Chapter 122 Marquis Joseph

While Urgot and Anke Allen were fighting in the Oppo Casino, Xu Yi was already in the palace, attending the celebration banquet specially organized by His Majesty the King to celebrate the harvest of Lampari Kingdom.

As a great hero personally named by His Majesty the King, Xu Yi was not only pulled out by His Majesty at the opening of the celebration banquet, praised in front of everyone, and awarded Xu Yi a special reward in public.

In order to reward Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for the sharing of this harvest, His Majesty the King specially rewarded Xu Yi to be upgraded from a Lord of Honor to a Baron of the Kingdom.

The Lord of Honor can also be said to be just an honorary title, not a true noble, but becoming a baron of the kingdom means that Xu Yi has officially entered the circle of nobles and has truly become a noble in the Lampari Kingdom.

Hearing this reward, everyone who attended the banquet was surprised.

Because according to the relevant regulations of the Kingdom's Aristocratic Council, the Kingdom's nobles are not allowed to directly participate in business, so even if the Kingdom's nobles want to engage in business activities, they will find an agent to come forward and hide behind the scenes.

However, now His Majesty the King has directly made Xu Yi, the president of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, a baron of the kingdom. Although the baron is only the lowest-ranking noble, it is also a direct violation of this rule.

What's even more strange is that Duke Ricciardo, the speaker of the kingdom's noble council, was present, but he did not express any objection to this at all.

As a result, Xu Yi's status as a baron in the kingdom has now become the most special baron in the Lampari Kingdom.

This also lets everyone know how much His Majesty the King attaches great importance to Xu Yi.

While giving Xu Yi a generous reward, the reward given to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was relatively inconspicuous. It just gave the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce the title of "Kingdom Honor Chamber of Commerce".

This title can only be regarded as an honor, without any practical significance.

To be honest, maybe it can only be regarded as improving the reputation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

But Xu Yi himself didn't see it that way.

As a person who has traveled from the earth, he is very aware of how high the recognition of officially recognized brands is by ordinary people.

If there is a company on earth that can be recognized and directly recognized by the government, then the advertising effect will be far more than that company advertises on TV and various media.

Now that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has won the title of "Kingdom Honor Chamber of Commerce", there may still be some unconvinced civilians on Earth who doubt it. But on the Sainz Continent, I believe that in the minds of all the common people of the Lampari Kingdom, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will instantly become a first-class and trustworthy large chamber of commerce.

This is very beneficial for Xu Yi who wants to promote the products of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the whole kingdom of Lampari.

Of course, this reward was originally proposed by Xu Yi privately when negotiating with Sevigny.

Originally, His Majesty the King intended to give the New Flying Chamber of Commerce some more practical and effective rewards, but Xu Yi refused all of them, proposing that only such a title should be granted.

At Xu Yi's insistence, His Majesty the King naturally agreed to Xu Yi's request.

For this, His Majesty the King also expressed his gratitude to Xu Yi through Sevigny. Because the kingdom's finances are not loose, if it really wants to reward the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, it can be regarded as an additional burden on the kingdom's finances.

Now that Xu Yi offered to refuse, it was like doing His Majesty the King a favor.

"Hey, what's the actual benefit... I can't ask His Majesty the King to give me a few mines, right?" Xu Yi smiled, thinking of Sevigny's slightly apologetic expression when he was talking to him. His eyes swept across the banquet hall, and he quickly locked his first target.

Although he was in the limelight just now because of His Majesty's special award, in the eyes of these big nobles in the banquet hall, Xu Yi is still just a small businessman who has just entered the circle of nobles with one foot, so in fact he did not attract special attention.

However, when some people noticed that he actually took the initiative to find Marquis Joseph, they still couldn't help being surprised.

Marquis Joseph is the current patriarch of the Joseph family, and his status is many times higher than that of a small businessman like Xu Yi. Isn't he afraid of embarrassment when he looks for it so rashly?

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, although Marquis Joseph was obviously surprised that Xu Yi took the initiative to find him, but after just thinking about it, he actually left the several nobles who had talked with him before, and came with Xu Yi. Go to a remote corner of the hall to talk privately.

"Lord Marquis, thank you for giving me a chance to speak." Xu Yi raised his glass to express his gratitude to Marquis Joseph.

Marquis Joseph is forty-seven years old this year, but because he is well maintained. It looks like he is only in his early forties, but he still looks young and strong. He doesn't see any fat in his body, and his eyes are full of energy. At a glance, he knows that he is not an ordinary person.

Hearing Xu Yi's words, Marquis Joseph nodded slightly: "Actually, I have long wanted to talk to President Xu in person, and today is a good opportunity."

"That's good. I know that the Marquis's time is precious, so I won't beat around the bush." ​​Xu Yi smiled. "Lord Marquis, I came to you mainly to discuss matters about the Falcao Chamber of Commerce."

Marquis Joseph took a sip of the wine in his hand. After pondering for a while, he said, "You should discuss this matter with President Morgan. Generally, I will not interfere in the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce in Bangta City."

"The problem is that what I want to talk to you about is not limited to Bangta City, but is related to the business of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce in the entire kingdom, and even the business of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce in other countries."

Marquis Joseph raised his eyebrows: "Oh? President Xu, isn't your tone a bit too loud? Although your new flying chamber of commerce is developing well, you are not qualified to discuss the Falcao chamber of commerce in front of me. Domestic business, right?"

Xu Yi smiled and said, "Lord Marquis, can I ask you a question first?"

Joseph nodded lightly: "You ask."

"As far as I know, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce has only been involved in the business of some copper mines in addition to the iron ore business in the kingdom, and has not been involved in the business of any other metal mines?" Xu Yi asked.

"Other metal mines?" Marquis Joseph narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked: "President Xu, I heard that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce seems to have discovered some kind of non-ferrous metal veins in the Black Rice Wasteland. This is you. Other metal mines?"

Xu Yi couldn't help laughing even more brilliantly. Judging from this question, although Marquis Joseph seemed to be indifferent to the New Flying Merchants Association, he actually paid a lot of attention to it. He actually knew what he was doing on the Black Rice Wasteland.

"Yes. What I want to discuss with you is related to these non-ferrous metal veins." Xu Yi nodded.

"With all due respect. President Xu, I don't see what role these non-ferrous metal minerals you mentioned can play. These things have existed on the Sainz Continent for thousands of years, but they have never been discovered. Useful, this will never be mined. I don't think you and your new flying chamber of commerce will find the role."

"Before the iron was extracted from ore by humans and made into various iron tools, the elves ruled this continent for so long, didn't they also fail to discover the great effect of iron?" Xu Yi asked with a smile. "But now I know that these non-ferrous metal mines can have very good effects, which are not inferior to iron at all, and I know how to use them. Then Marquis Joseph, do you have the will to let the Falcao Chamber of Commerce and our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cooperate to jointly What about mining these non-ferrous metals?"

Marquis Joseph took another sip of wine and thought for a moment: "President Xu, you have reminded me of the role of non-ferrous metal mines, then with the strength of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, you can fully mine these non-ferrous metal veins by yourself. If the Flying Chamber of Commerce wants to use it in the future, it can just buy it directly. Since this is the case...why should I cooperate with you?"

"Because in this world, only I understand the roles these non-ferrous metal mines can play." Xu Yi said confidently.

Marquis Joseph was silent for a while, then shook his head: "President Xu, you look down on yourself too much. Before iron was discovered by humans, no one knew what role it could play. But after research, now humans The function of iron has been fully discovered. Then even without you, I can still find someone to study the function of these so-called non-ferrous metal mines."

"You said...the function of iron has been fully discovered?" Xu Yi showed a slightly contemptuous smile. "I'm afraid it's not necessarily so? If so, how did we make those special alloy steels of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?"

Marquis Joseph's expression changed slightly, he stared at Xu Yi for a while, and suddenly said solemnly: "President Xu, I heard that you are working with the military to build an arsenal that uses magical machinery to produce armor and weapons?"

Naturally, it was impossible to hide this matter from a great noble like Marquis Joseph, so Xu Yi nodded honestly and admitted.

"Then do you know that because of the establishment of this arsenal, our Joseph family lost a large order from the military?" Marquis Joseph asked again.

Hearing Marquis Joseph's question, which contained a hint of dissatisfaction and warning, Xu Yi felt relieved, because he knew that since Marquis Joseph took the initiative to change the subject, it actually meant that he already had some ideas about his proposal. heart.

"Lord Marquis, since the military has discovered that the magic machine tool can be used to produce armor and weapons in large quantities, it is inevitable to choose an arsenal in the city. In fact, using a blacksmith to create armor and weapons is not only expensive, but also extremely efficient. Low, I think even you have already discovered the drawbacks in this regard?"

"Of course I know that." Marquis Joseph snorted softly. "But this order is because your new pilot will lose it. Aren't you going to give me an explanation?"

Hearing this sentence, Xu Yi was relieved.

"Lord Marquis, I took the initiative to come to you today, just to give you this explanation..."