Three magic cars that looked very luxurious from the outside drove into the north gate of Babulal City, and then slowly stopped under the watchful eyes of a group of heavily armed New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts.
The rear door opened, and Marquis Descartes, the Minister of Commerce of the Candela Empire, led the crowd out.
As soon as he got out of the car, a breeze blew by, but it did not make him feel the cold breath at all, but it was mixed with a hint of warmth.
Marquis Descartes couldn't help but look up at the sky and found that the sun was in the sky at this time. The sunlight shining down was bright but not dazzling, mild but not hot. It was the most comfortable and enjoyable weather in the beginning of spring.
It is already the end of April, and in a few days it will be the season of May. It is natural to have such good weather.
However, with such a warm and comfortable spring breeze blowing, Marquis Descartes did not feel any warmth at all. Instead, it was as if the severe winter had not completely faded away, with a slight chill remaining.
As the Minister of Commerce of the Candela Empire, the most powerful empire on the continent, this time he had to lead a delegation to initiate peace talks with others. How could he not feel chilled
Marquis Descartes turned his head and scanned the other members of the accompanying envoy, and found that they all looked unhappy, which showed that they were as unhappy as himself.
The powerful Candela Empire could only force others to negotiate peace with itself, but how could it ever take the initiative to seek peace on its own
After half a month of discussion between the imperial royal family and the imperial council of elders, the final decision to hold peace talks with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce was announced, which caused an uproar within the Candela Empire and provoked countless voices of opposition.
Almost everyone believed that asking for peace talks was a sign of weakness, and it was simply the greatest humiliation to the empire.
In the history of the Candela Empire, although there have been several instances of proactive requests for peace talks, the targets were always large empires like the Malo Empire, which were on the same level as the Candela Empire, so it was not a shame to proactively ask for peace talks because the situation was unfavorable. , anyway, the number of times the Malo Empire took the initiative to ask for peace talks from the Candela Empire was only more.
But this time, the Candela Empire actively requested peace talks with the mere Luersun Kingdom.
Or even put it a little more clearly. Everyone knows very well that the real target of this peace negotiation is just a small chamber of commerce like the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce!
How can a mere chamber of commerce take the initiative to bow its head and make the Candela people, who have always been proud and arrogant, happy
However, this was a unanimous decision by the Imperial Family and the Imperial Council of Elders. This proves that the initiative to request peace talks has become the consensus of the empire's top leaders.
At the same time, this also showed that the empire's top brass had lost confidence in continuing the war with the coalition forces of the Luersun Kingdom and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, so that they had to use peace talks to temporarily end the war.
Because Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, one of the targets of the peace talks and actually the main target of the peace talks, is objectively just a chamber of commerce, so Marquis Descartes is the Minister of Commerce of the Candela Empire. However, he was sent to serve as the leader of this mission and was mainly responsible for the peace talks.
This was the first time in the history of the Candela Empire, and even in the entire Sainz continent, that an official who mainly managed business was responsible for the main person in charge of peace talks during war.
Of course, being forced to such an extent by the escort of a chamber of commerce was the first time in the history of the Candela Empire and the entire Sainz Continent.
Marquis Descartes glanced at the surrounding armed guards wearing the uniforms of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards, and sighed secretly in his heart.
Even though he knew almost nothing about military affairs, it could be seen just from the equipment on these guards that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards far exceeded the Kandra Empire's army in terms of armaments.
Most of the soldiers in the Candela Empire army only wore flimsy soft leather armor, and the better ones were only half a set of armor. He carries various primitive swords made of fine iron. In addition, he is only equipped with a small wooden shield, and there is no more equipment.
The guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are wearing bright armor that must be made of high-hardness steel smelted by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce themselves. What they hold in their hands is not a traditional weapon like a sword, but a strange style, but it is said that it can Small magic bullets that are small in size but very powerful are fired from it.
Not to mention its power, this weapon, which is said to be called the Magic Repeating Gun, has a range of more than two hundred meters, even surpassing most bows and arrows.
This means that if there is a head-on battle between soldiers from both sides, the soldiers of the Candela Empire may be dead before they even rush to the escort of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. The army was defeated.
Not to mention that what these New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts carry on their backs looks like nothing more than a thick steel pipe, but is actually a terrifying weapon called "Individual Magic Rockets."
Once this kind of thing is used, the range of the magic rocket can even reach an astonishing five hundred meters!
Moreover, the magic rockets equipped with this thing are so powerful that one shot can blast a huge crater on the ground. It is enough to bury a complete military combat team of the Candela Empire.
If a head-on conflict occurs, the soldiers of the Candela Empire will first be baptized by these terrifying individual magic rockets, and then rush through the dense fire blockade of magic repeaters before they can hope to use the traditional and simple swords in their hands to try. Kill and injure the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team.
And because the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards wear these special armors, even if the magic shield is not activated, ordinary swords cannot penetrate these particularly hard armors. Then of course it is impossible to really cause any damage to these guards.
However, what really makes Marquis Descartes and the military generals despair is that all these assumptions are based on ignoring the large number of magic artillery, magic tanks, and near-invincibility at high altitudes owned by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Guards. Under the premise of the magic airship.
If these things are included, then the soldiers of the Candela Empire Army may not even have the ability to use individual magic rockets and magic repeaters with the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, let alone rush in front of them. Tried to kill them.
This kind of thing has already been verified countless times in many previous battles.
The generals in the military department knew this very well, but they couldn't find any good way to solve it.
His Majesty the Emperor also knew this very well and had nothing to do about it.
Prior to this, His Majesty the Emperor had also tried to tighten control within the empire, adopt tough military management during a special period, and use the various resource advantages of the huge Candela Empire to slowly bring down the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did not give the Candela Empire a chance to delay.
No one expected that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would unexpectedly unite the troops of the Luersun Kingdom and advance directly into the Candela Empire, and capture the entire Southwest Province in just over two months.
Moreover, in these battles, even if the Candela Empire army cooperated with many powerful magisters, they could not stop the advance of the coalition forces of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and the Kingdom of Luersun.
Facts have proved that the Candela Empire has no ability to delay.
Therefore, after careful consideration, His Majesty the Emperor and the Imperial Council of Elders were forced to choose to proactively seek peace from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
To put it bluntly, this is just another delaying tactic.
The Candela Empire now needs a lot of time to catch up with or get close to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in its research on military magic machinery, so that it can have the capital to fight the New Flying Chamber of Commerce on the frontal battlefield.
Otherwise, if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the coalition forces of the Luersun Kingdom continue to move closer to the interior of the Candela Empire, then the Candela Empire still has no way to stop them and can only watch them devour the territory of the Candela Empire bit by bit. I'm afraid it will eventually reach Wimbledon.
Neither the Emperor nor the Senate allowed this to happen, so the Marquis Descartes came.
Fortunately, after the Candela Empire made a request for peace talks, the Luersun Kingdom and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce simply agreed and did not refuse as hard as many people thought.
After quickly going over the causes and consequences in his mind, Marquis Descartes took a gentle breath to calm down the chill and melancholy in his heart. With a gentle but slightly reserved smile on his face, he walked towards the welcoming crowd on the opposite side. .
"Marquis Descartes, welcome to Babral City."
A Foreign Affairs Office official from the Kingdom of Luersun who was in charge of welcoming the peace talks and Miss Solier, the external director of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, saw the Marquis Descartes getting out of the magic car. The official from the Foreign Affairs Office of the Kingdom of Luersun He just greeted Marquis Descartes warmly and then handed over the leadership to Miss Sollier.
Whether it is the Candela Empire or the Luersun Kingdom, they know very well that whether it is this war or this peace negotiation, the protagonist is the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
"Miss Soliel, I haven't seen you for many years, but you are still so beautiful, just like the flowers that have bloomed recently." No matter what he thinks in his heart, Marquis Descartes still maintains the good demeanor of a nobleman on the surface.
Miss Solier had a completely different style. She simply nodded to Marquis Descartes and made a gesture of invitation.
"Marquis Descartes, please come this way. The president is waiting for your arrival."
"Oh? Is President Xu already here?" Marquis Descartes' eyes twitched slightly, and a trace of joy could not help but appear on his face.
The protagonist of this peace negotiation is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the protagonist of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is undoubtedly their president Xu Yi.
The fact that Xu Yi can come in person is enough to prove that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce still attaches great importance to this peace negotiation and is very sincere. (~^~)