Volume 1 Chapter 60 (1/2)

Magic Plowing Machine

The conversation with Viscount Leslie proceeded very smoothly.

Compared to the proud and stubborn nobles, Viscount Leslie had a very clear advantage. It was that when there was something he didn’t understand, he didn’t directly reject it, rather he patiently listened and tried to understand it as much as possible.

For example, the freeing up production forces that Xu Yi talked about. Viscount Leslie was completely confused and he showed that he didn’t understand at all.

But he didn’t refute Xu Yi because of this and patiently listened to what Xu Yi said. When Xu Yi used the hundred slaves that he took from him as an example, he had a bit of understanding of the topic.

When those hundred slaves were under Viscount Leslie, they could only do a few simple things, so their value was very limited. In order to support them, Viscount Leslie even had to take out a few gold coins each year.

But after he lent them to Xu Yi, it had only been two months. If he were just to calculate it by normal wages, it could be said that Viscount Leslie had earned over a thousand gold coins.

Not to mention that they played a very important role in developing the factory, bringing large amounts of revenue to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

Viscount Leslie was a major shareholder of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, so the benefits the company received, he would also receive a portion.

So even if Viscount Leslie was not willing, he had to admit it. What Xu Yi said before was completely right. If those slaves remained in his hands, the value they had was far below the value they had in Xu Yi’s hands.

Thinking of this, Viscount Leslie became quite interested in the farmer support plan that Xu Yi mentioned. Even if he didn’t know the concrete parts of Xu Yi’s plans, he still grabbed the bull by the horns and decided to fully support Xu Yi’s plan.

Compared to this, although Xu Yi’s net worth had increased because of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, he was still only a small merchant in Banta City. There were many things that weren’t easy for him to do.

It was completely different for Viscount Leslie. As a famous noble in Banta City and having a deep family background, the power of his words in Banta City was not something Xu Yi could compare to. With his great support, Xu Yi’s plan was naturally much easier to enforce.

After three days, the first small Magic Plowing Machine was released. It made a demonstration on Viscount Leslie’s farmland as usual.

This time was different from watching Viscount Leslie harvest the wheat last time. The Banta City nobles who received the invitations didn’t have a trace of doubt in their hearts and joyfully came because they knew the effects of the small Magic Plowing Machine being demonstrated this time.

Although they only understood the name of the small Magic Plowing Machine, that didn’t dampen their enthusiasm.

In the fall harvest before this, the nobles had already enjoyed the benefits brought by the small Magic Harvester. A field that needed around ten days to half a month to finish harvesting was finished in at most two days with the small Magic Harvester. The increase in efficiency was terrifying.

This time when Viscount Leslie told them that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had researched another magic machine that could increase the speed of their plowing, there wasn’t a single noble that doubted this. Without even knowing what the appearance of the machine was like, they all submitted their orders to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

Now that the small Magic Plowing Machine was finally out, these nobles definitely wanted to be the first to see it.

When they came to the set field, they were stunned to find that by the fields, other than the nobles, there were some fellows that looked like commoners. There were some among them who looked very crude, having swarthy faces and dressing like farmers.

Seeing this scene, the nobles instantly felt dissatisfied.

This was clearly a gathering of nobles, it was acceptable for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s chairman Xu Yi to participate, but what was the reason for these commoners and even these earth working peasants being invited?

But since it was Viscount Leslie that invited them, they thought that Viscount Leslie could have other intentions. These nobles were dissatisfied, but they didn’t reveal it.

These peasants felt very awkward, especially the normal farmers. They had never seen this many nobles before and now that they were suddenly standing by these noble masters, they felt very awkward.

It was a good thing that the strange looking machine by the fields attracted everyone’s eyes and everyone’s attention fell onto this machine.

This machine should be the small Magic Plowing Machine, but its appearance was even stranger than the small Magic Harvester.

The front of the machine had a row of cylinders placed together and the bottom of each cylinder was releasing a weak yellow glow.

There were some nobles with understanding of magic, so they could see that there was probably Earth Attributed Magic Arrays attached to the cylinders.

Thinking about the fact that this machine was called the Magic Plowing Machine, it could be understood why there were Earth Attributed Magic Arrays on it.

But the other half of the machine was something they couldn’t understand.

There was a firmly packed iron back on the latter half and other than the thing that looked like a slit, they couldn’t clearly see what it was. It made people want to open the iron box and see what was inside.

The doubts in their hearts didn’t last long. After a while, Viscount Leslie saw that everyone had arrived and he announced that it would begin.

A large man came forward and after grabbing the handle of the machine, he pressed the switch. The row of cylinders with yellow glows lit up and then they fell down, slamming into the ground that had turned hard after they had finished harvesting the wheat.