Volume 2 Chapter 122 Marquis Jole
Volume 2 Chapter 122 Marquis Jole
While Urgot and Anke Eren were bravely fighting at the Awp Casino, Xu Yi had already entered the royal palace. He was currently participating in the celebration banquet that the king was holding for the rich harvest the Lampuri Kingdom had.
As a major contributor designated by the king, not only did Xu Yi get called out by the king during the banquet to be praised in front of everyone, he also gave Xu Yi a special reward.
In order to reward Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s contribution to this rich harvest, the king had specially promoted Xu Yi’s title, turning him from a lord to a baron.
The lord title could be considered an honorary title and wasn’t considered a real noble, but becoming a baron of the kingdom meant that Xu Yi had truly stepped into the circle of nobles, becoming a true noble of the Lampuri Kingdom.
Hearing this reward, everyone who came to this banquet was very shocked.
This was because according to the laws of the Royal Parliament, nobles of the kingdom weren’t allowed to directly engage in business. So even if nobles of the kingdom wanted to engage in business, they had to find a representative for themselves and pull the strings from behind the scenes.
However, the king had directly made Xu Yi, the chairman of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce a baron. Although a baron was the lowest noble rank, this was still directly going against the laws.
The stranger thing was that the speaker of the Royal Parliament Duke Risedo was present and he didn’t oppose this at all.
So when Xu Yi received his title as a baron, he became the most special baron of the Lampuri Kingdom.
This let everyone know how much the king was favouring Xu Yi.
While giving Xu Yi this rich reward, the reward the Frestech Chamber of Commerce received wasn’t that special. He just gave the Frestech Chamber of Commerce an "Honoured Kingdom Company" title.
This title was just an honour and it didn’t have any meaning.
To speak of it, perhaps it would just give the Frestech Chamber of Commerce some fame.
But Xu Yi didn’t think that way.
As a person who transmigrated from earth, he was very clear how highly approved officially recognized brands were to normal people.
If there was a company on earth that received a direct commendation from the government, this advertising effect would far surpass all kinds of advertisements on TV and in other forms of media.
Now that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce received the title of an "Honoured Kingdom Company", it might leave doubts in the minds of the stubborn people on earth, but for the Sines Continent, all the citizens that believed in the Lampuri Kingdom would believe that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was a first class trustworthy company.
This was very advantageous to Xu Yi who wanted to spread the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s products all over the Lampuri Kingdom.
Of course, this reward had been something that Xu Yi had suggested to Seveni in private.
The king wanted to give the Frestech Chamber of Commerce a more substantial reward, but Xu Yi had rejected it all and suggested that they be awarded just this title.
Under Xu Yi’s insistence, the king could only agree with Xu Yi’s request.
Therefore the king had thanked Xu Yi through Seveni. Because of the kingdom’s weak finances, if they really were to give the Frestech Chamber of Commerce a substantial reward, it would increase the burden of the kingdom finances.
Now that Xu Yi had taken the initiative to deny this, it was equal to helping the king.
"Hey, as for substantial reward……Can’t his majesty just give me a few more mines?" Xu Yi thought of how apologetic Seveni looked and revealed a smile. His eyes swept over the hall and he locked onto his first target.
Even if the king had given him the spotlight earlier, in the eyes of the nobles at the banquet, Xu Yi was just a small scale merchant who had entered the noble circle, so he didn’t incite any special interest.