Even though there were only three people, the dinner at the City Lord's Mansion still lasted for more than an hour before it ended.
After eating, Xu Yi and Viscount Leslie were invited by Count Satsuma to sit down in a small living room. After chatting for a while, Earl Satsuma quickly turned the topic to Xu Yi.
"President Xu, since you asked this boy Leslie to come forward and beg me to see you, now that you have seen me, you can't remain as silent as you were at the dinner table, right?"
Upon hearing this, Viscount Leslie winked at Xu Yi. Xu Yi nodded, collected his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Lord City Lord, this is the first time I have been granted an interview by you. I feel a little nervous, and it is inevitable that I will be a little silent."
Earl Satsuma waved his hand: "That's not what Leslie said when he introduced you to me. He said you were a very creative guy, and judging from the development of your New Flying Chamber of Commerce, I also believe him. Judgment. You said you would be nervous when you see me? "
Xu Yi smiled again, decided to drop the topic, thought for a while, and continued: "Well, no matter whether I am nervous or not, I can only not be nervous now. Lord City Lord, please ask the Viscount to see you this time, of course. There is something I need your help with.”
"As long as there is something wrong, if nothing happens, will you come to see me, an old man? I am not a beautiful woman." Earl Satsuma nodded. "Tell me, what's going on? If you're like that boy Leslie, asking me to help you promote your chamber of commerce's products is not okay. There are so many chambers of commerce in Bonta City, and I can't favor one over the other."
Xu Yi couldn't help but smile, he didn't expect that this Earl of Satsuma was quite funny.
That's fine. If he were a stubborn old noble, I'm afraid it would be difficult to get approval for what he wanted to discuss with him today.
"Of course not. You are the lord of Bangta City. It would be a waste if we just ask you to do publicity."
"Oh? So I have greater use?" Earl Satsuma looked at Xu Yi with interest.
"Hey... Lord City Lord, I think you should know something about the farmer support plan launched by our chamber of commerce some time ago, right?" Xu Yi asked.
Earl Satsuma nodded: "Not only do I have some understanding, I have also studied it carefully. I have to say that the plan proposed by your Chamber of Commerce is very good. If it can be implemented smoothly, I want to have a great impact on the ordinary farmers of our Bonta City. Life will be of great help.”
"Improving the lives of ordinary farmers is actually only the preliminary goal." Xu Yi continued. "The more important reason why our chamber of commerce wants to implement this plan is to greatly improve the planting capabilities of ordinary farmers by popularizing the agricultural magic machinery produced by our chamber of commerce, and help them cultivate and plant more farmland, thereby providing higher While improving their lives, it also further frees them from farmland, allowing them more time to engage in other jobs.”
"Such as joining the factory of your chamber of commerce?" Earl Satsuma asked, raising his eyebrows.
Xu Yi chuckled: "Lord City Lord, jobs in our chamber of commerce factories are very popular right now. I think those farmers will definitely agree if they have a choice."
Earl Satsuma nodded slightly: "I know a little bit about this. I heard that ordinary workers in your Chamber of Commerce factory can get at least six gold coins every month, which is quite a lot in our Bangta City."
"Actually, if I tell the truth, this salary is still a bit low. I would rather pay the workers more so that they can continue to work in our Chamber of Commerce for a long time. I'm afraid you don't know that during this period, Saltan City The Leo Chamber of Commerce poached many workers from our chamber of commerce with high wages, causing us to have to re-recruit workers and retrain them, thus delaying a lot of production progress. "
"The Chamber of Commerce in Saltan City?" Earl Satsuma frowned. "There are actually chambers of commerce from other cities coming to our Bangta to poach people? And then you let them poach them?"
Xu Yi spread his hands and looked helpless: "There is no way, Leo Chamber of Commerce offered them a high salary of ten gold coins a month. Many workers couldn't stand this **, so they were poached."
Earl Satsuma snorted softly: "Ten gold coins? They really can afford it. But why does this Leo Chamber of Commerce poach your workers?"
"Because Leo Chamber of Commerce also produces magic machinery like our Chamber of Commerce." Xu Yi explained.
"I see... Do you have any corresponding measures? Why don't you increase the workers' wages?" Earl Satsuma asked again.
"This... Lord City Lord, although I really want to directly increase the workers' salaries, as a chamber of commerce with long-term plans, it is not the right decision to rashly increase the workers' salaries, because it will disrupt our entire plan. , will very likely affect the future development of the chamber of commerce, so currently we can only compensate in other ways, such as providing more benefits to workers. Of course, only a small part of the workers are poached, and the majority of workers are still there. I would rather stay in our chamber of commerce.”
"I don't care what your chamber of commerce plans, but I hope you can handle this matter properly. Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now the fastest growing and most promising chamber of commerce in Bangta City. I don't want you to be easily defeated. Collapsed." Count Satsuma waved his hand.
Xu Yi's eyes widened slightly in surprise.
Judging from what Earl Satsuma said, he clearly has a very positive and supportive attitude towards the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
This is great news for Xu Yi.
With the support of the city lord of Bangta City, at least in Bangta City, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will have less trouble.
"Don't worry, City Lord. Although the Leo Chamber of Commerce itself is many times stronger than our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, when it comes to magic machinery, I can guarantee that they are no match for us!" Xu Yi said with unusual certainty.
Earl Satsuma stared at Xu Yi for a while and nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good. Let's go back to the topic just now. You said that the main purpose of promoting the farmer support program is to liberate ordinary farmers from the farmland and let them engage in other jobs. I can understand this idea, but you know I don’t know, for Bangta City, and even for the entire Lampali Kingdom, farmland is the most fundamental thing. If there is not enough food production, everything will be false when people are hungry. Everything can be done.”
Seeing the solemn expression of Count Satsuma, Xu Yi also became serious, nodded solemnly and said: "I understand your concerns, Lord City Lord. But Lord City Lord, I think this is entirely because you do not understand the magic machinery of farmland, so you have Such worries. In this regard, I said that maybe you have doubts, so let the Lord Viscount explain it to you. "
Earl Summer turned his eyes to Viscount Leslie aside.
Viscount Leslie was already prepared. He calmly put down the tea cup in his hand, smiled and nodded: "Your Majesty, I can prove this to Xu Yi. Let's take the situation in my territory as an example. During this year's autumn harvest, the total number of wheat fields that need to be harvested in my territory is about seven hectares. In previous years, these seven hectares of wheat fields would have required all my slaves, guards, etc. to be harvested within half a month. , but this year after I purchased two small magic harvesters from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it only took less than two days to complete all the harvests, and only used less than twenty slaves from beginning to end. "
Earl Satsuma raised his eyebrows: "Are you telling the truth? It only took two days? It took less than twenty slaves to complete it?"
"Lord Earl, how could I lie to you? Not only me, you can also ask other nobles in Bangta City. As long as there are wheat fields in the territory that need to be harvested, everyone has purchased a small magic harvester. This also saves them a lot of time and labor. Sir Earl, your territory is not here. If it is, I strongly recommend you to buy two, because this thing is really useful."
Earl Satsuma turned his head and looked at Xu Yi carefully for a while, then nodded slowly: "I only heard a few things before, but I didn't expect the actual situation to be so amazing. Xu Yi, even if nothing else is discussed, just with this small magic harvester , your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has made great contributions.”
Viscount Leslie chuckled and said: "My Lord, don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet. In addition to the small magic harvester, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also launched a small magic scarifier, which greatly improved the pine soil before planting. Soil efficiency. Now with the help of the small magic scarifier, I have decided to reclaim all the 21 hectares of farmland in the territory that can be used as cultivated land, and plant them all in the autumn. If nothing goes wrong, Next year we can achieve a food production that is several times higher than this year.”
Earl Satsuma did not show any surprise this time, but instead frowned.
"Leslie, farming is such a simple thing. Even if you have a small magic harvester, you can increase the harvesting speed, and a small magic scarifier can improve the efficiency of soil loosening, but planting farmland is not easy. It’s just harvesting and loosening the soil, but there are also a lot of things to do, such as seedling cultivation, sowing, weeding, drought control, etc. You have rashly opened up so much farmland, are you sure you have enough manpower?”
Viscount Leslie smiled without answering and looked at Xu Yi.
"Sir City Lord, the so-called farmland magic machines are not just small magic harvesters and small magic harvesters. Our New Flying Chamber of Commerce will also develop small magic excavators, small magic water pumps, small magic pit diggers, A series of magic machines such as small magic graders, the ultimate goal is to replace all manpower with magic machines and liberate manpower from farmland. Just yesterday, I discussed with Viscount Leslie and planned to use it in his territory. Those farmlands were re-planned and redesigned, making his territory more suitable for the operation of farm magic machinery and more suitable for growing rice. "
"Wait, is it more suitable for growing rice?" Earl Satsuma was stunned. "Bangta City mainly grows wheat. Why does Leslie switch to rice? This is not a place with particularly rich water resources like Kalma City. I'm afraid it's not cost-effective, right?"
Viscount Leslie smiled: "Your Majesty, in fact, the water source in Bangta City is not bad, but it was difficult to use it before. Now with the help of magic machinery, it is much easier to use it. Besides, there are always It’s easy to get tired of eating bread, isn’t it? You should change your taste occasionally.”
Earl Satsuma turned to look at Xu Yi and suddenly snorted coldly: "I remembered that the new product that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been vigorously promoting recently is the magic rice cooker. This thing is what people need most to eat rice. No wonder You will encourage this boy Leslie to plant rice, I’m afraid you also want us to plant rice in the entire Bangta City, right?”
Xu Yi smiled and said nothing.