This was good news, especially for Zhao Hai. He had such a large territory to develop, so money wasn't enough for him. Now that someone had come to give him money, of course he was happy.
But Zhao also calculated that his spatial ranch could now raise a thousand blue-eyed rabbits at a time. And from the time he started raising them, until the rabbits were officially mature and ready to be harvested, it would take about three days. In other words, he could harvest about ten times a month. In other words, he could produce about ten thousand blue-eyed rabbits a month.
Ten thousand a month wasn't a lot. If he wanted to raise blue-eyed rabbits in the mine, he could wait until they matured and sell more. Zhao Hai had already thought about it. If he only relied on the blue-eyed rabbits produced by the Space Ranch, it wouldn't be enough. The Space Ranch was best used as a breeding base. The real ranch still needed to be outside.
However, the mature blue-eyed rabbits in the Space Ranch could also be bought. He turned to Laura and said, "Now that my farm has just started, I can only produce about eight thousand blue-eyed rabbits a month."
Zhao Hai didn't say ten thousand. He was very clear that if he wanted to start a ranch, it would be best to put in some mature blue-eyed rabbits at the very beginning, along with some young rabbits. This way, the survival rate of the young rabbits would be higher.
Laura froze for a moment. Producing eight thousand blue-eyed rabbits a month wasn't a very high amount, especially for a ranch. Compared to other large ranches, Zhao Hai's monthly output was only a fraction.
But one must know that Zhao Hai's ranch had just started, and the quality of the blue-eyed rabbits here was really good. Ordinary blue-eyed rabbits had the magic elements of level three or higher magic beasts. This was really amazing.
Laura nodded and said, "Mister, please rest assured that I will contact a buyer for you. I don't know if Mister has any special requests?"
Zhao Hai thought for a moment and said, "Don't say, I do have a request. I can sell the blue-eyed rabbits, but I want to take back the rabbit skins. It would take at least two months. Sixteen thousand rabbit skins, and they also need to be processed so that they can be made into leather clothing. I don't know if Miss Laura can help?"
Laura frowned. The meat processing plants in the Ark Continent generally collected live magic beasts, then killed them and skinned them. After that, the skins were sold to the leather processing plants. Of course, the skins of blue-eyed rabbits were also very cheap.
If Zhao Hai wanted to take back the rabbit skins, then the meat processing plants would lose a part of their income. As a result, very few meat processing plants would buy Zhao Hai's blue-eyed rabbits.
Zhao Hai also saw Laura's expression, so he quickly said, "Of course, I won't let them do this for free. I can provide eight thousand blue-eyed rabbits a month. You can tell the meat processing plants that for these eight thousand blue-eyed rabbits, I will only take five thousand. The remaining three thousand will be the money for the rabbit skins. Then you can send the rabbit skins to the leather processing plants. Of the eight thousand rabbit skins, I will only take five thousand, and the remaining three thousand will be their processing fee. What do you think?"
Laura frowned and said, "Mister, if that's the case, then there's no problem. But you will suffer a loss."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I only need fifteen thousand blue-eyed rabbit skins for three months. After three months, the transaction will be done according to the normal standards. I really have a use for these fifteen thousand rabbit skins."
Laura nodded and said, "Very well, then it's settled. I will talk to those people and try to get as many rabbit skins as possible for Mister. When will Mister be able to produce the blue-eyed rabbits?"
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Right now, but it depends on how the meat processing plants collect the blue-eyed rabbits. If they collect eight thousand at once, then they will have to wait a month. If they want to collect them in batches, then they will be able to collect three thousand blue-eyed rabbits in ten days. I guarantee that they will be able to supply eight thousand a month."
When Laura heard Zhao Hai, her expression couldn't help but change. "It seems that the scale of Mister's ranch is expanding? That's good. I will go back and talk to them. As long as there is news, I will immediately inform Mister. "
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Miss Laura. Right, Miss Laura, this time when you go back, bring back a few fire fishes. Although I can't produce a large amount of fire fishes, I can still give you a small amount."
Laura smiled and said, "Thank you, Mister. I won't be polite." The last time she brought back the fire fishes, she didn't buy them. Instead, she gave them away as gifts. It must be said that fire fishes weren't particularly expensive in the continent, but because of the small production, many people couldn't buy them even if they had the money. Therefore, although Laura didn't have much money, it was still a matter of face.
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Miss Laura is too polite. Things produced by my own family aren't worth much. Compared to Miss Laura's help to us, these things really aren't worth much. But right now, I only have these things, so I can only express my sincerity."
Laura smiled faintly and didn't speak about this issue. Instead, she turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Mister, I heard that your oil refinery is about to start?"
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Yes, but I didn't think about it before. I didn't prepare a barrel or some tools to hold the oil. Hehe, I've made Miss Laura laugh at me."
Laura smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing, Mister doesn't need to be too polite. Two days later, one of my teams will come to Mister's place to pick up radishes. When the time comes, we will deliver the things that Mister needs."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "When my oil refinery starts, I'll need Miss Laura's help in extracting the oil. How about this, Miss Laura doesn't need to send caravans to my place to transport things. I also have a few scaled wildebeests here, I'll send them to Miss Laura when the time comes." Zhao Hai smiled.
Laura smiled and said, "Alright, then I'll have to trouble Mister. Right, does Mister also produce other magic vegetables? If you do, then I'd be very willing to sell them to Mister. "
Zhao Hai smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that I don't want to grow other magic vegetables. Miss Laura, you should know that the seeds of ordinary vegetables are very easy to buy on the continent. However, the seeds of magic vegetables are generally controlled by the big clans. I really don't have any magic vegetable seeds, so even if I wanted to grow them, I wouldn't be able to."
Zhao Hai later learned that the vegetable seeds that Green had bought from Casa City were only a small part of magic vegetables. They weren't pure magic vegetables, but they were inferior magic vegetables that were a level lower than magic radishes. These inferior magic vegetables were between magic vegetables and ordinary vegetables. These crops contained magic elements, but the magic elements were very small, only one-tenth of the magic radishes on the continent. Therefore, they couldn't be evaluated as magic vegetables. However, they were still better than ordinary vegetables, so they were called inferior magic vegetables.
The last time Green had bought vegetable seeds from Casa City, most of them were ordinary vegetables. The remaining ones were called magic vegetables, and most of them were inferior magic vegetables. Green hadn't planted any crops before, so he was cheated and bought as real magic vegetable seeds.
Originally, Zhao Hai didn't know about these things. However, the last time Laura had sent him the Encyclopedia of the Continent's Flora and Fauna, Zhao Hai had a better understanding of the continent's magic vegetables, as well as some of the higher level magic plants.
It was precisely because of this understanding of magic vegetables that Zhao Hai felt a trace of impatience. Most of the land on the continent wasn't suitable for growing magic vegetables. Only some particularly good land could, and without exception, these lands were controlled by the aristocrats. Ordinary civilians simply couldn't have such land. The planting of magic vegetables was also very particular. Even if magic vegetable seeds were planted in ordinary land, it would be impossible for them to germinate. Ordinary civilians also couldn't get their hands on magic vegetable seeds.
The aristocrats had cut off the planting of magic vegetables. Even the seeds of magic vegetables weren't allowed to be spread. If someone was found to be reselling magic vegetable seeds, the aristocrats would punish them.
When Laura heard what Zhao Hai said, she understood what Zhao Hai meant. She was a native of the Ark Continent, and had been managing her family's business since she was a child. Compared to Zhao Hai, Laura was much better. Naturally, she was very clear about the aristocrats, so she didn't feel surprised. She just smiled and said, "Mister should've said it earlier. What's so difficult about it? As long as Mister can grow magic vegetables, the matter of the seeds can be handled by me."
Zhao Hai froze for a moment, then he immediately thought of Laura's identity. He couldn't help but smile faintly and said, "Alright, then I'll have to trouble Miss Laura. Right, this time, after Miss Laura returns, please help me issue a mercenary mission. This mission is very simple. I want to purchase some magic plant seeds. No matter what kind of magic plant it is, as long as it's a magic plant, it's fine. Of course, the higher the grade of the seed, the more valuable it is. Miss Laura can help me set the price, and after I purchase it, you can deduct it from the payment.
What do you think? "Laura froze for a moment. It wasn't that she hadn't heard of Zhao Hai's mission. On the contrary, there were a lot of people on the continent who issued such missions, but those people weren't Dark Mages. Most of them were Alchemists or Alchemists. Whether it was Alchemists or Alchemists, they generally had their own botanical gardens. These plants could be used for alchemy or alchemy, but for ordinary Mages, these things weren't very useful.
Laura couldn't understand. Zhao Hai was obviously a Dark Mage, so why would he want to look for these things? Could it be that he also knew alchemy or alchemy?