Chapter 122 Cement

Sevigny felt that it was too much to spend five gold coins to apply for a labor certificate for a worker, but Xu Yi felt that this was too little.

On earth, not to mention applying for a foreign labor certificate, even if you are also a citizen of the celestial dynasty, applying for a labor certificate in Hong Kong and Macau is also expensive, and it costs thousands of dollars at every turn.

In terms of purchasing power, it is equivalent to dozens of gold coins here.

Of course, Xu Yicai wouldn't tell Sevigny something too.

At present, there are more than 200 dwarves among the employees of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. In the future, if there is no accident, there will be more dwarves. Even later, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce may employ elves and orcs.

With so many foreign employees, it is certainly possible to save a little bit on the labor certificate.

In addition to the affirmation of the labor certificate in the dialogue with Sevigny, Xu also got a good news from her.

In the agreement with His Majesty the King, His Majesty used several mines to pay for those farmland magic machines. Originally, Xu also felt that it would take a long time to complete this contract. I was afraid that those mines would not come to his mouth for a while, but But Sevigny told Xu Yi that the Kingdom Mines Agency had cleared out one of the iron ore mines in Bangta City, and Xu Yi could pick it up at any time.

According to the agreement between Xu Yi and His Majesty the King, as long as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce completes the first batch of orders, the contract will automatically take effect, and the iron ore will be owned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

As for the other promised iron ore and three magic crystal mines, it depends on the situation of the new flying chamber of commerce to complete the follow-up orders.

Although the future is full of variables, at least the new iron ore chamber of commerce can be regarded as a bag.

Moreover, in the process of the agreement, because the current iron ore is not very valuable in the entire Sainz Continent, His Majesty the King and the representatives of the Agriculture Department gave very low discounts for the two iron ore.

And Xu Yi is very clear that once the magic industry flourishes on the Sainz Continent, the demand for iron ore will inevitably increase significantly. At that time, the price of iron ore will obviously skyrocket.

As for the Magic Crystal Mine... There are so many magic crystals on the Sainz Continent that the magic crystals are not worth much at all. So that the discount of these three magic crystal mines combined is not as good as one iron mine.

But Xu is also very sure that with the development of the magic industry, magic machines will be widely used on the Sainz Continent, and the demand for magic crystals will also greatly increase. The price of magic crystals is bound to rise sharply.

Now it seems that His Majesty the King exchanged two iron mines and three magic crystal mines from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for tens of thousands of farmland magic machines with a total value of nearly three million gold coins. It is also clearer than anyone else that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has made a lot of money from this transaction.

Thinking that he will be able to sit back and relax just by relying on these mines in the future, Xu Yi is naturally in such a good mood that when he sees the chairman of the Amli Chamber of Commerce, Moon Cruise, he is all smiles. , seems to have long forgotten what Director Riley said before.

"President Xu, it's rare for you to take the initiative to meet me. I'm really happy. But...why do you want to come to the construction site?" President Cruise pointed at the man who had just finished laying the foundation and was about to build a wall in front of him in confusion. the construction site asked. "It's such a cold weather. We should find a better place to have a few drinks and talk more."

What surprised President Cruise the most was that the construction site Xu Yi invited him to was not the new workshop of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce that was nearing its end, but a small construction site on the outskirts of Bangta City. Outside of Riley's supervisor. Do not be accompanied by others.

"There are many opportunities for drinking and chatting, but President Cruise, once you miss this opportunity before you, there won't be many." Xu Yichong smiled mysteriously at President Cruise, and then drove over in person. He took out a heavy cloth bag from the carriage of his carriage and threw it in front of President Cruise and Director Riley.

"What is this?" The two looked at the cloth bag in amazement.

Xu Yi smiled without answering, and asked Director Riley, "Director Riley. When your workers build walls, what do they use to connect those bricks and stones?"

Director Riley looked inexplicable. He didn't understand why Xu Yi asked this question. He glanced at President Cruise hesitantly, and when he saw him nodding, he replied, "It's just piled together with some lime powder and sand. Mixed mud. Nothing special."

Xu Yi pointed to the cloth bag on the ground: "Then try using these things instead of lime powder."

Director Riley opened the bag in confusion, glanced at it, and immediately said in surprise, "President Xu, this is..."

"This thing is called cement, which is a bit like lime powder. Try it out, it should be much better than lime powder." Xu Yi said.

Director Riley reached out and fished out a handful of cement from the cloth bag, and when he rubbed it casually, the fine powder fell from the palm of his hand.

As an engineering supervisor who has been on the construction site for many years and has grown up from the most ordinary worker, Director Riley knows that this thing really has extremely special characteristics just by touching it with his hand. The fine particles are far more than the lime powder usually used on their construction sites.

After rubbing it twice, Director Riley didn't say much nonsense. He picked up the shovel prepared according to Xu Yi's instructions, shoveled a shovel of cement, poured it into the fine sand next to it, mixed it with water and stirred it carefully.

Watching the cement, fine sand, and water gradually mix together, not only Director Riley, but also President Cruise's eyes gradually showed a strange color.

As the chairman of the Amri Chamber of Commerce, Chairman Cruise can naturally see the special features of cement.

After stirring evenly, Director Riley picked up a piece of masonry, skillfully plastered it with plaster, and then built it firmly on the wall.

There is no need to wait for the result after the cement dries. Just relying on the hand feel, Director Riley found that the mortar after mixing with cement is much better than the mortar mixed with lime powder before.

Watching Director Riley used up the pool of mud and built two layers of walls, President Cruise looked at Xu Yi and frowned deeply.

"President Xu, what do you mean?"

Xu Yi smiled lightly: "It's not interesting, I just found a cement formula from an ancient book, so I want two experts in this field to identify it."

Of course, the two of them wouldn't believe Xu Yi's nonsense. What ancient book recorded this kind of thing? Even if there is, do they, who have been in the construction industry all their lives, know about it?

But this is not the time to be honest with Xu Yi. President Cruise pondered for a while, then said solemnly, "President Xu, everyone is smart, so don't go around the corner. I admit it. I am very interested in this cement. If you are willing to hand over the formula, we will meet all conditions. We can talk."

Xu Yipi laughed without laughing: "President Cruise, you are too insincere? Hand over the recipe? Do you think this is possible?"

President Cruise fell silent. Of course he knew that Xu Yi would never agree to his request, but the performance of this cement was too good, so he couldn't help it.

After thinking for a while, President Cruise spoke again: "Okay, President Xu, put forward your conditions. Since you made a special trip to invite me here. Obviously, you still have the idea of ​​​​cooperating with me?"

"Of course. Otherwise, why would I waste my time?" Xu Yi pointed to the unused cement on the ground and said, "To be honest, President Cruise, this cement was only recently developed by our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It's successful, and it has just been put into mass production. I'm asking you to meet. I just want to tell you that there is such a thing now, do you know if you are interested in Amli Chamber of Commerce?"

President Cruise snorted coldly: "President Xu, don't ask yourself knowingly. How do you plan to sell this cement? How many of our Amli Chamber of Commerce will have it. Of course, everyone is a friend of the Federation, and I hope Don't give too much price."

Xu Yi laughed: "President Cruise, who do you think of me as Xu Yi? My price for this cement is six gold coins per ton. Do you think it's fair?"

"Only six gold coins?" President Cruise and Director Riley shouted at the same time. "This...this is too..."

Fortunately, both of them are shrewd people, so they barely swallowed the words "too cheap".

But judging from the shocked expressions on the faces of the two, it was obvious that they were both shocked by the price.

You must know that even for lime powder, the current market price is more than six gold coins per ton. The performance of this cement is obviously far beyond that of lime powder. The two have already prepared for Xu Yi's sky-high price. Unexpectedly, Xu Yi actually gave the same price as lime powder!

This price, of course, is too cheap!

"This... President Xu, are you telling the truth?" After a while, President Cruise asked with an expression of disbelief.

"Of course it's true, why should I lie to you?" Xu Yi smiled. "How? Do you think the price is fair?"

"Fair! Fair! Of course fair!" President Cruise nodded again and again. It seems that he is afraid that Xu Yi will regret it. After a pause, he said: "But President Xu, for the sake of everyone being friends of the Federation, I have a small request, and I would like you to agree."

"Speaking."

"Since you said that this cement has just started to be put into production in large quantities, then the output must not be very high, right? If so, no matter how much cement your chamber of commerce is producing now, our Ramley chamber of commerce will want all of it! And I also I can add a little more to the price, six and a half gold coins a ton, what do you think?"

Xu Yi looked embarrassed and thought about it for a while before slowly nodding: "Okay, President Lanke has already said that everyone is a fellow of the Federation, and we must help each other. Look. For this reason, the cement produced by our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce within two years will only be supplied to you Lumley Chamber of Commerce. In addition, I will also provide you with various uses of cement, such as reinforced concrete or something. …”

Hearing that Xu Yi only agreed to a two-year period, President Cruise and Director Riley were a little disappointed, but when they heard the "reinforced concrete" mentioned by Xu Yi later, their eyes lit up at the same time.

Since it is something that Xu Yi specifically proposed, it must have extraordinary performance.

As long as the Amli Chamber of Commerce can master the use of cement in advance, then the Amli Chamber of Commerce will inevitably make flying progress in the construction industry, maybe it will step out of Bangta City and become one of the best construction trade unions in the Lampari Kingdom !