Chapter 37 Do You Really Want to Be a Pirate?

While Director Gnar was worried about the Norton Principality's decision, Xu Yi, who was two thousand kilometers away, just looked away from the Norton Principality on the map with a relaxed expression. Vertex Novel ,

Although the Principality of Norton gave up the cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which made him very disappointed, he didn't think it was a big problem.

The development process of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot always be smooth sailing, and according to Xu Yi's own thinking, it is always necessary to leave a certain amount of room for development of other magic machinery chambers of commerce.

The Principality of Norton chose to cooperate with the Anke Magic Chamber of Commerce, which did not violate his original wishes, and even made him feel more gratified.

His eyes continued to move on the map, and after a short stay on the Principality of Mirando, he stopped at the Kingdom of Luerson.

Looking at the dozen or so small black dots marked on the map, Xu Yi rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

The cooperation between Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Luerxun Kingdom has been going smoothly.

With the strong support of King Trutz, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was able to successfully obtain approval no matter whether it is directly investing in the establishment of a factory in the Kingdom of Rulson or a joint venture with the local chamber of commerce, and has never encountered official obstacles.

Now the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is blooming everywhere in Luerxun Kingdom, and all kinds of Xinfei brand magic machines are sold everywhere.

Only nine months have passed this year, and the income of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Luerxun Kingdom alone has reached more than five million gold coins, which is even higher than the income of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of Lampari. Not much difference.

Of course, there is also the fact that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is a joint venture factory in the Lampari Kingdom, and its interests need to be divided with the Lampari Kingdom.

However, in such a large-scale cooperation situation. But there is a problem that has been bothering Xu Yi.

Any cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Rulson Kingdom will receive the strong support of King Trutz. But only in a cooperation. But Xu Yi was never able to get a satisfactory result, that is, in the mineral resources transaction.

The only territory that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can fully control now is the Principality of Standing.

However, the Principality of Standing is small in size after all, and its mineral resources are limited.

With the ever-expanding production scale of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the faster-expanding demand for magic machinery from the outside world, the mineral resources of the Principality of Standing will obviously not be able to keep up with the consumption of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Therefore, Xu Yi has been purchasing a large amount of various mineral resources from other surrounding countries.

Among them, the Lampari Kingdom is the party that provides the most various mineral resources to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Just last month. According to statistics, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce purchased a full 730,000 tons of iron ore and 480,000 tons of other non-ferrous metal ores from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.

However, the land areas of the Kingdom of Luerson and the Kingdom of Lampari are almost the same, and their mineral resources are even slightly better based on exploration. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce only purchased 160,000 tons of iron ore from the Kingdom of Luerson last month. As for Non-ferrous metal ores were only purchased less than 10,000 tons.

Xu Yi mentioned this matter to King Trutz many times, hoping to increase the share of various ores sold by the Rulson Kingdom, but King Trutz has always dealt with it vaguely, and never gave Xu Yi a way to let them Satisfactory answer.

Maybe even claimed that one or two steelmaking plants and non-ferrous metal smelting plants can be directly opened in the Kingdom of Rulson for local mining. It is smelted locally, and it is only processed and sold within the Rulson Kingdom. Still failed to impress King Trutz.

After many attempts to no avail, Xu Yi had no choice but to give up, and turned to other channels to find a solution.

It was for this reason that Neval led the new flying fleet to Nixi City before, trying to purchase various minerals through private channels.

However, after discussing with Elder Wendini last time, through cooperation with the Azshara tribe, King Trutz is very likely to let go in this regard, which made Xu Yi feel a lot more relaxed.

But in the final analysis, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce wants to continue to develop, and the most important thing is to have more resources in its own hands.

I always hope to obtain mineral resources from other countries, and I can't help but feel that my lifeline is in the hands of others.

Xu Yi didn't like this feeling very much, so he kept looking for a solution.

After staying on the Kingdom of Luerson for a while, he turned to the north, skipped the Kingdom of Lampari, but stayed at the Kingdom of Sark.

Looking at the land area of ​​the Sark Kingdom shown on the map, which is at least one-third larger than that of the Lampari Kingdom, and looking at the dozens of black spots marked on it, Xu Yi's eyes could not help but become Get hot.

It is almost impossible to cooperate with the Kingdom of Sark, so if you want to obtain a large amount of resources in the Kingdom of Sark, other than buying some in a small area through private channels, there is only one way left, and that is to completely conquer this country.

As for how to completely conquer...you have to think about it...

"Tuk-tuk--"

A slight knock on the door pulled Xu Yi back from his contemplation.

"Is it Betty? Come in." Xu Yiyang said.

The door opened, and Betty, who was dressed in standard maid attire, walked in slowly, first gave Xu Yi a standard courtesy, and then said softly: "Master President, there is a guest asking to see you."

"Oh? What guest? Did he say who he is?" Xu Yi glanced at Betty's maid outfit and asked with a smile.

After Betty and Carol came here, they saw that Liz and Linda were both pregnant and unable to move, and Xu Yi and Steele were unwilling to recruit more servants, so the two of them automatically served as maids responsibilities.

Because the two of them have undergone strict training in the Lampari Palace, they are extremely skilled in this area of ​​work.

So they have only been here for more than two months, and they have already tidied up the whole manor in an orderly manner, which has won praise from everyone.

However, out of some grievances and worries in his heart, Xu Yi never gave them a clear identity like Liz and Linda did.

Betty and Carol did not express any complaints about this, on the contrary, they seemed very happy every day, and said many times that staying here was much more relaxed than staying in the palace.

"He called himself Leslie Stark. He also said... He also told Mr. Chairman to meet him as soon as possible. He doesn't have much time."

When Betty said this. His expression was a little weird.

I have been here for more than two months, and I have received many guests who came to visit Xu Yi, but no matter what kind of guests they are, they are extremely polite, and no guest has ever been so arrogant.

However, Xu Yi didn't look surprised at all. Instead, he smiled and said, "It's him. Let me just say, when we heard the news that our fleet arrived in Nixi City, he should have appeared long ago."

Betty followed Xu Yi curiously. Leaving the study room and going to the living room, I saw the young man in his thirties who was sitting on the chair again, looking lazy, as if he didn't regard himself as a guest at all.

"Hey, Leslie, why are you so dark?" Xu Yi glanced at Leslie up and down, and couldn't help laughing. "In the past, you were a standard little boy, but now you have suddenly turned into charcoal, and let those noble ladies and wives see it. Wouldn't you be very disappointed?"

The skin turned into a healthy bronze color, and Leslie, who was completely different from the pallor that was typical of noble children before, laughed loudly.

"I told you a long time ago. Those noble ladies and wives mainly look at their faces. Believe it or not, even if I become like this, if they see it, they will still scream?"

Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "I believe it. Well, don't talk nonsense, tell me, where have you been during this time? Looking at you, if I guessed correctly, you should have gone maritime?"

"You guessed right." Leslie laughed. "I've been wandering the sea for more than half a year, and that's why it got so dark."

Xu Yi looked at Leslie with a strange expression.

"Hey, don't you really want to run off to be a pirate?"

"There's nothing wrong with being a pirate." Leslie shrugged, and then extended his hand to Xu Yi. "Okay, what about the ship you promised me? I heard that the fleet organized by your Xinfei Merchant sailed for more than 2,000 kilometers on the sea, and successfully arrived at the Kingdom of Rulson from the Principality of Standing. You have this technology, promise The boat given to me shouldn’t be a problem?”

Xu Yi looked down at Leslie's outstretched hand, and tapped with a finger.

"The ship is fine, but what about your money? A large magic ship that can sail from here to the Kingdom of Rulson costs more than two million gold coins. Our chamber of commerce has only built three ships so far. Are you sure you can Take out two million gold coins?"

"Two million gold coins?" Leslie was taken aback. "Hey, Xu Yi, are you scaring me? It's just a boat, so it's so expensive?"

Xu Yi chuckled: "It seems that you haven't seen those three ships with your own eyes, no wonder you asked this question. I can guarantee that if you saw it with your own eyes, you would definitely not ask such a stupid question again."

Leslie frowned and was not angry. Instead, he was silent for a moment, spread his hands, and said calmly: "Okay, I really can't come up with two million gold coins in one go. But Xu Yi, since you can create A big ship must be able to build a smaller ship? Well... I need one... four or five times bigger than the magic assault boat. I think a ship this big is enough to make me think about it on the sea. It's okay to go on a rampage."

Xu Yi shook his head slowly: "No, Leslie. The appearance of the large magic ship of our new Flying Chamber of Commerce means that the era of being able to sail across the sea with only a few broken wooden ships is over. I sincerely I advise you, it is best to use a big boat directly, because only a big boat can make you safer at sea."

Leslie frowned: "I said, Xu Yi, are you trying to annoy me on purpose? I obviously can't afford that much money, but you insist on recommending me a big boat that I can't afford. In fact, you don't Is it because I can’t make it for the time being, so I’m trying to shirk it on purpose?”

"That's not true. I have the boat, and I can give it to you if you don't have enough money. But..."

"Why? Want to use me?" Seeing the slightly weird smile on Xu Yi's face, Leslie smiled, slowed down, leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, and said to Xu Yi leisurely: "Okay. I can be used by you, but it also depends on what price you offer."

Xu Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

"What do you say to use, it's so ugly. This is cooperation, do you understand cooperation?"

Leslie sneered: "Okay, what's the difference? Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Xu Yi turned his head and glanced at Betty who was standing beside him.

Betty immediately understood, bowed to the two of them, and backed out.

Seeing Xu Yi's seriousness, Leslie put away his relaxed expression, sat up straight, and looked at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi coughed lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Leslie, I have no objection if you want to be a pirate, but if you run to be a pirate without any foundation, you are simply sending yourself to death."

"And then? What do you think?"

Xu Yi chuckled, revealing a seductive smile.

"Actually, our escort team of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is about to form an armed fleet. Are you interested?" (To be continued...)