Chapter 125 Visiting to apologize
Over the next two days, Xu Yi wasn’t idle at all.
After the discussions in the past few days, on his trip to Anvilmar City this time, he had suddenly reached several new cooperation deals.
In these two days, he had been in meetings with these people, setting all kinds of details.
For example, for the sixty thousand magic machines that the Rudson Kingdom ordered, the most important problem was how to transport them.
Although Banta City was in the southwest of the Lampuri Kingdom, being not far from where the Rudson Kingdom and Lampuri Kingdom border was, if they were to transport it to the Rudson Kingdom’s capital of Curaca City like Newman said, it would be a journey of over seven hundred kilometers.
If one side were to transport it, the transport expenses would be a large amount.
But Newman insisted that these agricultural magic machines would only be transported to the borders of the two countries. So after both sides discussed this, they finally decided that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would only be responsible for transport in the Lampuri Kingdom and then they were no longer responsible.
As for the transport costs, they would pay for their part in the transportation.
This was without a doubt more beneficial to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce because it was only two hundred kilometers from Banta City to the border. Comparatively, the transport expenses weren’t that much.
Not to mention that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was earning three million gold coins from this order. Although the transport costs weren’t low, they weren’t considered much.
Another important matter was his further discussions with Marquis Jole.
Xu Yi chose a night to visit Marquis Jole’s manor and after a discussion with Marquis Jole that lasted several hours, they had decided on their terms of cooperation.
First, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would be building a steel mill near the iron mine of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce in Cramer City.
This steel mill will produce special steel alloys that would be used to make the armours and weapons needed by the army headquarters, with the raw material being used naturally being the iron ores mined there.
As for the steel making technology, Xu Yi would send related specialists to guide them.
Then the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would be guiding the Falcao Chamber of Commerce on how to mine the non-ferrous metal veins in the Lampuri Kingdom.
As for the non-ferrous metal ores mined, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce will buy them for now according to the price of iron.
Of course, Xu Yi wouldn’t hand over the non-ferrous metal processing technology for now.
Finally, with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and Falcao Chamber of Commerce working together, they would develop even more mining magic machines while the Falcao Chamber of Commerce would guarantee first supply rights to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce in terms of iron ores, while also maintaining the lowest market price.
It should be said that this cooperation was beneficial to both sides, even earning more profit for the Jole Family.
So after his in-depth discussion with Xu Yi, Marquis Jole put down his prejudice against him and showed a friendly attitude towards Xu Yi.
Because of this attitude, there was even a very interesting small interlude.
When Xu Yi was bidding farewell to Marquis Jole, they bumped into Vincent who had just come back.
When he saw Xu Yi, he immediately began insulting him.
But when Marquis Jole who had just come out heard this, he flew into a rage. He fiercely scolded him and even had him apologize to Xu Yi immediately.
Vincent had a look of surprise and rebellion, but he still obediently lowered his head to Xu Yi and apologized. Even if Xu Yi didn’t care about this fellow before, he still felt a bit pleased.
Of course, compared to Anke Eren who stood in front of him with a dejected look two days later, the pleasure Vincent gave Xu Yi couldn’t compare.
Seeing the bruise on Anke Eren’s lips that hadn’t faded, Xu Yi revealed a faint smile. He raised a hand to stop the surrounding researchers from charging forward and asked Anke Eren, “Young master Eren, can I ask what you are here for?”
Anke Eren looked at Xu Yi with a trace of hatred in his eyes, but there was also a deep helpless look, as well as a trace of hope.
He looked at the researchers who were ready to fight, Anke Eren raised the package in his hand that seemed to be a present and forced out a smile as he asked, “Chairman Xu, is Aleri here? I’m here to visit him…..”
After saying this, Anke Eren hesitated a bit to think before gritting his teeth and saying with a reluctant look, “I am here to apologize.”
Hearing this, other than Xu Yi and Still, the surrounding researchers were all stunned.
Because the Magicians Guild’s certification exam ended today, they were planning to play in Anvilmar City before leaving. They came to see Aleri who was injured in bed first, but they never thought that Anke Eren would suddenly appear here.
What surprised them even more was that Anke Eren was actually here to apologize to Aleri!
Especially those researchers who had been at the low grade magician exam, their faces were filled with disbelief. When they were at the exam site and Anke Eren had injured Aleri, they still clearly remembered how arrogant he had looked.
This fellow relied on the fact that his father was the Magicians Guild’s president to act rampant to the extreme, why did he suddenly come here to apologize?
Bella couldn’t help saying, “I don’t think you’re here to apologize at all, you just want to see if Aleri was killed by you!”
The surrounding researchers echoed this. 𝘣𝘦𝑑𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝑙．𝑐𝑜𝘮
This Anke Eren had left quite the bad impression on them, of course they wouldn’t believe that he was seriously here to apologize.
Anke Eren’s eyebrows raised and when he wanted to explode with rage, he suddenly saw Xu Yi looking at him from the side with a ghost of a smile. His heart sunk and he suppressed his rage, as he said in a deep voice, “I’m here to apologize. Chairman Xu, please bring me to see Aleri.”
Xu Yi nodded with a faint smile and gave an inviting gesture.
“Come with me.”
Seeing Anke Eren obediently following Xu Yi to Aleri’s room, the researchers looked at each other in blank dismay.
“Could it be that this fellow really is here to apologize?” A researcher asked.
“It can’t be…..This fellow was that arrogant, it isn’t like you didn’t see it. Do you think that he is someone who would apologize?” Another researcher asked back.
“This is hard to say. Why do I feel…..that he seems to be afraid of sir chairman? Could it be that sir chairman caught by the handle and is forcing him to apologize today?” Another researcher said.
“When you say this, I also found that after this fellow saw sir chairman, he became a bit unnatural. When that fellow couldn’t even express his rage, it really was just too strange.”
“Un, perhaps it really is like this…..”
…...
This group whispered among themselves as they followed Xu Yi and Anke Eren, coming to Aleri’s room.
In front of everyone’s shocked gazes, Anke Eren actually put the present in front of Aleri’s bed and then seriously apologized to Aleri.
There was nothing wrong with his movements at all, they couldn’t see any resistance at all. It actually made the researchers unable to find any fault, so naturally they couldn’t suspect that he really wasn’t here to apologize.
The researchers couldn’t help looking at Xu Yi.
They heard Bella say that the sir chairman had promised that he would get justice for Aleri.
They didn’t expect that sir chairman would go and heavily injure Anke Eren, but seeing this arrogant fellow actually lowering his head to apologize to Aleri, it really dispelled their rage.
Moreover, based on Aleri’s appearance, he was also shocked and felt like his anger had been vented. He was revealing a very happy smile.
Seeing everyone look at him, Xu Yi smiled and pointed at Aleri as he said, “Alright, stay with Aleri for now. I have some matters to discuss with young master Eren.”
Seeing Anke Eren and Xu Yi leave the room, clearly going off for a private meeting, everyone was more certain.
For Anke Eren to have such a large change in attitude, it was definitely because the sir chairman had made his move.
On the other side, Anke Eren came into a small room with Xu Yi and immediately threw off his face, glaring at Xu Yi. His eyes were filled with flames of rage and he said through gritted teeth, “Chairman Xu, you really are bold, you actually dare to ensnare me like this. If my father were to know of this, do you know what kind of consequences there would be?”
Xu Yi didn’t care at all as he asked back with the same smile, “The problem is…..dear young master Eren, if president Eren knew that you were addicted to gambling and lost ten thousand gold coins, do you…...know what kind of consequences there would be?”
Anke Eren couldn’t help trembling.
He was very clear that if his father knew about this matter, even if his mother tried to protect him, he was certain that his life would fall into darkness and he wouldn’t have the same freedom as before.
After losing this much money through gambling, no matter how much his mother loved him, he would be strictly managed in the future.
Just by thinking about him facing this kind of life, Anke Eren was filled with fear.
If it wasn’t because of this, how could he lower his proud head and come here to apologize to Aleri?
Thinking of this, Anke Eren gave a secret sigh and helplessly said, “Alright, chairman Xu, I won’t pursue the matter of you ensnaring me. But since I have already come here to apologize like you’ve asked, can you give me the contract acknowledging the debt of ten thousand gold coins?”
Xu Yi shook his head, “Young master Eren, you shouldn’t think this naively. Do you really think that a single apology is worth ten thousand gold coins?”
Anke Eren was stunned before he flew into a rage, “You want to go back on your promise? Urgot had told me everything, if it wasn’t for you wanting him to ensnare me, do you think I would have this much gambling debt? I’m not haggling with you and you dare act this shameless? Do you really believe I won’t be angry enough to not care about anything and tell this matter to my father?”
“Go ahead, I don’t care.” Xu Yi gave a shrug with an uncaring look.
Anke Eren gave a snort of rage and turned to leave.
But when he took two steps, he stopped on the third step and after a period of silence, he turned around again and looked at Xu Yi with a complicated gaze.
When he took two steps, he remembered that he didn’t have any proof that Xu Yi had harmed him. He didn’t even have any proof that Urgot had ensnared him.
From beginning to end, Urgot had never said anything to him and he was the one that had asked Urgot to lend him money in his excitement.
But he never thought that once this happened, it would be like water spilling from a dam and he couldn’t stop it.
In just two days, he suddenly owed over ten thousand gold coins!
Although he could infer this was ensnarement from Urgot telling him Xu Yi’s request, how could he tell his father this matter?
He was to tell his father that he had become addicted to gambling and had lost over ten thousand gold coins at once?
It would be quite good if his father didn’t break his legs!
Moreover, in that moment, Anke Eren thought of something that made him feel even more helpless.
Even if he really could prove that this matter was Xu Yi setting a trap for him and he told his father about this matter, even though his father was the president of the Magicians Guild, he couldn’t do anything to Xu Yi.
The current Xu Yi was no longer the same unknown Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s chairman from last year.
Thinking of this, a trace of regret appeared in Anke Eren’s heart.
How good it would be if he didn’t provoked Xu Yi when he first met him last year…..
After a period of silence, Anke Eren suddenly gave a sigh and said with a helpless look, “Alright, chairman Xu, tell me what you want me to do. I don’t believe that a chairman of a large company like you would care about a trivial ten thousand gold coins, so you must want me to do something for you. Tell me, what do I have to do?”
Xu Yi looked at Anke Eren in surprise before revealing a smile, “Very good, I like talking to smart people. Actually, young master Eren, the thing I want you to do is very simple…..”
Chapter 126 Cement production technology
Three days later, when Xu Yi left Anvilmar City, he had a detailed list of magicians in the Sixth Grade and above from the Magicians Guild.
This list was something that Xu Yi wanted a long time ago and had mentioned to president Palmes Eren before, but president Eren had rejected him to protect the privacy of the magicians who registered with the Magicians Guild.
The register that he had now was something that Anke Eren had transcribed himself from the Magicians Guild’s records room.
Exchanging it for the contract acknowledging his debt of ten thousand gold coins, Xu Yi was the one who suffered a loss in this deal, so Anke Eren quickly agreed to this deal. He felt that Xu Yi wouldn’t be able to do anything if he obtained this register and nothing would happen.
But to Xu Yi, this register was very important.
The Frestech Chamber of Commerce needed large amounts of magicians in the future, especially higher grade magicians.
There was no need to mention Great Magicians, so Xu Yi’s goal became Sixth Grade and higher magicians.
With this register, he could use the situation of the high grade magicians in the register to target them with personalized invitations to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
As the register clearly showed, the current Lampuri Kingdom’s Magicians Guild had less than five hundred Sixth Grade and higher magicians registered even including Xu Yi.
Compared to the total number which was around ten thousand magicians. This without a doubt showed that the population of the magician world was in the shape of a standard triangle.
Xu Yi mainly focused on magicians who specialized in a single type of magic, especially magicians who specialized in Wind Magic.
Most of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s machines relied on Wind Magic Arrays and only a few parts used Magic Arrays of the other three elements.
But according to Xu Yi’s plan for development, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce not only needed research on Wind Magic Arrays, they needed to perform research on Magic Arrays of the other three elements.
Even though the current researchers had decent magic and they have adapted to the magic machine research work during this time, these researchers alone were far from being able to match Xu Yi’s requirements.
Just relying on this material, he wanted to use lucrative conditions to recruit some magicians to the magic research facility.
As for how it would be done, he could only slowly think about it after returning to Banta City.
Thinking of how Anke Eren had let out a sigh of relief when he obtained the contract from Xu Yi for this information, Xu Yi couldn’t help revealing a faint smile.
This fellow thought that everything would be fine if he got the contract, he really was too naive.
“Chairman Xu, do you think that my proposition is feasible?” Newman sitting opposite him in the carriage saw Xu Yi suddenly reveal a smile and thought that he was showing agreement to what he said earlier.
“Oh, of course.” Xu Yi quickly gave a nod, “Constructing a road from Banta City to the border between our countries, it would definitely strengthen the relationship between Banta City and the Rudson Kingdom. When the road from Banta City to Anvilmar City is complete, it will also strengthen the relationship between our countries and strengthen the alliance between our countries.”
Newman said with a laugh, “Chairman Xu is completely right. The public roads are too convenient, once they are built, it will take less than two days to go from the border to Anvilmar City. It is much more convenient compared to the four or five days it used to take. But chairman Xu, just building roads on your side won’t be enough, don’t you think that our Rudson Kingdom should also construct some roads?”
“Your Rudson Kingdom also wants to build roads?” Xu Yi narrowed his eyes as he looked at Newman. This fellow had been beating around the bush for a while and he finally spoke of his goal.
This morning, when Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce members left Anvilmar City, Newman, Anklo, and Hannas had suddenly appeared and said that they wanted to go back to Banta City with Xu Yi.
Hannas’ reason was that he wanted to see what kind of changes had occurred in Banta City recently. As for Anklo and Newman, they said that they wanted to return to their respective countries, so they would go with Xu Yi to Banta City before returning to their countries.
If they left from Anvilmar City, whether it was returning to the Stantine Duchy or the Rudson Kingdom, it would be a detour to go to Banta City. It was very clear that these two fellows had matters to discuss with Xu Yi.
As expected, once they entered the carriage, Newman had begun chatting with Xu Yi and he had finally revealed his goal.
Hearing Xu Yi ask this back, Newman said with a smile, “Of course. When I came to Anvilmar this time, I experienced the benefits of the public roads. I think that as long as it’s a person with normal eyes and brains, they can immediately notice the benefits of the roads. Since it’s like this, naturally our Rudson Kingdom would also like to build roads.”
“Since you understand the roads, you should also know that the one building the roads is not our Frestech Chamber of Commerce, but rather the Amrit Chamber of Commerce. Why are you looking for me rather than the Amrit Chamber of Commerce?” Xu Yi asked in a confused voice.
Newman spread his hand and helplessly said, “I did before, but the Amrit Chamber of Commerce’s chairman said that his company has too much work right now, it is impossible for them to have time to go to our Rudson Kingdom to build roads.”
“Un, chairman Cruise is right. Just based on what I know, their company has close to ten roads to build that has a length that surpasses a thousand kilometers. With their company’s current manpower, they really can’t send people to your Rudson Kingdom.” Xu Yi said with a nod.
“So I specially came with chairman Xu this time to ask chairman Xu to help me ask if you ever see chairman Cruise. I heard that chairman Xu and chairman Cruise has a close relationship, so I think that if chairman Xu says something, chairman Cruise would at least give you some face.” Newman said.
Xu Yi couldn’t help smiling, “I’m afraid that isn’t right? Even if chairman Cruise has a good relationship with me, I can’t change the fact that he doesn’t have enough manpower.”
“There’s no problem since our Rudson Kingdom has people, the problem is that we need the technology for building the roads.” Newman said with a faint smile, “Chairman Cruise has already promised me to teach us the basic techniques of building roads, but as for construction materials, especially the most important cement…..that depends on chairman Xu.”
Hearing the word “cement”, Xu Yi immediately understood.
This Newman had gone around in a large circle and even pulled in chairman Cruise, but his goal in the end was for him to provide the technology for creating cement.
Seeing the expectant look on Newman’s face, Xu Yi couldn’t help sighing.
He was certain that this demand for the cement technology was not just from Newman, it also contained the wishes of chairman Cruise.
He could understand chairman Cruise’s wishes since no one wanted their most important thing to be held by another company.
But Xu Yi still had to feel emotional over this. Because the merchants of the Sines Continent were limited by their technological level, especially in terms of construction, it made their vision a bit narrow.
On earth, there had never been a contractor that mastered the art of making cement as well.
This was because there was no need at all. They could just buy cement if they needed it, there was no need for them to make it themselves.
Of course, on the current Sines Continent, only the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had a cement factory. So it was normal for chairman Cruise to be worried in this situation.
However, after Xu Yi thought for a bit, he replied, “Alright, I can support your Rudson Kingdom’s idea of building a road. But our Frestech Chamber of Commerce has a contract with the Amrit Chamber of commerce, we will give priority to the Amrit Chamber of Commerce in terms of produced cement. If you can convince chairman Cruise to sell it to you, I don’t have any opinions.”
Hearing this response, Newman immediately revealed a disappointed look. After thinking about it, he asked without giving up, “It really is troublesome bringing cement from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce back to the Rudson Kingdom, just the transport cost is not something we can accept. Since it’s like this, how about chairman Xu just sell us the technology for producing cement? This is a good thing for both of us, what do you think?”
Xu Yi was silent for a bit and didn’t express any opinion. Anklo who had been silent on the side suddenly said, “Chairman Xu, I welcome your Frestech Chamber of Commerce to construct a cement factory in our Stantine Duchy. Our Stantine Duchy also wishes to construct roads, but we can’t afford the technology nor can we afford to buy it. As long as your company builds a cement factory in our duchy, you can produce cement for us to use locally.”
Newman slightly knit his brows and looked over at Anklo with a bitter gaze.
If this fellow didn’t say anything, he could keep pressing Xu Yi. Now that Anklo had proposed this kind of solution, how could he keep asking for the production technology?
But thinking of it, he suddenly remembered that if the Frestech Chamber of Commerce built a factory in his kingdom, that factory would be in the area controlled by his company. It would be incredibly easy for him to obtain what he wanted from this factory.
Thinking of this, Newman looked at Anklo with a look of praise instead.
This rough looking fellow who seemed more like a farmer seemed rather humble, but actually he had quite the plans.
Compared to directly selling the technology, Xu Yi was more willing to agree to Anklo’s suggestion.
However, what surprised Newman was that after Xu Yi finished thinking, he nodded at Newman with a smile, “Alright, selling you the cement production technology is indeed more convenient. Only I wonder how much chairman Newman is willing to pay for it?”
Newman and Anklo never thought that Xu Yi would agree to this request so easily, so both of them were stunned for a bit.