Chapter 122 Cement
Sewini felt that it would cost too much five gold coins to apply for a worker's labor certificate, but Xu Yi felt that this was too little.
On earth, not to mention applying for a foreign labor certificate, even if you are a citizen of the Celestial Empire, applying for a Hong Kong and Macao labor certificate is also expensive, and it can be thousands of oceans.
If converted in purchasing power, it is equivalent to dozens of gold coins here.
Of course, Xu Yicai would not tell Sevini about something.
There are now more than 200 dwarves among the employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, more dwarves will appear. Even the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce hired the elves, and the orcs might be there.
With so many foreign employees, of course, they can save a little bit on their labor certificates.
In addition to receiving recognition of the labor certificate, Xu Yi also got good news from her.
In the agreement with His Majesty the King, His Majesty used several mines to pay for the magic machinery of the farmland. Xu Yi thought it would take a long time to complete this contract, but he was afraid that the mines would not be able to talk to him for a while, but Sevini told Xu Yi that the Kingdom Minerals Agency had cleared out one of the iron ores in Bangta City and Xu Yi could take them away at any time.
According to the agreement between Xu Yi and His Majesty the King, as long as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce completes the first batch of orders, the contract will automatically take effect, and this iron ore will be classified as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
As for the other iron ore and three magic crystal mines that were agreed upon, it depends on the situation where the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce completes subsequent orders.
Although the future is full of variables, at least this iron ore New Air Flying Chamber of Commerce can be considered to be a winner.
Moreover, during the agreement, because the current iron ore is not very valuable on the entire Synes continent, His Majesty the King and the representatives of the Agricultural Administration have given low discounts on these two iron ores.
However, Xu Yi was very clear that once the magic industry flourished on the Continent of Sines, the demand for iron ore will inevitably increase significantly, and by that time, the price of iron ore will obviously soar.
As for the Magic Crystal Mine...there are so many magic crystals on the Continent of Sines that are all over the ground, and magic crystals are not very valuable at all, so the discounts of these three magic crystal mines are not as good as those of one iron ore.
But Xu Yi is very sure. With the development of the magic industry, magic machinery has begun to be used on a large scale on the Synes continent, and the demand for magic crystals will also increase greatly, and the price of magic crystals will inevitably rise sharply.
Now it seems that His Majesty the King exchanged tens of thousands of farmland magic machinery with a total value of nearly three million gold coins from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for two iron ores and three magic crystal mines, which took a lot of advantage, but Xu Yi knew better than anyone else. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce made a lot of money from this transaction.
Thinking that he was afraid that he could rest assured by relying on these mines in the future, Xu Yi was in a very good mood, so when he saw Moon Cruise, the president of the Amley Chamber of Commerce, he looked smiling, as if he had forgotten what Director Riley had said before.
"President Xu, it's rare that you would come to meet me on your own initiative. I'm so happy. But... why did you make an appointment to come to the construction site?" President Cruise pointed at the construction site in front of him with puzzled thoughts and asked. "In such a cold weather, we should find a better place to have a few drinks. It's just right to talk more."
What surprised President Cruise the most was that the construction site where Xu Yi asked him to come was not the new workshop of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that was about to end, but on a very small construction site outside Bonta City, and he also specifically asked not to accompany others except Superintendent Riley.
"There are many opportunities to drink and chat. But once President Cruise is missed, there will be fewer opportunities in front of you." Xu Yichong smiled mysteriously at President Cruise, and then took out a heavy cloth bag from the carriage he drove in person and threw it in front of President Cruise and Supervisor Riley.
"What is this?" The two of them looked at the cloth bag in shock.
Xu Yi smiled without answering and asked Superintendent Riley: "Super Lily, what do your workers use to connect those bricks and stones when building walls?"
Director Riley looked puzzled and didn't understand why Xu Yi asked this question. He hesitated to look at President Cruise. Seeing him nodding, he replied: "It's just a mud made of lime powder and sand, nothing special."
Xu Yi pointed to the cloth bag on the ground: "Then try using these things instead of lime powder."
Director Riley took a puzzled breaking the cloth bag, glanced at it, and immediately said in surprise: "President Xu. This is..."
"This thing is called cement, which is a bit similar to lime powder. If you try it, it should be much better than lime powder." Xu Yi said.
Director Riley reached out and took out a handful of cement from the cloth bag. After rubbing it casually, the fine powder fell from his palm.
As the engineering supervisor who has been on the construction site for many years and has grown up from the most ordinary worker, Director Riley just touched it with his hands and knew that this thing might really have extremely special characteristics. Not to mention, the fine particles of these powders alone are far more than the lime powder they usually use on the construction site.
After rubbing it for a few times, Superintendent Riley didn't say much nonsense. He picked up the shovel that had been prepared long ago as Xu Yi told him, shoveled a shovel of cement, poured it into the fine sand next to it, and mixed it with water and stir it carefully.
Looking at the cement and fine sand, the water gradually stirred together, and not only Director Riley, but also President Cruise's eyes gradually showed a strange color.
As the president of the Amley Chamber of Commerce, President Cruise can naturally see the special features of cement from it.
After mixing well, Director Riley picked up a piece of bricks and stones, skillfully applied mud, and then steadily built them on the wall.
There is no need to wait for the result after the cement has dried. Just by the feel, Director Riley discovered that the mortar stirred by this cement is much more useful than the mortar stirred with lime powder before.
Seeing that Director Riley used up the mud and built two layers of walls, President Cruise looked at Xu Yi and frowned deeply.
"President Xu, what do you mean?"
Xu Yi smiled easily: "It's not interesting. I just happened to find a cement formula from an ancient book, so I want two experts in this field to identify it."
Of course, the two of them would not believe Xu Yi’s nonsense. What ancient books record such things? Even if there are, those who have been struggling in the construction industry for a lifetime will not know?
But this is not the time to argue with Xu Yi. President Cruise pondered for a while and said in a deep voice, "President Xu, everyone is smart, so don't go around the corner. I admit that I am very interested in this cement. If you are willing to hand over the formula, we can talk about any conditions."
Xu Yi laughed and said twice: "President Cruise. You are too insincere, right? Hand over the recipe? Do you think this is possible?"
President Cruise was silent. Of course, he knew that Xu Yi would never agree to his request, but the performance of this cement was too excellent, so he couldn't help but be moved.
After thinking for a while, President Cruise spoke again: "Okay, President Xu. Ask your conditions. Since you made a special appointment with me here, you obviously still have the idea of cooperating with me, right?"
"Of course. Otherwise, why should I waste my time in vain?" Xu Yi pointed to the unused cement on the ground and said, "To be honest, President Cruise, this cement was only developed recently by our New Flight Chamber of Commerce. Now it has just started mass production. I asked you to meet, just to tell you. Now that such a thing has appeared, are you interested in it? "
President Cruise snorted coldly: "President Xu, don't ask questions clearly. How do you plan to sell this cement? We have so many of our Amley Chamber of Commerce. Of course, we are all friends of the Federation, and I hope the price you give is not too much."
Xu Yi laughed: "President Cruise, who do you think of me Xu Yi as? My price for this kind of cement is six gold coins per ton. Do you think it is fair?"
"Only six gold coins?" President Cruise and Superintendent Riley shouted at the same time. "This...this is too..."
Fortunately, both of them were smart people, so they barely swallowed the four words "too cheap".
But judging from the shocked expressions on the two of them, it was obvious that they were both shocked by the price.
You should know that even if it is lime powder, the current market price is more than six gold coins per ton. The performance of this cement is obviously far beyond lime powder. The two of them have been mentally prepared for Xu Yi to offer a sky-high price, but they did not expect that the price Xu Yi gave was exactly the same as lime powder!
This price is of course too cheap!
"This... President Xu, are you saying true?" After a while, President Cruise asked with disbelief.
"Of course it's true, why did I lie to you?" Xu Yi smiled. "How is it? Do you think the price is fair?"
"Just! Justice! Of course fair!" President Cruise nodded repeatedly, as if he was afraid that Xu Yi would regret it. He paused and said, "But President Xu, for everyone is a friend of the Federation, I have a small request, so please agree."
"Speaking."
"Since you said that this cement has just started to be put into production in large quantities, then the output must not be very high, right? Since that's the case, no matter how much cement your Chamber of Commerce produces, we have all the cement produced by our Ramley Chamber of Commerce! And I can also add a little to you at the price, six and a half gold coins per ton. What do you think?"
Xu Yi looked embarrassed and thought for a while before nodding slowly: "Okay, President Lanke has said a long time ago that everyone is a companion of the Federation and must help each other. For this reason, the cement produced by our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce within two years is only supplied to you, the Ramley Chamber of Commerce. In addition, I will also provide you with some various uses of cement, such as reinforced concrete, etc...."
When President Cruise and Superintendent Riley heard that Xu Yi only agreed to the two-year deadline, they were a little disappointed, but when they heard what Xu Yi said later, their eyes shone brightly at the same time.
Since it was something that Xu Yi specifically proposed, it must have extraordinary performance.
As long as the Amley Chamber of Commerce can grasp the use of cement in advance, the Amley Chamber of Commerce will inevitably make rapid progress in construction engineers, and may step out of Bonta City and become one of the best construction unions in the Kingdom of Lampari!
Chapter completed!