Servini had visited Bunta City many times over the past year, but apart from her first visit, she had only stayed a few days each time before leaving.
This time was no exception.
After three days of discussions with Xu Yi alongside Maikongli and Sahas, Servini left Bunta City with the two men.
The discussions had produced no formal outcome. Although Servini had not flatly rejected Xu Yi's conditions again, she had never agreed to them either.
Xu Yi, however, had been very gracious. Despite Servini's refusal to accept his conditions, he still assured her that the Xinfei Merchant Guild would honor their previous agreement and deliver the series of magic machine tools required by the military arsenal on schedule. He had also prepared the slaves' contracts the day before the three departed and signed a transfer agreement with Servini on the spot.
From the day the agreement was signed, the slaves who would be working at the arsenal could already be considered Servini's private property.
Xu Yi's ready cooperation left both Servini and Maikongli feeling somewhat embarrassed.
Had his conditions not been truly impossible for them to accept, Servini and Maikongli would probably have signed the final agreement without the slightest hesitation.
In truth, neither Servini nor Maikongli knew that Xu Yi had never expected them to accept this condition in the first place.
According to Xu Yi's understanding, not only were virtually all the iron mines in the Lampari Kingdom under the Joseph Family's control, but the agreement between the kingdom's first king and the Joseph Family also stipulated that any territory the Kingdom Military conquered in the future would count as kingdom territory. Its iron mines would therefore fall under the agreement as well.
Thus, even if Servini and Maikongli wanted to accept Xu Yi's condition, they