Chapter 8 Only the Lord in the Eyes
After visiting the Falling Rain Valley, Newman returned to the office center of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Xu Yi.
When the two were alone, Newman once again extended an invitation to Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time deepened the conversation between the two.
"President Xu, to be honest, I really don't understand why your country is still suppressing your chamber of commerce. After His Majesty King Willie knew about this, he was very surprised and at the same time didn't understand it. Like you The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which can greatly promote the development of the entire kingdom, is already a big mistake if it is not strongly supported, and even suppressing it, His Majesty King Willy and I are angry for you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce." Newman put on a look of indignation.
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Thanks to His Majesty King Willy and your concern and support, but this is the internal affairs of our Kingdom of Lampari. I think President Newman, you don't need to ask more."
Newman shook his head and sighed: "President Xu, I admit that this is an internal affair of your Lampari Kingdom, and I believe that with your ability, there will always be a solution. However, I hereby sincerely represent His Majesty King Willy. I would like to express to you that our Ruelson Kingdom will open the door to you and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce at any time. If you change your mind one day and want to develop in our Ruerson Kingdom, His Majesty King Willie will definitely express his great appreciation for this. welcome."
Xu Yi shrugged: "I hope I never have to meet that day."
It has to be said that Newman has actually been quite straightforward.
These words of his are simply digging a corner. If they are on Earth, I am afraid that they will be dealt with immediately as a crime of espionage.
However, the social form on the Sainz Continent is very different from that of the Celestial Dynasty on Earth. Strictly speaking, each country on this continent is actually a combination of various nobles. The king and even the emperor of the two empires are nothing more than The most powerful noble among them.
If the royal family or the family represented by the royal family is not strong enough, other nobles who nominally belong to the country want to break away and become independent. There is nothing too unusual in this continent.
For example, the Kingdom of Lampari was greatly weakened due to famine and turmoil more than ten years ago, and an earl who controlled a territory in the northeast of the kingdom transferred the entire territory to the kingdom of Sark in the north.
Although this earl is officially defined as a traitor and disgrace by the Kingdom of Lampari, it is completely different from the situation in the Celestial Empire on Earth. On the contrary, the ordinary people of Lampari Kingdom did not have many other reactions to this situation.
For ordinary people. The power of the royal family in the Lampari Kingdom has weakened, and it cannot control all the nobles in the kingdom. This kind of thing happens for granted, and there is no need to be surprised at all.
For the ordinary civilians in the Kingdom of Lampari and even the entire Sainz Continent, they don't have much national consciousness at all, they just inherited their previous habits. Instead, he is more concerned about how the lord who rules him treats him.
For example, before Bangta City, under the rule of Earl Satsuma, everyone was still living and working in peace and contentment. In the past two years, Bangta City has entered a stage of rapid development, making everyone's life better. The civilians have a high rate of support for him.
The Kingdom Council transferred him away, and the commoners in Bangta City privately scolded the Kingdom Council people for being idiots.
What made the civilians of Bangta City even more angry was that the replaced Earl Stark did a series of things after taking over as the city owner, which almost completely broke the previous prosperity of Bangta City. The lives of many people have been greatly affected.
Therefore, for this Earl Stark, the commoners of Bonta City did not have the slightest affection for him, and even despised him in private.
There were even many radical civilians after learning that Xu Yirong was promoted to Viscount of the Kingdom and acquired a territory. He ran directly to Xu Yi to swear allegiance, and vowed to become a subject under the rule of Viscount Xu Yi from now on.
In this Sainz Continent, this behavior has extremely important significance.
Because as long as this is done, it means that this commoner will completely become a citizen of the private domain of the Viscount Xu Yi in the future, and will no longer be protected by the laws of the kingdom because he is a citizen of the Lampari Kingdom. All actions depend on his lord.
In other words, Xu Yi, as a lord, can do anything to the people who have sworn allegiance by virtue of his identity as a lord, and no one else has any right to point fingers at it, let alone accuse him.
Or to put it in a more straightforward way, such people are almost equivalent to the slaves of the Viscount Xu Yi, but they are different from slaves in terms of identity.
Although Xu Yi rejected all of these people's oath of allegiance for other reasons, it can also be seen from this point that in fact, ordinary civilians on the Sainz Continent really don't have too many national concepts and belongings. Feeling, in his eyes only the nobles who are willing to serve and allegiance.
So theoretically, Newman's invitation to Xu Yi was not just a casual remark.
As long as Xu Yi is willing, he can bring the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to announce that he will leave the Kingdom of Lampari and join the Kingdom of Roulson.
Of course, in fact, if Xu Yi dared to do this, not to mention that other chambers of commerce in the Lampari Kingdom who have long been interested in the new flight business association can do so without any scruples, and the royal family alone will not let Xu go. as well as.
That's why Xu Yi said that he hoped that he would never meet that day, because if he did reach that kind of situation, it would prove that he and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce were in a very bad situation in the Lampari Kingdom.
Xu Yi has always only wanted to develop the magic industry well, but he is not willing to let the new flying merchants who carry his dreams fall into such fields.
Although Earl Stark now represents the stubborn old-fashioned parties in the kingdom to suppress the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, but in fact all this is still under control, Xu Yi has no worries about this, and will naturally refuse Newman's invitation and temptation. .
Seeing the expression on Xu Yi's face, Newman also felt that he was a little too hasty, so he smiled and stopped mentioning this matter, but changed the subject and began to discuss with Xu Yi about the magic power of this batch of farmland purchased this time. mechanical thing.
Before that, a batch of farmland magic machines had already been transported to the Ruelson Kingdom and played a huge role in the spring ploughing a few months ago.
His Majesty King Willie of the Ruelson Kingdom and many nobles in the kingdom have seen the great role played by these farmland magic machines, so they asked Newman to ask the New Flying Chamber of Commerce for more information about the farmland magic machines. Order.
This time, the order for a total of 50,000 various farmland magic machinery was delivered. It will be transported to the Ruerson Kingdom within this month, and then strive to distribute it to various places in the Ruerson Kingdom before the autumn ploughing.
"According to the estimates of the Kingdom's Agricultural Administration, there are probably more than 500,000 farmland magic machines in the kingdom." Newman said sternly: "If such a large demand is purchased and shipped back from here, I think it is an extreme It's a big waste. So President Xu. I can understand that you don't want to relocate the entire Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to our Roulson Kingdom, but I hope that your Chamber of Commerce should at least invest in our Roulson Kingdom to build a farmland magic machinery. the factory? Or... simply transfer the technology for producing farmland magic machinery to us?"
Xu Yi shook his head: "Transferring technology is temporarily impossible. However, investing in building a factory can be considered."
Hearing Xu Yi's relaxed tone, Newman was overjoyed, and quickly said: "Then we have decided that, your new flying chamber of commerce will invest in our Roulson Kingdom to build a factory for the production of farmland magic machinery. Then all subsequent orders will be delivered. It's done by this factory, what do you think, President Xu?"
"Don't be so impatient." Xu Yi smiled and waved his hand. "The production of farmland magic machinery is not just about building a factory, the most important thing is the relevant personnel and materials. Let's not talk about the materials, in our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, we can skillfully produce farmland magic machinery, but most of them are They are all dwarf workers, but there are not many qualified human workers at present. Do you think it is appropriate for me to send these dwarf workers to your Ruelson Kingdom as well?”
"Dwarf?" Newman frowned.
Almost all countries on the Sainz Continent have the same attitude towards different races other than humans.
This is the contact between different races, and the contact between human nations is a completely different issue.
When it comes to racial issues, no matter what country it is, they are very cautious.
Although the Lampari Kingdom is represented by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. It has made a very good example of this kind of thing, proving that human beings and interracial contact are not as difficult as most human beings imagined before, but no matter who they are, they will always be extremely cautious on this kind of issue.
Newman was no exception. He pondered for a while before saying: "In this case, I think I must go back and make a report to His Majesty King Willy, and then make a decision after careful study." After that, he sighed and continued. Dao: "It's just that it will take a lot of time. When the final decision is made, then your new pilot will invest in building a factory. I'm afraid it will take a year at the earliest."
"A year is not that long." Xu Yi smiled. "And I have another proposal. Although the main skilled workers who produce magic machine tools such as farmland magic machines are all dwarves, the production of household magic machines in our chamber of commerce is basically done by human workers. So I think, Before investing in a magic machine tool factory, it's better to invest in a home magic machine factory."
Newman was slightly taken aback: "Household magic machinery factory?"
"Yes. The production of household magic machinery has relatively low requirements, and only human workers can be used, so I think you can go to your Ruelson Kingdom to invest in the construction of a factory for the production of household magic machinery. My consideration The first is to produce magic fans and magic rice cookers, because you have already mastered the technology and can cooperate with our chamber of commerce for joint production." Xu Yi added. "My main consideration for this is that we can first explore and discuss this cooperation model, so that we can continue to deepen cooperation in the future."
Newman couldn't help but nodded and praised: "President Xu, your consideration is very necessary. Yes, we can get acquainted with the cooperation model of the two parties first, and it will be easier to do other cooperation in the future."
Xu Yi nodded slightly: "Yes. If the cooperation in the early stage is pleasant, it is not impossible for our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to choose a joint venture with your Roulson Chamber of Commerce to produce farmland magic machinery."
Although Xu Yi said this in a calm tone, Newman was shocked and couldn't help staring at Xu Yi with wide eyes.
According to the definition of "joint venture" in Xu Yi's previous words, that is to say, it is possible for him to transfer the technology for producing farmland magic machinery?