Volume 3 Chapter 5 - Acting a play for the Lord City Lord (1/2)
Sarkozy entered the Cantona Chamber of Commerce’s office set up in Koror Village and immediately caused laughter.
“Hey, old man Sarkozy, what are you carrying that iron shovel for? Could it be that you’re planning to go farming?”
“That’s right, didn’t you always hate the new Lord City Lord? Could it be that you’ve changed your mind and want to go back to the farm?”
“Old man Sarkozy, you’re being insincere like this. Everyone agreed to ignore that idiot City Lord, now you’re betraying us?”
“Betraying your head!” Old man Sarkozy put the shovel on his shoulder by the wall and said with a strong snort, “Even if I die, I will never listen to that idiot City Lord’s words! If Lord Count Sean came back to ask us to go back to our farms, I might consider it.”
“What is there to consider?” A man who looked to be around thirty loudly said, “Not to mention this Count Stagg, even if Count Sean came back to be the City Lord, I wouldn’t consider going back to farming. Farming is so hard and it doesn’t earn any money, I would rather be punished then go back to it.”
“You can’t say this.” A man who looked to be around fifty shook his head and said, “It’s wrong if you don’t have anything to eat. So no matter what, some people have to farm, so we can’t say that Count Stagg is wrong.”
“Pei! Isn’t it easy to have food?” Old man Sarkozy said in disdain, “With the help of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s agricultural magic machines in the past two years, our farming has become much simpler. A single person can take care of several mu of land just by themselves, why do we all need to be here? I think that this Count Stagg is just doing this for his own achievements. He did all this because he was aiming at the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and chairman Xu.”
There were several coughs in the room. Cantona stood up from the other side of the table and waved at old man Sarkozy, signaling for him to sit down.
“Alright, since old man Sarkozy is here, we will officially start the meeting.” Cantona looked at the several faces at the table and seeing everyone looking at him, prepared to listen, he nodded before continuing, “I think that everyone understands why I held this meeting today. Because of the City Lord Manor’s orders, our Cantona Chamber of Commerce needs to return the farmland we rented from you before, so I’m here to ask everyone’s opinions.”
“What is there to ask, I don’t agree.” The thirty year old man waved his hand and said, “If we give your Cantona Chamber of Commerce the farmland, not only do we not need to pay rent to the City Lord Manor each year, we can receive rent from your company. Why would I be bored enough to return to the farm and work myself to death?”
“Right, I also don’t agree.”
“I also won’t do it. Who would give up a rich and easy life to torture themselves?”
“That’s right, those fellows at the City Lord Manor have no brains, but we can’t just be the same, right?”
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The surrounding people echoed this and they reached a unified opinion not long after. They all expressed their opposition to this.
Cantona nodded before shaking his head and saying with a nod, “I understand everyone’s thoughts and agree to your opinions, but everyone has to understand that the City Lord Manor’s orders are things we can only carry out. So the farmland that our company owns must be returned to you, otherwise the City Lord Manor will definitely cause trouble for our company. You also know that even a large company like the Frestech Chamber of Commerce can’t take the pressure of the City Lord Manor, so how could a small company like our Cantona Chamber of Commerce do anything against them? I hope that everyone can understand our difficulties.”
“Then according to what you said, we have to take back this farmland and then throw away our good jobs to return to farming?” The thirty year old man indignantly said, “The City Lord Manor’s fellows really are crazy! We peasants have just lived two good years and they want to ruin it. Those noble masters, can’t they see that we peasants have good lives?”
“Ai, you can’t randomly say that. The bastards at the City Lord Manor can’t be blamed on the nobles, at least Count Sean thought about us before. Then again, I’ve heard that chairman Xu is also a viscount now, so he could be considered a noble.” Another farmer from Mexilan Village said.
“That’s right…..But the noble masters like Count Sean and chairman Xu are just too little.” The young man said in an emotional voice.
“Alright, this is all useless.” Old man Sarkozy waved his hand and cut them off. He turned to Cantona to say, “Chairman Cantona, for you to specially bring us here, isn’t it to specially tell us something?”
Cantona laughed, “Old man Sarkozy is right. That’s right, I had everyone come here today to think of an appropriate solution. Everyone can think of a solution to solve this without the City Lord Manor causing trouble for us.”
Sarkozy looked at Cantona before saying with a snort, “Alright, look at you. You already have your ideas, just say it, there’s no need to keep it from us.”
“Alright!” Cantona gave a strong slap, “Old man Sarkozy is right, we’re all friends here, I won’t beat around the bush. That’s right, I already thought of a method to solve this and I just want to know if everyone will agree to it.”
“Cantona, just say it. As long as it stops me from going back to the farm, it’s all good!” The thirty year old man loudly said.
“Right, as long as I can keep my current job, everything else is easy to take care of.”
“That’s right. Cantona, just tell us.”
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