This official document actually just reported a small incident. It said that several villagers in a village outside the city wanted to work in the Principality of Standing, so they reported to Bangta City in advance to retain them as citizens of Bangta City. identity of.
There have been some similar things in the past, but Earl Stark did not pay too much attention to it, but gave approval in accordance with the previous practice of handling similar situations.
But this time, after seeing the same report in this official document again, Earl Stark suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart.
After thinking carefully for a while, he discovered why this strong sense of crisis suddenly appeared.
The reason is simple, it lies in the tax issue in Bonta City that he has been worrying about these days.
Due to the withdrawal of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the follow-up of other large and small chambers of commerce in Bangta City, and the sudden promulgation of free trade rights by the Department of Commerce, the tax revenue of Bangta City this year will most likely drop to a few dollars. years ago.
Without the large amount of tax paid by the major chambers of commerce, Bangta City is almost equivalent to a large piece of it being poached.
And now, the civilians under the rule of Bangta City are actually leaving Bangta City. From the perspective of Earl Stark, a traditional nobleman, this has simply shaken the foundation of Bangta City.
Earl Stark recalled the official documents approved a few days ago in his mind, and discovered a surprising fact, that is, the civilians who applied to leave Bangta City were actually ordinary farmers in the villages outside the city.
For Earl Stark, who attaches great importance to agricultural development, these ordinary farmers are the foundation of Bonta City's support.
A farmer leaving may not have much impact. Ten of them leaving won't affect anything. But a hundred or even hundreds left. That would have a staggering impact.
After recalling the official documents approved these days, Earl Stark was surprised to find that in this short period of time, nearly a hundred farmers had submitted applications.
If this trend continues, won't Bangta City really have to shake its foundation
Thinking of this, Earl Stark re-read the official document in his hand and found that the report stated that these villagers wanted to leave Bonta City. Going to work in the Principality of Standing is all preparation for farming on the land leased by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from the Principality of Standing.
In other words, they switched from farming in Bonta City to farming in the Principality of Standing.
Thinking of the same reasons given by ordinary farmers in the official documents approved a few days ago, and then thinking of the recent actions of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Earl Stark's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he snorted heavily.
"This damn Xu Yi actually dares to snatch these most important experienced farmers away from me. Is this because he wants to poach me?"
Earl Stark thought for a while, picked up his pen and made an approval on the official document. But the application was directly rejected.
Although theoretically, he does not have this power. But as the lord of Bangta City, he has too many ways to force these ordinary farmers to stay.
Just as he was finishing the approval, there was a sudden knock on the office door.
From the frequency of the knock on the door, Earl Stark recognized that it was his close confidant, Supervisor Chekov, and let him in in a deep voice.
After Chekov came in, he saluted Earl Stark and said, "Your Majesty, President Xu of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce would like to see you."
Earl Stark was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at the dark night sky outside the window.
Why did Xu Yi suddenly ask for a meeting at this time
Ten minutes later, Earl Stark met Xu Yi in the small living room of the City Lord's Mansion.
"President Xu, it's really rare to visit late at night."
Because during the autumn harvest, the City Lord's Mansion received 3,000 farm magic machines from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as scheduled to help the autumn harvest be completed smoothly, so Earl Stark's attitude changed a lot when he saw Xu Yishi now than before.
Xu Yize, except for the tit-for-tat confrontation when he first met Earl Stark, adopted a respectful and polite attitude every time he met Earl Stark, and this time was no exception.
"Lord City Lord, I'm really sorry to disturb you late at night." Xu Yi smiled and said: "But I may leave for the Principality of Standing in two days, so there are some things that need to be discussed with you, Lord City Lord, in advance."
Hearing the words "The Principality of Standing", Earl Stark's face immediately darkened: "Very well, President Xu, since you took the initiative to mention the Principality of Standing, I have a question to ask you. Since your Chamber of Commerce You have rented the land in the Principality of Standing. Why don't you hire local farmers from the Principality of Standing to help you cultivate it, instead of poaching those experienced farmers from Bonta City? Do you know that this will have a great impact on the agricultural development of our Bonta City? Will it have a serious impact?”
Xu Yi's smile did not change: "I just know this, so I came here to discuss with you, the City Lord, to solve this problem."
"Solve this problem?" Earl Stark snorted coldly. "It's easy for you to say that. Do you know how important these experienced farmers are to our Bangta City? You took them all away. If it affects the food production of our Bangta City, you can afford the crime. ?"
"Of course I can't afford it." Xu Yi smiled and said frankly: "Food production is the top priority of our Lampali Kingdom. No matter how courageous I am, there is no way I would do such a thing. But Lord City Lord, I'm sorry I bluntly say that although food production has a very important relationship with people, it does not require so many people.”
Earl Stark frowned: "What? Are you here to sell me your theory of replacing manpower with magical machines again?"
Xu Yi shrugged: "I don't think there is anything wrong with this theory. If people can do more things with the help of magic machinery, wouldn't that be a good thing?"
"Hmph, magic machines are dead things after all, but humans are alive. Many magic machines cannot replace what humans can do."
Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that many things that magical machines can do, humans cannot do either.
But he did not come here to argue with Earl Stark on this issue. He thought for a while and said: "Lord City Lord, no matter what. I think you should admit it. It is with the help of farmland magic machinery that our Lampali The kingdom’s food production has suddenly increased so much in the past two years, right?”
Lord Stark remained silent.
No one can deny the help of farmland magic machinery in increasing the food production of the Lampali Kingdom, not even the conservatives headed by the Stark family, because they are one of the biggest beneficiaries.
And this point happens to be the most important reason why Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Xu Yi are still safe and sound even though they have made it clear that they support Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny.
"Of course, I'm not here to take credit from you, Lord City Lord. I'm here to show you the reason why our New Flying Chamber of Commerce brought farmers from Bonta City to the Principality of Standing." Xu Yi added. .
Earl Stark glanced at Xu Yi and nodded gently: "Go ahead."
Xu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that no matter how much Earl Stark wanted to target himself and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he would still patiently listen to opinions on issues related to Bangta City and his fundamental interests.
"Lord City Lord, I think the reason why you are worried about us bringing farmers from Bangta City to the Principality of Standing is because you think this will affect the food production of Bangta City?" Xu Yi asked.
"Nonsense!" Earl Stark snorted coldly: "The number of farmers in Bangta City is limited to begin with. If you take away some more, it won't be a surprise!"
Xu Yi showed a confident smile: "I think City Lord, you don't have to worry at all. First of all, we currently only plan to recruit no more than 2,000 people from Bangta City. I want to recruit more than 40,000 people from outside Bangta City. For farmers, it’s nothing, right?”
"Only two thousand people?" Earl Stark was slightly startled: "Didn't your New Flying Chamber of Commerce lease a full 100,000 hectares of land in the Principality of Standing? How can two thousand people be enough?"
"According to the agreement signed between our Chamber of Commerce and the Principality of Standing, we must recruit no less than five thousand local workers in the Principality of Standing."
Earl Stark frowned slightly: "Even if we add 5,000 people, I'm afraid it won't be enough, right? It's a hundred thousand hectares. According to my estimate, at least 10,000 people will be needed to barely cover it."
Xu Yi shook his head: "Lord City Lord, to be honest, the people of the Principality of Standing are really... too lazy, so I don't expect these five thousand people to be of any help, because their working ability is probably not as good as mine. Two thousand people recruited from Tacheng.”
Earl Stark snorted slightly proudly: "The people in the Principality of Standing are surprisingly lazy, I know that. Your Chamber of Commerce has to invest in that place. It's up to you not to lose money."
"Thank you City Lord for your concern." Xu Yi smiled and said: "Mr. City Lord, what I want to say is that the cultivation of these 100,000 hectares of land can actually be cultivated by these two people recruited from Bangta City alone. A thousand people can solve it all.”
"This is impossible!" Earl Stark said resolutely: "Our Stark family has hundreds of years of experience in farmland cultivation, and we know much more than you do. According to my experience, these 100,000 hectares of land You might be able to cultivate it all with 10,000 people, don’t even think about it with 2,000 people!”
Xu Yi smiled softly and suddenly said: "Then City Lord, how about we make a bet?"
Earl Stark showed a hint of vigilance: "What's the bet?"
"If our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is unable to fully cultivate the 100,000 hectares of land with only these two thousand people, then our chamber of commerce will send all these two thousand people back to Bangta City and pay corresponding compensation to each of them. , and also paid 500,000 gold coins to the City Lord’s Palace as compensation for the impact on Bangta City’s food production. What do you think, Lord City Lord?”
Earl Stark looked at Xu Yi in astonishment: "Are you serious?"
"I'm very serious." Xu Yi nodded. "If you don't believe it, Lord City Lord, I can make a contract with the City Lord's Mansion on behalf of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as a guarantee."
Earl Stark looked at Xu Yi inexplicably, and then asked: "But how can it be regarded as complete reclamation? How to determine this standard?"
"It's very simple. What determines the standards for reclamation is of course grain yield. The land in the Principality of Standing is suitable for growing rice, so based on the output standard of about two meals of rice per hectare of farmland in Kalma City per year, the annual harvest of these 100,000 hectares of land The rice should be about 200,000 tons. If it’s less than this amount, then I lose.”
"Do you really want to do this?" Earl Stark looked at Xu Yi with a serious expression, his expression full of disbelief.
In his opinion, it is very difficult to fully cultivate 100,000 hectares of land, and Xu Yi actually relies on only 2,000 people to complete this arduous task. This is simply impossible.
Of course, this didn't matter to Earl Stark. After thinking about it, he asked Xu Yi: "Then what if you reach this quantity?"
"Even if I win, then I hope the Lord of the City will agree to my request." Xu Yidao.
"What request?" Earl Stark asked curiously.
This Xu Yiming knew that he was always targeting him and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but he came to discuss with him and asked him to agree to a request. Could it be that his head was burned out, right
"This request is actually very beneficial to Bangta City. That's it..." (To be continued...)