After being rejected by Xu Yi, Elder Elusia and Elder Lisania did not mention the matter again for a while, but concentrated on helping Xu Yi master the special meditation method of the elves.
After more than a month of continuous and careful teaching, Xu Yi finally fully mastered this special meditation method that is very different from human magicians.
The elves were originally the teachers of humans in magic. Although the elves have been weak for thousands of years, they have always been far ahead of humans in the study of magic. Coupled with the accumulation of tens of thousands of years before, the elves have become There are many unique and excellent places in magic.
This particular form of meditation is one of them.
After mastering the special meditation method of the elves, Xu Yi tried to meditate in this way. It was obvious that the recovery and improvement speed of his magic power during meditation was much stronger than before.
Although this must be partly attributed to his body being "washed" several times by the two elders to become more adaptable to the flow of magic power, this special meditation method undoubtedly contributed the most.
If Xu Yi's magic power is steadily increasing at the previous rate, he will probably be over forty years old before his magic power is strong enough to control space magic, and he can truly enter the ranks of great magicians. But with the current method of meditation, Xu Yi's magic power increased greatly, and he could save at least half of this time.
Being more optimistic, Xu Yi can even increase his magic power to the level of a great magician after the age of thirty-five.
As for the research on magic, it depends on Xu Yi's own understanding.
However, this problem is precisely what troubles Xu Yi the most, and it is also a problem that the great magician Camilla and the two elders are helpless about.
Xu Yi's most important thing is always the development of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the magic industry. His interest in magic can only be ranked second.
Therefore, he will never be able to devote all his energy to the study of magic like other magicians, and the speed of improvement will naturally not reach the limit.
The only consolation is that Xu Yi's talent is indeed outstanding, and his understanding of magic is far beyond that of ordinary magicians.
Generally speaking, as long as his magic power can keep up. There is no magic that he cannot master.
So in the final analysis, he still has to wait for his magic power to increase to the level of a great magician before he can truly attack the realm of a great magician.
There is no shortcut to the accumulation and improvement of magic power. Even if Xu Yi has now mastered the special meditation method of the elves and greatly increased the speed of magic power growth, he still has to meditate non-stop every day. Accumulate magic power little by little and wait until that day comes. Neither the great magician Camilla nor the two elders could do anything about this, so after Xu Yi truly mastered the special meditation method of the elves, the two elders left. Returned to his tribe.
Before leaving, they still did not propose marriage to Xu Yi again, which made Xu Yi inevitably think that they had really given up on the idea.
In order to improve his magic strength, Xu Yi almost delayed for nearly two months. When the two elders left and he temporarily returned to normal from his crazy research on magic, he immediately discovered that he had accumulated a lot of things that needed to be done. He goes to deal with it.
Mid-August is the hottest time. Xu also appeared in the production base jointly established by several chambers of commerce in the Black Rice Wasteland.
In fact, it is not accurate to call this place a production base now, because since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce actually moved out of Bangta City and even the entire Lampali Kingdom, other chambers of commerce in Bangta City have also moved here. This production base, which originally covered an area of less than 20,000 square meters, has been expanded dozens of times.
This area now has an industrial zone composed of numerous factories of various sizes, as well as a large residential area built by the Armli Chamber of Commerce, consisting of contiguous regular houses, and a wide variety of shops dotted here and there. constitutes the living area.
Adding in some special facilities such as the escort training bases of various chambers of commerce, the base trade management center, etc., this entire area occupies a huge area of nearly ten square kilometers, which is comparable to that in the Lampali Kingdom. A medium city size.
And this area is because of the concentration of various chambers of commerce. The dense concentration of factories has led to an extremely large population here. The level of prosperity is even comparable to that of Bangta City before.
President Cruz of the Armley Chamber of Commerce once proposed to develop this place as a brand new city and build a city wall around the perimeter. Arranging defense facilities like a city can also prevent harassment from some blind orcs.
But this proposal was rejected by Xu Yi.
The main reason for the rejection is that this is just a commercial area jointly created by various chambers of commerce, and it does not have the foundation to become an ordinary city in the first place.
Without administrative leadership, even if most chambers of commerce would respect the opinions of Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it would still be difficult to unify everyone.
Secondly, Xu Yi does not want to turn this place into a traditional city on the Sainz continent. He hopes to make it a free trade center and also the magic industrial center of the entire Sainz continent.
The Black Rice Wasteland is a very rare place in the Sainz continent that has been anarchic due to the occupation of the orcs. It is very suitable for re-establishing a new order here.
Xu Yi has this ambition, and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also has this strength, so from the beginning, Xu Yi and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have been promoting this concept to everyone.
This place is a city of freedom and commerce.
Of course, although this place cannot really be regarded as a traditional city, it can still be named like a city.
For lazy reasons, this place was eventually named Black Rice City.
There is no city lord's palace in Heimi City, and there is no city guard. Basically, all matters, large and small, are decided by the business federation composed of various chambers of commerce in Heimi City.
Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is one of the permanent directors of the Commercial Federation. As the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Xu Yi has a very high status in the Commercial Federation and has a strong influence in the entire Heimi City.
Even Varian Landis, the admiral of the Western Army of the Kingdom of Lampali, who controls more than 30,000 regular troops of the Kingdom of Lampali, is extremely warm and polite every time he sees Xu Yi, without revealing it. Show the same condescending air you have when meeting other businessmen.
"President Xu, I have been waiting for more than a month, and I didn't expect you to show up today." Varian Landis said with a plaintive look on his face.
Xu Yi laughed: "I'm sorry, Admiral Landis, I have been busy with a very important thing some time ago, and I really can't get away. However, Kennard said that his contact with you during this time has been very pleasant, which makes him very happy. I don’t need to worry too much.”
"Of course, of course." Admiral Landis nodded repeatedly. "I took the initiative to invite you, President Xu, to come, but I have something to ask for, and I should be the one who needs to worry."
Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "Admiral, you are serious. Regarding your needs, Kennard has told me in detail, and he also told me many details. In principle, I have no reason to object, because this It's just an ordinary transaction. You want to buy the military magic machinery produced by our chamber of commerce, and we also want to sell it. This is normal. But... "...
Admiral Landis said nothing and stared at Xu Yi, waiting for him to continue.
Seeing that Admiral Landis did not take the initiative to bring it up, Xu Yi could only cough lightly and continued: "But Admiral, are you sure that this transaction will not be interfered by King Lampali's men? Admiral, maybe You don’t know, but I am actually still serving as a staff officer of King Lampali’s Ministry, and I am very clear about some of the taboos of the military.”
Admiral Landis smiled: "Kennard has asked me this question several times, and I have always answered that he does not need to worry. Now, President Xu, you ask it again, and I still answer the same question. President Xu , You don’t have to worry about anything, I guarantee on my own honor that the military will never interfere in this transaction.”
"Well, since the Admiral has guaranteed his reputation, of course I believe it." Xu Yi nodded. "Then let's move on to the next question. Admiral, to be blunt, I'm sure that your Suppressing West Army can't afford that much money. So how do you plan to pay our Chamber of Commerce for the purchase of those military magic machines? Where are the gold coins?”
Admiral Landis had obviously already talked about Xu Yiyou's question. After hearing the question, he just smiled, then waved to Xu Yi and led him into a side hall next to the reception room.
The furnishings in the side hall are very simple, but there is a large map hanging on the wall opposite the door, almost taking up the entire wall.
Admiral Landis walked straight to the edge of the map, picked up a wooden stick like a pointer, and placed it a little above the map.
"President Xu, did you see the mark here? This is an iron mine." Admiral Landis said.
Xu Yi glanced at the red dot on the map on the stick and nodded slightly.
Admiral Landis moved the stick a little further and pointed it at another red dot.
"Did you see the mark here? This is also an iron mine."
Xu Yi nodded again, feeling a little baffled.
Admiral Landis then clicked on the map several times and pointed out that the marks represented several iron mines, several magic crystal mines, and two non-ferrous metal mines.
"President Xu, do you think these mines are enough to cover the cost of purchasing military magic machinery from you?" Admiral Landis asked.
Xu Yi was startled, and looked again at the marks on the map that Admiral Landis had just pointed out, and asked in shock: "Admiral, if I read correctly, these mineral veins you just mentioned are all in Is it within the Sak Kingdom?”
Admiral Landis showed a dangerous smile.
"It's just because it's located within the Sak Kingdom. If it were within our Lampali Kingdom, I wouldn't be able to use it to make an offer."
Xu Yi instantly captured Admiral Landis' true intention from his words and couldn't help but shrinking his eyes slightly.
This Lord Admiral... is really crazy.