A group of merchants exclaimed excitedly, "Yes, Mr. Boer!"

The merchants each climbed into their respective carriages, driving their horses into the darkness in the distance.

The figures gathered outside the city walls gradually dispersed until they finally disappeared into the night.

Boer turned back to glance at Guard Captain Ryan.

Ryan drove his horse forward.

Ryan inquired, calling out, "Master Boer."

Boer stared straight into the darkness ahead, speaking calmly, "Ryan, have there been any bandits in Morgan Town lately?"

Upon hearing this, Ryan's eyebrows instantly raised, he responded, "The Iron Blood Brotherhood! They always like to raid merchant caravans!"

The recent experiences immediately came to Boer's mind.

He nodded, "Sim Town where Koni and Leiden are located is a bit far, take a team to escort them."

"Don't get raided by bandits like we did last time."

Ryan instantly understood, replying, "Yes, Master Boer."

As the words fell.

Ryan summoned a team of ten, driving their horses swiftly into the darkness ahead.

Watching Ryan and his team leave, Boer then drove his horse, leading the caravan back towards Morgan Town.

And in his mind, he was quickly thinking.

To purchase enough winter barley for Master Lynn, he had to rely on these local merchants.

It's impossible to completely hide the fine salt Master Lynn exchanged.

However, he had to try his best for Master Lynn and for himself to conceal the information that there is fine salt here.

The other merchants were still easy to control.

Only Koni and Leiden had too many uncertain factors!

Precaution is necessary.

...

Three days later.

Lynn finished his breakfast and just walked out of the Red Brick House.

Seeing Rose waiting at the door.

Rose bent his body, reporting respectfully, "Master, there was a little incident outside the city walls last night."

Lynn looked at Rose with confusion, "Speak."

Immediately.

Rose began to explain.

After listening to Rose's explanation, Lynn nodded, "I understand, go ahead and keep busy."

Rose bowed again, retreated with a few soldiers towards the Blacksmith Workshop.

He needed to collect Winged Spears from the Blacksmith Workshop.

Lynn was not surprised by what Rose described.

One could even say that when Boer left those merchants outside the city walls, Lynn guessed Boer's thoughts afterwards.

This is very normal.

Struggling at the bottom level of commercial activities, these merchants finally encountered an opportunity to succeed.

Who wouldn't want to take advantage of this chance to rise quickly?

As for how to rise, what needs to be experienced, whether success is possible, it depends on Boer's ability.

Retracting his thoughts.

Lynn glanced at the quantity of farmland on the [Resource Panel], reaching over forty-nine thousand acres.

With today passing, the plan for autumn tilling fifty thousand acres will be realized.

Awaiting these townsmen is the autumn planting!

Closing the panel, Lynn arrived at the open space in front.

A hundred female townsfolk were diligently selecting winter barley seeds.

Under the breeze, hulls and shriveled grains flew up, finally settling on the ground.

And what remained in the winnowing baskets were layers of plump barley seeds.

Lynn roughly estimated that, working eight hours a day, using baskets only about thirty pounds could be sorted a day.

Time-consuming and labor-intensive, inefficient.

If it takes twenty pounds per acre, over fifty thousand acres would need a million pounds of barley seeds...

This efficiency is far too slow!

The primitive screening method must be improved.

The memory of a screening tool instantly surfaced in Lynn's mind!

A threshing machine!

Without hesitation, Lynn took Red straight to the Woodworker Workshop.

Before he had gone far, hurried footsteps sounded from behind.

Lynn looked back, seeing Tate running.

Now Tate might be the most leisurely existence in the entire domain.

No need to labor, nor teach children.

Always wandering in the town, recording various technologies and knowledge.

Running up to Lynn's side, Tate spoke respectfully, "Lord."

Lynn responded with a nod, speaking, "Mr. Tate, how do you feel about the territory during this time?"

Tate hardly hesitated, directly saying, "Lord, your domain is the most advanced and humane I've seen!"

During this time, Tate almost toured the entire domain.

He saw the open-pit salt mine and the accompanying Salt Factory!

Using stone mills for efficient crushing of rock salt blocks, then washing and dissolving, then crystallizing with huge Iron Pots, and grinding into fine salt.

He saw the brake-equipped carriage on the open-pit coal mine, ensuring transportation safety effectively.

He saw the mill water wheel, irrigation water wheel, Forging Water Wheel, and the huge towering iron smelting furnace!

Even the large-scale Red Brick Factory occupying a vast area, and multiple workshops...

Despite some workshops not yet in production.

It still didn't hinder Tate from believing this being the most advanced and humane territory!

As a scholar, he saw various knowledge in numerous documents.

He naturally understood, only through improving work efficiency could productivity be fundamentally elevated.

Though Lynn's domain housed only a few thousand people, its production and efficiency far surpassed many large Manors!

Key was, the eight-hour work system Lynn implemented, even Tate had never heard seen before.

Other lords wished to suppress the village slaves to death.

Whereas Lynn, with his eight-hour work system, allowed all labor forces to get adequate rest.

Thus boosting labor enthusiasm and efficiency...

Such thinking shocked Tate immensely.

If this work model spread beyond the domain, it would certainly incite a huge uproar, making a massive impact on the continent's system.

But more likely, Lynn would be executed as a Heretic!

Other rulers would never permit such a system to exist in their domain or the Empire.

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