Chapter 41 Do You Regret?
"Don't look at me with that look, I know what you're thinking."
Sevini looked at Xu Yi with a smile on his face and couldn't help but give him a blank look.
"Don't worry, I'm here to ask you this time, why you have stopped working with the Magic Industry Administration? Anyway, you're not doing such things that everyone can't understand once or twice. I've long been used to it."
"Oh? Really?" Xu Yi was a little surprised. "Since it was not for this matter, then dear Princess, you ran far away to the Principality of Stantin to see me. Why are you?"
"Apart from official business, can't you come to you for private matters?" Sewini said angrily.
"Private affairs?" Xu Yi was even more puzzled. "What private affairs do you need to come to me?"
"It's because of my territory, which can be said to be my private matter." Sevini replied. "Didn't we agree last time that you will assist me in building a small industrial base on the territory? I used to be the Lord of Bonta City, and it was not very convenient for me to do this. Now I have been resigning as the Lord of the City, so there should be no more problems, so I'll ask when you plan to implement it?"
"Oh? This is simple." Xu Yi nodded and said with a relaxed look: "Our Chamber of Commerce is now very skilled in establishing industrial production bases. Your private territory is not large, your citizens are not particularly large, and there are not many facilities required. I think it is easy to build it. But Sevini, it is best to choose a focus for this industrial base. Have you thought about it?"
"Well, I have already considered it very clearly. I don't have much resources in my private territory. I definitely can't engage in mineral processing or something. And there are indeed not many people above. Then a mechanical parts processing factory that requires a lot of manpower is not good. So I thought about it and decided that it would be better to do this. Look..."
Sewini took out a plan, and Xu Yi leaned over and glanced at him, unable to help but be stunned.
"I said to Your Highness the Princess... Are you planning to grab the business from me?"
It turned out that in this plan, Sevini actually planned to transform her private territory into a huge fruit base, and then build a large canned fruit factory and fresh juice beverage factory in the territory.
Currently, only the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce is involved in these two businesses. Other Chambers of Commerce feel that the profit margins of these two businesses are not high, so they are not interested.
Now that Sewini suddenly decided to join these two industries, it is naturally equivalent to grabbing business from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
"How can this be considered a snatch?" Sevini showed a slightly cunning smile on his face. "Don't forget. In the past, you often told me that you should not let a lot of people share the same cake, but try to make this cake bigger and better, so that everyone who divides the cake can be full. I'm joining in now, not to grab the cake with you."
Xu Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Okay, tell me how to make this cake bigger? At present, the entire Kingdom of Lampari is limited to the average living standard, and the demand for canned fruits and fresh juice has not increased much, and the demand in wealthy cities like Bonta City has long been saturated. We have tried our best to expand the market, but there is no way."
"The Kingdom of Lampari is saturated, so look at places outside the Kingdom of Lampari. Why don't you do this often?" Sevini asked back. "Don't look at me like this. I know you want to say that your New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce is not qualified to sell this type of goods to other countries at will. But I am different. I am the princess, so there is still some privilege."
Xu Yi couldn't help but mutter: "Damn privilege."
Seeing Xu Yi's expression of dissatisfaction, Sevini couldn't help laughing, but then sighed softly.
"Who told you to give up your noble status voluntarily? And now you have unilaterally broken the contract and stopped your cooperation with the Magic Industry Administration. Originally, your new flight chamber could enjoy a lot of privileges, but your decision this time has angered many big people in the kingdom. Even if I were me, I would not be able to plead for you."
"I knew you still couldn't let go of this topic after all." Xu Yi shook his head and sighed, "Okay, since you still can't help but mention it, I will understand and explain it to you. The reason why I chose to cooperate with the Magic Industry Administration before was because of the situation, and because I did have the idea of transferring technology to promote the development of the Kingdom's magic industry. I think Sewini, you should be very clear about this."
"Well, I know your wish very well." Sewini said with a regretful look: "It's a pity that Brother Eric and many people in the kingdom don't understand your ideas. In fact, even if they don't force you like this, you will sooner or later announce these technologies. Now there is no difference between this and a hard robbery. I am very dissatisfied. I have protested to Brother Eric many times."
"Thank you for your concern and help," Xu Yi nodded with a smile. "But these two points are not the main reasons. The main reason why I decided that I agreed to cooperate was actually just because our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is not ready yet."
"Not ready?" Sevini looked at Xu Yi in surprise. "So... are you ready now? That's why you stopped this cooperative relationship so simply? Xu Yi, do you really understand the seriousness of doing so? Do you know that because your decision this time caused many nobles behind the ten chambers of commerce to suffer huge losses. Many real-powered figures in the kingdom have decided to take a more tough approach to your new chamber of commerce."
"Tough?" Xu Yi smiled. "Do you think...their previous actions were very gentle? Although they said they were cooperating, what is the difference between them and Mingzhe?"
Sevini suddenly fell silent. After a while, he sighed softly: "No matter what, Xu Yi, you are still too impulsive this time. I don't know what preparations you have made, but this time you are equivalent to offending the most powerful majority of people in the kingdom. Your Chamber of Commerce will definitely become extremely difficult in the future in the kingdom, and it may even be... you can't continue to run it."
"Is that?" Xu Yi didn't look nervous at all. He spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders. He said with great ease: "If you can't do it, don't do it. If they think it's good for them and the entire Kingdom of Lampari, I have no objection."
Sevini frowned deeply: "Xu Yi, what are you thinking? Didn't the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce create it with one hand, but it is your most cherished effort? Are you so willing to give up easily?"
"No, no, Sevini, I think you got something wrong." Xu Yi shook his finger. "What I want to give up is not the New Flight Chamber of Commerce, but the New Flight Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of Lampari. Do you understand the difference?"
Sewini's face became a little ugly.
"Are you really going to give up the Kingdom of Lampari? No! You can't do this! Xu Yi, don't forget that the prosperity of Bangta City is brought by you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. If you give up the foundation you created in the Kingdom of Lampari is equivalent to giving up all the people of Bangta City!"
"You are too exaggerating. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is just an ordinary chamber of commerce, and I am just an ordinary businessman, but I can't bear such a great responsibility. And when it comes to giving up..." Xu Yi sneered. "Your Highness, I'm not anything compared to your giving up, right?"
Sewini's body shook, and his expression, which was originally slightly excited, became silent in an instant, and his face became a little gray.
After a long time, Sevini sighed softly.
"Xu Yi. You finally said your heart. Are you still unwilling to give up the fight for the throne? Are you still resentful to me?"
Xu Yi shook his head slowly: "This statement is not accurate. It is true that I am unwilling to be willing to do so. After all, I have imagined many times before that once you ascend the throne, with your strong support for the magic industry, my dream will definitely come true as soon as possible. However, you simply gave up fighting for the throne. How could I be willing? But when it comes to resentment... that's not the case."
"Really?"
"Really." Xu Yi nodded seriously. "I said that no matter what decision is, it is your own decision, and I have no right to interfere. If you really want to resent, there are many people in the kingdom who are far more qualified than me. But at this time, I have a question that I can't help but want to ask you. Sewini, do you really regret the original decision?"
A look of pain flashed across Sewini's face, and he struggled for a while before he shook his head gently and sighed quietly: "I don't know..."
"Do you really don't know?" Xu Yi asked back. "Your Highness, I'm afraid you just don't want to face the reality, right? Compared to what changes did you have when you were the city lord in Bangta City, I don't believe you don't know. Imagine if even our New Flying Chamber of Commerce could not survive in Bangta City, what would Bangta City look like?"
The painful expression on Sewini's face became a little deeper, and he struggled to retort: "I think... it's much better than civil strife anyway..."
Xu Yi sighed and shook his head, not wanting to continue talking about this matter.
After all, he and Sevini are in a very different position. In his opinion, if the Kingdom of Lampari wants to become truly powerful, it must change. The most likely thing to bring this change is to let Sevini ascend the throne and vigorously promote the development of the magic industry to improve the environment of the entire kingdom.
But in Sewini's view, she felt that it was most important to maintain stability in the kingdom without civil strife.
It cannot be said that her idea was wrong, but at least from the moment, after Eric ascended the throne, the entire kingdom had fallen under the control of the stubborn and conservative nobles who had previously supported him ascended the throne.
The so-called support and promotion of the development of the magic industry has become a means to accumulate wealth for them through those ten chambers of commerce.
It was impossible for Sevini to see this fact, but she could not do the decisiveness that Xu Yi expected.
Of course, if she really had this kind of personality, she would not have given up fighting for the throne at all.
Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he compared Sevini with Anklu, whom he met a few days ago.
It would be perfect if the personalities of these two people were able to neutralize them.
Of course this was impossible. Xu Yi could only imagine it in his mind, then immediately gave up this fantasy, looked at the sky outside, and stood up from the seat.
"Okay, don't talk about these meaningless things. Sewini, the time is almost over, let's go out together. In this joint operation, you are the commander in name." (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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