Volume 4 Chapter 102 - Buying people (1/2)

Volume 4 Lord Wein had given the two hundred and forty thousand hectares of land to Xu Yi as his personal territory. He only gave him the land and didn’t give him a single person.

This meant that after Xu Yi obtained this territory, there were only the seventeen thousand workers of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce who settled there.

Although for the average population density of the Sines Continent, having more than seventeen thousand people on land that was less than fifteen square kilometers was considered good.

But because most factories of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce were crowded, a factory that took up a thousand square meters of land could already fit several hundred people.

Adding in all the factories and living areas, they only used less than fifty thousand hectares.

This made Xu Yi’s territory seem very spacious and clear that there wasn’t enough population.

But the more important issue was that because they couldn’t gain more population, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce found it hard to expand their production capacity.

Although there were people from the Lampuri Kingdom that kept coming and joined the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, in just a year, there were only less than two thousand people who came here. For the Frestech Chamber of Commerce that had a large demand for people, this was far from being enough.

Xu Yi had always had a headache about this problem, but the main reason for this problem was in terms of population.

He couldn’t get enough human resources, so even if the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had an abundance of funds, they couldn’t increase their capacity.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce was working with the Rudson Kingdom and had invested in the Mirando Duchy in order to create production bases and increase their production capacity.

But the Rudson Kingdom and the Mirando Duchy weren’t areas controlled by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. Although they had close relationships with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, there was no one who could guarantee that there wouldn’t be changes with those countries.

In order to solve the manpower problem, Xu Yi had recruited many Stantine Duchy locals to work in the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

But with the traditions of the Sines Continent, these locals were citizens of Lord Wein’s territory, so they belonged to Lord Wein.

For the people that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce hired, not only did they have to pay Lord Wein a large amount, they also couldn’t manage them.

This caused Xu Yi to be unwilling to train those people. Those people always did the simple work and he didn’t let them get involved in any of the technical work.

But like this, hiring those workers only brought minimal help to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

Xu Yi had once proposed taking some citizens from Lord Wein’s territory and joining his territory, but Lord Wein had decisively rejected him.

There was a small population on the Sines Continent to begin with. To the lords, the people were the most important resource on their territories, so naturally Lord Wein wouldn’t agree to Xu Yi’s request.

But according to the conventions of the Sines Continent, if the people of a noble’s territory wanted to leave, they just had to pay a certain price and they could leave the lord’s jurisdiction.

“Sir chairman, are you really planning on paying the moving expenses for them?” Sebas looked at the people who were gathered around the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s newest Magic Air Conditioner and he knit his brows.

“Of course.” Xu Yi nodded.

It was different from the look of disdain Sebas had when he looked at them. Xu Yi looked quite interested, like those people who were dressed in rags and looked no different from beggars were treasures.

“Sir chairman, the Stanine Duchy manages this more strictly than our Lampuri Kingdom and Duke Stantine has clearly stipulated that if we really want to do this, it would cost at least a hundred gold coins per person. Moreover, they are from Lord Wein’s territory, so he will definitely request a higher price.” Sebas added.

“So what even if he wants two hundred gold coins?” Xu Yi turned to Sebas with a serious look and said, “If Lord Weing is willing to give the hundreds of thousands of people on his territory to me, I can use all my money to buy them. The problem is that Lord Wein won’t do this, so I’ll buy as many as I can.”

Sebas revealed a bitter smile, “But sir chairman, our company currently has less than two million gold coins in funds, how can you buy so many people?”

“So I said that I’ll buy as many as I can.” Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, “Not to mention that even if we give Lord Wein gold coins, he might not want them.”

“Sir chairman is right.” Kennard who had just finished talking to those people came over and took over for Xu Yi, “Instead of gold coins, what Lord Wein wants most right now is our military magica machines. I think that when sir chairman negotiated with him, he should have requested this.”

Sebas brows knit even more.

Although he was the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s financial manager who was mainly in charge of finances, not caring about production at all, he knew about the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s current production status. He knew what kind of situation the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was facing.

“But if we agree to Lord Wein’s conditions, what will we do about the problem in supplying the other regions?”

“So in order to take care of this situation, we must find a way to solve the production capacity bottleneck of our company. To solve this problem, human resources are the most important thing. We definitely can’t pass on this good chance.” Xu Yi said with a serious look, “In terms of finances, Sebas, you can prepare the related data. If Lord Wein really wants gold coins, you have to be able to meet his demands. As for the concrete production plan, Kennard, I’ll leave it to you.”

“Understood.” Kennard nodded, “Actually, if it doesn’t work, we can work with the companies on the Black Rice Wasteland and have them make a portion of the components.”

After saying this, Kennard looked at Xu Yi with a questioning gaze.

When the Frestech Chamber of Commerce made those military magic machines, the components had all been monopolized by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. They had never let any other companies interfere with this matter.

Now Kennard was proposing that Xu Yi let those other companies get involved in the making of the military magic machines.