The Duke of Windsor is not the only one who wants to get the New Flying Chamber of Commerce directly into his hands, the Marquis of Southgaard is one of them.
Midsummer is about to pass, and the wheat on the Marquis of Southgaard's private property located in the southeastern part of the Malo Empire has fully matured and has officially entered the autumn harvest stage.
At this time in previous years, no matter what other important matters the Marquis of Southgaard had, he would put them aside for the time being and stay in his private territory to prepare for the autumn harvest in the territory.
Although the entire autumn harvest does not require him to personally exert much effort or undertake much work, as a lord, he must attach great importance to this work and cannot slack off in the slightest.
Food is the foundation and top priority of all countries on the continent of Sainz. From the most noble Emperor to the humblest slave, every harvest time must go all out to harvest even one more grain of food. Also try your best.
Feeding the stomach is a basic human need. In front of this, nothing else matters.
In previous years, the atmosphere in the Marquis of Southgaard's private domain must have been very tense now, because everyone knows that the autumn harvest time is precious and must seize every moment, otherwise it is possible to miss this time and cause problems with the autumn harvest, and the impact will be extremely serious. .
The atmosphere in the Marquis of Southgaard's private domain this year is still tense, but it is completely different from previous years.
In previous years, the nervousness was due to the intense work that was about to begin, but this year, the nervousness was due to the uncertainty of the unknown.
Watching a strange-looking new Fei brand farmland magic machine galloping back and forth in the farmland, the wheat fell one by one, and everyone including the Marquis of Southgaard's heart skipped a beat. He stared at the farmland without blinking.
These weird looking machines. It can really be like what the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce said. Will all the harvesting work be magically done in an instant
Although the Marquis of Southgaard personally visited the Principality of Candela, the Kingdom of Lampali and the Principality of Standing, he had never seen the magic mechanical harvesting of farmland with his own eyes, so he was a little nervous.
However, he is not only nervous about this autumn harvest on his private territory, because even if this autumn harvest fails, he has already reached an agreement with the Lampali Kingdom or the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at the same time to import from Lampali Kingdom. Three thousand tons of wheat were purchased, and one thousand tons of rice and one thousand tons of wheat were imported from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
This food is enough for everyone in his territory to not worry about food for at least five years, so he does not worry about food problems at all.
Relatively speaking. What he was nervous about was that this was the first time that the Xinfei farmland magic machine was harvesting in the farmland of the Malo Empire, which was of great symbolic significance.
If the effect of this harvest is not good, it will cause other nobles who are waiting to shrink back, which will affect his plan to jointly promote other types of magical machines of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
However, judging from the current situation and the relaxed smile on the face of President Cantona next to him, everything should be going smoothly without any problems.
Perhaps sensing the gaze of the Marquis of Southgaard, President Cantona withdrew his gaze from staring at the operation of the magical machinery in the fields, and turned to the Marquis of Southgaard with a smile.
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis. Our Chamber of Commerce has taken on countless jobs over the years, and there will definitely be no problems."
Southgaard nodded slightly. I thought that since Xu Yi dared to strongly recommend this Cantona Chamber of Commerce, there should be no problems.
However, at this moment, a magic harvester in the farmland suddenly made a muffled sound and stopped suddenly.
The Marquis of Southgaard was startled and just about to speak, President Cantona had already rushed out, strode to the side of the magic harvester, and slapped the young driver who came down from it on the head. , scolded: "Idiot! I asked you to check the machine for me a long time ago, but it still failed me today. Get it fixed quickly, do you hear me!"
The young man touched his head, smiled honestly, leaned down to check, and replied easily: "It's nothing serious, the chain is just stuck."
President Cantona gave him another gentle kick on his butt that was sticking out as he leaned down.
"Then finish it for me quickly, so many people are waiting."
"Hey, I'll get it done soon."
President Cantona came back cursing and met the strange gaze of the Marquis of Southgaard. He smiled sheepishly and said: "Well... Lord Marquis, we are all rough people and we make you laugh."
Marquis Southgaard shook his head and suddenly asked curiously: "President Cantona, the autumn harvest is about to begin. You, the president, are leading so many people to be responsible for harvesting here. How can the Lampali Kingdom still be here?" What if there are places in other countries that you need to harvest?”
"That's easy. The autumn harvest lasts for more than a month anyway. Once we finish it here, we can just hit all these machines into the big transport truck and take them back. It's enough time."
Marquis Southgaard turned his head and looked at the large freight magic locomotives lined up on the flat ground in the distance, thinking that this was really convenient.
Previously, the Cantona Chamber of Commerce used these large freight magic locomotives to transport people and various farmland magic machinery from the Lampali Kingdom. Although it was delayed for two days due to road problems in the Maro Empire, in general In fact, it only took less than a week on the road.
Compared to the ultra-long distance of about two thousand kilometers between the two places, this time is really nothing.
In the past, when there were only horse-drawn carriages and no roads, the distance of two thousand kilometers was almost as far as the horizon, and it was impossible to resist.
Thinking of this, Marquis Southgaard couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The various magic machines produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have really brought about changes in people's lives that were simply unimaginable before. The magic motorcycles alone have shortened the distance between people a lot.
Fortunately, more than half of the road in the southwestern province of the Malo Empire has been built, and the Amri Chamber of Commerce guarantees that it will be completed within this year.
When this highway is fully completed, at least it will be extremely fast to travel from the private land behind Southgate to the countries in the southwestern corner of the continent.
The Marquis of Southgaard had already made up his mind. As long as this autumn harvest is in progress. The Cantona Chamber of Commerce can prove the adoption of Xinfei brand farmland magic machinery. The efficiency of the autumn harvest can be greatly improved, so the first thing he has to do is to propose a resolution to the Imperial Parliament to build large-scale roads in the empire.
The magic harvester that had just stopped due to a malfunction was quickly restarted under the repairs of the young driver. As many as ten magic harvesters were started at the same time, crisscrossing the farmland on the private property of the Marquis of Southgaard. It didn't take long for the granary to be filled to the brim.
When the people waiting next to the farmland watched the magic harvester open the grain storage bin, dark brown wheat grains that had been completely eared and shelled rolled down like water waves. Everyone opened their mouths in surprise.
This... how is this possible!
The wheat was clearly growing well in the fields just now, but how come it turned into wheat grains after being sucked in by these strange machines
Not only is there no need for people to go through the tedious procedures of harvesting, drying, rolling, and raising dust, but the entire process is also ridiculously short.
Is this the power of magic
This is amazing!
An old farmer who looked to be in his sixties stared blankly for a long time and suddenly let out an exclamation.
"By God! Where did the straw go?"
Everyone around was stunned for a moment, and then they noticed that in the wheat field after harvesting, there were only clusters of filament-like weed-like things, but no complete wheat stalks were left at all.
Everyone's expression suddenly changed.
Wheat straw is a very important life prop for old farmers, and without it. But it was an extremely heavy loss.
Looking at the questioning look cast by the Marquis of Southgaard, President Cantona resisted the urge to show a disdainful expression. He smiled and explained: "The wheat straw has been chopped in the magic harvester. If you really want to use it, you can still use it to make a fire after it is dried. It will not affect it."
Marquis Southgaard took a look at Tanaka's situation and nodded in agreement.
The other farmers thought for a while and reluctantly accepted President Cantona's statement.
President Cantona glanced at the expressions of pity on the faces of the people around him, and finally couldn't help but said: "My Lord Marquis, you... the people in the territory really want to continue to use wheat straw to make fires. You are so backward." Lifestyle?"
Marquis Southgaard and everyone around him looked at him in astonishment.
President Cantona coughed lightly and continued: "Your Majesty, the magic stove costs less than four gold coins each. It is much more convenient to use. Moreover, there is no need to burn anything, and there is no air pollution. No matter how It looks much better than burning wheat straw, burning firewood, etc."
"Less than four gold coins each?" Marquis Southgaard couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly.
He has been to several countries in the Lampali Kingdom for on-the-spot inspections. Of course, he knows that in these countries, magic machines such as magic stoves can now be seen in many families. He even bought some with them himself. Back and now working on his manor, even with the convenience of the magic stove.
But don't look at what President Cantona said so easily. A magic stove only costs less than four gold coins, but for most people in his territory, four gold coins is a big number.
In his territory, the combined annual income of most of the people is probably only about ten gold coins.
It's pretty good to have a full stomach, but how can I have four more gold coins to buy some magic stove
However, thinking of Xu Yi's previous statement that in the factories established here by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and other chambers of commerce, the minimum wage of workers recruited would not be less than five gold coins per month, Marquis Southgaard immediately felt that in fact, four gold coins was not What an unacceptable number.
But then I thought about it again. The President Cantona in front of me said last time that among the employees in the Cantona Chamber of Commerce, the mechanic with the highest monthly salary was as high as thirty gold coins. The gap between the two sides was ridiculously large.
"This is the difference in the order of development..."
Marquis Southgaard sighed in his heart and once again strengthened his determination to continue to develop the magic industry in his territory. (To be continued...)