Kasparmi Castle, Lord's Mansion.
"My Lord, the patrolling guards have found a strange 'carriage' team."
Hearing the butler's order, the new Lord of Kasparmi Castle, Lawrence Cadier, who was having a headache about how to arrange the farmers' autumn harvest, said impatiently: "Carriage team? Which Chamber of Commerce is it? Let them pass after collecting the entrance tax. We don't have time to care about them now. "
The butler whispered: "It's the Datang Chamber of Commerce's … …"
"Datang Chamber of Commerce? There is such a Chamber of Commerce? … … Wait! "
Lawrence suddenly realized: "Ellington's Datang Chamber of Commerce?"
"Yes."
"They already have a Chamber of Commerce stronghold in Kasparmi Castle, right? There is no need to make a fuss about their carriage team. "
Lawrence was very dissatisfied. His family had already issued an order, and he had also arranged for people to monitor the Datang Chamber of Commerce. He had already executed the blockade mission of the Datang Chamber of Commerce by the Trade Alliance. What else was there to report to him?
"But My Lord, this carriage team is not the previous carriage team."
The butler said very cautiously: "This is … … a very strange carriage team composed of mechanical constructs. There are no carriages. The people of the Datang Chamber of Commerce are driving those mechanical constructs. They claim to be the 'Datang Chamber of Commerce' First Joint Harvest Team. As long as My Lord is willing to pay the gold coins, they can solve the autumn harvest problem for My Lord within two days."
"Ha! The Datang Chamber of Commerce actually dares to come to me for business? Is that Tang En's brain stupid? "
Lawrence couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Or does he think he can disregard me just because he killed Duwei? … … Wait! You just said, within two days!? "
"Yes, My Lord, within two days."
"That's impossible!"
Lawrence was very surprised: "Kasparmi Castle's territory is not as large as Ellington's, but our farming area is more than twice as large as Ellington's. Even if I mobilize all the workers and slaves in the mine, it will take half a month to harvest. How can they finish in two days?"
"My Lord, they seem to be very confident. Why don't we have a talk with their captain? If it's true, then it's naturally a good thing. We can save a lot of time and manpower by paying some gold coins. If it doesn't work, then we can file a complaint in the capital and settle the score with Tang En afterwards. "
Lawrence pondered for a moment and nodded. "Indeed, time is of the essence. It's already halfway through the Month of Harvest, and there will most likely be a heavy rain at the end of the month. If we can't harvest in time, the grain in the fields will suffer, and the losses will be even greater. Contact their captain, I'd like to see how they will convince me."
"Understood."
Soon, Lawrence met with the captain and easily convinced him to accept the deal.
How to convince him?
The captain used the simplest method that Tang En had taught them, which was to let Lawrence see them harvest a piece of farmland with his own eyes.
Lawrence was stunned when he saw the mature crops being swallowed by the huge mechanical construct, and the grains that were spat out from the back of the cart. The people in the back could even start to bag them.
When he saw that the farmland had been harvested in just the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Lawrence shuddered.
What kind of efficiency was this?
He couldn't describe it!
He only knew that the Datang Chamber of Commerce had created a monster this time!
A monster that could change the structure of the world's agriculture!
After negotiating with the captain about the payment for harvesting the farmland, Lawrence didn't even have time to supervise their work. He hurried back to the Lord's Manor, took out the expensive magic letter, and began to write after a moment of silence.
These magic letters from the City of Silver were one-time consumables. They weren't cheap, and were sold in pairs for ten thousand gold coins per set. The effect was very simple. After writing on one letter, the other letter would immediately display the same text, and at the same time, remind the holder to check the magic letter. There was no limit to how far it could be used, and it could be used to transmit very important information at critical moments.
At this moment, Lawrence obviously felt that the value of this information was very important, and it was necessary to use the magic letter to transmit it.
Alinx, Cadier family.
"The Datang Chamber of Commerce's first combined harvester fleet? If there's a first, does that mean there's a second, third, and so on? A combined harvester? Interesting stuff … "
Patriarch Frank looked at the magic letter on the table, his face still full of smiles. His eldest son, Charles, and second son, Morton, stood to the side in silence.
"What do you think?"
"Father, this is very likely the reason why His Majesty Victor values Tang En so much. I think we need to carefully analyze this information. It's best if we can get our hands on this combined harvester and carefully study it."
"I also agree with my brother's opinion. Perhaps we can get some important information from it."
"Analyze …"
The smiling Frank paused for a moment, "Then tell me, what have you analyzed from the magic air conditioner in the past half a month?"
Charles and Morton looked at each other. Morton took a step forward under Charles' cold gaze and braced himself to say, "Father, the craftsmen under my command have taken apart the magic air conditioner. The information we know now is that the magic air conditioner's structure is very simple, but the processing of the outer shell isn't simple. This shocked the craftsmen under me. Most of the complex structures seem to have been formed with molds, but the precision of the processing isn't something that can be achieved with hand molds. It can be seen that Tang En has very high level craftsmen under him. "
"Other than this, the core structure of the magic air conditioner is a modified and simplified magic array. It is stacked on top of each other through an ingenious structure, and it is powered by a magic crystal."
"Stacked on top of each other?"
Frank said with a smile, "It seems like the level of the mages under you isn't that good."
Morton said helplessly, "The City of Silver's supervision of mages is becoming stricter and stricter, and the control of magic books is also very strict. It's becoming harder and harder to recruit rogue mages."
Frank calmly said, "Then I'll tell you. That magic array isn't stacked on top of each other, it's stacked on top of each other."
"Stacked on top of each other!?"
Charles and Morton were shocked, "How is that possible!?"
Even if they didn't understand magic, they knew how difficult it was to stack a magic array. Stacked on top of each other was already difficult to describe, and if one wasn't careful, it would cause the magic to become chaotic and the entire magic array would collapse. But now, their father was actually saying that it was stacked on top of each other!?
"This is the truth."
Frank's mind flashed with the image of Tang En when he saw him that day, and the smile on his face became even brighter, "It seems like we've all been deceived by that Tang En. Rogue mage? Is there a rogue mage with such a profound understanding of magic arrays? "
Charles was shocked, "Father, you mean — —"
Morton's face was filled with disbelief, "This Tang En, could it be that he's from the City of Silver? Could it be that he was sent by Jean Starmoon Master? Isn't he adhering to eternal neutrality, only supervising the Chaos Gate, and not participating in politics? "
Frank meaningfully said, "People change … …"
"Then what should we do?"
"Write back and tell Lawrence to contact Ellington. If possible, put forward his intention to purchase and see if the Datang Chamber of Commerce is willing to sell the combine harvesters. At the same time, tell him that if the Datang Chamber of Commerce has any new trends or new products, he doesn't have to ask again. He can directly purchase them first and then send them back to the family. This part of the expenses will be borne by the family finances."
Frank knocked on the table and pondered for a moment before continuing, "But this time, we can buy more combine harvesters. How many towns and farmlands do our family members control? Calculate how many combine harvesters we need to buy and give them to him."
"Father, won't this make Tang En a lot of money?"
Charles frowned slightly, "If we help him, won't he grow faster? When the time comes, it will be a big problem for us. "
"My son, you have to remember that if he really is a Mage from the City of Silver and represents Jean's attitude, then even without our gold coins, he will still grow up and make our plans fail completely. If he isn't from the City of Silver, then even with our gold coins, he won't be able to raise much of a storm. But after we get the combine harvesters, we can free up a lot of people."
Charles and Morton said solemnly, "Thank you for your advice."
"Therefore, before we find out Tang En's true identity, our next step of the plan will be temporarily put on hold. Before we have more detailed information, the probing work will also be suspended. Now is not the time to flip the cards."
Frank waved his hand. "I'm tired, you can leave."
"Yes, Father, please rest."
Charles and Morton bowed and left.
At the door, the two men fell silent again. Charles's expression was very ugly.
Morton's heart skipped a beat. "You did it?"
Charles said coldly, "If it were you, would you be able to swallow that?"
"Of course not," Charles said in a deep voice.
Charles said in a low voice, "I sent men of sacrifice to assassinate Twain, but found that there was no trace of him at 77 Queen's Street. He had left Alincus without anyone knowing."
Morton frowned. "Did he sense danger, so he ran away in the middle of the night in advance?"
"It's possible. After all, he's a Mage and may be more sensitive. Calculating the time, the men I sent out should be catching up to Ellington by now. They didn't bring any magic letters with them."
"In other words, it's too late to cancel the order now?"
"But they brought anti-magic weapons," Charles said indifferently.
"Each of them prepared ten anti-magic arrows that cost a thousand gold coins, and each of them prepared twenty explosive arrows that cost five hundred gold coins. The leader was Poison Scythe. He held an Excellent-grade dagger that cost a hundred thousand gold coins, and the dagger was also enchanted with anti-magic effects … Even a Grandmaster-level Mage would die tragically on the spot if they weren't careful!"
Morton sucked in a breath of cold air. "You even sent Poison Scythe out!?"
Charles sneered. "Why else would I keep him?"
After another moment of silence, Charles said, "We'll soon find out how strong that Tang En is. If he's dead, then I'm the one who did it. If he's not dead, then we never sent these people, got it?"
What an "I" and "we"!
Morton nodded silently.
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