Xu Yi only stayed in Faraday City for one day, and then he set off directly to the three mines scheduled to be sold under the guidance of two ministers sent by Archduke Ancru and Standing.
Here, Xu Yi met two dwarves from the Noma tribe that he had sent over a month in advance.
According to the information provided by the two dwarves who came to explore these three mines in advance, these three mines are extremely rich in minerals, and the two iron mines are even better than the mine that Xu Yi snatched from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce. Much bigger.
Based on the estimated price of that iron mine of 700,000 gold coins, the value of these two iron mines alone has exceeded 1.5 million gold coins.
Moreover, this value estimate was only last year. Based on the current soaring price of iron ore, the value of these two iron mines may have exceeded two million gold coins.
Although the increased cost of mining in the Principality of Standing must also be taken into consideration, the Principality of Standing sold these three mines with permanent mining rights, unlike the Kingdom of Lampali, which has a time limit, so the calculation is still Good deal.
Of course, the so-called permanent mining rights are just lies in front of the state power.
But considering the situation at another copper mine, these risks are nothing.
According to the reports of the two dwarves, the copper mine is even richer than the two iron mines.
This was an unexpected surprise for Xu Yi.
The main goal of his visit this time is the copper mine, and this copper mine is so rich in mineral reserves, it can be really fruitful.
Because two dwarves had done the exploration in advance, Xu Yi's visit to these three mines was just a formality. Just look around. By the way, we inspected the roads and specific environment near these three mines. Then he returned to Faraday City.
In the next three days, Xu Yi had been negotiating with Grand Duke Standing and his subordinates.
Perhaps it was because his subordinates reported that Xu Yi was very satisfied with the three mines during the inspection, or perhaps the price of 1.5 million gold coins offered by Xu Yi gave them confidence. When they first negotiated, Grand Duke Standing directly quoted a high price of two million.
Although seriously speaking, buying these three mines with two million gold coins would be a big profit for Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but of course Xu Yi could not simply agree to it. So he expressed strong opposition to this, detailed the various disadvantages of the three mines, and directly lowered the price to one million gold coins.
When Grand Duke Standing and several of his subordinates first started negotiating, they were loud and confident, but in the final analysis, Xu Yi still took the initiative in this negotiation.
Except for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, almost no other chamber of commerce in the entire continent is willing to invest in such a remote and backward place as the Principality of Standing. Xu Yi makes their only choice, and they have no choice at all.
What's more, all the unfavorable situations that Xu Yi singled out pointed directly at the backwardness of various infrastructures in the Principality of Standing. They have no way to refute.
So this negotiation, which Xu Yi originally expected to be difficult, took only three days to settle.
In the end, the price settled by the Principality of Standing and Xu Yi was set at 1.35 million gold coins.
For those three mines with extremely rich mineral reserves. This price can be regarded as a bargain price, giving Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a big bargain.
Of course, there is still a lot of preparation work to be done before these three mines can actually be mined.
The backwardness of the Principality of Standing, especially the backwardness of the transportation situation, has an extremely serious impact on the mining operations of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, Xu Yi plans to have the Amuli Chamber of Commerce build a road leading to the city after returning to Bangta City. Highways in the Principality of Standing.
When Xu Yi told Grand Duke Standing about this decision, Grand Duke Standing and several ministers immediately cheered - although they didn't even know what a highway was.
After finally ending the negotiation and reaching a preliminary agreement, Xu Yi no longer planned to stay in the Principality of Standing and was preparing to return to the Kingdom of Lampali the next day.
On the night when the negotiations ended, Anklu, who had not appeared in the past few days, suddenly appeared in front of Xu Yi.
Xu Yi was a little surprised to see Angkru looking drunk.
From the first time he saw Unkru, no matter when Xu Yi saw him, he looked smart, capable and energetic, as if he would never fall. Moreover, Xu Yi was at the banquet in Anvilmar City. I knew from the beginning that he had a very good drinking capacity. How could he suddenly get himself drunk today
You must know that the people in the Principality of Standing are not very good at wine. It is not easy to find wine in this country that can make Angkru drunk.
"Xu... President Xu... Congratulations..." Anklu burped and said to Xu Yi with an expression that didn't know whether he was crying or laughing.
Xu Yi frowned and signaled the two maids who came from Chief Wei Lun to help Angkru into the two-story wooden building built in advance by Grand Duke Standing just to entertain him, and then asked the maids to soak him with a towel. He poured cold water on his face.
Although winter in the Principality of Standing is not cold at all, the cold water is still very cold on winter nights.
Anklu was aroused by the cold water and sobered up a little. He opened his eyes and glanced at Xu Yi, exhaled a long breath of alcohol, wiped his face with a towel vigorously, sat up and looked at Xu Yi for a while, and suddenly said: "President Xu, can you chat with me for a few words?"
Xu Yi thought for a moment and waved away the two maids.
Anklu struggled to get up, walked out of the small building, and sat down facing a beautiful small lake behind the small building.
Xu Yi also sat down next to him, looking at him and waiting for him to speak.
After a while, Anklu suddenly opened his mouth and revealed a self-deprecating smile: "President Xu, do you think I am simply an idiot?"
Xu Yi shook his head in astonishment: "Why do you think so? If you are an idiot, I think most people in this country are idiots?"
Hearing Xu Yi's answer, Anklu suddenly burst into laughter and stopped slowly after a while. Pointing at Xu Yi, he nodded and said, "Okay. President Xu, you finally spoke your mind. As expected, in your opinion, most people in our country are idiots. Yes, they are all idiots!"
Xu Yi couldn't help but frown when he saw Anklu suddenly became angry after speaking.
He didn't quite understand why Anklu suddenly turned into such a cynical look after not seeing him for a few days.
Is it because Archduke Standing and those ministers excluded him from the negotiating lineup
"Anklu, what on earth do you want to say?" Xu Yi didn't intend to go around in circles with a drunk person. It made no sense.
Anklu glanced at Xu Yi. He burped again and said with a smile: "What do I want to say? I want to say... I am such an idiot. If I wasn't an idiot, why would I take the initiative to sell my country?"
"If you are referring to the sale of these three mines, I think you are going too far." Xu Yi shook his head. "It's just a few mines sold, not to mention that the Principality of Standing also obtained corresponding benefits, didn't it?"
"Corresponding benefits?" Anklu sneered. "Are you referring to the 1.35 million gold coins? Let me tell you, these gold coins will only fall into the pockets of His Excellency the Grand Duke and those dirty guys, but for the entire principality, not a single copper coin is possible. Yes. Maybe when the road you mentioned is built, the principality will really gain some benefits. But what can a road do? "
"You have forgotten. If those three mines start mining, they can also create many job opportunities." Xu Yi reminded.
Ankru suddenly turned his head and stared at Xu Yi: "President Xu, tell the truth, do you really plan to hire workers from our principality? Instead of sending people from the Lampali Kingdom?"
Xu Yi was speechless for a moment, because he did have this plan.
Seeing that Xu Yi didn't answer, Anklu suddenly sneered.
"Am I right? That's right. In fact, it's not just you. Even I really can't stand the people of the principality. They are too lazy. Even if you give them a job, they may not be willing to do it. If I were you, I would also choose to send people from the Lampali Kingdom."
Xu Yi was silent for a while and suddenly asked: "Anklu, I can see that you love this country deeply, and you really want to do something for the Principality of Standing to make this country stronger. But I have always had a question. , do you... really think that the Principality of Standing is a country? "
Anklu was suddenly stunned. After a while, two lines of tears suddenly fell from the corners of his eyes.
After a while, Anklu cried loudly, howling hard while crying, but Xu Yi couldn't hear what he was shouting at all.
Perhaps because of the discomfort caused by his excitement and loud shouting, it didn't take long before Anklu coughed hard again, then lay on the floor of the small building and started vomiting in front of the lake.
Xu Yi turned to call two maids and asked them to prepare toiletries for Anklu and prepare a clean bed. Then he looked back at the woman lying on the floor, vomiting and crying, looking extremely painful. Angkru sighed secretly in his heart.
In fact, this question had been in his mind for a long time, but he never had the chance to ask it.
Although he had only been in the Principality of Standing for a few days, Xu Yi discovered based on his various observations that the so-called Principality of Standing actually did not have the concept of a country in the strict sense.
First of all, this country is nominally ruled by Grand Duke Standing, but in fact Grand Duke Standing only controls the area around Faraday City. Strictly speaking, he is only at the same level as Patriarch Weilun, which means that the area he controls is slightly larger. Just a few.
Secondly, judging from the ordinary people of the Principality of Standing that Xu Yi has come into contact with these days, in fact, they have no concept of a country at all.
For these ordinary people, they only know which noble is in charge of them, but they have never considered what the Principality of Standing does.
Even if they are dissatisfied with the big nobles who govern their area, the people can run to the territory of another big nobles, or simply hide in some corner. As long as there are no special circumstances, they can ignore the leaders above. who is it.
To put it simply, the Principality of Standing can only be regarded as a geographical term, but not a country at all.
If we compare it with the situation on Earth, then the Principality of Standing is actually more like a United Nations of Chiefs, a place united by chiefs who control various areas such as Chief Wei Lun and Grand Duke Standing.
And because Grand Duke Standing's family has always been the most powerful among these chiefs, he has the greatest say.
But what Grand Duke Standing said may not necessarily work in the Principality of Standing. The reason why these three mines can be sold is because these three mines are all within the area controlled by Grand Duke Standing.
If it were a mine in an area controlled by other big nobles, he wouldn't be able to sell it if he wanted to.
For these reasons, Xu Yicai asked Anklu this question.
But he didn't expect that Anklu's reaction would be so intense.
This person who talks about the Principality of Standing all the time may really treat the Principality of Standing as a complete country from the bottom of his heart, and wants to make the situation in this country better and make the people in the Principality better. The lives of the people are also richer.
But the reality was too cruel. He finally brought Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the Principality of Standing, and successfully persuaded Xu Yi to invest here.
But Grand Duke Standing and several of his so-called "ministers" just wanted to make a fortune from Xu Yi, and had no thoughts at all for the entire Principality of Standing.
Faced with this situation, how can Angkru not feel lonely? (To be continued...)