Sevini felt that five gold coins to apply for a labor certificate for a worker was too much, but Xu Yi felt that this was already very little.
On earth, let alone applying for a foreign labor certificate, even if you are a citizen of China, applying for a Hong Kong and Macao labor certificate is also expensive, costing thousands of oceans.
In terms of purchasing power, it is equivalent to dozens of gold coins here.
Of course, Xu Yicai would not tell Sevini something.
There are now more than 200 dwarves among the employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, there will be more dwarves. It is even possible that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will hire elves and orcs later.
With so many foreign employees, of course they can save a little on their labor certificates.
In addition to getting confirmation about the labor certificate from the conversation with Sevigny, Xu also got good news from her.
In the agreement with His Majesty the King, His Majesty used several mines to pay for those farmland magic machines. Originally, Xu Yi felt that it would take a long time to complete this contract, and he was afraid that those mines would not be available for a while, but Sevini told Xu Yi that the Kingdom's Mineral Resources Administration had cleared out one of the iron mines in Bangta City, and Xu Yi could take it over at any time.
According to the agreement between Xu Yi and His Majesty the King, as long as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce completes the first batch of orders, the contract will automatically take effect and the iron mine will be owned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
As for the other agreed-upon iron mine and three magic crystal mines, it will depend on the completion of follow-up orders by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Although the future is full of variables, at least this Iron Mine New Flying Chamber of Commerce can be considered as a winner.
And during the agreement process, because the current iron ore is not very valuable in the entire Sainz continent, His Majesty the King and representatives of the Agriculture Department gave very low discounts to the two iron ores.
But Xu Yi knew very well that once the magic industry flourished on the Sainz continent, the demand for iron ore would inevitably increase significantly. By then, the price of iron ore would obviously skyrocket.
As for the magic crystal mine... There are so many magic crystals on the Sainz continent that they are all over the place, and the magic crystals are not very valuable at all. So much so that the combined discounts of these three magic crystal mines are not as good as one iron mine.
But Xu is also very sure that with the development of the magic industry and magic machinery beginning to be used on a large scale on the continent of Sainz, the demand for magic crystals will also increase greatly. The price of magic crystal will inevitably rise sharply.
Now it seems that His Majesty the King has exchanged a mere two iron mines and three magic crystal mines for tens of thousands of farmland magic machines with a total value of nearly three million gold coins from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. He has taken a lot of advantage, but many He also knew better than anyone that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce made a huge profit from this transaction.
Thinking that he would be able to rest easy just by relying on these mines in the future, Xu Yi was naturally in a very good mood, so much so that when he saw Moon Cruise, the president of the Armli Chamber of Commerce, he was all smiles. , seems to have long forgotten what Director Riley said before.
"President Xu, it's rare that you take the initiative to meet with me. I'm really happy. But... why do you want to invite me to the construction site?" President Cruz pointed in confusion at the construction site in front of him where the foundation had just been laid and walls were being built. asked. "It's such a cold weather. We should find a better place to have a few drinks and talk more."
What surprised President Cruz the most was that the construction site Xu Yi invited him to was not the new workshop of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that was nearing completion, but a very small construction site on the outskirts of Bangta City. He also specifically requested that in addition to Other than Supervisor Riley. Do not be accompanied by others.
"There are many opportunities to drink and chat, but President Cruise, once you miss this opportunity in front of you, there will not be many." Xu Yi smiled mysteriously at President Cruise, and then drove over in person He took out a heavy cloth bag from the carriage and threw it in front of President Cruise and Director Riley.
"What is this?" The two looked at the bag in shock.
Xu Yi smiled and did not answer, and asked Director Riley: "Director Riley, when your workers were building walls, what did they use to connect the bricks and stones?"
Director Riley looked confused. He didn't understand why Xu Yi asked this question. He glanced at President Cruise hesitantly, and when he nodded, he replied: "Just pile some lime powder and sand together." The mud is nothing special.”
Xu Yi pointed to the cloth bag on the ground: "Then try using these things instead of lime powder."
Director Riley opened the bag in confusion, took a look, and immediately said in surprise: "President Xu, this is..."
"This thing is called cement, and it is a bit similar to lime powder. Give it a try, it should be much easier to use than lime powder." Xu Yidao.
Director Riley reached into the bag and fished out a handful of cement. He rubbed it casually and the fine powder fell from his palm.
As an engineering supervisor who has been on the front lines of construction sites for many years and grew up from the most ordinary worker, Director Riley knew that this thing probably had extremely special properties just by touching it with his hands. Not to mention anything else, just these powders The fine particles far exceed the lime powder usually used on their construction sites.
After rubbing it twice, Director Riley didn't waste much time. He picked up the shovel that had been prepared according to Xu Yi's instructions, shoveled a shovel of cement, poured it into the fine sand next to it, mixed it with water and carefully stirred it.
As the cement, fine sand, and water were gradually mixed together, not only Director Riley but also President Cruise's eyes gradually revealed a strange color.
As the president of the Armley Chamber of Commerce, President Cruz can naturally see the special features of cement.
After the mixture was evenly mixed, Director Riley picked up a piece of masonry, skillfully smeared it with plaster, and then firmly laid it on the wall.
There was no need to wait for the cement to dry. Just by the feel of the hand, Supervisor Riley discovered that the plaster mixed with cement was much easier to use than the plaster mixed with lime powder before.
Seeing Director Riley use up the puddle of plaster and build two layers of walls, President Cruise looked at Xu Yi and frowned deeply.
"President Xu, what do you mean?"
Xu Yi smiled easily: "It's not interesting. I just happened to find a cement formula from an ancient book, so I want two experts in this field to identify it."
Of course, the two of them would not believe Xu Yi's lies. What ancient book records such a thing? Even if there is, people like them who have spent their whole lives in the construction industry still don’t know
But this is not the time to get serious with Xu Yi. President Cruz pondered for a while and said in a deep voice, "President Xu, we are all smart people, so don't beat around the bush. I admit it. I am very interested in this cement. If you are willing to hand over the formula, we will accept any conditions." It’s okay to talk.”
Xu Yipi chuckled without a smile: "President Cruise, are you too insincere? Hand over the formula? Do you think this is possible?"
President Cruise fell silent. Of course he knew that Xu Yi would never agree to his request, but the performance of this cement was too good to be tempted.
After thinking for a while, President Cruise spoke again: "Okay, President Xu, put forward your conditions. Since you made a special appointment with me here, you obviously still have the idea of cooperating with me, right?"
"Of course. Otherwise, why would I waste my efforts." Xu Yi pointed to the unused cement on the ground and said: "To be honest, President Cruz, this cement was recently developed by our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Success, it has just been put into mass production. I just want to tell you that such a thing has appeared. Are you interested in it? "
President Cruz snorted coldly: "President Xu, don't ask questions knowingly. How do you plan to sell this cement? How much do we want from the Amuli Chamber of Commerce? Of course, we are all friends of the federation, and we hope that Don’t go too far with the price you give.”
Xu Yi laughed: "President Cruz, who do you think I, Xu Yi, am? My price for this kind of cement is six gold coins per ton. Do you think it's fair?"
"Only six gold coins?" President Cruise and Director Riley shouted at the same time. "This... this is too..."
Fortunately, both of them were shrewd people, so they reluctantly swallowed the words "too cheap".
But judging from the shocked expressions on their faces, it was obvious that they were both shocked by the price.
You must know that even for lime powder, the current market price is more than six gold coins per ton. The performance of this cement is obviously far beyond that of lime powder. The two of them have long been mentally prepared for Xu Yi to charge a sky-high price. But I didn’t expect that the price Xu Yi gave was exactly the same as the lime powder!
This price is of course too cheap!
"This... President Xu, are you telling the truth?" After a while, President Cruise asked with a look of disbelief.
"Of course it's true, why should I lie to you?" Xu Yi said with a smile. "How's it going? Do you think the price is fair?"
"Fair! Fair! Of course it's fair!" President Cruz nodded repeatedly. It seems that he is afraid that Xu Yi will regret it. After a pause, he added: "But President Xu, for the sake of everyone being friends of the Federation, I have a small request, and I ask you to agree to it."
"Speaking."
"Since you said that this cement has just begun to be put into mass production, then the output must not be very high, right? If this is the case, no matter how much cement is produced by your Chamber of Commerce, our Lumli Chamber of Commerce wants all of it! And I also want it. I can add a little to the price, six and a half gold coins per ton, what do you think?"
Xu Yi looked embarrassed, thought for a while, and then nodded slowly: "Okay, President Lanke has said long ago that everyone is a companion of the Federation and must help each other. Look. For this reason, the cement produced by our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce within two years will only be supplied to you, the Ramli Chamber of Commerce. In addition, I will also provide you with some various uses of cement, such as reinforced concrete and so on. …”
President Cruise and Director Riley were a little disappointed when they heard that Xu Yi only agreed to a two-year deadline. However, when they heard what Xu Yi said about "reinforced concrete" later, their eyes shone at the same time.
Since it was something Xu Yi specifically proposed, it must have extraordinary performance.
As long as the Amri Chamber of Commerce can master the usage of cement in advance, the Amri Chamber of Commerce will definitely make rapid progress as a construction engineering company. Maybe it will step out of Bangta City and become one of the top construction unions in the Lampali Kingdom. !