born from pine resin just like you.”

&ep;&ep;Poppy’s round body shook, indicating that there was no second pine resin elf. The probability of this magical species being born was too low. Meeting one was already a huge blessing.

&ep;&ep;“Let’s go then, I’ll take you back.”

&ep;&ep; "Jigu." Poppy jumped to the bottom of a pine tree, quickly opened the dead leaves, found a rosin ball, and hugged it with the previous one, and then jumped He got on Winfried's shoulder, sat on it and gnawed on the rosin balls leisurely.

&ep;&ep;In an instant, Winfried's inspiration suddenly occurred again: "Bobby, since you are so keen on finding rosin balls, can you find amber?"

&ep;&ep;“Jigu?”

&ep;&ep; "It's this kind of solidified rosin mass." He took out the blank amber before and shook it in front of Bobby.

&ep;&ep;Bobby nodded immediately, then looked around over Winfried's shoulder, and soon pointed to a pine tree and shouted: "Jigu!"

&ep;&ep;When he opened the dead leaves on the ground, sure enough, a blank amber was picked up in his hand.

&ep;&ep;“Great job, Poppy!”

&ep;&ep;“Jigujigu.”

&ep;&ep; "Since you are so capable, we are not in a hurry to go back and continue looking for Amber."

&ep;&ep;“Jigu.”

&ep;&ep;So Winfried took his little friend, Poppy, the pine resin elf, and started a happy amber-picking operation along the pine lakes.

&ep;&ep;Basically, you can pick up an amber between every twenty pine trees.

&ep;&ep;Most of them are blank amber, without any small animals, bugs or flowers wrapped in them. Only two ambers have wrappings in them. Wrapped in one amber was a lifelike little snake of unknown species; the other was wrapped in half a broken leaf, like a maple leaf.

&ep;&ep; Returning to the camp with this pile of amber, Winfried always felt something was wrong: "This amber is too easy to pick up... Is the amber on the earth also picked up like this?"

&ep;&ep;He vaguely remembered that amber is a type of fossil. It seems to be mined from the ground along with minerals. It should be produced in cinders.

&ep;&ep; "Yes, it is cinders. The pine resin tens of millions of years ago was buried underground. After a series of effects, the trees turned into coal, and the pine resin turned into amber." Recalling this knowledge, He looked at the amber in his hand again, "So what is the amber I picked up now?"

&ep;&ep;Amber cannot appear in the woods.

&ep;&ep;According to the knowledge of the earth, there is only one possibility for this situation, and that is that there are rich coal resources buried underground, so much so that amber is exposed on the surface.

&ep;&ep;But he saw that the river traps dug by the Brats had already been dug several meters deep, and no black coal was found.

&ep;&ep;So it is unlikely that there is open coal in this place.

&ep;&ep; "Since there is no coal and so much amber, the knowledge of the earth is probably not enough to describe the world of Usiculum." Winfried narrowed his eyes and glanced at Bobby. Even the pine resin could give birth to Elf, obviously amber is not the amber that is normally recognized.

&ep;&ep;"Maybe..."

&ep;&ep;He thought of a possibility: "The amber in the Usiculum world was not formed underground, but was a naturally dripping rosin mass. After a short period of change, it formed the current amber... In this case, The output of amber should not be small, and there is no difference between artificial amber and natural amber.”

&ep;&ep;The precious amber counterfeiting industry seems to have suddenly turned into a cheap manufacturing industry, but it is still a profitable industry.

&ep;&ep;……

&ep;&ep;Lunch time.

&ep;&ep;The resin elf Poppy on Winfried's shoulder attracted the attention of the elves in the camp. Dienna was the first to notice Poppy: "Sir, is that a Squig on your shoulder?"

&ep;&ep;“No, it’s Poppy, the pine resin elf. I found it from the pine forest.”

&ep;&ep;“Porine resin elf?” Dienna had never heard of it.

&ep;&ep;Captain Wright and others also looked puzzled, having never heard of it.

&ep;&ep;On the other hand, an older wood elf asked half surprised and half puzzled: "Sir, are you talking about the resin elf, the kind of strange elf born from resin?"

&ep;&ep;“That’s right, Scott, have you heard of the resin elves?”

&ep;&ep;“I once met a resin elf next to a high elf. That resin elf could actually raise ants, which is very magical.”

&ep;&ep;“Raising ants?” Winfried was a little surprised.

&ep;&ep;He can understand what it means to raise bees, but what it means to raise ants.

&ep;&ep;“They are nectar ants, nectar ants that can produce nectar water.” Scott replied. Nectar is a valuable magic material that can stimulate the activity of magic elements, thus increasing the effect of spell casting.

&ep;&ep;Hearing that they were raising manna ants, Winfried was no longer surprised. He remembered that the Red Arrow family also raised manna ants.

&ep;&ep;“Sir, can this pine resin elf you picked up also be able to raise ants?”

&ep;&ep;Winfried nodded: "Of course."

&ep;&ep;Dienna's eyes lit up: "Then this is a precious treasure. From now on, our small town of Chimera will be able to raise our own nectar ants and sell nectar water to the outside world."

&ep;&ep;"Let's talk about it then. Poppy can control many kinds of insects, not only ants, but also bees. Manna water is valuable, but the climate and hydrology here may not be suitable, so it can be temporarily listed as an alternative." Wenfu Reed has considered it more fully. The breeding industry needs to adapt to local conditions.

&ep;&ep;It’s not that manna ants are so precious that they can be raised here in Cedar Hill.