Viscount Rost's willingness to answer every question and explain everything thoroughly made the livestream audience increasingly convinced. All of their doubts were answered.
Countless landowners seemed to see their own fields producing endless amounts of grain.
Countless people without land also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they probably would not have to keep going hungry in the future. After all, there was more grain now.
In fact, this had already made some people realize that grain prices would likely fall somewhat. But most people had not considered just how far grain prices might drop. Besides, with yields increasing so much, what did a price drop matter?
Driven by that mindset, Southlands Development Company's share price continued to soar wildly.
Viscount Rost had previously split Southlands Development Company's stock.
Before today, Southlands Development Company's share price had been only 0.23 gold coins. Yet in just one day, it had surged to 0.71 gold coins.
It had multiplied several times over.
Even Great Dragon Express's share price was now far below that of Southlands Development Company.
Yet even so, Southlands Development Company's share price seemed to still be soaring.
It remained on an upward trend right until the market closed.
The livestream continued until the sky had begun to darken, and only then did the working harvesters gradually return to the warehouses in the city.
At the same time, the people in charge of the granaries reported the day's harvest.
"Sir, the count has been completed. A total of 48,000 mu were harvested today, yielding 102.72 million jin of grain!"
If one person ate 300 jin of grain a year, they absolutely would not starve to death. At 500 jin, they could basically eat their fill at every meal.
More than 100 million jin of grain was enough to feed