Xu Yi stayed in Faraday City for only one day, and then set off directly for the three mines that were scheduled to be sold, guided by two ministers sent by the Archduke of Ankru and Stantin.

Here, Xu also met the two dwarves of the Norma tribe that he had sent a month in advance.

According to the information provided by the two dwarves who had come to explore the three mines in advance, these three mines were extremely rich in minerals, and the two iron mines were even much larger than the one that Xu Yi had previously snatched from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.

According to the estimated price of 700,000 gold coins from that iron mine, the value of these two iron mines alone has exceeded 1.5 million gold coins.

And this value estimate is still last year, according to the current soaring price of iron ore, the value of these two iron mines may have exceeded two million gold coins.

Although the increase in the cost of mining in the Duchy of Stantin, the sale of all three mines in the Duchy of Stantin, which is not time-limited like the Kingdom of Lampari, is still a good deal.

Of course, the so-called permanent mining rights, in the face of state power, are just lies.

But given the situation at another copper mine, these risks don't count.

According to the reports of the two dwarves, the copper mine was even richer than the two iron mines.

This is an unexpected joy for Xu Yi.

His main target this time was the copper mine, and the abundance of this copper mine was really fruitful.

Because two dwarves had done exploration in advance, Xu Yi came to these three mines just to go through the motions. Just look around. By the way, I inspected the roads and specific environment near the three mines. He returned to Faraday City.

For the next three days, Xu Yi had been negotiating with Grand Duke Stantin and his subordinates.

Perhaps because his subordinates reported that Xu Yi was very satisfied with the three mines during the inspection, or because the price of 1.5 million gold coins offered by Xu Yi gave them confidence, at the beginning of the negotiations, Grand Duke Stantin directly quoted a high price of 2 million.

Although seriously speaking, buying these three mines for two million gold coins is a big profit for Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but of course Xu Yi can't just agree so simply. So he expressed strong opposition to this, counted the various unfavorable conditions of the three mines, and directly pushed the price down to one million gold coins.

When Grand Duke Stantin and several subordinates first began to negotiate, they were still very loud and looked confident, but in the end, Xu Yi still took the initiative in this negotiation.

Except for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, there are almost no other chambers of commerce in the entire continent that are willing to invest in such a remote and backward place as the Duchy of Stantin, and Xu also makes their only choice, they don't have to choose at all.

What's more, all the unfavorable situations that Xu Yi singled out pointed directly at the backwardness of the various infrastructure aspects of the Duchy of Stantin. So that they have no way to refute it at all.

So Xu Yi expected that the negotiations would be very difficult, but it only took three days to settle the dust.

In the end, the price finalized by the Duchy of Stantin and Xu Yi was set at 1.35 million gold coins.

For those three extremely rich mines. This price can be regarded as the price of cabbage, which makes Xinfei Chamber of Commerce pick up a big bargain.

Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done to actually mine these three mines.

The backwardness of the Principality of Staten, especially the backwardness of the transportation situation, has an extremely strict impact on the mining of mines by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so Xu Yi plans to return to Bangta City, and the first thing he will do is to ask the Amrley Chamber of Commerce to build a road to the Principality of Constantin.

When Xu also informed the Grand Duke of Stanting of this decision, he immediately cheered the Grand Duke of Stanting and several of his ministers, even though they did not even know what the highway was.

After finally ending the negotiations and reaching a preliminary agreement, Xu Yi did not plan to continue his stay in the Duchy of Stantin, and prepared to leave for the Lampari Kingdom the next day.

On the night of the end of the negotiations, Ankeru, who had not appeared for several days, suddenly appeared in front of Xu Yi.

Seeing Ankru's drunken appearance, Xu was also a little surprised.

From the first time he met Ankru, no matter when Xu Yi saw him, he was shrewd and energetic, as if he would never fall, and Xu Yi knew at the banquet in Anweimar City that he drank very well, how could he suddenly get himself drunk today?

You must know that the people of the Duchy of Stantin are not very good drinkers, and it is not easy to find wine in this country that can be drunk with Ankru.

"Xu ...... President Hui...... Respectful...... Congratulations......" Ankru hiccuped and said to Xu Yi with an expression that didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Xu Yi frowned, motioned for the two maids who had come from the Patriarch of Wei Lun to help Ankru into the small two-story wooden building that the Grand Duke of Stantin had built in advance to entertain him, and then let the maid soak a towel in cold water and stick it to his face.

Although winter in the Duchy of Stantin is not cold at all, the cold water is still very cold on winter nights.

Ankru was stimulated by the cold water, sobered up a little, opened his eyes and glanced at Xu Yi, snorted a long sip of wine, wiped his face with a towel vigorously, sat up and looked at Xu Yi for a while, and suddenly said, "President Xu, can you talk to me for a few words?"

Xu Yi thought about it and waved his hand to rebuke the two maids.

Ankru struggled to his feet, walked out of the building, and sat down facing a small lake with a beautiful view behind the building.

Xu Yi also sat down beside him, watching him and waiting for him to speak.

After a while, Ankru suddenly cracked his mouth and revealed a self-deprecating smile: "President Xu, do you think I'm simply an idiot?"

Xu Yi shook his head in amazement: "Why do you think so? If you are all idiots, I think most people in this country are idiots, right?"

Hearing Xu Yi's answer, Ankru suddenly burst out laughing, and slowly stopped for a while. Pointing at Xu Yi and nodded, "Okay." President Hsu. You're finally speaking your mind. Sure enough, it seems to you that most people in our country are idiots. Yes, it's all idiots!"

Seeing that Ankru suddenly became angry when he said it, Xu Yi couldn't help frowning.

He didn't understand why the Ankru suddenly became such a cynical after a few days of not seeing him?

Was it because Archduke Stantin and the ministers had pushed him out of the negotiating lineup?

"Ankru, what the hell are you trying to say?" Xu Yi didn't plan to go around in circles with a drunk person, it didn't make sense.

Ankru glanced at Xu Yi. He hiccuped again, and smiled, "What do I want to say?" I want to say...... What an idiot I'm in, if I wasn't an idiot, why would I take the initiative to sell my country?"

"If you're referring to the sale of these three mines, I think you're going a little too far. Xu Yi shook his head. "It's just a few mines sold, not to mention that the Duchy of Stantin has also gained corresponding benefits because of this, isn't it?"

"Corresponding interests?" Anclus scoffed. "Do you mean the one hundred and thirty-five thousand gold coins? Oh well. Maybe when the road you mentioned is built, the principality will really gain a little benefit. But what can a highway change?

"You forgot. If the three mines start mining, they could also create a lot of jobs. Xu also reminded.

Ankru turned his head sharply and stared at Xu Yi: "President Xu, to tell you the truth, do you really plan to hire workers from our principality?

Xu Yi was speechless for a while, because he did have this plan.

Seeing that Xu Ye did not answer, Ankru suddenly sneered.

"That's right, it's not just you, even I, I really can't stand the people of the principality. They're so lazy that even if you give them a job, they won't want to do it. If I were you, I would have chosen to send someone from the kingdom of Lampari. ”

Xu Yi was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Anklu, I can see that you love this country deeply, and you really want to do something for the Duchy of Stantin to make this country strong." But I've always had a question, you...... Do you really think that the Duchy of Stantin is a country?"

Ankru froze suddenly, and after a while, two lines of tears suddenly slipped from the corners of his eyes.

A moment later, Ankro cried out loudly, crying and howling hard, but Xu Yi couldn't hear what he was shouting at all.

Perhaps because of the discomfort caused by the excitement and loud shouting, it was not long before Ankru coughed vigorously again, then lay on the floor of the small building, and began to vomit in the lake.

Xu Yi turned his head and summoned two maids to ask them to prepare toiletries for Ankru and prepare a clean bed, and then looked back at Ankru who was lying on the floor vomiting and still crying bitterly, looking extremely painful, and sighed secretly in his heart.

In fact, this question has long been held in his heart, but he has never had the opportunity to ask it.

Although he only came to the Duchy of Stanting for a few days, Xu Ye found that this so-called Duchy of Stantin, in fact, does not have the concept of a country at all in the strict sense.

First of all, the country is nominally ruled by the Grand Duke of Stantin, but in fact the Grand Duke of Stanting only controls the area around Faraday City, which is strictly speaking about the same level as the Patriarch of Weilun, that is, the area of control is slightly larger.

Secondly, judging from the ordinary people of the Duchy of Stantin that Xu Yi has come into contact with these days, they actually have no concept of a state at all.

For these ordinary people, they only know which great nobles govern them, and they do not think about what the Duchy of Stantin does at all.

Even if they are not satisfied with the great nobles who govern their own area, this subject can run to the territory of another great noble, or simply hide in any corner, as long as it is not a special case, it can not matter who the leader above is.

To put it simply, the Duchy of Stantin can even be regarded as a geographical term, not a country at all.

If we compare it to the situation on Earth, then the Duchy of Stantin is actually more like a chieftaincy United Nations, a place united by chiefs of various regions such as the Patriarch of Weilun and the Grand Duke of Constantin.

And because the family of Grand Duke Stantin has always been the most powerful of these chiefs, he has the most right to speak.

However, what the Grand Duke of Stanting said did not necessarily work in the Duchy of Stantin, and the reason why these three mines could be sold was because these three mines were all in the area controlled by the Grand Duke of Stantin.

If it was a mine in the area controlled by other great nobles, it would not be something he could sell if he wanted to.

For these reasons, Xu Yi asked Anglo about this question.

It's just that he didn't expect that the Anglo reaction would be so violent.

This person who always talks about the Principality of Stantin may really regard the Principality of Constantine as a complete country from the bottom of his heart, and wants to make the situation of this country better, so that the people of the Principality can live more prosperously.

But the reality is too cruel, he finally brought Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the Duchy of Stantin, and successfully persuaded Xu Yi to invest here.

However, Grand Duke Stanting and several of his so-called "ministers" just wanted to get some money from Xu Yi, and they didn't have any idea of thinking about the entire Duchy of Stantin.

In the face of this situation, how can the Anglo not feel lonely? (To be continued......