Chapter 124: A choice must be made
Being turned away from Lemat City naturally ruined the original plan of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce convoy to rest in Lemat City.
As the entire convoy left the road and entered the only old dirt road that connected to the north that could accommodate a magic locomotive, the speed inevitably slowed down.
Before he got out of the confines of Lemat City, it was already late.
Watching the night fall, Xu Yi gave up the idea of looking for a village to borrow from, and ordered the convoy to camp in the wilderness.
Fortunately, Xu Yi attached great importance to this investment in Sewell City, which is close to the front kilometer away from Bonta City, and had made all preparations before departure, so he naturally took this accident into account and had a corresponding plan.
The freight magic locomotives in the fleet are not all factory construction materials such as magic machines that are transported to Thurwell, but also a series of corresponding daily necessities.
Under Xu Yi's order, the staff of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce of the team worked together to move a series of emergency living materials such as emergency tents and quilts, and soon set up a small camp in the open space next to the road.
In addition to these basic daily necessities, the convoy even brought a few household magic machines with them.
With the magic crystals that had been prepared long ago, several magic stoves were soon lit in the camp, and a moment later, the aroma of food was already wafting through the entire camp.
The dwarves even pulled out a large pour of wine from the freight magic locomotive and poured a large bowl for everyone in the convoy.
Suddenly, the aroma of wine mixed with the aroma of food made the whole camp seem to be full of life all of a sudden, and it didn't look like a convoy that was being transported for a long time. It's more like a team that specializes in camping and traveling.
Xu Yi glanced at it, and the expression on his face was a little embarrassed. But he still hugged Camby, who came over with a barrel thicker than his waist. He snorted softly: "Camby, I remember telling you that you are not allowed to drink alcohol at work, right?
Camby smiled awkwardly, "Lord, isn't it time to get off work at night...... Rest assured, I can assure you that all of us didn't get a drop of wine during the day, and we didn't get down to business!"
Xu Yi snorted, but still lifted the bowl beside him.
Camby was overjoyed. Lifting the wine barrel, he fell towards the bowl in Xu Yi's hand.
It can be seen that he is extremely skilled in this action, holding such a large wine barrel, he can actually make the wine in the barrel perfectly fill the bowl in Xu Yi's hand without splashing, and there is no waste at all.
Xu Yi leaned over and sniffed it, only to feel the aroma of the wine, and couldn't help but praise it.
"Good wine!"
Camby laughed, "How's it going, President, this wine is good, isn't it?"
"Well, it smells good, I just don't know how it tastes. ”
Xu Yi picked up the bowl and took a sip. I only feel that this wine is soft in the mouth, but the wine tastes mellow. Holding it in your mouth is like melting half of your mouth.
When I drank it in my stomach, I only felt a wave of heat rushing from my throat to my stomach, but it didn't feel spicy, but it just made people feel hot all over their bodies, just enough to expel all the cold from the outside world.
Although Xu Yi is not a person who likes to drink, he still feels that the taste of this wine is good, and he can't help but take another big sip.
Feeling that his body was warmed up by the strength of the wine, Xu Yi nodded approvingly: "Very good, this wine tastes good, and it can keep out the cold, but it is quite suitable for the current situation." ”
Seeing that he finally got Xu Yi's approval, the smile on Camby's face instantly became extremely bright, and he laughed and said, "I knew that you would definitely like it, President." ”
Xu Yi took another sip, thought for a while and asked, "This wine doesn't seem to be produced by Thatch Manor, could it be made by your winery?"
"Yes, this is the first batch of wine that our Dwarven Distillery has ever made, and how do you think it compares to the wines of Thatch Manor?" asked Camby with a smug expression.
Xu Yi gave him a thumbs up: "Very good, not bad at all compared to the wine of Saatchi Manor." By the way, your Dwarven Distillery has been preparing for such a long time, when are you ready to start mass production and selling? I remember having all the brewing equipment ready two months ago, right?"
"The patriarch and the patriarch of Monto said that they would launch it during the Chinese New Year, just enough to make a name for themselves, so they delayed the time a little. Camby replied.
"That's it......" Xu Yi glanced at the pure color and aromatic wine in the bowl in his hand, and then looked at the thick wine barrel that Camby put beside him, and frowned: "I said, don't you plan to sell it like this?"
Camby was stunned: "What's wrong?
Xu Yi shook his head, thinking that Camby had been under him for a long time, but he still hadn't learned the slightest business acumen.
"Don't you know how to pack it?" Xu Yi pointed to the huge barrel and said, "Are you planning to sell it in such a large wooden barrel?"
Camby scratched his head, puzzled: "What's wrong with this? Isn't it all sold like this......
Xu Yi thought that when the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce ordered fine wine from Saatchi Manor before, he was also a large barrel in his hand, and he was instantly relieved.
The advertising packaging of fine wine on the continent of Sainz is still in the most primitive stage of word of mouth, and it is still far from the various packaging and marketing methods on the earth, and it is no wonder that Patriarch Sluby and Patriarch Monto did not think of this.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi beckoned to Camby, motioned for him to sit down, and prepared to explain to him in detail the various ways of packaging fine wine.
Just when talking about filling fine wine bottles with smaller bottles and serving different types of guests, Hart, the leader of the caravan guard, approached Xu Yi.
"Elder, do you think the defense arrangements for tonight should be strengthened?"
Xu Yi was slightly stunned, turned his head to look at the groves and wilderness around him that fell into darkness and dead silence after nightfall, thought about it, and nodded lightly.
"After all, it's wild, and it's good to pay more attention. It's up to you to do it. I'm not going to interfere. ”
Seeing Hart take the order to leave. Camby snorted coldly and said, "This city lord of Lemat City is really inexplicable. If he has to keep us out of the city and not let us in, doesn't he know that a large number of our cities are desperately inviting our chamber of commerce to invest? He is not afraid of offending us, and we will never come again?"
Xu Yi shook his head, thinking that this involved the political struggle in the human kingdom, and it was better not to tell it to Camby.
"Everybody's position is different, and there's nothing to blame. Xu Yi responded casually, and suddenly remembered a question. "Speaking of which, Camby. You dwarves are quite numerous on the Sainz continent, aren't they? Are they just tribes living separately, and they don't have the same close ties with each other as we humans, and there are no fights between them?"
"Of course it can't be. We dwarves don't have as much intrigue as you humans, but we always have different opinions. But now that you humans are too strong on this continent, it will be difficult for us dwarves to live on our own, and where will we have time to play any internal strife. ”
"That's ......," Xu Yi nodded, thinking to himself if the living environment of the dwarves was improved across the board, would there be internal divisions like humans?
Thinking of the elves who are now fewer and pay more attention to cultivation, if they are also divided into several factions within a small country like humans, fighting each other......
It was a picture that Xu could never have imagined.
After instilling some basic knowledge of wine packaging promotion in Canby. Then the two of them had some preliminary discussions about the shock absorption system of the magic locomotive, and the night was already getting thick.
Since it is camping in the wilderness. Naturally, there was no entertainment, and they had to get up early tomorrow morning to hurry, so not long after dinner, the people in the convoy fell asleep soundly in the camp surrounded by magic locomotives.
As the president, Xu Yi naturally has the privilege of occupying a tent by himself, but maybe it was because it was the first time he camped in this situation, or maybe it was because it was cold, Xu Yi couldn't fall asleep at all after lying down for a while, turning over and over on the futon, and his mind was all about being blocked by Lemat City today.
Being rejected by Lemart City is not something difficult for Xu Yi to accept, but the meaning behind this matter makes him have to pay attention to it.
Although Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce supported Her Royal Highness Queen Severny, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was affected to a certain extent when it carried out business activities in some places in the Kingdom that supported His Royal Highness Prince Eric, but on the whole, it was not much hindered.
However, this time, Lemat City simply stopped the convoy of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce outside the city, and did not even let the convoy see the city gate, which undoubtedly means that Lemat City has clearly stated its attitude.
What Xu Yi is worried about now is whether this matter was decided by Lemart City itself, or whether it was done at the behest of His Royal Highness Prince Eric.
If it is the former, then at most it will be to abandon the city of Lemart, and the impact is not great.
But if it's the latter, the situation is a bit worrying.
As far as the current internal shape of the Lampari Kingdom is concerned, in fact, the side that supports His Royal Highness Prince Eric still has an absolute advantage.
Because the parties supporting His Royal Highness Prince Eric are all conservatives in the kingdom, they have a deep-rooted sphere of influence and influence in the kingdom, and they can influence a much larger range than Her Royal Highness Queen Severny.
If His Royal Highness Prince Eric clearly wants to compete with His Royal Highness Queen Sevigny, and thus take tough measures against the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then at least more than one-third of the entire kingdom, and it is impossible for nearly half of the cities like Lemart City to take such tough measures and refuse the entry of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
If such a thing really happens, it will be a heavy blow to Xu Yi's plan to develop the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the entire territory of the Lampari Kingdom, so that the magic industry will cover the entire Lampari Kingdom.
Although Xu Yi has always supported Her Royal Highness Severny, he only appreciates Her Royal Highness's ability to accept such a new thing as the magic industry, and her attitude of truly considering the ordinary people in the kingdom, but in fact, he cannot be regarded as supporting her in disregard.
In Xu Yi's opinion, compared to promoting the development of the entire magic industry system, such a thing as fighting for the throne is a trivial matter, so he has never had too much ill feeling towards His Royal Highness Prince Eric, and even thought about cooperating with His Royal Highness Prince Eric if he had the opportunity.
But now the facts tell Xu Yi a truth, that is, it is difficult for business to completely get rid of the influence of politics, and the top political struggle for the throne for the entire kingdom is actually far more direct than he imagined, and there is no compromise at all.
His Royal Highness Prince Eric, or rather the people who support him, are already forcing Xu Yi to make a choice.
Will we continue to maintain a semi-neutral attitude, or will we stand unequivocally in support of Her Royal Highness Sevigny?
Thinking that he would be forced to face such a choice one day, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh.
The face of Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, who always had a gentle and kind smile, appeared in her mind, and although Xu Yi hesitated in her heart, the balance still involuntarily fell to the side of Her Royal Highness Queen Sevigny.
At this moment, Xu Yi suddenly felt a slight vibration from the ground.
A moment later, a terrible scream resounded through the field and clearly entered the tent. (To be continued......)