"Lord Baron, Xu Yi has left the City Lord's Mansion." The Brunei butler respectfully reported to Baron Billil Stark.
"Yes." Baron Billier nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
If Xu Yi saw the current Baron Billier, he would be very surprised.
At this time, Baron Billier was sitting upright, with a calm expression, and a gentle and confident smile on his face. There was no trace of the careless look that Xu Yi had when he saw him, as if he had become a different person.
After taking an elegant sip of tea, Baron Billier thought for a while and said to the Brunei housekeeper: "He stayed in the City Lord's Mansion for more than half an hour? It seems that he has a good relationship with Lord Satsuma."
The Brunei housekeeper nodded: "Yes. Earl Satsuma attaches great importance to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and often publicly expresses his support for Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. If not for this, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would not develop so smoothly in Bangta City ”
"I see that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed so fast, and my beloved brother Leslie also played a considerable role in it." Baron Billier said with a smile.
After hearing Baron Bilier mention his former master, the Brunei housekeeper immediately lowered his head and remained silent.
Baron Billier glanced at him and smiled softly: "Butler Brunei, Brother Leslie wants you to stay, and does he also have plans to let you take care of Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for him?"
The Brunei housekeeper hesitated for a moment, and then replied in a evasive manner: "The Viscount has never made such an explanation. He just left me because he felt that I was familiar with the situation here, so that it would be easier for the family to take over when they send someone."
"Well, you have indeed helped me a lot during this time. If you weren't Leslie's brother, I would really want to keep you here." Baron Billier affirmatively praised the Brunei housekeeper. The conversation changed. He continued: "But Brunei Butler, because of your attitude towards Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, I can't let you stay. If you do something wrong in a sudden thought, not only will you be unlucky, but you will also be in trouble. I have even brought bad luck to our entire family.”
The Brunei housekeeper looked at Baron Billier in astonishment: "Baron, are you... too exaggerated? I am just a small official, what impact can my attitude have?"
"Although you are just a small butler, your stay here represents the meaning of Brother Leslie. And Brother Leslie is the eldest son of our Stark family patriarch and the first heir to the title of Duke. , his attitude will represent the attitude of our Stark family to a large extent, so if we look at it together, your attitude will most likely extend to the attitude of our Stark family in the eyes of many people. "
Brunei's butler frowned: "So... Baron, are you worried that others will mistakenly think that our Stark family attaches great importance to the New Flight Chamber of Commerce through my attitude towards the New Flight Chamber of Commerce?"
"That's right."
"Then I don't understand even more. Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce with good prospects. Xu Yi is also very smart. If he adopts it for his own use, it should be very helpful to the family. Why are you doing this, Lord Baron? Woolen cloth?"
Baron Billil glanced at the Brunei Butler and thought that the Brunei Butler had been in the Stark family since he was a child. He has served as a servant for nearly sixty years now. He is always cautious and doesn't talk much. Today, he asked so many questions in one breath because of his attitude towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. This not only proves that he does have many questions in his mind, It also proves that he really values Xinfei Chamber of Commerce or Xu Yi very much.
If his attitude represents Leslie's, then Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce should indeed be qualified to be taken seriously.
If it weren't for the family's choice, we could really win over him.
After thinking for a while, Baron Billier replied: "The reason is very simple, because Xu Yi and Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny are too close."
The Brunei housekeeper was startled, and then his face changed drastically. After pondering for a moment, he couldn't help lowering his voice and asked cautiously: "Your Excellency, has he... made up his mind?"
Baron Billier took a sip of tea, raised his eyelids and glanced at the Brunei housekeeper, and said lightly: "This is not a question you are qualified to ask. Just do your own thing."
The Brunei housekeeper was shocked, took a step back, lowered his head slightly, and said nothing.
# # #
When he left the city lord's mansion, the sun was shining brightly and it was noon. Xu Yi looked up at the sky and walked towards the new site of the research institute in the south of the city.
The reason why I did not choose to take a carriage was to use the walking time to sort out my thoughts.
The meeting with Earl Satsuma just now did not yield any definite results.
After all, in such a short period of time, it was impossible for Earl Satsuma to obtain more information to help Xu Yi make a more accurate judgment on Baron Billier's attitude.
Although he was surprised that Baron Billier actually proposed a rent of 100,000 gold coins a year, and even accused Baron Billier of being crazy, there was not much that Earl Satsuma could do about it.
After all, the place where the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's current factory is located belongs to the Stark family's territory. What they want to do depends entirely on the Stark family's wishes.
And now that the Stark family has sent Baron Billil to control this territory, he has the final say in this territory, and not even His Majesty the King can raise any questions about his decision.
The only thing that might change this situation is the contract signed by the two parties last year.
The contract originally signed with Viscount Leslie clearly stipulated that the lease term of this territory was three years and the annual rent was fifty gold coins.
Now Baron Bilier has unilaterally vetoed the contract and raised the annual rent to an astonishing one hundred thousand gold coins without authorization. In fact, he has seriously violated the contract.
People on Sainz continent still attach great importance to contracts. If Xu Yi exposes this matter, I am afraid that the Stark family will be criticized by countless people, and Baron Billier will be reviled by everyone. .
But when Earl Satsuma asked Xu Yi if he wanted to make this matter public, Xu Yi thought about it but chose to shake his head.
After all, the Stark family is one of the largest families in the Lampali Kingdom and is extremely powerful. However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is just a small chamber of commerce. If this matter is exposed, although there is a great possibility that the Stark family Being criticized by the vast majority of people, Baron Billier may even be forced to withdraw this unreasonable request and let the New Flying Chamber of Commerce continue to lease this territory in accordance with the previous contract. However, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce will undoubtedly completely offend Stark. family.
For the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which is currently very weak, this is not far from seeking death.
Xu Yike is not a young man in his teens or 20s, and of course he would not make such an unwise choice just to vent his anger.
Just like Viscount Leslie's advice to him before leaving and Earl Satsuma's previous analysis of him, Xu Yi's first thing to do now is to work hard to develop the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
When the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce becomes truly powerful, many things can be easily solved.
So after careful consideration, Xu Yi's final decision on this matter was... to evacuate this territory and stop playing with him!
Baron Billier's offer of a year's rent of one hundred thousand gold coins was a clear indication of his intention to leave the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Xu Yi would never agree to such an exaggerated amount.
Although according to inference, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's annual profit this year is likely to exceed one million gold coins, it is completely unacceptable to spend one hundred thousand gold coins in one go to pay the annual rent of a mere hectare of land.
What's more, Xu Yi had long felt that this hectare of land had seriously restricted the development of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so he approved Sevini's request to lease a large area of land to His Majesty the King.
Now that Baron Bilier has adopted an attitude of driving people away, Xu Yi just takes the opportunity to advance the relocation plan.
Although the time given was a little tight and hasty, Xu Yi had already anticipated that such a day would come when Viscount Leslie told him to leave, and had made a series of preparations for it in advance, so he would not panic immediately. .
Xu Yi went to see Earl Satsuma just now, not only to tell him about Baron Bilier's unreasonable request, but mainly to inform him of his decision.
Count Satsuma was a little surprised by Xu Yi's decision, and offered to help Xu Yi negotiate with Baron Billier in an attempt to retain Xu Yi, but Xu Yi was determined and declined Earl Satsuma's help.
In the end, Earl Satsuma had no choice but to agree with Xu Yi's decision and proposed to provide some help to Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to facilitate the relocation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
After discussing with Earl Satsuma, Xu Yi started making preparations for the move without wasting any time.
Although the research institutes in the city will not be affected by this relocation, as a member of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is necessary to inform them in advance so that they can be mentally prepared.
While thinking about the work that needed to be done, Xu Yi walked slowly. After he had a rough framework of the entire work process in his mind, the quiet alley where the research institute was located was already in front of him.
Xu Yi stopped to think and was about to walk into the alley when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure standing on the other side of the street.
He turned around and saw that the person was Rem.
After taking a look, Xu Yi frowned slightly, a little confused.
In addition to Rem, there was someone beside him whom Xu Yi didn't know.
What made Xu Yi puzzled was that Rem and this person did not adopt a normal conversation posture, but were very close to each other, almost touching each other. They seemed to be conversing in a very small voice, and their expressions were a bit sneaky. It seemed like he was doing something shady.
Xu Yi felt a little strange. If this person was Rem's friend, then it was the lunch break of the institute. It was normal for him to go out to meet friends or have a meal together, but the way he was talking was really annoying. People doubt.
Looking left and right, Xu Yi found that there was no possibility of approaching the two of them covertly. Xu Yi gave up the idea of eavesdropping on the conversation between the two. He took a deep look at the stranger, remembered his appearance in his mind, and then asked the institute Go. (To be continued...)