Chapter 59 Emancipating the productive forces

"Fifty gold coins! That's a lot!" said Feliman, standing up, his hands and feet shaking with excitement.

Although he guessed that there should be some good rewards for winning in the end, he never expected that he would be rewarded with as many as fifty gold coins at once!

For a poor family like his, if he had these fifty gold coins, it meant that he could immediately get rid of the embarrassing life he was living now.

Not only can the house be renovated, but even the furniture in the house can be completely replaced, and two new dresses can be bought for the wife, and a few toys for the children that they have been dreaming of for a long time......

Xu Yi watched the expression on Feliman's face change, and did not interrupt his reverie with a sound.

Judging by Alex's description, and the outfit on Feliman's body, he could guess that this man's family must be in great difficulty.

Fifty gold coins is naturally nothing for Xu Yi now, but it must be a very heavy impact for Ferryman.

I think that when Xu Yi had just crossed over to the Sainz Continent, he almost starved to death because he was unfamiliar with life.

At that time, if someone suddenly gave him fifty gold coins, I am afraid that he would not be much less excited than he is now.

After a long while, Feliman regained some calmness, looked at Xu Yi, swallowed with great difficulty, and asked slowly, "Will ...... Lord, are you telling the truth? You can't lie to me, are you? I can really get a reward of fifty gold coins?"

Xu Yi nodded with great affirmation: "Of course it's true." I think since you are from Bonta, then you should not know about our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Do you think I'll ruin the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce for fifty gold coins?"

"No, no, no, of course not, of course not!" said Freeman, waving his hand. "Don't get me wrong, Lord, I'm just ...... for a while I couldn't believe it for a while, but I didn't want to doubt you. ”

Xu Yi smiled lightly: "I understand." So, Feliman, have you decided to choose this reward now?"

"I'm going to ......," Freeman was halfway through his blurt when he paused. "Wait...... Wait a minute. Gregar, you said that there are two rewards that I can choose from, may I ask what the other reward is?"

Seeing the light emanating from Feliman's eyes, Xu Yi couldn't help but smile, thinking that although this Feliman looked honest, he was not stupid.

"Absolutely. But I don't think the second reward will make you so excited, because this reward is not a realistic gold coin, but a chance for you. ”

"Opportunity?" Feliman scratched his head and looked at Xu Yi inexplicably. "Lord, this ...... What does this mean?"

"Freeman, I heard that you came to Bonta from Irish Village to sell wheat, so you should have noticed the wheat fields near Bonta City?" Xu Yibu replied.

"Wheat field?" Flyman tilted his head and nodded. "Well, I've seen quite a few on the side of the road. Speaking of which, my lord, the wheat fields near Bonta City seem to have been harvested very early, and I see that the wheat stalks in the fields have been burned for a long time. ”

Xu Yi smiled and nodded: "It's good that you can notice this." But what would you think if I told you that the wheat fields outside Bonta had been harvested more than ten days ago?"

"How is that possible!" Freeman shook his head vigorously after a moment's pause. "The wheat was just ripe ten days ago, how could it be harvested in a day or two? Lord, a big man like you doesn't know anything about the fields, you don't know, harvesting wheat is very troublesome, and it took more than a week to get all the acres of land in my house. ”

Xu Yi stretched out his right index finger and shook it: "No, I know very well." Moreover, the harvest in those wheat fields outside the city, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is all involved. ”

Feliman looked at Xu Yi with a strange expression: "Elder, I remember that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce sells magic fans, do you still care about harvesting wheat?"

"Because we don't just sell magic fans, we also sell small magic harvesters. Xu Yi smiled and took a painting from Alex and unfolded it in front of Freeman. "Look, this is it. ”

Feliman looked out.

The painting depicts a field harvesting wheat, but unlike Freeman's familiar field where several people are harvesting wheat stalks with knives, this painting shows only a strong man pushing a strange-looking object through the field.

The front end of the strange thing opened its mouth and swallowed the wheat, but the back end showed a small opening, squirting out wheat kernels.

Feliman looked at it for a while, frowned, and asked, "Lord Grower, is this thing real? How can harvesting wheat be so simple?"

"It's that simple. Xu Yi directly stuffed the painting to Ferryman, and then said seriously: "Now, Freeman, let's go back to the topic just now." The second reward you can choose from is an opportunity, and this opportunity has to do with this little magic reaper and our upcoming small magic scarifier......"

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"Why?" Viscount Leslie frowned slightly, looking at Xu Yi who was looking down at some Wen Jiàn on the other side. "You should know that even if the autumn harvest is almost over now, as long as your small magic harvester is produced, there will still be many nobles in Bonta City who will rush to ask for it. As for the small magic ripper, that's a bunch of people who have submitted orders to you a long time ago. Now that the two magic machines that are so sought-after now, they can be sold for as much as one hundred and twenty gold coins, and you actually give them to an ordinary farmer who has nothing to do with you at all? Xu Yi, what are you thinking?"

Xu Yi raised his head, showed a relaxed smile to Viscount Leslie, and shook his head: "It's not a gift, but a loan, this can't be mistaken." ”

Viscount Leslie snorted lightly: "Lending? I don't want a penny to lend to others, is that different from giving?"

"Of course there is a difference. Xu Yi observed Viscount Leslie's face, and felt that this Viscount seemed to take this issue very seriously, and after thinking about it, he decided to explain it to him well. "Lord Viscount, this is actually part of the farmer support plan I have developed. I've talked to Sebas about this farmer support program before, and I think he should have reported it to you. ”

"He did mention it to me, but when you told him about it, it was just an idea, and there was no specific plan at all, so why did you suddenly decide to do it......? Well, would lending that farmer a small magic harvester and a small magic scarifier any help to this plan?"

"It was a great help. Xu Yi knew very well that Viscount Leslie was a very assertive and insightful person, and if he wanted to convince him, he couldn't use any ambiguous tone. "Lord Viscount, before I go into details, I would like to ask you a few questions. ”

Hearing Xu Yi's words, Viscount Leslie immediately knew that Xu Yi did have a long-term and profound consideration for this matter, so he put his mind at ease, relaxed his body, leaned back on the seat, and made a gesture of invitation to Xu Yi for a long time.

You ask. ”

"Good. First question, Lord Viscount, what do you think is the role of the small magic harvester and the small magic carburer?"

"Do you still need to ask? Of course, it's on the farmland. ”

"Then the second question, if the scope is limited to the city of Bangta, what proportion of the farmland owned by the nobles represented by you now occupies all the farmland within the city of Bangta?"

"This ...... I remember that I counted it only once the year before last, and it should have accounted for about 30%. Viscount Leslie thought for a moment and replied.

"Very good, since you nobles account for thirty percent, then what about the remaining seventy percent?"

"Nonsense, it's not in the hands of our nobles, of course it belongs to the royal family of the kingdom, and the farmland in the hands of our nobles is still rewarded by the royal family. ”

I'm afraid that's not accurate. Xu Yi shook his head. "Although theoretically all the land in the kingdom belongs to the royal family of the kingdom, in fact the royal family certainly cannot have enough energy and manpower to cultivate all the farmland by itself, so in fact this farmland has now been distributed to the rest of the ordinary farmers in the kingdom. Theoretically, they all rented the farmland of the royal family, but in reality, these farms can now be regarded as completely controlled by these farmers. ”

Viscount Leslie pondered for a moment and nodded slowly, "That's right if you want to say that." But what does that have to do with what you're talking about?"

"It has a lot to do with it. Xu also continued to maintain an affirmative tone. "Lord Viscount, at present, all the small magic harvesters produced by our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have been sold to these nobles represented by you, but not a single one has fallen into the hands of those farmers. In other words, only the thirty percent of the farmland in your aristocracy's hands can enjoy the convenience of a small magic harvester, and those farmers can only rely on manual harvesting as before. “

Viscount Leslie frowned: "What's the matter? Those farmers can't afford to buy small harvesters, do you still plan to blame us nobles?"

"It's pointless. Xu Yi waved his hand. "I'm just stating a fact. The fact now before us is that, in the case of Bonta City, only 30% of the farmland owned by the nobles can be harvested quickly, and the remaining 70% of the farmland cannot be harvested in the same way. What I want to do is to help these farmers enjoy the benefits of a quick harvest as well. ”

"So you just gave the little magic harvester and the small magic ripper directly to that ordinary farmer called Freeman?" Viscount Leslie was still puzzled. "But Xu Yi, what can you do if you send out one? According to the area under the jurisdiction of Bangta City, I think even if you send out a hundred, it won't be enough, right? Besides, what is the benefit of this matter to you? What is the benefit to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?"

"Lord Viscount, let me remind you again, not to give, but to borrow. Although you can't see the benefits now, I'm sure that in the future, our chamber of commerce will be able to make a lot of profits in this business alone, please trust me. Xu Yi smiled slightly: "In addition, this matter has a very important meaning for me personally, and it is of great benefit to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce." ”

Viscount Leslie shook his head in confusion, "I don't see any good. ”

Xu Yi smiled, and the expression on his face was a little weird.

"Lord Viscount, have you ever heard of a term called liberation of productive forces?"