After inspecting Korol Village, Xu Yi took a carriage straight to the Ireland United Merchant Guild in the Sankton Industrial Zone.
Compared with when the Xinfei Merchant Guild first announced its Small Merchant Guild Support Plan last year, the number of small machinery parts factories scattered around Sankton Manor had increased by several dozen, rising from just over sixty to more than a hundred.
Achieving such growth in less than a year proved not only that the magic industry was gaining wider acceptance, but also that it truly had a promising future.
The Ireland United Merchant Guild, which had been among the first to think of processing parts, was a perfect example.
Last year, when Freeman and several fellow villagers proposed the idea to Xu Yi and first founded the Ireland United Merchant Guild, their total assets had not even exceeded two hundred gold coins.
As for the three magic machine tools that were crucial to getting their guild started, the Xinfei Merchant Guild had provided those on credit.
To many people, a business operating under such conditions hardly qualified as a merchant guild. Even calling it a workshop would have been a stretch.
Yet with this business that was smaller than even a modest workshop, Freeman and his companions had earned over five thousand gold coins in less than half a year!
The Ireland United Merchant Guild had now not only paid off those magic machine tools, but also purchased several new ones and even built a handsome new factory building. By any standard, it had become a respectable, properly established merchant guild.
Moreover, because the Ireland United Merchant Guild was among the earliest guilds to enter parts processing, it had received considerable support from Xu Yi. Combined with the dedicated efforts of Freeman and the others, it could