Pioneer Lord: A Leisurely Imperial Life

Chapter 258 Great Confucian Scholars Debating Classics

you are welcome!

Lawrence smiled slightly.

Why would a count make such blatant favoritism?

The answer is actually quite simple.

What he saw in the experimental field made his heart race more than any magic or warhorse.

Other nobles might be marveling at the magnificent unicorns, calculating the number of war mages needed, or savoring the rich flavor of the Venus blueberry wine.

But he was different; he focused on only one thing from beginning to end.

—Grain.

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He was a great lord who ruled over hundreds of thousands of people and managed millions of acres of farmland, and he knew very well how barren this wasteland, forgotten by the empire in the far north, was.

For ordinary people, it is simply impossible to establish themselves here and grow high-quality grains on a large scale.

But Richard did it, because he was the founder of new farming techniques.

When Brad approached him to sell this technology, he was equally amazed and even sent someone to Benwolf to inquire about it.

Only after confirming that everything was correct did he take out his wallet, buy the entire guide, and then spend the whole night reading it over a hundred times.

At that time, he was convinced that this technology would be part of the Golden Lion legacy.

They even commissioned craftsmen to carve copperplate pages and buried them underground for permanent preservation as a memorial.

He thought it was a one-off deal, like buying a gold mine, and all that was left was to dig deeper into the vein.

But standing by the chiffon cake experimental field today, he realized he was wrong.

That's ridiculously wrong!

The edges of the field were covered with small wooden signs indicating experimental data, each sign showing a different fertilizer ratio.

The mixing ratio of organic fermentation products and mineral powder is astonishingly precise, even further subdivided into different application amounts for the seedling, flowering, and fruiting stages.

In some fields, the crops were noticeably taller than those next to them, with thicker leaves and sturdier stems; the difference was visible to the naked eye.

This shows that Chiffon is using a large number of comparative experiments to systematically figure out what crops, at what stage, need what kind of nutrient combination formula.

What alarmed him even more were the terms Richard casually mentioned: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and sulfur.

These were things he had never seen in any agricultural book or magical tome, yet he vaguely realized that these might be the real secret to making crops grow like crazy.

The young viscount before us is not selling a technology, but running an agricultural research institute that is constantly producing new knowledge.

In his view, the scarcest things in the North were not gold coins, magical materials, or even food.

Rather, it's a method to stably produce food on this cold and hard frozen ground.

He originally thought that he had bought the final destination with a thousand gold coins, but now it seems that he had only obtained a ticket to enter the academy.

In old aristocratic circles, the inheritance of bloodlines has always been valued, but the prerequisite for inheritance is that the land can support its descendants.

A lion can be arrogant, but it cannot be foolish.

The greatest folly of a man who controls millions of acres of farmland is to stand in front of a scholar who can continuously optimize agricultural technology and still worry about Han Song's rabbit or Han Shan's face.

To be honest, before he came to Qifeng, he thought there was some truth to Hanshan's case, since the rabbits were indeed in Qifeng's territory.

The logic that whoever has lost property is the prime suspect is valid in any arbitration tribunal.

That's why he was somewhat arrogant towards Richard at first, thinking that Richard was just a nobody who had made some achievements and started to trample on the noble contract.

Without exception, all such arrogant lords who relied on their achievements fell like shooting stars; the records of Golden Lion Keep documented twenty-five such cases.

But now, that idea has long since vanished.

Even if Qi Feng really did snatch these rabbits from Han Song, they would be as light as a straw on the scales of arbitration.

A group of rabbits is worth only a few thousand gold coins, but hidden in that experimental field is a secret that may concern the future of the entire Golden Lion family.

Richard said at the banquet: "Once the experimental data comes out, I don't plan to sell it; I'll give it to my friends for free."

Who are my friends?

Lawrence felt that the person standing on this field today speaking up for Richard should be able to become his friend.

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Unlike technology, fertilizers have a limited production capacity. What does this mean?

This means that an agricultural production system dominated by chiffon will emerge in the North, along with a grain merchant alliance linked by new fertilizers.

If Golden Lion doesn't jump on this bandwagon now, will he have to wait until other lords double their grain yields thanks to Chiffon's new fertilizer, and then shamelessly beg for help?

Foolish lion!

Instead of being humble and subservient back then, it's better to stand firmly by Chiffon's side today, as an investment in advance.

Therefore, no matter how many witnesses Han Shan has, or how much evidence he can produce, even if Han Shan claims to be a rabbit himself, there is only one outcome to this arbitration...

—Rejected!

As for the case of Baron Hansong's murder outside Blackwater Territory, who cares whether the murderer is Chiffon or not?

Even Viscount Hanshan himself didn't care!

Otherwise, why would his demands emphasize simply finding the rabbit, instead of strongly demanding the capture of the murderer?

Even if it really was Qi Fengqian, he was just a baron, so what if he was killed?

Viscount Hanshan didn't dare to confront Chifeng himself, but he had the nerve to come to Golden Lion Castle to ask him to act as the arbitrator.

As weak as a sheep!

What are we?

They are nobles!

He is a lord who rules over a region!

A free citizen who doesn't cry and whine and seek justice after suffering a little harm!

To put it bluntly, this spineless weakling doesn't even deserve to be rejected.

If it weren't for the ancestral friendship between the two families, Lawrence wouldn't have bothered even entering the Black Pine Forest before.

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The minor nobles present exchanged bewildered glances, their expressions a fascinating mix of emotions.

The Golden Lion is a vassal of the stars and an arbitrator in noble disputes.

Given his status, even if he really wanted to take sides, shouldn't he have found a more respectable and compliant reason to make the judgment?

But he didn't even need Chi Feng to express her opinion; he made the judgment himself.

What does this tell us?

Before Richard could even speak, he had already sided with Chiffon.

Everyone was puzzled.

Did the Golden Lion discover some secret they had never known in this new city that rose from the wasteland?

What would it take to make a noble family with a 600-year-old lineage willingly set aside their status and show such favoritism on the spot?

However, one thing is certain...

Darian was the first to snap out of his daze, a knowing smile spreading across his chubby face. He shouted:

"So that's how it is! It turns out Viscount Hanshan was just stirring up trouble out of nothing. I knew it! Viscount Qifeng isn't that kind of person!"

Baron Blackthorn also stepped forward from the back of the crowd and echoed:

"This is clearly Baron Hansong's own problem, but Viscount Hanshan got angry and started biting people like a rabbit. Lord Lawrence is truly wise, truly wise!"

Baron Grey Valley nodded in agreement.

"Exactly. Although these rabbits are quite valuable, Lord Richard has already earned a lot of gold coins lately. How could he possibly murder a nobleman for money?"

...

Richard looked at the group of nobles who were praising him, and Lawrence with a smile on his face. Although he didn't understand it, he finally got to see the diversity of the nobility.

fair?

What the heck?

This is not a society governed by the rule of law.

As for whether it will affect the reputation of the Golden Lion?

Don't make trouble.

Look at Darian and his crew, aren't they all fawning over the Golden Lion?

Perhaps, with their advocacy, Golden Lion might even gain a reputation for fairness and impartiality in this arbitration.

It can only be said that when you have enough power, no matter what you do, there will always be someone to make excuses for you, just like that saying:

—Great Confucian scholars will debate the classics!

really interesting!

It's just a pity that all the previous arrangements were wasted.

After going through all that trouble to pull off some tricks, it ended so abruptly, completely unlike the script I envisioned...

Just as I expected!

I'm not suited to playing power games or engaging in scheming; playing with cats and dogs is much more practical for me.

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