One hectare of land is not too big, and Xu Yi spent less than an hour inspecting it.
After returning to the Brunei housekeeper, Xu Yi took out a document from his bag and handed it over.
"Steward Brunei, this is the usage plan for the first year of renting this land. You can take it back and show it to the Viscount. If the Viscount is dissatisfied with it, you can raise it to us. Make appropriate changes to the proposal.”
Xu Yi was still very respectful on the surface.
He is very clear that the current social form of Sainz Continent is still a semi-serf and semi-feudal society, which is very different from the situation on Earth. If he wants to succeed in doing something on this continent, there are still some rules that he must abide by.
Sure enough, seeing Xu Yi's respectful attitude, the Brunei housekeeper's expression softened slightly. He took Xu Yi's planning book and nodded: "Okay, I will take it back for the Viscount to see. In fact, you don't have to. Too nervous. The Viscount is a very generous person. As long as you don't do anything to make him unhappy, the Viscount will not interfere with what you are doing. "
"Then I have to thank Brunei Butler for your kind words."
The atmosphere of the conversation became better, and things went more smoothly naturally. The Brunei housekeeper just glanced at the planning book casually, and then took out a land lease contract for Xu Yi to sign.
When Xu Yi signed his name, the Brunei housekeeper finally showed a smile and extended his hand to Xu Yi: "Very good, Mr. Xu Yi, now this land belongs to you within this year. I hope you can take good care of it." Cherish this opportunity given to you by the Viscount."
"must."
The three of them exchanged some pleasantries, and just as Xu Yicai was about to say goodbye with Heinze, a shrill scream suddenly came from a distance.
The three of them were stunned and looked towards the northwest where the screams came from.
There was another scream, and at the same time, there was a loud cry and a loud whipping sound carried by the wind.
"Go and have a look!" Xu Yi didn't have time to think about it, he raised his feet and ran towards the direction of the sound.
Heinze hesitated for a moment and looked at the Brunei butler on the side: "Brunei butler, from the sound of the voice, it should be in the Viscount's territory, right?"
The Brunei housekeeper squinted his small eyes and looked at the direction of the sound for a while, then waved his hand: "Let's go take a look too."
The closer the distance, the clearer the sound. The sound of whips in the air makes people shudder, and the screams and screams that accompany it make people feel sad.
Xu Yi was much younger than the Brunei housekeeper and Heinze, and as he set off first, he arrived at the place where the sound came out in a short while. When he raised his eyes, his eyes suddenly burst into tears.
In a wasteland, three sturdy men were surrounding a thin child who looked to be no more than fourteen or five years old. They each had a leather whip and kept beating the child.
At this time, the child had been whipped with countless bloody marks on his body, and even the flesh was turned out in some places. He looked extremely miserable.
And she could still scream at first, but now she can't even scream, and she doesn't even have the strength to roll. She can only twitch with the twitching of the whip.
"Stop!" Xu Yi roared angrily and rushed out without thinking. "Do you want to kill him?"
The three strong men obviously did not expect that someone suddenly rushed out from the side and looked at Xu Yi in shock. Probably because the magic robe Xu Yi was wearing made them scruple, they stopped involuntarily.
But when Xu Yi wanted to squat down and help the child up, he was directly stopped by a strong man.
"Hey, what are you doing? We are teaching the slaves a lesson. No matter who you are, you are not qualified to interfere!" shouted the strong man.
"House slave?" Xu Yi glanced at the child on the ground in shock, thinking that this was the territory of Viscount Leslie, so this child...
"He is a slave of Viscount Leslie's family?"
The strong man glanced at Xu Yi unexpectedly: "Since you know Lord Viscount, you shouldn't mind your own business. Let me tell you, this little bastard actually lost Lord Viscount's cattle. It's cheap to kill him!" "
"Farming cow?" Xu Yi frowned and said angrily: "It's just a cow lost, is it going to cost his life?"
"You know nothing!" the strong man sneered: "The autumn harvest will be here in less than two months, but this little bastard lost one of his cattle at this time, which will have a great impact on the autumn harvest. ! Besides, do you know how much a farm cow costs? Forty gold coins! Even if you sell this little bastard, it won’t cost you half a gold coin!”
"Then you can't beat the man to death, right? Even if you beat him to death, the cattle won't come back."
"Nonsense! Of course we know. This is punishment! Do you understand punishment? If you don't punish this guy, other guys will be like this. Then will the Viscount's fields be cultivated?"
Xu Yi frowned, knowing that it would be unreasonable for him to reason with them, and there was no guarantee of power for slaves on Sainz's continent. He really had no right to stop the other party from doing these things.
After thinking about this, Xu Yi turned around and saw the voices of the Brunei housekeeper and Heinze not far behind him, and then he calmed down.
The three strong men followed Xu Yi's gaze and naturally saw the Brunei housekeeper.
As the manor guards of Viscount Leslie, they naturally recognized this Brunei housekeeper who was trusted by Viscount Leslie. They were stunned and hurriedly greeted him.
After a while, the Brunei housekeeper and Heinze also came over. After just taking a glance at the situation here, they already understood what was going on.
"Mr. Xu Yi, this is our family's private matter. Please don't interfere." The Brunei housekeeper's tone was very indifferent, but there was a straightforwardness in his tone that neither allowed nor refused.
Xu Yi frowned deeply. He knew that according to the rules of Sainz's continent, he really had no reason and no qualification to intervene.
But it was unacceptable for him to watch such a child being beaten to death.
Xu Yi glanced at Heinze for help, only to find that Heinze shook his head slightly at him, obviously not agreeing with his intervention.
Seeing that the whips in the hands of the three strong men were about to be lashed out again, Xu Yi felt anxious. Suddenly an idea flashed and he shouted loudly: "Wait a minute! Brunei housekeeper, can I buy him?"
"Buy?" The Brunei housekeeper was stunned, and then frowned deeply. "Xu Yi, I've already told you, this is our family's private matter, do you really want to get involved?"
"No, no, no, I don't mean that." Xu Yi waved his hands repeatedly. "It's just that I suddenly remembered that it is very inconvenient for me to live alone. I have long wanted to buy a slave to serve myself, but I have never found a suitable slave. Now that this slave belongs to the Viscount, I will take the opportunity to ask for a favor and ask the Viscount to How about selling him to me? I believe that with the trust your Lord Viscount has in you, the steward of Brunei, you can make the decision about this mere slave, right?"
The Brunei housekeeper's face darkened, and just when he was about to refuse, Xu Yi suddenly rushed over and put his arm around his shoulders.
This sudden action made the Brunei housekeeper couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He was about to get angry when he heard Xu Yi whispered in his ear: "10% share! Mr. Housekeeper, as long as you agree to sell this slave today Give it to me, and I will hand over 10% of the shares of the soon-to-be-established Magic Fan Factory to the Viscount, what do you think?"
The Brunei housekeeper looked at Xu Yi in astonishment and found that the expression on Xu Yi's face was very serious, not joking at all. He couldn't help but wonder: "Mr. Xu Yi, do you really want to give up 10% for this mere slave?" Do you want shares? Although I don’t know how much 10% of your factory’s shares are worth, but the magic fans are selling so well in Bangta City, so I guess this 10% of the shares will be worth it, right?”
Xu Yi smiled softly: "Just think of me as being willful."
The Brunei housekeeper looked at Xu Yi thoughtfully: "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Xu Yi nodded affirmatively: "Absolutely."
The Brunei housekeeper nodded, broke free from Xu Yi's arm, and waved to the three strong men: "Let him go."
The three strong men looked at each other and got out of the way.
The Brunei housekeeper glanced at the slave on the ground, then looked at Xu Yi: "Mr. Xu Yi, he belongs to you now."
Xu Yi laughed and put his hand into his pocket: "Thank you very much. Then how much does this slave cost?"
A strange smile appeared on the lips of the Brunei housekeeper, and he shook his head and said: "Mr. Xu Yi, you are so generous. On behalf of the Viscount, of course I cannot be too stingy. This slave is given to you as a meeting gift for our cooperation. "
"In that case, I will thank the Viscount here."
After the Brunei housekeeper and the three strong men left, Xu Yi and Heinze carried the slave on the ground into the carriage.
On the way, Heinze almost jumped up in the carriage when he heard Xu Yi tell him the price he had spent to save this slave.
"You're crazy!" Heinze pointed at Xu Yi, actually a little angry. "Xu Yi, according to our estimates, if everything goes well with this magic fan factory, the annual profit will be at least five thousand gold coins! If you give Viscount Leslie 10% of the shares, it is equivalent to giving him directly At least five hundred gold coins! You have to know that it only cost us one hundred gold coins to rent one hectare of his land for a year!"
Xu Yi waved his hand, gesturing for Heinze to do it, and said with a smile: "Actually, even if this matter hadn't happened, I had always wanted to find an opportunity to give up some shares to Viscount Leslie, and now I can take advantage of this matter to give it up naturally. Rather, it’s just what I want.”
Seeing that Xu Yi spoke easily, Heinze calmed down a little, but he was still a little confused.
"Why?"
"Why?" Xu Yi chuckled and pointed to the large wasteland outside the car window. "Heinze, you see clearly, this land is the private territory of Viscount Leslie. You should know what private territory means, right? That means that as long as Viscount Leslie is willing, he can drive us away at any time. , Even if we have a contract, it’s useless, because this is the damn noble privilege.”
"I have already considered it. If we want to stay here for a long time, we must get the sincere support of Viscount Leslie. But why should we let this noble Viscount truly support us? There is only one answer, and that is Tie him into the same tank as us. Only when his interests are the same as ours, will he sincerely support us, and at least he will not hold us back. In fact, 10% of the shares is still too little. If possible, I would like to give him 20% of the shares, but this would be too conspicuous, and our relationship has only just begun, so there is no need to be too anxious now."
Heinze stared at Xu Yi blankly for a while, then suddenly shook his head and sighed, "Xu Yi, I misjudged you."
"oh?"
"I originally thought you were just a magic genius, but now it seems that you are actually more of a profiteer than me."
"Ha, thanks for the compliment."