After visiting the Falling Rain Valley, Newman returned to the office center of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Xu Yi.
When the two were alone, Newman once again extended his invitation to Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time deepened the conversation between the two.
"President Xu, to be honest, I don't understand why your country is still suppressing your chamber of commerce. When His Majesty King Willy learned about this, he was very surprised and at the same time didn't understand. Like you A chamber of commerce like the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that can greatly promote the development of the entire kingdom would be a big mistake if it does not provide strong support and actually suppresses it. His Majesty King Willy and I are angry for you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. " Newman put on an air of indignation.
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Thank you, His Majesty King Willy, for your concern and support. However, this is an internal matter of our Lampali Kingdom. I think President Newman should not ask any more questions."
Newman shook his head and sighed: "President Xu, I admit that this is an internal matter of your Lampali Kingdom, and I believe that with your ability, there will always be a solution. However, I sincerely represent His Majesty King Willy here. I would like to express to you that our Luersun Kingdom will open its doors to you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce at any time. If you change your mind one day and want to develop in our Luersun Kingdom, His Majesty King Willy will definitely express his great gratitude to you. welcome."
Xu Yi shrugged: "I hope I never have to encounter that day."
I have to say that Newman actually said it quite straightforwardly.
His words were simply poaching. On Earth, he would probably be immediately treated as espionage.
However, the social form on the continent of Sainz is very different from that of the Celestial Empire on Earth. Strictly speaking, every country on this continent is actually a combination of various nobles. The king and even the emperor of the two empires are nothing more than He is just the most powerful noble among them.
If the royal family or the family represented by the royal family is not strong enough, then other nobles who nominally belong to this country want to break away and become independent. It's nothing too unusual on this continent.
For example, the Kingdom of Lampali was greatly weakened due to famine and turmoil more than ten years ago. There was a count who controlled a territory in the northeast of the kingdom and transferred the entire territory to the Kingdom of Sark in the north.
Although this count is officially defined by the Lampali Kingdom as a traitor and a shame to the kingdom, the situation is completely different from the situation in the Celestial Empire on Earth. The ordinary people of the Lampali Kingdom did not have much other reaction to this situation.
For ordinary people. The royal family of the Lampali Kingdom weakened and was unable to control all the nobles in the kingdom. It's completely natural for something like this to happen, and there's no need to make a fuss about it.
For ordinary civilians in the Lampali Kingdom and even the entire continent of Sainz, they don't have much national consciousness at all, and they just inherited their previous habits. Instead, he is more concerned about how the lord who rules him treats him.
For example, under the rule of Earl Satsuma, everyone in Bangta City lived and worked in peace and contentment. In the past two years, Bangta City has entered a stage of rapid development, making everyone's lives better. The civilians have a very high support rate for him.
The Kingdom Council transferred him, and the civilians of Bangta City privately cursed the Kingdom Council and the others as idiots.
What made the civilians of Bonta City even more angry was that the replacement Count Stark did a series of things after he took over as the city lord, which almost completely broke the previous prosperity of Bonta City. The lives of many people have been greatly affected.
Therefore, the civilians of Bangta City did not have the slightest favorable impression of Count Stark, and privately they despised and despised him.
There were even many radical civilians after learning that Xu Yirong was promoted to Viscount of the Kingdom and obtained a territory. He came directly to swear allegiance to Xu Yi and vowed to become a subject under the rule of Lord Xu Yi from now on.
In this Sainz continent, this behavior is of extremely important significance.
Because as long as this is really done, it means that this commoner will completely become a subject of the private domain of Viscount Xu Yi, and will no longer be protected by the laws of the kingdom because he is a subject of the Lampali Kingdom as before. All actions depend on his lord.
In other words, Xu Yi, as a lord, can rely on his status as a lord to do anything to the people who have sworn allegiance, and no one else has any right to point fingers, let alone criticize.
Or to describe it in more straightforward terms, such people are almost equivalent to the slaves of Viscount Xu Yi, but they are different from slaves in terms of status.
Although Xu Yi rejected all the oaths of allegiance from these people due to other considerations, it can also be seen from this point that in fact, ordinary civilians on Sainz Continent really do not have much concept of nationality and belonging. Feeling, he only sees nobles who he is willing to serve and be loyal to.
So theoretically speaking, Newman's invitation to Xu Yi was not casual.
If Xu Yi is willing, he can lead the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to declare his departure from the Lampali Kingdom and join the Luersun Kingdom.
Of course, in fact, if Xu Yi dares to do this, not to mention other chambers of commerce in the Lampali Kingdom that have long been interested in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they can do it without any scruples. The royal family alone will not let Xu Yi go. as well as.
That's why Xu Yicai said that he hoped he would never encounter that day, because if it really came to that situation, it would prove that the situation between him and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Lampali Kingdom was already quite bad.
Xu Yi had always only wanted to develop the magic industry well, but he was unwilling to let the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which carried the dream, fall into such a situation.
Although Earl Stark is now suppressing the New Flying Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the die-hard conservatives in the kingdom, in fact everything is still under control. Xu Yi is not worried at all about this and will naturally simply reject Newman's invitation and temptation. .
Seeing the look on Xu Yi's face, Newman felt that he had acted too hastily, so he smiled and stopped mentioning the matter. Instead, he changed the subject and began to discuss with Xu Yi about the magic power of the farmland purchased this time. Mechanical things.
Prior to this, a batch of farmland magic machinery had actually been transported to the Luersun Kingdom and played a huge role in the spring plowing a few months ago.
His Majesty King Willy of the Luersun Kingdom and many nobles in the kingdom saw the huge role of these farmland magic machines, so they immediately asked Newman to once again propose more ideas about farmland magic machines to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. Order.
This time, a total of 50,000 orders for various farmland magic machines were delivered. It will be transported to the Luersun Kingdom within this month, and then strive to be distributed throughout the Luersun Kingdom before autumn plowing.
"According to estimates from the Kingdom's Agriculture Department, the Kingdom probably needs a total of more than 500,000 farmland magic machines." Newman said sternly: "With such a large demand, if it is completely purchased from here and shipped back, I think it is really an extreme situation. It’s a big waste. So, President Xu, I can understand your unwillingness to relocate the entire Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to our Luersun Kingdom, but I hope that your chamber of commerce should at least invest in building a farmland magic machinery in our Luersun Kingdom. Factory? Or... simply transfer the technology for producing farmland magic machinery to us? "
Xu Yi shook his head: "Transferring technology is temporarily impossible. However, investing in building a factory can be considered."
Hearing Xu Yi's relaxed tone, Newman was overjoyed and said quickly: "Then we have decided that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will invest in our Luersun Kingdom to build a factory that produces farmland magic machinery. Then all subsequent orders will be delivered. It will be completed by this factory, what do you think, President Xu?”
"Don't be so impatient." Xu Yi smiled and waved his hand. "Producing farmland magic machinery is not just about building a factory. The most important thing is the relevant personnel and materials. Materials aside, in our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, most of those who can skillfully produce farmland magic machinery They are all dwarf workers, and there are not many qualified human workers at present. Do you think it is appropriate for me to send these dwarf workers to your Kingdom of Luersun?"
"Dwarf?" Newman frowned.
Almost all countries on the Sainz continent have the same attitude towards non-human races.
This is contact between different races, and it is a completely different issue from contact between human countries.
No matter which country you are in, you are very cautious when it comes to dealing with racial issues.
Although the Lampali Kingdom is represented by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It has set a very good example for this kind of thing, proving that contact between humans and different races is not as difficult as most humans thought before, but no matter who it is, they will always be extremely cautious on this issue.
Newman was naturally no exception. After he pondered for a while, he said: "In this case, I think I must go back and make a report to His Majesty King Willy first, and then study it carefully before making a decision." After that, he sighed again and continued. He said: "It's just that this will delay a lot of time. Wait until the final decision is made, and then your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will invest in building a factory. I'm afraid it will take a year at the earliest."
"One year is not that long." Xu Yi said with a smile. "And I have another suggestion. Although the main technical workers who produce magic machine tools such as farmland magic machinery are dwarves, the current production of household magic machinery in our chamber of commerce is basically completed by human workers. So I think, Before investing in a magic machine tool factory, it is better to invest in a home magic machine factory.”
Newman was slightly startled: "Household magic machine factory?"
"Yes. The production requirements for household magic machines are relatively low, and only human workers are needed. So I think we can first invest in your Luersun Kingdom to build a factory that produces household magic machines. My consideration We will focus on the production of magic fans and magic rice cookers first, because the Luersun Chamber of Commerce has mastered this technology and can cooperate with our chamber of commerce to jointly produce them," Xu Yi added. "My most important consideration for this is that we can use this to explore this cooperation model first, so that we can continue to deepen our cooperation in the future."
Newman couldn't help but nodded and praised: "President Xu, your consideration is very necessary. Yes, we can get familiar with the cooperation model between the two parties first, and it will be easier to carry out other cooperation in the future."
Xu Yi nodded slightly: "Yes. If the early cooperation is happy, it is not impossible for our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to choose to jointly produce farmland magic machinery with your Luersun Chamber of Commerce."
Although Xu Yi's tone was very calm when he said this, Newman's whole body was shocked and he couldn't help but look at Xu Yi with wide eyes.
According to Xu Yi's definition of "joint venture" in his previous words, this means that he may also transfer the technology for the production of farmland magic machinery