Chapter 122 Marquis Joseph
While Urgot and Anco Allen were fighting in the Opp Casino, Xu Yi was already in the palace and was attending a celebration banquet specially held by His Majesty the King to celebrate the harvest of the Kingdom of Lampari.
As a great hero named by His Majesty the King himself, Xu Yi was not only pulled out by His Majesty the King at the beginning of the celebration banquet, and praised him in front of everyone, but also gave Xu Yi a special reward in public.
In order to reward Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for the sharing of this harvest, His Majesty the King specially rewarded Xu Yi for his title to be promoted, from a Lord of Honor to a Baron of Kingdom.
Lord Honor can also be said to be just an honorary title and cannot be regarded as a real nobleman. However, becoming the baron of the kingdom means that Xu Yi has officially entered the circle of nobles and has truly become a nobleman in the Kingdom of Lampari.
Everyone who attended the banquet was surprised to hear this reward.
Because according to the relevant regulations of the Kingdom Noble Parliament, Kingdom Nobles are not allowed to directly participate in business, so even if the kingdom nobles want to engage in business activities, they will find an agent to come forward, and they will hide behind the scenes to command.
However, now His Majesty the King directly made Xu Yi, the president of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, become the kingdom baron. Although the baron is only the lowest-level noble, it is equivalent to directly violating this regulation.
What's even more strange is that Duke Risedo, the Speaker of the Kingdom's Noble Parliament, was present, but did not express any objection to this.
Therefore, Xu Yi, the baron in the kingdom, has now become the most special baron in the Lampari Kingdom.
This also made everyone know how much His Majesty the King values Xu Yi.
While giving Xu Yi a generous reward, the reward given to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is relatively inconspicuous. It is just that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was given the title of "Kingdom Honor Chamber of Commerce".
This title can only be regarded as an honor and has no practical significance.
To be honest, it may only be considered to enhance the reputation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
But Xu Yi himself doesn't think so.
As a person who travels through the earth, he knows very well how high the recognition of the brand that is officially recognized by ordinary people.
If there is a company on Earth that can be approved and recognized by the government and directly commended, the advertising effect will be far greater than that of the company advertising on TV and various media.
Now that the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce has won the title of "Kingdom Honor Chamber", there may be some unsatisfied civilians on earth who are suspicious of this. However, on the Continent of Sines, I believe that in the minds of all the civilians of the Kingdom of Lampari, the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce will instantly become a first-class and trustworthy chamber of commerce.
This is very beneficial for Xu Yi to promote the products of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the entire Kingdom of Lampari.
Of course, this reward was originally proposed by Xu Yi in private when he negotiated with Sewini.
Originally, His Majesty the King planned to give some more practical and effective rewards to the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce, but Xu Yi refused all of them and suggested that he only needed to award such a title.
With Xu Yi's insistence, His Majesty the King naturally agreed to Xu Yi's request.
For this, His Majesty the King also expressed his gratitude to Xu Yi through Sevini. Because the kingdom's finances are not relaxed, if we really want to give the New Air Chamber of Commerce actual rewards, it will add to the burden on the kingdom's finances.
Now Xu Yi has offered to refuse, which is equivalent to helping His Majesty the King again.
"Hey, what are the actual interests... You can't let His Majesty the King give me some mines, right?" Xu Yi smiled with a slightly apologetic expression when he talked to him. His eyes swept through the banquet hall and quickly locked in his first target.
Although he was so popular because of His Majesty's special title just now, in the eyes of these great nobles in the banquet hall, Xu Yi was still just a small businessman who had just entered the aristocratic circle with one foot, so in fact he did not attract any special attention.
However, when some people noticed that he actually came to Marquis Joseph on his own initiative, they still couldn't help but be surprised.
Marquis Joseph is the current patriarch of the Joseph family, and his status is many times higher than that of the little merchant Xu Yi. Isn’t he afraid of embarrassing him when he came up so rashly?
However, to everyone's surprise, although Marquis Joseph was obviously surprised that Xu Yi actually came to him, after thinking for a while, he left the several great nobles who had talked to him before, and went to a remote corner in the hall to have a private conversation.
"Mr. Marquis, thank you for giving me a chance to speak." Xu Yi raised his glass to express his gratitude to Marquis Joseph.
Marquis Joseph is forty-seven years old this year, but because he is well maintained. He looks only in his early forties, and he still looks young and strong. He has no weight in his figure and his eyes are also full of energy. He can tell at a glance that he is not an ordinary person.
Hearing Xu Yi's words, Marquis Joseph nodded slightly: "Actually, I have wanted to talk to you in person with President Xu. Today is a good opportunity."
"Okay. I know that time is precious, so I won't beat around the bush." Xu Yi smiled. "Marquis, I came to you mainly to discuss the matter about the Falkao Chamber of Commerce."
Marquis Joseph took a sip of the wine in his hand and pondered for a moment, "You should discuss this with President Morgan. I usually don't interfere in the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce in Bonta City."
"The problem is that what I want to talk to you is not limited to Bangta City, but is related to the business of the Falkao Chamber of Commerce in the entire kingdom, and even to the business of the Falkao Chamber of Commerce in other countries."
Marquis Joseph raised his eyebrows: "Oh? President Xu, are you a little too big? Although your New Flying Chamber of Commerce has developed well, you are not qualified to discuss the business of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce in the entire kingdom in front of me, are you?"
Xu Yi smiled and said, "Marquis, can I ask you a question first?"
Joseph nodded softly: "You ask."
"As far as I know, in addition to operating iron ore business in the kingdom, does the Falkao Chamber of Commerce only involve some copper ore business, but does not participate in any other metal ore business?" Xu Yi asked.
"Other metal ore?" Marquis Joseph narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "President Xu, I heard that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce seemed to have found a non-ferrous metal ore vein on the black rice wasteland. Is this the other metal ore you mentioned?"
Xu Yi couldn't help laughing brighter. Judging from this issue, although Marquis Joseph seemed to care about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in his performance, he was actually very concerned about it and knew his actions on the Black Rice Wasteland.
"Yes. What I want to come to you for negotiation is about things related to these non-ferrous metal ore veins." Xu Yi nodded.
"I am very foreseeing the frankness. President Xu, I can't see what the non-ferrous metal ores you mentioned can do. These things have existed on the Continent of Synes for thousands of years, but they have never been discovered for their use, so no one has ever mined them. I don't think you and your New Flying Chamber of Commerce can discover their role."
"Before iron was extracted from ore by humans and made into various iron tools, the elves ruled this continent for so long, and didn't they discover the huge effect of iron?" Xu Yi asked with a smile. "But now I know that these non-ferrous metal ores can have very good effects, no less than iron at all, and know how to use them. So Marquis Joseph, are you willing to let the Falcao Chamber of Commerce cooperate with our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to jointly mine these non-ferrous metal ores?"
Marquis Joseph took another sip of wine and pondered for a moment: "President Xu, you have reminded me of the role of non-ferrous metal ore. With the strength of the Falkao Chamber of Commerce, you can mine these non-ferrous metal ore veins by yourself. If you want to use it in the future, you can buy it directly in the future. Since that's the case... why should you cooperate with you?"
"Because in this world, only I understand the role these non-ferrous metal ores can play." Xu Yi said confidently.
Marquis Joseph was silent for a while and shook his head: "President Xu, you think too much of yourself. Before humans discovered iron, no one knew what it could do. But after research, humans have fully discovered the function of iron. Then even without you, I can still find someone to study the function of these so-called non-ferrous metal ores."
"You said...it has fully discovered the function of iron?" Xu Yi showed a slightly contemptuous smile. "I'm afraid it may not be? If this is the case, how did our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce make those special alloy steels?"
Marquis Joseph's face changed slightly. He stared at Xu Yi for a while, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "President Xu, I heard that you are working with the military to build an arsenal, which specializes in the production of armor and weapons with magical machinery?"
Naturally, this matter cannot be hidden from a great nobleman like Marquis Joseph, so Xu Yi nodded honestly to admit it.
"Do you know that because of the establishment of this arsenal, our Joseph family lost a large order in the military?" asked Marquis Joseph again.
When Xu Yi heard the question of Marquis Joseph with a little dissatisfaction and warning, he felt relieved, because he knew that since Marquis Joseph had changed the topic, it actually meant that he was already moved by his proposal just now.
"Marquis, since the military department has discovered that it can produce armor weapons in large quantities through magic machine tools, it is inevitable to choose an arsenal in the city. In fact, using blacksmiths to build armor weapons is not only expensive, but also extremely low efficiency. I think even you have discovered the disadvantages in this area long ago?"
"Of course I know this." Marquis Joseph snorted softly. "But this order was lost because of your New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce. Don't you plan to give me an explanation?"
After hearing this, Xu Yi felt very relieved.
"Marquis, I came to you today to give you this explanation..."
Chapter completed!