Other than the Lord City Lord and Baron Belil, there were also some people who had heard the news like chairman Cruz.
Most of them were leaders of large companies that did business with the New Flyer, including the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's chairman Fuller Morgan.
Without an exception, these people were all concerned about the New Flyer's decision to relocate their factory. The focus of their attention was naturally whether this move would affect the order they signed with the New Flyer.
After learning that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was only moving to the Sandton Manor that wasn't far away and they would be able to resume normal production in a week, everyone relaxed.
After exchanging greetings, everyone's eyes naturally fell onto Count Count Samo and Baron Belil.
Most of them were looking at Baron Belil.
The people here were all well informed people in Banta City, how could they not know the inside story of the New Flyer's sudden move?
It should be said that Baron Belil's unreasonable request had surprised everyone.
The Frestech Chamber of Commerce had very good prospects, so even if the Stagg Family didn't care that much about it, they shouldn't have this kind of attitude for no reason and almost cut off all relations with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
Baron Belil had the same casual appearance in front of everyone, but seeing everyone's gazes, he gave a laugh. He came in front of Xu Yi and narrowed his eyes to look at Xu Yi as he said, "Chairman Xu, on account of Count Count Samo, I've given you a few more days.
But don't blame me for not reminding you, if you don't take care of this after the deadline, don't blame me for not giving you any face. "
Hearing this, the surrounding people couldn't help knitting their brows.
Did this Baron Belil have a grudge with Xu Yi?
Why was he targeting him and the New Flyer like this?
Xu Yi's expression was calm as he said with a nod with a faint smile, "I ask the Lord Baron to be assured, with our current speed, we'll be done the day after tomorrow. It won't delay your plans for this territory."
Baron Belil gave a slight nod, "That's more like it.
If you delay my matters, you'll be in trouble when the time comes. "
Everyone's frown deepened.
From the information they gathered, Baron Belil was the one who was being unreasonable from the start. Now, he was acting like this in front of Xu Yi. Even if his relationship with Xu Yi was ordinary, it was hard to not feel indignant.
However, everyone here was experienced and no one dared to refute Baron Belil's words.
This fellow clearly had the face of a playboy and didn't want to reason with you. Arguing with him was useless and they would offend him and the Stagg Family behind him. No one would be that stupid.
Xu Yi looked at Baron Belil and suddenly asked, "Sir Baron, I have a question."
"What problem?" Baron Belil didn't seem to care at all.
"Are you sure you won't regret it in the future?"
Count Samo who had only greeted Xu Yi without saying anything else raised a brow and looked at Xu Yi with a bit of surprise.
This Xu Yi, he seemed like he had a calm attitude towards this matter on the surface, but based on how he asked this question, it could be seen that there was a bit of anger in his heart.
The surrounding people were also a bit surprised, thinking that Xu Yi's question wasn't polite at all.
Baron Belil was stunned before giving a cold laugh and saying in a voice of disdain, "Regret?
Why would I regret it?
I say, Xu Yi, although your New Flyer's development speed isn't bad and you've earned quite a bit of money this year, don't think too highly of yourself.
Your New Flyer is just a small company in Banta City, what qualifications do you have to make me regret it?
Asking this question, don't you think it's funny? "
Xu Yi looked at Baron Belil for a while until he felt a bit uncomfortable. He angrily glared back at Xu Yi before looking away and revealing a faint smile, "Alright, I understand. Many thanks for the Lord Baron's answer."
Baron Belil looked at Xu Yi in surprise before saying with a cold snort, "Xu Yi, I thought that since I didn't see anything I didn't want to see in the newspapers, I thought that you were at least a smart person.
But looking at it now, you don't seem that smart. "
The New Flyer's factory moving, whether it was to Banta City or the surrounding cities, it was considered a large piece of news.
In a normal situation, the newspapers of these cities would report this and investigate the reason.
But this time, more than a dozen newspapers in several cities only reported this as a very ordinary piece of news.
As for the reason why New Flyer suddenly decided to move, they all said that this was the development plan that New Flyer had already decided on.
The reason why these newspapers agreed on this was because other than Xu Yi's request, it was also because of Samo Count and Karma City's City Lord Count Anaris.
Baron Belil was naturally aware of this, so he rarely praised Xu Yi for being a smart person.
Now that he was saying that he wasn't that smart, Xu Yi was too lazy to argue. He just smiled at him and ignored him, turning to discuss with the other managers of the other companies.
After he confirmed the process of New Flyer's order with everyone, everyone left. At this time, Samo Count came over.
Seeing the horse carriages leave, Samo Count said, "Not bad.
Moving such a large factory was a very complicated matter, and it had to be done in such a hurry.
I originally thought that you would be flustered this time, but now it seems that you have arranged everything very well. I really have to praise you. "
"Sir Count is too kind." Xu Yi smiled modestly.
"You didn't come here today just to see how we move, right?"
"This is also one of the reasons." Samo Count pointed at the office in the distance.
"Let's sit down and talk about the rest."
Xu Yi was a bit confused. If there was something important, why didn't he call him to the City Lord's Mansion?
The two walked into the office that hadn't started moving yet. Xu Yi poured some water and then sat down separately.
Samo Count paused, pointed outside the window and asked Xu Yi, "What do you think of those young men from the city guards?"
Xu Yi was surprised. He didn't think that Samo Count would talk about the city guards that came to help move.
Thinking about it, Xu Yi nodded and replied, "Very good.
I can see that their physical fitness is very strong. If all of the Lampari Kingdom's army had this kind of physical fitness, then our Lampari Kingdom's army would probably be ranked in the top of the Sines. "
"You're exaggerating." Samo Count waved his hand.
"There are many factors that determine the strength of a country's army. The physical fitness of the soldiers is only one of them. Other than that, there is also equipment, logistics, and many other factors that are equally important.
Among them, the most direct factor that determines the level of combat power is equipment. "
Xu Yi was shocked.
Of course, Samo Count didn't like to talk nonsense, but what did he mean by talking about equipment?
After considering it, Xu Yi could only give a forced nod, "Un, I agree."
Samo Count kept asking, "Xu Yi, your New Flyer can already mass produce Magic Fans, Magic Rice Cookers, and other iron magic machines, right?"
"Un, that is indeed the case."
"Then you ….." Samo Count looked at Xu Yi. After pausing, he said in a voice that didn't seem to care, "Developing a magic machine that can mass produce armour and weapons shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Xu Yi's hands trembled and he almost dropped the teacup in his hand.
After calming himself, Xu Yi asked Samo Count in a deep voice, "Lord City Lord, what do you mean by this?"
"What?
You still don't understand what I'm saying? "
Samo Count looked at Xu Yi and said with a serious expression, "Let me ask you, do you have confidence in developing a magic machine that can mass produce armour and weapons like the Magic Fan and the Magic Rice Cooker?"
Xu Yi was silent for a while before replying with a bit of difficulty, "In theory ….. it's not a problem.
Even the magic machines that we use now, including the Magic Punch Press, we just need to modify it a bit to make simple armour.
As for weapons ….. it depends on what kind of weapon it is. "
Samo Count's eyes lit up as he kept asking, "For example, bows and arrows?"
"Bows ….. I don't know what kind of bows we're using right now, so I can't answer.
But if we're talking about arrows, if we just make steel arrowheads, it isn't as troublesome as making screws. It's even simpler from a technical point of view.
As for arrow shafts ….. If you want to make a pure steel arrow, the casting process is a bit more troublesome. But if you just need to make an alloy steel arrow shaft or a plastic arrow shaft, the process isn't that troublesome.
Although it is a bit hard to develop magic machines, I think it shouldn't be a problem.
But developing these things will hinder our company's development of magic machines, so I feel ….. "
"Wait a minute … …" Samo Count had a bit of confusion on his face. He raised his hand to signal to Xu Yi to stop and after thinking about it, he asked with knitted brows, "What are the alloy steel and plastic you mentioned?
Why haven't I heard of them before? "
Xu Yi was stunned before finally reacting. He had answered according to the standards of earth, but he had forgotten that this world's understanding of the materials used to make machines was very shallow.
At least everyone had seen the alloy steel from the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker and the Magic Bread Maker, but as for plastic ….. it was currently being researched in the Nightsong tribe and there was still a bit of time before it could be released.
"These two are special crafting materials. Depending on the materials, they can produce different effects.
For example, the material that our New Flyer uses to make the Automatic Magic Rice Cooker and the Magic Bread Maker is a kind of alloy steel that we've recently developed.
This alloy steel that I've named Silver Leaf Steel is lighter than normal iron, but it isn't weaker than iron and it doesn't rust. "
"Then wouldn't using this Silver Leaf Steel to make armours and weapons have better effects?" Samo Count immediately asked.
Xu Yi hesitated a bit, "This ….. I'm not certain.
This is because the armours and weapons that soldiers wear have a lot of requirements and we haven't tested the limits of the Silver Leaf Steel yet, so we can't be certain if it can support the requirements of the armours and weapons. "
"Since there is the Silver Leaf Steel, does that mean there are other kinds of alloys you mentioned?
Then among these alloys, there should be some that are more suitable for making armours and weapons, right? "Samo Count didn't give up.
"This ….. There should be." Xu Yi could only helplessly nod.
"Very good!"
Samo Count slapped the table and gave two laughs. Then he forcefully patted Xu Yi's shoulder and said with an excited look, "I just wanted your New Flyer to develop the magic machines that I needed, but I never thought that I would learn so many useful things from you.
Xu Yi, ah Xu Yi, I really never thought that you would hide so many treasures.
If I didn't ask, would you not have told me? "
Xu Yi said with a bitter smile, "Lord City Lord, this is our company's trade secret. If you didn't take the initiative to ask, how could I easily reveal it?"
"Trade secrets?" Count Sean shook his head with a smile.
Samo shook his head with a smile, "In front of the benefits of the kingdom, what does a trivial trade secret count for?
Alright, Xu Yi, I'll give you two choices now.
The first is to agree to me and develop the magic machines that I mentioned for the kingdom, as well as the alloys and plastics you mentioned.
The second choice is to reject me and let your New Flyer perish.
Which one do you choose? "
Xu Yi could only give a helpless bitter smile, "Lord City Lord, do I have a choice?"