Facts proved that Gaza was thinking too much.
The things that Xu Yi hoped to obtain from the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom were not only things that they could afford, it even ….. made chairman Gaza feel that it was too simple, to the point that he doubted if he had heard wrong.
This was because Xu Yi only hoped to obtain some minerals and magic materials that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce needed from the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom.
The ores and magic materials that Xu Yi mentioned were all very normal things. Although they weren't as common as Magic Crystals and weren't worth anything, they weren't considered rare resources in the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom, so they could be traded.
Through the trade of these resources, Xu Yi promised Gaza that he could provide the Huayue Chamber of Commerce with some household magic machine manufacturing techniques, allowing them to grasp the method of manufacturing household magic machines.
In order to ensure that the New Flyer could smoothly take root in the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom five thousand kilometers away, other than building a cement processing plant, they would also invest in a small steel mill to ensure that the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom could establish a magic machine industry.
Also, because the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom was limited by geography, there was very little land that could be used for farming, so the food problem had always been a big problem for them. Xu Yi agreed to propose to Gaza that they could ship large amounts of food from the Principality of Constantine to help them solve this most important problem.
Before this, the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom basically imported food from the nearby Kandla Empire to solve their most basic needs.
But the Kandla Empire set a very high price for food. Take wheat as an example, the lowest price was thirty four gold coins per ton and the highest price was thirty eight gold coins per ton.
Although the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom earned a lot of money through the alliance of 13 Chambers of Commerce through other business channels and the special resources that the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom was rich in, such as rare trees, flowers, and plants that were native to the Swamp. However, just the cost of food imports alone reached 1.37 million gold coins last year, accounting for more than a quarter of the kingdom's total support.
And according to the initial agreement between Xu Yi and Gaza, the food that New Flyer shipped from the Principality of Constantine was priced a bit lower than the food from the Kandla Empire.
Taking wheat as an example, the price that New Flyer gave was a mere twenty eight gold coins per ton, which was six gold coins lower than the price from the Kandla Empire.
Adding in the fact that the price of other food was also lower, if the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom changed to importing food from New Flyer, they could save at least three hundred thousand gold coins per year.
Gaza didn't even think about it and immediately agreed to cooperate with Xu Yi.
But he was puzzled. New Flyer shipped food from the Principality of Constantine, which was more than five thousand kilometers away, but the price was much lower than the neighboring Kandla Empire. If the transportation fee was included, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
However, Xu Yi didn't explain the reason to Gaza. He only assured Gaza that the food that New Flyer shipped over wouldn't have any problems and would definitely be able to withstand the various tests of the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom.
Gaza was a bit doubtful, but he didn't say anything.
After all, the food cooperation was only an unimportant part of the cooperation between the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom and New Flyer.
If the food that New Flyer shipped over didn't have any problems, then the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom could save a lot of money, which was a good thing.
Besides, New Flyer didn't have to lie to him about this. It wouldn't benefit anyone.
Gaza believed that Xu Yi definitely wouldn't do such a brainless thing.
Xu Yi and Gaza's meeting this time could only be considered a very preliminary contact.
For Gaza, or rather for the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom, there was only one urgent problem, which was to build a deep water harbour as soon as possible.
Otherwise, New Flyer's large transport Magic Boats wouldn't be able to dock, so it would be hard for New Flyer to contact the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom. Naturally they wouldn't be able to cooperate in the future.
As for building a road from the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom to the Kingdom of Ruhr, connecting it to the Kingdom of Ruhr's road network, connecting it to the Principality of Constantine, this idea couldn't be realized at least for now, so naturally it could only be put aside for now.
After this meeting, Xu Yi was invited by Gaza to inspect the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom for a week.
The Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom was only a bit bigger than the Principality of Constantine, it couldn't compare to the Lampari Kingdom or the Kingdom of Ruhr. It was a small country in the southeast corner of the Sines, so it was much easier to inspect it.
This was Xu Yi's first time here, so he didn't inspect it in depth. He just sat in the Magic Airship for a week and went around the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom, gaining a basic understanding of the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom.
After this inspection, Xu Yi's evaluation of the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom in his heart had increased a bit.
This increase didn't come from the geographical environment of the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom. Rather after personally coming here and seeing the swamps and rainforests that could be seen all over the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom, Xu Yi's evaluation of this became even lower.
The reason why his evaluation of the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom had increased was because of the thirteen companies that controlled the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom represented by the Huayue Chamber of Commerce.
Although these thirteen companies controlled the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom, they were closer to merchants in the end. This made it easier for Xu Yi to communicate with them and it wasn't as hard as communicating with the nobles and ministers of the Lampari Kingdom or the Kingdom of Ruhr.
Both sides were very pragmatic when discussing cooperation, not wasting words at all and being very efficient. In just a week, they had decided on many details of the cooperation.
Moreover, in just a few days, the Huayue Chamber of Commerce had worked with three other companies to decide on the location of a deep water harbour. At the same time, they had prepared the initial construction materials and manpower.
This kind of efficiency even made Xu Yi sigh in amazement.
Of course, because the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom didn't have cement, concrete, steel bars, or other materials, they didn't have the construction technology of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, so they could only build a traditional harbour on the Sines. They couldn't build a firm harbour like the New Flyer's harbour on the Principality of Constantine and the Black Rice Wasteland.
Xu Yi didn't care that much about this, it was enough as long as the New Flyer's large transport Magic Ship could dock there.
As for the matters after that, he could slowly consider it.
A week quickly passed and Xu Yi finally finished his short term inspection of the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom.
When the Magic Airship carrying Xu Yi and the Xinfei merchants slowly rose into the air, quickly turning the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom representatives below into little black dots on the ground, Evita beside Xu Yi suddenly knit her brows. She looked at Xu Yi and hesitated to speak.
"What?
Just say it if you have something to say, what are you holding it in for? "Xu Yi said with a smile.
Evita was silent for a bit before saying in a soft voice, "Sir chairman, actually I've always been curious. Why do you have to cooperate with the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom?
This place is just too far away from our merchants.
Even with the Magic Airship, it would take several days for a round trip.
If we use the large transport Magic Ship, it would take at least a month for a round trip.
I feel that this isn't a suitable distance for cooperation, it's too inconvenient. "
"Un, I also feel that it's too far, it is indeed very inconvenient." Xu Yi nodded.
Evita was stunned, "Then why are you … …"
Xu Yi spread his hands, "Because I want to open more markets.
Don't you think that if our company only focuses on the surrounding small countries, our prospects won't be good? "
Evita knit her brows even deeper.
"But if it's to open more markets, I feel that the Kandla Empire is a better choice.
Moreover, didn't you already have this plan?
Why are you giving up now? "
"Who says I'm giving up?" Xu Yi asked back.
"Considering investing in the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom and opening up the Kandla Empire's market aren't contradictory, they can be done at the same time."
"But you had the guard fleet attack the Kandla Empire's fleet last time, wouldn't this completely offend the Kandla Empire?"
Xu Yi gave a shrug, "It's nothing, this is just sending a signal to the Kandla Empire."
"Signal?" Evita had a confused look.
"What signal?
Xu Yi smiled and didn't reply.
What signal?
Of course it was to tell the Kandla Empire, look, your fleet is already falling behind, it can't take a single blow from our New Flyer's newly developed Magic Battleships.
If the Kandla Empire was smart enough, of course they would be able to smell the message Xu Yi wanted to send from this small conflict.
Then, it was obvious what they should and would do next.
Xu Yi looked northwest in the direction of the Kandla Empire through the Magic Airship's window with a trace of expectation in his heart.
This giant and ancient empire should give him a response that he was satisfied with.