The conversation between Xu Yi and Marquis Joseph lasted for more than half an hour before it ended.
In a banquet hall with so many people talking, it was of course impossible for the two of them to have an in-depth conversation, but through this conversation, Xu Yi fully expressed his attitude to Marquis Joseph.
That is, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not intend to confront the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, because strictly speaking, there is no conflict in the scope of business between the two parties, but there are many areas for cooperation.
For example, in Bangta City, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce initially snatched an iron mine from them because of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which caused the relationship between President Morgan and Xu Yi to fall into a freezing point. However, after a series of disputes between the two parties, After the cooperation, although President Morgan did not turn enemies into friends with Xu Yi, the relationship has basically returned to normal.
For a big man like Marquis Joseph, Xu Yi, the president of a small chamber of commerce, naturally has no conflict with him. For him, the entire Falcao Chamber of Commerce, or the entire Joseph family, Overall interests are the top priority.
In this conversation, Xu also pointed out to him the huge benefits brought by mining non-ferrous metal veins, which was equivalent to pointing out a new path for the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.
The Joseph family has been controlling the iron ore in the Kingdom of Lampali since its founding. Although it has always had stable and huge profits from this, it has always been limited to this without making any bigger breakthroughs.
The iron ore in the kingdom will one day be completely mined. By then, where will the Joseph family go
Now Xu Yi has expressed his willingness to work with Falcao Chamber of Commerce to mine non-ferrous metal veins in the kingdom, and has decided to purchase a large amount of non-ferrous metal ores from Falcao Chamber of Commerce. This is equivalent to developing a new financial path for Falcao Chamber of Commerce. .
Not to mention that the Joseph family actually admires Xu Yi in their hearts. Even if he hates Xu Yi to the extreme, for the benefit of the Joseph family, he still chooses to extend an olive branch to Xu Yi and initially expresses his willingness to cooperate. .
As for the military equipment and weapons orders, Xu Yi said that the role of pig iron is actually quite limited. Smelting the iron into steel with various special characteristics will produce greater value. Therefore, the old-style blacksmith shop has reached the stage of being eliminated, and the Joseph family is advised to abandon this model.
As for how to adapt after giving up this model
Xu also expressed the hope to jointly establish a steelmaking plant with the Falcao Chamber of Commerce to specialize in the production of special steel needed by the military to produce equipment and armor.
In this way, the Joseph family can still maintain close ties with the military, while also successfully transforming into what Xu Yi calls a "modern military enterprise."
It has to be said that although Marquis Joseph is forty-seven years old, his thinking is not as rigid and stubborn as most middle-aged people. On the contrary, he easily expressed his understanding and partial acceptance of many new concepts proposed by Xu Yi.
The conversation between the two parties went very smoothly. When Xu Yi and Marquis Joseph parted ways, Marquis Joseph even took the initiative to invite Xu Yi to their family.
Xu Yi's mind flashed back to the previous encounter with Vincent, and he smiled and readily agreed.
After watching Marquis Joseph leave. Xu Yi turned his eyes and saw a gaze in the crowd in the distance that seemed to be staring at him.
Looking in the direction of his gaze, he saw Duke Stark surrounded by a group of people.
Seeing Xu Yi looking over, Duke Stark just smiled at Xu Yi and turned his head, clearly showing his refusal.
Xu Yi shrugged, thinking that even if Duke Stark wanted to come and talk to him. I may not even be willing to talk to him.
Now Xu Yi is no longer the rookie who knew nothing about the political situation in the Lampali Kingdom last year. With scattered suggestions from many people, coupled with the intelligence he collected, it gradually became clear that Xu Yi is now very clear about the situation. The battle for the succession of the throne in the Lampali Kingdom has reached a very clear stage.
Logically speaking, His Majesty the King's eldest son, His Royal Highness Prince Eric, should be the first in line to succeed. He is the most promising candidate to become the next king.
However, His Royal Highness Prince Eric himself failed to live up to expectations, never showed any ability to govern the country, and had a bad personality, so His Majesty the King has always been very disappointed in him.
On the contrary, although Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny is the youngest daughter of His Majesty the King and is a woman, she has shown extremely high talent for political affairs since she was a child. He is loved and supported by many nobles and ministers of the kingdom.
Now the fight for the throne is mainly between the two of them.
His Royal Highness Prince Eric has the advantage of being first in line and has the support of many great nobles.
Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny has a good reputation and outstanding abilities, and has also won the support of many nobles and many people in the kingdom.
In addition, the people on the continent of Sainz have the traditions left by the elves. There is no prejudice against the Queen, so Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny’s voice is even higher than that of Prince Eric.
The reason why Viscount Leslie and Baron Bilier, who later succeeded him, showed such strange and contrasting attitudes towards Xu Yi was that the Stark family gradually publicly expressed their support for Prince Eric within this year, so Si Naturally, the Tucker family had to draw a clear line with Xu Yi, who was in close contact with Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny.
If Xu Yi had planned to climb up the Stark family tree through Viscount Leslie before, now he was helpless and could no longer show any closeness to the Stark family.
In everyone's eyes, Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have long been classified as Her Royal Highness's faction.
Therefore, although Duke Stark is somewhat interested in Xu Yi, he will never take the initiative to talk to him, and Xu Yi is even less likely to take the initiative to find him.
After reorganizing these relationships in his mind, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh softly.
Although he knows that business can never be completely free from politics, he still feels that being involved in politics is really troublesome.
"Hey, President Xu, why are you sighing? Is it because the conversation with Marquis Joseph just now was unpleasant?" A familiar voice suddenly sounded next to him.
Xu Yi turned his head and looked at Anklu, who was also holding a glass of dark red wine. He smiled and shook his head: "No, I just suddenly thought of something and felt a little emotional. Mr. Anklu, actually I am very surprised, why Will you come to this banquet today?"
Anklu smiled and clinked glasses with Xu Yi, drank half a glass of wine in one gulp, and then said: "Actually, I didn't plan to come, but later I heard that President Xu will also attend this banquet. I just asked the envoy of our principality to help me sneak into this banquet. The purpose is to meet you, President Xu. "
"Oh?" Xu Yi was a little surprised. "Does it take so much effort to see me? Didn't Hainas tell you where I live? If you want to see me, why don't you go to my place to find me?"
"I have been there, but you were not there at the time. The supervisor there told me that President Xu, you have been very busy during this time and rarely stay at your residence, so I was afraid that I would not be able to find you, so I just sneaked into the banquet. . Look, didn’t I find you successfully?”
Xu Yi laughed: "Well, Mr. Anklu, since you went to such trouble to find me, you must have something very important to talk to me about, right? Is it about what we talked about last time?"
"That's right." When talking about business, Anklu's face became serious. "President Xu, I want to ask you, how do you think about what I told you last time? If you agree, I hope you can arrange time to visit our Principality of Standing as soon as possible."
Xu Yi pondered for a moment and said: "Although before the banquet just started, I have confirmed that His Majesty the King has no objections to our Chamber of Commerce selling farmland magic machinery to the Luersun Kingdom and going to work in your Standing to invest in and build factories, but this matter After all, the matter is no small matter, and I hope you can give me more time to think about it.”
Anklu shook his head: "Although I also want to give you more time to think about it, President Xu, our situation in the Principality of Standing is quite special. Except for every winter, the climate in the rest of the seasons is very unstable. If you have If you go for inspection this winter, you may be affected by the climate at any time. Even if you decide to invest, it will be greatly affected. In this case, our principality may be delayed for a whole year. The people can no longer afford to wait.”
Looking at Anklu's heavy expression, Xu Yi couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Anklu, there is a question that I have never understood. Why are you so sure that our New Flying Chamber of Commerce can help your Principality of Standing? Why don't you What about selling the mine to other chambers of commerce? I think any chamber of commerce is willing to invest in your principality, right?"
"No, other chambers of commerce are different. We have made the same attempt before, but those chambers of commerce were scared away after going there." Anklu said.
Xu Yi suddenly couldn't laugh or cry: "Then how can you be sure that I won't be scared away after I go?"
"I said, your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is different from other chambers of commerce. In fact, I visited Bangta City for a period of time before and saw with my own eyes the impact that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has on Bangta City and several surrounding cities. I think , if you allow your new flying business guild to enter our Principality of Standing, you might be able to change the current situation of the Principality," Anklu said seriously.
Xu Yi couldn't help but shook his head: "I have to say that you think highly of our New Flying Chamber of Commerce."
"To be precise, I don't think highly of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but I think highly of you." Anklu stared at Xu Yi, his eyes full of desire. "President Xu, I once again extend a sincere invitation to you on behalf of Grand Duke Standing. I hope you can come to our Principality of Standing."
Seeing Anklu's sincere face, Xu Yi pondered for a long time and finally nodded slowly.
"Okay, I think after returning to Bangta City, I will go to Heimi Wasteland in a while, and then I will stop by your Principality of Standing."
"It's a deal?"
"It's a deal."