Volume 6 Chapter 3 - Many things in the empire aren’t convenient (1/2)

Volume 6 Chapter 3 Many things in the empire aren’t convenient

Freeman and his peers were fixing the bridge that had broken from the river, chairman Cruise was working hard to think of a way to solve the mud road with Franklin.

However, the main characters of this partnership, Xu Yi and Marquis Southgate were currently sitting in a bright room with cool fruit beverages in their hands. They enjoyed these beverages while watching the raindrops fall onto the window, looking very relaxed.

This was Southgate Family’s private manor, which was right in the center of the Southgate Family’s territory. This was more than twenty kilometers away from the construction site of the magic machine industry base.

Xu Yi and Marquis Southgate were sitting here, not as relaxed as they would seem, but rather there was a serious negotiation happening.

Marquis Southgate wasn’t one of the top nobles of the Marlow Empire and the Southgate Family couldn’t be considered a top family, but Marquis Southgate suddenly inviting the companies that Xu Yi brought along to his territory, even building this large magic machine industry base had attracted the attention of countless people on the Marlow Empire.

Those that were familiar with Marquis Southgate knew that this Lord Marquis liked accepting new things very much. He always did things that seemed very strange, but he always had a clear goal in the things he did and never did things to cause trouble.

Because many things that seemed like trouble before had proven to others that he was right. So after a long time, no matter what he did, there were many people willing to analyze the meaning of it.

This time Marquis Southgate had suddenly invited an unknown company from an unknown small duchy that was thousands of kilometers away from the Marlow Empire. Moreover, he had even announced that he would cooperate with this company, building this so-called “magic machine industry base” in his private territory which had surprised everyone.

Although because of the things that Marquis Southgate had done before, people couldn’t immediately laugh at him, there were still people who had doubts over this matter.

This small company from this small duchy, how could they be qualified to cooperate with a marquis of the Marlow Empire?

Normally speaking, wouldn’t they be filled with gratitude if Marquis Southgate even paid them a bit of attention?

However, the attitude that Marquis Southgate showed had confused everyone even more.

Whether it was in public or in secret, Marquis Southgate was filled with praise for this small company called the “Frestech Chamber of Commerce”. He even said that this Frestech Chamber of Commerce could change the entire Marlow Empire, bringing a revolutionary change.

This evaluation was somewhat surprising, so much so that even Marquis Southgate’s old friend Duke Makaros, no matter how he trusted him no matter what, he couldn’t help revealing an undisguised look of doubt when he met Xu Yi.

“Chairman Xu, you’re saying that using the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s agricultural magic machines, we can increase our fall harvest yield by several times and reduce the harvest time to only a week? Are you joking?” Duke Makaros knitted his brows as he asked this with a look of doubt.

Actually, if it wasn’t for his old friend Marquis Southgate, he definitely would have driven this Xu Yi out immediately for these bold claims.

What a joke! The fall harvest was a very important and busy matter, now this kid that was in his early thirties was telling him that it could be finished in just a single week! This was simply insulting his intelligence!

“No, I’m serious.” Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, “Actually, if there are enough agricultural magic machines and people who are skilled at using them, I can even reduce this time to three days.”

“Three days?” Duke Makaros’ eyes popped out as he revealed a look of disbelief, “How could this be possible! You can’t even finish walking the wheat fields in my territory in three days, how could you finish harvesting them all? Hey, Dayolen, where did you find this brat to tease me with?”

Marquis Southgate put down the cold fruit drink in his hand and said with a faint smile, “Actually I’ve decided to give the fall harvest on my territory this year to the company that came with chairman Xu…..”

“The Cantona Chamber of Commerce.” Xu Yi reminded him.

“Oh, right, the Cantona Chamber of Commerce, I’m giving it all of them. Their chairman Cantona promised me that in just half a month, they could finish harvesting all the wheat fields on my land.”

“Half a month? Didn’t chairman Xu say that it would only take a week?” Duke Makaros said in a surprised voice.

“This is only chairman Cantona’s safe estimate.” Xu Yi explained with a smile, “Actually, with the estimates of our Stantine Duchy and the surrounding countries, a week is already considered long. Chairman Cantona gave the estimate of half a month because other than not being familiar with the land here, there is a very important reason……”

After saying this, Xu Yi paused for a second with a bit of hesitation on his face.

Marquis Southgate waved his hand with a laugh, “Chairman Xu, there’s nothing you can’t say. The reason you’re talking about is that the roads on my land are too poorly constructed, right?”