Chapter 8: Only the Lord in His Eyes
After visiting the Falling Rain Valley, Newman returned to the office center of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Xu Yi.
When the two were alone, Newman once again extended an invitation to Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time deepened the conversation between the two.
"President Xu, to be honest, I don't understand why your country is still suppressing your Chamber of Commerce. When His Majesty King Willie learned about this, he was very surprised and at the same time very incomprehensible. A chamber of commerce like you, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which can greatly promote the development of the entire kingdom, is already a big mistake if it does not vigorously support it, and it is still necessary to suppress it, His Majesty King Willie and I are angry for you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Newman put on a look of righteous indignation.
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Thank you King Willie and your care and support, but this is an internal matter of our Lampari Kingdom, I think President Newman should not ask more." ”
Newman shook his head and sighed, "President Xu, I admit that this is an internal matter of your Lampari Kingdom, and I believe that with your ability, there will always be a solution. However, on behalf of His Majesty King Willy, I would like to express to you that we, the Kingdom of Urson, are always open to you and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. If you change your mind one day and want to develop in our kingdom of Ruersun, His Majesty King Willy will definitely welcome it. ”
Xu Yi shrugged: "I hope I never have to touch that day." ”
I have to say that Newman has actually said it quite bluntly.
His words are simply a naked digging corner, and if he is on earth, he is afraid that he will be immediately dealt with as a crime of espionage.
However, the social form on the continent of Sainz is very different from the Celestial Empire on Earth. Every country on this continent is technically a combination of various nobles. The king, and even the emperor of the two empires, His Majesty, was only the most powerful nobleman among them.
If the royal family or the family represented by the royal family is not strong enough. Then it is not too unusual for other nobles who nominally belong to this country to want to break away and become independent.
For example, the kingdom of Lampari was greatly weakened due to famine and turmoil more than ten years ago, and an earl who controlled a territory in the northeast of the kingdom took the entire territory to the northern kingdom of Sark.
Although this count was officially defined as a traitor and disgrace to the kingdom by the Lampari Kingdom, it was completely different from the situation in the Celestial Empire on Earth, and the ordinary people of the Lampari Kingdom did not react much else to this situation.
For ordinary people, the royal power of the Lampari Kingdom has weakened, and it cannot control all the nobles in the kingdom. This kind of thing is a matter of course, and there is no need to make a fuss about it.
For the ordinary civilians of the Lampari Kingdom and even the entire Sainz continent, they don't have much sense of state at all, they just inherit their old habits, and they are more concerned about how the lord who rules them treats them.
For example, under the rule of Count Satsuma before, everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment, and in the last two years, Bangta City has entered a stage of rapid development, which has made everyone's lives better, and the common people of Bangta City have a very high support rate for him.
The Kingdom Council transferred him away, and the civilians of Bonta City privately scolded the Kingdom Council for being stupid.
It made the civilians of Bonta City even more angry. It was replaced by this Earl Stark who took over as the lord of the city and did a series of things that almost completely broke the previous prosperity of Bonta City, which greatly affected the lives of many people.
So for this Earl Stark. The civilians of Bonta City did not have the slightest favor, and in private they were extremely disdainful of him.
There were even many radical civilians who came directly to Xu Yi to swear allegiance to Xu Yi after learning that Xu Yi had been promoted to the Viscount of the Kingdom and obtained a piece of territory, and swore to become the subjects under the rule of Lord Xu Yi from now on.
On the continent of Sainz, this act is of great significance.
Because as long as this is really done, it means that this commoner will completely become a subject of the private domain of Xu Yi, the viscount, and will no longer be protected by the laws of the kingdom as a citizen of the Lampari Kingdom as before, and every act depends on his lord.
In other words, Xu Yi, as a lord, could do anything to the people who had sworn allegiance by virtue of his lordship, and no one else had the right to point fingers, let alone blame.
Or to put it more bluntly, such a person is almost equivalent to the slave of the viscount Xu Yi, but they are different from slaves in terms of status.
Although Xu Yi rejected all of these people's oaths of allegiance for other reasons, it can also be seen from this that in fact, on the Sainz continent, ordinary civilians really don't have much concept of the country and a sense of belonging, and only have nobles who are willing to serve and be loyal to them.
So theoretically, Newman's invitation to Xu Yi was not casual.
As long as Xu Yi is willing, he can take the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to announce his separation from the Lampari Kingdom and join the Ruerson Kingdom.
Of course, in fact, if Xu Yi dares to do this, not to mention that other chambers of commerce in the Lampari Kingdom that have long had intentions against the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can do it without scruples, and the royal family of the kingdom alone will not let Xu Yi go.
That's why Xu Yicai said that he hoped that he would never encounter that day, because if he really reached that situation, it would prove that he and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce were already in a very bad situation in the Lampari Kingdom.
Xu Yi has always only wanted to develop the magic industry well, but he is not willing to let the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which carries his dreams, fall into such a field.
Although Count Stark is now suppressing the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on behalf of those stubborn old-fashioned people in the kingdom, in fact, this qiē is still under control, and Xu Yi is not the slightest worried about this, so he will naturally simply refuse Newman's invitation and temptation.
Seeing the look on Xu Yi's face, Newman also felt that he was in a bit of a hurry, so he smiled and stopped mentioning this matter, but changed the topic and began to discuss with Xu Yi about the batch of farmland magic machinery purchased this time.
Before that. In fact, a batch of farmland magic machinery has already been transported to the Ruerson Kingdom. And it played a huge role in the spring ploughing a few months ago.
His Majesty King Willy of the Kingdom of Ruerson and many nobles in the kingdom saw the great role played by these magical machines in the farmland. So as soon as possible, Newman once again proposed more orders for farmland magic machinery to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
This time, after the order of a total of 50,000 units of various farmland magic machines is delivered, it will be shipped to the Ruerson Kingdom within this month, and then strive to be distributed to all parts of the Ruerson Kingdom before the autumn ploughing.
"According to the estimates of the Royal Agricultural Agency, there is a total of more than 500,000 farmland magic machines in the Kingdom. Newman said: "With such a large demand, if you buy it completely from here and ship it back, I think it is really a great waste." Therefore, President Xu, I can understand that you are reluctant to relocate the entire Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to our Ruerson Kingdom, but I hope that your Chamber of Commerce should at least go to our Ruerson Kingdom to invest in the construction of a factory for the production of farmland magic machinery, right? Or ...... Why don't you transfer the technology to us for the production of magic machines for farmland?"
Xu Yi shook his head: "It is impossible to transfer technology for the time being. However, investing in the construction of factories can be considered. ”
Hearing Xu Yi's tone loosen, Newman was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Then we have decided so, your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will invest in our Ruerson Kingdom to build a factory for the production of farmland magic machinery, and then the follow-up order delivery will be completed by this factory, President Xu, what do you think?"
"Don't be so anxious. Xu Yi smiled and waved his hand. "The production of farmland magic machinery is not just a random factory, the most important thing is the relevant people and materials. Materials aside, in our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, most of the people who can skillfully produce farmland magic machinery are dwarven workers. At present, there are not many qualified human workers. Do you think it's fitting for me to send these dwarves to your kingdom of Ruersun as well?"
"Dwarves?" Newman frowned.
Attitude towards alien races other than humans. It is the same for almost all countries on the continent of Sainz.
This is a completely different issue between different races, and it is a completely different issue from the contact between human nations.
No matter which country it is, it is very cautious about the issue of race.
Although the Lampali Kingdom, represented by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, has set a very good example of this kind of thing, proving that it is not as difficult for humans to get along with other races as most humans previously thought, no matter who they are, they will always be extremely cautious about this kind of issue.
Newman was no exception, and after pondering for a while, he said, "In that case, I think we must first go back and make a report to His Majesty King Willy, and then study it carefully before making a decision." After that, he sighed again, and continued: "It's just that it will take a lot of time to wait until the final decision is made, and then your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will invest in building a factory, I'm afraid it will be a year at the earliest." ”
"A year isn't that long. Xu Yi smiled. "And I have another mentions, although the main skilled workers who produce magic machines and equipment such as farmland magic machinery are dwarves, but the current production of household magic machinery in our chamber of commerce is basically completed by human workers. Therefore, I think that before investing in the construction of a magic machine tool factory, it is better to invest in the construction of a household magic machine factory. ”
Newman was slightly stunned: "Household magic machinery factory?"
"Yes. The production of household magic machinery is relatively low, and it is enough to use only human workers, so I think you can first go to your Ruerson Kingdom to invest in the construction of a factory for the production of household magic machinery. My consideration is to first focus on the production of magic fans and magic rice cookers, because this technology has been mastered by the Luerson Chamber of Commerce, and you can cooperate with our Chamber of Commerce to produce together. Xu Yi said again. "My main consideration for this is that we can explore and discuss this cooperation model first, so that we can continue to deepen cooperation in the future. ”
Newman couldn't help but nod and praised, "President Xu, your consideration is very necessary. Yes, we can familiarize ourselves with the cooperation model of the two sides first, and it will be easier to carry out other cooperation later. ”
Xu Yi nodded slightly: "Yes." If the early cooperation is pleasant, it is not impossible for our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to choose a joint venture with your Luerson Chamber of Commerce to produce farmland magic machinery. ”
Although Xu Yi's tone was very calm when he said this, Newman was shocked and couldn't help but look at Xu Yi with wide eyes.
According to Xu Yi's definition of "joint venture" in his previous words, this means that it is possible for him to transfer the technology for the production of farmland magic machinery......?