Urgot and Ankh?
While Allen was fighting in the Op Casino, Xu Yi was already in the palace. He was participating in the celebration banquet held by the king to celebrate the Lampari Kingdom's harvest.
As a hero personally named by the king, Xu Yi was not only singled out by the king at the beginning of the celebration banquet and praised in front of everyone, but he also gave Xu Yi a special reward in front of everyone.
In order to reward Xu Yi and the New Flyer for sharing the harvest, the king gave Xu Yi a promotion from an honorary lord to a baron of the kingdom.
An honorary lord could only be said to be an honorary title and couldn't be considered a true noble. However, becoming a baron of the kingdom meant that Xu Yi had officially stepped into the circle of nobles and had truly become a noble of the Lampari Kingdom.
Hearing this reward, everyone at the banquet was very surprised.
Because according to the rules of the Kingdom's Noble Parliament, nobles of the kingdom were not allowed to directly participate in business. Therefore, even if the nobles of the kingdom wanted to engage in business activities, they would have to find an agent and hide behind the scenes to command.
But now, the king had directly made Xu Yi, the president of the New Flyer, a baron of the kingdom. Although a baron was only the lowest level of nobles, it was tantamount to directly violating this rule.
What was even stranger was that the speaker of the Kingdom's Noble Parliament, Duke Rithdor, was present, but he didn't express any objections.
Therefore, Xu Yi's status as a baron of the kingdom had now become the most special baron of the Lampari Kingdom.
This also let everyone know how much the king valued Xu Yi.
While giving Xu Yi a generous reward, the reward given to the New Flyer was relatively unremarkable. It was only giving the New Flyer the title of "Kingdom's Honorary Chamber of Commerce".
This title could only be regarded as an honor and had no practical meaning.
To be honest, it could only be regarded as increasing the reputation of the New Flyer.
However, Xu Yi himself didn't see it this way.
As a person who had transmigrated from Earth, he knew very well how much the ordinary people approved of officially recognized brands.
If there was a company on Earth that could be directly recognized and recognized by the government, then the advertising effect would far exceed that of the company's advertisements on television and various media.
Now that New Flyer had obtained the title of "Kingdom's Honorary Chamber of Commerce", there might still be some unconvinced commoners on Earth who doubted it. However, in Sines, the commoners of the Lampari Kingdom believed that New Flyer would instantly become a first-class and trustworthy chamber of commerce.
This was very beneficial to Xu Yi's goal of promoting New Flyer to the entire Lampari Kingdom.
Of course, this reward was something that Xu Yi had proposed when negotiating with Seveni in private.
The king was planning on giving New Flyer some practical rewards, but Xu Yi had rejected them all and suggested that this title was enough.
Under Xu Yi's insistence, the king naturally agreed to Xu Yi's request.
Because of this, the king had thanked Xu Yi through Seveni. Because the kingdom's finances weren't loose, if they really wanted to give New Flyer a practical reward, it would increase the kingdom's financial burden.
Now that Xu Yi had taken the initiative to reject it, it was equal to helping the king.
"Hei, practical benefits ….. I can't have the king give me a few mines, right?"
Xu Yi thought of Seveni's apologetic expression when talking to him and revealed a smile. He looked over the banquet hall and quickly locked onto his first target.
Even if he had been in the limelight because of the king's special conferment, in the eyes of the large nobles in the banquet hall, Xu Yi was just a small merchant that had just taken a step into the circle of nobles, so he didn't attract any special attention.
But when some people noticed that he had taken the initiative to find Joseph Marquis, they couldn't help being surprised.
Joseph Marquis was the head of the Joseph Family, his status was countless times higher than a small merchant like Xu Yi. Wasn't he afraid of losing face by going to find him like this?
However, to everyone's surprise, although Joseph Marquis was surprised that Xu Yi had taken the initiative to find him, after thinking about it, he actually left the large nobles that he had talked to before and went to a remote corner with Xu Yi to talk in private.
"Sir Marquis, thank you for giving me a chance to talk." Xu Yi raised his wine cup to express his gratitude to Joseph Marquis.
Joseph Marquis was forty seven this year, but because he had maintained himself well, he looked like he was in his early forties. He still looked young and strong, not looking fat at all. His eyes were filled with vigor, so one could tell with a single glance that he wasn't a normal person.
Hearing Xu Yi's words, Joseph Marquis gave a slight nod, "Actually I wanted to talk to Chairman Xu a long time ago, today is a good chance."
"Alright, I know that sir Marquis' time is precious, so I won't beat around the bush." Xu Yi said with a faint smile.
"Sir Marquis, I came looking for you mainly to discuss the matter of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce."
Joseph Marquis took a sip of the wine in his hand and said in a thoughtful voice, "You should discuss this matter with chairman Morgan. I normally don't meddle in the matters of the company in Banta City."
"The problem is that the matter I want to discuss with you isn't limited to Banta City, rather it's related to the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's business in the kingdom. It's even related to the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's business in other countries."
Joseph Marquis raised a brow, "Oh?
Chairman Xu, isn't your tone a bit too big?
Although your New Flyer has developed quite well, you don't have the qualification to discuss the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's business in the kingdom in front of me, right? "
Xu Yi said with a smile, "Sir Marquis, can I ask you a question first?"
Joseph gave a slight nod, "Ask."
"According to what I know, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, other than the iron ore business in the kingdom, are they only involved in the copper business and aren't they involved in any other metal mines?" Xu Yi asked.
"Other metal mines?"
Joseph Marquis narrowed his eyes. After thinking for a bit, he suddenly asked, "Chairman Xu, I've heard that your New Flyer has found a non-ferrous metal mine on the Black Rice Wasteland. Is this the other metal mine you mentioned?"
Xu Yi couldn't help revealing a bright smile. Based on this question, although Joseph Marquis didn't care about the New Flyer at all, he actually paid close attention to it. He actually knew about his actions on the Black Rice Wasteland.
"Yes.
I wanted to discuss the matter of the non-ferrous metal mine with you. "Xu Yi said with a nod.
"Forgive me for being blunt.
Chairman Xu, I can't see what use the non-ferrous metal mine you mentioned has.
These things have existed in the Sines for thousands of years, but no one has discovered their use, so no one has ever mined them.
I don't think that you and your New Flyer will be able to discover their use. "
"Before iron was extracted from ores by humans and made into various ironware, the elves ruled the continent for so long, but didn't they also not discover the use of iron?" Xu Yi asked back with a smile.
"But now I know that these non-ferrous metal ores are very good and aren't inferior to iron at all. Moreover, I know how to use them.
Then Joseph Marquis, are you willing to let the Falcao Chamber of Commerce cooperate with our New Flyer to mine these non-ferrous metal ores together? "
Joseph Marquis took another sip of wine and thought for a bit before saying, "Chairman Xu, now that you've reminded me of the use of the non-ferrous metal ores, with the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's strength, they can mine these non-ferrous metal ores themselves.
If your New Flyer wants to use them in the future, you can just buy them.
Since it's like this ….. why should we cooperate with you? "
"Because in this world, only I know the use of these non-ferrous metal ores." Xu Yi said full of confidence.
Joseph Marquis was silent for a bit before shaking his head, "Chairman Xu, you think too highly of yourself.
Before iron was discovered by humans, no one knew the use it could have.
But after some research, humans have fully discovered the use of iron.
Then even without you, I can still find people to research the use of these non-ferrous metal ores. "
"You're saying ….. fully discovered the use of iron?" Xu Yi revealed a smile with a trace of contempt.
"I'm afraid that's not the case.
If it's like this, then how did our New Flyer make those special alloys? "
Joseph Marquis' expression changed a bit. He looked at Xu Yi for a bit before suddenly saying in a deep voice, "Chairman Xu, I've heard that you're cooperating with the army headquarters to build an arsenal, specially using magic machines to make armours and weapons?"
This matter naturally couldn't be hidden from a large noble like Joseph Marquis, so Xu Yi honestly nodded in acknowledgment.
"Then do you know that because of the establishment of this munitions factory, our Jole family lost a large order from the military?" Marquis Jole asked again.
Hearing Joseph Marquis' dissatisfied and warning question, Xu Yi's heart relaxed. This was because he knew that since Joseph Marquis took the initiative to change the topic, it meant that he was a bit moved by his proposal.
"Sir Marquis, since the army headquarters has discovered that large amounts of armours and weapons can be made through the production magic machines, it is necessary to choose an arsenal in the city.
Actually, using blacksmiths to make armours and weapons, not only is the cost high, the efficiency is also very low. I think that even if it is you, you should have already discovered the drawbacks of this, right? "
"Of course I know." Marquis Jole snorted softly.
Joseph gave a soft snort, "But this order was lost because of your New Flyer, aren't you planning on giving me an explanation?"
Hearing this, Xu Yi's heart calmed down.
"Sir Marquis, I took the initiative to look for you today to give you an explanation … …"