Chapter 123 The Battle for the Throne

The conversation between Xu Yi and Marquis Joseph lasted for more than half an hour before it ended.

In the banquet hall with so many people talking, it is of course impossible for the two to have an in-depth conversation, but through this conversation, Xu Yi fully expressed his attitude to Marquis Joseph.

That is, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not intend to confront the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, because strictly speaking, there is no conflict in the scope of business between the two parties, but there are many places for cooperation.

For example, in Bangta City, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce initially stole an iron ore from them because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce stole an iron ore from them, causing the relationship between President Morgan and Xu Yi to fall into a freezing point. After the cooperation, although President Morgan did not turn enemies into friends with Xu Yi, the relationship has basically returned to normal.

And for a big man like Marquis Joseph, Xu Yi, the chairman of the small chamber of commerce, naturally does not have any contradiction with him. For him, the entire Falcao Chamber of Commerce, or the entire Joseph family. The overall interest is the highest priority.

In this conversation, Xu Yi pointed out to him the huge benefits brought by mining non-ferrous metal veins, which is equivalent to pointing out a new path for the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.

The Joseph family has been controlling the iron ore in the kingdom since the founding of the Kingdom of Lampari. Although it has always had a stable and huge income based on it, it has always been limited to it, and there is no greater breakthrough.

The iron ore in the kingdom will be fully mined one day. At that time, what should the Joseph family do?

Now Xu Yi has expressed his willingness to work with the Falcao Chamber of Commerce to mine non-ferrous metal veins in the kingdom, and has determined to buy a large amount of non-ferrous metal ores from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, which is equivalent to developing a new financial path for the Falcao Chamber of Commerce. .

Don't say that the Joseph family actually appreciates Xu Yi in their hearts. Even if he hates Xu Yi to the extreme, for the benefit of the Joseph family, he still chooses to hand out an olive branch to Xu Yi, initially expressing his willingness to cooperate. .

As for the order for the military's equipment and weapons, Xu Yi said that the role of pig iron is actually quite limited, and iron will be more valuable after being smelted into steel with various special characteristics. Therefore, the old-fashioned blacksmith shop has come to be eliminated, and the Joseph family is advised to abandon this model.

As for how to respond after giving up this model?

Xu also expressed the hope that a joint venture with the Falcao Chamber of Commerce could jointly establish a steelmaking plant, specializing in the production of special steel required by the military to produce equipment and armor.

In this way, the Joseph family can still maintain close ties with the military, and at the same time successfully transform into what Xu Yi called a "modern military-industrial enterprise."

It has to be said that although Marquis Joseph is forty-seven years old, his thinking is not as rigid and stubborn as most middle-aged people. On the contrary, he easily understood and partially accepted many of the new concepts proposed by Xu Yi.

The conversation between the two parties went very smoothly. When Xu Yi and Marquis Joseph parted, Marquis Joseph even offered to invite Xu Yi to be a guest in their family.

Xu Yi flashed in his mind the situation when he met Vincent before, smiled, and readily agreed.

After watching Marquis Joseph leave. Xu Yi turned his eyes and saw a gaze in the distant crowd that seemed to be staring at himself.

Looking in the direction of his gaze, he saw Duke Stark surrounded by a group of people.

Seeing Xu Yi looking over, Duke Stark just smiled at Xu Yi, then turned his head, clearly showing his refusal.

Xu Yi shrugged, thinking that even Duke Stark wanted to talk to himself. Not even willing to talk to him.

The current Xu Yi is no longer a rookie who knew nothing about the political situation in the Lampari Kingdom last year. With the scattered suggestions of many people, plus the intelligence collected by himself, and the gradual understanding of whether Xu Yi is now very clear that the struggle for the right to the throne in the Lampari Kingdom has reached a fairly clear stage.

His Majesty's eldest son, Prince Eric, should be the first in line of succession. The most likely candidate to become the next king.

However, His Royal Highness Prince Eric was not up to his expectations, never showed any ability to govern the country, and his character was bad, so His Majesty the King has always been very disappointed with him.

On the contrary, although Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny is the youngest daughter of His Majesty the King and a woman, she has shown a high talent for government affairs since she was a child. It is loved and supported by many nobles and ministers of the kingdom.

Now the battle for the throne is mainly concentrated between the two of them.

His Royal Highness Prince Eric has the advantage of being in the first place, and at the same time has the support of many great nobles.

And Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny has a good reputation and excellent ability, and also has the support of many nobles and many people in the kingdom.

Coupled with the traditions left by the people on the continent of Sainz because of the elves. There is no prejudice against the Queen, so the voice of Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny is even higher than that of Prince Eric.

The reason why Viscount Leslie and Baron Billier who succeeded him later showed such a strange and contrasting attitude towards Xu Yi was that the Stark family gradually publicly expressed their support for His Royal Highness Prince Eric during the year. The Tucker family naturally has to draw a clear line with Xu Yi, who is in close contact with Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny.

If Xu Yi used to plan to climb the big tree of the Stark family through Viscount Leslie, then now, he can't help himself, and it is impossible to show closeness to the Stark family.

In the eyes of everyone, Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had long been classified as the faction of Her Royal Highness.

Therefore, although Duke Stark is somewhat interested in Xu Yi, he will never take the initiative to talk to him, and it is even more unlikely that Xu Yi will take the initiative to find him.

After rearranging these relationships in his mind, Xu Yi couldn't help sighing softly.

Although he knows that business can never be completely free from politics, he still feels that it is a very troublesome thing to be involved in politics.

"Hey, President Xu, why are you sighing? Is it because the conversation with Marquis Joseph just now was unpleasant?" A familiar voice suddenly sounded beside him.

Xu Yi turned his head, looked at Ankreu, who was also holding a glass of dark red wine, and shook his head with a smile: "No, I just suddenly thought of something and felt a little emotional. Mr. Ankreu, I'm actually very strange, why? You will also come to this banquet today?"

Anklu smiled and touched a glass with Xu Yi. After drinking half a glass of wine, he said, "Actually, I didn't plan to come, but later I heard that President Xu will also attend this banquet. I just asked the envoys of our principality to help me sneak into this banquet, and the purpose is to come and meet President Xu."

"Oh?" Xu Yi was a little surprised. "Does it take so much effort to see me? Didn't Hynas tell you where I live? If you want to see me, why don't you go to my place to find me?"

"I've been there, but you weren't there at the time. The supervisor there told me that President Xu, you've been very busy these days and rarely stayed at your residence, so I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find you, so I just joined this banquet. Look, didn't this find you successfully?"

Xu Yi laughed: "Okay, Mr. Anklu, since you have gone so far to find me, you must have something very important to talk to me about? Is it about what we talked about last time?"

"That's right." When talking about business, Anklu's face became serious. "President Xu, I want to ask you, what are your thoughts on what I told you last time? If you agree, I hope you can arrange a time to visit our Principality of Standing as soon as possible."

Xu Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Although before the banquet just started, I have confirmed that His Majesty the King has no opinion on the sale of our Chamber of Commerce to the magic machinery of farmland of the Ruerson Kingdom, and the investment and construction of factories in your Standin, but this After all, things are no trivial matter, and I hope you can give me more time to think about it."

Anklu shook his head: "Although I would also like to give you more time to think about it, President Xu, the situation in the Principality of Standing is quite special. Except for every winter, the climate is very unstable in the rest of the seasons. If you go to investigate again this winter, I am afraid that you will be affected by the weather at any time. Even if you decide to invest, it will also be greatly affected. In this way, it may be delayed for a whole year at a time. And our principality The people of , but they can't wait any longer."

Looking at Anklu's heavy expression, Xu Yi couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Anklu, there is a question I have never understood. Why are you so sure that our new flight merchants can help you in the Principality of Standing? Why don't you What about selling the mines to other chambers of commerce? I think any chamber of commerce is willing to invest in your principality as long as there is interest?”

"No, other chambers of commerce are different. We've tried the same thing before, but those chambers of commerce were scared away when they went there," Uncle said.

Xu Yi suddenly couldn't help laughing and crying: "Then how can you be sure that I won't be scared away when I go?"

"I said, your new flight chamber of commerce is different from other chambers of commerce. In fact, I have been in Bangta City for a period of time before, and I have seen with my own eyes the influence of your new flight chamber of commerce on Bangta City and several surrounding cities. I think , if you let your new flight merchants enter our Principality of Standing, maybe there is hope to change the status quo of the Principality." Anklu said earnestly.

Xu Yi couldn't help shaking his head: "I have to say, you think too highly of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."

"To be precise, I don't look down on your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but you." Anklu stared at Xu Yi, his eyes full of desire. "President Xu, once again, on behalf of Grand Duke Standing, I would like to extend a sincere invitation to you. I hope you can come to our Duchy of Standing."

Seeing Anklu's sincere expression, Xu Yi pondered for a while, and finally nodded slowly.

"Okay, I want to go to the Black Rice Wasteland after a while after returning to Bangta City, and by the way, I will visit your Principality of Standing."

"Agreed?"

"It's a word."