In any case, something as significant as the Xinfei Merchant Guild investing in factories in the Rulson Kingdom could hardly be settled through a single brief meeting between Xu Yi and Newman.
After receiving a firm expression of interest from Xu Yi, Newman spent the next three days settling the details of this order for Farmland Magic Machinery. Then he set off for home, escorting the first delivery of three thousand machines.
According to him, as soon as he returned to Kuraka City, he would relay Xu Yi's proposal to His Majesty King Willy. Given how highly King Willy regarded the Xinfei Merchant Guild, he believed there would be no major obstacles to this investment.
Three days later, watching Newman leave Falling Rain Valley alongside the wagons loaded with Farmland Magic Machinery, Xu Yi rubbed his chin and glanced southwest, toward the Stantin Duchy.
Although he had yet to conduct an on-site inspection of the Rulson Kingdom, he was certain that, judging by Newman's enthusiasm and the attitude King Willy had conveyed through him, investing in factories there would be far easier than in the Stantin Duchy.
Moreover, according to people familiar with the neighboring countries, the people of the Rulson Kingdom were indeed less indolent than those of the Stantin Duchy. King Willy was also a monarch dedicated to strengthening his country. Under his leadership, the Rulson Kingdom's national strength had steadily increased, leaving the Lampari Kingdom far behind.
Thinking of the Lampari Kingdom's national strength, Xu Yi could not help sighing.
Sometimes, he could not help wondering why, when he had crossed into this world, he had not ended up in one of the stronger countries on the Sains Continent, such as the two great empires, the Candel Empire and the Malo Empire.
In a powerful country like