While Director Nal was worried about the decision of the Principality of Norton, Xu Yi, who was two thousand kilometers away, had just moved his eyes away from the Principality of Norton on the map, looking relaxed. ︾Ding︾dian︾小︾ said,
Although he was disappointed that the Principality of Norton gave up cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he did not think it was a big problem.
The development process of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot always be smooth sailing, and according to Xu Yi's own ideas, a certain amount of room for development must always be left for other magic machinery chambers of commerce.
The Duke of Norton took the initiative to choose Anke Magic Chamber of Commerce to cooperate, which did not go against his original wishes, and even made him feel more gratified.
His eyes continued to move on the map. After briefly stopping at the Principality of Mirando, he then stopped at the Kingdom of Luersun.
Looking at the dozen small black dots marked on the map, Xu Yi touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
The cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Luersun Kingdom has always been very smooth.
With the strong support of King Trutz, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been able to successfully obtain approval whether it directly invests in setting up factories in the Kingdom of Luersun or forms joint ventures with local chambers of commerce, and has never encountered official obstacles.
Now Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is blooming all over the Luersun Kingdom, and all kinds of Xinfei brand magic machines are sold everywhere.
Only nine months have passed this year. The combined income of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Luersun Kingdom alone has reached more than five million gold coins, which is even higher than the income of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Lampali Kingdom. Not much different.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that all the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Lampali Kingdom are joint venture factories, and the interests need to be divided with the Lampali Kingdom.
However, in such a large cooperation situation. But there is a problem that has been bothering Xu Yi.
Any cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Luersun Kingdom will receive strong support from King Trutz. But only on one collaboration. But he always couldn't get a result that satisfied Xu Yi, that is, in mineral resource transactions.
The only territory that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can fully control now is the Principality of Standing.
But after all, the Principality of Standing is small in area and has limited mineral resources.
In addition to the ever-expanding production scale of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the faster-expanding demand for magical machinery from the outside world, it is obvious that the mineral resources of the Principality of Standing will soon be unable to keep up with the consumption of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, Xu Yi has been purchasing large quantities of various mineral resources from other surrounding countries.
Among them, the Lampali Kingdom is the one that provides the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce with the most various mineral resources.
Just last month. According to statistics, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce purchased a total of 730,000 tons of iron ore and 480,000 tons of other non-ferrous metal ores from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.
The land area of the Luersun Kingdom and the Lampali Kingdom are almost the same. According to exploration, the mineral resources are even slightly better. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce only purchased no more than 160,000 tons of iron ore from the Luersun Kingdom last month. As for the Only less than 10,000 tons of non-ferrous metal ores were purchased.
Xu Yi had mentioned this matter to King Trutz many times, hoping to increase the share of various ores sold by the Luersun Kingdom, but King Trutz had always dealt with it vaguely, and never gave Xu Yi a way to let them Satisfactory answer.
Xu even claimed that he could directly open one or two steel mills and non-ferrous metal smelting plants in the Luersun Kingdom and conduct local mining. It is smelted locally and is only processed and sold within the Luersun Kingdom. Still failed to impress King Trutz.
After trying many times to no avail, Xu Yi had no choice but to give up and turn to other channels to find a solution.
It was for this reason that Nerval led the new fleet to Nisi City and tried to purchase various minerals through private channels.
However, after the last discussion with Elder Undini, through cooperation with the Azshara tribe, King Trutz is very likely to relent in this regard, which makes Xu Yi feel a lot more relaxed.
But in the final analysis, if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce wants to continue to develop, the most important thing is to have more resources in its own hands.
We always hope to obtain mineral resources from other countries, and we cannot help but feel that our lifeline is being held in the hands of others.
Xu Yi didn't like this feeling very much, so he kept looking for a solution.
After his eyes stayed on the Luersun Kingdom for a moment, he turned to the north, directly skipping the Lampali Kingdom, but stayed at the position of the Sak Kingdom.
Seeing that the Sak Kingdom showed on the map that its land area was at least one-third larger than the Lampali Kingdom, and then looking at the dozens of black spots marked on it, Xu Yi couldn't help but his eyes became confused. Get hot.
It is almost impossible to cooperate with the Sark Kingdom. If you want to obtain a large amount of resources in the Sark Kingdom, apart from purchasing some on a small scale through private channels, the only way left is to completely conquer it. this country.
As for how to completely conquer... But we need to think about it carefully...
"Tuk-tuk—"
A slight knock on the door pulled Xu Yi out of his thoughts.
"Is it Betty? Come in." Xu Yi raised his voice.
The door opened, and Betty, who was wearing a standard maid outfit, walked in slowly. She first gave Xu Yi a standard courtesy, and then said softly: "Mr. President, there are guests who want to see you."
"Oh? What guest? Did he say who he was?" Xu Yi glanced at Betty's maid uniform and asked with a smile.
After Betty and Carol arrived here, they saw that Liz and Linda were both pregnant and had difficulty moving. Xu Yi and Steele were unwilling to recruit other servants, so they took the initiative to serve as maids. responsibilities.
Since the two of them had undergone rigorous training in the Lampali Palace, they were extremely skilled in this area of work.
So they had only been here for more than two months, and they had already put the entire manor in order and received praise from everyone.
However, out of some grudges and concerns in his heart, Xu Yi never gave them a clear identity like Liz and Linda.
Betty and Carol did not express any complaints about this. On the contrary, they seemed very happy every day and said many times that staying here was much more relaxed and comfortable than staying in the palace.
"He called himself Leslie Stark. He also said... He also asked Mr. Chairman to see him as soon as possible. He doesn't have much time."
When Betty said this. The expression is a little strange.
I have been here for more than two months, and I have received many guests who came to visit Xu Yi. However, no matter who the guest was, he was extremely polite when he asked to see him. No guest has ever been so arrogant.
However, Xu Yi did not look surprised at all. Instead, he smiled and said, "It's him. Let me just say, he should have appeared long ago when he heard the news that our fleet had arrived in Nixi City."
Betty followed Xu Yi curiously. After leaving the study and heading to the living room, I saw the young man in his thirties who was sitting on the chair again, looking lazy, as if he didn't regard him as a guest at all.
"Hey, Leslie, why have you turned so dark?" Xu Yi glanced at Leslie and couldn't help laughing. "You used to be a standard pretty boy, but now you have suddenly turned into black coal, and those noble ladies and ladies will see you. Wouldn't you be very disappointed?"
Leslie's skin turned into a healthy tan, which was completely different from the paleness that was characteristic of noble children before, and he laughed.
"I've told you a long time ago. Those noble ladies and ladies mainly look at faces. Believe it or not, even if I look like this and let them see it, they will still scream?"
Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "I believe it. Okay, don't talk nonsense, tell me, where have you been during this time? Looking at you, if I guessed correctly, you should have gone maritime?"
"You are indeed right." Leslie smiled. "I've been wandering the sea for the better part of a year, and that's why it got so dark."
Xu Yi glanced at Leslie with a strange expression.
"Hey, do you really want to become a pirate?"
"There's nothing wrong with being a pirate." Leslie shrugged, and then reached out to Xu Yi. "Okay, where is the ship you promised me? I heard that the fleet organized by your new flight merchant sailed more than two thousand kilometers on the sea and successfully arrived at the Kingdom of Luersun from the Principality of Standing. I already have this technology, so I agreed. It shouldn’t be a problem to give me a boat?”
Xu Yi looked down at Leslie's outstretched hand, stretched out a finger and tapped it.
"The ship is fine, but what about your money? A large magic ship that can sail from here to the Kingdom of Luersun costs more than two million gold coins, and our Chamber of Commerce has only built three so far. Are you sure you can Take out two million gold coins?”
"Two million gold coins?" Leslie was stunned. "Hey, Xu Yi, are you scaring me? It's just a ship, but it's so expensive?"
Xu Yi chuckled: "It seems that you haven't seen those three ships with your own eyes, so no wonder you asked this question. I can guarantee that if you saw them with your own eyes, you would definitely not ask such a stupid question again."
Leslie frowned, not angry, but remained silent for a moment, spread his hands, and said calmly: "Okay, it is indeed impossible for me to come up with two million gold coins in one go. But Xu Yi, since you can create Big ships, I guess we can also build smaller ones? Hmm... I just need one bigger than the magic assault boat... Just four or five times bigger. I think a boat this big is enough for me to do whatever I want on the sea. It’s all OK.”
Xu Yi slowly shook his head: "No, Leslie. The emergence of the large magic ship of our New Flying Chamber of Commerce means that the era in which we could only rely on a few broken wooden ships to roam the sea is over. I sincerely I advise you to use a big ship directly, because only a big ship can make you safer at sea. "
Leslie frowned: "I said, Xu Yi, are you deliberately angry with me? I obviously can't afford that much money, but you insist on recommending a big boat that I can't afford. In fact, you don't even Is it because I can’t make it for the time being, so I’m trying to shirk it?”
"That's not true. I have a boat. If you don't have enough money, I can still give it to you. But..."
"What are you doing? You want to use me?" Seeing the slightly weird smile on Xu Yi's face, Leslie smiled, slowed down, leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, and said to Xu Yi calmly: "Okay. I can be used by you, but it also depends on the price you offer. "
Xu Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes.
"It's so ugly to talk about using. This is cooperation. Do you understand cooperation?"
Leslie sneered: "Okay, what's the difference? Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Xu Yi turned his head and glanced at Betty who was standing beside him.
Betty immediately understood, bowed to the two of them, and retreated.
Seeing that Xu Yi was so serious, Leslie put away her relaxed expression, sat up straight and looked at Xu Yi.
Xu Yi coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Leslie, I don't object to you wanting to be a pirate, but if you run to become a pirate without any foundation, you are basically risking your own death."
"Then what? What do you think?"
Xu Yi chuckled, showing a seductive smile.
"Actually, our New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team is about to form an armed fleet. Are you interested?" (To be continued...)