Volume 2 Chapter 17 - Has to leave in the end (1/2)

After the spring harvest was over, after the final count, on Viscount Leslie’s territory, adding up the harvest of the new twenty one hectares of land with the seven hectares that had been used before, the total amount of wheat had surpassed a hundred thousand pounds!

According to the conversion of fifteen mus in a hectare, each mu on Viscount Leslie’s land had harvested between two hundred forty and two hundred fifty pounds.

Although it couldn’t compare to the high yield of five hundred or even a thousand pounds on earth, it was very close to the yield on earth before technology had been developed.

Moreover for Viscount Leslie’s land, the production per mu wasn’t important, the important thing was the total amount.

Before this, Viscount Leslie used all the slaves and guards under him each year and at most could open up the seven hectares. At most he would gain no more than twenty thousand pounds each harvest.

But after using the agricultural magic machines to open up another twenty one hectare of land, his spring harvest had broken a hundred thousand pounds, which was four times higher than before!

Although people had prepared themselves for this result, when they heard the real number, they were still very shocked.

There was joy that followed this shock.

Since Viscount Leslie could achieve this large harvest using the agricultural magic machines to change his farmland, it meant that the others could do the same.

Among these people, the happiest person was naturally Seveni.

“Chairman Xu, once my royal father knows of this rich result, he will definitely be very happy.” Seeing the numbers in her hands, Seveni revealed a look of joy that couldn’t be suppressed, “Our Lampuri Kingdom doesn’t lack the land, we just lack manpower so much of the land is desolate. Now that your Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s agricultural magic machines have proven that it can save manpower in opening these lands, it means that the desolate lands in the kingdom can finally be used! Like this, the yield in the kingdom can be increased just like with Viscount Leslie’s territory. Perhaps in less than two years, no one in the kingdom will have to starve anymore!”

Xu Yi looked at Seveni who had lost herself in happiness and thought that if it wasn’t for the fact that he had starved for some time after transmigrating to this world, he wouldn’t be able to understand the joy in Seveni’s heart at all.

Thinking about it, Xu Yi said with a faint smile, “Honoured queen, why does it need two years? As long as we seize the chance during the spring harvest to change the land, then we just need to wait until this year’s fall harvest to see the results. Perhaps no one in the kingdom will need to starve this year.”

Seveni shook her head, “Of course I hope that it can happen as soon as possible, but it needs time to promote the magic machines in the kingdom and can’t be done that quickly. Not to mention…..” Seveni looked at Xu Yi with a slightly aggrieved look, “Can your Frestech Chamber of Commerce finish this by the spring planting season? Don’t forget, my request to produce the magic machines first was rejected by you.”

Xu Yi said with an awkward smile, “I don’t have a way to handle this since I have to consider our company’s development plan.”

“I’m not blaming you, I just have some hope in you. I hope that your company can give priority in finishing this order.” Seveni’s beautiful eyes were filled with sincerity looked right into Xu Yi’s eyes, “Chairman Xu, there are over half the people in the kingdom who can’t eat their fill. Whether we can solve this problem will depend on your Frestech Chamber of Commerce.”

Xu Yi rubbed his nose with a bitter smile, “Your highness queen, this puts a lot of pressure on me if you say it like this. Our Frestech Chamber of Commerce is just a small company, is there a need to give us such a large responsibility?”

Seveni revealed a faint smile, “With more power comes more responsibility. Wasn’t this what chairman Xu said to me before? Since your Frestech Chamber of Commerce has this ability, then you must take on this responsibility. Don’t you think that’s right, chairman Xu?”

Xu Yi could only give a bitter smile, “It’s very right, your highness.”

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After looking over the data from Viscount Leslie’s territory, Seveni immediately left Banta City.

According to what she said, with the shocking results from Viscount Leslie’s territory, it would definitely make it easier to move the other nobles with territory. It would also make it more convenient for the agricultural department to popularize the agricultural magic machines.

According to the agricultural department’s estimates, even if the Frestech Chamber of Commerce finished the agricultural department’s high order of thirty thousand agricultural magic machines, it wouldn’t be enough to satisfy the Lampuri Kingdom’s need.

In other words, it was likely they would make another large order of agricultural magic machines with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

Naturally Xu Yi welcomed this.

Selling agricultural magic machines was a very lucrative business, not to mention that if the agricultural magic machines became popular, it would become what Xu Yi wished for. Large amounts of workforce would be freed from the farms and they could enter the larger magic machine industry.

With Banta City, because they started last year, with most nobles in Banta City buying some agricultural magic machines and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s farmer support plan putting many agricultural magic machines in the hands of normal farmers, in most of the farms outside of Banta City, it was already normal to use agricultural magic machines.

For this year’s spring harvest, it took less than a week for most of the farms outside Banta City to be harvested.