Perhaps it was because it had been holding in for too long, the rain either didn't fall or lasted for half a month before it finally stopped.
By the time the sky had completely cleared up, the sun had revealed its long-awaited glory and shone fiercely for an entire day. People were shocked to find that the weather was no longer as hot as before, making them want to peel off a layer of skin from their bodies.
After all, it was already the end of August and it was the end of summer.
There was a bit too much rain during this time, so it made the wheat in the fields outside Banta City grow wildly. The weather had only been clear for two days, but the fields had already turned from green and yellow to gold. Looking at it, there were golden waves that rippled in the wind, creating a magnificent scene.
For a world like the Sines Continent that wasn't considered developed and couldn't even guarantee the basic needs of everyone, the annual harvest was the most important thing. No matter what country it was, everyone would put down everything on the important harvest day and focus on harvesting.
The Lamphas Kingdom was a bit southwest of the center of the Sines, so they had two harvest seasons each year. The autumn harvest was the most important, so when the wheat matured, the entire kingdom would be filled with the autumn harvest. Naturally Banta City wasn't an exception.
But this year, there were some places that were different from the previous years.
On the outskirts to the west of Banta City, there was a large piece of land that belonged to Viscount Leslie. Because they had planted it a bit earlier, close to half of the fields had matured and they were using this time to harvest it.
According to the tradition of the previous years, Viscount Leslie would send out all the slaves under him at this time. At the same time, he would send out all his guards to help with the harvest and there were many times when even the children would participate.
After all, the harvest depended on manpower. If there was an extra person helping, it meant that the harvest would finish sooner.
Normally at this time, everyone would hope that the heavens wouldn't suddenly rain like before. Otherwise, this year's harvest would be over.
But this year was different. Although Viscount Leslie was the same as before, leading the servants of the Viscount Manor to worship the gods, he didn't immediately announce that all the slaves and servants would start harvesting. He would take the lead in harvesting the first ear of wheat to set a symbolic example. Rather he moved to the side and looked like he was watching a show.
This made the Banta City nobles on the side even more confused.
Viscount Leslie specially inviting them to watch the Viscount Territory harvest ceremony was already very strange, but now Viscount Leslie was acting like this ….. Just what was Viscount Leslie doing?
When everyone was confused, there was an explosion that came from behind Viscount Leslie that attracted everyone's attention.
In front of everyone, a strange looking machine controlled by a large man charged out from behind Viscount Leslie.
The appearance of this machine was very strange. At the front of the machine was a huge rectangular iron box. The front of the iron box was open, revealing something that looked like a rake and plow that was rotating along with the roar of the machine. It looked very ferocious.
In the middle of the machine was a huge iron frame covered with iron sheets. There was a rumbling sound coming from inside, as if something was constantly vibrating inside.
Below the iron frame were two huge iron wheels that were half the height of a person. From the looks of it, these wheels had obviously been specially modified. Not only were the wheels as wide as a child's arm, but there were also indentations on them, which seemed to have been made to increase the grip of the wheels.
But to many people, this was clearly unnecessary.
Judging from the fact that the wheels had easily sunk into the field, the weight of this machine was probably at least a few hundred kilograms.
The end of the machine was very simple, there were only two handles. It was just enough for the large man to control, allowing the machine to move according to his wishes.
"Viscount Leslie, just what is this thing for?" A noble standing beside Viscount Leslie couldn't help asking.
Viscount Leslie revealed a faint smile, "There's no meaning in saying it, you'll know when you see it."
Hearing this answer, the surrounding nobles who cared about the answer could only helplessly focus their attention on the machine.
That large man had already carefully controlled this strange looking machine into the field. He turned back to look at Viscount Leslie and seeing Viscount Leslie give him a nod, he took out a piece of white cloth from his pocket to cover his mouth and nose. Then he placed a cloth bag that should be used to hold grain in the back of the machine and pressed a switch on the handle. The machine gave another roar as it slowly moved into the wheat field.
The surrounding nobles were all shocked. This machine looked this fierce, if it charged in like this, wouldn't it flatten all the wheat that had finally matured?
Even if Viscount Leslie's territory was big enough, he could only grow this much wheat. Wasting it for no reason, he definitely wouldn't do it.
In front of everyone's surprised gazes, the iron box at the front of the machine had already rolled in the wheat field's outermost row.
The high speed iron plough easily swallowed the wheat without any hesitation, directly disappearing into the machine.
Strange rumbling sounds came from the huge box of the machine. Not long after, a few sharp-eyed nobles noticed that something seemed to be spurting out from the opening at the back of the machine, filling the originally empty cloth bag a little more tightly.
As the machine kept moving in the wheat field, the opening in the back kept spraying out something and the cloth bag was filled bit by bit.
When the machine under the large man's control went around the wheat field twice, the cloth bag was filled to the brim and the large man stopped the machine.
Viscount Leslie waved his hand and two slaves came from behind him. They took the cloth bag off the machine and replaced it with a new one.
The large man continued to control the machine to harvest wheat in the field and the two slaves brought the cloth bag filled with wheat in front of Viscount Leslie.
Without waiting for Viscount Leslie's signal, the nobles on the side had already surrounded them.
A noble poked his head in to take a look and immediately called out in surprise. He reached his hand into the cloth bag and suddenly grabbed a hand full of dark red wheat grains!
Seeing this scene, the surrounding nobles couldn't take it anymore. They all reached their hands in and without any accidents, they all grabbed a handful of wheat grains.
Seeing the wheat grains in their hands that didn't have any husks, the nobles simply didn't dare believe their eyes.
"This ….. How is this possible?
It was clearly the wheat stalks in the field, how did it suddenly turn into wheat grains? "A noble slowly said to himself.
"That's right, how did this happen?
Viscount Leslie, you wouldn't have already prepared a bag of wheat to trick us, right? "Another noble clearly didn't dare believe it.
Viscount Leslie was too lazy to explain to them as he pointed at the machine harvesting the wheat field.
Everyone looked over and saw that the machine had already filled the cloth bag they had just swapped in.
When the two slaves brought the cloth bag over, everyone looked over and found that the cloth bag was indeed filled with wheat grains.
Actually, if one said that Viscount Leslie was tricking them, no one would believe it.
First, Viscount Leslie didn't need to do this. Second, the nobles here all had some understanding of farmland, so naturally they knew that the wheat in the two cloth bags was fresh wheat that had just been harvested. It was impossible for Viscount Leslie to trick them with old wheat.
But ….. Just how did this happen?
The wheat was clearly growing in the field, but after being swallowed by that strange looking machine, it turned into wheat grains after being spat out?
"I say ….. Viscount Leslie, this wouldn't be magic, right?" A noble couldn't help saying.
Viscount Leslie laughed, "You're right, this really is related to magic.
But it isn't right to say that it's all magic, have you ever heard of such convenient magic? "
Everyone shook their heads.
"Alright, I'll tell you. This thing is called the Magic Harvester and it's used to harvest wheat.
How about it?
Now that you've seen it, do you have any thoughts? "Viscount Leslie looked at everyone around him with an interested gaze.
Everyone looked at each other before a noble's eyes turned. He came in front of Viscount Leslie and asked with a smile, "Viscount Leslie, we're all old friends. Tell me, do you have more of this machine?
Can you lend me two to use? "
Hearing this person say this, the surrounding nobles immediately reacted.
"That's right, lend it to me as well. It's time to harvest the wheat on my territory.
Your machine is this amazing, it's simply too easy to use! "
"That's right, we're all old friends, can you lend it to me as well?"
"What do you mean borrow?
You bunch of greedy fellows.
Viscount Leslie, I don't need to lend it to you. If you have more, just give me a price and sell me two of them. "
"Right, right, you can also sell it to me.
With this thing, it'll be much easier to harvest wheat.
Based on this speed, it'll only take an hour to harvest this large piece of land, right? "
"I don't think it'll even take an hour.
There's no need to say, this thing is just too easy to use. Viscount Leslie, if you have more, just give me a price and I'll buy as many as you have! "
"Baron Rover, you only have such a small territory, why would you buy that many of them?
Then again, this machine is this amazing, I don't think there will be many of them.
Viscount Leslie, you have to sell them to me first!
Don't forget, during the spring harvest, I lent you a hundred slaves to help you. "
… …
Seeing the enthusiastic looks of the surrounding nobles, Viscount Leslie laughed before turning to point at someone behind him.
"You can buy this machine if you want, but don't look for me, you should look for him.
This machine of mine was sold to me by him. "
The nobles turned around in a daze and saw Xu Yi with a smile on his face.
That smile was simply like a tiger that had been starved for three days seeing a large pile of fat meat in front of its mouth.