Chương 307: Making a Fortune Every Day

As the arbitration conference drew closer, the Roland Group became the busiest center in the capital.

This is not simply due to the arbitration conference, but also because the Roland Group has the ability to retain these visiting noble tourists.

Almost every visitor gave the Roland Group extremely high praise.

The most popular of these is the greenhouse-related industry.

Ordinary nobles had never seen such a neat and flat wheat field landscape.

In their view, Roland's group greenhouses were like an alternative aristocratic garden, and a super-large luxury garden at that.

At night, the canopy of the central tree lights up, releasing countless fireflies and bees, and the glow-in-the-dark grass along the roadside also lights up one by one, creating a fairytale-like world.

If you were to stroll along the oak-lined walkway with a friend of the opposite sex at this moment, whether it was for a confession or a secret tryst, the atmosphere would be incredibly romantic.

The greenhouse attracted more than just ordinary nobles.

Lords of all ranks were also frequent visitors to the greenhouse, but their main purpose was not to have fun, pick up girls, or find opportunities to fight in the wild under the cover of beautiful wheat fields.

Wheat itself is their target.

These lords and nobles often squatted by the field ridges for most of the day, looking just like old farmers guarding their fields, and even chatting and laughing with the greenhouse staff.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, they could not uncover the secret to high-yield sorghum.

As for secretly plucking two wheat stalks, storing them in a spatial artifact, and bringing them back to one's territory to plant—not no one has ever thought of that.

However, a fat female dragon who loves spicy snacks lives in the center of the greenhouse and has made it her nest, keeping a close watch on it.

"Oh, what a pity."

"If Miss Roland were willing to sell the technology for high-yield fire wheat, we wouldn't have so many starving refugees in the Southern Territory."

Lux, the daughter of the Grand Duke of the South who had met Roland once before, stood in the middle of the wheat field wearing a shirt that allowed her to move around easily and a sun hat.

She was holding a bundle of high-yield wheat in her left hand and a sickle in her right. At first glance, she looked like an employee of the group's greenhouse.

This is a new project developed by Roland with her clever ideas, which she calls "Aristocratic Exclusive Wheat Harvesting Experience Service".

Ms. Tree accelerated the ripening of the wheat fields near the Red Dragon's Nest, and then sent people to hold parasols, serve tea and water, pave the wheat field roads, and even carry frost magic arrays to lower the temperature.

It provides the empire's nobles with a wheat-harvesting experience that is completely effortless, respectable, and high-end, in line with aristocratic tastes.

The young nobleman standing next to Lux had this to say.

"This is not a real wheat harvesting experience at all. Real farmers don't have sun umbrellas, ice magic circles, or readily available chilled drinks."

"And the fields here have been specially paved and cleaned so as not to get the nobles' boots dirty."

"Lux, you can play for another five minutes at most. We'll leave after five minutes."

Lux rolled her eyes at this and waved her scythe in her right hand in an annoyed manner.

"Dude, what are you talking about? What do you mean, 'I can play for another five minutes'?"

"I'm not just playing around; I'm experiencing farmer life and accumulating experience for governing the territory in the future."

"What are you waiting for? Quickly use the photo magic to take a picture of me. I want to take it back to show my father."

The young nobleman glanced helplessly at his younger sister, then looked around.

Everywhere you look, there are young nobles squatting under parasols and under dark trees, pretending to harvest wheat.

These guys all share Lux's plan: to establish an image of being considerate of the common people, diligent, and humble in front of their family elders.

For this purpose, they even went to great lengths to dress up, with succubus makeup artists from the Roland Group applying dust to their faces and limbs, aiming to create a complete fake.

Unfortunately, the old nobles of the empire really fell for this.

Regardless of whether the younger generation's involvement in farming is genuine or not, publicizing this story is always beneficial for building a public image and running for office.

At this moment, a beast girl dressed in a clean uniform walked up to the young nobleman and bowed respectfully.

"My lord, the cost of this wheat harvesting experience, converted to magic circle usage, totaled fifty silver coins. Would you like to add it to your account...?"

"No need, I'll pay on the spot. You'll have plenty of money for the tip."

The young man placed a gold coin directly on the beast girl's tray without even glancing at the bill, and then gave the order.

"Oh, and go get me a glass of iced lemonade."

"Yes, sir!"

"Thank you for your generosity. We hope you have a wonderful holiday at the Roland Group!"

The beast girl was flattered and overwhelmed by the sight of the glittering gold coins on the tray. She bowed again and ran back to the parasol to prepare drinks.

She picked up a pencil and wrote a few words clearly on the bill.

"Received 1 gold coin, owed 50 silver coins, tip 50 silver coins."

Doing business with nobles means that tips are a very lucrative source of income. Although Roland does not require registration, the beast girl employees still conscientiously record their own tips.

For them, the treatment they received at the Roland Group was already heavenly.

Deep down, they didn't see themselves as Roland's employees, but rather as her personal retainers, and their loyalty was beyond question.

The young nobleman silently watched the beast girl's departing figure and sighed.

"Roland is a true business genius."

"Their methods of governing their territories and their people are also amazing, Lux. I wish you could learn from them."

As he spoke, he looked around.

The largest number of people working in the entire greenhouse are employees of the Roland Group.

The main characters are orcs, with humans playing a secondary role.

Without exception, these employees all had impeccable manners, and almost every one of them could even write simple words.

This made him even more curious about Roland's governance strategy.

It's important to understand that making commoners literate is a major problem that even the sages of the empire struggle with.

First, we need to solve the problem of food and clothing for ordinary people. Then, we need to ensure that people have enough free time after work. We also need patient teachers.

Under these conditions, ordinary people also need to have the initiative to learn in order to learn to write.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that orcs could be so civilized and dignified.

When the beast girl returned with small, quick steps, he reached out and took the glass of lemonade, trying his best to put on a somewhat amiable expression.

"Miss Mambo, I heard that before you joined the Roland Group, you lived in the slums of the capital?"

The catgirl named Mambo was a little nervous because she didn't expect the nobleman in front of her to take the initiative to talk to her.

She kept the training guidelines in mind, placing her hands folded in front of her lower abdomen before answering.

"Sir, I wasn't qualified to live in the slums back then."

"At that time, I had broken my left leg and could not do heavy physical labor, so I could only set up a tent near the port sewers with a few other disabled orcs."

For a fleeting moment, the young man wanted to slap himself twice.

He felt that all his merits had been deducted in that instant.

PS: Oops, I posted the wrong historical version. It's missing half a chapter. This is the correct one.

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