The great magician Truki was still fine. As soon as Smilton saw these military magic machines, his eyes immediately lit up and he strode over. He first picked up a barrel-shaped magic repeating crossbow and looked around with joy on his face. Then he picked up a small magic rocket launcher and looked up and down for a long time before looking back at Xu Yi.
"President Xu, are all these good things for us?"
Xu Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes in his heart.
This Smilton is really used to being a pirate. He has delivered important living supplies to Carrasca Island so many times before, but I have never seen him so happy. This time when weapons and equipment were delivered, he was so excited. There is no need to speculate at all, it is clearly shown on the face.
Of course, Xu Yi still had to keep a smile on his face and nodded lightly.
"Yes. But it's not for free. Master Smilton Island, the demand for military magic machines is currently extremely high. I got these from the large number of orders I received, so it's impossible to give them away for free. "
"Well, I understand that." Smilton nodded vigorously and laughed: "President Xu, you don't need to say anything. We accept you on the island. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has provided enough free assistance. The brothers on the island can live such a good life now because of your help. In fact, you don’t need to talk nonsense. If you want us to help you with anything. , Just tell the truth. Although I am a rough man with little knowledge, I still understand the basic rules." A thoughtful expression flashed across the face of the great magician Truqi on the side, and he nodded slightly: "President Xu, you are. A businessman. You can't do a losing business. We can't let you do that. Although I'm a great magician, I know very well that I'm not worth the price you pay for me. You must be helping the island with your heart, and everyone knows this. "
Xu Yi spread his hands helplessly and smiled to himself: "It seems that I am really not suitable for acting. What I do is too straightforward."
Smilton waved his hand: "Okay, President Xu, don't say these words. It doesn't matter what you want to do. With the help of your New Flying Chamber of Commerce, everyone can live a good life. Then we should sacrifice our lives for you. This is the most basic rule that everyone understands. Tell us clearly, what do you want us to do? "
Looking at the questioning look greeted by the great magician Truchi, Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, your Excellency the great magician, I have no intention of letting the residents of the island go through life and death for me. As a As a businessman, I have always felt that this approach is very inefficient and cannot bring the best benefits to myself." Great Magician Truchi and Smilton looked at each other. There was curiosity in his eyes.
"Then what exactly do you plan to ask us to help you with? If it's something else, why did you send these military magic machines?" Smilton asked.
"Hmm... It's not right to say that you don't need to take risks at all. After all, I can't guarantee whether these places will be in danger." Xu Yi waved to the two of them, motioning for them to come closer.
The two of them came together in confusion. Xu Yi took out a blueprint from his arms and spread it out on the floor of the warehouse.
With the bright light of the magic lamp in the warehouse, the two looked down and found that the drawing was a map.
If you look carefully, you will find that most of the map shows sea areas, and only a few places show land.
And these land masses are naturally islands.
Their eyes passed over the line representing the coastline on the right edge of the map, and finally landed on a marked island.
"Is this our Kalaska Island?" Smilton pointed at the island and asked in surprise. “Why is this shape so weird?”…
"What? Island owner, have you never seen the shape of the entire island from the air?" Xu Yixiao asked. "It does look like a flower. It looks very nice when viewed from a high altitude."
The great magician Truchi nodded slightly: "Yes, this is indeed the island of Kalaska. I used to fly to high altitudes to observe when I was free. This shape is exactly the same as this island."
He immediately turned to Xu Yi and asked, "Is this a map drawn from high altitude? The surrounding islands should be the nearby islands."
"Well, this is a detailed map of the nearby sea area that I asked people to draw through the magic airship. Your Excellency, the great magician, what do you think?" Xu Yi asked.
Archmage Truchi observed the map for a while, and his expression became cautious.
"Such a detailed and accurate map can only be drawn at high altitude, and in order to draw it accurately, it can only be done by hovering at high altitude. Indeed, only a magic airship is the most suitable. But President Xu, you want someone to draw such an accurate map?" What is a map trying to do?”
Smilton also looked at Xu Yi, but there was a hint of excitement in his eyes, as if he had guessed Xu Yi's plan.
Sure enough, Xu Yi smiled, clicked a few times on the map, and replied: "Your Majesty the Great Magician, the owner of the island, look, from the Black Rice Wasteland to the coastline of the Principality of Standing, there are a total of thirty-four There are many islands, large and small, and six of them are much larger than Carrasca Island. However, among these islands, except for Carrasca Island, only twelve islands are inhabited, and the other twenty-two islands are inhabited. It’s an uninhabited island.”
Smilton raised his eyebrows: "President Xu, do you want me to help you get these islands into your own hands?"
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "To be precise, I want these islands to be under my control. I am not very interested in these islands themselves, I am only interested in the various resources on these islands. Karaska Island If there is an iron mine with good mineral reserves, it is very likely that there are equally important resources on these islands.”
"Well, that's true." Smilton nodded. "I know that there is an iron ore on an island called Saxon not too far from here. Some people from your Lampali Kingdom went there to inspect it before, but later they felt that it was not cost-effective to mine iron ore from Saxon Island and transport it back, so No one paid any attention to it.”
"I don't think it's a good deal either." Archmage Truchi frowned. "President, if you want to extract resources from these islands and transport them back, I think the cost is too high and I'm afraid it's not appropriate."
"You only feel this way because the current maritime transportation is not developed enough." Xu Yi shook his head and pointed to the soles of his feet. "But look where you are right now?"
Great Magician Truchi and Smilton were startled, and then they remembered that the place where they were now was in the bottom warehouse of a super large magic ship.
This magic ship named Spreading Wings is so big that the warehouse they are staying in now can even accommodate a large wooden sea ship that they had imagined before.
With such a super-large magic ship, the cargo that can be loaded at one time can be several times or even dozens of times more than the previous wooden ships.
In addition, the possibility of such a large magic ship encountering danger on the sea must be much lower, so after calculation, the cost of sea transportation must be much lower than the previous sea transportation that almost risked one's life. If there are more, it won’t seem so uneconomical.
No wonder Xu Yi is so confident, but it is because of the support of the Zhanyi.
Seeing the two people's stunned expressions, Xu Yi smiled, slid his finger and drew a circle on the map.
"Actually, what I value more than the resources on these islands is this sea area."
Archmage Truchi and Smilton immediately showed doubtful expressions again.
This so-called sea area is all sea water, what is there to value
"At present, I can't explain to you the importance of controlling this sea area. You will not understand this until the competition for the sea becomes more intense in the future." Xu Yi said with a smile. "But no matter what, I need this sea area, and it is best to completely control this sea area. Lord Smilton Island, can you do it for me?"
Smilton looked down at the map, pondered for a moment, then looked back at the various military magic machines in the warehouse, and finally looked at the ceiling and floor of the warehouse above his head, and then said seriously to Xu Yi: "In addition to these military magic machines, Give me a few ships, preferably a big one like this, and I can do it.”
Xu Yi laughed: "It's okay to give you a few ships, but there is nothing we can do about a big ship like the Zhanyi for the time being. Such a ship has consumed all the strength of our new flight chamber, and it took a total of eight It took more than a month to complete. The few vehicles produced in the future will also be used for ocean transportation by the Chamber of Commerce, but they cannot be provided to you in the short term. "
"Oh..." Smilton was a little disappointed. "Without such a big ship, I'm afraid it would be much less intimidating on the sea. Things at sea are very simple. Whoever has a bigger ship will make a louder sound. If there is such a big ship, I only need to open this In the past, make sure that all other ships on this sea can only obey."
Xu Yi smiled and patted his shoulder: "Don't be too disappointed. I can't provide you with such a big ship in a short time, but other smaller ships can still be provided. Those ships are smaller than the Wings. That’s right, but compared to your other heaviest sea-going ships, it’s still much larger, and I guarantee that in terms of performance, those sea-going ships can’t compare with it.”
Smilton's eyes lit up: "Really? President Xu, do you plan to give me even a good ship like a small magic assault boat?"
Xu Yi chuckled: "It depends on how sincere you can be."
Smilton immediately raised his fist, punched his chest hard, and said in a deep voice: "President Xu, in front of the great magician Truchi, I promise you. I, Smilton, will definitely do it." I have every inch of this sea under my control for you. Even if a fish swims across this sea, it must first ask for my permission... no, for your permission!"