Chapter 167: Marquis Southgate's Worries

Three days later, Marquis Southgate, Xu Yi and others returned to the Principality of Standing together.

If it is said that when he came here for the first time, Marquis Southgate just had a leisurely attitude to come and see, then when he came again this time, his goal was quite clear.

After conducting a detailed inspection of the automatic water supply system that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has basically rolled out in the Principality of Standing, he signed the first agreement with Xinfei Chamber of Commerce without hesitation.

The content of this agreement is to introduce an automatic water supply system from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce into the Maro Empire.

Of course, because this is only the first tentative cooperation, the scale of the agreement is not particularly large. Marquis Southgate just hopes to introduce the automatic water supply system to the small town on his private territory. The total coverage area is about It is less than five square kilometers. ,

According to estimates, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will provide Marquis Southgate with five sets of magic water pumps, as well as supporting automatic water supply pipes, air valves and other facilities. The total transaction amount was finally determined to be 48,000 gold coins after negotiation between the two parties.

If the same agreement is signed with the Lampari Kingdom or the Rulson Kingdom, the total transaction amount will actually be two or three thousand gold coins lower than this price, because the Marlow Empire is farther away from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The cost of transporting these magic water pump units and supporting equipment to them and installing them is much higher than that in the Kingdom of Lampari and the Kingdom of Rulson.

So although the price is higher, in fact, the profit that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce earns from it has dropped a bit.

However, since this is the first cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Marquis Southgate, it can also be regarded as the first cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Marlow Empire, which represents extremely significant significance. Then it is normal to give some discounts.

And in fact, with the automatic magic machine tools being assembled in various factories inside the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on a large scale. Now the cost and time consumed by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to produce most magic machines have been greatly reduced.

Even give some discounts. In fact, the profit obtained by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is much higher than that of the previous two years.

The automatic water supply system was something the Marquis Southgate had already decided on when he first came. Naturally, the signing of the agreement between the two parties went very smoothly.

However, for the roads that Marquis Southgate also attached great importance to and the magic communication network that Xu Yi only recommended to him this time, Marquis Southgate still made a detailed investigation before finally making up his mind.

It's just that it's okay to talk about the magic communication network. After all, Marquis Southgate can continue to use his territory for experiments, so he also signed a contract with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to introduce the magic communication network, involving a total amount of up to 70,000. An agreement of six thousand gold coins.

In terms of roads, the Marquis Southgate knew very well that just laying roads on his territory didn't make much sense. Therefore, after the tripartite talks with Xu Yi and Chairman Cruise, the representative of the Amley Chamber of Commerce, he decided to put it on hold for the time being. After he returned to the Maro Empire, he tried to persuade the Maro Empire Kingdom Council to approve the construction of a road connecting the Falk Kingdom. and the highway of Anglo City, the capital of the Maro Empire.

If there is no accident, when this road is successfully built, the road built by the Amrit Chamber of Commerce in the Falk Kingdom will also be completed at the same time, so that both the Falk Kingdom and the Maro Empire can be connected to the roads that are now all over Sainz. The highway transportation network in these countries in the southwest of the mainland makes it extremely convenient for the two sides to travel.

The straight-line distance between Anglo City and the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is even more than 3,000 kilometers. This time, the Marquis Southgate came all the way from Anglo City, and he just arrived at the Duchy of Drake, which is more than 1,300 kilometers away. The main city of Felois City has already spent nearly a month.

And when they arrived in Felois City. When they went to Anweimar City, the capital of King Lampari, which was more than 800 kilometers away, they only spent one day on the road.

This is the huge difference between having roads and not having roads.

If there is a road that leads directly to Anglo City. Then from Anglo City to the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the whole process even only takes a few days.

In addition to infrastructure, Marquis Southgate had already seen the convenience brought by the various household magic machines produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce last time, so how could he let it go.

So this time he directly signed an agreement with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, intending to cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to build several household magic machinery assembly factories on his private territory.

He even voluntarily gave up the two mines on the territory, and decided to conduct joint mining with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to share various mineral resources in them.

But he also made a request at the same time, that is, these mineral resources cannot flow out of the Maro Empire, so Xu Yi finally decided to jointly establish a steelmaking factory and a non-ferrous metal smelting factory with him on his private territory. These metal ores are smelted on the spot, and then directly sent to various household magic machinery factories jointly established by the two parties for use.

According to the plan proposed by Marquis Southgate, his ultimate goal is to copy the current model of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to his private territory, and make his private territory similar to the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. A "modern magic industrial base" like Bangta City.

This term, of course, was taught to him by Xu Yi.

"Master Marquis, I deeply admire your foresight and atmosphere. In this regard, I think you represent the attitude of the Maro Empire, which is far more open than the Candela Empire. I believe that you and the Maro Empire Will definitely benefit from that openness.”

Xu also saw Marquis Southgate sign his name on the last agreement reached by the two parties, and then press the seal, showing a satisfied smile.

Accompanying the Marquis of Southgate to run around to do investigations these days, and at the same time to keep negotiating and negotiating, it is really exhausting.

Now for the time being, it can finally be regarded as the dust has settled, and everyone is relieved.

The Marquis of Southgate was also a little tired, but his eyes were shining brightly, obviously his heart was not at peace.

"Haha, President Xu, our Maro Empire is of course much stronger than the decadent Candela Empire. Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce wants to find someone to cooperate with, and our Maro Empire is definitely an infinitely better choice than the Candela Empire." .”

If it is said that Marquis Southgate was only curious about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce when he first learned about those amazing household magic machines, then after the last and this in-depth understanding and investigation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he I have deeply felt the powerful power and unfathomable potential contained in Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

He is very sure that the emergence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has deeply affected several countries in the southwest corner of the mainland, and will definitely affect other countries in the future.

If the Maro Empire wakes up late in this regard, it will most likely put itself in a backward state.

Through his observations of these countries last time and this time along the way, especially the Kingdom of Lampari, which was most influenced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he was very convinced of this.

But he wasn't sure that he could convince those stubborn guys in the empire, so he didn't intend to persuade them, but planned to use reality to convince them directly.

As long as you bring things like the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce into the Maro Empire, and let everyone see the powerful charm contained in these magical machines, then there is no need for him to persuade, and there will be countless people in the empire flocking to it .

Thinking of this, Marquis Southgate glanced at Xu Yi and sighed inwardly.

In fact, compared to changes in infrastructure and household magic machines, he cared more about the military magic machines that he had heard rumors about but never seen examples of.

According to the situation revealed in the rumors, the military magic machinery of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is said to have extremely powerful power, which can easily increase the combat effectiveness of an army by several times.

The reason why the Lampari Kingdom can now easily suppress the Sark Kingdom, which had suppressed them for hundreds of years, is said to be because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce provided them with a large number of military magic machines.

For such an important thing, the Marquis of Southgate certainly hopes to see it through once, and introduce it to the Maro Empire under feasible conditions.

However, Xu Yi has always been tight-lipped about this aspect. Even if Marquis Southgate pretends to mention it accidentally every time, Xu Yi will immediately change the topic away.

After ascertaining Xu Yi's attitude, Marquis Southgate had no choice but to let go of this idea for the time being.

After all, it was the first time for the two parties to cooperate with each other, so Xu Yi should be more cautious.

When the two parties cooperate for a long time in the future, Marquis Southgate believes that there will be an opportunity to discuss military magic machinery with Xu Yi.

As Xu Yi himself said, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is also a chamber of commerce after all. He pays more attention to his identity as a businessman than his identity as a great magician. Since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has created military magic machines, he will definitely think of selling them. .

As long as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is willing to sell it, then of course anything can be said.

But among these considerations, there is a question that has been bothering Marquis Southgate, making him always a little uneasy.

The last time he came to the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he accidentally met Remito Russell, the deputy chief of staff of the Navy Command of the Candela Empire.

Marquis Southgate had directly confronted this guy on the battlefield before, and he also knew that he was listed as one of the people in the Candela Empire by the Marotti Army, and he knew that he was absolutely impossible to be the kind of person who would A guy who runs around with nothing to do.

Then the last time he appeared in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he must have a certain purpose.

What the Marquis Southgate was worried about was that his purpose might be related to the military magic machinery produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

It is even possible that the Candela Empire has privately reached some agreements with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on military magic machinery.

If this is true, then there is something really bad about it.

However, looking at Xu Yi who was always smiling, Marquis Southgate still firmly suppressed the doubts in his heart.

The future is long, but we can't rush it for a while. (To be continued..)