This year's spring ploughing in Bangta City is over, and the results are still dazzling.

Last year's spring ploughing, the total wheat production in Bangta City reached 630,000 tons, which is already a very exaggerated number, ranking among the highest cities in the entire Lampari Kingdom.

For a small city like Bang Ta City, which has the lowest farmland area in the Lampari Kingdom, this is a very rare number, and everyone believes that Bang Ta City has tapped all its potential with the help of the Farmland Magic Machine, and it is impossible to exceed this number in the future.

However, as soon as this year's spring ploughing ended, according to the statistics of the City Lord's Mansion, a total of 870,000 tons of wheat were harvested in Bangta City!

It is even 240,000 tons more than last year's spring ploughing!

You must know that as early as the year before last, because of the farmland renovation project implemented by Count Satsuma, all the farmland that can be cultivated in Bangta City was reclaimed with the use of farmland magic machinery provided by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and now when Bangta City is cultivated every year, food is planted in almost every place.

So in fact, in fact, the grain production of Bangta City has reached its peak as early as last year.

There is only one reason why there will be such an amazing breakthrough again, and that is another important product of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce - chemical fertilizer.

In this spring ploughing, statistics show that the yield of the farmland using chemical fertilizer is significantly higher than that of the non-chemical fertilizer.

The most exaggerated, even the yield of the same acre of land is nearly doubled!

At the time of winter planting, many villages outside the city of Bonta, such as the villages of Koror, Kambia, and Mexilan, used chemical fertilizers, and eventually produced these extra yields. It is produced from these fields that use chemical fertilizers.

According to the estimation of the City Lord's Mansion. If all farmland outside Bonta could be fertilised. Then it is conservatively estimated that the grain production of the entire city of Bangta will exceed one million tons in one season.

This is obviously a very staggering number.

You must know that in the past few years, the total wheat output of one season in Bangta City was only about 200,000 tons, but now it may directly exceed one million tons.

If this change were to be extended to the entire kingdom of Lanpari, such an astonishing amount of food would not only easily feed the people of the kingdom, but would even have a large surplus.

This is an incredible thing in the eyes of many people in Bonta City, because it is already good for the civilians of the former Lampari Kingdom to be able to eat their stomachs. And how can there be a balance.

But in Xu Yi's eyes, this is a normal thing.

Although the Kingdom of Lampari is a small country, it has excellent geographical conditions, most of the land is suitable for cultivation, and most of it is plain, which is very suitable for large-scale cultivation.

With such a superior geographical environment, it is a joke that there is not enough food to eat.

Normally, the kingdom of Lampari could even be a major grain exporter.

Of course, this is a little too far away for the kingdom of Lampari. After all, it was only in the past two years that the Lampari Kingdom had been helped by the Farmland Magic Machine. Finally, the basic food and clothing problems of the people were solved.

Now, although the wheat production in Bangta City has increased significantly, there is more grain. There is no waste.

Of the 870,000 tons of wheat harvested in the spring harvest of Bangta City, 620,000 tons were handed over to the city lord's office, and 500,000 tons of them were handed over to the agricultural department as the kingdom's reserve grain, but in the end, only 120,000 tons of wheat were left for the free disposal of the city lord's office.

But in fact, for the city lord's mansion, how to deal with the 120,000 tons of wheat is also a problem.

In the past, when the grain output of Bangta City was only more than 200,000 tons, the City Lord's Mansion was only able to leave him with only one or two hundred thousand tons, which was a drop in the bucket.

And now there are 120,000 tons of wheat left all at once, and the City Lord's Mansion doesn't know how to solve it.

If it was before, it would be very simple, if you sell these wheat, you can also sell it for hundreds of thousands of gold coins, which is enough to subsidize the financial expenditure of the city lord's mansion.

However, with the relaxation of Earl Stark's attitude towards the suppression of Bangta City's commerce, the commercial tax collected by Bangta City in the first few months of the year instantly increased significantly, and the commercial tax collected in April alone was close to 100,000 gold coins.

So in fact, there is hardly any financial pressure on Bangta City now, and it is not cost-effective to sell the wheat directly.

So after some consideration, the Earl of Stark built an additional granary outside the city of Bonta to store the extra 120,000 tons of wheat, and sent the city guard to defend it.

It was the first time in the Lampari kingdom that a city below had set up its own granaries to store its own grain.

The move immediately sparked buzz throughout the Lampari kingdom.

For this approach of Earl Stark, everyone has mixed and negative.

Appreciators said that the Earl Stark's move was very far-sighted and played a very positive role in maintaining the stability of Bunta City.

If there is any natural disaster and famine in the future, then the 100,000 tons of wheat will be the best hope to protect the city from turmoil.

Those who opposed it said that Earl Stark was too selfish.

If the city of Bangta was able to save so much grain, why not hand over the extra 120,000 tons of wheat to the Department of Agriculture, which would then distribute it to support the areas of the kingdom that were still short of food?

The debate on this issue ranged from whether the cities under the kingdom should keep food privately, and even extended to whether the Earl Stark had the idea of rebellion.

And after another half a month passed, an order from the Kingdom Council directly silenced all the arguing people.

The content of this order was simple, because it was only an order, and the content was that in view of the excellent performance of the Earl Stark in the city of Bonta, the Council of the Kingdom had carefully considered him to be the lord of the city of Loren, in the north of the kingdom. With his super agricultural development ability. Assist Loren City in solving agricultural problems.

This paper order is simple. But the content is intriguing.

The first is time.

Earl Stark was transferred to Bonta City as the lord in July last year, but now it is only May of the following year, and he has only served as the lord of Bonta City for a total of ten months.

Being transferred away again in such a short period of time doesn't it mean that he is not suitable to serve as the city lord?

But if you pay attention to the position of Earl Stark's transfer, you will find that this order is not a denigration of her.

Because Loren City is one of the largest cities in the north of the Lampari Kingdom, serving as the lord of Loren City is undoubtedly much higher than the lord of Bonta City, which is the same as the previous Count of Satsuma who was transferred to Sewell City as the city lord. can be regarded as a kind of promotion.

Therefore, many people are very puzzled, is this order of the Kingdom Council a denial or affirmation of Count Stark as the lord of Bonta City?

What's even more intriguing is that the dispatch specifically emphasizes that Count Stark has a strong ability to promote the development of local agriculture, and that he is also the lord of Loren City to solve the problems of agricultural development in Loren City, and does not mention anything else.

This is too far from the all-round treatment of Count Satsuma in the paper order when he was transferred to Count Satsuma.

Of course, no matter what outsiders say, or how turbulent the inside story is, in the days before Count Stark was actually transferred, Bunta City was still moving steadily on its usual track.

Although the Earl of Stark did not directly declare that the suppression of commercial activities should be relaxed. But judging from his loose attitude and the rumors that he was about to take him away, the chambers of commerce with a keen sense of smell reacted quickly and began to act.

The city of Bonta, which had almost become a backwater. In the last two months, it has gradually regained its activity, and the streets have reopened with shops of all sizes, with a wide variety of goods on the shelves, and the streets and alleys filled with people again.

The whole city of Bonta seems to be about to regain its prosperity in a short period of time, before the arrival of the Earl of Stark.

Looking at the people coming and going on the street outside the City Lord's Mansion, Count Stark sighed deeply, turned to look at Xu Yi, who was summoned by him for the first time, and the expression on his face became extremely complicated.

After being silent for a while, Count Stark slowly shook his head and said, "Xu Yi, congratulations, you won." ”

Xu Yi's expression moved, and he opened his mouth, but he only showed a slightly helpless smile, and replied softly: "Lord City, if you mean the bet between me and you, then I can confidently say that you did lose." But if you're referring to something else...... Forgive me for not agreeing. ”

Earl Stark raised his eyebrows: "What? I'm going to be transferred, aren't you still satisfied?"

Xu Yi pondered for a moment, and said solemnly: "City Lord, you should know that I didn't mean that. Although I do not fully agree with your position and ideas, I am very appreciative of your attitude towards the development of Bang Ta City. In this regard, it doesn't really make sense to distinguish a winner or a loser, because our purpose is really the same. The ...... of the difference It's just a means. ”

"Means?" Count Stark smiled a little self-deprecatingly, thought for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, there is no point in saying these things. I'm just looking for you this time because I'm about to leave here, so I want to have a few last words with you and ask a few questions. The first question, Xu Yi, do you think of yourself as a businessman, or do you think of yourself as a nobleman?"

Xu Yiwei frowned, this question was emphasized by Earl Stark when he was in front of him for the first time, and it seemed that in his eyes, he had been thinking about this problem.

"First of all, I'm a person, then I'm a Lampari, then I'm a Bonta, and finally I'm a merchant or a nobleman, and neither of those identities means much to me. Lord of the Castle, are you satisfied with this answer?"

Count Stark nodded slightly, "I probably see what you mean." It seems that I really underestimate you, and your goals are much bigger than I thought. But Xu Yi, before I leave, I must remind you. After all, merchants and aristocrats are two different identities, and one day, you will have to make a choice. ”

Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal to Count Stark's words.

Seeing Xu Yi's indifferent reaction, Count Stark was not surprised, nodded and asked, "Second question, Xu Yi, are you really not optimistic about His Royal Highness Prince Eric?"

Xu Yi's indifferent expression just now instantly became solemn, and he squinted slightly at Earl Stark.

What answer did Earl Stark want to get when he asked such a sharp question at this time? (To be continued......