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

After eating, Xu Yi and Viscount Leslie sat down in a small meeting room at the invitation of Count Satsuma, and after chatting a few more words, Count Satsuma quickly pulled the topic to Xu Yi.

"President Xu, since you asked this kid Leslie to come forward and beg me to see you, then now that you have seen me, you can't be as silent as you were at the dinner table just now, right?"

Viscount Leslie glanced at Xu Yi when he heard this, Xu Yi nodded, sorted out his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Lord City, this is the first time I have been received by you, and I am a little nervous in my heart, and it is inevitable that I will be a little silent. ”

Count Satsuma waved his hand: "That's not what Leslie said when he introduced you to me, he said that you are a very thoughtful guy, and judging from the development of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, I also believe in his judgment." You say you're nervous when you see me, I can't see it, can I?"

Xu Yi smiled again, decided to put aside the topic, thought about it, and continued: "Okay, then no matter if I'm nervous or not, I can only not be nervous now." Lord of the City, I would like to ask the Viscount to see me this time, of course, I need your help in something. ”

"That's right, if it's okay, will you be okay to come to see me, an old man? I'm not a beauty. Count Satsuma nodded. "Tell me, what the hell is going on? If you're like that kid from Leslie and ask me to help you promote your guild's products, it won't work. There are so many chambers of commerce in Bonta City, I can't favor one over the other. ”

Xu Yi couldn't help but wonder, he didn't think that this Count Satsuma was quite funny.

That's fine, if he is a stubborn old nobleman, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to get approval for what he wants to discuss today.

"Of course not. You're the lord of Bunta City, and it would be a waste to ask you to do the publicity. ”

"Oh, so I'm more useful?" Count Satsuma looked at Xu Yi with interest.

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

Count Satsuma nodded: "It's not just that I have some understanding, but I have studied it well." I have to say that this plan proposed by your Chamber of Commerce is very good. If it can be implemented smoothly, I think it will be of great help to the lives of ordinary farmers in Bangta City. ”

"Improving the lives of ordinary farmers is really only a preliminary goal. Xu also continued. "The more important purpose of our chamber of commerce is to popularize the agricultural magic machinery produced by our chamber of commerce, greatly improve the planting capacity of ordinary farmers, and help them cultivate more farmland, so as to provide higher food yields and improve their lives, while further liberating them from the farmland, so that they can have more time to do more other work. ”

"Like working in your chamber of commerce's factory?" Count Satsuma asked, raising an eyebrow.

Xu Yi smiled: "Lord of the City, the work in the factory of this chamber of commerce is very sought-after right now, I think those farmers will definitely agree if they have a choice." ”

Count Satsuma nodded lightly: "I know a little bit about this." I've heard that the average worker in your chamber of commerce's factory can get at least six gold coins a month, which is quite a lot in our Bangta City. ”

"Actually, if I have to be honest, this salary is still a bit low. I'd rather pay the workers more so that they can stay in our chamber for a long time. I'm afraid you don't know, during this time, the Leo Chamber of Commerce in Saltan City poached many workers from our Chamber of Commerce with high salaries, and we had to rerecruit the workers and then retrain them, so the production progress was delayed a lot. ”

"The Chamber of Commerce in Saltan City?" Count Satsuma frowned. "Actually the chambers of commerce of other cities came to our Bangta to poach people? And you let them poach people?"

Xu Yi spread out his hand, looking helpless: "No way, the Leo Chamber of Commerce gave them a high salary of ten gold coins a month, and many workers couldn't stand this **, so they were poached." ”

Count Satsuma snorted softly: "Ten gold coins? 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 also explained.

"I see...... Do you have any countermeasures, and why don't you raise the wages of the workers?" asked the Count of Satsuma again.

"This ...... Lord Castle, although I would like to directly increase the salaries of the workers, as a chamber of commerce with a long-term plan, it is not the right decision to rashly increase the salaries of the workers, because it will disrupt our entire plan and will very likely affect the development of the chamber of commerce in the future, so at present, we can only compensate for other aspects, such as giving the workers more benefits. Of course, only a small percentage of the workers were poached, and most of the workers preferred to stay in our chamber of commerce. ”

"I don't care what your chamber of commerce has in mind, but I hope you can handle this matter properly. Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now the fastest growing and most promising Chamber of Commerce in our Bangta City, and I don't want you to be overwhelmed. Count Satsuma waved his hand.

Xu Yi's eyes widened in surprise.

From the meaning of Count Satsuma's words, it is clear that he has a very positive and supportive attitude towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

This is great news for Xu Yi.

With the support of this Bangta City Lord, at least in Bangta City, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will have a lot less trouble.

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

Count Satsuma stared at Xu Yi for a while and nodded with satisfaction.

"Good. So let's go back to the topic just now, you said that the main purpose of promoting the farmer support program is to liberate ordinary farmers from the farmland and let them do other jobs, I can understand this idea, but do you know that for Bangta City, and even for the entire Lampari Kingdom, farmland is the most fundamental thing. If there isn't enough food to produce, everything is just a fake. When people are hungry, they can do anything. ”

Seeing Count Satsuma's solemn expression, Xu Yi also solemnly nodded and said, "This understands your worries, Lord of the City. But Lord Castle, I think it's all because you don't know much about the magic machinery of the farmland, so you're worried. In this regard, I said that you may be skeptical, so let the Viscount explain it to you. ”

Count Satsuma's gaze turned to Viscount Leslie on the side.

Viscount Leslie had already been prepared, put down the teacup in his hand unhurriedly, and nodded with a smile: "Lord Earl, I can prove this for Xu Yi." Let's take the situation in my territory as an example. At the time of this year's autumn harvest, the total number of wheat fields that need to be harvested in my territory is about seven hectares, and in previous years, these seven hectares of wheat fields required all my slaves, guards and other laborers to be harvested within half a month, but this year, after I purchased two small magic harvesters from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it only took less than two days to complete all the harvests, and I only used less than twenty slaves from beginning to end. ”

Count Satsuma raised his eyebrows: "Are you true? It only took two days to complete it with less than twenty slaves?"

"Lord Earl, how could I lie to you, not only me, but also the other nobles in Bonta, as long as there is a wheat field in the territory that needs to be harvested, each of them has purchased a small magic harvester, which also saves them a lot of time and labor. Your territory isn't here, Lord Earl, and if you are, I highly recommend you buy two, as they're so useful. ”

Count Satsuma tilted his head and looked at Xu Yi seriously for a while, then nodded slowly: "I just heard about it before, but I didn't expect the actual situation to be so amazing." Xu Yi, even if you put aside everything else, with this small magic harvester alone, your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has made a great contribution. ”

Viscount Leslie laughed and said, "Don't worry, Lord Earl, I haven't finished yet." In addition to the small magic harvester, the new flying chamber has also launched a small magic scarifier, which greatly improves the efficiency of soil loosening before planting. Now, with the help of a small magic scarifier, I have decided to clear all the twenty-one hectares of farmland in my territory that can be used as farmland, and plant them all in the autumn planting, so that the next year's grain yield will be several times higher than this year's, if nothing else. ”

Count Satsuma didn't show any surprise this time, but frowned.

"Leslie, farming is such a simple thing. Even if you have a small magic harvester as you said, you can increase the harvesting speed, and with a small magic scarifier, you can improve the efficiency of loosening the soil, but planting farmland is not only harvesting and loosening the soil, but also a lot of things to do such as seedling, sowing, weeding, drought resistance, etc., you rashly reclaim so much farmland, are you sure that there are enough manpower?"

Viscount Leslie smiled but did not answer, and looked at Xu Yi.

"Lord Castle, 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 then develop a series of magic machines such as small magic excavators, small magic pumps, small magic digging machines, small magic graders, etc., and the ultimate goal is to replace all manpower with magic machines and liberate manpower from the farmland. Just yesterday, I discussed with Viscount Leslie that I was going to re-plan and redesign the farmland in his realm to make it more suitable for the operation of the magic machinery of the farmland, and more suitable for the cultivation of rice. ”

"Wait, it's better to grow rice?" was Count Satsuma stunned. "Bonta City mainly grows wheat, what is Leslie doing with rice? It's not a place with a particularly rich water source like Kalmar City, I'm afraid it's not cost-effective, right?"

Viscount Leslie smiled: "Lord Earl, in fact, the water source of Bonta City is not bad, but it was difficult to use it before. Now with the help of the Magic Machine, it's much easier to use it. Besides, it's easy to get tired of eating bread every day, isn't it? ”

Count Satsuma turned his head to look at Xu Yi, and suddenly snorted coldly: "I remember, the new product that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been vigorously promoting recently, is the magic rice cooker." This is the thing that needs people to eat rice the most. No wonder you're encouraging this kid Leslie to grow rice, and I'm afraid you want our whole city of Bunta to grow rice?"

Xu Yi smiled and said nothing.