"President Xu, are you really planning to close the fruit canning factory in Koror Village?" Elder Elucia frowned slightly, looking at Xu Yi's eyes with a hint of worry. "I don't think it's good for you to keep conceding to Earl Stark like this, because it's only going to make him more and more excessive. ”

"If you don't back down, you can only regret it head-on. It's a pity that neither I nor our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have this strength right now. Xu Yi smiled, as if he didn't care about this matter at all. "Of course, I won't keep backing down, and when the time comes, I'll naturally fight back. Earl Stark is now in his prime, but when this time passes, he will only be the first to be the victim. ”

"Is it because of the political struggle within your Lampari Kingdom?" Elder Elucia glanced at Xu Yi, his eyes full of meaning.

Xu Yi smiled, and instead of continuing the in-depth conversation on this topic, he turned to answer Elder Elucia's first question.

"As for the fruit canning factory, although it is certainly not possible to continue running smoothly at the moment, I will not close it, but will keep it forever. ”

"Why? There's no point in keeping the factory if there are no jobs, right?" asked Elder Elucia in surprise.

"No, it means a lot. First of all, this is a symbol, which means that our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has not given up the business of canning fruit. Secondly, I am very satisfied with the location of this factory, and I will open it again at any time when the time is ripe. Xu Yidao.

"But haven't you already moved all the workers in that factory to the Duchy of Stantin, along with the Cantona Chamber of Commerce?" Elder Elucia let out a sigh of admiration. I really didn't expect you, President Xu, to have such great courage. He actually leased more than 100,000 hectares of land from the Duchy of Stantin in one go. That's nearly one-fifth of the farmland in the Duchy of Stantin. ”

"It's nothing. Xu Yi smiled slightly. "Actually, if possible, I would love to contract the farmland of the entire Duchy of Stantin. However, it is a pity that although the Duchy of Stantin is still quite bold, it is still not so bold. ”

Elder Elucia pursed his lips and smiled, "President Xu, you might as well just say that you want to buy the entire Duchy of Stantin." ”

"If Archduke Stantin is willing to sell it, I really want to buy it. Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders and said. "Of course, with the current strength of our Chamber of Commerce, it is indeed impossible to swallow the Duchy of Stantin in one go. I can only think of a way slowly. ”

Elder Elucia stared at Xu Yi for a while, shook his head slowly, and sighed lightly, "I think that the Duchy of Stantin has clearly introduced a tiger into its own home. I wonder why Grand Duke Stantin would agree to lease you such a large piece of land, doesn't he know the drawbacks?"

"He knows, but he doesn't care. Xu Yi said with a smile. "Compared to the future of the entire Duchy of Stantin, the Grand Duke of Stantin is clearly more concerned about the interests of the present. What's more, the people of the Duchy of Stantin are extremely lazy, and even if we don't lease it, these good arable lands are basically in a state of abandonment. Now our Chamber of Commerce leases these lands. Not only will 300,000 gold coins be handed over to him every year, but the grain produced will also have to be left to the Duchy of Stantin. They have nothing to lose, so why wouldn't they agree?"

Elder Elucia thought for a moment, and could only sigh again and shake his head: "I really don't understand you humans, why some humans are as shrewd, capable and hardworking as you are, while others are so stupid, short-sighted and lazy like this Archduke Stantin. ”

"So I told you a long time ago that there is a big difference between humans and humans, and unlike elves and dwarves, whose personalities are basically the same. Xu Yi said with a smile.

"This may be a flaw for those of us who are not human races. Elder Elucia asked again, "But President Xu, your Chamber of Commerce not only has to pay a huge rent of 300,000 gold coins for these 100,000 hectares of land every year, but also leaves 30% of the grain harvest for the Principality of Stantin, I don't understand what your Chamber of Commerce relies on to make money from it?"

Xu Yi glanced at Elder Elucia, and couldn't help but smile when he saw the hint of asking for advice in her expression.

Since the Yesong tribe opened a plastic processing factory under their own name, not only Amrod, who is the director of the factory, but also Deliel, who is the manager of foreign affairs, has begun to absorb a lot of human business knowledge, and even Elder Elucia has not missed the opportunity to learn business experience from Xu Yi.

Xu Yi was happy to see this, so he didn't hide it, and replied: "If you go to the Duchy of Stantin for a field trip, you will find that this Duchy is actually really blessed. The land in the Principality of Stantin is very fertile and very suitable for plant growth. If you cultivate there, you can grow a good harvest by simply throwing the seeds into the field and doing nothing. The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is probably just natural disasters. ”

"Is that an exaggeration?" said Elder Elucia, surprised. "It's no wonder that the number of elven compatriots of the Moon Shadow tribe far exceeds that of our Night Song tribe, probably because of this good environment. ”

"You don't have to envy them. Now that the living conditions of the Nightsong tribe are much better than before, isn't your population also growing rapidly?"

Speaking of this question, Elder Elucia's face immediately appeared with a heartfelt smile.

"Yes, this year is not over yet, and I was so surprised that there were two newborn elves in our tribe. ”

Seeing Elder Elucia's happy appearance, Xu was also a little speechless.

The total population of the Nightsong tribe is close to a thousand, and if it were humans, how could dozens of babies be born in a year.

Even the kingdom of Lampari, which is always plagued by famine, will not have a birth rate of less than 20 per 1,000 as long as it is in peace.

And the year of the Night Song Clan is almost over, and only two newborn elves have been born, which actually makes Elder Elucia so happy, which shows how low the birth rate of the elf clan is.

Even if it is natural that the birth rate is lower because the life span of the elves is much longer than that of humans, this birth rate is still a little too low.

However, Xu Ye has no particular thoughts about this. Anyway, the birth rate of the elves is a good thing for humans. At least don't worry about the elves suddenly becoming more numerous. It can be a threat to humanity.

"Elder Elucia, now that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has begun to build a fruit canning factory and mine in the Duchy of Stantin, I plan to build a base in the Duchy of Stantin. The last time I went to the Duchy of Stantin, I found that there were a lot of rubber trees there, which is a very useful thing, and if you seize this industry, you will no longer have to worry about living conditions in the future. Xu Yijian said.

Elder Elucia nodded, "Last time, President Xu, you mentioned this matter to me. That's what I've been planning to do. I'd love to have this opportunity to build a closer relationship with the Lunaris Clan. ”

"Very well, the next time President Cantona returns from the Duchy of Stantin, you'd better send some people to set off with him to continue his expedition to the Duchy of Stantin, and at the same time get in touch with the Lunaris Clan. Xu Yidao.

"Good. ”

After the negotiation with Xu Yi, Elder Elucia did not go directly back to the Falling Rain Forest, but went to the Yesong Plastic Processing Factory in the Falling Rain Valley to inspect it.

Ever since the Nightsong Clan's plastic processing plant was built in the Rainfall Valley, Elder Elucia had changed the way he had spent hundreds of years in the Rainfall Forest barely leaving. Every once in a while, I will come to the Falling Rain Valley to have a look.

In addition to discussing some things with Xu Yi, the biggest purpose is, of course, to care about the operation of the plastic processing plant.

It should be said. In the few months after the establishment of the plastic processing plant, the shape shì was very good.

With Xu Yi's matchmaking and Deliel's efforts, Yege Plastic Processing Factory has opened up a certain situation in Bangta City.

After the delivery of the 100 plastic hangers that helped Sister Cessara make zuò, she was highly praised by Sister Cesara, and immediately placed an order for 1,000 plastic hangers.

Then, thanks to the personal example of Sister Cessara and the publicity of the daily newspaper Bonta Daily, plastic hangers quickly became popular throughout Bonta City.

These plastic hangers have an extremely smooth surface, so you don't have to worry about scratching clothes like those rough wooden hangers, and you can customize them in a variety of colors and styles, making them extremely easy to use.

What's more, the price of plastic hangers is much cheaper than wooden hangers.

The wooden hangers used by Sister Cesara can only be regarded as of average quality, belonging to the relatively cheap category, but an average of seventeen silver coins is required.

However, the price of a plastic hanger in the Yege Plastic Processing Factory is only thirteen silver coins, which is undoubtedly much cheaper.

In just over a month, Yege Plastic Processing Factory has sold more than 40,000 plastic hangers, turning all the hangers used in clothing stores up and down the city into plastic hangers.

For the Yege Plastic Processing Factory, because the materials are taken from the Falling Rain Forest, the labor is all the elves of the Yege tribe, for them, the cost is almost negligible, so the sales of more than 40,000 plastic hangers totaling more than 5,000 gold coins are almost equal to the net profit.

Although this money is not much, because from the beginning to the end of this business, except for Xu Yi and Steele who gave some help, almost everything else was done by the elves of the Night Song Clan alone, so for them, the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction brought to them by these more than 5,000 gold coins far exceeded the value of the more than 5,000 gold coins themselves.

It was precisely because of this that Elder Elucia and the other elves of the Yege Plastic Processing Factory were even more grateful to Xu Yi.

If it weren't for Xu Yi's strong support and encouragement, relying on them alone, I am afraid that they would not have been able to take this step in a hundred years.

And with the hot sale of plastic hangers, after learning that Yege Plastic Processing Factory was going to launch plastic mannequins, almost all the chambers of commerce and stores related to the clothing business in Bonta City, including the Armani Chamber of Commerce, placed orders as soon as possible.

And there are many other chambers of commerce that have come to ask Delier if they can use plastic to make all kinds of parts or finished products that they need.

So in the recent period, both Delier and the elves of Yege Plastic Processing Factory are in a very busy state.

Of course, this busyness is fun.

Seeing Elder Elucia leaving with a clear lightness but a bit of eagerness, Xu Yi couldn't help but smile, turned around and walked onto the road outside the Falling Rain Valley, his eyes lined up on the road, the convoy that was more than two hundred meters long, and finally landed on President Cruise, President Relsa, and President Vincent, who had been waiting on the side of the road for a while, with a wave of his hand.

"Alright, let's go. (To be continued......)