Looking at the messy pile of steel parts that he didn't know what they were for, the complicated look on Anklo's face finally returned to normal. He turned to Hart and said with a nod, "Captain Hart, please pass on my thanks to chairman Xu. The large amount of help he has given me, I will engrave it in my heart forever."
Hart said with an expressionless face, "Sir chairman said before he left that this was a very normal transaction, everyone just took what they needed."
Anklo was a bit surprised. After pausing, he pointed at the messy pile of parts with knit brows and asked, "But I have a question.
Captain Hart, why do these Magic Trebuchet parts look so small?
If they were assembled, wouldn't they be much smaller? "
"This is the second generation Magic Trebuchet that our company has developed.
Although it is much smaller than the first generation Magic Trebuchet, it isn't weak at all. Rather it is stronger, so it is a bit stronger than the first generation Magic Trebuchet.
Moreover, because it is small, it is very easy to carry.
Look, we only need a single transport Magic Car to transport it. "Hart explained.
"It's like this." Anklo looked at the parts of the Magic Trebuchet and still had some doubts.
"But how do we assemble this thing?
No one knows how to do this. "
Hart took out a small booklet from his chest for Anklo.
"This has the assembly diagram of the Magic Trebuchet, as well as the maintenance of the Magic Repeating Crossbows and the weapons and armours. After you bring these things back, you have to properly study them.
Otherwise, if it breaks down because of your improper operation, our company won't provide any maintenance services. "
Anklo took the small booklet, but he didn't look it over as he kept asking, "Chairman Hart, why don't you just provide a technician to help us with these things?
Wouldn't that be more convenient? "
Hart shook his head, "Sir chairman said that this is a normal transaction between us. If we send someone over, it would be participating in the internal affairs of your Principality of Constantine. He felt that mister Anklo wouldn't be willing."
Anklo was silent for a bit before giving a slight nod.
"Chairman Xu is very thoughtful.
But … … "Anklo looked at the ten transport Magic Cars and revealed a bitter smile filled with self ridicule.
"In fact, you are already participating in this …"
Hart remained silent.
Anklo was in a daze for a moment. He took a deep breath and regained his composure.
"Alright, Captain Hart. I've accepted these goods. Let's start harvesting now."
Hart nodded and showed Anklo the list of goods. After Anklo confirmed it, Hart received an agreement signed by Anklo.
The content of this contract was that Anklo would transfer an iron mine and a Magic Crystal mine from his territory to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
According to the contract, New Flyer would have the permanent rights to mine this iron mine and Magic Crystal mine.
In other words, this iron mine and Magic Crystal mine would belong to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from now on, it wouldn't be related to Anklo or the Principality of Constantine at all.
These two mines were naturally used by Anklo to pay for the weapons he bought from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
Although it was just for ten Magic Cars, the total value was two hundred thousand gold coins.
Just the new Magic Trebuchet alone was worth ten thousand gold coins.
As for the three hundred sets of Magic Repeating Crossbows in the two Magic Cars, with the arrow boxes, each set would cost four hundred gold coins. Three hundred sets would cost one hundred and twenty thousand gold coins.
As for the remaining one thousand sets of weapons and armour, they were only worth seventy thousand gold coins in total.
Actually, the value of these two mines far surpassed two hundred thousand gold coins, it wasn't less than three hundred thousand gold coins.
But it was impossible for Anklo to take out that much cash, so he could only use resources to exchange for the things he needed from New Flyer.
If he had a choice, Anklo didn't want to sell the resources under his name because he knew how important resources were to the future development of the Principality of Constantine.
But he had no other choice.
Because if he wanted to achieve the goal in his heart, he had to spend money and he had to spend a large amount of money.
Seeing his subordinates move the goods from the ten Magic Cars into the small boat he brought, Anklo had a complicated look on his face. His eyes were filled with worry and there was a bitter smile on his lips.
"Let's hope that this sacrifice will bring about a good outcome. Otherwise, I might become the greatest sinner of the Duchy."
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Anklo was filled with worry about the uncertain future because of his choice, but the people of Banta City were filled with joy and excitement because of the bright future. They were all welcoming the new year with great enthusiasm.
Another year passed. Since her highness Seveni took over as Banta City's City Lord in the second half of the year, Banta City was filled with energy and enthusiasm. It was completely different from when Count Stark was the City Lord.
In just half a year, not only had Banta City recovered its previous prosperity, it was even more lively than before.
As the magic machine industry led by the New Flyer entered the hearts of the people of Banta City, many people were pulled into this industry. Now in Banta City, everyone could easily find a job that satisfied them. They didn't need to worry about food or clothing and they could even enjoy a luxurious life that they didn't even dare think of a few years ago.
For example, the things that they didn't buy before because they didn't have enough money, when it came to an important time like the new year, naturally they had to make up for it.
So when it was close to the new year, New Flyer's household magic machine sales exploded.
Just in a single week, it was enough to match the sales of the previous two months added together.
According to the statistics, in just a short week, New Flyer's household magic machine sales had reached a shocking five hundred thousand gold coins.
Because of New Flyer's high profits, in just a short week, New Flyer's income from household magic machines was over three hundred thousand gold coins.
If it was three years ago and Xu Yi saw this kind of profit, he would have been so happy that he wouldn't be able to control himself.
But now that he saw this number, Xu Yi found that he didn't feel anything at all. Rather he tried to find if there was anything wrong with this number and if there was anything that could be improved.
There was no other way. According to the statistics, this year's New Flyer's annual profit had broken through a shocking ten million gold coins. How could Xu Yi be happy with a trivial three hundred thousand gold coins?
Of course, the more money he earned, the more money he spent.
This year's New Flyer's annual profit was shocking, but the various investments were shocking as well.
Putting aside the salary of over three million gold coins, New Flyer had begun expanding in the second half of this year, investing in many cities to build production bases. Adding in the large investments in the Black Rice Wasteland, the Principality of Constantine, and Sowell City in the last two months, they had invested a total of over five million gold coins.
Calculating it like this, at the end of the year, New Flyer's account balance was only around a million gold coins.
Compared to the current scale of New Flyer, this bit of money wasn't considered much at all. When financial manager Sebas was writing the end of the year report, he kept complaining to Xu Yi. He kept reminding him that he should pay attention to the balance of income and expenditure next year, so that the company wouldn't have a deficit for the first time.
However, Xu Yi only smiled at his warning and didn't care at all.
The reason why New Flyer's expenditures were this high this year was because of the expansion policy he had set.
When the various production bases were built next year and they were put into production, these investments would turn into large profits.
At that time, New Flyer's profits would be much higher than now and it wouldn't be strange if it was several times higher.
The more important thing was that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's layout had been set, so they wouldn't be easily affected by the changes of a single city. They would have a way to deal with any situation and wouldn't be forced into a passive position by a single noble.
"Of course the normal nobles wouldn't dare target you or the Frestech Chamber of Commerce because royal father has already made his stance clear in the Royal Parliament. There isn't a noble that would risk angering royal father to do something like this."
Seveni looked at Xu Yi sitting in the chair with a relaxed appearance and shook her head.
"Xu Yi, to be honest, I really don't understand why you look so confident on the surface, but you're actually filled with a sense of danger?
Tell me, why are you recruiting all these people to become your company's guards?
Don't tell me you're just filling up your company's guards. "
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, "Is there a lot?
It's not that much, it's just recruiting five hundred people. Compared to the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's over two thousand guards, our New Flyer has less than a thousand guards, so it can't be considered much at all. "
Seveni glared at him, "Stop acting like a fool!
Your company's elven guards, dwarf guards, and even the beastmen guards you recruited from the Black Rice Wasteland. That's right, there's also the Principality of Constantine guards you recruited from the Principality of Constantine, they aren't included in your company's guards.
If you really add them all up, wouldn't you have over two thousand people? "
Xu Yi gave a laugh into the sky, but he didn't reply.
Seeing his reaction, Seveni was a bit angry. She softly slapped the table and knit her brows. She raised her voice for once and shouted in an angry tone, "Xu Yi, those elves, dwarves, and beastmen guards are much stronger than normal human guards. If we're talking about battle strength, your New Flyer's guards can even compare to an army of five thousand people.
What do you want to do? "
Seeing Seveni's serious expression, Xu Yi gave a sigh and spread his hands, "Your highness, I don't want to do anything, I just want to protect myself.
You said that no nobles dared to target me and the New Flyer, but the nobles you mentioned didn't include his highness Eric, right? "
Seveni's brows trembled slightly and she gave a sigh, but she didn't say anything.
Seeing Seveni's reaction, Xu Yi revealed a faint smile before continuing, "Alright, your highness, let's not discuss this kind of meaningless matter that everyone knows about, right?
Let's discuss proper business.
Your five thousand guards, what standard equipment do you want them to be equipped with? "