Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

The extreme version is probably similar to when a fish bone sticks into your throat or somewhere in your mouth when you eat. At this time, you will feel pain and secrete saliva uncontrollably. In short, that's what it means.

This process is a relatively painful one for mussels, after all, they do not have the ability to expel these foreign objects.

But fortunately, nature has given them another solution, which is to continuously secrete nacre to wrap these bead cores, constantly making their surfaces shiny and round, which can relieve some pain for themselves.

Finally, the pearls that people see gradually formed!

Pure natural pearls are rare, and the probability of formation is low because these clams can actually expel most of the foreign matter through the wriggling of their own bodies. Only with extremely low probability can those foreign matter be killed. The probability of sneaking into their bodies and being unable to excrete them into pearls is about 5%.

Of course, due to some special reasons, some clams will continue to secrete nacre without any stimulation, thereby forming pearls in the body. This behavior is actually a kind of pathological reaction, just like us humans. Maybe if you get some strange disease, you will behave differently than ordinary people.

The pearls produced for this reason are called seedless pearls. However, because this kind of seedless pearls have no core, they are often produced in irregular shapes. Only a few special individuals have good value. Generally speaking, It is said that nucleated pearls are not as good as nucleated pearls.

After all, most nucleated pearls are stable and round in shape and of higher quality.

Therefore, Wang Lu would naturally choose to cultivate nucleated pearls, so as to improve the quality of pearls produced.

The core transplantation operation is to artificially implant such a "bead core" into the bodies of these mussels!

By prying open the shells of mussels, some tiny "bead cores" are placed in the nacre of these mussels so that they cannot be removed. All that is left is to wait for these wrinkled crown mussels to continuously secrete nacre and breed pearls. .

Therefore, the most tedious part of cultivating these crested clams is actually the core planting step. Once this step is completed, the remaining time is for these crested clams to grow and develop in the lake area and prey on plankton in the lake. Just microorganisms.

Wang Lu didn't even need to take care of them. He only needed to regularly check the progress of the pearls in their bodies, which was very trouble-free.

This is much easier and less troublesome than raising sturgeons, and the benefits harvested will not necessarily be less than sturgeons.

If he hadn't thought of this before, Wang Lu would have started it long ago!

Unexpectedly, it was those Bantu fishermen who gave me the hint...

Wang Lu nodded slightly as he watched these workers hired from the local area skillfully pry open the shells of these crested clams, and then use a special injection device to implant the core.

Yes, there is a local pearl industry, but there are relatively few practitioners. They are mainly engaged in seawater pearl cultivation. After all, the local area has a long coastline. In fact, throughout Africa, several countries with coastlines have pearl industries. distribution, African pearls have gradually received more attention.

Wang Lu spent a lot of money to hire these people. Of course, the so-called heavy money was only compared to the salary level of the locals.

Although saltwater pearls and freshwater pearls are of different varieties, they achieve the same goal by different methods and techniques.

After a few simple exercises, these workers were able to carry out the core transplantation operation on these crested clams, which are freshwater river mussels. After those bead nuclei were implanted, Wang Lu could clearly see that the body inside the back shell of the wrinkled oyster with the implanted nuclei began to squirm. It was obvious that he felt the presence of foreign matter and wanted to expel the foreign matter in this way.

But obviously its actions are in vain...

"Oh, it looks like it's very energetic. It shouldn't die due to core implantation."

The black worker responsible for planting the core also praised it.

In fact, in more professional terms, this kind of seed planting operation is an invasive operation after all. It will cause certain harm to these pearls, and even some individuals who are not too tenacious may not be able to bear the implantation of them. The bead nuclei in the body are stimulated, thus gradually withering away and losing life.

This is also the loss that some pearl clam farms have to face, but in Wang Lu's case, all the pleated crested clams have absorbed vitality energy, and their vitality is amazing. That's why these black workers are so impressed. After a round of core transplantation, no one showed signs of sluggishness.

Generally speaking, these wrinkled crested clams can produce qualified pearls in two years, two summers and one winter to be precise.

If the core is planted in spring, the clams can be harvested in the autumn of next year. This is because the crested clam grows rapidly and secretes nacre quickly. It is already considered a faster species among many pearl clam categories.

Like the spinnaker clams caught by Bantu fishermen before, the cycle of producing pearls is much longer. It takes three years, that is, three summers and two winters, and the clams can only be harvested in the autumn of the third year.

Of course, there are also some varieties that can produce pearls after the core is planted in the same year. However, the quality of the pearls produced by these varieties is basically not very good, so basically no cultivators will consider these varieties.

But in Wang Lu's case, it is estimated that due to the role of vitality energy, these wrinkled crown clams with implanted cores may be able to greatly shorten the original pearl breeding cycle, allowing the clams to grow the same year as the core is implanted.

If this is the case, then the economic value of this thing can be quickly realized!

Therefore, Wang Lu also has high hopes for these pleated crested clams.

"You have to give birth to pearls for me!"

Wang Lu is still aware of the power of vitality energy. As long as he waits until autumn is over, Wang Lu plans to get up from the clam to see the situation.

Clam raising in autumn is also a routine operation for cultivating pearl clams. At this time, the temperature becomes colder and the water temperature drops. At this time, the clams will gradually reduce the secretion of nacre, causing the pearl surface to gradually become delicate and bright in color.

However, in the local area, the temperature is constant, so the water temperature will not drop in autumn. This means that these crested clams will secrete a large amount of nacre as usual, which gives them time to continue to develop. It can also be regarded as the environment for these guys. This has a beneficial impact. This gives me an extra autumn to develop, and I am more confident in harvesting these wrinkled crown clams in one year. (End of chapter)