Two days later, the convoy left Batlu City, which had been in a three-day steuf, and set out on the road to the city of Sewell.

The medium-sized magic bus kept jolting on the dirt and gravel road outside Batrou, driving the bodies of Xu Yi and the other researchers at the Magic Machine Tool R&D Center in the car to shake slightly.

The researchers, led by the dwarf Camby, are gathering to discuss and study the work that will begin after arriving at the city of Telsell, and the atmosphere inside the car is extremely lively.

However, Xu Yi was extremely silent, don't look at the regressing scenery outside the window, frown slightly, and have been in deep thought.

His eyes swept over the dilapidated houses that kept flashing on both sides of the road, and the expression on Xu Yi's face became more and more solemn.

He is facing an important choice at the moment, but he is unable to make up his mind because of his concerns.

Camby, who was on the side, temporarily stopped discussing, turned his head and saw the strange look on Xu Yi's face, and couldn't help asking, "President, what's wrong with you? Since the day before yesterday and Count Longli went out for a spin, why do you always have this expression? Could it be that Count Longli did something to make you embarrassed?"

Xu Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly.

"While it is not wrong to say that the Earl of Longley is embarrassing me, the truth is that I am embarrassing myself. ”

"What do you mean?" Camby looked puzzled.

Xu Yi stared at a small village of low-rise and dilapidated houses on the far side of the road for a while, and suddenly asked, "Camby, if you decide to do something that can help many people, you may put yourself in a very dangerous situation. What would you choose?"

Canby frowned, "It depends on whether those people are worth helping." It also depends on whether the danger you face is very strong. What? What did Count Longley tell you, he probably wanted to invite you to invest in Batroux City?"

Xu Yi stared at Camby with wide eyes in surprise.

He had always thought that the dwarves like Camby were slow to react to such things, but he didn't expect him to tell the truth so keenly.

"Well, the Earl of Longley did make an invitation, and he did do so with great sincerity, and I must admit that I was impressed by him. Xu Yi nodded.

Thinking of the contact with the Earl of Longli these days. Xu Yi felt a little strange in his heart.

In the past few years, with the rapid development of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Xu Yi has come into contact with a large number of nobles in the Lampari Kingdom, and the quality of them is good and bad in his opinion.

Good nobles can coexist peacefully with commoners, and can even extend all kinds of help to commoners within their own scope, while bad nobles will use the privileges of nobles to oppress commoners and satisfy their own desires.

And most of the nobles adhered to the tradition of the aristocracy, basically in two different classes from the commoners, each with nothing to do with it, as if they were people from two worlds.

But no matter what. Xu Yi didn't see any nobleman like the Earl of Longli, who could really get along with ordinary commoners on an equal footing. He even wholeheartedly worked to improve the lives of the civilians under his rule.

Xu Yi is not sure whether the Count of Longli is acting, but from the previous people's evaluation of the old Count Longley, and the attitude of the commoners of Batroux City towards the Count of Longli when he got along with the Count of Longli in the past few days, it can be seen that the attitude of the Count of Longli should be quite sincere.

After all, it is easy for him to cheat alone, but it is difficult for all the civilians in Batru City to cheat together.

Even putting aside whether or not to act, just from the attitude that Count Longli showed on the surface and the significance of this matter, Xu Yi had to seriously consider his suggestion.

Investing in Batlu City is not so difficult for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

Although it is true that Batlu City is extremely poor, and in fact the whole city does not have very good resources, but with the observation of the past few days, Xu Yi has been able to find several ways to develop Batlu City, and after field investigations, he feels that it is quite feasible.

The only thing that Batlu City lacks is money, and this is exactly what the current Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not lack.

If he agrees to the invitation of the Earl of Longley, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will come to Batru City to invest heavily, which means that Batrou City, a city that openly supports His Royal Highness Prince Eric, has actually begun to cooperate with His Royal Highness Princess Sevigny's supporter.

No one will think that it is the New Flying Chamber of Commerce that wants to switch to His Royal Highness Prince Eric, but only that it will only make people think that it is Count Longli who wants to betray His Royal Highness.

The reason is that the balance of power between the two sides is too great.

Although Count Longli is the lord of a city and a dignified earl, Batru City is the weakest and poorest city in the northeastern province, and the city lord of Longli does not have much power in his hands.

And the new flying chamber of commerce is different.

As the Lampari Kingdom's most rapidly developing new chamber of commerce, which is regarded by everyone as a new type of chamber of commerce with unlimited prospects, the power and potential that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has now are far from being comparable to the city lord of a poor city.

There is also a huge disparity in the level of support given to His Royal Highness Prince Eric and His Royal Highness Princess Sevigny.

But despite this, the symbolism of the event is enormous.

If Count Longli really chooses to invite the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to invest in Batlu City and fully cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then it will inevitably be regarded as a betrayal by His Royal Highness Prince Eric.

And this is tantamount to a very bad start for many people, which means that the side that supports His Royal Highness Prince Eric is not monolithic, and there is a split within itself.

If this incident becomes a reality, Xu Yi can fully imagine how angry His Royal Highness Prince Eric will be and how severe the consequences will be.

Therefore, when he heard this invitation clearly from the Earl of Longli to himself, although Xu Yi had been mentally prepared for a long time, he was still very surprised.

"Are you really sure you want to do this, Count Longley, are you sure you know what the consequences of doing so will be?"

Xu Yi still remembers the bitterness and helplessness in the expression on Count Longli's face when he answered this question, as well as the deep firmness in it.

"Of course I do. But compared to the lives and even survival of tens of thousands of people in the entire city of Batru, the name of betrayal is nothing. For this goal, our Longli family has been working hard for several generations, and now I have this opportunity in front of me, if I don't grasp it, how can I be worthy of the predecessors of the family, how can I be worthy of the people of Batru City!"

"Are you sure that if you do this, your father will not feel that you have betrayed him?"

"The reason why my father chose to support His Royal Highness Prince Eric in the first place was because His Royal Highness affirmed that he would give priority to ensuring that all the civilians in the kingdom could have enough to eat, but now in order to confirm his military merits, he did not care about the lives of the civilians, but instead added a huge and unbearable burden to the city of Batru. If my father was still here, I was afraid that he would be the first to reprimand him. ”

Earl Longli's clear answer made Xu Yi understand why he made such a choice that would definitely shock everyone, but it made Xu Yi also fall into a dilemma.

In the past few days, he and Count Longli have been walking around inside and outside Batrou City, naturally not for fun, but under the leadership of Count Longley, they have made a detailed investigation of the environment inside and outside Batrou City.

In the past few days, Xu also found that Batru City is worthy of being the poorest city in the northeastern province, not to mention that most of the ordinary peasants outside the city are like the old Har family, and they can't even solve the most basic food and clothing problems, even the residents in the city whose family conditions are slightly better, they can only barely survive.

Not to mention that compared with Bang Ta City, which has now developed rapidly and become wealthy, it cannot be compared with any city that Xu Yi has visited.

Of course, Xu Yi hopes that with the investment of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he can drive the development of Batrou City and improve the lives of these poor people.

But if he did this, not only would Count Longli face a very strict problem, but Xu Yi himself would also face difficulties.

His Royal Highness Prince Eric will think that Count Longli is a betrayal, but he will also think that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce is completely provoking or even challenging them by doing so.

If this is done, it will most likely upset the fragile balance between His Royal Highness Prince Eric and His Royal Highness Queen Sevigny, and truly oppose the two sides, which are barely peaceful coexistence.

Xu Yi could not afford to divide the kingdom of Lampari, so he could not easily agree to Count Longli, so he could only tell Count Sù Longli that he would consider it, leaving him with a glimmer of hope.

As for whether or not to agree to do so, Xu Yi must return to Bonta City to discuss with Her Royal Highness the Queen of Sevigny.

This matter is no longer just a matter of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Count Longli naturally knew Xu Yi's concerns, and did not force Xu Yi to agree immediately, but more warmly entertained the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and his party, fully reflecting his sincerity.

It's just that when he was about to leave to see him off, Count Longli's eyes made Xu Yi feel a little overwhelmed.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly again.

It would have been nice if Lampari XIII hadn't given birth to so many children, or if he had simply determined that one of them would be the heir to the throne, so that everyone wouldn't have to fight each other for a throne and thus consume the power of the Lampari kingdom for nothing.

Now that the form of the Lampari kingdom has become like this, he, the king, should actually bear the primary responsibility.

For so long, however, His Majesty the King remained completely out of the way, neither making any final decision nor expressing his preference for one side or the other.

It's like...... It was as if he was deliberately trying to make things look like this.

What does this King want to do? (To be continued......