More than a hundred large freight magic locomotives crossed the border between the Lampali Kingdom and the Luersun Kingdom and drove rapidly towards the east of the Luersun Kingdom.
Since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce invented the large-scale freight magic locomotive, this is the first time that so many large-scale freight magic locomotives have appeared together.
More than a hundred large freight magic locomotives were connected together to form an ultra-long fleet of more than two kilometers on the road, which looked extremely spectacular.
If you look down from a high altitude, it looks like a long snake crawling on the ground at high speed.
This convoy is a joint convoy composed of major chambers of commerce in the Lampali Kingdom. This time, a large number of people entered the Luersun Kingdom, and their destination was directly to the eastern part of the Luersun Kingdom.
The items loaded on these large freight magic locomotives are all various strategic materials ordered by the Kingdom of Lampali from the Kingdom of Lampali. They are now being transported to the King of Lulson* who is fighting against the Third Army of the Candela Empire. *Various supplies available.
Although King Luersun's performance on the battlefield shocked everyone, no matter how outstanding the army's performance was, it was still logistics supplies that determined the outcome of a war.
Especially King Luersun, who is now equipped with a large number of military magic machines, has higher requirements for supplies.
Not to mention anything else, in the first battle between the two sides, King Luersun used a large number of magic repeating crossbows and consumed as many as 130,000 arrows in just one day.
Although the lethality is amazing, it is obviously impossible to replenish all the 130,000 arrows with the help of the blacksmith shop recruited by King Luersun's army.
Moreover, the stainless steel arrows used in these magic repeating crossbows must fully comply with the standards set by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce before they can be loaded and used correctly. Let traditional blacksmiths make it. Not to mention the ridiculously slow speed. The various standards alone cannot match each other - after all, it is difficult for human hands to produce tens of thousands of times in a row and maintain the same accuracy as machines.
For example, there are two arrows that King Trutz is holding in his hands at the same time, but he carefully looked at the arrows held in each hand, touched them for a while, and then folded them hard, and finally gave a wry smile. , shook his head.
These two arrows look exactly the same at first glance, but if you hold them in your hands at the same time, you can clearly feel that the one held in your right hand is lighter. And in terms of feel, the surface of the arrow in the left hand is extremely smooth and round, while the arrow in the right hand is very rough, and there are even some potholes on the surface that are hard to see but can be easily touched.
The most important thing is that if you hold the two arrows straight in front of your eyes at the same time, you will find that the arrow on the left hand is extremely straight, while the arrow on the right hand is obviously curved.
Although these differences are not particularly obvious to the naked eye, King Trutz, who has been particularly keen on mounted archery since he was a child, knows very well that if there is an archery competition in the same environment, the effect of using the arrow on his left hand will definitely be better. Much more.
As for why there are these differences...
This arrow is in King Trutz's left hand at this time. It is this time that the Luersun Kingdom ordered the standard arrows for the magic repeating crossbow from the Spirit Fox Chamber of Commerce in the Black Rice Wasteland.
This Spirit Fox Chamber of Commerce nominally belongs to a fox orc tribe in the Black Rice Wasteland, but King Trutz knows it very well. Standing behind it was obviously the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
The arrow in his right hand was hand-made by blacksmiths who were urgently recruited by King Luersun's army in the country due to the outbreak of the war, and there was an obvious gap in quality.
But the real reason why King Trutz was forced to give up using domestic blacksmiths to supply crossbows himself was because, in addition to the speed of casting arrows and the quality gap, the more important reason was the cost.
If you order standard magic repeating crossbow arrows from the Linghu Chamber of Commerce, the total price of a tube of twenty arrows is twenty silver coins. And because the Luersun Kingdom ordered in large quantities, the Linghu Chamber of Commerce gave some discounts, and finally settled on a tube of nineteen silver coins.
If converted, the price of a crossbow arrow is less than one silver coin.
If it is made by a blacksmith, even if the blacksmith's labor costs are not taken into account, the average cost of a crossbow arrow will exceed two silver coins.
If it is one, two, or one hundred, or two hundred, the difference does not matter. However, in a state of war, more than 100,000 crossbow arrows are consumed in a day. If all the crossbow arrows are made by blacksmiths, the number of crossbow arrows above this alone will not matter. The cost will differ by thousands of gold coins, and the difference cannot be ignored.
Based on the above reasons, no matter how much King Trutz does not want the supplies of King Luersun's army to be controlled by outsiders, he has to accept this fact.
Thinking of this, King Trutz shook his head, threw aside the two arrows in his hand, and looked through the window of the magic airship to take another look at the fleet of large freight magic motorcycles running fast on the ground, and then turned to look to the side. Xu Yi.
"President Xu, when will the magic rockets arrive?"
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. The magic rockets are being loaded. If nothing goes wrong, the first batch of 2,000 rockets should be delivered in three days."
"Three days later?" King Trutz glanced in the east direction and nodded slowly: "That's okay. The Candela Empire should still take a few days to prepare and won't be so anxious to start another war."
"If they still can't learn to be more cautious after the previous failure, then the Candela Empire will really disappoint me." Xu Yi said with a smile.
"Wouldn't it be better for them to be stupid?" King Trutz took a sip of tea, paused and continued: "This way it will be easier for us to win this war, and then the military magic machinery of your New Flying Chamber of Commerce will be more able to pass This war is going great, and both of us can get the most satisfactory result."
Xu Yi spread his hands and shrugged: "What I'm worried about is that if they are so stupid that they can't understand the situation clearly, it will be very troublesome for us to carry out various promotions in the Candela Empire in the future."
"You are worrying too much." King Trutz shook his head and pointed east. "Now the eyes of the entire continent have been focused on that battlefield, and the role of military magic machinery in it has long been seen by everyone. I'm sure. When this war is over... Oh no. It should be said that there will be countless people asking for military magic machinery from your Chamber of Commerce before it ends. President Xu, how are you going to respond?"
"If I said that I would give priority to selling to the Candela Empire, would you believe it, Your Majesty?"
King Trutz was silent for a moment, then smiled and shook his head: "President Xu, this joke is not funny. If you would choose this way, our Luersun Kingdom would have been completely conquered by the Candela Empire."
Xu Yi laughed, waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's not talk about these meaningless nonsense. Your Majesty the King. Do you have any other suggestions about the gear processing factory we jointly established this time?"
King Trutz thought for a moment: "It is best for us to designate the location of this gear processing factory. In addition, it is best for your New Flying Chamber of Commerce not to have any nominal involvement with it. To put it simply, this gear processing factory, It is operated completely independently by our Luersun Kingdom.”
Xu Yi seemed a little surprised. After pondering for a moment, he frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, this is different from what we discussed before. If our chamber of commerce does not have any nominal connection with this gear processing factory, then if we want to If we continue to deepen investment in this factory, it will cause a lot of troubles, which will be bad for both of us, right?”
"No, President Xu. This will indeed cause a lot of trouble for us in the Luersun Kingdom, but it will save a lot of trouble for your New Flying Chamber of Commerce, right?" King Trutz pointed to the east again. "I actually understand your Chamber of Commerce's concerns about supporting our Luersun Kingdom, so before the situation is clear, I think it's better for your Chamber of Commerce not to have such an obvious connection with us."
Xu Yi was really surprised now. He looked at King Trutz in astonishment for a while and slowly shook his head.
"No, His Majesty the King. Do you know that when we first negotiated this matter in the Chamber of Commerce, most people in the Chamber of Commerce had the same idea as you and did not want it to be too obvious about the Chamber of Commerce's influence on your Kingdom of Luersun? support, but I rejected it. Do you know why?”
King Trutz narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Yi: "Why? No matter from which point of view, it is impossible for us, the Luersun Kingdom, to be able to defeat the Candela Empire. Even I, before the first battle, did not Too much confidence. President Xu, why do you have confidence in us?”
"I don't have confidence in your Luersun Kingdom, but I have confidence in our Chamber of Commerce." Xu Yi said with a smile. "Or to put it another way, from a businessman's point of view, the return from investing in your Luersun Kingdom is much higher than investing in the Candela Empire. If we support the Candela Empire, we should be able to easily defeat the Luersun Kingdom. , But this will not allow our Chamber of Commerce to gain special attention from the Kandra Empire, and once the Luersun Kingdom is destroyed, the Principality of Standing will face the Kandra Empire, which is not what I want to see."
King Trutz was silent for a moment and nodded slowly: "I understand what you mean, but President Xu, if you do this to your chamber of commerce... or should I say, the risk you take will be much greater. Is it really worth it?"
Xu Yi shrugged: "A businessman who is unwilling to take risks is not a good businessman."
"But President Xu, are you sure everyone in your chamber of commerce is willing to take this risk with you?"
Xu Yi pointed to his feet: "I think...the following is enough to explain everything."
King Trutz turned his head and glanced through the window at the convoy that was gradually retreating, and nodded slightly.
"If Your Majesty the King is still unsure about my sincerity, then this thing will definitely make you have more confidence in us."
Xu Yi smiled and handed a rectangular box to King Trutz.
King Trutz's eyes shrank and he took the box without hesitation.
When he opened the box, he found that in addition to a blueprint, there was also a metal mold.
King Trutz picked up the standard magic repeating crossbow arrow that he had just put down and put it in. The crossbow arrow immediately fit perfectly into the inner wall of the mold, no more, no less. (To be continued...)