"Is County Caroline coming?"
Steele took back and looked at the personal letter written on pink paper in Xu Yi's hand, and looked up at Xu Yi with an expression on his face that seemed to be a smile but not a smile. ←,
"Did she come specially to see you?"
Xu Yi rolled his eyes at her angrily: "How could she be so free? She came here because of something, and she said she would bring me two very special guests."
"A very special guest?" Steele frowned slightly. "Is there any guest that she needs to bring over personally?"
"The letter didn't say anything, and I don't know why she kept it secret." Xu Yi shook the letter in his hand, a little confused.
Although Princess Carolyn often sends herself some private messages, most of them ask her about the cooperation between the Duke of Drake and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. However, this is the first time she has made it clear that she wants to go to the Principality of Standing. Come and see her.
If Princess Carolyn had tried to seduce him before, she had restrained herself since he and Steele got married and had a child, and the cooperation between the Duke of Drake and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce gradually stabilized. He did a lot, but he only teased Xu Yi verbally.
This time he suddenly came in person and said that he would bring two special guests, which really surprised Xu Yi.
"I think it's just an excuse to come see you." Steele chuckled.
"You are really good at thinking nonsense." Xu Yi glared at Steele, put the letter aside, his eyes fell on Steele's belly, and said with concern: "I think you are pregnant, which makes you think wildly. "Listen to me, Steele, it's better for you to rest more during this time."
"That won't work." Steele shook his head. "Now is an important period for our Crescent Chamber of Commerce to promote illusion films. I must personally participate in the command. Create a new entertainment model through illusion films and fantasy magic projectors. Isn't this what you have always expected?"
"But I didn't expect you to be pregnant."
"What does that have to do with it? I was still working when I was pregnant with Freya, so it doesn't have any impact."
Seeing Steele's resolute attitude, Xu Yi thought about it and stopped trying to persuade him. He just reminded Steele to pay attention to his body and not to overwork himself.
Steele naturally took things as they were, saying that she was pregnant for the second time and had enough experience to deal with it.
"Speaking of Freya... She seems to have asked Liz and Linda to take her to the signal tower again. Aren't you going to inspect the installation of the signal tower later? Bring her back tonight." Steele explained.
Xu Yi hummed, chatted a few more words with Steele about the illusion film, and then left the private manor.
As soon as you walk out of the manor and look up into the distance, you can see that there are seven towering iron towers standing on the land in the distance.
This is a new signal tower recently erected by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, specifically used to spread magic fluctuations.
Because Akali's research team has made further breakthroughs in magic array resonance technology, the magic wave transmission range of the signal tower has been increased from the previous five thousand meters to seven thousand meters, so the seven signal towers are all about six thousand meters apart from each other. . The scattered arrangement just allows the magic wave to be transmitted through these seven signal towers to any place in the large area where the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is located. It's perfect coverage.
Xu Yi took out the magic call box from his arms and pressed the button. Akali's voice sounded slightly tired but still excited.
"Hey, President, do you have any instructions?"
Xu Yi laughed: "I don't have any instructions, I just wanted to check on your work progress. Where are you now? By the way, have you seen Freya?"
Before Akali could answer, a clear and melodious child's voice sounded from the magic phone box.
"Dad, I'm with Aunt Akali and the others. Come on, Aunt Akali won't let me go to the top of the tower to play."
Xu Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "Freya, listen to Aunt Akali obediently and don't be naughty and interfere with their work. I'm coming over."
"Well, I'll wait for you."
"Freya is very well-behaved, don't worry. President, come here, we are currently doing maintenance work on the No. 4 signal tower."
"good."
Xu Yi raised his head, looked carefully, and confirmed the location of the No. 4 signal tower. When the magic power in his body moved, he did not directly use space magic to teleport there. Instead, he flew up and came to the mid-air and slowly sent the signal to the No. 4 signal tower. Fly past the tower.
If you look down from a high altitude, you can easily see the current layout of the entire Xinfei Chamber of Commerce main base.
Compared to when the New Flying Chamber of Commerce first came here, this place has completely changed from a deserted place.
At present, there are various buildings standing everywhere on this huge land of more than ten square kilometers.
Among them, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce Industrial Zone and the residential area are clearly distinct. Various factories in the industrial zone occupy more than half of the land in the north, while the residential area occupies the remaining land in the south.
Seeing that the newly built residences in the south were close to the Abdant River, Xu Yi confirmed his previous thoughts.
As the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce continues to develop, this main base must also face further expansion.
When Xu Yi obtained this territory of more than ten square kilometers from Count Weilun, he originally thought that it could at least support the development needs of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce within ten years.
However, just over four years later, this land has been completely utilized and cannot meet the increasingly strong needs of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
In order to meet development needs, it is imperative to expand the scope of this territory.
However, at the previous parliamentary meeting of the Principality of Standing, when Xu Yi proposed to Congress that he needed to expand his territory, he was unexpectedly opposed by many members of Congress, so that the proposal was not passed at the congressional meeting.
Although the Speaker of the National Assembly, Angklu, privately told Xu Yi that he could propose to the National Assembly to lease new land and it would definitely be passed, this meeting still made Xu Yi feel wary.
Originally, he thought that with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's current strong influence on the Principality of Standing. He would have no problem asking anything.
But I didn't expect this territory expansion requirement, which is very critical to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It was actually boycotted.
Opponents of the proposal have strong arguments. Claiming that the Principality of Standing had never granted territory to private nobles, Xu Yi suddenly made this request, violating the centuries-old tradition of the Principality.
Xu Yi originally sneered at this reason, because before this, there was no fixed statement on how many territories the noble lords in the Principality of Standing had under their names. They relied entirely on their personal strength to grab whatever they wanted. Grab it and it's yours.
Now when he is in need of a new territory, he says that the Principality of Standing has never had such a tradition, which is simply ridiculous.
But later, after being explained on the spot at the Congress meeting, he learned that the previous territorial competition among the noble lords in the Principality of Standing was indeed not recognized in name.
The so-called official recognition of Grand Duke Standing is only the private behavior of Grand Duke Standing. In a strict sense, it is not officially recognized by the Principality of Standing.
From this point of view, the congressmen who opposed Xu Yi's proposal were right.
But this nominal problem should not be a problem for Xu Yi.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce currently has a strong influence on the Principality of Standing. Even if there is any problem in name, there must be countless ways to solve it.
Unfortunately, so many members of Congress clearly expressed their opposition at this congressional meeting. This made Xu Yi feel a little angry, but he also felt vigilant.
Behind every member of Congress stands a noble lord from the Principality of Standing. The opposition of these members means that these noble lords are opposed to Xu Yi.
However, this is what puzzles Xu Yi the most.
Why do these noble lords in the principality oppose Xu Yi's proposal
Who gave them the courage to oppose Xu Yi's proposal
You must know that according to statistics from the Congress, the total fiscal revenue collected by the Principality of Standing last year was about 4.7 million gold coins, of which a full 3 million gold coins were handed over by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
From this point alone, we can see that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has an extremely powerful influence on the Principality of Standing.
And if you consider the actual impact, it is even more amazing.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce currently operates 93 factories of various types in the Principality of Standing, with more than 200,000 employees.
Among these employees, more than 70,000 were recruited locally from the Principality of Standing.
In addition, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has cooperated with all the noble lords in the principality to jointly create various factories - most of which are fruit canning factories and rubber processing factories. The total number of workers employed in these factories exceeds 100,000.
Therefore, the number of people in the Principality of Standing who directly benefited from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has exceeded 180,000. In addition, because the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has driven the magic industry in the Principality of Standing, it has also driven the strong development of other industries. , because the people of the Principality of Standing who indirectly benefited from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce exceeded hundreds of thousands.
It is no exaggeration to say that there is almost no one in the entire Principality of Standing who has not been affected by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
And these impacts are all positive.
The emergence of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has enabled almost all civilians in the Principality of Standing to have formal jobs, and their incomes are far higher than before, which has greatly improved their lives.
Moreover, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has also laid roads and built street lights everywhere in the Principality of Standing, and invested heavily in infrastructure such as automatic water supply systems, turning the Principality of Standing from the former small principality with congested traffic and extremely backward living standards into one that was abandoned in one fell swoop. People in several surrounding countries call it the "most advanced country" and have a very strong influence in nearby countries.
Therefore, it can be said that the current Principality of Standing is basically the country of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Without the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the Principality of Standing would be nothing.
So Xu Yi couldn't figure out why these noble lords opposed him.
Are these guys looking for death? (To be continued...)