Chapter 145 Is It Really a Country?

Xu Yi only stayed in Faraday City for one day, and then set off directly to the three mines that were scheduled to be sold under the guidance of the two ministers sent by the Grand Duke of Anklu and Standin.

Here, Xu Yi met two dwarves from the Norma tribe that he had sent a month in advance.

According to the information provided by the two dwarves who came to explore these three mines in advance, the minerals of these three mines are extremely rich, and the two iron mines are even higher than the mine that Xu Yi snatched from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce before. much bigger.

According to the estimated price of 700,000 gold coins of the iron ore, the value of these two iron ore mines alone has exceeded 1.5 million gold coins.

And this value estimate was last year. According to the current situation of soaring iron ore prices, the value of these two iron mines may have exceeded two million gold coins.

Although the increased cost of mining in the Principality of Standing must also be taken into account, the Duchy of Standing is selling the permanent mining rights when selling these three mines, not the time limit like the Kingdom of Lampari, so it is still calculated. Good deal.

Of course, the so-called permanent mining right is just a lie before the state power.

But given the situation at another copper mine, those risks are trivial.

According to the reports of the two dwarves, this copper mine is even richer than the two iron mines.

This was a surprise to Xu Yi.

The main goal of his visit this time is the copper mine, and this copper mine is so rich, it is really rewarding.

Because two dwarves had done exploration in advance, Xu Yi's visit to these three mines was just a passing scene. Just look everywhere. By the way, I inspected the roads and specific environments near these three mines. Back to Faraday City.

For the next three days, Xu Yi has been negotiating with the Grand Duke Standing and his subordinates.

Maybe it was because the subordinates reported that Xu Yi was very satisfied with the three mines during the inspection process, or maybe the price of 1.5 million gold coins offered by Xu Yi gave them confidence. At the beginning of the negotiation, Archduke Standin directly quoted a high price of two million.

Although seriously, buying these three mines with two million gold coins is a big profit for Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but of course Xu Yi can't just agree. So he expressed strong opposition to this, and counted the various unfavorable situations of the three mines, and directly suppressed the price to one million gold coins.

Archduke Standing and several of his subordinates were still very loud when they first started negotiating, and they looked righteous, but in the end, Xu Yi still took the initiative in this negotiation.

Except for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, almost no other chamber of commerce in the entire continent is willing to invest in such a remote and backward place as the Principality of Standing. Xu Yi made their only choice, and they had no choice at all.

What's more, all the unfavorable situations that Xu Yi picked out directly pointed the finger at the backwardness of various infrastructures in the Principality of Standing. Make them unable to refute at all.

So this negotiation that Xu Yi had expected would be very difficult, but it only took a mere three days to settle the matter.

In the end, the Duchy of Standing and Xu Yi settled on a price of 1.35 million gold coins.

For those three extremely rich mines. This price can be regarded as the price of cabbage, which makes the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a big bargain.

Of course, there is still a lot of preparatory work to be done in order to actually mine these three mines.

The backwardness of the Principality of Standin, especially the backwardness of the traffic conditions, has a very serious impact on the mining of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so Xu Yi plans to return to Bangta City, the first thing is to let the Amli Chamber of Commerce build a road leading to it. Highways in the Principality of Standing.

When Xu Yi told the Grand Duke Standing about this decision, he immediately made Grand Duke Standing and several ministers cheer—although they didn't even know what a highway was.

After finally ending the negotiation and reaching a preliminary agreement, Xu Yi did not intend to continue to stay in the Principality of Standing, and planned to leave for the Kingdom of Lampari the next day.

On the night of the end of the negotiation, Anklu, who had not appeared in the past few days, suddenly appeared in front of Xu Yi.

Seeing Anklu's drunken appearance, Xu was also a little surprised.

From the first time I saw Anklu, whenever Xu Yi saw him, he was shrewd, capable and energetic, as if he would never fall, and Xu Yi was at the banquet in Anweimar City. I knew from the above that his alcohol intake was very good, how could he suddenly get himself drunk today?

You must know that the people of the Principality of Standing are not very good at drinking, and it is not easy to find the wine that can be drunk in this country.

"Xu...President Xu...Congratulations...Congratulations..." Anklu burped, and said to Xu Yi with an expression that didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Xu Yi frowned and motioned for the two maids from Patriarch Wei Lun to help Anklu into the small two-story wooden building that Grand Duke Standing had built in advance to entertain him, and then let the maids soak them with a towel. Put cold water on his face.

Although the winter in the Principality of Standing is not cold at all, the cold water is still very cold on winter nights.

Agitated by the cold water, Anklu woke up a little, opened his eyes and glanced at Xu Yi, spit out a long breath of alcohol, wiped his face with a towel, sat up and looked at Xu Yi for a while, then suddenly said: "President Xu, can you accompany me for a few words?"

Xu Yi thought for a while, then waved and repelled the two maids.

Uncle struggled to get up, walked out of the small building, and sat down facing a small lake with beautiful scenery behind the small building.

Xu Yi also sat down beside him, watching him waiting for him to speak.

After a while, Anklu suddenly opened his mouth and revealed a self-deprecating smile: "President Xu, do you think I'm an idiot?"

Xu Yi shook his head in shock: "Why do you think so? If you are an idiot, I think most people in this country are idiots?"

Hearing Xu Yi's answer, Anklu suddenly burst into laughter, before slowly stopping after a while. Pointing at Xu Yi, he nodded and said, "Okay. President Xu. You finally speak your mind. Sure enough, in your opinion, most of the people in our country are idiots. Yes, they are all idiots!"

Seeing that Anklu suddenly became angry after saying that, Xu Yi couldn't help frowning.

He didn't quite understand, why did Ankro suddenly turn into such a cynical appearance after not seeing him for a few days?

Is it because the Archduke Standing and the ministers excluded him from the negotiating lineup?

"Anglu, what are you trying to say?" Xu Yi didn't plan to go around in circles with someone who was drunk, it didn't make sense.

Anklu glanced at Xu Yi. He hiccupped again, hehe smiled and said, "What do I want to say? I want to say... I'm really an idiot. If I wasn't an idiot, why would I take the initiative to sell my country?"

"If you're referring to the sale of these three mines, I think you're going too far." Xu Yi shook his head. "It's just the sale of a few mines, not to mention that the Duchy of Standing has also gained corresponding benefits, isn't it?"

"Corresponding interests?" Uncle sneered. "Do you mean the 1.35 million gold coins? Tell you, these gold coins will only fall into the pockets of Your Excellency the Grand Duke and those dirty guys. For the entire principality, a single copper coin is impossible. Got it. Oh, well. Maybe when the road you mentioned is built, the principality will really gain a little bit. But a road? Ha! What can a road change?"

"You forgot. If the three mines start mining, they can also create a lot of job opportunities." Xu Yi reminded.

Anklu turned his head sharply and stared at Xu Yi: "President Xu, tell the truth, do you really plan to hire workers from our principality? Instead of sending someone from the Kingdom of Lampari?"

Xu Yi was at a loss for words, because he did have this plan.

Seeing that Xu Yi did not answer, Anklu sneered suddenly.

"I got it right? That's right, it's not just you, even me, I really can't stand the people of the principality. They are too lazy, even if you give them work, they may not be willing to do it. If I were you, I would also choose to send someone from the Kingdom of Lampari."

Xu Yi was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Anglu, I can see that you love this country deeply, and you really want to do something for the Principality of Standing to make this country stronger. But I always have a question. , do you...do you really think that the Principality of Standing is a country?"

Anklu was suddenly stunned, and after a while, two lines of tears suddenly fell from the corners of his eyes.

After a while, Anklu cried out loudly, howling hard while crying, but Xu Yi couldn't hear what he was shouting at all.

Perhaps it was due to the discomfort caused by emotional excitement and loud shouting. It didn't take long for Anklu to cough again, and then he lay on the floor of the small building and began to vomit at the lake.

Xu Yi turned his head and summoned the two maids and asked them to prepare toiletries for Anklu and a clean bed, and then looked back at him lying on the floor, vomiting and crying, looking extremely painful. Anklu sighed inwardly.

In fact, this question has been in his heart for a long time, but he has never had the opportunity to ask it.

Although he only came to the Principality of Standing for a few days, Xu Yi, based on his own observations, found that the so-called Principality of Standing actually did not have the concept of a country at all in a strict sense.

First of all, this country is nominally ruled by the Grand Duke Standin, but in fact the Grand Duke Standin only controls the area around Faraday City. Strictly speaking, it is only about the same level as Patriarch Wei Lun, that is, the area under control is slightly larger. Just some.

Secondly, from the point of view of the ordinary citizens of the Principality of Standing who Xu Yi has come into contact with these days, they actually have no concept of a country at all.

For these ordinary people, they only know which great noble is in charge of them, and they have never considered what the Principality of Standing does.

Even if they are dissatisfied with the great nobles who govern their own area, the people can go to another great noble's territory, or simply hide in any corner. As long as it is not a special situation, they can ignore the leaders above. who is it.

Simply put, the Principality of Standing can only be regarded as a geographical term, but not a country at all.

If you compare it with the situation on Earth, the Principality of Standing is actually more like a United Nations of Chiefs, a place where chiefs such as Patriarch Weilun and Archduke Standing who control various areas are united.

And because Archduke Standing's family has always been the most powerful of these chiefs, he has the most say.

But what the Grand Duke of Standing said might not work in the Principality of Standing. The reason why the three mines were sold was because they were all in the area controlled by the Grand Duke of Standing.

If it is a mine in an area controlled by other great nobles, it is not something he can sell if he wants.

For these reasons, Xu Yi asked Anklu this question.

It's just that he didn't expect that Anklu's reaction would be so intense.

The people who talk about the Principality of Standing all the time at this time may really treat the Principality of Standing as a complete country from the bottom of their hearts, and want to improve the situation of this country and let the people in the Principality get better. People's lives are also more prosperous.

But the reality is too cruel. He finally brought Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the Principality of Standing, and successfully persuaded Xu Yi to invest here.

However, Grand Duke Standing and his several so-called "ministers" just wanted to make some money from Xu Yi, and didn't have any idea to consider the entire Duchy of Standing.

Faced with this situation, how can Anklu not feel lonely? (To be continued..)