Chapter 33 The First Mechanical Harvesting of the Maro Empire
The Duke of Windsor is far from the only one who wants to get the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce directly into his hands, and the Marquis of Southgate is one of them.
Midsummer is coming to an end, and the wheat on the private domain of Marquis Southgate, which is located in the southeastern part of the Marlow Empire, has fully matured and officially entered the autumn harvest stage.
At this time in previous years, no matter what other important matters the Marquis Southgate had, he would temporarily put them aside and honestly stay in his private territory to prepare for the autumn harvest on the territory.
Although he didn't need to put in much effort or take on much work during the whole autumn harvest, as the lord, he had to attach great importance to this work, and he couldn't slack off in the slightest.
Grain is the foundation of all countries on the Sainz Continent, and the most important thing, from His Majesty the Emperor to the humblest slave, must go all out when it comes to harvesting, in order to harvest even one grain of grain Do your best too.
Feeding the stomach is a basic human need, and in front of it, nothing matters.
The atmosphere in the Marquis Southgate's private domain in previous years must be very tense, because everyone knows that the autumn harvest time is precious, and we must seize every bit of time, otherwise we may miss this time, causing problems in the autumn harvest, and the impact will be extremely serious .
The atmosphere at Southgate's private estate this year is still tense, but it is completely different from previous years.
The tension in previous years was about the intense work that is about to start, but this year's tension is because of the uncertainty of unknown things.
Seeing the strange-looking Xinfei brand farmland magic machines galloping back and forth in the farmland, and the wheat fell down one by one, everyone's heart, including Marquis Southgate, jumped up. His eyes stared at the farmland without blinking.
These strange looking machines. It can really be as Xinfei Chamber of Commerce said. Magically do all the harvesting in a split second?
Although the Marquis of Southgate has personally visited the Duchy of Candela, the Kingdom of Lampari, and the Duchy of Standing, he has never seen the scene of the mechanical harvesting of the farmland with his own eyes, so he is also a little nervous.
However, his nervousness is not only related to this autumn harvest on his private land, because even if this autumn harvest fails, he has already reached an agreement with the Lampari Kingdom or the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at the same time to import from the Lampari Kingdom. imported 3,000 tons of wheat, and imported 1,000 tons of rice and 1,000 tons of wheat from Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
This food is enough for everyone in his territory not to worry about food for at least five years, so he doesn't worry about food at all.
Relatively speaking. What he was nervous about was that this was the first time that the Xinfei brand farmland magic machine was harvesting in the farmland of the Maro Empire, which had great symbolic meaning.
If the result of this harvest is not good, it will make other nobles who are waiting to see back, which will affect his and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's plan to jointly promote other types of magic machines of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
However, judging from the current situation and the relaxed smile on the face of President Cantona beside him, everything should be going well without any problems.
Perhaps aware of the gaze of Marquis Southgate, President Cantona withdrew his gaze from staring at the operation of the magic machinery in Tianzhong's farmland, and turned his head to smile at Marquis Southgate.
"Lord Marquis, don't worry. Our chamber of commerce has taken over many jobs over the years, and there will be absolutely no problems."
Southgate nodded slightly. I thought that since Xu Yi dared to strongly recommend the Cantona Chamber of Commerce, there shouldn't be any problems.
However, at this moment, a magic power harvester in the farmland suddenly made a muffled sound and stopped suddenly.
Marquis Southgate was startled, and just about to speak, President Cantona had already rushed out, strode to the side of the magic harvester, and slapped the young driver who came down from above with a slap on the head , Cursed: "Idiot! I asked you to check the machine for me a long time ago, but today I still lost the chain. Quickly fix it for me, did you hear me!"
The young guy touched his head, smiled honestly, bent down to check it, and replied relaxedly: "It's nothing serious, it's just that the chain is stuck."
President Cantona kicked him lightly at his buttocks that were pouted from leaning down.
"Then solve it for me quickly, so many people are waiting."
"Hey, I'll fix it right away."
Then President Cantona came back cursing, met Marquis Southgate's strange gaze head-on, and smiled embarrassedly: "This...Master Marquis, we are all rough people, I made you laugh. "
The Marquis of Southgate shook his head, and suddenly asked curiously: "President Cantona, the autumn harvest is about to begin, and you, the president, bring so many people here to be in charge of the harvest, how can the Lampari Kingdom still be harvested?" What about those other countries where you need to harvest?"
"That's simple. Anyway, the autumn harvest is more than a month away. After finishing it here for you, we can just ram all these machines into a large transport truck and take them back. There is time."
The Marquis of Southgate turned his head to look at the large magic freight locomotives lined up on the flat ground in the distance, thinking that this is really convenient enough.
Previously, the Cantona Chamber of Commerce used these big freight magic locomotives to transport people and various farmland magic machinery from the Lampari Kingdom. Although it was delayed for two days due to road problems in the Maro Empire, the overall In terms of time, it only took less than a week on the road.
Compared with the ultra-long distance of about 2,000 kilometers between the two places, this time is really nothing.
If it were put in the time when there were only horse-drawn carriages and no roads, the distance of two thousand kilometers would be almost as far as the sky, and it would be impossible to resist.
Thinking of this, Marquis Southgate couldn't help feeling emotional.
All kinds of magic machines produced by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have really brought about unimaginable changes in people's lives before. Just relying on the magic locomotives, the distance between people has been shortened a lot.
Fortunately, more than half of the road in the southwestern province of the Maro Empire has been built, and the Amley Chamber of Commerce guarantees that it will be completed within this year.
When this highway is fully completed, at least going from Southgate's private territory to those countries in the southwest corner of the mainland will become extremely fast.
Marquis Southgate had already made up his mind in his heart. As long as this autumn harvest is in progress. The Cantona Chamber of Commerce was able to prove the adoption of Xinfei brand farmland magic machinery with facts. The efficiency of the autumn harvest can be greatly improved, so the first thing he has to do next is to submit a resolution to the Imperial Parliament to build roads in a large area within the empire.
The magic harvester that stopped due to a malfunction just now started up again under the repair of the young driver. As many as ten magic harvesters started together, criss-crossing the farmland on the private territory of Marquis Southgate, It didn't take long for the granary to be filled to the brim.
When the people waiting by the farmland watched the magic harvester open the grain storage bin, the dark brown wheat grains that had been completely eared and hulled rolled down like water waves. All of them opened their mouths in surprise.
This...how is this possible!
The wheat was clearly growing in the field just now, how could it be rolled in by these strange machines, and then turned into wheat grains when it came out again?
Not only does it not require people to go through various tedious procedures such as harvesting, drying, rolling, and dusting, but the whole process takes such a ridiculously short time.
Is this the power of magic?
This is amazing too!
An old farmer who looked to be over 60 years old stared blankly for a long time, and suddenly let out an exclamation.
"By God! Where is the straw!"
The people around were stunned for a moment, and then they noticed that in the wheat field after harvesting, there were only clusters of silky and fine weed-like things, but there were no intact wheat stalks left at all.
Everyone suddenly changed color.
Wheat stalks are very important life props for old farmers, without it. But an extremely heavy loss.
Looking at the questioning gaze cast by Marquis Southgate, President Cantona resisted the urge to show a disdainful expression. He smiled and explained: "The straw has been chopped in the magic harvester. If you really want to use it, you can still use it to light a fire after it is dried. It doesn't matter."
Marquis Southgate glanced at the situation in Tanaka, nodded and agreed.
The other farmers thought about it and reluctantly accepted President Cantona's statement.
President Cantona glanced at the regretful expressions on the faces of the surrounding crowd, and finally couldn't help but said: "Master Marquis, you... the people in the territory really want to continue to use straw to make fires so backward way of life?"
Marquis Southgate and everyone around him looked at him in astonishment.
President Cantona coughed lightly, and continued: "Master Marquis, the magic stove costs less than four gold coins, and it is much more convenient to use. Moreover, there is no need to burn anything, and there is no air pollution. Seems to be much better than burning wheat stalks, straw, and firewood, right?"
"It's less than four gold coins?" Marquis Southgate couldn't help but twitched slightly at the corner of his mouth.
He has been to the countries of the Lampari Kingdom for on-the-spot investigations. Of course, he knows that in these countries, magic machines such as magic stoves can already be seen in many families, and he even bought some for himself. Came back and is now working on his estate, even with the convenience of the Magic Stove.
But don't look at what President Cantona said so easily, a magic furnace only needs less than four gold coins, but for the vast majority of people in his territory, four gold coins is not a small number.
In his territory, the combined annual income of most of the people is probably only a dozen or so gold coins.
It's pretty good to be able to eat a full stomach, so how could it be possible to have an extra four gold coins to buy some magic stove.
However, thinking about what Xu Yi said earlier that in the factories established here by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and other chambers of commerce, the monthly minimum wages of the workers recruited would not be lower than five gold coins, Marquis Southgate immediately felt that four gold coins were not What an unacceptable number.
But after thinking about it again, this President Cantona said last time that among the employees in the Cantona Chamber of Commerce, the mechanic with the highest monthly salary is as high as 30 gold coins, and the gap between the two sides is ridiculously large.
"This is the difference in development..."
The Marquis of Southgate sighed slightly in his heart, and once again strengthened his determination to continue to develop the magic industry in his territory. (To be continued..)