God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 352: Rent, Don’t Buy

"This suddenly?"

Viscount Roster was clearly stunned, his eyes full of surprise.

Agriculture involved everyone’s life and property. Even the slightest fluctuation would lead to countless people freezing or starving to death. The impact was just too massive.

Whenever it involved agricultural matters, nobles, lords, and manor owners everywhere would become extremely cautious.

Even the Church of Agriculture, under certain circumstances, probably couldn’t easily change these people’s minds, right?

Especially thinking about the cooperation between his Southern Development Company and the Church of Agriculture, he felt even more certain this was the case.

What was the biggest cooperation between the Southern Development Company and the Church of Agriculture?

Seeds created by the Goddess of Agriculture!

New livestock bred by the Goddess of Agriculture!

Even though they were divine gifts, even though they were things bestowed by deities, they still couldn’t be deployed directly in other places. They needed to be tested on the Southern Development Company’s territory first, and only after successful testing could they be popularized.

You could imagine the Church of Agriculture’s situation in other places.

Suddenly wanting to order so much magic-tech agricultural machinery—this made Viscount Roster find it somewhat absurd.

"What? Your Roster Territory Development Company shouldn’t have too much trouble fulfilling such an order, right? If it’s about delivery time, we can negotiate."

Seeing Viscount Roster’s expression change repeatedly, the Archbishop of Agriculture couldn’t help but ask.

"Supplying these Magic Conductors is naturally no problem. The large machinery that the Southern Development Company is currently using, well, based on the south’s current scale, we only need 100 days to replicate a set. If rushed, 70 days should be about right."

Viscount Roster thought carefully. "As for small and medium-sized Magic Conductors, that’s not something I can give a direct answer on. The researchers need to redesign them. I can only say that once the design is finalized, their action won’t be slow."

"But I still want to ask something... not as business partners, but as friends. Can your Church of Agriculture really promote this much agricultural magic-tech machinery? To be honest, even territories most deeply influenced by Roster territory still can’t quite accept fully mechanizing their lands."

Viscount Roster quickly organized his thoughts, then considered his territory’s situation. "Actually, in the whole world, only my Roster territory and the Southern Development Company have undergone such reforms."

"And the reason the Southern Development Company could undergo such reforms is because I transformed the southern region."

Viscount Roster felt his words were already very blunt.

But it was also something many people knew in their hearts.

The southern region had originally been a traditional duchy belonging to the Kingdom of Dawn, composed of a Southern Grand Duke plus countless families loyal to the Grand Duke’s family.

But due to several previous incidents, the vast majority of southern families had been completely wiped out. The Southern Grand Duke’s family also only had one "heir" left, and Viscount Roster had the support of the technology combat clerics.

With all these factors stacking up, they successfully transformed the entire southern region.

Now the entire south, while called a region, a duchy, was actually a large corporation occupying vast lands, representing the interests of the Church of Technology. And those who hadn’t died in this region and still possessed certain legal authority had become shareholders in this corporation.

Under powerful military suppression, they had no choice but to compromise and let everything develop according to Viscount Roster’s plans.

From a certain perspective, the Southern Development Company was more like a super testing ground established through violence—the Church of Technology’s testing ground.

Precisely because of this, whether it was the Church of Technology’s Magic Conductors, things bred by the Goddess of Agriculture, or things cultivated by the God of Nature, God of Hills, God of Forests... as long as they were confirmed to be beneficial, they could be used directly here. Not a single person would feel there was any problem.

Even if they felt there was a problem, it would still be executed.

But other places couldn’t be like this!

Unless all lords and nobles started experiencing ideological changes.

However, to Viscount Roster’s surprise, after hearing these words, the Archbishop of Agriculture showed a broad smile on his face. "You misunderstood. Actually, we don’t plan to actively promote it until all lords are willing to use it."

"Huh?"

Viscount Roster was quite surprised.

He didn’t quite understand what the Archbishop of Agriculture meant.

"We’ll purchase this equipment and distribute it according to the situation of Churches of Agriculture in various places, ensuring every Church of Agriculture cathedral has some of this advanced equipment. Then they can communicate with each other and borrow from one another."

The Archbishop of Agriculture said with a smile, "Then, when necessary, we’ll actively drive them out. Other times, we’ll see who comes to us for help. The industry we want to engage in is... to use your Church of Technology’s terminology... the service industry!"

"It’s just like in the past when people hired our church’s clerics to solve various agricultural problems. These machines belong to our Church of Agriculture. Whoever wants to use them can rent from us."

"Well I’ll be!" Viscount Roster couldn’t help but exclaim. "That really is a great idea. If they purchase them, the price is so high and they have to bear huge risks—they definitely wouldn’t agree directly. But if there’s one nearby, seeing others rent it with such good results, it’s impossible not to be tempted."

"Even just simple testing would bring very good promotional effects. The business would fill up quickly."

"Your Church of Agriculture really is an expert in this area. Impressive. I shouldn’t have worried."

"Plus now the bond market has officially opened. You don’t need to worry about funding to purchase this agricultural magic-tech machinery. Compared to other churches’ unreliable projects or projects with such fierce competition, your project is more likely to attract people’s attention..."

Viscount Roster quickly sorted through everything and understood the Church of Agriculture’s plan.

Indeed, this world never lacked smart people.

Promoting and selling things worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins—most lords would refuse. The cost was just too high. But if spending just a few gold coins could accomplish what a dozen or even dozens of slaves could do, what would they choose?

The only problem with this project was it was too novel. But with the Church of Agriculture’s endorsement, plus Viscount Roster’s own recent promotion on the Magic Net, trying it out on a small scale—most lords would probably do it.

The Church of Agriculture was truly a genius!

After clarifying this point, Viscount Roster became even more determined that this project must help the Church of Agriculture succeed. There were many benefits for the Church of Technology in this too.