When chairman Cruz and chairman Renersa saw Xu Yi leading a group of fully armed elves in leather armour in front of them, the two of them were stunned.
Chairman Cruz's lips twitched before he forced out a smile. He reached his hand out to chairman Renersa, "You have to accept your loss. Chairman Renersa, give the money."
Chairman Renersa looked at the elves behind Xu Yi for a while before taking out a gold coin to give to chairman Cruz. He shook his head and said with a sigh, "Chairman Xu really isn't a normal person, he really can invite elves as guards. It really has opened my eyes."
Seeing the actions of the two, Xu Yi was a bit confused.
"Did you make a bet?"
Chairman Cruz carefully put the gold coin into his pocket with a smile before replying to Xu Yi with a nod, "Un, I made a small bet with chairman Renersa. I bet that you could hire elven guards and he bet that you couldn't.
Now, of course I've won.
Ha, ha … … "
Xu Yi was speechless. These two fellows were almost fifty years old and the other was over forty, but they actually had the leisure to make a bet over something like this.
What made people even more speechless was that their companies earned several million gold coins a year, but after making a bet, the bet was only a single gold coin!
He was too lazy to care about these two fellows arguing over whether or not these elves were New Flyer's guards. Xu Yi's eyes fell onto the motorcade not far away and he asked, "Is everything here?"
Chairman Renersa finally ended his argument with chairman Cruz and replied, "Un, this is the first batch of mining equipment we need.
Other than the mining magic machines your New Flyer produces, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce has also provided many other necessary equipment. Other than that, they've also sent several mining experts.
Here, it's over there. "
Chairman Cruz and Xu Yi looked at the people in the distance who were dressed differently from the Renekton Chamber of Commerce's guards. They couldn't help asking Xu Yi, "Chairman Xu, did you secretly make an agreement with the Falcao Chamber of Commerce?
Otherwise, why would chairman Morgan agree to help this easily and provide all this equipment? "
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile and vaguely replied, "When I went to Anvilmar City, I saw Joseph Marquis and talked to him for a bit."
Chairman Cruz and chairman Renersa looked at each other, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
This Xu Yi had silently reached an agreement with the Joseph Family, he really was outstanding.
Since everyone was here and the resources were ready, the group didn't delay any longer. They set off from Samara and set off toward the Voller Tribe in a grandiose manner.
This time, the three merchant associations were planning to open up a mine in the Voller tribe. As such, they had prepared an abundance of resources of various types. As such, the caravan was made up of thirty-four large carriages. In addition to the carriage drivers and the guards of the three merchant associations, the scale of the caravan was quite large.
Before this, including the Renekton Chamber of Commerce, all the human companies that did business with the beastmen of the Black Rice Wasteland had stopped at the level of selling goods to each other. Even if they formed a caravan, it would at most be a few horse carriages. It couldn't compare to this caravan at all.
According to what chairman Renersa said, this caravan was the largest human caravan that he had ever seen or heard of entering the Black Rice Wasteland.
If it was big, naturally it would attract more attention.
So when the caravan left Samara Town and entered the Black Rice Wasteland, the Renekton Chamber of Commerce's guards reported that there were people watching the caravan.
Hearing this news, chairman Cruz was a bit nervous.
"Chairman Renersa, is the news you received true?
Is there really a beastmen watching us?
Do you know how many beastmen are watching us?
Is the threat big?
Do we have enough guards? "
Chairman Renersa shook his head, "I only know that there are beastmen watching us, but I don't know which beastmen and how many there are."
"Then what do we do?" Chairman Cruz was a bit worried.
"If there are too many beastmen and the guards can't stop them, what do we do?"
Chairman Renersa laughed, "Relax, the beastmen are not the beastmen from several thousand years ago.
Even if the beastmen dare to come, there won't be too many of them. With our guards, we can definitely deal with them.
Then again, Chairman Xu also brought fifty elven warriors.
Just them alone are enough to deal with several hundred human soldiers, there won't be a problem. "
Hearing this, chairman Cruz felt a bit relieved. He looked at the elven warriors who were silently following the caravan on both sides, as if he had obtained some comfort.
"Chairman Xu, it would be even better if you could bring some dwarven guards." Chairman Cruz suddenly thought of a problem.
"Right, I'm very curious. Why did you bring elven guards but not dwarven guards?
Even the proud elves are willing to serve as guards for your company, so why aren't the dwarves willing? "
Xu Yi helplessly replied, "This … … The reason isn't clear in a short time. In short, dwarven guards shouldn't be thought of for the time being.
Even the elven warriors of the Nightsong tribe, strictly speaking, can't be regarded as guards for our company.
They can only be regarded as mercenaries. "
"Then do they listen to your commands?" Chairman Renersa smelled a key problem.
"They listen to my commands, but the specific commands aren't under my control. After all, I don't understand how these elven warriors fight." Xu Yi replied.
"It's good that they listen to your commands.
If there really is a situation, I hope that Chairman Xu can have them cooperate with our company's guards. "
"No problem."
At first, the journey was calm, but according to the reports of the Renekton Chamber of Commerce's guards, more and more people appeared around them.
Although the sentinels didn't do anything, the atmosphere in the caravan became tense.
According to what chairman Renersa said, when their company came to the Black Rice Wasteland to do business, they had encountered many beastmen monitoring them. But most of the time, the beastmen would obediently retreat and not do anything. Only a few times would they actually try to rob them.
But no matter which time it was, there weren't as many people monitoring them as there were now.
From this, it could be inferred that not only were they making a big move, the beastmen were also making a big move.
Moreover, since there was such an obvious big move, the beastmen wouldn't be willing to retreat and would truly make a move.
Hearing chairman Renersa's analysis, chairman Cruz began to worry again.
He suggested that they go back and ask the kingdom's army for help, but this was directly rejected by chairman Renersa.
This caravan was a private operation of the company and had nothing to do with the kingdom's army.
Without orders, the kingdom's army definitely wouldn't run over to a private company to be their guards.
Although with their connections and abilities, they could give orders to the kingdom's army through Samo Count, but they couldn't do this a second time. Even if the kingdom's army could act as guards this time, could it be that they could act as guards next time?
Not to mention that the three companies wanted to open a mine in the Voller Tribe, they couldn't have the kingdom's army always protect their mine.
"The beastmen are a race that places great importance on strength. If we can't use this chance to intimidate all the beastmen in the Black Rice Wasteland, then even if the mine is opened in the future, there will never be a day of peace." Chairman Renersa had a serious expression as he spoke of his true plans.
"So this time, we have to use this chance to make the beastmen feel pain. We have to make them remember to never provoke us in the future!"
"I support this." Xu Yi immediately expressed his attitude.
"Rather than being on guard every day, it's better to get it done once and for all."
Since the two of them had clearly expressed their attitudes, chairman Cruz naturally had nothing to say and could only express his support.
According to chairman Renersa's experience, beastmen were more sensitive than humans, so they would choose to rob at night.
According to the distance between Sa Ram Town and the Voller Tribe, the caravan would only need a day to get there.
So if the beastmen wanted to rob, tonight was their only chance.
So after Xu Yi heard this analysis, he didn't care about the bumpy ride of the carriage and immediately fell asleep.
Only when evening came did Xu Yi wake up when the caravan stopped somewhere in the wasteland to set up camp.
Seeing chairman Renersa busily instructing the guards to set up camp, Xu Yi jumped off the carriage and arrived in front of a Nightsong tribe elf, asking, "Hey, Fario, what's the situation?"
This elf called Fario was the leader of the fifty elven warriors.
According to the agreement between Elder Elucía and Xu Yi, Xu Yi could order these elves to accomplish their goals, but the specific command would be carried out by Fario. Xu Yi didn't need to interfere.
Xu Yi naturally trusted Fario's professionalism, so he naturally wouldn't point fingers at these elves for no reason. That's why he only came to ask about the situation now.
No matter what Fario was thinking, he was still very respectful to Xu Yi on the surface. After giving him a salute, he replied, "Sir chairman, I have already smelled the stench of those beastmen in the wind and felt their malice.
According to my understanding, they should be launching an attack tonight. "
"Good, then you will assist the other guards to protect the caravan tonight," Xu Yi paused and said, "But I hope that you will pay attention to your own safety first.
It doesn't matter if the goods are gone, but if you are injured or even killed, then it will be an irreparable loss. Do you understand? "
Fario's eyes slightly moved and he nodded, "As you command."