The Tiller maker

About 20 centuries ago, there was a tiller maker called Eli in a small town. He made the finest tiller in the town and nobody knew, how it was made. He vowed all his workers to secrecy, payed them heavy wages, and hired anyone who comes to know anything new about metallurgy. He ventured into other crafts like pottery, furnitures,weapon forging, etc. Even, the sultan bought all the weapnory from him.

Everyone bought his tillers as it never rusted, lasted longer, were light and very easy to use.
He sold tillers at the appropriate price and made sure, every farmer can afford to buy it. His Tiller was just what any farmer would require. There were other tiller makers who sold less tillers than Eli. Their tillers were priced exorbitantly because their tillers were complex or heavily ornamental.

It is no wonder that he became the richest man in the area. But soon, people started hating him for the opulence, he gathered around him. Other tiller makers shared their knowledge with each other, but the rich guy, Eli never shared with anyone.

One day, Greedius, a roman rich-man came to the town and saw people hate Eli. He was an entertainer. He owned various amphitheatres in Roman cities and was in desperate need of gladiators who can fight for him, and give their lives killing each other.

He started distributing limited tillers for free. People still used the tiller made by Eli . Eli rubbished the free tiller by Greedius as useless tool. Suddenly, farmers who were not knowing about free tiller came to knew about it.
Greedius came up with a new scheme that he will give cereals of sicily for free who ever used his tiller. Now, farmers and other towners started using Greedius tiller and cereals too. In return, he asked them to act in their play in his amphitheatre. Eli also started to give cereals for free. Some people left to roman citites while many remained.

Greedius started labeling Eli as "Evil" who want all the wealth for himself. Other tiller makers and artisans agreed with him. Eli felt cornered but he was also a rich man, infact richest man in the town, possibly the richest man after sultan.

After an year, there was serious drought in the kingdom and famine was unevitable. Greedius started providing free food for everyone hungry in the town. While Eli secretly donated to poor, Greedius showed to everyone that he is an altruist.

The towners who came from roman cities told them about huge buildings, luxurious life and ample amount of food. Thousands of People left to roman cities.

Within a month, he had about 10,000 mens, womens and children to run his entertainment business. He employed mens as gladiators; womens and childrens as slaves. Greedius left the town and never came back.

It was too late for Eli to save the people of town. He was not able to grasp the real intention of Greedius and competed with him foolishly. Other tiller makers realized their mistake. Many joined Greedius sinister scheme and started using their own people as slaves.

Sultan was angry on Eli and blamed him for exodus of his people. The treasury of the kingdom was decreasing day by day, and it was very difficult for him to maintain his army. Eli was imprisoned for betrayal to the kingdom and for amassing huge wealth but he was soon released, as many people come forward to support his genorous deeds.

Soon, Romans came marching in, and Greedius, now a senator was commanding the army. This time, Eli made no mistakes. He made the best of weapons for Sultan. He understood Greedius plan but it was too late. The sultan was defeated and beheaded. Eli was charged for scheming against Roman Empire but later freed as Greedius pardoned him.

Greedius smiled on him cunningly and said, "It would have been impossible to conquer your kingdom if you haven't been here !"