As a lord, I was forced to farm

Jiang Ran took the item. "How much?"

Qi Yu's cold and stern brows relaxed slightly, and he said with a hint of helplessness and affection, "I thought we didn't need to worry about so much."

"I was just asking, I didn't intend to give any money."

"..."

She had brought the gifts herself specifically to meet her sweetheart. After arriving at Dasu, Qi Yu was in no hurry to go back, and Jiang Ran wanted to say a few words to persuade him to stay.

It's hilarious, though, that Qi Yuren never even considered leaving.

Words of persuasion were of no use.

The Jiang family even had a special room for Qi Yu.

Li Fusheng loved planting flowers. In the Jiang family mansion, there were clusters of flowers everywhere, some dense and some sparse. The most splendid bloom was the wisteria vine in the corner of the wall, its beauty layered and overlapping.

"Hey, when did such a beautiful butterfly get into the yard?"

In the courtyard, Jiang Ran and Qi Yu sat together leisurely drinking a little wine. The servants waited a little further away, while Li Fusheng poured wine for the two of them. When he saw Fei Xuan, his eyes widened and he couldn't take his eyes off the beautiful butterfly for a long time.

Although Li Fusheng was an ordinary mortal without any cultivation, he was smart enough to quickly realize that the butterfly was extraordinary and not an ordinary butterfly.

Then, Feixuan flew affectionately to Jiang Ran's shoulder. Not only did the Prince not drive it away, but he also put his wine cup to the butterfly's mouth and drank with it. Then we know: Oh, so it is the Prince's new spirit beast companion!
Seeing that Qi Yu's wine glass was half empty, Li Fusheng refilled it.

Looking at the man's handsome face and extraordinary demeanor, Li Fusheng became more and more satisfied.

Seeing the two of them just drinking alone in silence, he suddenly thought of something and said softly, "Your Highness, Young Master Qi, the Haiqi Pearl Farm is about to open with a batch of mud clams. Shuiyuan Island is bustling with activity. If Your Highness and Young Master Qi feel bored, why not go to the island to relax?"

Qi Yu was somewhat puzzled.

However, Li Fusheng's words reminded Jiang Ran that, in order to make mud oyster pearls less rare, she had specifically ordered the establishment of a marine pearl farm three years ago to cultivate mud oysters and produce mud oyster pearls.

Unexpectedly, three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the first batch of farmed mussels have matured.

"Then go and have a look."

Jiang Ran looked at Qi Yu with a smile in her eyes, "Look at these past few years, has your luck improved?"

Qi Yu: "?"

……

Before the morning mist had completely dissipated, Jiang Ran and Qi Yu boarded a fishing boat with the people from Zhuchang and headed to Shuiyuan Island.

The sea breeze has a slightly salty taste, and the sounds of the seabed hitting the waves intertwine like a song.

The blue whales bobbed up and down in the sea, attracting everyone's attention.

"Your Highness, Young Master Qi, we have arrived." About half an hour later, Ah Sheng's voice came, interrupting Jiang Ran and Qi Yu's chess game.

"Let's go, let's get off the boat and take a look." Jiang Ran tossed aside the chess pieces and led Qi Yu off the boat.

Today, the weather is sunny and the seawater is very calm. From the depths of Shuiyuan Island, the occasional sound of Shuiyuan turtles snoring can be heard.

The manager of Haiqi Pearl Market was named Li Wei. She was both nervous and excited about His Highness's personal arrival. She dared not go too far forward and disturb His Highness's conversation with Young Master Qi, but she was also afraid that if she stayed too far away, she might miss any arrangements His Highness made.

Seeing how uneasy the person was, Jiang Ran sent him away, saying, "It's getting late, hurry up and fish out the mud unicorn."

"Yes!"

Mud kiwi pearls live in relatively deep waters, making them difficult to cultivate. To address this, the Da Su people built several large iron cages with dense mesh and placed them in the deep sea.

This iron cage is made of a special material that is impervious to water and fire, preventing it from being corroded by prolonged immersion in seawater.

The mud clams are placed in an iron cage to prevent them from being blown away by the waves.

During this process, a jade pearl nucleus is artificially implanted into the clam meat, causing it to secrete nacre to encapsulate the jade nucleus and form a mud pearl.

Furthermore, the people working in the pearl farms risk their lives to dive into the deep sea and feed the mud clams.

It was mostly the flesh and blood of magical beasts, and even scattered with many spirit crystals and magical beast cores.

At first, Dasu only put in 3,450 mud clams, but during that time, the mud clams in the cages reproduced and gave birth to small clams. Later, the people of Dasu added iron cages to separate the new mud clams from the old ones.

This time, we're going to collect the first batch of mud clams.

“Ah Gou, Old Man… you six are the best swimmers, so you will take the breath-holding pills, ride Dan Dan down to the seabed, tie the rope to the iron cage, and then pull the cage up with Dan Dan.” Li Wei instructed them one by one: “The rest of you, be ready to provide backup at any time.”

Dandan was a female blue whale that came with them. The pearl farm hired her specifically to make it easier to pull up the iron cage that had sunk more than 500 meters to the bottom of the sea.

Dandan is a bit mischievous. It spat a mouthful of water into the air, and when the old man and the others sat on it, it mischievously moved around, scaring them quite a bit.

"Dandan, stop fooling around. Once we get the cage up here, we'll give you a treat. I heard the sea turtle eggs on Shuiyuan Island are delicious!" Li Wei quickly coaxed Dandan.

Dandan's eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously.

After the old man and the others were seated, it was said, "Alright, let's get in the water."

Considering the human on top of her, Dandan didn't dive too fast.

After about four or five minutes, the old man saw the iron cage they had lowered.

Because it had been in the seawater for too long, some seaweed and shellfish had become entangled on the iron cage.

The old man and the others nodded to each other and tied ropes to the four corners of the iron cage.

After ensuring it was secure, the group had Dandan hold the other end of the rope. Once that was done, they climbed back onto the back of the blue whale. Agou patted its side, and the intelligent blue whale immediately pulled the humans and the heavy iron cage towards the surface of the water.

"call!!!"

The divers surfaced and immediately took a few breaths.

"With the Hundred Rivers Blue Whale around, things are so much easier and faster!" The people at Haiqi Pearl Farm felt that bringing Dandan along this time was a wise decision.

The group worked together to lift the large iron cage ashore. The old man and the others, along with Dandan, went into the water and pulled up the other two iron cages from the seabed.

"I didn't expect your master to already be cultivating mud pearls."

Qi Yu witnessed this scene and exclaimed in admiration.

Although Qi Yu didn't quite understand why the women of Mingxiao City were so obsessed with the Mud Qi Pearl, and even some of his teachers sought him out for the sake of their female relatives.

He wasn't interested in the mud pearls that supposedly made people more beautiful, but the market value of these pearls was undeniable.

If Da Su can successfully raise livestock and operate it smartly, the money it can earn in the future is immeasurable, perhaps even more profitable than Yu Long Xuan and Nan Ke Tavern are today.

"The iron cages have all been pulled up, let's go take a look together." Jiang Ran turned to the side and smiled at Qi Yu.

The latter nodded and followed closely behind. (End of Chapter)