In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year, and various places in the Candela Empire have begun to make various preparations for the arrival of the New Year. Wimbledon, the capital of the empire, is no exception.
As in previous years, His Majesty the Emperor announced in advance the policies that will be implemented in the empire next year to benefit the people, in order to boost the spirit of the people in the country, and also for the coming New Year.
However, what is different from previous years is that among the policies announced this year to benefit the people, in addition to the usual amnesty for a small number of the most troublesome people, announcement of which cities will reduce tax rates next year, opening of granaries to help refugees, etc., there are two This policy has received special attention from many people.
The first is that the Candela Empire has reached a formal cooperation agreement with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will officially invest in the Candela Empire starting in March next year.
According to the agreement between the two parties, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will first build a Xinfei Magic Industrial Base outside Wimbledon, where a farmland magic machinery manufacturing factory, an engineering magic machinery manufacturing factory, and a household magic machinery assembly workshop will be opened. and a large steelworks.
Although before this, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had actually invested in the construction of two bases in the Candela Empire and opened many factories, these two bases were not nominally under the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The Flying Chamber of Commerce cooperated with the local chamber of commerce in the Candela Empire through other relationships, or it was simply the New Flying Chamber of Commerce that borrowed the shell of a local chamber of commerce.
No matter how internally the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce makes the final decision, nominally, it can still be regarded as the Chamber of Commerce of the Candela Empire.
But this time. This newly created Xinfei Magic Industrial Base belongs completely to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in both name and connotation. It is officially recognized by the Candela Empire. A magic industrial base founded exclusively by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
This alone is enough to prove that the Candela Empire has finally let go of its reserve for so many years and no longer has "at odds" with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Instead, it has followed the trend and chosen to formally cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Once the news came out, people were naturally very happy.
There is no doubt that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has become the most popular chamber of commerce on the Sainz Continent. The magic industry industry led by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is undoubtedly the most promising industry on the Sainz Continent, and has even been used by countless People hail it as a great industry that can change the course of the entire continent.
If the Candela Empire still refuses to put down its status and truly join in, then it is very likely that it will be eliminated later.
Second message. The Candela Empire will establish a brand new government agency next year called the Candela Empire Infrastructure Promotion and Operation Committee, referred to as the Candela Infrastructure Committee.
This Infrastructure Construction Committee is directly under the Candela Empire Parliament, and its main responsibility is to vigorously develop various infrastructure constructions in the Candela Empire.
As for the concept of infrastructure, since it was proposed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce four years ago, it has become popular throughout the Sainz continent in the past two years.
Everyone knows that infrastructure mainly includes five major categories: transportation, energy supply, education and training, medical and health, and sports culture. Last year, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce added a new category of communication network at the Mainland Magic Industry Industry Forum.
In recent years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been vigorously promoting the concept of infrastructure construction in various countries in the southwest corner of the Sainz continent. It also claims that it has basically achieved the popularization and promotion of these six categories of infrastructure in the Principality of Standing and the Kingdom of Lampali, with remarkable results.
Now the Candela Empire suddenly announced the establishment of the Candela Infrastructure Construction Committee. And we must vigorously develop various types of infrastructure, which is obviously a concept derived from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
According to the decree announced by His Majesty the Emperor himself, the Kandela Infrastructure Construction Committee will indeed cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to promote infrastructure construction starting next year, and the initial plan is to complete the goal of connecting all major cities in the Kandela Empire with roads within three years.
After the decree was announced, people who were interested made a rough calculation. If the major cities mentioned in the decree announced by His Majesty the Emperor include the capital cities of each province and the larger cities in that province, then according to the current Candela Judging from the empire's land area and the distribution of various cities, to achieve this goal, it is roughly necessary to build roads with a total mileage of up to 160,000 kilometers to meet the requirements.
According to the constant quotations from the Amri Chamber of Commerce, which is famous for its road construction projects, it costs about three thousand gold coins to build one kilometer of road on average.
If 760,000 kilometers were built, the total investment required would be terrifyingly close to 500 million gold coins!
Even for one of the two major empires on the mainland like the Candela Empire, 500 million gold coins is still a staggering number.
You know, the financial revenue of the Candela Empire last year was only less than 200 million gold coins.
Just building roads will cost close to 500 million gold coins in three years. So what other things can the imperial finance do
What's more, the infrastructure promotion goals mentioned in His Majesty's decree are not just to build roads within three years, but also include the establishment of preliminary magic communication networks in Wimbledon and all provincial capitals within five years, and the initial establishment of magic communication networks within ten years. Complete these two measures to establish sufficient magic energy distribution stations in all cities in the empire.
Besides, even if we put aside infrastructure construction, there are many places in the empire that need to spend money.
So everyone speculated that the Candela Empire must have reached some private agreements with the Amri Chamber of Commerce and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in exchange for certain benefits.
Some people even speculate that, given the status of the Candela Empire on the continent of Sainz, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire might rather lose money than help the Candela Empire complete the corresponding infrastructure promotion in order to gain access to this huge market.
Because only in this way can their business be further promoted to the Candela Empire.
From a long-term perspective, this choice is also very wise.
"Akechi ass!"
President Cruise snorted with an indignant expression, threw aside the new "Candra Weekly" in his hand, and rolled his eyes at Xu Yi beside him.
"Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has a big business, so it's okay to lose a little bit. Our Amuli Chamber of Commerce doesn't have that much money to lose. That's a total of 160,000 kilometers of roads, with a total investment of 500 million gold coins! I If we continue to build these roads despite losing money, I am afraid that our Amuli Chamber of Commerce will close down before the repairs are completed.”
Xu Yi suddenly laughed: "This is what "Kandela Weekly" said, why are you complaining to me?"
"I just can't stand the way these Candela people always look aloof and with their nostrils turned to the sky. They really think that the current Candela Empire is still the super empire that was one of the best on the continent and that other countries can only look up to and worship them. Ah. Damn! According to me, if we let the Lampali Kingdom have a good fight, they will definitely lose!"
"If we fight one battle or ten battles, I can be sure that the Lampali Kingdom will win. But if we want to win the final victory... I am not optimistic about the Lampali Kingdom." Xu Yi shook his head.
President Cruise glared at Xu Yi and wanted to retort, but then sighed dejectedly.
"Yes, after all, our Lampali Kingdom is too small after all, and the most important thing is that its previous foundation is too weak. If we fight hard with the Candela Empire, even if we win the war, it is unlikely that we can give up such a large empire. Swallow it. But Xu Yi, if you have the full support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, I think there will be no problem. "
"Are you sent by Her Majesty the Queen?" Xu Yi glanced at him. "Let's not talk about why we, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, don't make a lot of money and fully support the Lampali Kingdom. Even if we really fully support it, do you think we can really defeat the Candela Empire so easily?"
"Why not?" President Cruz straightened his neck and said rather unconvincingly: "The combat effectiveness of your new Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team is so strong, there is absolutely no army on the entire continent that can resist you. Cooperate with our Lampali Kingdom now The army, which has been basically fully equipped with military magic machines, can completely defeat all the resistance of the Candela Empire without any effort. "
"If you want to invade a country, the problem has never been to defeat the opponent's regular army, but to deal with the follow-up." Xu Yi said seriously. "Her Majesty the Queen and I have discussed this many times, and even she has to admit my analysis, so you don't have to refute it anymore."
President Cruise was silent for a moment, and suddenly his expression became very strange, and he asked with a slight hesitation: "Xu...Xu Yi, have you heard of a recent rumor in the Lampali Kingdom?"
"Rumors?" Xu Yi frowned slightly. "I'm very busy and don't have time to pay attention to any rumors."
After saying that, he turned his head and glanced at President Cruise. Seeing his strange expression, he couldn't help but ask: "What rumors?"
"It's... cough... this..." President Cruise's expression became increasingly weird. After hesitating for a long time, he finally made up his mind and gritted his teeth and said: "Her Majesty the Queen only has Prince Kane as her heir. So if nothing else happens, Prince Kane should be the one to inherit the throne in the future.”
"Well, this is obviously the case. What? Is there anyone in the Lampali Kingdom who dares to spread rumors about Prince Kane?"
"Well...this rumor has been widely circulated in the kingdom recently, and many people believe it...in short, it is a bit fierce."
"So you've been talking for a long time, what exactly is this rumor?" Xu Yi couldn't help but ask.
President Cruise glanced at Xu Yi, coughed slightly, and lowered his voice: "Look, Prince Kane's mother is of course Her Majesty the Queen, but Her Majesty the Queen has never been married, so everyone is curious. , who is Prince Kane’s father? This rumor is about Prince Kane’s father…”
Xu Yi's face changed, but he still said calmly: "What do the rumors say?"
"Rumors say... Prince Kane's father is... you..." (To be continued...)