Ambassador Hakan's sense of superiority reached its peak when they followed Kennard to Crescent Town. %,
Russell's two followers were very surprised when they saw several buildings tens of meters high in Crescent Town from a distance.
After entering Crescent Town, they were still very surprised when they saw the neat houses and clean, wide and flat roads in the town.
After walking a little further, the two expressed surprise again when they saw the red, yellow and green traffic lights at the intersection.
Then they were very surprised when they saw all kinds of magic motorcycles coming and going on the road.
In short, from the moment they approached Crescent Town, the two people would show surprise no matter what they saw. This made Ambassador Hakan despise them in his heart. They were simply two country bumpkins who had never seen the market before. Therefore, My heart is filled with a sense of superiority.
But he forgot that he was also from the Candela Empire, and when he first came here, his appearance was not much better than that of these two followers.
Russell has always been very calm. Although his eyes showed surprise when observing the surrounding situation, he was generally calm.
But when everyone, led by Kennard, arrived at the tallest and most conspicuous building in the center of Crescent Town, and watched the steel monster like a small boat slowly descending above them, and stopped in front of a few people, even Russell couldn't help but show a shocked expression.
"What... is this?" Russell asked Kennard, pointing to the strange-looking thing in front of him, which was made of unknown metal that shone with silver light.
"Sir Russell. This is the latest small magic airship developed by our chamber of commerce. It was specially sent by the president to welcome you for dinner. Please." Kennard walked to the small magic airship and stretched out his hand to make an invitation gesture.
Russell hesitated, nodded, and walked over.
Hakan was stunned by the ambassador and two attendants, and quickly followed.
From the outside, this small magic airship is only about three times the size of the magic car they took this time, but the space inside is very large. Even after all five people are inside, it is still very spacious.
Before Russell and others could take stock of the environment inside, they felt a slight tremor under their feet. Then he felt that he was being carried slowly upwards by this small magic airship.
A look of surprise flashed across Russell's face again.
Although he had guessed the function of this thing when he heard the name "Small Magic Airship", when he actually sat in and was carried up into the air by it, he still couldn't help being shocked by it.
Before that, only the elves and the legendary dwarfs had tools that could carry people into the sky. But after the dwarfs disappeared and the elves declined, this kind of tool became something that only existed in legends.
Unexpectedly, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has actually produced such a magic machine, and judging from personal experience, the flight of this small magic airship is very stable. It can be seen that the technology of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in this area is very mature.
Thinking of the purpose of his trip, Russell began to make calculations in his mind.
"Perhaps when we see Xu Yi later, we should talk more about something?"
The small magic airship didn't leave Russell much time to think. Just half a minute later, Russell and others felt a slight vibration under their feet. The small magic airship stopped in mid-air, and then drifted a little closer to the tall building. Finally it sank slightly and stopped.
The cabin door slowly opened, and Kennard made an inviting gesture again.
Russell composed himself and walked out first.
"Lord Russell, welcome."
A hearty laugh sounded in front of him, and Russell instantly recognized that this voice was the voice he had just heard through the magic talk box.
Looking up, he saw a young man who looked a little too young, no matter how he looked, he was only thirty years old at most, approaching him with a gentle smile.
Russell stretched out his hand and shook his hand, nodded and said, "President Xu, it's our first time meeting you. I'm honored to meet you."
Xu Yi laughed: "Lord Russell, you are very grateful. It is an honor for me to be able to meet the general of the Candela Empire and have the opportunity to have lunch with you."
Ambassador Hakanin and two attendants then walked down with Kennard.
Ambassador Hakanin originally planned to give Xu Yi a warm hug, but gave up after taking a look at Russell.
After Xu Yi and the others had greeted each other separately, he invited them to sit together and prepare to have lunch together.
The place Xu Yi chose is very special. It is a specially built open-air transparent restaurant on the top floor of the tallest Amri Hotel in Crescent Town. Through the glass, you can clearly see that you are high up in the sky. The people on the ground below turned into black dots, making it impossible to see clearly.
It was the first time for Ambassador Hakanin, the two attendants, and even Russell to eat at such a high place. They couldn't help but look outside and at the ground in surprise.
"President Xu, how did your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce build such a tall building?" Russell couldn't help but ask.
"No, this building was not built by our Chamber of Commerce." Xu Yi smiled and shook his head.
Russell was startled: "Isn't it built by your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? Then which other chamber of commerce has such special power?"
Hearing Russell describe it as "power", Xu Yi couldn't help but laugh.
"The name of this building is the Armley Hotel, and of course it was built by the Armley Chamber of Commerce. And not just this hotel, the high-rise buildings you see in Crescent Town are all built by the Armley Chamber of Commerce. It can even be said that the entire Crescent Town was actually built by the Armli Chamber of Commerce, and our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was only responsible for paying for it.”
"Amri Chamber of Commerce?" Russell narrowed his eyes, paused, and pondered: "If I remember correctly, it seems that the Amri Chamber of Commerce was the one who came to our Candela Empire last year and claimed to build a road?"
"Yes, that's it." Xu Yi nodded.
"That's right..." Russell nodded and fell silent.
Seeing that the atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit dull, Ambassador Hakanin coughed lightly. He said to Russell: "Lord Russell, you are with me this time. Coming from the Luersun Kingdom, we have taken roads all the way. Do you think... this road is better than any dirt and gravel road in our empire?" Is it much easier to go?”
Russell glanced at him and said calmly: "Of course I can see it." After thinking for a moment, he turned to Xu Yida: "President Xu, if you look at it this way, the strength of this Amuli Chamber of Commerce should be very strong. Why did I before Never heard of it?"
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Because a few years ago, the Amli Chamber of Commerce was just a small chamber of commerce in Bonta City in the Lampali Kingdom. Naturally, you would never have heard of it."
"Is it the same as your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?" Russell looked directly at Xu Yi and asked.
Xu Yi smiled and nodded: "Yes."
Russell placed his right hand on the table and patted it twice unconsciously, and suddenly said seriously to Xu Yi: "President Xu, I think you should understand my intention of coming to see you."
Xu Yi put down the knife and fork in his hand, crossed his hands, and looked at Russell, but his expression remained relaxed. He nodded lightly and said: "If I guess correctly, Mr. Russell, you should be escorting the fleet of our Chamber of Commerce last time. That misunderstanding with your country’s Third Fleet came about.”
"You can say that, but it's not entirely correct." Russell glanced at Xu Yi. Suddenly his face darkened. "President Xu, your New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet actually ignored the warning of our Imperial Navy. You even attempted to launch an attack while escaping. This is clearly a provocation to our Imperial Navy and our Kandra Empire. What do you think? Is there any explanation for this?"
Xu Yi shrugged and said with a relaxed expression: "Lord Russell, as I said just now, this is a misunderstanding. Our Chamber of Commerce has no intention of provoking the Imperial Navy, nor does it have any intention of offending the Candela Empire."
"Then why did you run away directly? Even launched an attack on the Imperial Navy while escaping?" Russell asked with a stern face.
Xu Yi shook his head: "So this is a misunderstanding. I chose to escape in order not to have a direct conflict with the Imperial Navy. And launching an attack... I just hope that the Imperial Navy will not pursue it, and I don't really intend to attack. After all... no attack is really It hit any ship in the Imperial Navy, right?"
Russell frowned and couldn't help but snorted when he thought of the situation described in the report submitted by the Third Fleet.
Xu Yi said it nicely, but the actual situation at the time was that not only was the Empire's Third Fleet unable to catch up with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet, it even dared not catch up even if it could.
The report described the attack power of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet as extremely astonishing. According to the statement of Deputy Commander Candorei, who was leading the Third Fleet at the time, a rash pursuit would have resulted in the entire fleet being annihilated.
This conclusion caused an uproar within the Candela Empire.
No one believed what Candorei said. Everyone thought that this was entirely an attempt by Candorei to cover up his negligence and deliberately exaggerated the capabilities of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet.
Because no one believed that the majestic Third Fleet of the Imperial Navy would face a few small boats used as escorts by a mere chamber of commerce, and instead annihilate the entire army.
Because of this incident and the ridiculous report he submitted at the time, Candorei was directly dismissed from all military positions by the Imperial Ministry. This incident was also dusted away in the archives of the Military Ministry because it would affect the image of the Imperial Navy when it was announced. .
If Russell hadn't heard him mention this matter personally during a private gathering with Candore during the Chinese New Year, I'm afraid this matter would have been suppressed forever.
After that, Russell found out that Ambassador Hakan had contact with the unknown Xinfei Chamber of Commerce far to the west of the mainland, so he asked him to bring him with him in order to find out who the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was. after all.
Candore was very drunk when he told Russell about this incident, and there was no possibility of lying.
At that time, he still firmly believed that the attack power of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet was extremely powerful and could not compete with it. So no matter how Russell didn't believe it, he still wanted to find out.
Originally, Russell was mostly doubtful about this matter, but after coming to the Principality of Standing and witnessing these magical sights along the way, his doubts were gradually reduced.
When he boarded the small magic airship, the doubts in his mind almost turned into certainty.
This new flying chamber of commerce is very likely to have something unique that is unimaginable.
What Kandorei said, "It's almost like a fleet from another world," is probably true. (To be continued...)