While Xu Yi was busy with matters related to the Maro Empire and the massive demand for household magic machines due to the approaching midsummer, he was patiently waiting for a reply from the Magicians Guild Headquarters to his proposed plan.
But when he returned to the Principality of Standing for about half a month, he did not wait for a reply from the Magicians Guild Headquarters, but first waited for the return of a certain person.
"Hey, Leslie, you've tanned a lot again. It seems like the sun on that island in the south is stronger than that of the Endless Sea?"
Xu Yi looked at Leslie with some amusement as the exposed skin all over his body turned into an ancient brown color. No one could see any sign of aristocratic whiteness on Leslie. After becoming the commander of the escort fleet, he really went down the road of being a rough man and never returned.
Leslie grinned, and because his skin had darkened a lot, his teeth looked whiter.
"The sunshine in that damn place is indeed very strong, but thanks to this, I found that any crops there grow much faster than on the mainland. According to the residents of the island, they can even harvest in one year Food was given three times, or even four times, so the people on that island never had to worry about going hungry.”
"Well, of course." Xu Yi nodded to express understanding.
This is a no-brainer.
If divided by latitude, Sainz Continent is obviously in the northern hemisphere of the planet, and the Principality of Standing is already considered a very low latitude place.
And that big island is hundreds of kilometers further south. It should be infinitely close to the equator of the planet, or even on the equator at all.
Such a global environment. It is not uncommon for crops on the island to be harvested three or even four seasons a year.
"So Leslie, have you decided?" Xu Yi asked again. "Are you willing? Or can you take control of that island in your own hands?"
Leslie smiled and nodded: "Of course. I came back this time to discuss this matter with you. During this time, I took the fleet to the island three more times, and had a good relationship with the residents of the island. More contacts, and a general understanding of the situation on the island. I think... taking control of the island should not be a big problem, but it requires your support. "
Xu Yi shrugged: "Of course there is no problem, because I originally encouraged you to go. Tell me, what kind of support do you need?"
"There are a lot of messy things needed, but the most important thing is of course the military magic machinery." Leslie said seriously. "That island is not an ownerless thing. According to the information I heard, there is actually a so-called Antor royal family on the island that controls the entire island. If I want to control this island, I obviously have to fight with this The Antor royal family needs to give it a good fight."
"Okay, no problem. If you still have any difficulties, just come to me." Xu Yi nodded and agreed without hesitation.
Seeing that Xu Yi agreed so simply, Leslie fell silent.
After staring at Xu Yi for a while, he sighed softly, stretched out his hand and patted Xu Yi's shoulder.
"Xu Yi, I know exactly why you want me to control that island. Don't worry. When I truly control that island, that island will always be the solid backing of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."
Xu Yi smiled. He shook his head and said: "I think... rather than thinking about these things, you should think more about how to use this to marry Miss Whinton. Speaking of which, have you and Miss Whinton met again during this time? ?”
Leslie suddenly smiled bitterly: "Her parents are very prejudiced against me. I think even if I really become the owner of that island, I am afraid I will not be recognized by her parents. So Xu Yi, help me again Get busy."
"Tell me, what do you want to do?"
"Hmm... I want to open a farm near her home."
"Huh?" Xu Yi looked at Leslie in surprise. "Are you crazy? Let's not talk about how opening a farm near her home will help her parents recognize you. How are you going to run into the Candela Empire and open this farm?"
"There is no need to worry. I have found some connections that can solve this problem, and I have actually purchased a farm sold by a small nobleman near her home in a private name. The problem now is just how to run the farm."
Xu also thought of the kinship relationship between Baron Billier and Prince Frank, and thought that the relationship Leslie was looking for might be related to this.
"Uh... I think if you just open an ordinary farm, I'm afraid it won't change his parents' view of you."
"So my first goal is to turn this farm into the largest and best farm nearby. Xu Yi, you have to provide me with some farm magic machinery first."
"That's no problem, but what are you going to do?" Xu Yi looked at him suspiciously.
"I'll tell you when I do it." Leslie smiled.
Xu Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes.
This guy actually wants to show off.
But he knew very well that Leslie was not the kind of impulsive young man. Since he decided to do this, he must have a complete plan.
As a friend, he just needs to support him.
After the two had some conversations about how to deal with some things on the island, Leslie left and went to the shipyard to supervise the renovation of the escort fleet.
As soon as Leslie left, another guest came to the door.
This guest is a rare visitor.
"President Xu, the preliminary data on the structure of agricultural development in the Principality that you requested have been released." Viscount Constantine, Speaker of the Parliament of the Principality of Standing, took out a thick document from his bag and handed it to Xu with both hands. as well as. "Please take a look."
"Yes." Xu Yi nodded and took it, but did not look through it. He put it aside and said, "Tell me the conclusion first."
Although nominally speaking, Viscount Constantine, the Speaker of the Parliament, should be the most powerful person in the Principality of Standing, everyone knows very well that he was specially selected by Xu Yi to control the Standing Parliament on his behalf. , and then control the entire Principality of Standing.
If it was said that when Ankru was still serving as the Speaker of the National Assembly, Xu Yi's control over the Principality of Standing was not obvious, and he did not interfere too much in many specific matters, then it appeared that Anklu tried to contact other noble lords in private. After overthrowing the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's control over the Principality of Standing, Xu Yi no longer hesitated. He simply selected a candidate to take over the position of Speaker of the National Assembly, and began to nakedly intervene in various Specific affairs of the principality.
Now Xu Yi, apart from having no nominal title, is actually the most powerful person in the entire Principality of Standing.
No one had any objections to this, because those who had objections had all been ruthlessly swept away by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts.
"Okay." Viscount Constantine nodded, pondered for a moment, and continued: "According to this preliminary statistical data, it can be shown that the current grain production in the principality is fully sufficient to support the use of all the people of the principality. Normally Under such circumstances, even if there are continuous large-scale natural disasters in the principality, it is enough to ensure that there will be no famine for at least three years. "
"Very good. So, the people of the principality finally no longer need to worry about hunger?"
Viscount Constantine smiled slightly: "Actually, because of the richness of the products in the Principality, the people of the Principality have never had to worry about it. Of course, if it were not for the arrival of President Xu and your New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the people of the Principality would not have to worry about it now. Without such a complete food supply, even if people would not starve to death, they would never be able to be as worry-free as they are now.”
"Okay, no need to flatter me. According to this, the agricultural industry upgrading plan formulated before should have enough conditions to be implemented?" Xu Yi asked.
"Yes. This is the preliminary plan I just completed yesterday. Please take a look at it." Viscount Constantine took out another thick document and handed it to Xu Yi.
This time, Xu Yi took it and read it carefully.
Upgrading the agricultural industry in the Principality of Constantine was something Xu Yi discussed with Viscount Constantine when he first took over the position of Speaker last year.
The Principality of Standing was originally rich in products, and after the arrival of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, it brought advanced farmland magic machinery and fertilizers that can also greatly increase crop yields, making the agricultural products in the Principality of Standing extremely developed, and there is no need to worry about food and drink. .
But just filling his stomach is not enough in Xu Yi's opinion.
Compared with Earth, the most obvious difference is that most people on Earth, at least in China, can eat meat at will, but people here cannot.
Meat is something that is hard to come into contact with in the Principality of Standing, or in other words, for the vast majority of people on the entire Sainz continent, because apart from hunting game themselves, there are not many sources of meat at all.
The reason why people on earth can eat meat at will is because the high productivity brought by industry allows people to easily feed livestock and provide meat for themselves.
But for the vast majority of people on the continent of Sainz, it is extremely difficult to just fill their own stomachs, and there is not so much extra food and energy to feed livestock.
You know, in the current Sainz continent, even for many nobles, a cow that can be used for farming is an extremely valuable property.
Vivian was almost beaten to death with a whip before because she lost a farm cow.
Except for the most precious cattle, even the nobles did not have extra resources to feed more livestock.
The emergence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has brought all kinds of novel magic machines.
In particular, farmland magic machinery has solved the big problems of countless people, freed many people from heavy farming, and also made the noble lords and civilians in nearby countries less dependent on farm cattle.
This change has brought about an obvious impact, that is, the Lampali Kingdom abolished a law last year.
This law is related to cattle farming. (To be continued...)