Seeing the expressions on the two people's faces, Xu Yi continued: "If the finances of our Lampali Kingdom can improve, I don't think the Sak Kingdom can be our opponent at all. Why is it necessary just to recapture a Muerto Mountains?" It hurts the muscles and bones and greatly damages the vitality.”
President Cruz and President Relsa smiled bitterly at the same time.
Of course they understand this truth, especially after seeing the terrifying power of the four magic trebuchets developed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they are even more convinced of it.
But they also know very well that the financial distress of the Lampali Kingdom has not lasted for a day or two, and it is not easy to get better.
"It's actually very easy." Xu Yi shook his head and said, "Have you forgotten that Bangta City was also in a difficult situation in the past few years? Why has it suddenly improved a lot in the past two years?"
President Cruise rolled his eyes at Xu Yi: "President Xu, if you want to boast, you don't have to do it at this time? Who doesn't know that the changes in our Bangta City are all due to the development driven by your New Flying Chamber of Commerce."
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "I don't mean to boast, I just want to remind you. The development of Bangta City is driven by the development and growth of the magic industry, so why can't the model of Bangta City be extended to the entire Lampali Kingdom? What? Think about how much the financial revenue of Bangta City increased last year? If the entire Lampali Kingdom also had such growth, then the military department would not even buy four hundred magic trebuchets. no problem."
President Cruz continued to smile bitterly: "It's easy for you to say. The problem is that it is not that easy to promote the magic industry to the entire Lampali Kingdom. You didn't realize that just in Bangta City, you can Will you encounter such a big problem?”
"City Lord, he..." President Leersa spat out a few words. He smiled bitterly and closed his mouth.
The expressions on both his and President Cruise's faces were somewhat helpless.
As the president of one of the largest chambers of commerce in Bangta City. Of course, they know better than ordinary civilians the real reason why Earl Stark targeted Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
But precisely because I know the real reason. On the contrary, it made them feel even more helpless.
They are all excellent businessmen, but they are not excellent politicians.
With their current status, it is impossible for them to get involved in such political matters.
Even if they were deeply dissatisfied with the unfair treatment suffered by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the changes that had occurred in Bangta City, they were helpless.
Xu Yi talked about this matter with them, of course not wanting to get actual support from them.
In fact, he just wanted to find out their true attitude.
Needless to say, President Cruise, a long-standing ally, Xu Yi mainly relies on the attitude of President Relsa.
Because the cooperation between Renekton Chamber of Commerce and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is not as long as the cooperation between Amri Chamber of Commerce and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, the attitude of Renekton Chamber of Commerce actually represents the attitude of most chambers of commerce in Bonta City.
Now it seems that at least most of the chambers of commerce in Bangta City should support the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and be dissatisfied with Earl Stark.
In fact, this is also nonsense.
After Earl Stark arrived, he immediately implemented a policy of suppressing business and promoting agriculture. The major chambers of commerce in Bonta City suffered direct losses. It is strange that the merchants would like this Earl of Stark.
While a few people were chatting leisurely here, the fighting outside actually never stopped.
But there’s actually not much to say about the entire battle.
Although there were more than five thousand orcs who came in for a surprise attack, under the continuous bombardment of four magic trebuchets, this group of orcs only rushed from 500 meters to 200 meters away. The losses were extremely heavy. The formation was even beaten to pieces.
And when they saw themselves rushing into close range, the four terrifying magic trebuchets finally stopped firing huge boulders. Just when he was excited about it and was about to summon up the momentum to charge again, he found an overwhelming and dense rain of arrows flying towards him, making it impossible to avoid.
Seeing the orcs in the distance falling down under the rain of arrows, President Cruz and President Relsa were speechless again.
The two stared blankly for a while, then couldn't help turning their heads to look at Xu Yi.
President Leersa smiled bitterly and said: "President Xu, how did I find out that it is enough for you to have the guards from your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and there is no need for the guards from our several chambers of commerce to take action."
"That's right, you're not calling this a war, it's just a massacre." Seeing that the battle turned out to be completely unexpectedly easy, the nervousness on Chairman Cruise's face gradually faded, and he even had the nerve to make a joke.
"This is a joint action of our four chambers of commerce. Can't we, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, just contribute?" Xu Yi said with a smile. "Besides, it's always good to be more prepared."
President Leersa nodded, observed the surrounding battle situation, and then looked at the magic repeating crossbows held by almost every human guard of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. After pondering for a moment, he asked: "President Xu, can this thing be sold? Sell?"
"I really want to sell it, but unfortunately, this, like the magic trebuchet, is a weapon and equipment restricted by the military. Unless the military agrees, we can use it ourselves, but we cannot sell it to others." Xu He also shrugged his shoulders. "Even if I use it myself, it is because of my current status as viscount and lord, and our New Flying Chamber of Commerce cannot use it in name."
President Leersa did not look too surprised. Such powerful weapons would of course be subject to special control by the Royal Ministry.
Otherwise, if it falls to other countries, such as the Sak Kingdom, it will in turn pose a threat to the Lampali Kingdom.
Looking at the large number of arrow boxes half a man high piled at the feet of each of the human guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, President Leersa couldn't help but frown slightly and asked: "President Xu, this magic company The crossbow is easy to use, but is it too wasteful of arrows? I think in just a short time, one guard has used more than a dozen arrow boxes. According to what you said, there are twenty arrows in one box. In terms of feather arrows, this is close to three hundred. This consumption is a bit too high. "
Xu Yi shrugged: "Wars always cost money. In my opinion, spending money is better than dying. If the money is gone, you can make money again. If you die, you can't come back to life."
President Leersa could only give a bitter smile, looking at the orcs who fell in pieces like wheat under the overwhelming rain of arrows, shook his head and said: "If the military can be as luxurious as you, the Kingdom of Sark I’m afraid we’ve already crushed it.”
Xu Yi smiled and did not answer.
Is the military as luxurious as him? This is a joke.
In order to cope with this joint operation, Xu Yike dragged out all the current assets of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. In addition to ensuring that this operation would be a perfect success, it was also to verify the actual combat effectiveness of these things.
From the current point of view, the effect is excellent, but the accompanying problem is that the consumption is indeed too high.
In order to achieve the current effect, Xu Yi's total investment, if converted into gold coins, would have exceeded at least 30,000 gold coins.
And this is just a contact battle with a ragtag group of orcs. If it were to be a battle between the Zhenbei Army and the regular army of the Sark Kingdom, the cost would inevitably increase exponentially.
Major Maconley told him that after the battle in the Muerto Mountains, the military headquarters could not even get out five thousand gold coins. Xu Yi was not surprised at all.
If you want to rely on equipment to crush the enemy, of course you have to spend money.
The moment the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce took out their magic repeating crossbows, it meant that the orc tribe's raid had completely failed.
The distance of only two hundred meters was like a natural chasm for these orcs, which they could not cross at all.
Covered by an almost endless rain of arrows, the orcs who rushed over fell one after another without any means of resistance.
Compared with humans, the living environment of the orcs is not good, and it is even less likely to obtain many sophisticated weapons. They can resist only by relying on their own physical strength to gain an absolute advantage in close combat with humans.
But when Xu Yi used a powerful weapon like a magic trebuchet, coupled with the support of a magic repeating crossbow, he didn't give the orcs much chance of close combat.
There were originally more than five thousand orcs, but in the end, only less than a thousand were able to break through the arrow rain and rush into the defensive circle.
Moreover, even these less than a thousand orcs were seriously injured and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.
At this time, the guards of the four major chambers of commerce had already been recuperating for a long time, and their morale had reached its peak. After giving the order, they all pounced out like tigers out of the mountains.
The orcs finally got a chance to fight hand-to-hand with the human guards, but they were horrified to find that the armor worn by these human guards was actually extremely hard, and the weapons were also extremely sharp.
Due to the gap in weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness of the human guards was instantly close to that of the orcs who did not have any armor to protect their bodies, and most of their weapons were sticks or even stones picked up from somewhere.
Coupled with the fact that one had high morale, and the other had just received a major blow and was low in morale, when the two sides began to engage in close combat, the situation suddenly became one-sided.
However, after about ten minutes, most of the less than a thousand orcs who finally rushed over had fallen. The remaining hundreds of orcs saw that the situation was not good, and finally couldn't help but turn around and start running away.
However, when they had just dug out a certain distance, they heard the heart-stopping creaking sound and the sound of boulders breaking through the air again.
The four magic trebuchets that were not put away at all were activated again, and huge boulders fell on the fleeing orcs. Although the orcs' formation was very scattered when they fled, the hit rate was not high, but they still killed at least half of the fleeing beasts. People also had their last vestige of fighting spirit shattered directly.
Xu Yi felt a little pity when he saw the remaining orcs hiding on the dark horizon at the far end of the wasteland.
If some war horses could be equipped, the guards might be able to rush over and kill all the remaining more than a hundred orcs, thus avoiding future trouble.
Unfortunately, war horses are an extremely scarce resource in the Lampali Kingdom. Even if Xu Yi has a good relationship with the military, it is impossible to equip them for the guards under his own chamber of commerce. (To be continued...)