"President, I understand your feelings, and I am also deeply saddened and angry for the Chamber of Commerce employees who died at the port, but..." Kennard glanced at Xu Yi, who had a calm face, hesitated, and continued: "Just because For this reason, blindly improving the defense strength of our chamber of commerce is a bit... a bit impulsive? "
"Blind?" Xu Yi turned to him. "Why do you think this approach is blind?"
Kennard gave a wry smile, spread his hands and said: "Although this word is indeed used a bit unkindly, Mr. Chairman, I can't imagine investing more than three million gold coins in the Chamber of Commerce escort team at once, and paying it back every year in the future. Why do you need to gradually increase investment, and even according to your plan, you need to invest a minimum of five million gold coins every year? If it is just to avoid similar casualties among the employees of the Chamber of Commerce in the future, we actually have many other alternative methods. It costs less.”
"I have always said that I am a businessman. But looking at it now, Kennard, you are worthy of being born in the Emma family. The thinking of a businessman is much deeper than mine." Xu Yi said with a smile.
Kennard frowned and sighed: "President, we are just a chamber of commerce after all."
"No, for me, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is just a tool in my hand." Xu Yi shook his head. "Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed to the present and has become the most useful tool, it is still just a tool. My ideal is to change the lives of people on the continent of Sainz, and this goal will not change. Making money can also Just to achieve this goal.”
Seeing the look on Xu Yi's face, Kennard knew that there was no point in continuing to persuade him. He had no choice but to sigh. No more discussion.
But no matter what. Kennard also couldn't understand Xu Yi's behavior.
Because several people died at Heimi Port, Xu Yi suddenly came up with the idea of completely controlling the entire Heimi Wasteland.
If this idea is not so outrageous, then Xu Yi's idea of finally counterattacking the Sark Kingdom after taking control of the Black Rice Wasteland really shocked Kennard.
Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has now developed into a large-scale chamber of commerce with strong influence in several nearby countries, in the final analysis it is just a chamber of commerce.
With the strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and more importantly, the military magic machinery produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it may not be difficult to control the entire Black Rice Wasteland. After all, the orcs in the Black Rice Wasteland have little organization and weak resistance.
But if you want to confront the Sark Kingdom, it is simply wishful thinking.
A country and a chamber of commerce are two completely different concepts.
Kennard looked at Xu Yi's side face and wondered if the president had roughly estimated the ability of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce because it was now able to influence the situation in the Standing Principality. This led to the idea that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce could even What about the illusion of competing with the Sark Kingdom
It was inconvenient for Kennard to ask this question.
As the CEO of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he is mainly responsible for the specific administrative affairs and management of the chamber of commerce, but at most he can only make suggestions for the general development direction of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. without any dominance.
Xu Yi has absolute control over the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, as long as Xu Yi makes up his mind. Then everyone else has no choice but to obey.
Even Kennard couldn't disobey this.
Kennard thought silently for a while, thinking that he and Xu Yi had worked together for so many years, and their ideals were very close, so how could he watch him go astray
After a pause, Kennard said seriously: "President, I still hope you can think more clearly. Our Chamber of Commerce does have enough strength to strengthen its own defense, but our Chamber of Commerce's power has its limits. With the current profitability of our chamber of commerce, we can only maintain a security force of no more than five thousand people at the same level as the current one. If we exceed this number, our strength may actually decrease. "
Xu Yi smiled and asked, "Do you think five thousand people are few?"
Kennard was startled: "Of course there are very few. Sir, don't forget, even Earl Willon has 30,000 men under his command."
Xu Yi laughed loudly: "Is 30,000 people strong? Don't forget that the 30,000 people of Earl Weilun can't even do anything to the 100 people led by Hart."
Kennard frowned: "You can't calculate it that way. President, Earl Willen can't do anything to the one hundred guards led by Captain Hart. There are many reasons for this. If we fight head-on... "
"Even in a head-on battle, Count Willen's men can't do anything to Hart's one hundred men." Xu Yi waved his hand to interrupt Kennard's words.
Kennard was startled: "How is this possible? That's 30,000 people! How is it possible that you can't do anything to a mere 100 people!"
"So, you, and the vast majority of people on this continent, are still stuck in the old thinking." Xu Yi smiled slightly. "This world is already completely different from the world you were familiar with before."
Kennard looked at Xu Yi strangely, thinking that he was also the CEO of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and he knew much more about Xinfei Chamber of Commerce than most people on this continent.
But even he was not optimistic at all about the scene Xu Yi described. Why was Xu Yi so confident
Xu Yi smiled and didn't explain much to Kennard.
Although Kennard is the CEO of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he is mainly responsible for administrative matters. In fact, he still has limitations in many aspects. His grasp of the overall situation is far less than that of the president.
Of course, it's not just Kennard, almost everyone on this continent will probably be like Kennard and completely unable to understand Xu Yi's thoughts.
This can't be blamed on them, because Xu Yi relied on the mechanical engineering knowledge he brought from the earth to bring magical machines to the world that far exceeded their imagination, which was equivalent to making a big difference in the technological level of Sainz's continent. An improvement like a leap forward.
It will take some time for people's thinking to catch up with this change.
What Xu Yi wants to take advantage of is this period of time where there is a gap.
The two of them fell silent at the same time, and the magic car they sat in continued to drive at high speed on the highway in the northern part of the Principality of Standing, which used to be under the name of Earl Willon, but was now ceded to the name of Xu Yi.
This highway is a section of the Slu Highway and is in a semi-completed state. Currently, it only has two lanes, which is still far from the six lanes it will have when fully completed.
When the magic car is running on the road, you can see countless local workers from the Kingdom of Lampali, the Kingdom of Luersun, the Black Rice Wasteland, the Principality of Mirando, and the Principality of Standing busy on both sides of the road.
Most of these workers belong to the Amri Chamber of Commerce, and only a small number of workers responsible for overall project planning supervision and providing engineering magic machinery support belong to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
The two chambers of commerce have maintained this cooperation model for four years. Workers on both sides are very familiar with each other, so their work is extremely efficient.
According to the estimate of Director Riley, Xu Yi's old friend and the engineering director of the Armley Chamber of Commerce in charge of the Sulu Highway paving project, the Sulu Highway will be fully completed by the middle of next year at the latest.
By that time, although the entire journey from the west coast of the Principality of Standing to the capital of the Kingdom of Luersun, Kuraka City, was more than a thousand kilometers long, it was always connected by flat roads.
If you drive a magic freight locomotive that can maintain a speed of more than 40 kilometers per hour, it only takes one day to arrive.
And if you are driving the latest magic car that Xu Yi and Kennard are riding in, and can maintain a speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour, it will only take more than ten hours.
Of course, if the Slu Highway is to be fully opened to traffic, the most important part is the cliff in the Principality of Standing and the Principality of Luersun.
Specifically, it is whether the paving project of the Silu Highway Viaduct can be successfully completed.
After the magic car drove the two of them on the highway for a while, they entered a forest that was endless and extremely lush as far as the eye could see.
Entering this forest means entering the control area of the Moon Shadow Tribe.
Before the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, no one in the Standing Principality dared to enter the forest called the Forest of Micro Dreams at will, because it was very likely to suffer revenge from the elves of the Moon Shadow Tribe.
But now, this forest that has existed quietly for thousands of years has fallen into a commotion.
As soon as they entered the forest, they could hear a violent sound like thunder in the distance.
Looking up, he could still see a towering tree falling crookedly and hitting the ground, sending up broken branches and dust all over the sky.
"President, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. The elves would actually allow humans to make such a big fuss in their homeland, and even allow humans to cut down the thousand-year-old trees that are most precious to them. "Kennard said with emotion as he looked at the fallen giant tree in the distance.
Xu Yi smiled softly: "If the elves want to develop again and integrate into human society, this is a necessary step."
"That's because, President, your charm is different. The elves have lived with us humans on the continent of Sainz for thousands of years. This is the first time they have really tried to integrate with humans," Kennard said.
Xu Yi laughed, thinking that other elves didn't know it well, but in the minds of the elves of the Night Song Tribe and the Moon Shadow Tribe, they did have a strong charm.
Otherwise, Elder Elushia and Elder Lisania would not have forced themselves to marry an elf woman.
Xu Yi couldn't help but get a headache at the thought of meeting Elder Lisania soon.
I hope Elder Lisanya can let him go this time and not force himself to choose an elf beauty as soon as they meet. (To be continued...)