Volume 5 Chapter 37 - Really working as pirates? (1/2)

While manager Gnar was worried about the Norton Duchy’s decision, Xu Yi two thousand kilometers away was looking at a map of the Norton Duchy with a relaxed look.

Although he was very disappointed in the Norton Duchy for giving up on cooperating with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, he didn’t think that it was a big problem.

It was impossible for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to develop without any problems, so Xu Yi’s idea was that he had to give the other magic machine companies some room to develop.

The Norton Duchy choosing to cooperate with the Anke Magic Chamber of Commerce didn’t go against his wishes, rather he was happy to see this.

His eyes kept moving across the map before stopping on the Mirando Duchy and then moving down to the Rudson Kingdom.

Seeing the dark dots on the map, Xu Yi stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s cooperation with the Rudson Kingdom had gone very smoothly.

With the great support of the Rudson Kingdom, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, whether it was opening factories in the Rudson Kingdom or cooperating with local companies, they didn’t receive any hindrances from the official government side.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce had appeared all over the Rudson Kingdom and the Frestech Brand magic machines were being sold everywhere.

In just the nine months that had passed for this year, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had received a total of over five million gold coins in income from the Rudson Kingdom. It even wasn’t that far lacking compared to the income they received from the Lampuri Kingdom.

Of course, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had split investment factories in the Lampuri Kingdom, so they had to divide some benefits with the Lampuri Kingdom.

But with such large scale cooperation, there was a problem that always puzzled Xu Yi.

The Frstech Chamber of Commerce always had the great support of King Teruc in any cooperation, but the only one that Xu Yi wasn’t satisfied in was in terms of mineral trades.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s territory only included the Stantine Duchy right now.

But the Stantine Duchy wasn’t that big and their mineral resources were limited.

As the production scale of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce increased, as well as the increase in demand for magic machines, the Stantine Duchy’s mineral resources wouldn’t be able to keep up with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s consumption soon.

So like always, Xu Yi purchased minerals from the various surrounding countries.

Among them, the Lampuri Kingdom provided the Frestech Chamber of Commerce with the most mineral resources.

Just last month, according to the data, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce purchased seven hundred and thirty thousand tons of iron ore and four hundred and eighty thousand tons of non-ferrous metal ores from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce.

The Rudson Kingdom had almost the same amount of land as the Lampuri Kingdom and according to their exploration, they even had more ores. However, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce only received one hundred and sixty thousand tons of iron ores and less than ten thousand tons of non-ferrous metal ores from the Rudson Kingdom last month.

Xu Yi had raised this matter to King Teruc many times, hoping that King Teruc would sell more mineral resources from the Rudson Kingdom. However, King Teruc had always given Xu Yi a vague answer and never gave Xu Yi an answer that he was satisfied with.

Xu Yi even said that he could open one or two steel mills and a non-ferrous metal smelting factory to smelt ores locally and sell internally in the Rudson Kingdom, but King Teruc still wasn’t moved.

After probing countless times, Xu Yi could only give up and find solutions from other channels.

When Narvil led the Frestech fleet to Nissi City, he had tried to purchase ores in secret just for this.

But after his discussion with elder Undine last time, with the cooperation with the Azshara Tribe, King Teruc would most likely relent in this aspect which would make it much easier for Xu Yi.

Still, in the end, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce wanted to keep developing, so it was important to get more resources for themselves.

He didn’t want to keep getting more mineral resources from other countries, letting his lifeline be controlled by other people.

Xu Yi didn’t like this feeling very much, so he always tried to find another solution.

Looking at the Rudson Kingdom for a bit, he turned north and moved past the Lampuri Kingdom to stop at the Sack Kingdom.

Looking at the Sack Kingdom’s territory that was one third greater than the Lampuri Kingdom’s, as well as the several black dots in it, Xu Yi’s eyes couldn’t help start to burn again.

It was almost impossible to cooperate with the Sack Kingdom, so if he wanted the large amount of resources in the Sack Kingdom, other than purchasing it in secret in small amounts, the only other method was to conquer the entire country.

As for how he would conquer it……he had to properly think it over…..

“Kou, kou.”

The knocks on the door pulled Xu Yi out of his thoughts.

“Is it Betty? Come in.” Xu Yi raised his voice as he spoke.

When the door opened, Betty in her maid uniform slowly came in. She first gave Xu Yi a formal bow before saying in a soft voice, “Sir chairman, there is a guest to see you.”

“Oh? Which guest? Did they say who they were?” Xu Yi looked over Betty’s maid uniform before asking with a smile.