Chapter 64 Talks

Although there were only three people, this dinner in the City Lord's Mansion still lasted for more than an hour before it ended.

After eating, Xu Yi and Viscount Leslie came down to a small living room at the invitation of Earl Summer and took a seat. After chatting for a while, Earl Summer quickly brought the topic to Xu Yi.

"President Xu, since you asked Leslie to ask me to see you, now that you have seen me, you can't be as silent as you were at the dinner table just now, right?"

Viscount Leslie winked at Xu Yi when he heard the words, Xu Yi nodded, sorted out his thoughts, and said with a smile, "Sir City Lord, this is the first time I have received you to meet me.

Earl Summer waved his hand: "Leslie didn't say that when he introduced you to me, he said that you are a very thoughtful guy, and judging from the development of your new flying chamber of commerce, I also believe him. Judgment. You said you'd be nervous to see me? I can't see it?"

Xu Yi smiled again, decided to put aside the topic, thought about it, and continued: "Okay, then whether I'm nervous or not, I can't be nervous now. Lord City Lord, please ask Lord Viscount to see me this time, of course. There is something that needs your help."

"It's right if there's something wrong. If it's okay, will you come to see me, an old man? I'm not a beautiful woman." Count Summer nodded. "Tell me, what's the matter? If it's like that kid Leslie, you can't ask me to help you promote the products of your chamber of commerce. There are so many chambers of commerce in Bangta City, I can't favor one over the other."

Xu Yi couldn't help but smile, he didn't expect this Earl of Satsuma to be quite funny.

That's good, if he is a stubborn old-fashioned noble, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get approval for the things that he wants to discuss with him today.

"Of course not. You are the lord of Bangta City. It would be too wasteful to invite you to do publicity."

"Oh? So I'm more useful?" Earl Summer looked at Xu Yi with interest.

"Hey... Lord City Lord, I think you should have some understanding of the farmer support plan launched by our Chamber of Commerce some time ago?" Xu Yi asked.

Earl Summer nodded: "Not only do I have some understanding, but I have researched it carefully. I have to say that the plan proposed by your chamber of commerce is very good. If it can be implemented smoothly, I would like to express to the ordinary farmers in Bangta City. Life will help a lot."

"Improving the lives of ordinary farmers is actually only a preliminary goal." Xu Yi continued. "The more important reason why our chamber of commerce wants to implement this plan is to greatly improve the planting ability of ordinary farmers by popularizing the agricultural magic machinery produced by the chamber of commerce, and help them reclaim and plant more farmland, so as to provide higher increase their food production, while improving their lives, it also frees them further from farmland, freeing them up to do more work.”

"For example, to work in the factory of your chamber of commerce?" Earl Summer asked with a raised eyebrow.

Xu Yi smiled: "Sir City Lord, the work in the factory of the Chamber of Commerce is very sought-after. I think if the farmers have a choice, they will definitely agree."

Earl Summer nodded lightly: "I know a little about it. I heard that ordinary workers in your Chamber of Commerce factory can get at least six gold coins every month, which is quite a lot in our Bangta City."

"Actually, if I tell the truth, this salary is still a bit low. I would rather pay more for the workers so that they can work in our chamber of commerce for a long time. You may not know that during this time, Saltan City The Leo Chamber of Commerce poached many workers from our chamber of commerce with high salaries, so we had to recruit workers again and retrain them, thus delaying a lot of production progress.”

"The Chamber of Commerce in Saltan City?" Count Summer frowned. "A business association from another city came to our Bangta to poach people? Then you let them poach them?"

Xu Yi spread out his hands with a helpless expression: "No way, Leo Chamber of Commerce offered them a high salary of ten gold coins a month. Many workers couldn't stand this ** and were poached."

Earl Summer snorted softly: "Ten gold coins? They really got the capital. But why is the Leo Chamber of Commerce poaching your workers?"

"Because the Leo Chamber of Commerce also produces magic machines like our Chamber of Commerce." Xu Yi explained.

"So...then do you have any corresponding measures? Why don't you increase the wages of the workers?" Count Summer asked again.

"This... Lord City Lord, although I really want to directly increase the salaries of the workers, as a chamber of commerce with long-term plans, it is not a correct decision to raise the salaries of the workers rashly, because it will disrupt our entire business. The plan will most likely affect the future development of the Chamber of Commerce, so at present we can only compensate by other aspects, such as giving workers more benefits. Of course, only a small number of workers have been poached, most workers I would prefer to stay in our Chamber of Commerce.”

"I don't care what your chamber of commerce plans to do, but I hope you can handle this matter properly. Your new flying chamber of commerce is now the fastest-growing and most promising chamber of commerce in our city of Bangta. I don't want you to be easily attacked. Broken." Earl Summer waved his hand.

Xu Yi widened his eyes slightly in surprise.

From the meaning of Earl Summer's words, he clearly has a very positive and supportive attitude towards the New Flying Merchants Association.

This is great news for Xu Yi.

With the support of the lord of Bangta City, at least in Bangta City, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce will have less trouble.

"Lord City Lord, please rest assured, although the Leo Chamber of Commerce itself is many times stronger than our New Flying Chamber of Commerce, but in terms of magic machinery, I can guarantee that they must not be our opponents!" Xu Yi said with great certainty.

Earl Summer stared at Xu Yi for a while, then nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good. Let's go back to the topic just now. You said that the main purpose of promoting the farmer support program is to free ordinary farmers from the farmland and let them do other jobs. I can understand this idea, but you know that I don’t know, for Bangta City, and even for the entire Lampari Kingdom, farmland is the most fundamental thing. If there is not enough food to produce, everything is just false. When people are hungry, what are they? Everything can be done.”

Seeing Count Satsuma's solemn expression, Xu Yi also became serious, nodded solemnly and said, "I understand your concern, Lord City Lord. But Lord City Lord, I think this is entirely due to your lack of understanding of farmland magic machinery, so you have Such concerns. In this regard, I said that you may doubt it, so let the Viscount explain it to you.”

Earl Summer's gaze turned to Viscount Leslie, who was beside him.

Viscount Leslie had already made preparations. He calmly put down the teacup in his hand and nodded with a smile: "Lord Earl, I can prove this for Xu Yi. Just take the situation in my territory as an example. During the autumn harvest this year, the total amount of wheat fields that need to be harvested in my territory is about seven hectares. In previous years, the seven hectares of wheat fields required me to dispatch all the slaves, guards, etc. labor to be harvested within half a month. , but this year, after I purchased two small magic harvesters from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, it only took less than two days to complete all the harvesting, and only used less than twenty slaves from beginning to end. "

Earl Summer raised his eyebrows: "Are you telling the truth? Just two days? It took less than twenty slaves to complete it?"

"Lord Count, how could I lie to you? It's not just me, you can also ask other nobles in Bangta City. As long as there are wheat fields in the territory that need to be harvested, everyone buys a small magic harvester. It also saves them a lot of time and labor. Your territory is not here, Lord Count, and if it is, I strongly recommend that you buy two, because this thing is really useful."

Earl Summer turned his head and looked at Xu Yi seriously for a while, then nodded slowly: "I only heard about it before, but I didn't expect the actual situation to be so amazing. Xu Yi, even if we don't talk about anything else, just rely on this small magic harvester. , your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has made a great contribution."

Viscount Leslie laughed and said, "Don't worry, Count, I haven't finished. In addition to the small magic harvester, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has also launched a small magic ripper, which greatly improves the pine tree before planting. Soil efficiency. Now with the help of a small magic ripper, I have decided to reclaim all the 21 hectares of farmland in the territory that can be used as arable land, and plant them all in autumn. If there is no accident, In the coming year, we can get several times higher grain production than this year.”

Count Summer did not show any surprise this time, instead he frowned.

"Leslie, farming is such a simple matter. Even if you have a small magic harvester, you can increase the harvesting speed, and with a small magic ripper, you can improve the efficiency of soil ripping, but planting farmland is not easy. It’s just harvesting and loosening the soil, as well as a lot of things to do, such as raising seedlings, sowing, weeding, drought resistance, etc. You have reclaimed so much farmland, are you sure you have enough manpower?”

Viscount Leslie smiled without answering, looking at Xu Yi.

"Lord City Master, the so-called farmland magic machinery is not just a small magic harvester and a small magic harvester. Our New Flying Chamber of Commerce will also develop a small magic excavator, a small magic pump, a small magic digging machine, A series of magic machines such as small magic graders, etc., the ultimate goal is to replace all manpower with magic machines and liberate manpower from farmland. Just yesterday, I also discussed with Viscount Leslie, and I plan to use it in his territory. Those farmlands were re-planned and redesigned to make his territory more suitable for the operation of farmland magic machinery and more suitable for rice cultivation."

"Wait, is it more suitable to grow rice?" Count Satsuma was taken aback. "Bonta City mainly grows wheat, why did Leslie change to rice? It's not a place with particularly rich water resources like Karma City, I'm afraid it's not worth it?"

Viscount Leslie smiled: "Sir Count, in fact, the water source of Bangta City is not bad, but it was difficult to use before. Now with the help of the magic machine, it is much easier to use it. Besides, every day is always It’s easy to get bored with bread, isn’t it? You have to change it up every now and then.”

Earl Summer turned his head to look at Xu Yi, and suddenly snorted: "I remember, the new product that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been promoting recently is the magic rice cooker. This is the thing that most people need to eat rice. No wonder You're going to encourage this kid Leslie to plant rice, and I'm afraid you want us to plant rice all over Bangta City instead?"

Xu Yi smiled and said nothing.