Chapter 33: The First Mechanical Harvest of the Maro Empire

The Duke of Windsor is far from alone who wants to get the New Flying Chamber of Commerce directly into his hands, and the Marquis of Southgate is one of them.

As the summer approaches, the wheat on the Marquis of Southgate's private domain, located in the southeastern part of the Marlo Empire, has fully matured and officially entered the autumn harvest stage.

At this time of the year, no matter what other important things the Marquis of Southgate had, he would put aside for the time being and stay honestly in his private domain to prepare for the autumn harvest in the territory.

Although he didn't need to personally put in any effort or take on much work during the entire autumn harvest, as a lord, he must attach great importance to this work and not slack off.

Food is the foundation and the most important thing for all the countries on the continent of Sainz, from the supreme emperor to the lowliest slaves, who must go all out when it comes to harvesting, and do their best to harvest even a grain more.

Feeding the belly, this is a basic human need, in front of this, nothing matters.

In previous years, the atmosphere in the private domain of the Marquis of Southgate must be very tense now, because everyone knows that the autumn harvest time is precious, and every bit of time must be grasped, otherwise it is possible to miss this time, and if there is a problem with the autumn harvest, the impact will be extremely severe.

The atmosphere in the private domain of the Marquis of Southgate this year is still tense, but it is completely different from previous years.

In previous years, the tension was aimed at the intense work that was about to begin, but this year's tension is due to the uncertainty of the unknown.

Watching the strange-looking new flying brand farmland magic machines gallop back and forth in the farmland, and the wheat fell one by one, everyone's heart, including the Marquis of Southgate. His eyes stared at the farmland without blinking.

These strange looks of the machine qì. It can really be as the new flying chamber of commerce said. Is it magically to do all the harvesting in a split second?

Although the Marquis of Southgate himself had personally visited the Duchy of Candela, the Kingdom of Lampari and the Duchy of Statein, he had not seen the scene of the magical mechanical harvesting of farmland after all, so he was also a little nervous.

However, his nervousness was not only about this autumn harvest in his private domain, because even if this autumn harvest failed, he had already reached an agreement with the Lampari Kingdom or the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at the same time, and imported 3,000 tons of wheat from the Lampari Kingdom, 1,000 tons of rice and 1,000 tons of wheat from the 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 does not worry about food at all.

Relatively. He was nervous that this was the first time that the new Fei brand farmland magic machine had been harvested in the farmland of the Maro Empire, and it was extremely symbolic.

If the harvest is not good, it will make the other nobles who are watching back down, which will affect his plan to promote other types of magic machinery of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce together.

However, judging from the current situation, and the relaxed smile on the face of President Cantona beside him, it should be a qiēshun lì, and there is no problem at all.

Perhaps sensing the Marquis Southgate's gaze, President Cantona withdrew his gaze from staring at the magical machinery in the fields and turned to the Marquis of Southgate and smiled.

"Lord Marquis, don't worry. We don't know how much this job has been accepted by our Chamber of Commerce over the years, and there will be absolutely no problems. ”

Southgate nodded slightly. I thought that since Xu Yi dared to strongly recommend this Cantona Chamber of Commerce, there should be no problems.

However, at this moment, a magic harvester in the field suddenly made a muffled sound and stopped abruptly.

The Marquis of Southgate was stunned and was about to speak, but President Cantona had already rushed out, strode to the side of the magic harvester, slapped the young driver boy who came down from above, and scolded: "Idiot! Hurry up and get it for me, do you hear me!"

The young man touched his head, smiled innocently, leaned down to check it, and replied easily: "It's not a big deal, it's just that the chain is stuck." ”

President Cantona kicked him lightly in the pouting ass as he leaned down.

"Then hurry up and solve it for me, so many people are waiting. ”

"Eh, I'll get it right away. ”

President Cantona then walked back scolding, met the strange gaze of the Marquis of Southgate, and smiled embarrassedly, "This...... Lord Marquis, we are all rough people, and we will make you laugh. ”

Marquis Southgate shook his head, and suddenly asked curiously: "President Cantona, this autumn harvest is about to begin, and you, the president, are in charge of harvesting with so many people here, what about the places in the Lampari Kingdom and other countries that need your harvest?"

"That's easy, anyway, the autumn harvest time is more than a month. After getting it here for you, we'll just hit all these machines into the big transport truck and bring them back, just in time. ”

The Marquis of Southgate turned his head to look at the large freight magic locomotives lined up on the flat ground in the distance, and thought to himself that this would be convenient enough.

Previously, the Cantona Chamber of Commerce used these large freight magic locomotives to transport people and all kinds of farmland magic machinery from the Lampari Kingdom, although it was delayed for two days due to road problems in the Maro Empire, but in general, it only took less than a week on the road.

Compared to the ultra-long distance of about 2,000 kilometers between the two places, this time is really nothing.

If it were left in the past, when there were only carriages and no roads, the distance of 2,000 kilometers was almost equivalent to being far away in the sky, and it was impossible to resist it.

Thinking of this, the Marquis of Southgate couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The various magical machines produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have really changed people's lives that were unimaginable before, and the distance between people has been shortened a lot just by relying on the magic locomotive.

Fortunately, more than half of the road in the southwestern province of the Maro Empire has been built, and the Amrli Chamber of Commerce guarantees that it will be completed within this year.

By the time the road is fully completed, it will be quick, at least to travel from Southgate's private possessions to the countries in the southwestern corner of the continent.

The Marquis of 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 use of the new Flying Farm Magic Machine. The first thing he had to do next was to submit a resolution to the Imperial Diet to build roads on a large scale in the Empire.

The Magic Harvester, which had just been stopped due to a malfunction, was soon restarted under the repair of the young driver, and as many as ten Magic Harvesters were activated together, crisscrossing the farmland on the Marquis of Southgate's private domain, and it didn't take long for the granary to be full.

As the people waiting by the farmland watched as the magic harvester opened the grain storage silo, the dark brown wheat grains that had been completely tasseled and husked tumbled down like waves. All of them opened their mouths in surprise.

This...... How is this possible!

These wheats have just grown well in the field, how can they be rolled into these strange machines and then turn into wheat grains?

Not only does it not require people to harvest, dry, roll, and dust all kinds of cumbersome procedures, but the whole process time is so short.

Is this the power of magic?

It's amazing, too!

An old farmer who looked to be in his sixties stared blankly for a long time, and suddenly let out an exclamation.

"The gods are above! Where has the wheat straw gone?"

The surrounding people were stunned for a moment, and then they noticed that after the harvest, there were only clumps of silky weed-like things in the wheat field, but there was no complete wheat stalk left at all.

The crowd suddenly changed color.

Wheat straw was a very important tool for the old peasants, and they didn't have it. But the loss is extremely heavy.

Looking at the questioning gaze cast by the Marquis of Southgate, President Cantona resisted the urge to show disdain. He smiled and explained, "The wheat straw has been chopped in the magic harvester, and if you really want to use it, you can still use it to make a fire after it is dried, and it doesn't matter." ”

Marquis Southgate glanced at Tanaka's situation, nodded in agreement.

The other farmers thought about it and reluctantly accepted President Cantona's claim.

President Cantona glanced at the expressions of pity on the faces of the crowd around him, and finally couldn't help but speak, "Lord Marquis, you ...... Do the people in the territory really want to continue to use wheat straw to make fires in such a backward way of life?"

The Marquis of Southgate and the rest of the crowd looked at him in amazement.

President Cantona coughed lightly and continued, "Lord Marquis, the magic furnace is less than four gold coins, so it is much more convenient to use. And you don't need to burn anything, and there is no air pollution, no matter how you look at it, it's much better than burning wheat straw, straw, firewood, and the like, right?"

"Less than four gold coins for one?" the Marquis of Southgate couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.

He had been to the countries of the Lampari Kingdom on field trips, and of course he knew that in these countries, magic stoves could now be seen in many families, and even he himself bought some to bring back, and now he is working in his manor, even the convenience of magic stoves.

But don't look at what President Cantona said so easily, a magic furnace only costs less than four gold coins, but for the vast majority of people in his realm, four gold coins is a lot of money.

In his territory, the income of the vast majority of the people in a year is probably only a dozen gold coins.

It's already pretty good to be able to eat a full stomach, so how can you buy some magic furnace with four extra gold coins.

However, thinking of Xu Yi's previous statement that in the factories set up by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and other chambers of commerce here, the minimum monthly wage of the workers recruited would not be less than five gold coins, the Marquis of Southgate immediately felt that in fact, four gold coins was not such an unacceptable number.

But after thinking about it again, the president of Cantona in front of me said last time that among the employees in their Cantona Chamber of Commerce, the mechanic with the highest monthly salary is as high as thirty gold coins, and the gap between the two sides is ridiculously large.

"This is the difference between the order of development......

The Marquis of Southgate sighed in his heart, and once again strengthened his determination to continue to develop the magic industry in his territory. (To be continued......)