God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 354: Blades of Progress

The Archbishop of Agriculture had been engaged in agricultural activities for many years and was very knowledgeable about various aspects of agriculture.

He knew what situations might require what things.

A relatively simple cooperative intention was completely settled before the new factory was even established.

As for investing and participating in the joint company between Roster Territory Group Company and the Southern Development Company, he had no such plans. He hadn’t even considered it.

First, Viscount Roster at this stage probably wouldn’t agree to such a thing. This joint company was a new experiment. Second, the Church of Agriculture couldn’t come up with that much money right now.

The Church of Agriculture’s upcoming plans were really too money-burning. Even for this church that had stood in the world for tens of thousands of years, they might be a bit stretched thin. And the money they could borrow from the bond market ultimately had an upper limit.

Better to honestly stick to the original plan and complete what they were best at!

Besides, weren’t the several livestock farms under the Southern Development Company also joint companies between the Church of Agriculture and the Southern Development Company?

Both sides had their own shares based on contributions.

However, after ending this conversation and reporting it to the Church of Agriculture archbishops’ group chat, he was stunned by one person’s words.

The Archbishop of Agriculture near the capital of the Gray Fort Empire, after understanding the situation clearly, just paused slightly and found the key point. "Actually, have you guys considered one possibility? The stock market and bond market are essentially for facilitating transactions, but there’s no requirement that if we need money, we can only get it from there!"

"We can directly ask some major nobles and major merchants for... no, we should say, exchange."

"We can use the equity we hold in our hands, even dividend rights, to trade with certain people and exchange for sufficient funds. Isn’t that completely reasonable? We actually have more channels for borrowing money. We can even borrow from believers, though there are too many people and problems might occur. Let’s just have them buy the bonds issued in the bond market themselves!"

As an old cleric who’d watched the Gray Fort Empire’s currency reform, he’d seen too many things. His thinking was also relatively active.

Hearing his words, the others suddenly understood.

Right!

As churches, they had even more methods of raising funds than ordinary nobles.

The appearance of the stock exchange market and bond exchange market actually just gave them some additional channels, not became the only channel.

The awakened archbishops of agriculture began to enthusiastically discuss buying, buying, buying.

Purchasing large quantities of agricultural Magic Conductors, then renting them out—not only could they make money, but they could also gain greater fame. This was a big deal.

And it had to be settled quickly.

Just thinking about how wheat in some southern areas had already started being harvested made them even more urgent.

Maybe they could still catch a wave of harvest this year and quickly recoup their investment.

They highly agreed with Viscount Roster’s plan to harvest from south to north.

Soon, a massive order landed on Viscount Roster. Just the first batch of orders was worth about 2 million gold coins!

Some weaker countries, even if they sold their capitals, probably wouldn’t be worth 2 million gold coins!

After receiving Viscount Roster’s orders, various factories started producing frantically. Many people received double or even triple salary bonuses.

Various raw materials also began continuously flowing into Roster territory. Countless people wondered in their hearts—what was Roster territory doing with all that material?

So many materials entering, but for so long, the goods being shipped out didn’t seem affected at all.

What exactly was Roster territory producing?

Could it really be like the legends said, frantically manufacturing weapons, preparing to take down the Kingdom of Dawn in one fell swoop?

Regarding the discussions on the Magic Net, Roster turned a blind eye, continuing to increase production and placing his main energy on the southern region.

Large-scale mechanical planting in the south, large-scale livestock breeding—all required him to spend enormous energy. It wasn’t like those factories in Roster territory that could already operate normally.

Besides, the construction of the ultra-high-speed maglev trains also frequently encountered problems, requiring his coordination to proceed smoothly.

There was also the matter that Roster territory, due to land size limitations, could barely establish super factories and could only open branch factories in the southern region—this also needed him to be responsible for.

There were just too many things requiring his responsibility.

Time flew by in a flash.

The Month of Harvest was not far off.

The wheat planted last Frigid Month had matured.

Wheat was such a special grain—special planting time, special planting methods—but it also had certain advantages. After wheat matured and was harvested, many places could plant another wave of crops.

Facing the upcoming harvest, most places were very excited.

But in the Hill Lands Commonwealth, this wasn’t the case.

For the past half month, the main production areas of the Hill Lands Commonwealth had been somewhat overcast.

It felt like it could rain at any moment, like everything was ready and waiting for this wheat to mature before immediately dropping a wave of rain to cause them heavy losses.

This situation made many people feel uneasy.

Near the largest valley in this region, an old man looked at these magic-tech machines before him, his lips trembling uncontrollably. "These are the harvesters produced by Viscount Roster’s territory? Just driving along the designated route can harvest all the wheat?!"

"Yes. These harvesters have all been verified. The effects are excellent, the efficiency many times faster than slaves."

"If that’s the case, then let’s prepare to start. Our valley’s climate has some small differences compared to other places. Right now the wheat has matured and many people have started harvesting. But judging from the weather, before it rains, relying on slaves and free citizens, there’s no way we can harvest all the wheat in this region."

The elderly cleric of the Church of Agriculture said somewhat tremblingly to a driver.

Although he was quite old and his ability to accept new things wasn’t what it used to be, facing the many affairs of the Church of Agriculture, he’d still learned some knowledge in this area. He could use the Magic Net normally and had seen on the Magic Net how powerful harvesters were.

With his order, these drivers directly drove the harvesters to the designated areas.

"Can these harvesters really complete the harvest quickly? Will the harvesting results be poor?" A middle-aged noble looked at the scene before him, his face both shocked and doubtful.

If possible, he’d rather have more serfs go harvest in the fields. But all his people had already been dispatched, and it was still very difficult to harvest all this wheat before the heavy rain arrived. Now, these agricultural Magic Conductors were his only hope.