"President, what should we do now?" In the retreating magic airship, Evita stared at Xu Yi and asked eagerly. "If Akali continues to be in their hands, I... I'm very worried."
"What? Don't you think I have no choice but to retreat because I'm afraid of the Duchess of Windsor?" Xu Yi asked in surprise.
"President, it's now time, please stop joking with me, okay?" Evita gave Xu Yi a strange look. "Don't I know who you are? You will definitely not leave Akali alone."
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Okay, no kidding. Yes, it is certainly impossible to leave Akali and the others alone. If word spreads, I, the president, will not be able to do it anymore. Well... I'm not afraid. The Duchess of Windsor, but judging from Earl Dole’s behavior just now, I’m afraid he now thinks he has someone to back him up and won’t accept my threat. If I push him too hard, he might end up attacking Akali instead. They are disadvantageous."
"What should we do?" Evita frowned deeply. "This Earl of Dole refuses to take any initiative. How can we save people from his hands?"
"Don't worry. The reason why Count Dole arrested Akali and the others was of course to negotiate terms with me. Otherwise, it would be meaningless. He would not take Akali before the terms were negotiated. How are they doing, so we still have enough time to think about how to deal with it.”
Xu Yi pondered for a moment, took a piece of paper, wrote something on it, and then folded it. Magic power surged in his body, and a moment later he carved a magic sealing circle on the opening of the folded paper.
There are two blessings from this magic sealing circle. Except for the magician who knows how to break the seal. If someone else opens it without permission. The magic seal will automatically activate to destroy the paper.
Xu Yi handed the sealed paper to Evita.
"Take this and go see Magister Camilla and tell him about the situation here. At the same time, go back and discuss with Kennard and let him arrange some follow-up work. You just need to tell him that this time, I need to give some guys A profound warning, don’t worry about the rest. Do you understand what I mean?”
Evita took the letter and put it in her pocket, nodded and said, "Understood. But Sir, won't you go back?"
"I won't go back. Count Dole is not a patient guy. So there is not much time left for us. I have to seize the time to prepare countermeasures."
After saying this, Xu Yi showed a smile again, patted Evita's shoulder gently, and said softly: "Evita, there is really no need to worry. Although this time Count Dole unexpectedly came from the Candela Empire. He invited a helper, but this helper may be almost an invincible shield to him, but in my eyes, it is nothing at all. "Do you believe me?"
Evita bit her lip and nodded vigorously.
"Yes! Mr. President. I will always believe in you. The same goes for Akali!"
"Okay. Just in case, you take three magic airships back. I'm waiting for your good news." Xu Yi smiled slightly. "Of course, maybe by the time you come here again, Akali will have been rescued by me."
Evita nodded and quickly stood up.
"Without further ado, President, let's take action."
"good."
After a while, three magic airships carried Evita and one hundred and fifty guards back to the main base of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. The remaining seven magic airships turned southwest and flew about 100 meters west of Earl Dole's private estate. It fell in a hill thirty kilometers away.
The night passed.
Early the next morning, when the sun was just shining all the way from the eastern horizon, reflecting the road in front of the gate of Earl Dole's private estate in orange, Xu Yi appeared in front of the gate.
The two personal guards of Earl Dole who were responsible for guarding the gate of the private manor glanced at Xu Yi in astonishment, immediately recognized him, and hurriedly greeted him nervously.
Seeing the two private guards holding their weapons tightly, but hesitating as to whether they should point at Xu Yi, Xu Yi smiled slightly, nodded to one of them and said: "Go and inform Count Dole, tell him the new Xu Yi, the president of the Flying Chamber of Commerce, is here. If it is convenient for him, I hope we can sit down and have a good talk. "
The two private guards looked at each other. The private guard who was stared at by Xu Yi hesitated for a moment, nodded, turned around and ran towards the manor.
Seeing him running all the way into the gate, Xu Yi sighed and shook his head slightly.
If Count Dole hadn't been so opposed to setting up a magic communication network, this private guard would have been able to notify Count Dole in the manor just through the intercom at the door. There would be no need to run in and notify him in person.
Xu Yi glanced at the other private guard and found that he looked nervous, so he smiled at him, turned to look at the gate of the manor, and just stood there without making any movement.
He is not worried that Count Dole will refuse to meet him, because as he analyzed to Evita yesterday, Count Dole is not a madman or a complete idiot. If he had no other purposes, he would not be able to commit a sudden kidnapping. Akali and one of the subordinates of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
He knew very well the consequences of doing so. Even if he was supported by strong support from the Candela Empire, it would not do him any good to offend the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to death.
Sure enough, about ten minutes later, a tattered carriage slowly drove out from the manor carrying the private guard who had just left.
"President Xu, your lord, the count, will let you in." The private guard relayed Count Dole's order while looking at Xu Yi curiously.
President Xu of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is a very legendary figure in the minds of everyone in the Principality of Standing. Now that I am lucky enough to see him in person, of course I have to take a second look.
Xu Yi glanced at the car in front of him, which had only two wooden wheels and one that was so tattered that it even had numerous cracks. It looked like it was about to collapse at any time, let alone any gorgeous decorations or even a sunshade roof. No, even the horses pulling the cart were made of inferior old horses. I couldn’t help but smile.
This Count Dole. It's a good thing he went out of his way to find such a carriage. It was really difficult for him.
But this guy is so stingy in what he does. It made Xu Yi worried that the negotiations with him would be unexpected.
"Let's go."
Xu Yi calmly sat on the carriage without entering the carriage. He sat on the shaft next to the private guard responsible for operating the carriage, looking casual, as if he was an ordinary civilian.
The private guard glanced at Xu Yi nervously, then remembered Count Dole's instructions and raised his whip. He steered the carriage towards the interior of the manor.
After a bumpy ride for more than ten minutes, Xu Yicai saw a stretch of buildings in front of the cement road.
Looking back at the manor gate that had disappeared from sight, Xu Yi frowned slightly.
Although his policy of abolishing the private territories of nobles in the Principality of Standing has been effective, there is no private territory exclusive to nobles in the entire Principality of Standing.
However, these noble lords undoubtedly made a lot of deductions when handing over their private territories.
Take the private estate of Count Dole as an example.
The policy implemented by Xu Yi through the Standing Principality Congress is that while noble lords hand over their private lands, they can still retain their own private estates, because this is considered ordinary private property and is not subject to this policy restriction.
As a result, Earl Dole apparently expanded his private estate by at least ten times when he handed over his private territory, which is why the private estate became so wide.
There are many noble lords like Earl Dole who do this, but because the increased area is countless times worse than their private territories. Therefore, Xu Yi did not act so cruelly and acquiesced in the existence of these private estates that were too large in size. It was a bit of a compromise between him and these noble lords.
While thinking about these questions, the carriage had already brought Xu Yi to the building.
Xu Yi jumped down from the carriage, rubbed his butt that was a little painful from the bumps of the carriage, and walked directly to the central hall without saying hello to anyone.
Several guards on the way seemed to stretch out their hands to stop him, but Xu Yi just walked past them with his head held high, but they did not do anything to stop him in the end, allowing Xu Yi to go in smoothly.
As soon as he walked into the hall, he saw Count Dole lying on a wide soft armchair, giggling without any image, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Suddenly seeing Xu Yi walking in, Count Dole was startled and couldn't help but jump up from his chair, pointed at Xu Yi and shouted: "How did you get in?"
Xu Yi laughed: "Isn't it already passed on?"
Earl Dole was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that his reaction just now seemed a bit embarrassing, so he glared viciously at the two personal guards who followed Xu Yi in.
"How did you open the door? Let people break in just like that? Do you still want to hang out here?"
The two private guards lowered their heads, not daring to make any rebuttal.
"Okay, get out of here..." After Earl Dole got angry at them, he waved his hand, as if he wanted them to get out. After hesitating for a moment, he took back the words and snorted coldly, He sat down again.
Seeing his eyes turning around, Xu Yi smiled and said, "Count Dole, where is the Duchess now?"
Count Dole glanced at Xu Yi and said disdainfully: "Who do you think you are? Is your aunt something you can see whenever you want?"
Xu Yi shrugged and was not moved by Count Dole's words. He nodded and continued: "So, Count Dole, can you make the decision on things here?"
"Nonsense! I am the master here. If I can't make the decision, who can?" Count Dole said angrily.
"Really?" Xu Yi showed a sarcastic smile. "Well, Count Dole, let's not waste time and start talking about business. After a day of consideration, I feel that I still can't give up on these subordinates of the Chamber of Commerce, so I came here to visit today, hoping to have a talk with you. . Count Dole, tell me, what should I do before you are willing to release them?"
Earl Dole looked like he had known you would do this for a long time, and he laughed and said: "President Xu, President Xu, if you were so smart yesterday, how could your subordinates suffer for one more day in vain. What do you think they will think if they know that you, the president, turned around and ran away?"
Xu Yi remained unmoved and responded calmly: "What they think is their business. All I want to know now is, what do you want to do before you release them?"
Count Dole snorted coldly, leaned back on the soft chair, and looked at Xu Yi with a proud look on his face.
"How can I release them? It's very simple. As long as you agree to my conditions, I promise to release them as quickly as possible."
"Okay, tell me your conditions."
"Listen up. First, give me back the private territory that should belong to me. Second..."
"impossible."
Xu Yi coldly interrupted Count Dole's words. (To be continued...)