The Malor Empire was very big.
As one of the two empires of the Sines Continent, the Marlow Empire's territory was several dozen times bigger than a small country like the Lampuri Kingdom on the continent's map.
As for the Principality of Constantine, which was several times smaller than the Lampari Kingdom, it could not be compared to the Malor Empire.
Although Xu Yi was unable to obtain an accurate figure, based on his experience living in the Lampari Kingdom, the size of the Lampari Kingdom was roughly the size of a medium-sized province in the Celestial Empire on Earth.
Based on this calculation, the size of the Malor Empire could be compared to the total size of the Celestial Empire on Earth. It could definitely be called a huge empire.
However, what Xu Yi didn't expect was that in this large empire, the population wasn't several dozen times the size of the Lampuri Kingdom's.
According to the general data provided by the Marquess Of Southguard, the total population of the Malor Empire was only about 50 million, which was only 10 times the total population of the Lampari Kingdom.
Even if both sides could not accurately calculate the population, the difference would not be too big.
With such a large territory having only 50 million people, it caused the population density in the Malor Empire to be extremely low. This made Xu Yi, who came from the Celestial Empire on Earth, very uncomfortable.
Take the Marquess Of Southguard's private territory as an example. If he was in the Lampari Kingdom, then with his identity as the Marquis, he could obtain a fief of around 50 square kilometers.
However, in the Malor Empire, his private territory was actually more than a thousand square kilometers. It was comparable to a slightly smaller city in Xu Yi's impression on Earth.
However, in such a large private territory, according to the statistics of the Marquess Of Southguard two years ago, the total population was only less than 30 thousand people!
If these 30 thousand people were to be divided evenly, each person could occupy a large area of several hectares!
However, this brought about a problem in his eyes.
Not mentioning the relatives and guards of the Southgate Family, as well as the servants of the manor, of the remaining twenty seven thousand people, there were some old people and children who couldn't work at all, so there were only fifteen thousand people left in the labour force.
Among these fifteen thousand or so laborers, there were eight thousand plus women whose labor force was much lower. Thus, there were less than seven thousand young and able-bodied laborers.
These seven thousand people were the main labour force of the Marquess Of Southguard's territory, they could even be considered the core strength of the entire Southgate Family.
Now that Xu Yi had requested 10,000 men from the Marquess Of Southguard, he was naturally shocked.
Not to mention the fact that it was impossible for him to give all seven thousand people to Xu Yi's group, even if he gave them all, there was still a lack of three thousand people.
"Chairman Xu ….. If I remember correctly, you only planned to build seventeen factories in the beginning, so why do you need ten thousand people?" The Marquess Of Southguard asked in a confused voice.
"Is it a lot?"
Xu Yi looked at the Marquess Of Southguard who was overreacting in surprise. After thinking about it, he understood.
He was already used to talking to the people of the Lampari Kingdom and the surrounding countries about the magic machine industry, so these things were already common knowledge in those countries. But for the Malor Empire and the Marquess Of Southguard, it was still common knowledge.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi thought of when he was expanding the New Flyer in Banta City and asked the Banta City City Lord Samo Count to hire at least three thousand workers.
When the Samo Count heard his request, he was just as surprised as the Marquess Of Southguard in front of him. But after Xu Yi explained it to him, the Samo Count was very happy and supported Xu Yi's idea.
Because like this, he would be helping Banta City solve the problem of three thousand people, which was equal to helping him as the City Lord.
Although the Marquess Of Southguard in front of him was a bit surprised and confused, he definitely wouldn't reject this chance.
Then after hearing Xu Yi's explanation about the large amount of labour needed for these factories, the Marquess Of Southguard knit his brows to think before shaking his head.
"Chairman Xu, I'm afraid I can't solve this.
The most important thing for the labourers in the territory is farming, so if you can't guarantee the most basic grain production, everything else is meaningless.
The ten thousand people in my territory can only be barely maintained, but I can't open up all the farmland in my territory.
If I give you another ten thousand people, even those women you mentioned ….. I still can't accept it. "
Xu Yi was a bit confused.
The Marquess Of Southguard had clearly gone to the Lampari Kingdom and the Principality of Constantine to investigate, could it be that he didn't know that with the help of the agricultural magic machines, they didn't need that many people to farm?
After asking this question to the Marquess Of Southguard, he received an awkward response.
"This ….. I only cared about the influence of the household magic machines and infrastructure, I didn't pay that much attention to the agricultural magic machines.
If it wasn't for you suggesting having the Cantona Chamber of Commerce help with the harvest, I wouldn't have known about the agricultural magic machines at all. "
Xu Yi could only roll his eyes. Although the Marquess Of Southguard had mentioned buying some agricultural magic machines before, he never thought that he didn't understand the uses of the agricultural magic machines at all.
He could only patiently explain to the Marquess Of Southguard that because of the appearance of the agricultural magic machines, it had a large effect on the farmland of the Lampari Kingdom and the surrounding countries.
After hearing this, the Marquess Of Southguard revealed a look of excitement.
"It can actually be like this!
No wonder you said that the Cantona Chamber of Commerce could solve all the farming problems in my territory.
I thought that you were joking before! "
Xu Yi resisted the urge to roll his eyes again and continued, "So, sir Marquis, when it comes to farming, you don't need to worry about manpower at all.
This year's fall harvest was too tight, so they could only help you with the harvest.
But when the fall harvest is over, you can ask the Cantona Chamber of Commerce to reclaim all the farmland in your territory and you can even ask them to help you sow seeds. You just need to have people do some maintenance during this time and you can easily harvest next year. "
The Marquess Of Southguard thought about it before saying with knit brows, "But the Cantona Chamber of Commerce can't stay here forever."
"The Cantona Chamber of Commerce has also established a branch in the Malor Empire. As long as you're willing, you can directly contact them when you need to sow seeds.
Of course, if you want to do this work yourself, it's very simple.
You just need to buy enough agricultural magic machines from our company and send some people to learn how to use them, so you can solve the problem yourself. "Xu Yi patiently said.
"The Cantona Chamber of Commerce is willing to teach this skill?" The Marquess Of Southguard doubtfully looked at Xu Yi.
Xu Yi couldn't help smiling. This wasn't a rare skill, so what was there to teach?
But thinking about it, Xu Yi had an idea and said with a smile, "You can directly discuss this with chairman Cantona, I think that he will be very willing to talk to you."
"Alright, let's do this." The Marquess Of Southguard nodded before knitting his brows again.
"But even like this, it still can't fill up the manpower you need. The gap is just too big."
"You can ask Duke Makaros to cooperate with you.
If you really can't, you can ask the other nobles of the empire for help.
Thirty gold coins per employee each year, I think that it should be enough to move many lords like you. "Xu Yi suggested.
Actually with Xu Yi's thoughts, he naturally hoped that all the companies would openly recruit people from all over the Malor Empire. That way, it would be much more flexible and the New Flyer and the other companies would have more initiative.
But now that they had just arrived, they were relying on their relationship with the Marquess Of Southguard, so they had to solve this through the Marquess Of Southguard.
After hearing Xu Yi's suggestion, the Marquess Of Southguard fell into deep thought. His expression was uncertain and he looked a bit hesitant.
Xu Yi could understand his hesitation because this was like giving up a piece of meat that was already in his mouth, no one would be willing to do this.
After a while, the Marquess Of Southguard took a deep breath and his expression became firm, as if he had made his decision.
"Chairman Xu, you don't need to worry about this matter, I will take care of it."
"Un?" The Marquess Of Southguard didn't mention his method, so Xu Yi couldn't help feeling a bit worried.
However, in this situation, it wasn't good for him to show that he didn't trust the Marquess Of Southguard, so he could only nod to show that he understood.
After the two discussed their plans for the future, Xu Yi said that he was going to the magic machine industry base to take a look before leaving the Marquess Of Southguard's private manor.
After driving the Magic Sedan out of the manor, Xu Yi looked at the large manor behind him and gave a deep sigh.
Before coming to the Malor Empire, he thought that the Marquess Of Southguard had always been very open, so the matter of investing here would be very smooth.
However, after coming here, he found that no matter how open the Marquess Of Southguard was, no matter how willing he was to accept new things, he still had the same problems and limitations as the nobles of this era.
Because of these problems and limitations, Xu Yi had been forced to change many of his plans over the past few days, working hard to cooperate with the Marquess Of Southguard.
Although it didn't affect the most basic plan, Xu Yi felt very helpless.
In the small countries like the Principality of Constantine and the Lampari Kingdom, with the influence of the New Flyer, it would be much easier for Xu Yi to change them. But if he wanted to change a giant like the Malor Empire, it would be hard from the beginning.
"There's no other way, this is a path that has to be taken."
Xu Yi gave a bitter laugh. Although the New Flyer had taken a firm step onto the continent by entering the Malor Empire, if they wanted to smoothly walk down this path, they needed to work even harder.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi turned to the south.
Now that the New Flyer had taken a step into the Malor Empire, when would they be able to take another step into the giant empire, the Cantona Empire?