When Lord Wein transferred the two hundred and forty thousand hectares of land to Xu Yi, becoming Xu Yi's private territory, he only transferred the land and didn't transfer the people of the territory.
As a result, after Xu Yi obtained the territory, there were only about 17,000 New Flyer employees who moved in with New Flyer.
Although compared to the average population density of the Sines Continent, this land that was less than fifteen square kilometers had over seventeen thousand people, which was already considered not bad.
But because most of the factories in New Flyer belonged to the intensive industry, a factory that occupied less than a thousand square meters could accommodate hundreds of workers.
Adding all the factories and living areas together, the total area didn't exceed 50,000 hectares.
This made the rest of Xu Yi's territory seem extremely empty and lacking in population.
The more important problem was that because of the lack of a large population, it was extremely difficult for New Flyer to expand production and increase production capacity.
Although there were people from the Lampari Kingdom coming to join New Flyer, in the past year, there were less than 2000 people who came here. For New Flyer's large manpower needs, it was simply a drop in the bucket.
The production capacity problem that Xu Yi had been having headaches about was mainly the problem of population.
Without sufficient manpower, even if New Flyer had abundant funds, it couldn't quickly increase production capacity.
The reason why New Flyer cooperated with the Kingdom of Ruhr and invested in the Mirando Duchy was to establish more production bases and increase overall production capacity.
But the Kingdom of Ruhr and the Mirando Duchy weren't under the control of New Flyer. Although the relationship between New Flyer and them was extremely close, no one could guarantee that there wouldn't be any changes in the future.
In order to solve the manpower problem, Xu Yi recruited a large number of Principality of Constantine's civilians through Lord Wein to enter New Flyer to assist in production.
But according to the traditional rules of Sines, since these civilians were the people of Lord Wein's territory, then they belonged to Lord Wein.
New Flyer not only had to pay Lord Wein a large amount to hire these people, but they also didn't have the right to manage them.
This led to Xu Yi not being willing to train these people. He only let them do the simplest work and didn't let them get involved in technical work.
But this way, hiring these workers would provide less help to New Flyer.
Xu Yi had suggested to Lord Wein that he would move a group of citizens from his territory to join his territory, but Lord Wein had rejected him.
The population of Sines was very tight and for all the lords, people were the most important resource in their territory. Naturally Lord Wein wouldn't agree to Xu Yi's request.
But according to the customs of Sines, if the people of a lord's territory wanted to move, they just needed to pay a certain price to leave the lord's territory.
"Sir chairman, are you really planning on paying for them to move?"
Sebas looked at the people around the New Flyer's newest Magic Air Conditioner and knit his brows.
"Of course." Xu Yi nodded.
It was different from the look of disdain Sebas had when looking at these people, Xu Yi had an interested look. It was like these ragged people who looked no different from beggars had some kind of treasure on them.
"Sir chairman, the Principality of Constantine is much stricter than our Lampari Kingdom in this regard. Moreover, Duke Stantine has made it clear that if we really want to do this, it will cost at least a hundred gold coins per person.
Moreover, they came from Lord Wein's territory, so Lord Wein will definitely have a higher request. "Sebas added.
"So what if he wants two hundred gold coins?"
Xu Yi turned to Sebas and said with a serious look, "If Lord Wein is willing to give me all the people in his territory, I'm willing to spend money to buy them all.
The problem is that Lord Wein definitely won't do it, so we should buy as many as we can. "
Sebas revealed a bitter smile, "But sir chairman, our company's funds add up to less than two million gold coins. How can we buy so many people?"
"That's why we should buy as many as we can." Xu Yi revealed a faint smile.
"Not to mention that at this time, even if we give Lord Wein real gold coins, he might not want them."
"Sir chairman is right."
Kennard who had finished talking with those people came over and took over from Xu Yi, "Compared to gold coins, Lord Wein might need the various military magic machines provided by our company the most.
I think that when sir chairman negotiates with him, he will raise this request. "
Sebas furrowed his brows even more.
Although he was the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's financial manager and was mainly in charge of finances, he didn't care about production at all. But he still had a good understanding of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's current production situation, so he was very clear on what kind of situation the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was facing.
"But if we agree to Lord Wein's conditions, won't we have a problem with other supplies?"
"That's why, in order to completely solve this situation of robbing Peter to pay Paul, we have to find a way to solve the company's production bottleneck.
And to solve this problem, human resources are the most important factor.
This is a good opportunity, we can't miss it. "
Xu Yi said with a serious expression, "In terms of finance, Sebas, you have to do the specific statistics and relevant preparations. If Lord Wein really needs gold coins, you have to be able to meet his needs.
As for the specific production arrangements, Kennard, I'll leave it to you. "
"Understood." Kennard nodded.
"If it really doesn't work, we can actually coordinate with the companies on the Black Rice Wasteland and ask them to help process some parts."
After saying that, Kennard looked at Xu Yi with an inquiring gaze.
When the Frestech Chamber of Commerce made the various military magic machines, from the research to the components, the assembly, and so on, it was all done by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce alone. They never let any other companies or unrelated people interfere.
Now that Kennard brought up this idea, it was to suggest to Xu Yi that other companies should also be included in the military production of New Flyer.
Xu Yi pondered for a bit before nodding, "Alright.
But you have to carefully choose and give priority to the small companies that have long term cooperation with our company. "
"I'll seriously consider it." Kennard said with a serious expression.
"Alright, let's do that."
Xu Yi turned to look at Sebas. Sebas thought for a bit before nodding, "Alright, sir chairman, I'll prepare enough liquid funds for this.
But sir chairman, the second phase of the Stru Road project is about to start. We have to prepare at least five hundred thousand gold coins for the early stage investment.
If we include this, then our company won't have much liquid funds left.
If there is any demand, there will be problems and we might not even have enough to pay the wages of the workers. "
"You don't need to worry about this." Xu Yi waved his hand.
"I've already contacted Newman and the Kingdom of Ruhr will be ordering large amounts of household magic machines from us in the next three months. We can earn enough profit from this to guarantee the company's liquid funds."
"But this is still a bit dangerous … …" Sebas muttered before shaking his head.
As the financial manager of New Flyer, Sebas had always felt very relaxed.
Because New Flyer's product sales had always been high and their profit margins were high, their financial situation had always been good and there had never been any problems.
But in the past year, New Flyer's financial situation had become a bit tense.
This didn't mean that New Flyer was in a crisis because other than when New Flyer left the Lampari Kingdom, their product sales had decreased and their profits had decreased, but the rest of the time, their sales had been high and their profits had been high.
But in just a year, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had spent too much money.
Especially after obtaining this territory from Lord Wein. Because Xu Yi finally obtained a piece of land that he could control, he began investing in this land.
Now in this territory that was less than twenty five square kilometers, there were thirteen intersecting roads that connected almost every part of the territory.
After obtaining this territory, Xu Yi had also reconstructed the workers' living quarters of New Flyer.
Now that they were walking in the living quarters, they could see the beautiful houses that looked very magnificent.
At the same time, Xu Yi had bought a large amount of daily necessities from the other companies, making it very convenient and comfortable to live here.
Moreover, Xu Yi had invited the elves of the Nightsong tribe and the Moon Shadow Tribe to make the territory green again, making it full of life and beautiful.
Almost every person who came to this territory would be shocked by the living environment here that was completely different from other places.
Even her highness Seveni and her private guards were very satisfied with this place after living here for four months, even forgetting to go back.
But to create this kind of living environment, it cost a lot of money.
Since Xu Yi obtained this territory, up to now, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had invested a total of four million six hundred and eighty thousand gold coins in this territory.
It could be said that most of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's profits were invested in the transformation of this territory.
And this wasn't all.
According to Xu Yi's plan, there were many places that needed to be improved on this territory.
For example, Xu Yi's newest plan was to install a complete water supply system for the entire territory.
To complete this system, not only did it require at least three hundred new Magic Water Pumps from New Flyer, it also required a large amount of water supply pipes.
Even if the most important water purification device was the green plant filter provided by the Nightsong tribe, which was very cheap, the cost of this water supply system was still shocking.
According to Sebas' estimates, to build this water supply system according to Xu Yi's idea, it would cost at least eight hundred thousand gold coins.
It was because they needed to spend a lot of money that Sebas was against Xu Yi "buying people" from Lord Wein.
"Relax."
Xu Yi understood Sebas' worries, but as the chairman, he had more things to consider than Sebas.
"This is also for the company to earn more profits in the future, so you as the financial manager will have more confidence in the future.
As long as you persist, there will be light soon.
Moreover ….. I'm doing all these things, in the end it's to make other people's lives better, right? "
"Un, sir chairman is right."
Kennard also said with a smile, "Sebas, do you know what those people said when I asked them why they wanted to move to our territory?"
Sebas and Xu Yi looked at Kennard with interested looks.
"They told me that the reason they wanted to move here was because life would be more comfortable on our territory.
But what I found a bit funny was that what they cared about the most was the water supply system that you were worried about.
They said that to be able to drink clean and sweet water without leaving the house, even gods wouldn't be able to live a good life. "
Xu Yi broke out in laughter when he heard this, but Sebas didn't say anything. He turned to look at them for a while before giving a slight nod.