Late at night, the banquet at Viscount Leslie's manor was finally over. The guests had all left and the manor was quiet again.
In the messy hall after the banquet, Viscount Leslie looked at Xu Yi talking to Stiel and he couldn't hide the praise on his face.
It was like Stiel had guessed, this banquet was held at Xu Yi's request. The most important goal was to promote Xu Yi's newly developed Magic Air Conditioner.
Xu Yi had set the Magic Air Conditioner as a high grade product, so naturally it was targeted at people with status and status in Banta City. The most important thing was that they had money.
At this banquet, because of Viscount Leslie's intentional actions, it could be said that all the guests met this requirement.
Xu Yi's request to Viscount Leslie was just this, he didn't ask him to fully participate. So Viscount Leslie didn't know what Xu Yi would do, but he knew that Xu Yi had gained quite a bit from this banquet.
Because at the banquet, there were quite a few guests who came to talk to Viscount Leslie and they would mention the two conspicuous Magic Air Conditioners.
After learning the price and daily consumption of the Magic Air Conditioner, these guests all revealed their desire to buy it.
Even the Lord City Lord, Count Sean Samo wasn't an exception.
So Viscount Leslie was certain that this Magic Air Conditioner would become popular among the nobles of Banta City soon. The one who caused this trend, in the eyes of those nobles, was probably him, Viscount Leslie.
"If those fellows knew that all of this was planned by Xu Yi, I wonder what they would think?" Viscount Leslie thought in his heart.
At this time, Xu Yi finished talking to Stiel and walked over.
"Lord Viscount, tonight's banquet was quite successful, I have to thank you." Xu Yi said with a smile.
"There's no need to thank me, I am still a major shareholder of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce." Viscount Leslie shook his head.
"I do have a question for you.
Xu Yi, there are only so many nobles and rich people in Banta City. Your Magic Air Conditioner can only be sold in limited quantities, so the profit can't compare to the Magic Fan, right? "
"You don't have to worry about that." Xu Yi chuckled.
"Since the Magic Air Conditioner is a mid to high grade product, the sales plan is naturally different from the Magic Fan.
I have already signed an agreement with Saltan City's Farsak Chamber of Commerce. After a while, we will open a store in Saltan City, specially selling our New Flyer's products. When the time comes, the Xinfei Brand Magic Air Conditioner will also enter Saltan City. "
"Saltan City?" Viscount Leslie suddenly thought of something.
"Oh right, there were two nobles from Saltan City who came to visit their relatives at the banquet today. You couldn't have come into contact with them, right?"
Xu Yi smiled and nodded. "Lord Viscount, your reaction is really fast."
Viscount Leslie's gaze looking at Xu Yi instantly became a bit more serious.
If this fellow had even calculated this point beforehand, then it would be too terrifying.
But thinking about it, Viscount Leslie couldn't help admiring his own foresight.
It was a good thing that he had already seen that Xu Yi wasn't normal from the previous events and decided to cooperate with him. Otherwise, if he missed this chance, he would have missed many other opportunities.
Not mentioning anything else, just based on the large sales of the Magic Fan, Viscount Leslie had already earned over a thousand gold coins in less than a month.
Even with Viscount Leslie's net worth, a thousand gold coins was not a small amount.
Moreover, Viscount Leslie firmly believed that as the New Flyer became stronger, the income from his 30% share would gradually increase. In the end, it would far surpass a thousand gold coins.
"Lord Viscount, other than the Magic Air Conditioner, there is something else I want to discuss with you." Xu Yi then said.
"Oh?
What is it?
Just say it. "
Xu Yi was silent for a bit before saying, "Lord Viscount, it's about to enter September, shouldn't your territory enter the autumn harvest stage?"
Viscount Leslie was stunned. He never thought that Xu Yi would suddenly change the topic to this.
"Ah, that's right, it's almost the autumn harvest. Why are you asking this?"
Xu Yi laughed, "Do you still remember the little slave I bought from you last time?
The reason why I bought her at that time was because she had lost a cow. This would have seriously affected the autumn harvest, so the guards almost beat her to death. "
Viscount Leslie had naturally heard Butler Brunei report this matter. He looked at Xu Yi and said with a cold snort, "What?
Could it be that you want to seek justice for that little slave?
Let me tell you, it is very difficult to successfully cultivate a qualified cattle. The value of a cattle is much higher than that of a slave.
She actually lost a cow, beating her to death is letting her off easy. "
Xu Yi gave a sigh in his heart. He thought that even if he was very familiar with Viscount Leslie, he still couldn't change the indifference Viscount Leslie had towards slaves in his heart.
Of course, Viscount Leslie's attitude towards slaves was normal on the Sines. Xu Yi didn't have the ability to change this, so he naturally had other motives for mentioning this matter.
"Lord Viscount's meaning is that cows are hard to come by and are very important to the farm, so they have a high value, right?" Xu Yi asked.
"Of course it's like this.
I say, Xu Yi, what do you want to say after all this time? "Viscount Leslie was a bit impatient.
Xu Yi laughed, "Then Lord Viscount, if I could find a tool to replace cows, how much would you be willing to spend to buy it?"
Viscount Leslie doubtfully looked at Xu Yi, "Could it be that you've invented a magic machine that can work in the fields?
That isn't realistic, right?
The work in the fields is that complicated, what kind of machine can replace cows? "
"Just think of it as an analogy.
Lord Viscount, if this machine can replace cows and its efficiency far surpasses cows, what kind of price would you accept? "
Viscount Leslie thought about it before opening his palm, "Fifty gold coins for one, I'll take as many as you have."
Xu Yi's eyes lit up, "Lord Viscount, is this true?"
"Nonsense!"
Viscount Leslie snappily said, "It isn't like you don't know that most of my territory is barren. It is because I don't have enough people to work it, so there's no other way.
If there is the magic machine you're talking about, of course I can have as many as I want. It would be best if I could fill all my territory with them.
Other than that, I'm certain that not only me, but also Banta City, even the entire Lampari Kingdom, and even the entire Sines, all the nobles need this thing.
If you can really develop this kind of magic machine, I can guarantee that there will be a wild rush to buy it. "
After saying this, Viscount Leslie couldn't help asking, "Hey, Xu Yi, it can't be that you've really developed it, right?
This thing isn't a joke. "
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile and shook his head, "Of course not, it's just an idea right now.
But now that I've received such an exciting answer from the Lord Viscount, I'm even more interested in developing this thing. "
Seeing the mysterious smile on Xu Yi's face, Viscount Leslie's heart was clear.
"This kid, perhaps he really has developed it."
Actually, Viscount Leslie had wronged Xu Yi.
Even though when he saw Vivian almost being beaten to death for losing a cow, Xu Yi had already made up his mind to research farming machines. But before this, not only did he not have the time, he didn't have the funds or the manpower to research this thing. So this thing had always existed in his ideas and hadn't become a reality at all.
Now was different from before. Although Xu Yi didn't have enough time, he had quite a few more people under him. The most important ones were the hundred dwarves from Master Lanus' tribe.
With the support of these dwarves who weren't weaker than Master Lanus, Xu Yi was able to agree to chairman Farsak and provide him with the machines for the second generation Magic Fan.
But the work for this batch of machines wasn't that big, so the dwarves didn't need much time to finish it all. Right now, other than studying the machine knowledge Xu Yi gave them, they were in a state of leisure most of the time. So Xu Yi thought of farming machines.
Actually to Xu Yi, for a world like Sines that didn't have a high level of technology and production, farming machines were the most important thing.
It was like Viscount Leslie said, a large part of his territory was barren because he didn't have enough people.
If this was spread to all Sines, one could imagine how much barren land there would be on the continent.
However, in comparison to this, the grain yield of Sines had always been at a low level. This directly caused the average living standards of the people on the continent to be very low. Even in a small Banta City, there were news of people starving to death each year.
Xu Yi had learned from a conversation with Heinz that eleven years ago, there was a large scale famine in Sines because of the abnormal climate. At that time, there were starving people all over and it even caused the entire continent to be shaken. Several small countries were destroyed in a single night because of this.
Heinz's terrified expression when he talked about this matter was still fresh in Xu Yi's mind.
Xu Yi who had transmigrated from the highly developed earth had never seen this kind of scene before.
But just based on his imagination, he knew how terrifying this scene was.
So he was even more determined to study farming machines.
"If I can improve the living standards of the people on the continent, perhaps my transmigration into this world will have a meaning."
Xu Yi looked at the starry night sky and thought in his heart.