Volume 6 Chapter 39 - Battle on the border (1/2)

Half an hour later, old man Walford squeezed out of the crowd and left the Moon Shadow Chamber of Commerce’s fertilizer warehouse.

He had a small cart with twenty bags of fertilizer in it following behind him which was being pulled by a healthy leopard beastman, coming to a stop by a small building outside Frestech City.

“Hey, Walford, this is…..” A middle aged man waiting outside the building waved at him, but seeing the little card behind him, he was surprised, “……You’re buying fertilizer?”

“Un, it’s fertilizer. I saw many people buying this thing and felt it was quite good after asking about it. Willis, you are more familiar with the Stantine Duchy, tell me, is the fertilizer really that useful?”

The man called Willis was seven to eight years younger than old man Walford. When he heard his question, his face that was considered quite healthy revealed a doubtful look before shaking his head.

“It is useful, but it’s no use just bringing this bit back. Could it be the people of the Moon Shadow Chamber of Commerce didn’t tell you that with just twenty bags, you can only at most use it on two to three mus of land?”

“The beautiful elf miss did tell me this, but I just wanted to give it a try first. If it really is useful, I might buy a bit more next time.”

“There’s no need to test it, I can guarantee that this thing is very useful.” Willis waved his hand, “The surrounding countries all use this thing, didn’t you see all those people buying it from the Moon Shadow Chamber of Commerce? But just using fertilizer does have some problems.”

Old man Walford was surprised, “Problems? What problems?”

“Fertilizer can increase the yield of grains, but if you don’t use it with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s agricultural magic machines, the effect isn’t as good. Look, a single mu of land in our Yir City can give you a hundred pounds of wheat and even if you use the fertilizer, I estimate it’ll be at most two hundred pounds. Do you know how much wheat the Stantine Duchy can get from a single mu?”

“How much?”

Willis raised a hand.

“Five hundred pounds?” Old man Walford’s eyes popped out in shock, “How could that be possible! How can a single mu give that much of a harvest? You think I haven’t done farming before?”

“Of course I know that you’ve farmed before, but you’ve never used the agricultural magic machines to farm.” Willis had a look of disdain, “Let me tell you, if you’ve seen that thing before, you wouldn’t want to tire yourself to death.”

“It’s that powerful?” Old man Walford looked at Willis with doubt. After thinking about it, he said, “Then, should I buy that whatever you called it……the agricultural……agricultural magic machine?”

“Stop dreaming.” Willis gave a sigh and shook his head, “I already had this idea before, but when I went to buy the agricultural magic machine from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, they told me that our Candra Empire hasn’t authorized the import of agricultural magic machines. Even if I buy it, I can’t take it back.”

Old man Walford was surprised again, “Why is that? Since it’s useful, why doesn’t the empire allow it to be imported?”

Willis gave a shrug, “How do I know what those noble masters are thinking?”

Old man Walford scratched his head and looked back at the twenty bags of fertilizer. After hesitating a bit, he shook his head, “Forget it, I already bought this, I’ll see how the effects are first.”

He threw a gold coin to the leopard beastman after saying this and had him bring down the twenty bags of fertilizer.

Watching the leopard beastmen head back to the Moon Shadow Chamber of Commerce’s warehouse, old man Walford couldn’t help saying in an emotional voice, “This Stantine Duchy really is strange. Not only did elves start a company, even beastmen are coming to work here. If I didn’t see others being used to this already, I wouldn’t have dared to hire them.”

“Hey, you’re too inexperienced. If you stay here a bit longer, you’ll be able to see even more novel things.” Willis patted old man Walford’s shoulder, “Alright, let’s wait here a bit, the two transport Magic Cars I rented should be here soon. You can put your fertilizer into my car and bring it back.”

“Un.” Old man Walford gave a nod before suddenly asking, “Right, Willis, you said that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s agricultural magic machines can’t be imported, then why can the Magic Fans, the Magic Air Conditioners…..Oh, right, also the Magic Sedan be seen all over the empire? These things are also made by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, why does the empire allow them to be imported?”

“If you’re talking about the Magic Fan, the Magic Air Conditioner, and the other household magic machines, that is because they were first brought in by Hakanin. Do you know Hakanin?”

“The empress’ younger brother?” Old man Walford curled his lips with a look of disdain.

“Hey, don’t look down on him. If it wasn’t for him, do you believe that you would be able to see the Magic Fan, the Magic Air Conditioner, the Magic Refrigerator, and all the other good things? As for the Magic Sedan……I heard people say that the secret boss of that Belil Chamber of Commerce is related to his highness Frank…..”

“Pei.” Old man Walford spat on the ground, “In the end, it depends on relationships with important people. But speaking of this, why haven’t any of the important people or their relatives taken a liking to the agricultural magic machines? If this thing is as easy to use as you say it is, then why isn’t the empire willing to buy it?”

Willis spread his hands, “I’ll still say the same, I don’t know what those important people are thinking.”

Old man Walford helplessly shook his head. He looked at the twenty bags of fertilizer on the ground and gave a sigh, not continuing this conversation.

After around twenty minutes, the two large transport Magic Cars that Willis hired arrived. They put the twenty bags of fertilizer that old man Walford bought into one of them and then they got into the same car, heading off in an easterly direction.

Two days later, the two large transport Magic Cars and their cargo had arrived at a certain end of the road to the east of the Rudson Kingdom.

This place was around a hundred kilometers away from the border of the Rudson Kingdom and the Candra Empire. Comparing it, it was closer to the Candra Empire than the Norton Duchy, but because there were no roads here, it was much harder to travel.

This was old man Walford’s first time coming on this path with Willis, so he was a bit surprised.

“There’s nothing to be surprised about. If we go through the Norton Duchy, not only my goods, even your fertilizer can’t be brought back to the empire. Even the two transport Magic Cars can’t enter the empire.” Willis explained.

“Oh? Why?”

“Didn’t I tell you before? The nobles of the empire won’t allow it.” Willis said before looking around and then giving a hand signal to the driver.