Sevini came to Bangta City many times this year, but except for the first time, every time he came, he only stayed for a few days and then left.
This time is no exception.
After three days of discussions with McConley and Sahas, Sevini left Bonta City with the two of them.
There was actually no formal result in this negotiation, because although Sevini did not reject the conditions proposed by Xu Yi, he never relented and agreed.
But Xu Yi behaved very generously. Although Sevigny never agreed to the conditions he proposed, he still assured Sevigny that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce would fulfill the previously signed agreement and deliver a series of magic powers required by the military arsenal on time. Machine tools and equipment, and at the same time, they had prepared the contracts for the slaves the day before the three of Sevigny left, and signed a transfer agreement with Sevigny on the spot.
From the day the treaty was signed, the slaves who were going to work in the arsenal could already be regarded as Sevigny's private property.
Xu Yi's approach was so refreshing that both Sevigny and Macconley were a little embarrassed.
If they really couldn't agree to the conditions proposed by Xu Yi, I'm afraid Sevigny and McConley wouldn't have signed the final agreement without any hesitation.
In fact, neither Sevigny nor McConley knew that Xu Yi proposed this condition and did not expect them to agree.
According to Xu Yi's understanding, not only are all the iron mines in the Lampali Kingdom basically under the control of the Joseph family, but according to the agreement between His Majesty the Kingdom's first king and the Joseph family, even if the kingdom's military expands Lampali in the future, If it is the territory of the Kingdom, then the land conquered will also be regarded as the territory of the Kingdom, and the iron ore in it will still be regarded as part of the agreement.
Therefore, even if Sevini and McConley wanted to agree to Xu Yi's conditions, they would not be able to bypass the Joseph family.
But Xu Yi deliberately put forward such conditions that he knew they would never agree to. To put it bluntly, he was just asking for an exorbitant price and paying back the money on the spot.
Sevigny and Maconley did not agree to Xu Yi's conditions because Xu Yi's conditions included iron ore and they had to face the obstruction of Joseph's family.
But the conditions proposed by Xu Yi refer to all minerals, and all minerals. But it’s not just iron ore, but also various non-ferrous metal ores.
Although the Joseph family controls the iron mines in the Lampali Kingdom, and also controls almost all the copper mines with the acquiescence of the successive kings, other non-ferrous metal mines are not taken seriously in the entire Saines continent. Naturally, he was not taken seriously by the Joseph family.
Xu Yi wants to obtain the mining rights or even the control rights of non-ferrous metal veins, so there doesn't seem to be that much resistance.
Of course, if you want to mine in the Lampali Kingdom under the eyes of the Joseph family, you will obviously encounter various difficulties, so even though Xu Yi clearly has the distribution maps of various mineral veins provided by the five dwarves. , but the first target was the non-ferrous metal veins in the Black Rice Wasteland.
As for the second goal, he simply placed it abroad.
In fact, the Kingdom of Lampali and the Kingdom of Sark have been having constant disputes on the northern border. The territories controlled by both parties have advanced and retreated. After so many years, no one party has really controlled any area for a long time, let alone really turned the other party's territory into its own territory.
Therefore, after careful consideration of the condition put forward by Xu Yi, the three of them found that it was almost empty talk.
So the three of them strongly opposed Xu Yi's proposal at first. Later, he said that he could continue to discuss it, but he needed to go back and discuss it carefully before making a decision.
This result was expected by Xu Yi, and it was also what he had planned.
His purpose is not to directly achieve the final goal this time, but to hope that through the conditions proposed this time, the Kingdom's military can bring the New Flying Chamber of Commerce into its consideration. If similar things happen in the future, they can consider it. Go to Xu Yihe Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
So when they bid farewell to Sevini and the others, they were all smiling because Xu Yi readily agreed. But Xu Yi didn't seem a bit disappointed and also showed a bright smile.
After watching Sevigny and his entourage drive away, Kennard, who also came to see them off, suddenly said softly to Xu Yi: "President, what do you think of Her Royal Highness?"
Xu Yi was slightly startled: "What is it like?"
"That is to say... do you think Her Royal Highness is... um, a person worth following?" Kennard asked with some gleaming words.
Xu Yi looked at Kennard, who looked unnatural, and smiled softly: "I don't know whether to follow or not. But from what I know about Her Royal Highness, she is a person who has the same ideals as me. We They all hope to improve the lives of people in the kingdom with their own power, so they are working in the same direction. I think as long as Her Royal Highness does not change her mind, I will always support her.”
Kennard was a little surprised that Xu Yi answered so clearly, and looked at Xu Yi for a while in surprise. He nodded seriously and said: "I also have the same pursuit, so President, I will try my best to help you."
Xu Yi laughed, waved his hand and said: "Okay, we are people who do practical things, don't talk about these empty words. You said you would try your best to help me, but where is the salary structure adjustment plan you agreed on? It's more than half the time. Months, almost three and a half months have passed, and I haven’t seen the plan yet. Are you telling me that you have worked hard?”
Kennard immediately said with a bitter face: "President, you can't blame me for this. I was almost done with the statistics and was ready to make a detailed plan, but I didn't expect that Camilla, the great magician, suddenly made such a shocking decision, which led to Now the employees in our chamber of commerce have changed dramatically, and all the statistics I made before are in vain.”
"Then when do you think this plan can be handed over to me?" Xu Yi continued to ask without relaxing at all.
"This..." Kennard pondered for a moment and sighed: "Now that the Chamber of Commerce has recruited a large number of magicians who can complete the drawing and research of magic circles, and coupled with a large increase in orders, we will definitely need to recruit a large number of workers in the future. Increase production. I’m afraid it will take some time to complete the salary structure statistics. I’m afraid I can’t determine when the plan will be released.”
"Then you should also give an approximate time, right?" Xu Yidao. "In addition, the salary structure adjustment does not need to wait until all workers have been recruited. The salary standards for these types of work should be determined before recruiting workers. Once the recruited workers enter the factory, this standard can be directly applied."
"Well, I think so too, so I've been working on it these days." Kennard took a breath and said confidently: "Give me another ten days, and I will definitely come up with the plan."
"That's right." Xu Yi nodded with satisfaction.
"But President. Everyone else's salary structure is easy to do, but there is one person who I can't do." Kennard added.
"Huh? Who can't do it well? Is it you?" Xu Yi asked in surprise.
"How can I compare to him? I'm talking about the great magician Camilla." Kennard said. "President, you are talking about a special researcher at his level. How should I set the salary standard?"
Xu Yi frowned and smiled bitterly: "I don't know if you ask me this question. Last time I asked him how the old man should pay him a salary, but he told me to figure it out. He didn't care. I thought about it carefully. Later, I found that this is indeed a serious problem. If it is too low, it will definitely not work, but if it is too high, it seems to destroy the confidence of other researchers in the institute. "
"Otherwise, the salary of the Great Magician Camilla should not be set particularly high, but according to the reward system of the institute, the Great Magician will definitely win a lot of rewards. We might as well increase the amount of rewards, which will not only indirectly increase the salary of the Great Magician, but also increase the salary of the Great Magician. The salary of a magician can also increase the motivation of researchers, what do you think?" Kennard suggested.
"This is a good idea. Okay, you go back and study it carefully. How should this amount be determined most appropriately?" Xu Yi waved his hand, ending the discussion.
Seeing Kennard take out a small notebook and write down what he said honestly, Xu Yi couldn't help but feel a sense of joy in his heart.
Before Kennard came, he had to do many things in Xinfei Chamber of Commerce personally. But now that Kennard is here as the general manager, he often only needs to wave his hand to explain his ideas and decisions. Of course Kennard will do it.
Although he has only joined the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for less than two months, Kennard has already fully demonstrated his extraordinary ability.
Under his management, the entire Xinfei Chamber of Commerce operates much more smoothly than before, and the efficiency has also improved a lot.
Xu Yi often laments that he is a treasure that fell from the world, and is often worried if he suddenly leaves. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is afraid that there will be no successors and it will fall into chaos.
Kennard didn't know that just when he lowered his head to write down a few words, Xu Yi's head would have so many thoughts. After recording the next work, he looked up at the sky. Xiang Xu Yidao: "President, the relocation ceremony of Lanxiangxiang Living Community is about to begin. Let's rush there now."
Xu Yi looked up and found that the sun had already risen slanting above his head. He nodded, summoned the carriage that had been prepared and drove towards the southwest of the city-state Tacheng.
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The so-called Orchid Herb Life Community is actually a new living community composed of the batch of houses that Archmage Camilla mentioned last time.
To put it simply, it is a community under construction.
According to the overall renovation project of Bangta City discussed by Xu Yi and Earl Satsuma, the first step is to re-plan the suburbs of Bangta City.
In this first phase of planning, three villages including Mildan Village, where Camilla the Great Magician and Steele's hometown are located, are among those to be demolished.
This Lanxiangxiang living community is prepared and built for the villagers of these three villages.
Speaking of building houses, people always think of those building houses that are everywhere in the heavens on earth.
Almost all of them give people the impression of extremely poor quality and poor environment. In short, they have various shortcomings, so that the villagers who are forced to relocate are always very reluctant.
However, the construction of houses in this Vanilla Living Community is another matter entirely.
The living standards of people on Sainz Continent are not high, and the living standards of ordinary civilians in the Lampali Kingdom, which has just recovered from the turmoil, are even lower.
Like Mirdan Village, an ordinary village outside Bangta City, most of the houses that the villagers live in are small wooden houses made of simple pieces of broken boards, or stone houses built with walls mixed with stones and soil.
These two types of houses are not of any quality at all. They cannot even guarantee the most basic function of keeping out the cold. Even if it rains a little heavier, the house will leak into pieces.
Living in this kind of house, the living environment of the villagers can be regarded as miserable in Xu Yi's opinion.
This Vanilla Living Community was built by the Amuli Chamber of Commerce. With Xu Yi's instructions and financial support, the houses in the entire community are made of reinforced concrete for poured foundation columns, and the walls are built with high-quality masonry mixed with cement bricks and ash. The entire structure is extremely strong and reliable.
And after it was completed, the exterior walls of the house were painted with white lime, making the whole house look white and neat from the outside. In addition, the whole house was specially designed by the Amuli Chamber of Commerce. It looks very beautiful and elegant, which is simply excellent. housing.
What's more, in addition to the houses in the community, Xu Yi also asked the elves in the Chamber of Commerce to work together and spend time on greening the entire community.
After it was finally completed, rows of beautiful two-story huts were neatly arranged in the entire community, shrouded in all kinds of exotic flowers and trees that ordinary people in Bangta City would not recognize at all. The green shade was like weaving, and there were even floating in the air With a ray of fragrance, it is like a paradise on earth.
So just seeing these houses built, the villagers of Mirdan Village and three other villages, who had all kinds of concerns about relocation before, decided to relocate without hesitation.
Even after seeing that the houses were still being built, villagers from some other villages that were not included in the relocation plan actually took the initiative to request relocation.
Regarding this situation, Xu Yi could only sigh in his heart.
Being poor also has its advantages.