In the other world, women only slow me down.

A series of crisp applause sounds rang out in the banquet hall.

All the noble ladies who had spoken rudely to Rurikawa before were slapped hard by Rurikawa.

Without using magic power.

Rurikawa even felt that his hands were a little sore from the beating.

These young ladies, who had delicate skin and had never suffered any hardship, had their faces swollen and red, leaving very obvious slap marks.

"You (six) neighbors...just wait for me!"

The Marquis's daughter was almost insane at this moment.

Being humiliated by Rurikawa in front of so many nobles, she almost wanted to fight to the death with Rurikawa.

But looking at Lynch beside Rurikawa, and Princess Luna who looked like she was watching a show.

She knew that even the thought of fighting to the death was just wishful thinking.

She could no longer endure such humiliation, and after saying those harsh words, she stumbled and ran out of the banquet hall in a very embarrassed manner.

Seeing this, the other noble ladies naturally didn't have the face to stay here any longer.

They all fled in panic.

From now on, they will never be able to raise their heads in front of other nobles.

Rurikawa looked at their embarrassed backs and couldn't help but reveal an extremely satisfied smile on his face.

Then, in the eyes of the remaining nobles, Rurikawa once again knelt on one knee, only this time, she was facing Lynch.

"Even though I am no longer your maid, Master Lynch, you are still my master."

Rurikawa looked at Lynch with love and swore an oath under the gaze of all the nobles:

"On behalf of the Rurikawa family, I swear here that from now on, the Rurikawa family will become a vassal of the Lynch family and will never betray them!"

A marquis swore allegiance to an earl.

Such a scene is magical no matter how you look at it.

However, no one present dared to question it.

Everyone couldn't help but focus their eyes on the person Ruri River was kneeling on.

What princess, marquis, and duke.

The protagonist of this banquet is still Earl Lynch.

Chapter 47: Driving Peasants Off the Land

At noon, the banquet had not yet officially begun.

But what happened before was enough to make countless nobles feel that the trip was worthwhile.

Fran mingled with the crowd, observing Lynch carefully in secret.

He had never taken Lynch seriously before.

He just thought he was a nobleman with better luck, but after actually meeting Lynch today, he felt an unprecedented pressure.

Especially when Fran heard that the king agreed to award Liulichuan the medal, the brief eye contact between Lynch and Fran made Fran feel like he was falling into an ice cave.

This person is very dangerous.

but……

"If I could find a chance to hypnotize Lynch..."

Fran couldn't help but think so.

His original plan was to use hypnosis to hypnotize the top leaders of the country from top to bottom little by little after King Brucekan was paralyzed, so as to control the entire country.

But Lynch's previous performance made Fran unconsciously raise Lynch's alert level to the highest level.

He subconsciously regarded Lynch, the magician, as the biggest obstacle to his seizure of the throne.

We must find a way to get rid of this guy.

Fran thought so.

He planned to find an opportunity to talk to Lynch alone when the banquet was about to end, to see if he could take the opportunity to hypnotize Lynch.

If you succeed, everything will be fine.

Fran will take everything Lynch has.

Wealth, status, women, and even his own magical powers.

if it fails.

Fran planned to use rapid hypnosis to let other nobles cover his escape, and then find a way to let the mysterious female assassin Kusaha assassinate Lynch.

After making up his mind, Fran's slightly anxious heart gradually calmed down.

Start paying attention to the conversation between Lynch and the nobles at this moment.

"I believe you all know what I've been doing recently, right?"

Facing these nobles, Lynch did not hide anything and asked directly.

The nobles looked at each other and nodded in unison.

"know."

"A forging factory."

"And that mercenary group."

Lynch did not hide these things from others, and the well-informed nobles naturally knew about them.

Lin Qi nodded and continued to ask:

"What do you think of my forging factory?"

The nobles nodded and said:

"very good."

"high efficiency."

"Indeed."

This is of course beyond doubt.

The weapons produced by the forging factory completely crushed the family-based blacksmith workshop model in the kingdom today in terms of quality, speed and other aspects.

Smart nobles can see that Lynch's things are extremely valuable.

There are even many nobles who have begun secretly trying to transform their own industries into factories.

But unfortunately, the results were minimal.

The biggest problem was that most of the nobles still treated the peasants on their land as slaves. During the factory transformation, there was almost no salary or compensation, which meant that the nobles were providing free labor.

Obviously, this is a kind of mental inertia.

In the eyes of these nobles, Lynch's act of giving the silver to the farmers was a real sin.

The consequence of this is naturally that farmers' enthusiasm for production is not high, and the daily output has not increased much compared to the previous small workshop model.

This method of setting up factories by copying others was not implemented smoothly.

Listening to the nobles' answers, Lynch nodded with great satisfaction, and then he continued:

“After that, I plan to open more factories, but… I’m having some troubles now.”

The nobles all looked at him with curiosity.

"Oh? There's actually something that can stump Master Lin Qi?"

"What trouble?"

"Maybe I can help."

In the social behavior of the nobility, the value of favors is immeasurable.

At this moment in the banquet hall, sitting on Lynch's left and right were Rurikawa, who had just been promoted to earl, and the other was the little princess of the kingdom.

Moreover, the princess has been looking at Lynch since she appeared.

She looked completely in love.

Although the nobles had previously speculated that the four princesses of the kingdom were most likely to marry foreign nobles in order to maintain peace and stability around the kingdom.

The princess was able to appear here today and even helped Lin Qi to award Rurikawa the medal.

Does this explain?

The wise king Brucekan, who has not yet shown his face, has already secretly acquiesced to the relationship between the princess and Lynch?

If this is the case, Lynch's favor will be extremely precious.

Therefore, after hearing that Lynch was in trouble, these nobles were very enthusiastic.

They all believed that if they could help Lynch today, they would be rewarded handsomely in the future.

This is definitely an investment that is sure to make money.

So, under the curious gazes of the nobles, Lynch slowly stated his purpose:

“Factories require land. The land in my territory has been planned, but there are still many factories that have no place to be arranged, so... I want to lease the land under your names and open a factory.

Of course, the rental price will surely satisfy you.”

After saying that, Lynch paused and observed the nobles' reactions.

For the nobles, land is the most fundamental guarantee for their survival. For thousands of years, they have maintained their lives by leasing land to farmers and collecting rent on time every year.

Now Lynch said he wanted to take away the land under their names to open a factory, even if it was on a lease, which still made these nobles feel hesitant.

Lynch picked up the wine glass and looked at the hesitant noble in front of him.

He was in no hurry.

In fact, Lynch didn't care how much land he could rent in the end. His most fundamental goal was to let these nobles drive the farmers off the land through the enclosure movement.

Only in this way can the factory have more employees, produce more products and obtain more profits.

Moreover, Lynch is not worried at all that the products produced will not be sold.

As productivity increases, product prices will naturally decrease gradually, and by working in factories, these former farmers will naturally have enough money to buy these goods.

not only that.

Lynch had even planned to wait until the domestic factory system was gradually improved.

After the products produced are sufficient to meet the needs of most people in the country, they will be sold to nearby countries at extremely low prices through dumping.

This will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the economies of nearby countries.

Countless artisans will lose their jobs as a result.

But Lynch didn't care about these things at all. On the contrary, for him, the more unemployed people there were, the better. This way he could have a large amount of cheap labor in other countries at extremely low prices.

Lynch can also recruit these unemployed people into his own army to prepare for the subsequent war.

So, what Lynch is most worried about now is not not being able to rent land.

Rather, there are not enough consumers to absorb the products produced by the factories.

after all……

Farmers of this era had almost no consumption power.

After discussing with each other for a while, the nobles made their own decisions.

More than half of the nobles decided to agree to lease their land to Lynch.

After all, for them, there is no essential difference between renting to farmers and renting to Lynch. On the contrary, they can get more benefits and more gold coins.

This is naturally a very good thing for them.

The remaining nobles decided to take their future destiny into their own hands.

They opened their own factories to gain greater profits.