Chapter 131 Xu Yi's Worries

Two days later, the team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce left the city of Batru, which had stayed for three full days, and set foot on the road leading to the city of Sewell.

The medium-sized magic bus kept bumping on the dirt and gravel road outside Batrou City, causing the bodies of Xu Yi and other researchers in the magic machine tool R&D center to shake slightly.

The researchers, led by the dwarf Canby, are gathering together to seize the time to discuss and study the work that will start after arriving in Sewell City, making the atmosphere in the car extremely lively.

However, Xu Yi seemed extremely silent. He turned his head and looked at the receding scenery outside the window, frowned slightly, and was always in deep thought.

His eyes flicked over the dilapidated houses that kept flashing by on both sides of the road, and the expression on Xu Yi's face became more and more serious.

He is facing an important choice at this moment, but because of many worries, he has been unable to make up his mind.

Canby on the side temporarily stopped discussing, turned his head and saw the strange look on Xu Yi's face, and couldn't help but ask, "President, what's wrong with you? Since I went out with Earl Longley the day before yesterday, what happened?" Always this expression? Could it be that Earl Longley did something to embarrass you?"

Xu Yi smiled wryly and shook his head slightly.

"Although it is not wrong to say that Earl Longley made things difficult for me, the fact is that I am making things difficult for myself."

"What do you mean?" Camby looked puzzled.

Xu Yi stared at a small village consisting of a group of low and dilapidated houses in the distance for a while, and suddenly asked, "Camby, if you decide to do something that can help many people, it may put yourself in a very dangerous situation." situation. How would you choose?"

Campby frowned: "That depends on whether those people are worth helping. It also depends on whether the danger you are facing is strong. What? President. What did Earl Longley tell you? Invite you to invest in Batru City?"

Xu Yi stared at Camby with wide eyes in surprise.

All along, he thought that the dwarves like Canby were slow to respond to this kind of thing, but he didn't expect him to tell the truth so sharply.

"Well, Earl Longley did invite, and his attitude was very sincere. I must admit that I was moved by him." Xu Yi nodded.

Thinking of the contact with Earl Longley these days. Xu Yi felt a strange feeling in his heart.

In the past few years, with the rapid development of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Xu Yi has come into contact with a large number of nobles in the Lampari Kingdom, and the quality of them is good or bad in his opinion.

Good nobles can coexist peacefully with the common people, and can even extend a helping hand to the common people as much as possible, but the bad nobles will use the privileges of the nobles to oppress the common people and satisfy their own desires.

And most of the aristocrats uphold the tradition of the aristocracy, basically they are in two different classes from the commoners, and they have nothing to do with each other, as if they are people from two worlds.

But whatever. Xu Yi has never seen a nobleman like Earl Longley who can really get along with ordinary civilians on an equal footing. He even worked wholeheartedly to improve the lives of the civilians under his rule.

Xu also wasn't sure if Earl Longley was acting, but from people's evaluation of the old Earl Longley before, and the attitude of the common people in Batru City towards Earl Longley when he got along with Earl Longley in the past few days, it can be seen that, Earl Longley's attitude should be quite sincere.

After all, it was easy for him to cheat alone, but it was difficult for all the civilians in Batru City to cheat together.

Regardless of whether to act or not, Xu Yi had to seriously consider his proposal just from Earl Longley's superficial attitude and the significance of this matter.

It is not too difficult for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to invest in Batru City.

Although the city of Batrou is indeed extremely poor, and the whole city does not actually have any good resources, Xu Yi has been able to find several ways to develop the city of Batrou based on his observations over the past few days, and after field inspections, he feels quite It is feasible.

The only thing that Batru City lacks is funds, and this is exactly what the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not lack.

If Earl Longley's invitation is accepted, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will come to Batrou City to invest heavily, which represents another more far-reaching meaning, which means that Batrou City, a city that publicly supports His Royal Highness Prince Eric, has nothing to do with Ser The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, a supporter of Her Royal Highness Princess Pooh, actually started to cooperate.

No one would think that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce wanted to switch to His Royal Highness Prince Eric, but would only make people think that it was Earl Longley who wanted to betray His Royal Highness.

The reason is that the balance of power between the two sides is too great.

Although Earl Longli is the lord of the city, a majestic earl, But Batru City is the weakest and poorest city in the Northeast Province, and Earl Longli, the city lord, does not have much power at all.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is different.

As a new type of chamber of commerce with the fastest growing momentum in the Kingdom of Lampari and regarded by everyone as a promising new type of chamber of commerce, the power and potential that the Xinfei chamber of commerce has now mastered are far beyond the capabilities of a city lord in a poor city.

There is also a huge gap between the two sides in their respective support for His Royal Highness Prince Eric and Her Royal Highness Princess Seweigny.

But despite this, the symbolic significance of this matter is still extremely huge.

If Earl Longli really chooses to invite the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to invest in Batrou City and cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in an all-round way, then His Royal Highness Prince Eric will definitely regard it as a betrayal.

And this is tantamount to a very bad start for many people, which means that the side supporting His Royal Highness Prince Eric is not monolithic, and there is a split within itself.

If this matter becomes a reality, Xu Yi can fully imagine how furious His Royal Highness Prince Eric will be, and how serious the consequences will be.

So when he heard Earl Longley clearly send out this invitation to himself, although Xu Yi had already prepared himself, he was still very surprised.

"Earl Longley, are you really sure you want to do this? Are you sure you know what the consequences will be?"

Xu Yi still remembers the bitterness and helplessness contained in the expression on Earl Longley's face when he answered this question, as well as the deep firmness in it.

"Of course I know. But compared to the lives and even the survival of tens of thousands of people in Batrou City, the name of betrayal is nothing. For this goal, our Longli family has worked hard for several generations. Now we have this opportunity to get rid of In front of me, if I still don't grasp it, how can I be worthy of the seniors of the family, how can I be worthy of the people of Batrou City!"

"If you are sure to do this, your father knows underground, won't you feel that you have betrayed him?"

"The reason why my father chose to support His Royal Highness Prince Eric was because His Royal Highness stated that he would give priority to supporting and ensuring that all the civilians in the kingdom can have enough food, but now he does not care about the life and death of the civilians in order to determine his military merits. , but it will add a huge and unbearable burden to the city of Batru. If my father is still here, I am afraid that he will be the first to reprimand him."

Earl Longley's clear answer made Xu Yi understand why he made such a choice that would absolutely shock everyone, but Xu Yi also fell into a dilemma.

In the past few days, Earl Longli and Earl Longli walked around inside and outside the city of Batrou. Naturally, they were not just for fun, but under the leadership of Earl Longli, they made a detailed inspection of the environment inside and outside of Batrou city.

In the past few days, Xu also found that Batru City is indeed the poorest city in the Northeast Province. Not to mention that most of the ordinary farmers outside the city are like the old Hal family, who can't even solve the most basic food and clothing problems. Residents with slightly better family conditions in the city can only barely make ends meet.

Don't say that compared with Bangta City, which has developed rapidly and become rich now, it can't be compared with any city Xu Yi has been to.

Of course, Xu Yi hoped that with the investment from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he could drive the development of Batru City and improve the lives of these poor people.

But if he did this, not only Earl Longley would face very serious problems, but Xu Yi himself would also face difficulties.

His Royal Highness Prince Eric will think that Earl Longley is a betrayal, but he will also think that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is completely provoking or even challenging them by doing so.

If you really want to do this, it will very likely break the current fragile balance between His Royal Highness Prince Eric and Her Royal Highness Princess Seweigny, and make the two sides that were barely peacefully coexisting really confront each other.

Xu Yi couldn't afford to split the Lampari Kingdom, so he couldn't easily agree to Earl Longley. He could only tell Earl Longley that he would consider it, leaving him with a glimmer of hope.

As for whether to agree to do so, Xu Yi must go back to Bangta City to discuss with Her Royal Highness Seweini.

This matter is no longer just a matter of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Earl Longli naturally knew Xu Yi's concerns, and he did not force Xu Yi to agree immediately. Instead, he entertained Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and his party more enthusiastically, which fully demonstrated his sincerity.

It's just that when he was leaving to see him off, the look in Earl Longli's eyes made Xu Yi feel a little overwhelmed.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help laughing bitterly again.

It would be great if Lampari XIII didn't have so many children, or if he simply directly determined one of them to be the heir to the throne, so that everyone would not have to fight each other for the throne, thus consuming the national power of the Lampari Kingdom for nothing.

Now that the situation in the Lampari Kingdom has become like this, he, the king, should actually bear the primary responsibility.

However, for such a long time, His Majesty the King has completely stayed out of the matter, neither making any final decisions, nor showing an attitude of favoring any side.

It's as if...he's trying to make things look like this on purpose.

What does His Majesty the King want to do? (To be continued..)