Chapter 74 What to Pay For?

After being rejected by Xu Yi, the Elders Alucia and Lisanya did not bring up the matter again for a while, but concentrated on helping Xu Yi master the special meditation method of the elves.

After more than a month of continuous and careful teaching, Xu Yi finally fully mastered this special meditation method that is very different from human magicians.

The elves were originally human teachers in magic. Although the elves have been weak for thousands of years, they have always been far ahead of humans in the study of magic. There are many very unique and excellent places in magic.

This particular form of meditation is one of them.

After mastering the special meditation method of the elves, Xu Yi tried to meditate in this way once, and he could clearly find that the speed of mana recovery and improvement he obtained during meditation was much stronger than before.

Although this is partly due to the fact that his body, which has been "washed" several times by the two elders, is more adaptable to the flow of magic power, but this special way of meditation undoubtedly contributes the most.

If according to the previous speed, Xu Yi's magic power has steadily increased, he must be over forty years old, the strength of his magic power is enough to control space magic, and he can be regarded as truly stepping into the ranks of great magicians. But with the current way of meditation, Xu Yi's magic power increase speed is greatly increased, and at least this time can be saved by a small half.

To be more optimistic, Xu Yi can even increase his magic power to the level of a great magician after the age of thirty-five.

As for the study of magic, it depends on Xu Yi's own comprehension.

However, this problem was precisely the one that bothered Xu Yi the most, and it was also a problem that the great magician Camilla and the two elders were very helpless.

What Xu Yi attaches the most importance to is always the development of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the magic industry. His interest in magic could only come second.

Therefore, he will never be able to fully devote himself to the study of magic like other magicians, and naturally the speed of improvement cannot reach the limit.

The only consolation is that Xu Yi's talent is indeed outstanding, and his understanding of magic is far beyond that of ordinary magicians.

Generally speaking, as long as his magic power can keep up. There is no magic that he cannot master.

So in the final analysis, he still has to wait for his magic power to rise to the level of a great magician before he can really launch an impact on the realm of a great magician.

However, there is no shortcut to the accumulation and improvement of magic power. Even if Xu Yi has mastered the special meditation method of the elves and greatly increased the speed of magic power growth, he still has to meditate every day. Accumulate magic power little by little, and wait until that day comes. Regarding this point, neither the great magician Camilla nor the two elders could do anything about it, so after Xu Yi really mastered the special meditation method of the elves, the two elders left separately. back to their tribe.

Before leaving, they still didn't propose marriage to Xu Yi again, which made Xu Yi think that they had really given up on this idea.

For the improvement of his magic strength, Xu Yi almost delayed for nearly two months. After the two elders left, he temporarily recovered from his crazy research on magic, and immediately found that he had accumulated a lot of things that needed to be solved. He handles it.

In mid-August, when the weather is the hottest. Xu also appeared in the joint production base of several chambers of commerce on the Black Rice Wasteland.

In fact, it is not accurate to call this place a production base now, because since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce really moved out of Bangta City and even the entire Lampari Kingdom, other chambers of commerce in Bangta City have also moved here one after another. This production base, which originally occupied an area of ​​less than 20,000 square meters, has expanded dozens of times.

Now this area already has an industrial area composed of countless large and small factories of all kinds, as well as a large residential area built by the Amley Chamber of Commerce, consisting of contiguous and regular houses, and dotted with a wide variety of format shops. constitute the living area.

Adding some special facilities like the training bases of the guards of various chambers of commerce, the base trade management center, etc., this entire area occupies a huge area of ​​nearly ten square kilometers, which is comparable to that in the Kingdom of Lampari. A medium city size.

And this area is concentrated because of various chambers of commerce. The dense factories lead to a very large population here. The level of prosperity is even comparable to that of the previous Bangta City.

Chairman Cruise of the Amley Chamber of Commerce once suggested that this place should be developed as a brand new city, and a city wall should be built around the periphery. Arrange the defensive facilities according to the appearance of a city, so as to prevent the harassment of some unsightly orcs.

But this proposal was rejected by Xu Yi.

The main reason for the veto is that this is just a commercial area jointly created by various chambers of commerce. First of all, it does not have the foundation to become an ordinary city.

Without administrative leadership, even though most chambers of commerce would respect the opinions of Xu Yi and Xinfei chamber of commerce, it would still be difficult to unify everyone.

Secondly, Xu Yi didn't want to turn this place into a traditional city on the Sainz Continent. He hoped to make it a free trade center, and at the same time, the magic industry center of the entire Sainz Continent.

The Black Rice Wasteland is a very rare land of anarchy caused by the occupation of the orcs on the entire Sainz continent, but it is very suitable for re-establishing a new order here.

Xu Yi has this ambition, and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce also has this strength, so from the very beginning, Xu Yi and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have been promoting this concept to everyone.

This place is a city of freedom and a city of commerce.

Of course, although this place cannot really be regarded as a traditional city, it can still be named like a city.

Out of laziness, it was finally named Black Rice City.

There is no city lord's mansion or city guards in Heimi City. Basically, all matters, large and small, are decided by the Chamber of Commerce in Heimi City.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is one of the permanent directors of the Chamber of Commerce. As the chairman of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Xu Yi has a very high status in the Chamber of Commerce and has a strong influence in the entire Black Rice City.

Even Varian Landis, the admiral of the Western Army of the Lampari Kingdom, who has more than 30,000 Lampari Kingdom regular troops in his hands, will act extremely warm and polite every time he sees Xu Yi, without revealing anything. Don't show any condescending look when meeting other businessmen.

"President Xu, I have been waiting for more than a month, and I didn't expect you to show up today." Varian Landis said with a sad face.

Xu Yi laughed: "I'm sorry, Admiral Landis, I have been busy with a very important matter some time ago, and I really couldn't get out. But Kennard said that he had a very pleasant contact with you during this period, which made you feel happy. I don't need to worry too much."

"Of course, of course." Admiral Landis nodded repeatedly. "I took the initiative to invite you, President Xu, to come here, but I should be the one who needs to worry about something."

Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "Master Admiral is serious. Regarding your needs, Kennard has already told me in detail, and he also told me many details. In principle, I have no reason to object, because this It's just an ordinary transaction. If you want to buy the military magic machinery produced by our chamber of commerce, we also want to sell it. This is normal. But..."...

Admiral Landis did not speak, but stared at Xu Yi, waiting for him to continue.

Seeing that Admiral Landis did not take the initiative to bring it up, Xu Yi could only cough lightly, and continued: "But Admiral, are you sure that this transaction will not be interfered by King Lampari's Ministry? Admiral, maybe You don't know, I actually still have the post of staff officer of King Lampari's Ministry, and I still understand some taboos in the military department very well."

Admiral Landis smiled: "Kennard has asked me this question several times, and I always answer him that there is no need to worry. Now, President Xu, you ask me again, and I still give the same answer. President Xu , you don’t have to worry about anything, I promise on my own reputation that the military department will never interfere with this transaction.”

"Well, since the admiral has pledged his reputation, of course I believe it." Xu Yi nodded. "Then let's move on to the next question. Admiral, to put it bluntly, I can be sure that your Zhenxi Army will not be able to spend that much money. Then how do you plan to pay our chamber of commerce for the purchase of those military magic machines?" What about gold coins?"

Admiral Landis obviously talked about Xu Yihui's question a long time ago. After hearing the question, he just smiled, then waved to Xu Yi, and led him into a side hall next to the living room.

The furnishings in the side hall are very simple, but there is a large map hanging on the wall facing the door, almost covering the entire wall.

Admiral Landis went straight to the edge of the map, picked up a wooden stick like a pointer, and pointed it a little above the map.

"President Xu, have you seen the sign here? This is an iron mine." Admiral Landis said.

Xu Yi glanced at the red dot on the map on the stick and nodded slightly.

Admiral Landis shifted the wooden stick a bit, and pointed it at another red dot.

"See the sign here? This is also an iron mine."

Xu Yi nodded again, but he was a little puzzled.

Admiral Landis then clicked on the map several times, pointing out that those marks represented several iron mines, several magic crystal mines, and two non-ferrous metal mines.

"President Xu, do you think these mines are enough to pay for the purchase of military magic machinery from you?" Admiral Landis asked.

Xu Yi was stunned, and looked again at the marks on the map that Admiral Landis had just clicked on, and asked in amazement: "Admiral, if I read correctly, the mineral veins you just mentioned are all in the Is it within the Kingdom of Sark?"

Admiral Landis showed a dangerous smile.

"It's good because it's located in the kingdom of Sark. If it's in the kingdom of Lampari, I can't make an offer."

Xu Yi instantly caught Admiral Landis' true intentions from his words, and couldn't help shrinking his eyes slightly.

This admiral...is really crazy.