More than a month has passed since the New Year of the year 3782 in the mainland's new calendar. People on Sainz Continent have long since shaken off the New Year's carnival and returned to their normal lives.
But for the people of Bangta City, at the beginning of this year, Bangta City seemed to have begun to undergo some changes.
After Earl Stark became the city lord last year, he vigorously promoted the policy of suppressing business and promoting agriculture, and targeted the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at every turn, reducing almost all commercial activities in Bonta City to zero.
But at the beginning of this year, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce held a press conference in Bangta City, announcing that this year the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would still vigorously develop various new magic machines and continue to work hard to improve the lives of people in Bangta City.
Originally, everyone thought that Earl Stark would definitely take action and react if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was so high-profile in Bonta City. However, to everyone's surprise, Earl Stark not only did not respond to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce again as everyone imagined. Instead of suppressing it, he publicly stated in the "Bangta Daily" that the agricultural development of Bangta City cannot be separated from the help of the farmland magic machinery produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It is hoped that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will increase its efforts to develop new farmland magic machinery and promote the development of Bangta City. Agriculture in Tacheng further developed. Because judging from the situation last year, Earl Stark has clearly formed a deadly feud with Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and there is no room for relaxation at all.
But now that Earl Stark has made such a statement, doesn't it mean that the two of them have settled their differences and started to cooperate
The series of events that happened next seemed to further prove everyone's guesses.
The day after Earl Stark's statement and the Bonta Daily were published, Smilla Porter, the president of the Porter Chamber of Commerce, announced in the Bonta Daily that the canal connecting the Sandy River to the Rum River When the project starts again, the Porter Chamber of Commerce will recruit a large number of suitable workers from all over Bonta City. Used to dig and open canals.
This canal project was proposed by Xu Yi when Earl Satsuma was still serving as the city lord, and was jointly undertaken by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Amri Chamber of Commerce.
Later, after Earl Stark became the city lord, he shelved the canal project indefinitely on the grounds that it had not been thoroughly inspected and was a waste of Bonta City's manpower and tax revenue.
Now that the Potter Chamber of Commerce has announced the resumption of the canal project in a high-profile manner, neither Earl Stark nor the City Lord's Palace has expressed any objection to this, which already means that Earl Stark's attitude seems to have loosened. The fact that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would go back to Sanqidun Industrial Zone to open a factory was enough to shock everyone, because in everyone's eyes. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was so suppressed by Earl Stark last year that it should never return to Bonta City in the future, but now the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has not only reopened its factory. They even announced to everyone through Bangta Daily that this agricultural fertilizer factory was actually established by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce with the special instruction of the city government!
Everyone was a little confused as to what was going on. Did Xinfei Chamber of Commerce do this to show submission to the city lord's palace
But the fact is not like this, because according to the report of "Bangta Daily", this agricultural fertilizer factory does not seem to have anything to do with the city government. It was completely built independently by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
So does this mean... what kind of deal was secretly reached between Xu Yi and Earl Stark
This is a bit incredible...
While speculating about the secret deal between Xu Yi and Earl Stark. Everyone also expressed strong interest in this so-called "fertilizer".
According to the introduction of "fertilizer" in "Bangta Daily", what kind of "fertilizer" is this? It is used to improve the land environment and increase food production.
This made everyone a little unbelievable. Isn’t the amount of food produced from a piece of land determined long ago? Why does sprinkling this kind of chemical fertilizer increase yield? This is too nonsense.
However, out of their consistent trust in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, everyone stayed on the sidelines for the time being.
However, within a few days, there was an order from the city lord's palace. But it once again made the entire Bangta City boil.
"You actually force us to buy this kind of fertilizer? What do we, the new city lord, think?" Sakchi glanced at Cantona, who was sitting opposite with a smile on his face and seemed confident, and asked: "Hey, Cantona Tongna, what do you mean by this? Is it true that President Xu has turned to join the Stark family as others have said?"
Cantona originally wanted to stay on the sidelines and observe everyone's reaction, but now that he heard Sakchi's question, he couldn't calm down anymore.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Dad Sakchi, I always thought you knew better than those guys, how could you believe such nonsense?" Cantona curled his lips dissatisfied. "Although President Xu has reached an agreement with Earl Stark, what does this have to do with him taking refuge in the Stark family? According to what I said, it was clearly President Xu who instigated our city lord to rebel against him. That’s right.”
Father Sakchi shook his head: "I don't care about the affairs of their big shots. Just tell me why the city lord forces every farmer in Bangta City to buy fertilizer, right? Now many people doubt the city lord. What methods were used to force Chairman Xu to open this fertilizer factory so that he can make money from us farmers? "
"Come on, how much money can ordinary farmers have in their hands? How can President Xu and Earl Stark think so much of it?" Cantona said in a dumbfounded voice: "Okay, let me tell you the truth, this fertilizer is really good." When the time comes, you can spread it according to the farming instructions issued by the City Lord’s Mansion, and I can guarantee that it will be much stronger than before when it is harvested.”
"So smart?" Sacchi and several surrounding village representatives summoned by Cantona looked at Cantona suspiciously.
"Of course!" Cantona nodded affirmatively. "You should know that I just came back from the Principality of Standing, right? Let me tell you that before I came back, Xinfei Farm had just harvested the first season of rice..."
"Ah? It's still winter, how can we harvest rice?" a farmer asked in surprise.
"Stupid, I told you that it is the Principality of Standing, and the climate there is different from ours. Am I right, Cantona?" said another farmer.
"Well, the Principality of Standing has a mild climate all year round. Even the coldest time is similar to the spring here, so we can grow three crops of rice a year, and it grows very fast. Before I came back, it was just harvested in winter. Just planted a season of rice. Guess how much was harvested in total?”
Seeing the mysterious expression on Cantona's face, everyone knew of course that this number would be far higher than normal.
Sakchi pondered for a moment and said: "According to the standards in Kalma City, one hectare of rice is about two tons. Looking at you, it must be much higher than this, so I will count you as three tons per hectare. is that so?"
"No, it's higher than this." Cantona smiled and shook his head. "Let me tell you, from the more than 20,000 hectares of fields opened this year, a total of more than 70,000 tons of rice were harvested, with an average of nearly four tons per hectare!"
"No way!"
"How can it be!"…
"joke!"
…
All the farmers, including Sakchi, stood up in shock.
For these old farmers who have been working in the fields for many years, it is very important to know how much food the fields can produce.
Sakchi's guess that one acre of field can produce two tons is already a very bold guess, because even in Kalma City, where rice cultivation is relatively developed, only about two tons of rice can be harvested from one hectare of rice field.
And if you want to reach this figure, you have to have a good harvest year, which is difficult to achieve under normal circumstances.
"Why should I joke with you? Let me tell you, this is the power of chemical fertilizers. In the more than 20,000 hectares of fields that have been cultivated here, we have all used the latest chemical fertilizers developed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the effect is very good. If you don’t believe it, ask the people who go over there from our Bangta City.”
"They are all in the Principality of Standing now, how can we go all the way to ask?" Sakchi snorted and asked: "Okay, Cantona, I believe you, and I believe even more in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Xu President, since this fertilizer is so useful, we can just mobilize the farmers in Bonta City to use it. But Cantona, can you tell me why this fertilizer is so useful?"
"Yeah, let us know what's going on. It will be easier to talk to others when we tell it."
"That's right, if this fertilizer is really so easy to use, why didn't Xinfei Chamber of Commerce take it out earlier?"
…
"Hey, do you still want to blame President Xu?" Cantona glared at everyone. "Let me tell you, this fertilizer is a secret recipe that President Xu finally obtained from the elves. You shouldn't have any doubts about the elves' abilities in plant growth, right?"
"Elves?" Everyone looked at each other with a look of surprise.
Any other explanation for this kind of thing would make them suspicious, but if it was said to be a secret recipe obtained from the elves, no one would doubt it anymore.
After all, the elves are a race with tens of thousands of years of history, much older than humans. And everyone knows that the elves are extremely good at coexisting with plants. They can even grow a forest out of thin air in a deserted wasteland. So what? It is not too unusual to come up with something that promotes the growth of rice.
Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Cantona shook his head and sighed in his heart.
In his opinion, Xu Yi must have paid a huge price to obtain such an important secret recipe from the elves.
As far as he knew, in this fertilizer factory, Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce actually made little money. The entire factory was mainly controlled by the elves. Xu Yi spent so much effort to solve this cost problem. , completely just for the sake of the farmers in Bangta City.
However, even so, he is still subject to unwarranted suspicions from the ordinary farmers in Bangta City, which is really not worth it.