Early the next morning, Xu Yi took Annis and Lord Caroline, and went to the Falling Rain Valley with Anduin, who dared to come, and the group accompanying the Duchy of Draco.

In the morning, Xu Yi took them to visit the various factories of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Falling Rain Valley now, and unsurprisingly won the unanimous praise of the Lord of Caroline and Anduin.

After lunch, Lord Kalulin and Anduin said that they wanted to see everywhere by themselves, and Xu Yi naturally did not object, so they called two people to accompany them, and he found Kennard and held a small meeting.

"Elder, this is our Chamber of Commerce's financial statements for last month, you can take a look. Kennard handed over a copy of the paper.

Xu Yi took it over and took a closer look for a while, and found that compared with the first few months of this year, the profits of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce last month decreased slightly.

This was clearly influenced by the relocation from Bonta City.

However, the impact is not too great, and even if it declines, the monthly profit still exceeds 500,000 gold coins.

"Very good, at this rate, it may be possible to exceed one million gold coins per month within three years. Xu Yi nodded approvingly: "If we can meet this standard, our Chamber of Commerce can truly grow into a big Chamber of Commerce." ”

"Elder, you are so humble. Kennard smiled, "Even the most powerful Falcao Chamber of Commerce in our Lampari Kingdom has only made a profit of just over one million gold coins per month. Our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has only been established for two years, and its monthly profit can exceed 500,000 gold coins, which is already a miracle. My father praises you every time he writes to me. Kudos to you as the most talented merchant the Sainz Continent has ever seen. ”

Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Strictly speaking, this achievement is not because of my business ability. It's all about technical capabilities. Our chamber of commerce is now able to maintain rapid growth in profits. It is because the technology of our chamber of commerce has always been leading, so we must increase investment in technology in the future to ensure this leading advantage. ”

"Well, I understand. Kennard nodded. "So I've increased the budget for both the Magic Machine Tool R&D Workshop and the Magic Research Institute by 40%, reaching 500,000 gold and 400,000 gold respectively. ”

"It's not enough. Xu Yi shook his head. "According to my idea, in fact, at least half of the net profit of the chamber of commerce must be invested in technology research and development, so as to fully ensure our technological leadership. ”

Kennard said with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid this won't work." First of all, we don't have that many R&D personnel. No matter how much gold they are given, it will be difficult for them to spend all of it on technology research and development. And we can't really spend half of our profits on technology research and development now, because although we make a lot of money, we also spend a lot of money. ”

"Well, I understand, so I'm coming to you this time to plan our next investment plan. Xu Yi got up and went to the map hanging on the wall of Kennard's office, pointed to the map and explained his thoughts to Kennard. "First of all, we want to ensure stability and development in the Falling Rain Valley, because this is our core base. ”

"Of course. Kennard nodded in agreement. "At present, we are investing a minimum of 100,000 gold coins in the Falling Rain Valley every month for maintenance and development. In addition, every factory in the Falling Rain Valley is making a profit. So I don't think there's a lot of pressure on that. ”

"Let me see ......," Xu Yi looked down at last month's financial statements in his hand again.

According to statistics, last month, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce totaled more than 480,000 gold coins in the total profit. The two steel mills accounted for nearly half, providing a total profit of about 250,000 gold coins.

The two major departments of magic machine tools and household magic machinery have decreased due to the stabilization of the market, coupled with the impact of last month's relocation, and the shipments have declined, so that the profit of the guide has decreased slightly, and only 170,000 gold coins of profit have been provided.

As for the total profit of the remaining 60,000 gold coins, it was provided by the tire processing factory and the bicycle factory respectively.

These two factories are also currently the fastest growing profits, especially the bicycle factories, which have seen explosive growth in profits for several months in a row.

As soon as the bicycle was introduced, it was immediately welcomed by everyone in Bonta City and several surrounding cities.

Because for ordinary people, private carriages are too expensive to make offerings, and carriages with carriages will be subject to various restrictions and inconvenient.

Therefore, the bicycle is not much slower than the horse-drawn carriage, but it is more convenient and flexible, and it has naturally become the most popular choice for most people.

Not to mention the ordinary people who need bicycles instead of walking, even if they are wealthy aristocrats or from merchant families, they will buy themselves one or even several bicycles and ride them out for a ride in their leisure time.

Because of the appearance of bicycles, the business of Filson's carriage and horse dealers has been affected to a certain extent, and President Pompeii has complained to Xu Yi several times for this.

"Okay, the investment in the Falling Rain Valley must not be reduced, so aside from the investment of 100,000 gold coins, the next investment that needs to be the most should be the Black Rice Wasteland, right?" Xu Yi looked at the financial statements in his hand and asked again.

"Yes. The Black Rice Wasteland is still in the early stage of investment, so at present, I only see the input, but I don't see the return on output, which is equivalent to putting about 150,000 gold coins into it every month. Kennard said: "But now that the initial investment is nearing completion, I believe that it will not be long before the mines in the Black Rice Wasteland and the non-ferrous metal smelting plant will give the Chamber of Commerce a handful of returns." ”

Xu Yi laughed: "Very good, you are really the right person to let Kennard be the CEO." If it were Heinze, he would have been very worried every month just looking at this huge investment and not seeing the return. ”

Kennard smiled slightly: "The vice president is very serious, and there are many things that I can't compare." ”

"Just count your boy who can talk. Xu Yi smiled and shook his head. "But unfortunately, although the rewards on the Black Rice Wasteland are abundant, they cannot be turned into real gold coins. Because whether it is produced by mines or finished products smelted by non-ferrous metal smelting plants, our chamber of commerce has to digest them internally, but they cannot be taken out and sold. ”

Kennard hesitated for a moment and asked Xu Yi: "Elder, since you have always emphasized that resources must be in your own hands, then why do you keep buying iron ore from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce? According to my statistics some time ago, our Chamber of Commerce consumes as much as 280,000 tons of iron ore every month, and the cost of this alone is more than 2.5 million gold coins, which is a very high burden for us. And our chamber of commerce has already mastered an iron mine itself, so why don't we mine it ourselves to reduce the cost?"

"It's very simple, because iron ore is cheap now, but the iron ore in our hands is limited, so why don't we buy it from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce when it's cheap, do we still wait for the price of iron ore to rise in the future?" Xu Yi replied with a smile. "As for iron ore, it will always be mined in the future, but that will be after the price of iron ore rises. According to my estimates, it will take at least five years. ”

"Are you so sure, Lord?" said Kennard, suspiciously.

"Of course. I firmly believe that the magic machinery will quickly spread in the Lampari Kingdom and the entire Sainz continent, and when the time comes, the iron ore that is most needed to produce the magic machinery will definitely become a resource that everyone is crazy to grab, and it is strange that the price does not rise. Xu also affirmed authenticity.

Kennard has been under Xu Yi for more than half a year, and of course he knows that Xu Yi is not the kind of person who talks about it, and since Xu Yi is so sure, then there must be a reason for him.

"In that case, we should have a few more iron mines in our hands now, or as many as possible. Kennard muttered, "However, most of the iron ore in our Lampari Kingdom is controlled by the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, and it is difficult to snatch it from them. ”

"So, we're targeting somewhere else. Xu Yi clicked on the black rice wasteland on the map, then clicked on the Duchy of Stantin, and finally landed on the Duchy of Drake. "Since such a rich vein of non-ferrous metals can be found in the Black Rice Wasteland, then I am sure that there should be abundant iron ore, so for the Black Rice Wasteland, we must further increase investment. As for the Duchy of Stantin, these three iron mines will be left there for the time being, because I need to wait for a response from one person. Now I want to discuss with you the problem of the Duchy of Drake. ”

"Elder, what do you mean, the two guests from the Duchy of Drake today have already made some agreement with you?" Kennard asked.

"Pretty much. However, it will take a lot of work to get the resources we need from the Duchy of Draco. Xu Yi nodded. "Her Royal Highness the Lord Caroline gave a good note, which I think is very operable. See, this is the city of Thurwell, where the Earl of Satsuma is now the lord of the city. Our initial goal now should be to gain the support of the Count of Satsuma to develop the magic industry in the city of Sewell, and to build the city of Sewell into another bonta city. ”

Kennard looked at the location of Thurwell City on the map and frowned slightly.

"Lord Grow, the location of this city of Thurwell...... I'm afraid it's not good. Although it is relatively close to the Duchy of Drac, it is closer to the Kingdom of Sack. If the Kingdom of Sark has any thoughts about this place, I'm afraid it will be dangerous. ”

"It's simple, we just need to find a way to make the Kingdom of Sark have no idea about it. Xu Yi smiled. (To be continued......)