An hour later, huge pieces of wooden planks were floating everywhere on the sea about fifty kilometers northwest of Heimi Port.
Several large ships that were not completely silent were sinking on the sea at this time, bringing out several huge whirlpools, sucking in all the surrounding sawdust and the soldiers of the Sark Kingdom's First Fleet who were not yet dead but had no time to escape. The bottomless seabed.
The originally blue water was dyed into a miserable color of blood red mixed with burnt black, which meant that the most elite squadron of the Salk Kingdom's first fleet, which had passed through this sea area majestically just now, had now become The traces of history have disappeared without a trace.
There were several senior magicians from King Sark's Ministry floating in the sky who came with the first fleet. They all looked at the sea below with disbelief, looking at them floating on the sea, as if The huge Zhanzhi, which was as big as a mountain, had a face full of shock.
When the Spreading Wings first appeared in front of everyone, they were just surprised by the hugeness of the ship, and were shocked that the entire body of the ship was actually made of metal.
When they recognized that this ship should be the huge magic ship belonging to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce mentioned in the intelligence, they immediately prepared to launch an attack.
But they never expected that when the Zhanyi was still two or three kilometers away from the front ship, a large ball of fire suddenly appeared from the Zhanyi, and then they saw overwhelming, Magic rockets dragging powerful magic light flew from the Wings.
Under such a dense attack of magic rockets, no ship could be spared.
The ships of the Sark Kingdom's First Fleet are all made of wood, although they have been strengthened in terms of fire protection and impact resistance compared to the ships used by ordinary fishermen. But after being hit by these magic rockets. But he was immediately seriously injured.
Just the first round of attacks. The proud ships of the Sark Kingdom's First Fleet all lost their combat effectiveness in an instant.
And when the second round of magic rockets flew over, all the ships that had nowhere to hide and no ability to dodge were sunk after a short time.
This squadron, the most elite in the First Fleet, could almost be called an invincible squadron in the surrounding waters. However, under the attack launched by a mere ship, the Spread Wings, it could not last even five minutes. The entire army was wiped out!
throughout the process. They didn't even make any counterattack!
The remaining magicians stayed for a long time, wanting to turn around and run away, but after thinking about the severity of military law and the description in the petition, they looked at each other and decided to take action.
With so many of their magicians joining forces, it might be possible to capture the Spreading Wings.
As long as the Zhanyi can be obtained, the losses of these ships will be nothing at all.
However, when the magic power in these magicians had just begun to flow and they were about to emit magic, the space in front of them suddenly seemed to collapse in. The entire space turned into a bottomless darkness.
The magicians of the Sark Kingdom gasped at the same time.
"It's actually space magic! They actually have a great magician!"
These magicians looked at each other without hesitation. He turned around and flew towards the north in the direction of the Sark Kingdom.
Xu Yi retracted his hand and stopped the fluctuation of magic power.
Turning to look at President Cruise, who looked dull, Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Do you still doubt the strength of me and our Chamber of Commerce?"
President Cruise let out a long sigh and said with emotion: "Xu Yi, you are simply a monster. The New Flying Chamber of Commerce that you created is also a monster."
Xu Yi laughed and told Nevaar: "Return to sail."
The Spreading Wings drew a beautiful arc on the sea, turned around and sailed towards the waters of the Principality of Standing.
# # #
Two days later, the prepared Wings had a fierce battle with the main fleet of the Sac Kingdom's First Fleet led by General Colelle in the waters northwest of the Principality of Standing.
The Wings were unscathed, and only three ships of the main force of the Sark Kingdom's First Fleet escaped, while the rest were sunk.
The blocked coastline of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's main base was opened.
Five days later, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team, together with a total of 5,000 guards hired from six chambers of commerce, including the Amli Chamber of Commerce, the Armani Chamber of Commerce, the Remit Chamber of Commerce, and the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, suddenly counterattacked from the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. out.
Under the extremely fierce offensive, Grand Duke Wei Lun's men were completely helpless and their defenses were completely breached in an instant.
Grand Duke Wei Lun's blockade of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was completely ended.
A week later, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce continued to launch an offensive, continuously breaking through the four lines of defense of Grand Duke Wei Lun, and broke into Grand Duke Wei Lun's private estate.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Grand Duke Wei Lun escaped early and disappeared.
Without the command of Grand Duke Wei Lun, coupled with the loss of supplies, they were unable to exert the power of military magic machinery. The men of Grand Duke Wei Lun were no longer able to resist.
Half a month later, Xu Yi, who completely defeated Grand Duke Wei Lun and took over all the territory under Grand Duke Wei Lun's name, exceeded everyone's expectations. He did not stop there, but directly launched an attack on the other two neighboring lords.
In just ten days, the personal guards under Xu Yi's name had completely defeated these two lords and taken over all their territories.
After that, Xu Yi made corrections for a full twenty days.
Just when everyone thought that Xu Yi would stop like this and not attack other lords like crazy like Duke Wei Lun before, Xu Yi suddenly moved again.
If it doesn't move, that's it. If it moves, it will thunder.
Within a month, the private guards sent by Xu Yi defeated as many as seven lords one after another and completely took over the territories of these seven lords.
In all the battles, relying on the powerful firepower advantage caused by a large number of military magic machines, the other lords were unable to form any effective resistance and were completely defeated without exception.
At this time, other lords in the Principality of Standing finally understood.
Although Xu Yi is not Grand Duke Wei Lun, he is a greater threat than Grand Duke Wei Lun!
So all the remaining lords of the Principality of Standing gathered together in a rare move, planning to resist Xu Yi's offensive together.
However, the ruthless reality shattered the last hope in their hearts.
Xu Yi only sent 5,000 private guards. On the frontal battlefield, they defeated the 40,000 troops assembled by these lords with extraordinary ease.
Moreover, Xu Yi's personal guard took the absolute initiative from beginning to end in the entire battle. and complete advantage.
In front of Xu Yi's personal guards. The subordinates of these lords were like children facing adults. They could only be beaten and had no ability to resist.
This battle completely shattered the resistance of the other lords. After this battle, most of the lords chose to surrender to Xu Yi, while a few secretly packed up their belongings and fled the Principality of Standing and Grand Duke Wei Lun. Still missing.
It only took less than two months. Xu Yi completely defeated all the other lords in the Principality of Standing, and truly accomplished what Grand Duke Wei Lun had thought about before but failed to do, which was to bring the entire Principality of Standing under his control.
However, to everyone's surprise, Xu Yi rejected the request jointly submitted by a large group of people that he should succeed the Grand Duke of Standing. Instead, he announced the formation of a State Council of the Principality of Standing, referred to as the Congress of the Principality of Standing, which is mainly responsible for managing the Principality of Standing. All domestic government affairs, big and small.
At the same time, Xu also elected Earl Ancru as the chairman of the State Council, elected several young lords in the Principality of Standing, and selected several civilians from the common people of the Principality of Standing to join the Congress. He also serves as a committee member and jointly assists Count Ancru in managing the government affairs of the principality.
As for Xu Yi himself. He only has the title of special adviser in the Congress and does not participate in the management of government affairs. He only provides advice and assistance when needed.
Of course, this is his own public statement, and in everyone's opinion, with his strong control over the Principality of Standing, how can the government affairs in the Principality of Standing be bypassed by him
To put it bluntly, although Xu Yi is not named Grand Duke Standing, he is completely the same as Grand Duke Standing.
Even more exaggeratedly, with his control over the Principality of Standing, he can be said to be the king of this country!
# # #
A breeze blew in through the window, bringing a chill.
Xu Yi withdrew his eyes from the statistical report in his hand, raised his head and looked out the window.
Although there is still greenery outside the window at this time, it is already the end of December and has officially entered the deep winter season.
Since leaving the Lampali Kingdom, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has been deployed in the Principality of Standing for more than two years.
Only today has it truly taken root.
Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart every time he recalled the ups and downs that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had experienced in the Principality of Standing in the past two years.
Although at first the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had just left the Kingdom of Lampali and appeared to be lacking in strength after entering the Principality of Standing, Xu Yi decided that it was most important to establish a firm foothold first.
But in fact, in the past two years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will actually have a lot of opportunities to completely control the situation in the Principality of Standing as it does now.
The reason why he didn't do this was simply because Xu Yizu didn't have a cold.
However, the situation in the Standing Principality has changed in the past two years, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce paid a heavy price because of Xu Yi's lack of cold.
The last raid by Grand Duke Wei Lun on the Xin Fei Chamber of Commerce did not cause much real damage, but the previous attempt by Grand Duke Wei Lun and the Kingdom of Sack to completely capture the Xin Fei Chamber of Commerce caused heavy losses to the Xin Fei Chamber of Commerce.
Xu Yi doesn't particularly care about the financial losses.
Although this time to deal with the threat posed by Grand Duke Wei Lun and the Sark Kingdom, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce invested more than three million gold coins in this effort, plus the funds invested in subsequent post-war reconstruction, and For the follow-up development plan, Xu Yi estimates that the total investment of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce next year will even be close to 10 million gold coins, but Xu Yi will not feel heartache.
What really made him heartbroken was the large number of lives lost in this practice.
"If I had been more decisive, maybe so many people wouldn't have died?"
Looking at a red leaf falling gracefully outside the window, Xu Yi's eyes flashed with sadness, but after a moment, they turned into determination.
"No matter what, now that I've decided, I can't hesitate anymore."
Xu Yi squeezed his fist hard and then relaxed.
After completely controlling the situation in the entire Principality of Standing, many people once proposed that he ascend to the position of Grand Duke Standing, or even directly ascend the throne and become king.
Xu Yi refused them all.
Although his previous experience has changed his mentality and he is now willing to take the initiative to control the situation, he knows very well that with the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, there is no problem in controlling the entire Principality of Standing, and it is enough to withstand other forces' attacks on the Principality of Standing. He coveted the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but it was unrealistic to control the entire Principality of Standing on the surface.
"No matter what, you can never leave your destiny in the hands of others again, but should be completely in your own hands."
Xu Yi looked out the window at the falling red leaves and the sparse woods, and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment in his heart.
He raised his hand and pointed, and the scenery of fallen leaves outside the window, which was originally like early autumn, suddenly seemed to be thrown into a small stone, with ripples swaying out.
At this time, Xu Yi actually made a breakthrough.
(End of Volume 4 "The Throne")
(I have to say that writing the fourth volume was very difficult. The story of this book mainly describes how Xu Yi used his knowledge of industrial theory to change the continent, so I always wanted to keep the main line on the research and development and promotion of magic machinery. But this is about a world. If you want to change this world, there are some things that you have to describe. I must admit that I am not good enough in this aspect. But starting from the next volume, the story. It will enter a new stage, the main line will be clearer, and the impact of magical machines on the world will be described in more interesting and diverse ways. So... please look forward to the fifth volume "Steps to the Continent") (To be continued.) )