Hearing this question, Xu Yi immediately stopped laughing, thought for a moment and replied: "It's basically confirmed. Elder Elusia, have you selected the manpower there?"
"Well, I have selected a team of ten people and will set off with you when the time comes. I hope you can help arrange them."
"Well, you can bring them here next time, and I'll wait for them to meet with Noir. Noir is the commander-in-chief of this ocean exploration, and he will make proper arrangements."
"Okay." Elder Elusia nodded and smiled at Xu Yi: "President Xu, our Yege tribe has been enjoying your help for so many years, but we can't give you much in return. It's really... A little embarrassed."
Xu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes widened in disbelief, staring at Elder Elusia carefully from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top several times.
Elder Elusia felt uncomfortable seeing him and couldn't help but ask: "President Xu, did I say something wrong?"
"No... that's right... it's just..." Xu Yi had a very strange expression on his face. "Elder Elusia, this is a standard polite word among us humans. When it comes out of your mouth, I feel so weird..."
"Polite words?" Elder Elusia shook her head. "These are not polite words, but my feelings from the bottom of my heart. We elves advocate nature and balance. If I have been receiving favors from others but cannot repay them, it will really make me feel very embarrassed."
Xu Yi wiped his face speechlessly, waved his hands and said: "Okay, Elder Elusia. It's better not to be so serious. I have discussed this kind of thing with you a long time ago. The reason why I chose Help your Night Song tribe. I just hope that the elves can be included in the magic industry system I have built. After so many years, you have developed very well and have now become an indispensable part of this system. . For me, this is enough. As for other rewards... do you think I am missing something?"
Elder Elusia tilted her head slightly and thought for a while, then shook her head helplessly: "You don't lack anything we have, so this is the most important issue that makes us unable to repay you."
"Okay, don't dwell on this issue." Xu Yi waved his hand again with a wry smile and decided to end the topic.
He was very aware of the stubborn character of the elves, and if he really continued the discussion with Elder Elushia. There's no telling what idea she will come up with in the end.
"If I really want to say it, I'm actually quite curious about why you elven tribes must send people to participate in this ocean exploration operation this time." Xu Yi thought for a while. "This is only the first ocean exploration conducted by our Chamber of Commerce. There are too many unknown dangers. If we send people out rashly, we may suffer unexpected losses."
This is indeed a question that Xu Yi has been having during this time.
After learning that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce planned to organize a fleet for ocean exploration, not only Elder Elusia expressed the hope of sending the elves from the tribe to participate in this ocean exploration, but Elder Lisania and Elder Undine also expressed the hope that the Moon Shadow Tribe would Like the Azshara tribe, they also need to send manpower to participate.
This made Xu Yi very strange. He didn't understand why these three elven tribes were so enthusiastic about this ocean exploration.
It would be fine if Rumi, a dwarf, was so excited that she couldn't sleep for several days after learning that Xu Yi had finally decided to organize an ocean exploration fleet. After all, she had been looking forward to finding her own destiny in another legendary continent. tribesmen.
However, the elves do not have a history of all the people of this race moving away from the Sainz continent. What's the point of being so positive
"We just want to find out something." Elder Elusia smiled, but the answer he gave was very vague. I made it clear that I didn’t want to explain this issue.
Xu Yi frowned, knowing that if Elder Elusia was unwilling to tell, it would be useless no matter how much he inquired, so he had to give up.
Anyway, the ocean exploration fleet has been initially agreed to consist of five large magic cargo ships and fifteen magic frigates. It will not matter if dozens of elves follow.
In comparison, Xu Yi paid more attention to the ocean exploration operation itself.
Through various legends circulating on Sainz Continent over the years, Xu Yi basically determined that the planet under his feet was most likely not just Sainz Continent, but that there should be other continents.
If this continent can be explored, it means further expanding the world that Xu Yi knows.
In addition to satisfying his spiritual needs for exploration, the more practical significance is that more land, corresponding resources, and most likely more people can be incorporated into the magic industrial system he planned.
Creating a complete magic industrial system not only takes time, but also requires a lot of manpower.
If more people can participate, it will naturally develop faster.
In addition, from a very realistic perspective, the current situation in Sainz Continent is basically stable. Almost all the land has been carved up by various countries, and various resources are also firmly controlled by these countries.
Although Xinfei Chamber of Commerce relies on its dominant position in the magic industry, it has good cooperative relations with most countries on the mainland, allowing it to obtain a large amount of resources to support its development.
But if these resources are not in your own hands, they will not be so reliable after all.
Although Xu Yi could completely launch wars to occupy more land resources for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, as Sevini proposed a few years ago, the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can intimidate all countries on the mainland. , making them dare not invade easily, but if they want to attack other countries, they will be extremely inadequate.
After all, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is just a chamber of commerce, not a country.
It is not difficult for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards to completely defeat all the regular armies of another country, but it is almost impossible to completely occupy and rule this country.
So under such circumstances, exploring more land and seeking more resources is one of the most effective options.
In fact, Xu Yi already had this idea when he met Lumi for the first time and basically confirmed that there is very likely to be another continent in this world. However, it was not until after several years of accumulation and preparation that he finally confirmed this. The establishment of a fleet can officially carry out ocean exploration operations.
Regarding this matter, not only Lumi was extremely excited, but Xu was also very excited.
Because this is simply equivalent to starting the world's great age of navigation!
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Half a month later, after half a year of preparations, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce’s ocean exploration fleet finally officially set sail.
Regarding this event of great significance, major newspapers in Sainz's continent have carried out large-scale and detailed reports.
There was a striking consensus of opinion on the matter in all the newspapers.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's ocean exploration operation is very likely to be a major event that changes the history of Sainz Continent.
Prior to this, there were countless legends about another continent circulating on the Sainz continent, but they had never been confirmed.
If the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's ocean exploration fleet can truly explore another continent, it will not only confirm this legend, but also change the worldview of almost everyone on the entire Sainz continent.
Before this, people on the Sainz continent generally believed that the world was composed of this continent and the boundless endless sea.
Even if there are some islands in the surrounding endless sea, they are nothing compared to Sainz Continent, so Sainz Continent is of course the center of the world.
But if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's Ocean Exploration Fleet confirms the existence of another continent, doesn't it mean that Sainz Continent is not the only continent that exists in this world, and it is naturally not the center of this world
People are both looking forward to and worried about this possibility.
Of course, what we are looking forward to is to discover another continent, to discover the legendary creatures that live on another continent, as well as the legendary dwarfs who have crossed the endless sea and live on other roads, and the dwarfs who have long since disappeared in Sainz. other races on the continent.
What worries me is that if Sainz Continent is not the center of the world, then where is the center
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's ocean exploration fleet set off from the seaport of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's main base with the attention of countless people, and headed towards the west of the boundless sea.
According to Xu Yi's rough calculations after observing various details over the years, it can be judged that the autobiography time of the planet where Sainz Continent is located is almost exactly the same as that of the earth, and the radius is not much different, so basically it can be used on the earth Apply basic geographical knowledge.
So according to this fleet's sailing speed of more than 500 kilometers per day, if everything goes well, it will only take them more than three months to sail around the planet.
Of course, the first voyage would not be so smooth, so Xu Yi gave them an estimated time of one year.
This does not mean that Xu Yi has no confidence in them. On the contrary, he is very confident in the successful completion of this ocean exploration.
After all, when Magellan made his first voyage around the world on Earth, he only sailed a dilapidated wooden ship, and the conditions in all aspects were far worse than that of this ocean exploration fleet.
Magellan was able to successfully complete his voyage, so it is impossible for this ocean-going exploration fleet not to be able to do so.
The only thing he was worried about was that if he really explored another continent, he would encounter various unexpected surprises on that continent.
However, these worries were forgotten by Xu Yi when he saw the fleet disappearing on the distant sea level.
Now that the fleet has gone to sea, he can do nothing more.
In comparison, it is more important to focus on the upcoming meeting on setting standards for the magic industry. (To be continued...)