Ovelia did indeed welcome Li Wei and the others as a warm and attentive host, just as Li Wei had expected.
She also told Li Wei, with a touch of pride, about the reforms she had made to her domain after her visit to Steel City. There had not been much time to chat in Fog City, but things were different now that she was back on her own territory.
According to Ovelia, Delicate had indeed enjoyed a bumper harvest last year. Fortunately, since she and Li Wei had helped Steel City resolve the terrorist attacks, its governor had also done her a favor ahead of time.
Normally, someone ordering machinery as Ovelia had would have needed to wait at least six months for delivery. Instead, the governor had taken some of Steel City's existing stock and sold it straight to her-at a discount, too, of course.
After returning to Delicate with the agricultural machinery, Ovelia naturally got to work.
With such a bumper crop, everyone was busy with the autumn harvest, and there were not enough hands to go around. Ovelia, however, worked much faster than the others thanks to her steam-powered machinery. In less than half a month, all the fields belonging to the Baskerville Family had been harvested, while people elsewhere were still sweating away, bent over their fields.
After that, Ovelia adopted Li Wei's suggestion and made an announcement over the radio. The Baskerville House's harvest was complete, and its steam-powered harvesting machinery was now available for rent. For a small fee, farmers could hire the machines to harvest their own crops.
Farming depended on the weather, and timing was everything. Once the right moment passed, a spell of wind and rain could ruin everything. With Delicate enjoying such a bumper harvest this year, there was