God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 355: The Results Really Are Amazing

"Haven’t you seen the videos that Viscount Roster and his people posted on the Magic Net? Your estate’s wheat can all be taken care of before dark."

The agriculture cleric shot an annoyed look at the middle-aged man who’d spoken. "The future of farming is mechanization, not serfs."

The middle-aged nobleman opened his mouth, wanting to argue, wanting to question it, but he didn’t know what to say.

His estate was pretty well-known in the Hill Lands Commonwealth—huge in size. He wouldn’t dare claim it was the biggest, but it definitely had the most farmland.

His territory had tons of serfs and slaves, famous throughout the entire Hill Lands Commonwealth.

But faced with this sudden rainy weather, he was helpless.

Even if he sent out all the serfs and slaves on his estate and hired every freeman in the area, there was no way they could finish harvesting before the rain the Church of Agriculture’s weather forecast predicted.

No, they probably couldn’t even finish half of it.

In the past, when they couldn’t see what the weather was going to do and didn’t actively ask the Church of Agriculture to check things out, they just didn’t know. Even if the crops got rained on and lost value, it didn’t hurt quite as much.

Farming, after all, has always been at the mercy of the weather.

But now with the weather forecast, knowing it was going to rain tomorrow while being unable to harvest today—that felt downright desperate.

Hearing that the Church of Agriculture could use these machines to complete the harvest successfully, even getting it done before nightfall, honestly seemed pretty unbelievable to him.

But it also gave him a glimmer of hope.

After a brief silence, the middle-aged nobleman forced a smile. "If you can really finish the harvest before nightfall, on top of the rental fee, I’ll donate an extra 1,000 gold coins to the Church of Agriculture."

"You’ll see for yourself in a bit." The elderly agriculture cleric was brimming with confidence.

Honestly, he’d never seen these agricultural Magic Conductors either, but just because he hadn’t didn’t mean no one had. The higher-ups in the Church of Agriculture had all seen them, even tried them out, and they’d put together detailed instruction manuals for what to use in different situations.

In the Hill Lands Commonwealth, most of the land wasn’t actually suitable for these machines—only a few valley bottoms and alluvial plains worked, because everywhere else was broken up into small patches of mountain farmland where big machines just couldn’t operate.

He felt pretty lucky that his area could use these machines. He’d be among the first to witness history.

With that thought, he quickly pulled out his Magic Net, ready to record some video and show off a bit.

Seeing this, the middle-aged nobleman didn’t say anything more, just kept his eyes on the agricultural Magic Conductors, praying silently.

Finally, after a quick terrain check, the drivers operating the agricultural Magic Conductors got moving. When the roar of engines started up, pretty much everyone nearby was drawn over.

They watched as the huge mechanical beasts charged straight into the wheat field with no hesitation, no pause—just rolled right over it.

As the middle-aged nobleman watched with his heart in his throat, wheat started pouring out of a square pipe at the top, falling into the cargo bed behind.

"Whoa—"

The middle-aged nobleman couldn’t help but gasp. He knew these agricultural Magic Conductors were impressive, but he hadn’t expected them to skip several steps, just drive straight into the wheat field, roll over it, and then somehow skip ahead and collect the wheat.

What really blew their minds was that as this harvester moved forward, the wheat stalks it left behind were somehow getting bundled up and left by the side of the road.

Honestly, forget the nobles—even Ren, the first time he saw these harvesters, was totally shocked.

You gotta hand it to the wild mages and their apprentices—their creativity was seriously impressive, especially when it came to combining magic and machinery. The power they showed was amazing. Even in his past life, the most advanced combine harvesters weren’t as powerful as these large-scale Magic Conductor harvesters.

In every dimension, they were better.

The harvesting speed, the efficiency, the results—all of it.

"Unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable."

Watching the wheat field disappear, the middle-aged nobleman couldn’t stop trembling. He’d originally thought these super expensive agricultural machines were a total ripoff—with that kind of money, he could buy thousands of slaves outright and feed them for ten years or more.

But after seeing this, he finally got it. Sometimes, even thousands of slaves can’t do what one agricultural machine can.

The times really were changing!

Middle-aged people already have trouble taking in new information, and facing this kind of change, he felt powerless. That’s why he’d always kept a wait-and-see attitude, not particularly caring about it all. But after seeing this scene, the beliefs he’d held onto in his heart completely evaporated.

Actually, it wasn’t just him. The agriculture cleric who’d been so confident at first was just as shocked.

At the same time, he thought to himself, no wonder the higher-ups decided to go into so much debt to roll out these agricultural machines—they’re just too powerful.

Forget everything else, just with this capability and efficiency, when he sends them out, if he doesn’t charge a pretty penny, he’ll feel like he’s losing out!

The harvesting efficiency just kept increasing.

They didn’t even make it to dusk before the Hill Lands Commonwealth’s largest farming estate—an area that would’ve normally taken countless serfs working day and night for about five days—was completely harvested, and the wheat was quickly moved to the designated area.

But the agriculture cleric didn’t get a chance to rest. Not long after they started harvesting, the other lords in the area got word. One by one, they used the fastest transportation available—some even flew—to rush to the scene. When they saw what was happening, they all placed orders.

Tomorrow was the rainy day. If they couldn’t harvest all their wheat before the rain, they’d lose big.

Compared to those losses, hiring the Church of Agriculture to harvest was dirt cheap.

And while everyone was getting busy, some people were uploading footage from the scene to Magic Net videos.

"Oh my god! Is it really that amazing?"

"This video isn’t sped up, is it? This is seriously incredible!"

"Such a huge estate done so fast—I want to buy a harvester!"

"My thinking’s different from you guys. This efficiency is so high, but if I buy one, I’d only use it one day a year on my estate. Seems kind of wasteful!"

"You could harvest your own stuff, then after you’re done, help harvest for the nearby nobles. I’m sure they’d be happy to pay you for it!"

"Then why not just rent from the Church of Agriculture? Didn’t they say that in the future, every one of their churches will have this kind of service?"

In this era, most nobles had large-scale farming operations. After seeing scenes like this, their shock was beyond words.