Duke Narvassus stared at Count Joshua, who was also sullen across from him.
If he could kill with his gaze, he would definitely not mind killing Count Joshua ten or eight times.
If the logistics department in charge of this guy had not failed to meet the needs of the frontline troops in this war, how could he have been defeated on the battlefield, and finally forced the kingdom and the Kingdom of Ensflan to sign a humiliating peace? protocol
Count Joshua could naturally feel the hatred in Duke Narvassus's eyes, but he could only respond in silence, his expression full of bitterness.
As the logistics manager of the Mana Magic Kingdom's military department, he could not guarantee the logistics supplies for the frontline troops. This was a responsibility that he could not shirk at all, and he had no way to argue with it.
But this time... there was really nothing he could do.
No one expected that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's complete withdrawal from the Mana Magic Kingdom would have such a big impact on the Mana Magic Kingdom, which far exceeded his expectations and exceeded everyone's expectations.
This time the kingdom gained strength in the war with the Kingdom of Ensflan. The main reason was poor logistics, and there were many reasons for the poor logistics.
Let’s take the simplest and easiest example.
After the war began, in order to transport a large amount of late-stage supplies to the front line, many roads within the Magic Kingdom of Mana could be said to have been overloaded.
And such an overloaded state naturally causes various problems.
For example, a certain road is damaged, which seriously affects the transportation speed.
For example, a certain bridge even collapsed from the middle, causing two large freight magic locomotives to fall directly into the river, which also blocked several transport fleets.
For example, in the transportation fleet under the Logistics Department, many freight magic locomotives experienced some malfunctions during the intense transportation process. However, due to the loss of the technical maintenance personnel of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the malfunctions could not be completely resolved.
Even because of the complete withdrawal of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, these freight magic motorcycles, all produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, could not find qualified parts for maintenance.
For example...
And these are only responsible for logistical material transportation issues.
In terms of logistics material production, huge problems have also arisen due to the complete withdrawal of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
For example, I was previously responsible for supplying winter cotton-padded jackets to the frontline troops. It is mainly a cotton clothing factory cooperated by the Magic Kingdom of Mana and the Armani Chamber of Commerce.
On the surface, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's complete withdrawal seems to have nothing to do with this cotton clothing factory.
But in the actual production process, this impact is reflected in all aspects.
The most obvious one is that the magic machine tools of each production line in the cotton clothing factory lack meticulous maintenance and warranty from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Failures of varying degrees occurred, which significantly reduced production efficiency and ultimately affected the quantity and even quality of cotton clothing supplied to frontline troops.
This time, the war between the two sides lasted almost the entire winter. Whether the soldiers had enough cotton clothing equipment naturally greatly affected their combat effectiveness.
besides. From the various military magic machines equipped in the Magic Kingdom of Mana to the canned vegetables that soldiers must eat every day, all are in varying degrees of supply shortage.
Even if Count Joshua can solve the transportation problem, he can't solve the production problem.
He was able to make the frontline troops hold out for four months before finally declaring that they were unable to resist. This was a waste of a lot of effort, and there was no intention of evading it at all.
However, Duke Narvassus, who was responsible for leading the army and was under tremendous pressure due to the defeat, would never pay attention to this.
Constantine, the current king of the Magic Kingdom of Mana and the only great magician among all heads of state on the continent of Sainz, lowered his head slightly and looked at the glaring Duke Narvassus and Joshua with a wry smile below. count. I just feel a huge headache.
As His Majesty the King who is in charge of the overall situation, he certainly knows that the main reason why this war with the Kingdom of Ensflan is successful is in terms of logistics.
But the logistical problems really cannot be blamed on Count Joshua.
Because in the past few months, in addition to the various logistical problems submitted by the military department, countless problems related to the national economy and people's livelihood of the Magic Kingdom of Mana have emerged, making it impossible for him to live in peace for a day.
Just now, the Kingdom's Agricultural Department submitted another report, stating that according to statistics from the Agricultural Department, the Kingdom needs to purchase at least more than 3,000 various farmland magic machines. Only then can it barely be enough for next year’s spring plowing.
However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has completely withdrawn from the Mana Magic Kingdom, so the Mana Magic Kingdom has now lost one of its most important channels for purchasing farmland magic machinery.
Although in recent years, due to the large number of technology openings made by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, many chambers of commerce outside the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have also mastered the manufacturing methods of some large-scale magic machines. These include the vast majority of farmland magic machinery. However, compared with Xinfei brand farmland magic machinery, the farmland magic machinery manufactured by other chambers of commerce is far behind in terms of quality and stability, and cannot replace Xinfei brand farmland magic machinery at all. role.
And because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce publicly announced its complete withdrawal from the Magic Kingdom of Mana, other chambers of commerce immediately started raising prices. The price of the farmland magic machinery, which was originally priced at an extremely low price, has increased several times, causing the Agriculture Department to complain endlessly. It also caused the Agriculture Department to more than triple the Kingdom's investment budget for agriculture in the coming year.
However, this is not the most important issue.
There are alternatives to the farmland magic machinery other than those from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but another thing that is closely related to farmland farming—fertilizers—is irreplaceable and can only be produced by the Moon Shadow Tribe.
Logically speaking, the Yueying Tribe is the Yueying Tribe and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has completely withdrawn from the Magic Kingdom of Mana, and it should have nothing to do with the Moon Shadow Tribe.
However, after the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce announced its complete withdrawal from the Mana Magic Kingdom, the Moon Shadow Chamber of Commerce, which is the main production expenditure affiliate of the Moon Shadow Tribe, also publicly declared that the Mana Magic Kingdom's attitude towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce reflected the paranoia and internal paranoia within the Mana Magic Kingdom. Dishonesty, this kind of behavior is the most despised behavior by the elves, so the Moon Shadow Tribe has decided to sever all cooperative relations with the Magic Kingdom of Mana.
Naturally, fertilizer is no longer sold to the Magic Kingdom of Mana.
After the Moon Shadow Tribe issued the announcement, the Nightsong Tribe, the Azshara Tribe, and several other elven tribes that had emerged in recent years also issued announcements, expressing the same attitude as the Moon Shadow Tribe.
After the elves expressed their stance. A bunch of dwarf tribes and orc tribes also joined in the fun, expressing their distrust of the Magic Kingdom of Mana and claiming that they refused to deal with such a dishonest human kingdom, so they cut off all trade exchanges with the Magic Kingdom of Mana.
certainly. Except for fertilizers, the Magic Kingdom of Mana does not have much demand for the unique products produced by these foreign races, and the impact is not great.
However, the subsequent massive withdrawal of the human chamber of commerce had a huge impact on the Magic Kingdom of Mana, causing the originally booming magic industry system to almost come to a standstill. Even other industries within the Magic Kingdom of Mana have been greatly affected.
In the past few months, there has been a lot of resentment within the Magic Kingdom of Mana, and the situation has become extremely unstable.
Every time he received similar news, a wave of regret flashed through King Constantine's heart.
The wave of opposition that caused the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to withdraw from the Magic Kingdom of Mana was in fact inseparable from his Majesty the King.
In fact, the reason why there was such a wave of opposition and even large-scale demonstrations was entirely because of the deliberate connivance of the top management of the Magic Kingdom of Mana, and even the instigation of some high-level nobles.
The purpose of this is that there are indeed some voices within the Magic Kingdom of Mana that oppose the New Flying Chamber of Commerce—mainly from those related to the Magician Union. Second, Mana Magic Kingdom also hopes to use this to express its attitude to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and strive for more initiative in cooperation between the two parties.
However, King Constantine and other senior officials of the Magic Kingdom of Mana never expected that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would react so decisively and directly announce its complete withdrawal!
This caught the Magic Kingdom of Mana by surprise.
But even if King Constantine came forward in person and wanted to renegotiate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he was still firmly rejected by Xu Yi, without giving him any chance to explain and ease.
Now that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has fully withdrawn from the Mana Magic Kingdom for nearly half a year, the huge impact of this incident has begun to be reflected little by little, and then the entire Mana Magic Kingdom has fallen into difficulties.
The strength of this war with the Kingdom of Ensflan has already had a huge impact on the surface. But compared with the impact on the entire Magic Kingdom of Mana, it can only be regarded as the tip of the iceberg.
"Narsassus, you don't have to blame Joshua too much." Thinking of this, Constantine waved his hands with a tired look on his face. Comforting Duke Narxassus. "Joshua has tried his best, but all kinds of problems broke out at the same time, and he was really powerless."
Duke Narvassus stared: "If he is not able to solve it, it is his fault! I don't care how many problems there are, but since he is the logistics manager, it is his responsibility to solve these problems! If it doesn't work, then replace him!"
A trace of anger flashed in Count Joshua's eyes.
This Duke of Nassus has always been at odds with his political views, and it seems that he plans to take advantage of this opportunity to directly oust himself from his current position.
Just as he was about to retort, King Constantine glanced at him and stopped him with his eyes.
"Narsassus, I said, the main responsibility for this defeat does not lie with the logistics department, nor does it lie with your soldiers fighting on the front line..."
Duke Narvassus was stunned.
The responsibility does not lie with the logistics department, nor with the troops on the front line, so who does it
"Your Majesty, I..."
As soon as Duke Narvassus opened his mouth, he suddenly felt his eyes darken.
There was a sudden sound of panic and panic in the hall.
"What's going on?" King Constantine's calm voice sounded.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... yes... the magic crystal supply for the magic crystal lamp has been used up..." The panicked voice of a chamberlain sounded from the corner of the hall.
"Then why don't you make up for it?" King Constantine said angrily.
"But... the standard magic crystals in the palace have been used up..." The servant's voice became even more panicked.
King Constantine was really angry this time.
"We knew it was going to run out, why didn't we make up for it earlier?"
"Your Majesty... that... standard magic crystals are no longer available in the kingdom..."
"Why can't I buy it..."
King Constantine had just finished his reprimand, but suddenly remembered something.
Although there are not many unique products of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce except military magic machines, there is one thing that is usually inconspicuous but crucial and is still exclusively produced by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
That is the standard magic crystal used by all magic machines.
Thinking of this, King Constantine fell into silence.
For a moment, the only sounds left clearly audible in the dark hall were the heavy breathing of King Constantine and the three of them, but it was unknown what the three of them were thinking. (~^~)