"What!"
Xu Yi stood up suddenly. Because he stood up too quickly, he hit the table directly, causing the whole table to rise up with a loud "bang" sound.
King Trutz turned around and waved to the guards who rushed in after hearing the sound, indicating that it was okay, then drove them out, and then looked at Xu Yi, waiting for his follow-up reaction.
After Xu Yi was stunned for a while, his expression slowly returned to calm and he sat down again.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Yi asked: "Your Majesty, can you tell me what the cause is?"
Seeing Xu Yi regaining his composure so quickly, a look of appreciation flashed across King Trutz's face and he replied: "Well... on the surface, it was caused by a smuggling case."
"Smuggling case?" Xu Yi frowned.
Because the Lampali Kingdom and the Sark Kingdom have always been hostile, transactions between the two countries' borders are basically completed through smuggling.
But since the opening of the free trade zone between the two countries, such smuggling cases have decreased a lot because there is a free trading place.
Even if there is, most of it is just a small fight to avoid tariffs. It does not affect the overall situation. It is not taken seriously by both sides, and it is even less likely to trigger a war between the two countries.
The only smuggling case that can have such a big impact is probably related to that aspect.
Sure enough, King Trutz nodded and continued: "Yes. According to the information released by the Kingdom of Lampali, someone within the Kingdom of Lampali smuggled military magic machinery to the Kingdom of Sac..."
Having said this, King Trutz glanced at Xu Yi and found that he did not show any surprise. Just frowned slightly. Then I know that Xu Yi absolutely knows these things well.
"After the Kingdom of Lampali found out, they launched a crackdown on the smuggling case, and finally traced it to the Kingdom of Sak. At first, the Kingdom of Lampali just asked the Kingdom of Sak to hand over the prisoners suspected of smuggling, but they were met with The Sak Kingdom refused. As a result, the two sides clashed. In the conflict, the Lampali Kingdom lost seven soldiers, and the Sak Kingdom lost dozens of border guards and injured several civilians. "
"Then what? They started a war directly?" Xu Yi asked with a strange expression.
"Yes. The Lampali Kingdom quickly announced that the Sak Kingdom was the first to launch an attack on the Lampali King's army, and officially declared war on the Sak Kingdom. As for the result... I have already said it."
Xu Yi frowned deeply.
Of course there was no need for King Trutz to lie to him about such a thing, but no matter what he thought. They all felt that there was something strange about this matter.
Even though the Lampali Kingdom and the Sark Kingdom have been hostile for hundreds of years, it is not easy for the two kingdoms to formally declare war.
What's more, the two countries finally formally established a free trade area, opened bilateral trade for the first time in hundreds of years, and are on a good momentum of normal development. The Kingdom of Lampali is even able to sell various products to the Kingdom of Sak. Various magic machines and other types of magic industrial products have gained a lot of benefits from the Sark Kingdom.
Under such circumstances, how could the Lampali Kingdom suddenly and inexplicably declare war on the Sak Kingdom, actually launch a war, and even occupy nearly one-third of the southern province of the Sak Kingdom in one fell swoop
Perhaps this is a very proud thing for the people of the Lampali Kingdom who have been suppressed by the Sark Kingdom for hundreds of years. But in Xu Yi's opinion, it was completely inexplicable.
Who decided to go to war? Is it Sevigny, Her Majesty the Queen
Xu Yi shook his head. Denied his own speculation.
Because she knew very well that Sevini was not that kind of brainless guy, and the original contract signed with the Sark Kingdom to determine the free trade area between the two parties was originally determined by Xu Yi after discussions with her.
Sevigny is well aware of how much benefit the Kingdom of Lampali can gain from this free trade zone, and the actual data last year and this year indeed prove this.
Xu also does not believe that Sevini does not understand the benefits that maintaining the current situation can bring to the Lampali Kingdom, so it is obviously impossible for her to initiate a war to destroy this good situation on her own.
But if it wasn't Sevini, then it should be someone else in the Lampali Kingdom who made this decision.
However, if this is really the case, it proves another, more terrifying possibility, that is, Sevini is unable to truly control the Lampali Kingdom, so much so that she cannot even prevent a war against the Sark Kingdom.
This may shock Xu Yi even more than Sevini's initiative to launch a war.
Although he appeared in the Kingdom of Lampali when he traveled to this world, and has lived in the Kingdom of Lampali for several years, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was founded and grew up in the Kingdom of Lampali, making him very interested in the Kingdom of Lampali. There is always a special feeling.
But the reason why he supports the Lampali Kingdom so much is mostly based on the good relationship between him and Sevini.
He believes that Sevini is a suitable leader of the Lampali Kingdom and supports her ideals to help him change people's lives through magical machines.
But if the Lampali Kingdom is not under Sevini's control, it means that Xu Yi's previous support and investment in the Lampali Kingdom have lost their foundation and become out of his control.
In Xu Yi's mind, Sevini is completely integrated with the Lampali Kingdom. If it were not the Lampali Kingdom under the control of Sevini, then he would not have any special regard for the Lampali Kingdom.
So if the latter speculation is true, it will have an extremely serious impact on both Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi asked King Trutz in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, in whose name is the Kingdom of Lampali declaring war on the Kingdom of Sark?"
King Trutz didn't seem surprised that Xu Yi asked this question. He smiled softly and replied: "Of course in the name of Queen Sevigny. Queen Sevigny also published a declaration of war through "Lampali Weekly" before the war started. I just brought this copy of Lampali Weekly, do you want to read it?"
Xu Yi was silent for a moment, nodded, and took the "Lampali Weekly" from King Trutz.
This declaration of war published in the name of Sevigny was printed on the front page of "Lampali Weekly" and marked in large characters, which was extremely eye-catching.
The entire statement was written eloquently on the front and second pages of "Lampali Weekly", with about three thousand words.
Xu Yi read the appeal carefully, but he did not pay attention to the content of the article, but focused mainly on the tone of the article.
If you just look at the article itself, Xu Yi feels that this slogan is indeed written by Sevigny, because the wording, tone, etc. are exactly the same as Sevigny that Xu Yi is familiar with. It looks like she wrote it herself. generally.
However, after reading it, Xu Yi did not rush to draw conclusions. After thinking for a while, he put down the newspaper and looked at King Trutz again.
Before seeing Sevini with his own eyes and getting confirmation from her, Xu Yi would only keep speculations in his heart for the time being. The question before him now was why King Trutz came to inform him of this news. , and even acted so impatient.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for informing me of this matter. This will have a great impact on the future strategy of our Chamber of Commerce. If you know it in advance, you can make preparations in advance." Xu Yi first expressed his gratitude to King Trutz, then pondered for a moment, and asked: " But Your Majesty, did you summon me specifically just to tell me this?"
King Trutz laughed, and he sat up straighter while leaning on the back of the chair. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Xu Yi for a while, then slowly shook his head.
"Of course not. President Xu, you can probably guess what I want to talk about when I come to you without me having to say it clearly."
Xu Yi was silent for a moment and sighed softly: "If my guess is correct, Your Majesty, you should have come to me to discuss matters related to military magic machinery. You told me this to remind me of Lanpa Is the Li Kingdom not as reliable as I thought? "
"The first half of the sentence is correct, but only the second half..." King Trutz looked up to the sky and laughed, but did not make any comment. "As for military magic machinery, I have mentioned it to President Xu many times before, but you have always declined. I thought I could wait patiently before, but this time the Lampali Kingdom took the initiative to declare war on the Sark Kingdom. , but I find it difficult to wait any longer.”
"Oh?" Xu Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at King Trutz.
"There is no need to deliberately put on such a doubtful look. President Xu, I am very determined to come to you for discussion this time. You see, I even left Kuraka City and came here in person to negotiate with you. You think you have shown considerable sincerity during the meeting, so President Xu, should you also show some of your sincerity?"
Xu Yi was silent for a moment and nodded slightly: "Okay, Your Majesty. Let's discuss it more frankly. Do you want to purchase military magic machinery directly from our Chamber of Commerce?"
"If I say that I hope you will transfer military magic machinery technology to our Kingdom of Luersun, will you agree?"
"No." Xu Yi shook his head without hesitation.
King Trutz sighed, shook his head and said: "So I don't intend to make such a proposal. What I hope for the time being is to purchase the required military magic machinery from your Chamber of Commerce."
Xu Yi noticed the word "temporary" in his mouth, smiled, and didn't mind, and asked: "So, Your Majesty, how many do you plan to buy, and what kind of military magic machinery do you need?"
King Trutz narrowed his eyes: "President Xu, can I take your question as your agreement?"
"I have never really refused to sell military magic machinery to the Kingdom of Luersun. But the specifics need to be discussed in detail, right?"
"Okay, then we will start detailed discussions." (To be continued...)