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Chapter 15 15. Making a Coral Reef

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    Qin Shiou expressed his worries, Shaq scratched his head and muttered: "It should be fine, because we have been doing this for decades, don't the maple trees grow well?"

    Auerbach, who had been watching Qin Shiou's work with a smile, laughed, and he explained: "Qin, come on, I'll tell you the answer. You know, Newfoundland is close to the Arctic, the summer is short, the winter is long, and in the summer  During the winter, maple trees use photosynthesis to produce starch, which is converted into sugar before winter.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s extremely cold in winter and if plant body fluids freeze, the cell membrane will rupture and the plant will die naturally. Because the sap of maple trees is full of sugar, it is not easy to freeze below the freezing point, so they can survive in cold areas at high latitudes.¡±

    "But when spring and summer arrive and the temperature rises, maple trees begin to use water to grow, so the sugar content in the sap will become higher and higher. Once the concentration is higher than the concentration of cell sap, the cell water will be lost, which is also detrimental to their survival."

    "So, at this time, the best thing is to collect maple sugar and let the maple leaves re-store starch under photosynthesis. In fact, even if we don't collect maple sugar, the maple trees will secrete these things."

    In comparison, Auerbach is obviously much more educated. Shaq nodded wildly and probably didn¡¯t understand.

    Qin Shiou is someone who has studied biology after all, so he understood this truth and started collecting sap without any psychological pressure.

    Both maple trees are more than eighty years old. They have luxuriant roots and branches. The trunks are as thick as two squid hugs. The sap is very abundant. After the plug is inserted, amber sap begins to flow out.

    Qin Shiou reached out and dipped his hand into it and tasted it. The sticky sap had a fragrant sweetness of grass and trees. It tasted lighter than sugar water, but it had a different feeling.

    When Shaq left, the squirrel Xiao Ming climbed up from the tree, jumped on a storage tank and peered at the sap inside.

    Qin Shiou dipped his fingers into some sap and handed it to Xiao Ming. He stretched out his pink tongue and licked it quickly, then swung his big tail and jumped out of the jar.

    It seems that squirrels also eat sweets. Qin Shiou laughed while looking at Xiao Ming, who was shaking his head and wagging his tail happily.

    In fact, there was no need for Qin Shiou to feed him. After observing for a while, Xiao Ming climbed to a place where the sap branched, and a pipe head was inserted there. Xiao Ming looked down from a high position and licked the juice flowing out of the pipe head from time to time as if drinking water.  sap.

    The two big trees indeed stored a large amount of sap. In just one morning, Qin Shiou collected more than 20 kilograms of sap.

    The traditional method of making maple syrup is to cook it in a pot. As the water evaporates, the last thing left is syrup.

    After burning the fire, Qin Shiou no longer had to worry about it. He extended his mind into the ocean to check the changes on the bottom of the fishing ground.

    The area of ??the coral reef has become larger, spreading to more than fifty square meters, and the seabed finally has a colorful flavor.

    Qin Shiou's mind spreads around, and after encountering fish, he will lead them to the location of the coral reef. After his efforts, the area around the coral reef has become much more lively.

    The colorful coral polyps extend their ciliated tentacles to hunt for food. Some zooxanthellae are scattered around, absorbing the carbon dioxide released by the coral polyps and the phosphorus and nitrogen in the emissions.

    At the same time, zooxanthellae will release oxygen and carbohydrates, which are the food that coral polyps rely on for survival. The two parties form a symbiotic relationship.

    In addition to zooxanthellae, there are also coralline algae, cyanobacteria, and brown algae on the coral. These have only grown recently. The cyanobacteria and brown algae were almost extinct here before. It is estimated that only a few 'seeds' are left. When Qin Shiou used the mysterious  When energy breeds coral polyps, they also benefit.

    It is the presence of coralline algae, cyanobacteria, and brown algae that attracts fish such as sea crucian carp, which feed on these seaweeds.

    He wandered around the bottom of the sea for a while, mainly exploring shallow sea areas, so it was impossible to find any sunken treasures and the like. It was not interesting, so he planned to withdraw his mind.

    But when he was retrieving it, he encountered a strange little fish. This little fish was about the length of a hand, with green and red intersecting, and bright colors. Its body was covered with small black spots, and there was a red band on its side, like a rainbow. Watch it.  Very strong.

    Qin Shiou was a little curious. He should know this kind of fish. This is the famous rainbow trout.

    Rainbow trout is a specialty fish in North America. It is a rare cold-water fish with delicious meat. In some places, its meat is even used to pretend to be salmon. It often appears in Hong Kong dramas.

    However, as far as Qin Shiou knows, rainbow trout should be a freshwater fish, generally living in some rivers in Alaska, Canada and other places in North America.How could it be in the sea?

    This little fish is in a very irritable mood. It seems that it has encountered something. It may have just escaped from the mouth of a natural enemy. Most fish in the ocean live in groups. When there is a lone ranger, it is usually dispersed by the natural enemy.  Schools of fish wander outside.

    Qin Shiou's mind was enveloped, and the little fish immediately calmed down and followed Qin Shiou's lead. It also reached the coral reef, and then went to look for food with its head and tail wagging.

    When nothing happened, Qin Shiou regained his composure. He then checked online and suddenly realized what he was doing.

    That little fish is indeed a type of rainbow trout, called steelhead trout. This fish is a rare migratory fish among trout and grows in rivers and in the sea.

    Qin Shiou now understands that in order to develop a fishing ground, coral reefs are indispensable, as they can provide food and shelter for fish.

    After thinking about it, he went to Shaq and asked, "Man, do you know how to make corals grow faster?"

    Shaq didn't know why. Qin Shiou explained the relationship. After understanding it, he said in embarrassment: "Boss, this is not easy. We used to have a lot of eight-flowered corals here, but then the water quality became worse and worse, and the corals survived."  Don¡¯t go down.¡±

    Generally speaking, corals like to survive in warm, transparent, oligotrophic tropical shallow waters, but they are diverse and widely distributed. There are also many coral species in temperate and cold shallow waters.

    They have even been found in deep sea waters in the cold zone. For example, the American "Geographical Magazine" reported that they once discovered a species of black horned coral at a depth of 8,800 meters.

    But corals are very delicate creatures. They are very sensitive to the salinity, pH, light transparency, oxygen content and water pollution of seawater. Now as the acidity of seawater increases due to carbon dioxide pollution, corals are facing a huge survival crisis.

    The reason why the corals in the sea area around Farewell Island died so badly is probably related to water pollution. When Qin Shiou's mind entered the ocean, he instinctively felt uncomfortable because of the pollution.

    ¡°What if the water quality improves?¡± Qin Shiou asked.

    Shaq said: "That's easy. We can throw stones, wooden frames, etc. to the seabed. As long as the skeleton is constructed, the coral polyps will cling to it. Over time, it will extend into a coral reef."

    Qin Shiou nodded and understood, and began to plan how to artificially create coral reefs in the future.

    The maple sugar was boiled until the afternoon. When Shaq went to town, he brought back a few children. These children were very happy when they saw the maple sugar boiled into almost golden color. It is always the children who like to eat sugar.

    The children were all seven or eight years old. Shaq patted the biggest little guy and proudly introduced: "Boss, this is my son, little Shaq, the warrior and treasure of the Sardinson family."

    Qin Shiou smiled bitterly, are Canadians too lazy to name their children?  Why does he either have the same name as his father or his grandfather?  Robert Blake IV, the young owner of Ritchie's Auction House, was like this, and now Shaq's son is like this too.

    Eating maple sugar is very simple. Use an ice machine to make some clean snow, pour the maple sugar on top of it one by one, and then you can eat it after cooling.

    Qin Shiou ate one. The maple syrup dipped in snow was sweet but not greasy. Because of the snow, it was so refreshing and icy. It was much better than domestic lollipops and the like.

    Auerbach instructed Qin Shiou to use maple sugar to make maple pudding, which is a specialty snack in Newfoundland. It is baked with fresh cream, maple syrup, egg yolks and some mint leaves as raw materials.

    The process is not complicated. Beat the egg yolks with the cream and maple syrup, then filter the maple syrup pudding liquid through a fine mesh, then pour it into the mold and use a spoon to break up the bubbles on the surface, and finally bake it in the oven.  It is very convenient to put it in the refrigerator and reheat it at any time.

    There was nothing else to do in the afternoon. Shaq was busy calculating what to buy. Qin Shiou was sitting on the sofa with a plate of fruit salad and maple syrup pudding watching TV series. The direct access was to a North American cable TV station. Although it was a paid channel, the quality of the programs was not good.  Quite high, at least there are no commercials.

    The day passed like this. In the evening, Qin Shiou had nothing to do and was going to go to the bar to play. As a result, the car could not start. This made him quite depressed. He made up his mind to buy a car tomorrow!

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