Chapter 60 Magic Scarifier
The conversation with Viscount Leslie went well.
Compared with many arrogant and stubborn nobles, Viscount Leslie has a very significant advantage, that is, even if there is something he cannot understand temporarily, he will not directly deny it, but listen patiently, and try his best to accept and try.
For example, about the liberation of productive forces that Xu Yi mentioned, Viscount Leslie was at a loss and said that he did not understand at all.
However, he did not refute Xu Yi because of this, but listened to Xu Yi patiently, until Xu Yi took out the hundred slaves he borrowed from him as an example, and then he had a certain concept.
When those 100 slaves were in the name of Viscount Leslie, they could only do some very simple and heavy work, and the value generated was extremely limited. Even in order to support them, Viscount Leslie paid a small amount of gold coins every year.
And after they were lent to Xu Yi, it only took more than two months. If they settled according to their normal wages, they could bring a huge profit of more than 1,000 gold coins to Viscount Leslie.
Not to mention that they play an extremely important role in the factory, creating huge benefits for the entire New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Viscount Leslie is also a major shareholder of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and of course he also accounts for a part of the benefits obtained by the Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, no matter how unwilling Viscount Leslie is, he has to admit that Xu Yi was right at all, that the value created by these slaves under his hands is far inferior to that under Xu Yi.
After thinking of this, Viscount Leslie immediately developed a strong interest in Xu Yi's plan to support farmers. Although he didn't know Xu Yi's specific plan, he took the plunge and decided to give strong support to Xu Yi's plan.
In comparison, although Xu Yi is currently rich because of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he is still only a small businessman in Bangta City, and many things are not so easy to do.
On the other hand, Viscount Leslie is completely different. As a famous nobleman in Bangta City, and the influence of the family behind him, his right to speak in Bangta City is far from being comparable to that of Xu. With his strong support, Xu Yi This plan is naturally much easier to implement.
Three days later, the first small Magic Scarifier came out, and it was demonstrated on the farmland of Viscount Leslie as usual.
This time was different from watching Viscount Leslie harvesting wheat last time. The nobles of Bonta City who received the invitation had no doubts in their hearts and came here happily, because they had long known that this time they would demonstrate the efficacy of the small magic ripper.
Although they currently only know one name for the small magic scarifier, this does not hinder their enthusiasm.
In the previous autumn wheat harvest, these nobles fully enjoyed the convenience brought by the small magic harvester. The wheat fields under their name that would have taken ten days and a half months or even longer to be harvested were harvested in the small magic harvester. Under the action, it took at most two days to complete the harvest, and the efficiency improvement was extremely terrifying.
And this time, when Viscount Leslie told the New Flying Chamber of Commerce that a new type of magic machine would be developed, which could complete the work of loosening the soil after harvesting more quickly, the nobles had no doubts at all, not even the magic machine. Without knowing the appearance of the machinery, they placed orders with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Now that this small magic ripper has finally come out, a group of nobles certainly want to come and witness it for the first time.
When they came to the edge of the designated farmland, they were stunned to find that besides the nobles, there were also some people who were obviously civilians standing beside the ridge. , dressed as a peasant.
Seeing this situation, some nobles were immediately dissatisfied.
This is obviously a gathering between nobles, and it makes sense for Xu Yi, the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, to participate in it. What are these commoners and even those mud-legged people doing?
But this time, it was Viscount Leslie who invited them to come. Considering that Viscount Leslie might have other intentions, even if these nobles were dissatisfied, they would not make it out in public.
On the contrary, the commoners seemed very cramped, especially some of the ordinary peasants. They had never seen so many nobles in their life, and suddenly they felt awkward standing with so many nobles.
Fortunately, a strange-looking machine placed next to the farmland attracted everyone's attention, so that everyone's attention could be turned to that machine.
This machine should obviously be a small magic ripper, but it looks even stranger than a small magic harvester.
The front end of the machine is a row of columns juxtaposed together, each of which has a faint brownish-yellow glow at the lower end.
Several of the surrounding nobles had some knowledge of magic, and they could see that there were probably earth magic circles attached to these columns.
Thinking that this machine is called a small magic ripper, it is understandable that the earth-based magic circle is attached to it.
But the second half of the machine is really incomprehensible.
This second half was tightly wrapped by an iron box, except that you could see what seemed to be inside from the gap, but it was impossible to see anything, which made people involuntarily want to open the iron box to see what happened.
The doubts in everyone's heart did not last long, and after a while, Viscount Leslie immediately announced the start when everyone was there.
A strong man stepped forward, grabbed the handle at the back of the machine, and pressed the switch. Several lines of bright brown light flashed on the row of columns at the front of the machine, and then fell violently, hitting the harvester heavily. On farmland that has become extremely hard after the wheat is finished.
As soon as the lower end of the cylinder touched the soil, everyone heard a low muffled sound coming from the soil, and immediately saw countless cracks appear in the originally hard soil, and then violently rolled and shook.
"Earth fissure?" A young nobleman by the farmland's eyes lit up and said in surprise.
"Baron Hynas, can you recognize the magic circle above?" a nobleman next to him asked in surprise.
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, each of those columns should have an Earth fissure magic array added to them." The young nobleman called Baron Hynas nodded in response. "Although the Earth Splitting Magic Array is only a second-level Earth Element Magic Array, I can think of using this Magic Array in this way, and it can control the range of influence of the Magic Array so subtly, and even make more than a dozen cylinders on it. The magic circle will not affect each other, and it will work perfectly, so it can be seen that the person who designed this magic circle and this magic machine must have profound research on the magic circle."
"Hehe, Baron Hainas, this is the first time you have come to our Bangta City. You must not know that the person who designed this magic machine is Xu Yi, the president of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. He is indeed a magician, and it is said that even The great magician Camilla has praised his magical talent, and it is not surprising to be able to design such a magic circle."
"You said he was a magician?" Baron Hynas was taken aback. "Since he is a magician, why would he open a business meeting? Instead of studying magic well? He has such a powerful magic talent. If he studies magic with all his strength, he will definitely become a very powerful magician!"
The noble next to him shrugged: "I don't know. But everyone has their own ambitions. Maybe President Xu just likes to study these things?"
Baron Hynas frowned, shook his head, and stopped talking.
In the farmland, the small magic ripper is still moving forward.
The column in front fell, and the ground fissure magic array on the column easily shook the solid soil and loosened it into pieces of broken soil, and the iron box behind finally revealed the fangs hidden in it, but it was a A hideous iron rake.
With the high-speed rotation of the iron plow, the dense iron nails on the plow kept rolling in the broken soil, breaking all the broken soil in an instant.
After the small magic ripper left the soil, the originally hard and thick soil turned directly into a pile of incomparably loose and dense soil slag.
Seeing this situation, whether it was the nobles or the commoner farmers, they couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement.
If you rely solely on manpower, if you want to complete the same loosening work, it will not only consume a lot of energy and time, but also it is impossible to directly smash the soil into such a loose state, and the effect is greatly inferior.
And the better the effect of loosening the soil, the easier the next planting work will be completed, and the better the effect of planted crops in absorbing nutrients from the soil, which will of course be helpful for future growth.
Therefore, with the help of this small magic scarifier, not only a lot of time and energy can be saved, but also a better planting effect can be achieved.
A group of people stared at this small magic ripper, and it took less than ten minutes to loosen the nearly one mu of farmland, and then looked at the incomparably fluffy soil in the entire farmland, and it took a while to recover.
Several nobles who responded quickly rushed to Xu Yi, who was standing beside Viscount Leslie, and couldn't wait to shout.
"President Xu, where is the small magic ripper I ordered? Has it been made? Send it to me now!"
"What to give? President Xu, I will send someone to your chamber of commerce to pick it up. I still have a lot of fields in my house waiting to loosen the soil."
"Hey, don't think it's just you who placed the order. I placed the order right away. President Xu, you must remember to come first, then arrive."
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Seeing the actions of these people, the other nobles reacted instantly and rushed in front of Xu Yi together, also starting to quarrel.
Seeing that these noble gentlemen were so arrogant and noisy, the civilian farmers next to them were surprised for a long time before finally reacting.
After looking at each other, these commoners all showed a sad look.
Although this small magic ripper is very effective, it is obviously very expensive. Not to mention that they can't afford it. Even if they can afford it, even these aristocratic gentlemen are fighting so hard, so how can they get it? them civilians.
Thinking of this, these civilians sighed, shook their heads and prepared to leave.
They couldn't understand why Viscount Leslie invited them too. This kind of place is not where they, the commoners, should come.
However, just when these civilians were about to start, a man who looked very decent in both his manners and demeanor appeared from the side and smiled at everyone: "Everyone, please stay, I am the treasurer of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Bass, please everyone, are you also willing to get a small magic ripper?"
The commoners were stunned for a moment, looked at Sebas, who had a very sincere expression, hesitated for a moment, and nodded in unison.
It has to be said that the shock brought by this small magic scarifier is too strong, and it must be nonsense to say that they do not want it.
Seeing everyone nodding, Sebas showed a smile and continued: "Since this is the case, then I think you will be interested in the farmer support plan recently launched by the Chamber of Commerce..."