Count Count Levi was overthinking things.
In his opinion, the Ireland Chamber of Commerce that the New Flyer had personally nurtured had given him a competitor that could compete with him in certain aspects. This caused the New Flyer to lose a large amount of profits, which was no different from asking for trouble.
But in Xu Yi's opinion, it was the complete opposite.
"Hey, Freeman, this really makes me sigh in admiration."
Xu Yi turned over a steel pipe that was about as thick as his wrist, carefully examining it from the outside to the inside several times. He even took a vernier caliper from Freeman's hand to measure the steel pipe, his face full of praise.
"The craftsmanship of this P2 model steel pipe can be said to have reached or even surpassed the standards of our Chamber of Commerce's steel pipe processing workshop.
Freeman, can you tell me how you did it? "
Freeman gave a simple and honest laugh, scratching his head as he replied, "It's nothing much, we just kept raising our requirements."
Xu Yi nodded, "Mm, well said.
The so-called craftsmanship was actually the process of constantly increasing one's own requirements to improve.
From this P2 model steel pipe, I can see that your Ireland Chamber of Commerce's ability in this type of steel pipe is not inferior to our Chamber of Commerce's. "
Speaking up to here, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh in admiration. He forcefully patted Freeman's shoulder and loudly laughed, "Do you know, this is something that I've been looking forward to all these years, but I didn't think that your Ireland Chamber of Commerce would be the first to achieve it."
"No, no, no, Chairman Xu, you're too kind." Freeman repeatedly waved his hand.
Freeman had interacted with Xu Yi many times, and had also had many in-depth discussions with Xu Yi. He was very clear on Xu Yi's wish, which was that the magic machine industry couldn't be dominated by the New Flyer alone. It would be best if there were other magic machine industry companies that were close to the New Flyer, or even better than the New Flyer.
Freeman was very confused by Xu Yi's idea because there had never been a company or a merchant that hoped that their competitor would become stronger or even surpass them.
But Freeman was very clear that this was Xu Yi's heartfelt words.
If it wasn't like this, he definitely wouldn't have taken the initiative to sell the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's magic machine technology. He could have monopolized it completely, so he would have earned several times more profit than now.
Their Ireland Chamber of Commerce being able to have such high achievements in steel pipe casting technology couldn't do without the support of New Flyer.
Even in the current Ireland Chamber of Commerce, with Xu Yi's permission, they had rented two dwarven magic machine engineers from New Flyer, who were in charge of the steel pipe casting technology.
The current Ireland Chamber of Commerce's achievements couldn't do without the support of these two dwarven magic machine engineers. Of course it also couldn't do without the support of New Flyer.
So Count Will felt that the Ireland Chamber of Commerce had stolen the market from New Flyer with their own strength, causing New Flyer to lose large amounts of profits. But Freeman was very clear that this was all done by Xu Yi on purpose.
So Freeman maintained a humble attitude in front of Xu Yi.
He always felt that everything he had now was because of Xu Yi. Otherwise, he would still be a normal farmer in a village outside Banta City, worrying about his family's livelihood every day.
"Chairman Xu … …" Freeman hesitated a bit before suddenly speaking.
"How about I talk to the Lord City Lord? This steel pipe processing factory should be led by your New Flyer.
Our Ireland Chamber of Commerce might not have any problems with the technology, but we are much worse than your New Flyer in other aspects.
If your company is in charge, we are willing to do our best to help you! "
Seeing the complicated look on Freeman's face, Xu Yi revealed a faint smile. He shook his head and patted Freeman's shoulder again.
"Don't think that much, Freeman.
This matter has already been decided, it can't be changed.
Count Will trusts you and your Ireland Chamber of Commerce very much, so he is filled with expectations.
Even her majesty is paying attention to this matter.
If your company can perform well this time, I believe that I can help your company become a first class company as soon as possible. "
"But … …"
"There are no buts." Xu Yi waved his hand and cut Freeman off.
"Freeman, you should know what I'm thinking.
I'm very happy that your Ireland Chamber of Commerce is qualified to lead this factory ….. and I'm very happy. Count Will and her majesty Seveni are also looking forward to your performance, so this time, whether you want to take this responsibility or not, you can't throw it away. Do you understand what I mean? "
Freeman was silent for a bit before slowly nodding.
"I understand.
But ….. Chairman Xu, if there are any problems with our production in the future, I ask you to help us like before. "
Xu Yi revealed a mouthful of white teeth, revealing a smile that made Freeman feel assured.
The two discussed the details of the various steel pipes for a bit before Freeman's expression suddenly changed.
"Chairman Xu, I heard you mention her majesty, so I have a question that I don't know if I should ask or not."
"Un?
What is it?
Is it related to her majesty? "Xu Yi asked back.
"Un ….. Chairman Xu, have you seen her majesty in the past few months?"
"No."
Xu Yi shook his head. Looking up to think, he found that he hadn't seen Seveni in half a year.
In this half a year, Seveni had only communicated with him a few times through letters and documents. When Xu Yi thought of this, he suddenly felt a bit disappointed and sighed.
After Seveni took the throne, it was different from before.
The friendship between the two of them would become weaker and weaker, they would be no different from normal people sooner or later.
Xu Yi's only hope was that the two of them could peacefully get along and not become enemies in the end.
But for this only hope, Xu Yi didn't have that much confidence … …
"You haven't seen him in months?" Freeman frowned.
Freeman knit his brows, "I thought that I could obtain some information about her majesty from you."
Xu Yi was a bit confused, "What information do you want to know about her majesty?
Isn't her majesty's whereabouts reported in the newspapers every day? "
With the development of the Lampari Kingdom's economy, there were more and more newspapers in the cities.
Fairy, the Lampari Kingdom's newspaper industry was already very developed. Just in Banta City, there wasn't just a single « Banta Times » newspaper, there were also four other small newspapers.
In the capital of the Lampari Kingdom, in Anvilmar City, other than Baron Hannas' « Lampari Weekly » and the « Anvilmar Times », there were already over thirty newspapers of different sizes.
With so many newspapers being established at the same time, naturally Anvilmar City was filled with all kinds of news.
For someone like her majesty Seveni who was the last person that people paid attention to, she would appear in the newspapers every day.
But while some newspapers reported on her majesty's government affairs, there were some small newspapers that reported on other things. For example, what kind of clothes her majesty was wearing today, what kind of perfume she used, or if there was a new maid by her majesty's side … …
They didn't even let go of anything her majesty ate today … …
In this situation, if anyone wanted to know anything about her majesty, they just needed to look through the newspapers. Why would Freeman specially come to ask Xu Yi?
An extremely strange expression appeared on Freeman's face. "The problem is … … it's already been more than a month, but the newspapers haven't seen any detailed information about Her Majesty the Queen. They only report on some of Her Majesty the Queen's participation in government affairs, but there isn't any other information about Her Majesty the Queen."
Xu Yi couldn't help smiling, "Hey, Freeman, I never thought that you would be such a gossipy person.
Then again, it's fine if you gossip about others, but why do you want to gossip about her majesty? "
Freeman shook his head, "I just feel it's strange.
In the past, there were many newspapers that reported on her majesty's life. It's said that her majesty allowed them to leak this information, saying that ….. it would allow her majesty to be closer to us normal citizens.
But in the past month, there hasn't been any private information about her majesty.
Not only do I feel it's strange, almost everyone feels it's strange. "
"Is that so?" Xu Yi slightly knit his brows, thinking that this situation was indeed a bit strange.
Revealing some small gossip about her life to let the citizens feel closer to her was something that Xu Yi had proposed to Seveni before. Now that there wasn't any information about this in a month, naturally it would be strange.
After thinking for a while, Xu Yi still couldn't find a single clue.
There was no other way, he didn't see Seveni at all during this time and they rarely contacted each other. There was only a single letter they exchanged private greetings with.
The others didn't know what happened to Seveni and he also didn't know.
Seeing that Xu Yi really didn't know anything, Freeman hesitated a bit before looking around. He suddenly came to Xu Yi's side and said in a low voice, "Chairman Xu, there are several newspapers in the kingdom that have speculated from their own sources ….. Her majesty, she ….. should be pregnant!"
"What?!" Xu Yi looked at Freeman with wide eyes as his face filled with shock.
Seveni, she ….. was actually pregnant?
How was this possible!
No!
This must be fake!