Magic Industry Empire - 457

Two days later, the fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce left Batrou City, where it had stayed for a full three days, and embarked on the road to Sever City.

The medium-sized magic bus was constantly bumping on the dirt and gravel road outside Batru, driving the bodies of Xu Yi and other researchers at the Magic Machine Tool R&D Center in the car to keep shaking slightly.

Under the leadership of the dwarf Camby, the researchers are gathering together to seize the time to discuss and study the work that will begin after they arrive in Sever City, setting off the atmosphere in the car extremely lively.

However, Xu Yi appeared extremely silent. Turning his head to look at the retreating scene outside the window, he frowned slightly, in deep thought.

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

He was facing an important choice at the moment, but he was unable to make up his mind because of his worries.

Camby stopped the discussion for a while, turned his head to see the strange look on Xu Yi’s face, and couldn’t help asking: “President, what’s the matter with you? Since going out with Count Longli the day before yesterday, why? Always this look? Did Earl Longley do something that embarrassed you?”

Xu Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head gently.

“Although it is not wrong to say that Earl Longley embarrassed me, the truth is that I am embarrassing myself.”

“What do you mean?” Camby looked inexplicable.

Xu Yi stared at a small village consisting of a group of low and dilapidated houses in the distance of the road for a while, then suddenly asked: “Camby, if you decide to do something that can help a lot of people, it might put yourself in a very dangerous situation. Situation, how would you choose?”

Camby frowned: “It depends on whether those people are worth helping, and whether the danger you face is strong. Why? President, what exactly did Earl Longley say to you, he shouldn’t be thinking Invite you to invest in Batruh City?”

Xu Yi stared at Camby in surprise.

For a long time, he thought that these dwarves like Camby were relatively slow to react to this kind of thing, but he didn’t expect him to tell the truth so keenly.

“Well, Earl Longli did offer an invitation, and his attitude is very sincere. I must admit that I was moved by him.” Xu Yi nodded.

Thinking of the contact with Earl Longli these days, Xu Yi felt a little strange in his heart.

In the past few years, with the rapid development of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, Xu Yi came into contact with a large number of nobles in the Lampari Kingdom, the qualities of which were mixed in his opinion.

Good aristocrats can coexist peacefully with civilians, and can even reach out to the civilians as much as possible to help them, while bad aristocrats will oppress the civilians and satisfy their desires by relying on the privileges of the aristocracy.

Most aristocrats follow the tradition of aristocracy, and are basically in two different classes with the common people.

But no matter what, Xu did not see a nobleman like Earl Longli, who could really get along with ordinary civilians on an equal footing, and even worked wholeheartedly to improve the lives of civilians under his control.

Xu also was not sure whether Earl Longley was acting, but from the previous evaluations of the old Earl Longley, and the attitude of the civilians of Batrou City towards Earl Longley when he got along with Earl Longley in the past few days, Earl Longley’s attitude should be quite sincere.

After all, it is easy for him to cheat alone, but it is difficult for all the civilians in Batlu to cheat together.

Even if you put aside whether or not to act, Xu Yi had to seriously consider his proposal just because of the attitude and significance of this matter.

It is not that difficult for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to invest in Batlu City.

Although Batru City is indeed extremely poor, and in fact, the entire city does not have any good resources, but with the observation of the past few days, Xu Yi has been able to find several ways to develop Batru City. It is feasible.

The only thing that Batru City lacks is funding, and this is precisely what the New Flying Chamber of Commerce does not lack.

If you agree to the invitation of Earl Longley, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce will come to Batlu City to make a big investment, which represents another more far-reaching significance. It means that Batlu City, a city whose public flag shows support to His Royal Highness Prince Eric, will not The New Flying Chamber of Commerce, a supporter of Her Royal Highness the Pooh, unexpectedly began to cooperate.

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

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

Although Earl Longli is the lord of a city and a dignified earl, the city of Batru is the weakest and poorest city in the northeast province. Earl Longli does not have much power in his hands.

The New Flying Chamber of Commerce is different.

As the Kingdom of Lampari is currently developing the fastest and is regarded by everyone as a new type of chamber of commerce with unlimited future, the power and potential that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has now mastered are far from being comparable to the lord of a poor city.

The two sides’ respective support for His Royal Highness Prince Eric and Her Royal Highness Severine also differed greatly.

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

If Earl Longli really chooses to invite the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to invest in Batlu City and fully cooperate with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, he will inevitably be regarded as a betrayal by His Royal Highness Prince Eric.

And this is tantamount to giving a lot of people a very bad head, which means that the side supporting His Royal Highness Prince Eric is not monolithic, and the internal itself has split.

If this matter becomes a reality, Xu also can fully imagine how angry Prince Eric was and how serious the consequences would be.

So when I heard Count Longli clearly sent this invitation to himself, even though Xu Yi had been mentally prepared for a long time, he was still very surprised.

“Earl Longley, are you really sure you want to do this? Are you sure you know the consequences of doing this?”

Xu Yi still remembers the bitterness and helplessness in the expression on his face when Earl Longli answered this question, as well as the deep determination in it.

“Of course I know. But compared to the lives and even survival of tens of thousands of people in Batlu City, what is the name of a mere betrayal. To this goal, our Longli family has worked hard for several generations, and now we have this opportunity to show off. In front of me, if I still don’t grasp it, how can I be worthy of the predecessors of the family, how can I be worthy of the people of Batru!”

“If you are sure to do this, your father knows in the underground, won’t you think you 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 ensuring that all the civilians in the kingdom can eat, but now he is ignoring the lives of the civilians in order to determine his military merits. , On the contrary, it will add a huge unbearable burden to Batru City. If the father is still there, I am afraid that he will be the first to reprimand him.”

Earl Longli’s clear answer made Xu Yi understand why he had to make such a choice that would absolutely shock everyone, but Xu Yi also fell into embarrassment.

In the past few days, Earl Longli was walking around inside and outside Batrou City. Naturally, it was not for fun, but under the leadership of Earl Longli, he made a detailed investigation of the environment inside and outside Batrou City.

In the past few days, Xu also discovered that Batlu City is indeed the poorest city in the Northeast Province. Not to mention that most ordinary farmers outside the city are like the old Haar family, and even the most basic food and clothing problems cannot be solved. Residents with slightly better family conditions in the city can only barely survive.

Not to mention that compared with Bangta City, which has been rapidly developing and prospering, it cannot be compared with any city Xu Yi has visited.

Of course, Xu also hopes that with the investment of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, he can promote the development of Batlu City and improve the lives of these poor people.

But if you do this, not only Earl Longley will face serious problems, but Xu Yi himself will also face difficulties.

His Royal Highness Prince Eric would think that Earl Longli was a betrayal, but he would also think that the New Flying Merchant Association was completely provoking or even challenging them by doing so.

If you really want to do this, it will most likely break the current fragile balance between Prince Eric’s side and Her Royal Highness Severine’s side, so that the two sides who are still barely coexisting in peace will truly oppose each other.

Xu Yi couldn’t bear the heavy responsibility of splitting the kingdom of Lampari, so he couldn’t easily promise Earl Longli, he could only tell Earl Longli that he would consider it, leaving him a glimmer of hope.

As for whether or not to agree to do this, Xu also had to go back to Bangta City and discuss with Her Royal Highness Severine.

This matter is no longer just a matter of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and a chamber of commerce.

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

It’s just that before leaving, Earl Longli’s eyes made Xu Yi feel a little hard to resist.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn’t help but smile again.

It would be great if Lampari XIII did not give birth to so many children, or he simply determined how good one of them was to become the heir to the throne, so that everyone would not have to fight each other for a throne, thus consuming the power of the Lampari kingdom for nothing.

Now the situation in the Lampari Kingdom has become like this, and 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 a preference for which side.

It’s as if… he wanted to make things like this on purpose.

What does this King want to do?