Chapter 46: The Magic Reaper is in
It was probably held back for a long time, and the torrential rain either didn't fall, but it lasted intermittently for half a month before finally stopping.
When the sky cleared completely, and the sun showed all its long-lost glory, and shone hotly all day, people were stunned to find that the weather was no longer as hot as before, and people wanted to peel off the skin on their bodies.
After all, it's the end of August, and it's the end of summer.
During this period of abundant rain, the last stretch of wheat in the fields outside the city of Bonta was flared up, and after only two days of sunny weather, all the fields had turned from green and yellow to golden, and as far as the eye could see, the golden waves rippled in the wind, which was spectacular.
For the Sainz continent, a world where productivity is not yet developed, and even the most basic food and clothing needs of everyone cannot be guaranteed, annual food production is the top priority.
The kingdom of Lampass is located in the southwest of the central part of the Sainz continent, and there are two harvest seasons every year, of which the autumn harvest is the most important, so when the wheat fields are ripe, the kingdom is full of autumn harvest scenes, and the city of Bonta is no exception.
However, this year, there seems to be something different from previous years.
On the outskirts of the west of Bonta, a large area of land was the domain of Viscount Leslie, because it had been planted a little earlier, and by this time nearly half of the fields had fully matured the wheat, and now it was being harvested in a hurry.
According to the tradition of previous years, at this time, Viscount Leslie usually sent all his slaves, and at the same time mobilized all his guards to go down to the fields to assist in the harvest, and even children were often involved.
After all, the harvest of farmland is completely dependent on human hands, and being able to contribute one more person means that the harvest will end earlier.
At this time, everyone hopes that the heavens will not suddenly rain as before, otherwise they are afraid that this year's harvest will be over.
However, this year was really different, although Viscount Leslie, as in previous years, led the subordinates of the Viscount's Mansion to worship the gods, but did not immediately announce that all the slaves and subordinates should be allowed to go to the field to start harvesting, and he took the lead in cutting the first ear of wheat to make a symbolic example, but directly retreated to the side, putting on a lively appearance.
This made the nobles of Bangta City who were watching next to them even more puzzled.
Originally, it was already very strange for Viscount Leslie to invite them to watch the harvest ceremony of the viscountdom today, but now Viscount Leslie looked like this...... What the hell is this Viscount Leslie doing?
Just when everyone was puzzled, a roar suddenly came out behind Viscount Leslie, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Under the gaze of everyone, a strange-looking machine rushed out from behind Viscount Leslie under the manipulation of a strong man.
The appearance of this machine is very strange, the front end is a huge rectangular iron box, and the front of the iron box is open, revealing the iron rake plough-like thing that is rotating with the roar of the machine, which looks very hideous.
In the middle of the machine is a huge iron shelf, covered with iron sheets, and there is a rumbling sound inside, as if something is constantly vibrating inside.
Underneath the iron frame are two huge half-man-tall thick iron wheels, from the appearance, this wheel is obviously also specially modified, not only the wheels are as wide as a child's arm, but there are also dents on it, it looks like it is to strengthen the grip of the wheels.
However, in the eyes of many people, this is clearly redundant.
Judging from the palm-thick appearance of the wheels easily pressed into the field, the weight of this machine is only a few hundred catties.
The end of the whole machine is simple, just two handles, just enough for the strong man to grasp and control, so that the machine can move forward normally according to his intentions.
"Viscount Leslie, what the hell is this thing for?" a nobleman standing next to Viscount Leslie couldn't help but ask.
Viscount Leslie smiled slightly: "It's not interesting to say it, you can see it by looking at it." ”
Hearing this answer, the surrounding nobles who cared about the answer could only reluctantly refocus their attention on the machine.
At this time, the strong man had already carefully controlled this strange-looking machine into the farmland, looked back at Viscount Leslie, and saw Viscount Leslie nodding, so he took out a white cloth from his pocket to cover his mouth and nose, and then put a cloth bag that should be used to hold grain on an opening behind the machine, and then reached out and pressed something that seemed to be a switch on the handle, and the machine made a roar again, slowly advancing towards the wheat field.
The aristocrats who were watching were taken aback, this machine looked so vicious, if they rushed over like this, wouldn't they have to flatten all the wheat that had finally ripen with great difficulty?
Even if Viscount Leslie's territory was large enough, there was only so much wheat he could grow, and it should never be wasted.
Just as everyone was stunned and inexplicable, the tin box at the front of the machine had already rolled up the outermost row of wheat in the wheat field.
The high-speed iron rake plough mercilessly swallowed the wheat in one gulp, and disappeared directly into the machine.
There was a strange roar from the huge box of the machine, and after a while, several sharp-eyed nobles noticed that something seemed to be spewing out of the opening behind the machine, stuffing the originally empty cloth bag a little.
As the machine continued to advance in the wheat field, the opening in the back kept spraying something, and the cloth bag was also enriched little by little.
After walking back and forth in the wheat field twice under the control of the strong man, the cloth bag has been filled, and the strong man stops the machine.
With a wave of his hand, two slaves rushed from behind, untied the cloth bag from the machine, and replaced it with a new one and hung it up.
The brawny man continued to maneuver the machine to harvest the wheat in the wheat field, while the two slaves carried the full cloth bags to Viscount Leslie.
Without waiting for Viscount Leslie to signal, the nobles on the side had already gathered around.
A nobleman took a look at it, immediately shouted in surprise, reached out and grabbed a handful in the cloth bag, and suddenly grabbed a hand full of crimson wheat grains!
Seeing this situation, the other onlookers could no longer hold back, and reached in one after another, and each of them caught a handful of wheat grains without accident.
Looking at the handful of wheat grains in their hands, which were almost completely devoid of wheat husks, the nobles could not believe their eyes.
"This ...... How is it possible? How can wheat stalks, which are still in the field, suddenly turn into wheat grains?" said a nobleman to himself.
"yes, how did you get that?Viscount Leslie, you probably didn't have a bag of wheat to trick us into playing?" the other nobleman was obviously even more incredulous.
Viscount Leslie didn't bother to explain to them, and pointed to the machine that was still harvesting in the wheat field.
Everyone looked over, but saw that at this time, the machine had already filled the empty cloth bag that had been replaced just now.
When the two slaves brought the sack over, everyone gathered around to take a look and found that the sack was indeed full of wheat grains.
In fact, if you want to say that Viscount Leslie tricked them into playing, no one will believe it.
First of all, Viscount Leslie didn't need to do this at all, and secondly, the nobles here all knew a little about the farmland, so they naturally knew very well that the wheat grains in these two cloth bags were obviously new wheat that had just been harvested, and it was absolutely impossible for Viscount Leslie to deceive them with the old wheat from before.
But...... How the hell is this done?
Obviously, the wheat just now was still growing well in the field, and it was swallowed all the way by that weird-looking machine, and then spit it out and turned into wheat grains?
I said...... Viscount Leslie, this can't be some kind of magic, right?" said a nobleman.
Viscount Leslie laughed, "You're right, this really has something to do with magic. But it's not right to say that it's all magic, have you ever heard of such a convenient magic?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
"Okay, let me tell you, this thing is called the Magic Harvester, and it's used to harvest wheat. How are you feeling after reading it now?" Viscount Leslie looked at the crowd with interest.
Everyone looked at each other, and a nobleman rolled his eyes, leaned in front of Viscount Leslie and asked with a smile: "Viscount Leslie, everyone is an old friend, you sue me, do you have more of this machine?"
As soon as this person said this, the other nobles around him immediately reacted.
"Yes, borrow it from me, and it's time to harvest the wheat in my land. Your machine is so amazing, it's so easy to use!"
"That is, everyone is an old friend, and you also lend it to me?"
"What do you mean by borrowing? You cheap guys. Viscount Leslie, I don't have to borrow it, if you have more, just make a price and sell me two. ”
"Yes, yes, sell it to me. With this stuff, harvesting wheat is much easier. Judging by this speed, I'm afraid it won't take only an hour to harvest this large piece of land, right?"
"I don't think I can even use it for an hour. I didn't say it, this thing is so easy to use, Viscount Leslie, if you have more, even if you sell it to me at an open price, I will buy as many units as you want!"
"Baron Rover, you only have such a small territory, why do you buy so many units? Besides, this machine is so magical, I don't think there will be many of them. Viscount Leslie, you must sell it to me first!, don't forget, I lent you a hundred slaves to help you during the last spring harvest. ”
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Looking at the enthusiastic faces of the nobles around him, Viscount Leslie smiled, turned around and pointed to the person behind him.
"If you want to buy this machine, you can, but don't look for me, you should look for him. He sold me this machine. ”
The nobles turned their heads in amazement, and saw Xu Yi with a smile on his face.
That smile was like a tiger that had been hungry for three days seeing a large pile of fat meat delivered to his mouth.
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