Xu Yi's promised support for the Luersun Kingdom certainly cannot remain just words.
A week after meeting with Duke Boris, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Kingdom of Luersun issued a joint statement. The Kingdom of Luersun officially sold two iron mines and four magic crystal mines in the northeastern part of the kingdom to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
At first glance, this statement does not seem to be anything special, because with the financial resources of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, purchasing several mines is not a problem at all.
Moreover, in recent years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been frantically collecting mineral resources everywhere on the continent of Sainz. According to incomplete statistics, the number of iron mines currently controlled by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, openly and secretly, has even exceeded 300, and it can even be regarded as the largest iron mine in Sainz. It is a chamber of commerce with the largest number of iron ore and other mineral resources on the mainland.
But the subsequent statement issued by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce revealed the real mystery in this statement.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce stated in this statement that in order to ensure that these mines can be better developed, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will dispatch a Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team to these six mines in total to cooperate with the local security of the Luersun Kingdom. Strength and the military ensure the safety of these mines.
In order to provide support for this escort unit, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will also establish a base in the center of these six mines.
If you just look at this news, it may not be anything special.
However, if you take a map and look closely, you will find that the base that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is about to build is located less than fifty kilometers away from the border between the Luersun Kingdom and the Norton Principality.
And because the Principality of Norton has now been merged into the Candela Empire, in fact, once the base of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce is built, it will be less than fifty kilometers away from the border with the Candela Empire.
Anyone who has a little knowledge of the situation on the mainland can easily see that once the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce base is built, it will be equivalent to driving a nail in front of the Candela Empire.
Although the current border between the Candela Empire and the Kingdom of Luersun is not very short, the only ones that can truly easily enter the Kingdom of Luersun from the Candela Empire are the borders to the east and north of the Kingdom of Luersun.
Now the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has set up a base on the border here in the north and stationed a Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team. It has also announced that it will treat anyone who enters the security range of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team without consent. Being hostile is equivalent to setting up a restricted area here.
If the Candela Empire attempts to invade the Luersun Kingdom through here. Then they will inevitably step into the warning range drawn by this new flying chamber of commerce escort team.
Anyone can see that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will do this, obviously as a warning to the Candela Empire.
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"It's just a mere chamber of commerce, but it dares to be so arrogant!"
His Majesty Emperor Candela looked at the report in his hand with a gloomy face. An extremely cold light shot out from his eyes, and an angry groan came out of his mouth.
"Does this Xu Yi really think that he can do whatever he wants with his little military magic machine?"
The supreme commander of the Candela Empire's military department, Imperial Marshal Campbell Sudirman, sighed softly.
"It's a pity. Your Majesty, this is a fact. The power of the military magic machinery owned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot even be resisted by the magister, and it is even less likely that the ordinary army can resist. So from a purely military perspective In comparison, not only our Kandra Empire, but also the entire Sainz Continent, no one can do anything to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards."
"But it is just a chamber of commerce after all, isn't it?" His Majesty Emperor Candela asked. "Can't we slowly wear it away with the absolute advantage in numbers and the supply advantage that is far better than that of a mere chamber of commerce?"
"This is impossible." Marshal Sudirman shook his head. "Your Majesty, the Imperial Military Department has done detailed calculations on this, and finally concluded that the possibility of achieving this is almost zero."
"Why?"
"First of all, I mentioned it just now. In front of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's extremely powerful military magic machines that are beyond ordinary people's imagination, ordinary armies are completely meaningless. The only ones that can compete are military magic machines of the same level. Our empire No matter how many soldiers there are, as long as the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team still has supplies, they can only go up there and die in vain. "
"Are you saying that the Imperial Army cannot inflict even a little damage to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts?"
After hearing this question, Marshal Sudirman was silent for a long time, and then he sighed deeply, his expression extremely desolate.
"Your Majesty, I hate to admit it, but this is the truth."
This time. His Majesty Emperor Candela also fell silent.
Several minutes passed before he spoke again.
"You just said first, so is there any other reason?"
"Yes." Marshal Sudirman nodded and continued. "Your Majesty, you just said that you want to rely on our advantages in numbers and logistical supplies to wear down the effectiveness of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce bit by bit to defeat them. And what I just answered you is that the advantage in numbers is meaningless..."
"So now you want to say that we don't have any advantage in terms of logistical supplies? How is this possible? We are such a huge empire, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is just a chamber of commerce!"
"Your Majesty, it is precisely because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is just a chamber of commerce that they are more flexible in terms of logistical supplies and are more advantageous than us. Of course, the most important reason is not this. It is that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does... in terms of logistical supplies. It has an extremely huge advantage, even bigger than the gap between us in military magic machinery."
"Really?" His Majesty Emperor Candela frowned deeply, looking a little disbelieving.
"Your Majesty, what do you think the so-called logistical supplies are specifically?" Marshal Sudirman asked.
"This..." His Majesty Emperor Candela pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "I am not a soldier, so I can't describe it accurately. But the so-called logistics supply, generally speaking, is nothing more than preparing enough supplies and then sending these supplies. To the soldiers who need them.”
"Your Majesty is wise. What you said is exactly the essence of logistics supply." Marshal Sudirman nodded gently to His Majesty Emperor Kandela in approval, and then continued: "But if you think about it carefully, you will find that in these two aspects, The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is actually far beyond all the countries in the current Sainz continent by more than two levels."
"So exaggerated?"
"It's such an exaggeration." Marshal Sudirman said sternly: "The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has various factories under its name, and its production capacity of any material is extremely strong. Take military rations as an example. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce only relies on them and the elves The flour processing factory jointly run by the family can produce enough food for five hundred soldiers for a whole week in one day. As for the most critical military magic machinery, I am not sure about the specific production status of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It’s very clear, but it’s conceivable that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will spend the most energy on this to ensure it.”
His Majesty Emperor Candela was silent for a moment and nodded slowly.
"Then in terms of transporting materials. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce now has magical machines such as magic locomotives, magic ships, magic airships, etc., which can transport materials using ultra-fast transportation methods from land, sea, and air. And although there are also magic machines in our empire, Some large freight magic locomotives are equipped, but they are far from meeting the requirements. Most supplies still rely on ancient and backward horse-drawn carriages, and the speed alone is worse than that of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, not to mention safety and carrying capacity. Several times."
His Majesty Emperor Candela remained silent for even longer this time. He looked at the heavy expression on Marshal Sudirman's face, frowned and fell into deep thought, his expression equally solemn.
In fact, as His Majesty the Emperor of the Candela Empire, he will certainly have some understanding of these matters that are extremely important to the Candela Empire.
However, before that, he had always felt that although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did have many advantages that other countries could not match, and even the Candela Empire could not compare with them, in the end, it was just a chamber of commerce and was nothing to worry about.
So before that, his attitude toward Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was that they could cooperate. Then we only gain benefits through cooperation, and are not really treated as equal objects.
As for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, if it really dares to overestimate its capabilities and become an enemy of the huge Candela Empire, then even if it will lose some profits, it still needs to teach this chamber of commerce a lesson.
But now that he heard Marshal Sudirman's clear analysis and decisive answer without hesitation, he realized that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce really couldn't be treated as an ordinary chamber of commerce.
It is really unimaginable that this chamber of commerce actually has absolute military advantages.
"In other words, Sudirman, your conclusion is that we cannot directly go to war with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce now?" His Majesty Emperor Candela thought for a moment and asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Marshal Sudirman nodded solemnly. "We should try to avoid any direct conflict with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."
"So now we can't take action against the Kingdom of Luersun?" His Majesty Emperor Candela asked again.
Marshal Sudirman smiled bitterly: "The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has made a clear statement. Although it is very unwilling, from the perspective of the empire, it is better not to consider this matter again."
"Okay. Let me ask you one last question." His Majesty Emperor Candela asked in a deep voice: "We can't go to war with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce because you think that the imperial army cannot be the opponent of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort team. So. I want to ask, if the New Flying Chamber of Commerce suddenly invades the empire, will our empire’s army be unable to resist it?”
Marshal Sudirman immediately put away his bitter smile, looked solemn, and said seriously: "Your Majesty! Even if it costs the lives of all our soldiers, we will never allow anyone else to occupy even an inch of the empire's land!"
"I'm not asking about your loyalty, but I'm asking you, can you withstand it?" Emperor Candela raised his voice and asked.
Marshal Sudirman was silent for a breath, then nodded slowly and heavily.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, attacking others and defending against attacks are two different things. It is impossible for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to have enough power to invade the empire, and Xu Yi will not be so stupid."
"Very good." His Majesty Emperor Candela nodded with satisfaction. "Since we can't directly destroy the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on the battlefield, then we will think of some methods from other aspects. In the final analysis, behind us is the huge Candela Empire, and behind Xu Yi is just a chamber of commerce." (~^~ )
PS: Just got home, there is another chapter to come.