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Magic Industry Empire Volume 1 Chapter 11

Author:Eight O'Clock At Night Category:Unreal Update time:2022-09-14 02:59:53

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Buying a slave

A hectare of land was not too big, Xu Yi spent less than an hour to finish inspecting it.

Returning back to Butler Brunei, Xu Yi took out a document from his bag.

“Butler Brunei, this is our plan for the lands use for the first year, you can bring it back for the Lord Viscount to look over. If there is anything the Lord Viscount isnt satisfied with, he can tell us and we will make the appropriate changes to according to Lord Viscounts needs.”

Xu Yi was still very respectful on the surface.

He was very clear that the Sines Continent was currently in a half feudal society, being different from the society on earth. If he wanted to succeed in some things on the continent, he had to follow some customs.

As expected, with Xu Yis respectful appearance, Butler Bruneis expression became more relaxed. He took Xu Yis plan and gave a nod, “Alright, Ill have the Lord Viscount look it over when I head back. Actually you dont need to be too worried, the Lord Viscount is a very generous person. As long as you dont do anything that will upset him, the Lord Viscount normally will not interfere.”

“Then Ill have to thank Butler Brunei for your kind words.”

The better the tone became, naturally this matter became much more smooth. Butler Brunei only casually looked over the development plan before taking out a rent contract for Xu Yi to sign.

When Xu Yi signed his name, Butler Brunei finally revealed a smile. He reached his hand out towards Xu Yi, “Very good. Mister Xu Yi, this land will belong to you for a year. I hope that you will treasure this chance the Lord Viscount has given you.”

“Definitely.”

The three people said a few more words and when Xu Yi and Heinz wanted to leave, a shrill cry suddenly came from the distance.

The three of them were stunned, looking in the northwest direction the cry came from.

There was another pitiful wail before the sound of crying and the sound of a leather whip cracking rang out.

“Lets go take a look!” Xu Yi didnt have time to think as he rushed off in the direction the sound came from.

Heinz hesitated a bit before looking at Butler Brunei beside him, “Butler Brunei, it seems like the sound is coming from Lord Viscounts territory”

Butler Brunei narrowed his little eyes to look in the direction the sound came from before waving his hand, “Were going to take a look.”

When they came closer, the sound became louder. The sound of the whip cracking couldnt help making peoples hearts feel fear and hearing the pitiful crying that came after, people couldnt help feeling pity.

Xu Yi was younger than Butler Brunei and Heinz, and adding in the fact that he left first, he appeared where the sound came from not long after. Looking up, his eyes instantly filled with anger.

In a desolate area, three large men were currently surrounding a child who was only around fourteen-fifteen years old. These people had whips in their hands and kept cracking them at the child.

That child already had countless bloody marks from the whips and even some parts of his body were lacerated, making them look incomparably pitiful.

They could cry out pitifully at first, but now they didnt scream anymore, not even have the strength to turn over. They could only keep twitching from the whips falling on them.

“Stop!” Xu Yi roared out in rage, charging out without even thinking about it, “You want to beat him to death”

The three large men clearly never expected someone to charge out and stared at Xu Yi in a daze. They mostly had scruples because of the magic robes that he was wearing, so they couldnt help stopping.

But when Xu Yi wanted to lean over to look at the child, he was stopped by one of the large men.

“Hey, what are you doing Were teaching this slave a lesson, no matter who you are, you have no qualification to meddle in this matter!” The large man shouted.

“Slave” Xu Yi was stunned when he looked at the child on the ground. He remembered that this was Viscount Leslies territory, then this child would be…...

“This is Viscount Leslies slave”

The large man looked at Xu Yi in surprise, “Since you know the Lord Viscount, then do not stick your nose in the business of others. Let me tell you, this little bastard has lost the Lord Viscounts cattle, it wouldnt be going easy if he was beaten to death!”

“Cattle” Xu Yi knit his brows and angrily said, “Its just losing a single cow, you want his life just for that”

“You dont know **!” The large man scoffed, “Itll be the fall harvest in less than two month, but this little bastard has lost a cow at this time, that would greatly affect the fall harvest! Then again, do you know how much a single cow costs Forty gold coins! This little bastard wouldnt be worth half that much even if he was sold! Dont you think its going easy on him”

“That still doesnt mean you cant beat him to death Even if you kill him, that cow wont come back.”

“Nonsense! Of course we know that. This is punishment! Do you understand punishment If we dont punish this fellow, the other fellows will all be the same and then who would plant the Lord Viscounts fields”

Xu Yi knit his brows. He knew that he couldnt talk any sense to them and there was nothing on the Sines Continent that protected slaves, so he really didnt have any qualifications to stop the other side from doing this.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi looked around at Butler Brunei and Heinz who were not far behind him and calmed down.

The three large men followed Xu Yis gaze and naturally saw Butler Brunei.

As guards of Viscount Leslies manor, they naturally recognized the trusted Butler Brunei of Viscount Leslie. After being stunned for a bit, they quickly went over to receive him.

After a while, Butler Brunei and Heinz also came over. When they looked over the scene, they understood what was going on.

“Mister Xu Yi, this is our familys matter, I ask you not to interfere.” Butler Bruneis tone was very indifferent, but his voice gave no room for argument.

Xu Yi deeply knit his brows. He knew that if they followed the customs of the Sines Continent, he indeed didnt have any reason or qualification to interfere.

But to have him watch a child being beaten to death like this, this was not something he could accept.

Xu Yi looked over at Heinz for help, but he saw Heinz shaking his head to him. It was clear he didnt agree with his actions.

The three large men pulled out their leather whips and Xu Yi felt anxious. He suddenly had an idea and shouted, “Wait a minute! Butler Brunei, can I buy him from you”

“Buy” Butler Brunei was stunned, but then he knit his brows, “Xu Yi, I have already told you, this is our familys matter, are you really going to meddle with this”

“No, no, no, I dont have this meaning.” Xu Yi quickly waved his hand, “I just suddenly remembered that it isnt convenient for me to live alone. I had always wanted to buy a servant to serve me, but Ive never found a suitable one. Since this servant belongs to the Lord Viscount, I want to ask for a favour and hope the Lord Viscount will sell him to me. How about it I believe as the trusted butler of the Lord Viscount, you can make the decision for a trivial slave, right”

Butler Bruneis face sunk and was about to reject him when Xu Yi suddenly charged forward, placing a hand on his shoulder.

This sudden action made Butler Brunei frown and when he was about to get angry, he heard Xu Yi whisper in his ear, “10% stocks! Sir butler, as long as you agree to sell this slave to me, I will give 10% of the stocks of my newly built Magic Fan factory to the Lord Viscount. What do you think”

Butler Brunei looked at Xu Yi in a daze and found that Xu Yi had a very serious expression, not looking like he was joking at all. He couldnt help saying in a curious voice, “Mister Xu Yi, you really want to give away 10% stocks for a trivial slave Although I dont know the value of this 10% stock, with how the Magic Fans are selling in Banta City, it shouldnt be a small value, right”

Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, “Just treat it as me being willful.”

Butler Brunei looked at Xu Yi with a deep gaze, “Youre certain about this”

Xu Yi firmly nodded, “Certain.”

Butler Brunei nodded. He didnt throw away Xu Yis arm and waved his hand at the three large men, “Let him go.”

The three large men looked at each other and obediently walked away.

Butler Brunei looked at the slave on the ground before looking back at Xu Yi, “Mister Xu Yi, he belongs to you now.”

Xu Yi laughed and reached his hand into his pocket, “Many thanks, many thanks. How much is this slave worth”

Butler Bruneis lips curled into a strange smile. He shook his head and said, “Mister Xu Yi is this generous, I naturally cant be petty representing the Lord Viscount. This slave will be given to you, just treat it as a meeting gift.”

“Since its like this, then I ask you to thank the Lord Viscount for me.”

After Butler Brunei and the three large men left, Xu Yi and Heinz carried the slave into the horse carriage together.

When he heard the price Xu Yi paid to save the slave on the way back, Heinz almost jumped out of the carriage.

“Are you crazy!” Heinz pointed at Xu Yi, actually being a bit out of breath from his anger, “Xu Yi, according to our estimate, if everything goes smoothly, the profit of this Magic Fan factory will be at least five thousand gold coins in a year! The 10% share youve given Leslie is equal to giving him at least five hundred gold coins! You have to know, we also spent one hundred gold coins to rent this one hectare of land from him for a year!”

Xu Yi waved his hand, signaling for Heinz to sit down. He said with a smile, “Actually this isnt anything, I wanted to find a chance to give Viscount Leslie a 10% share anyway. I might as well use this chance to give it to him, its better to say that everything is going according to my plan.”

Seeing how relaxed Xu Yi was, Heinz relaxed a bit. However, he was still a bit confused.

“Why”

“Why” Xu Yi laughed and pointed at the desolate land outside the window, “Heinz, youve already seen it, this land is all Viscount Leslies personal land. You should know what personal land means, right It means that as long as Viscount Leslie changes his mind, he can drive us out at any moment. Even if we have a contract, its no use because its that damn nobles right.”

“Ive already considered this, so if we want to do this for a long time, we need Viscount Leslies full support. But how can we make that noble Lord Viscount fully support us There is only one answer which is to put him in the same carriage as us. As long as we share benefits with him, he will fully support us. At the very least, he wouldnt be dragging us down. Actually, 10% is too little. If possible, I want to give him 20%. But this would be too conspicuous and our relationship is just starting, so theres no rush for this matter.”

Heinz looked at Xu Yi in a daze for a while before suddenly shaking his head and letting out a long sigh, “Xu Yi, I was mistaken about you.”

“Oh”

“I thought at first that you were a magical genius, but now it seems like youre more of a profiteer than me.”

“Ha, many thanks for your praise.”-

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