"Master, does it still hurt?"

Seeing Xu Yi touching his lips, Linda immediately asked with concern. {

Xu Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It hurts but it doesn't hurt, but I guess it won't be better when I get home. If Steele sees it, what should I say..."

Linda covered her mouth and laughed secretly.

"Who made you accidentally kissed by Princess Caroline. If the lady saw it, she would definitely know what was going on immediately."

Xu Yi glared at her angrily: "If Steele asks, I will say you bite me!"

"Madam, I don't believe it. She knows that I must not be so brave."

Looking at Linda who was smirking, Xu Yi sighed helplessly, thinking that this matter might not be explained clearly.

The best way is probably to tell Steele honestly after going back, and maybe you can still win Steele's forgiveness.

Seeing that the medium-sized magic bus had already entered the gate of Anweimar City, Xu Yi shook his head and stopped thinking about these things.

After getting off the car, Xu Yi took Linda straight to Count Samo's villa.

Superintendent Ram received a notice from Count Samo two days ago. He knew that Xu Yi was coming today and prepared in advance. When he saw Xu Yi and Linda appear, he immediately came up.

"President Xu, Viscount Leslie and Baron Hainas are already waiting for you in the living room."

Xu Yi was stunned: "Vissole Leslie? When did he come back?"

Manager Ram had not answered yet, and a long laugh rang in the yard.

"It's less than half a month since I'm back. I didn't expect to see you today."

Xu Yi turned his head with a look of surprise and immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Mr. Viscount, long time no see!"

Viscount Leslie laughed: "Xu Yi, you are a viscount now, and you can no longer respect me as you did before."

Xu Yi shook his head quickly: "My honor to Lord Viscount has nothing to do with the provisions of the noble parliament, it is purely because of my heartfelt respect."

Viscount Leslie turned to Baron Hainas on the side and said, "Look, I haven't seen each other for two years, and Xu Yi has become more able to speak than before. No wonder the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is developing so well now."

Baron Heinas shrugged: "I think he is right, otherwise according to the rules of the noble parliament, wouldn't I respectfully call him Lord Viscount every time I see him?"

Xu Yi and Viscount Leslie looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"Okay, let's not pay attention to the broken regulations of the noble parliament. Everyone is old friends, just call me whatever you want. Xu Yi. Just call me Leslie just like Hainas. No matter what you say, you are also a very famous figure in the kingdom. You are not the little merchant who has no status before, and you can no longer respect me like you did before." Viscount Leslie said.

Xu Yi hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay... Yes, Leslie, what are your plans for the next time after you come back this time?"

"This is exactly what I want to discuss with you. I discussed with your Chamber of Commerce's Chief Farian in Anweimar City. He told me that he could not make the final decision, so I'll just wait for you to come back."

"Do you need to discuss it with me?" Xu Yi was puzzled, looked at Baron Hainas, and asked inquiring in his eyes.

Baron Hainas shook his head, while Viscount Leslie smiled and pulled Xu Yi and walked out of the other courtyard.

"Let's go, I've booked a banquet at Chanel Restaurant. I won't be drunk tonight!"

Xu Yi could only helplessly signal to Superintendent Ram to arrange Linda, but he was sandwiched between Viscount Leslie and Baron Hainas and left the villa.

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"It's really hard to talk about Zhenbei Army."

Viscount Leslie sighed deeply, his expression full of memories and feelings.

"You probably didn't expect that in the windy and snowy environment on the northern border, people could freeze to death at any time, but a large number of soldiers in the Zhenbei Army did not even have a cotton coat that could wrap their bodies tightly."

"Will that mean to freeze a lot of people to death?" Baron Hainas, who was standing beside him, couldn't help asking.

"It's not impossible to freeze a lot." Viscount Leslie shook his head. "But every winter, dozens of people will freeze to death in Zhenbei's army."

Baron Hainas and Xu Yi looked at each other, with a hint of unbearableness in their eyes.

It was already half a banquet and half a drink. When Viscount Leslie heard the two of them ask about his real situation in the military, he immediately opened up and started talking.

"Why are the soldiers of Zhenbei Army strong physical fitness? In fact, in winter, in order to prevent them from being frozen to death, they can only keep warming their bodies through exercises. However, because they can't keep up with supplies and cannot eat enough for food. If they practice too much, they will naturally not be able to keep up with physical strength. However, if they don't practice, they will be frozen to death. So every winter, Zhenbei Army has to see how much food they have to eat to decide how to practice, and even change the training plan every few days, otherwise people will die."

Xu Yi couldn't help but frown: "I heard from Major Maiconli that the annual military expenditure of Zhenbei Army is at least close to 200,000 gold coins. Although the improvement of the military is not enough, it will not be enough to eat, right?"

Viscount Leslie glanced at Xu Yi and sneered: "Twenty-hundred thousand gold coins? Do you know how many gold coins can be used in the soldiers of Zhenbei Army?"

Xu Yi remained silent.

Although he didn't have much contact, just from Major Maconli's words revealed, it can be inferred that the corruption in King Lampari's team was extremely serious. If the kingdom's finance allocated 200,000 gold coins to the Zhenbei Army as military expenditure, it would be ultimately used on the Zhenbei Army, and maybe there would be no 50,000 gold coins.

Under such circumstances, the Zhenbei Army was able to persevere for so many years and did not let the Sak Kingdom go further into the kingdom, which shows how tenacious the Zhenbei Army's combat effectiveness and will are.

"What about this period? Prince Eric began to lead the army of Zhenbei. There will always be no shortage of supplies, right?" Baron Hainas asked. "Your Highness the Prince wants to win this battle and establish his prestige for himself. I think he will definitely not treat the soldiers of Zhenbei in this regard."

"Is that true?" Viscount Leslie's eyes appeared in front of him. Before leaving the Zhenbei Army, His Highness Prince Eric felt that even he felt was too extravagant when he was treating him. He sneered again, but did not comment.

Viscount Leslie didn't speak, and the seat fell into silence for a moment.

Xu Yi looked at Viscount Leslie and Baron Heinas who were also thinking, coughed lightly and asked Viscount Leslie: "Don't talk about these disappointing things, son... Leslie, you said you had something to discuss with me, and it was related to your future plans? What exactly is it?"

Viscount Leslie put down his wine glass and said seriously: "I mentioned this to the Fallian supervisor of your chamber of commerce before. But he may not have notified you. Then I will say it again. Xu Yi, I want to cooperate with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to open a magic machinery factory. What do you think?"

Xu Yi was stunned: "You are working with our Chamber of Commerce? In your name or in your Stark family?"

Viscount Leslie smiled and said, "I am not the patriarch now, of course I can only represent me personally."

Xu Yi frowned: "If you do this, will your family have any objections?"

"This is my own business. They are not qualified to give me any advice." Viscount Leslie waved his hand. "Xu Yi. Just say it's OK, right?"

"Of course. Actually, Leslie, you had shares in our chamber of commerce before. If you didn't voluntarily withdraw. Now you are the major shareholder of our chamber of commerce and you don't need to discuss cooperation with me at all." Xu Yi said sincerely.

"I don't need to mention the past. And to be honest, I am more grateful now that I made such a wise decision. Otherwise, because I have some shares in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the annoying guys in the family would not know how to force me."

Xu Yi and Hainas looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.

From Viscount Leslie's words, he may not be in a good situation in the Stark family after he returned.

In this case, he actually came to discuss cooperation with Xu Yi to open a magic machinery factory. Isn’t this obviously going to confront the family’s will?

"Leslie, have you figured out the consequences of doing this?" Xu Yi asked in a deep voice.

Viscount Leslie smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I know much more about these things than you."

Xu Yi nodded, took a breath, and said, "Okay, since you have made a decision, as a friend, of course I will do my best to help you. Tell me, what kind of magic machinery factory do you want to open? How do you want to cooperate with our Chamber of Commerce?"

Viscount Leslie shook his head: "It doesn't matter what kind of factory it is, and it doesn't matter what way it is to cooperate. It's enough to cooperate with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."

Hearing this answer, Xu Yi and Baron Hainas gasped at the same time.

If the two of them were just guessing just now, then they have already confirmed it now.

Viscount Leslie, this is obviously trying to confront the family head-on against the will of the Stark family!

However, although he is the eldest son of the current Clan leader of the Stark family and is the most likely candidate to succeed as the next Clan leader, he will definitely not have any good results if he fights the family blatantly.

The Stark family is the most powerful noble family in the Lampari Kingdom, except for the royal family. The energy it contains is far beyond the personal comparison.

Why is Viscount Leslie fighting against the family?

Xu Yi pondered for a long time before asking slowly: "Leslie, from the standpoint of me, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and even His Highness Sevini, I really hope you do this. But from the standpoint of my friend, I really don't want you to do this, and it will not do you any good."

"Yes, doing this will only cause you a loss, let's forget it?" Baron Hainas also advised.

Also from a great noble family, Baron Hainas knew much better than Xu Yi's courage and price to fight against the family.

Viscount Leslie shook his head: "In this world, there are always some things that you want to do without calculating the price." After a pause, he continued: "Especially after I stayed in Zhenbei Army for two years."

Seeing Viscount Leslie's resolute expression, Xu Yi knew that persuasion was useless. After thinking about it, he reached out to Viscount Leslie.

"Okay, Leslie, welcome you to officially join the ranks of the magic industry." (To be continued, please search for Piaotianyi, novels are better, updated and faster!
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