The Xinfei Merchant Guild's factory in Bunta City now had two large workshops with a combined floor area of over three thousand square meters, along with its original two smaller workshops, which together covered more than one thousand square meters. Including the offices and warehouses, the total area exceeded five thousand square meters.
By that reckoning, they had already used more than half of the one-hectare territory they rented. There really was not much room left for the Xinfei Merchant Guild to expand.
So although everyone in the guild had been shocked when Xu Yi first proposed relocating, the guild's leadership ultimately agreed to the decision after hearing his analysis.
Of course, a few complaints were inevitable.
For example, when Canby heard Baron Billier's demands, he immediately spat in contempt. "Bah! Humans never keep their word!"
The human members of the guild's leadership, led by Xu Yi, could only swallow the insult without a word.
Moving an entire factory was a massive and complicated undertaking, especially when the Xinfei Merchant Guild's factory contained all sorts of Magic Machine Tools. Any one of them weighed hundreds of kilograms, if not over a tonne. Moving them would be anything but easy.
Fortunately, there were several hundred dwarves at the Xinfei Merchant Guild's factory. With their strength and physiques far beyond those of ordinary humans, they actually managed to lift these hulking machines onto wagons one by one-machines that would probably have required lifting equipment to move back on Earth.
Otherwise, moving these Magic Machine Tools by manpower alone would have taken an enormous amount of effort.
For this relocation, the Xinfei Merchant Guild not only mobilized all its employees but also hired nearly every available laborer in Bunta City.
Even that was far from enough. Count Samo had even dispatched a full