"I think the three of you already know that tomorrow I'm leaving here for a trip to Anvimar. After the four of them sat down, Xu Yi went straight to the point.

Heinze, Camby, and Sebas looked at each other and nodded in unison.

"This time is different from going to the dwarf tribe before, if you count the round-trip journey, I'm afraid it will take at least ten days to go, and if there is any unexpected delay, it is possible to go for more than half a month. Because it takes a long time to go, it is necessary to make arrangements in advance about the work of the Chamber of Commerce during this time. Xu Yi nodded to Sebas. "Sebas, let's talk about the financial situation of the Chamber of Commerce during this time. ”

"Yes, Lord. After a period of getting along, Sebas is no longer just superficially respectful to Xu Yi as before, but has begun to treat him as his boss a little, and immediately responded when he heard this, and then opened the account book in his hand, glanced at it casually, and continued: "Because our Chamber of Commerce has received a large number of orders for magic machinery recently, plus the production is smooth, so the profits have been very stable, and the financial situation of the Chamber of Commerce is very good. The number counted in the previous month alone reached a profit of 11,423 gold coins. Although this month's statistics have not yet been calculated, it can be inferred from the current shape that the profits of the Chamber of Commerce will further break through in the next three months at least. ”

Although Heinze and Camby are also considered to be the senior executives of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they only have a general idea of the overall financial situation of the Chamber of Commerce, and they are not clear about the specific figures.

In particular, Heinze owns 20% of the shares in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and if these profits are divided, it means that he will earn more than 2,000 gold coins a month!

When he used to open a grocery store, this huge number was only in his imagination, and he never had the luxury of becoming a reality.

Of course, after following Xu Yi for a long time, his vision gradually became less short-sighted, and of course it was impossible to really hope to take out these profits for dividends now.

"Of course, in addition to profits, the chamber's expenses are also quite huge. Sebaston paused. "The largest of these expenses was the wages of the workers, which totaled five thousand seven hundred and sixty-one gold coins for the month. Combined with the various welfare expenditures, the total cost of the workers this month is 6,347 gold coins. ”

"So many?" Heinze and Camby were stunned at the same time.

Although the two of them knew that the total salary of the workers should be quite large, but now Sebas broke out such a large number, it still scared the two of them.

"That's it. Xu Yi glanced at the two of them, nodded and said, "So now the two of you have to find a way to improve the production efficiency of the workers and try to produce more qualified products in the same time." ”

Camby and Heinze looked at each other, grimacing.

"This ...... Workers are already working hard to be more efficient...... I'm afraid it won't be worth the loss. Heinze thought for a moment.

"I don't mean to squeeze them, but to improve production efficiency in other ways. Xu Yidao. "For example, Heinze, remember the last time I gave you?"

Heinze recalled: "Do you mean that last time I was asked to change the magic machine that produces screws behind the assembler?"

"Yes. Although this is a small change, it makes it possible for the small magic hammer to be used by assemblers more quickly after the production of screws, which indirectly improves the production efficiency by a small part. By following this example, you could have thought of more ways to improve the efficiency of your workers. ”

Heinze and Camby nodded thoughtfully.

Xu Yi added: "Of course, the way to improve production efficiency cannot rely mainly on workers. I have now started to work with Master Camilla on the new generation of magic machines, if successful, the efficiency of the new generation of magic machines will be several times higher than the magic machines we use today, and the production efficiency can be greatly improved. At the same time, Steele and I will also work on small magical mechanical tools that can be used to help the workers do their jobs better. For example, what Steele and the others are working on now is a small magic drill, if they get it, the workers in charge of the equipment can directly use the tool when screwing, instead of slowly screwing it by hand, and the speed can also be increased several times. ”

Heinze and Camby looked at Xu Yi in surprise: "Why didn't you sue us before?"

Although Sebas didn't ask, he still stared at Xu Yi.

As the representative sent by Viscount Leslie to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, he certainly needs to know about the current actions of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce so that he can give back to Viscount Leslie.

Now Xu Yi actually revealed that he was researching so many new things in one breath, and he didn't know anything about it before.

If Viscount Leslie had known, he would not have been happy.

Xu Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Because these things were only conceived before, and it was useless to say it." Now that I have a basic framework for the magic array and basic structure of these magic machines, when I return from Anvimar, I believe that Grand Magician Camilla and Steele will give me a satisfactory answer, and then I will come to you for the final structural research and finally confirm the completion. Until then, you should be patient. ”

Heinze and Camby nodded in agreement.

After spending a few months with Xu Yi, they have become accustomed to Xu Yi making decisions, and they are only responsible for execution.

Sebas thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Lord Elder, do you want to inform Lord Viscount about the new magic machine and the small magic drill you said?"

Xu Yi smiled: "You don't need to talk about this, tomorrow I will set off with Lord Viscount to Anweimar, and I will find time to tell him on the way." ”

The three of them were stunned again.

Xu Yi actually went with Viscount Leslie, which was a bit unexpected for them.

"Lord Viscount has not been home for a long time, and this time, taking advantage of my visit to Anvimar, while returning home to have a look, intends to take me to his house as a guest. Xu also explained.

Camby didn't react in particular, but the expressions on Heinze and Sebas's faces couldn't help but change slightly.

Xu Yi said it very lightly, but the two of them knew very well that Viscount Leslie's action clearly showed that he had really accepted Xu Yi and planned to introduce Xu Yi to his family.

If nothing else, this means that Xu Yi is likely to be included in his sphere of influence by the family behind Viscount Leslie in the future.

Sebas's eyes when he looked at Xu Yi immediately became cordial, because if nothing else, everyone would be their own people in the future.

Heinze frowned slightly, then unfolded.

Although he felt that it was a pity that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had become a vassal of a big family from now on, it was a very helpless thing.

On the Sainz continent, without the support of the great nobles, ordinary merchants and chambers of commerce would not be able to truly gain a foothold.

Since Xu Yi chose Viscount Leslie from the beginning, it is best not to change his course, otherwise he will inevitably be abandoned by everyone, and the final end will be ugly.

Xu Yi took the changes in the faces of the two of them into his eyes and smiled slightly.

It is not difficult to guess what the two people think, but Xu Yi may not really be as they think, completely throwing himself into the family behind Viscount Leslie.

Of course, a certain amount of support is definitely needed, but retaining a certain amount of autonomy is also Xu Yi's insistence.

As for how to strike a balance between this, this is the problem that Xu Yi must face.

"Sebas, the report isn't over yet, go on. Xu also said to Sebas.

"Yes, I will grow. Perhaps because he already regarded Xu Yi as his own, Sebas was now a little more respectful when facing Xu Yi, and responded loudly, looking down at the accounts, but paused slightly, and then said with a slight hesitation: "In addition to the expenses of the workers, the biggest expenses come from the various capital investments of the elder." These include a fixed 500 gold coins per month on the dwarven side, and an unfixed material research input that is tentatively set at 200 gold coins per month. In addition, there is the annual investment of 1,000 gold coins from Grand Magician Camilla, which is 83 gold coins a month on average. Then there was the investment in the research institute where Miss Steele and the three were located, which was slightly less, and had cost a total of fifty-seven gold coins last month. Coupled with the bursary fund plan for Baron Ricto's Magical Academy that you proposed two days ago, I estimated it every month, and it was about one hundred gold coins. In this way, the various expenses you proposed cannot be counted in detail for the time being, but it should be about 1,000 gold coins per month. ”

"Too many!"

"Too little!"

Heince looked at Xu Yi in astonishment: "You invest 1,000 gold coins a month is too little?" Xu Yi, the profit of our chamber of commerce is only more than 10,000 gold coins every month, and if you use up another 1,000 gold coins, there will only be 5,000 gold coins left!"

"What, do you think the net profit of five thousand gold coins is very small?" Xu Yi glanced at Heinze. "To be honest, I really think that a thousand gold coins is too little to invest. If I had to choose, I would even like to be able to invest all of the Chamber's profits in research. ”

"Are you crazy, and what money do we make?" said Heinze.

As the majority shareholder of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he can accept Xu Yi to use part of the profits to invest in various research, but he will never accept Xu Yi's idea of investing all the profits of the Chamber of Commerce in research.

Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders, he had long known that Heinze's vision was never long-term, so it was not surprising that he would have this reaction.

"What's Viscount Leslie's opinion?" Xu Yi asked Sebas.

Sebas hesitated for a moment, glanced at Heinze, and reluctantly smiled: "Lord Viscount said that he himself promised the elder not to participate in the decision-making of the Chamber of Commerce, and he has no opinion on what you are willing to do." ”

"Really?" Xu Yi smiled, turned around and spread his hands towards Hai Ince, the meaning was self-evident.

Heinze snorted coldly, but didn't say anything more.

Xu Yi glanced at Heinze, suddenly showed a mysterious smile, and beckoned to the three of them.

"Actually, I have a plan here, which is guaranteed to make the Chamber of Commerce make a lot of money, do you want to hear it?"

Heinze's spirit was shocked, he was very clear about Xu Yi's ability, since Xu Yi said so, then it proved that he really had a feasible plan.

So Heinze immediately cheered up, leaned over, and listened carefully.