Duke Macalose still had not made up his mind in the end.
However, his indecision about buying Farmland Magic Machinery did not affect his plans to purchase some Household Magic Machinery.
After all, after coming to Marquis Southgate's private manor and witnessing the remarkable effects of the various types of Household Magic Machinery Xu Yi had brought, even someone as stubborn as him had to admit that these things were extremely useful.
If spending just a little money could make his life so much more convenient, why not?
Of course, this "little money" was only little by Duke Macalose's standards.
In fact, he bought seven complete sets of every type of Household Magic Machinery from the Xinfei Merchant Guild in one go, spending a total of 3,600 gold coins.
For the commoners of the Malo Empire, that was probably still an enormous sum they could never earn in their entire lives.
"Lord Marquis, may I ask roughly what the average annual income of the people in your fief is?" Xu Yi suddenly asked Marquis Southgate after Duke Macalose left.
"Why do you ask?" Marquis Southgate was somewhat puzzled.
"I simply want to use that to estimate the general level of spending here."
Marquis Southgate glanced at Xu Yi with a rather peculiar look in his eyes.
"President Xu, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. To be honest, although the people in my fief are already among those living relatively well in the empire, they're still far worse off than those under your Xinfei Merchant Guild. It's rather shameful. As their lord, I can barely ensure that they can get by each year, let alone bring any real improvement to their lives."
Xu Yi smiled and shook his head. "Lord Marquis, that isn't your fault. Besides, now that you've brought our Xinfei