The Endless Sea in early spring is probably the gentlest time of the year, and today was just like usual. The sea was calm and the waves were calm, making it an extremely suitable weather for sailing.
A huge fleet consisting of seven large cargo magic ships and twenty frigates is currently traveling rapidly in the southern waters of the Kingdom of Luersun.
This fleet comes from the Second Fleet under the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. It is the largest fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, except for the first fleet led by Nerval himself. It is mainly responsible for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's travel to and from the Nozdormu Commercial Federation. Cargo transportation jobs in the kingdom.
This time the Second Fleet set sail and dispatched all seven of its large magic cargo ships at once. In addition to completing another supply mission to the Commercial United Kingdom of Nozdormu, they also carried a large amount of construction materials and Amri. Three hundred and forty workers of the Chamber of Commerce.
The New Flying Chamber of Commerce signed a new cooperation agreement with the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom at the end of last year. The New Flying Chamber of Commerce will invest in the construction of a magic machine tool production base in the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom.
The main function of this magic machine tool production base is to produce various farmland magic machines and various engineering magic machines on-site, to assist in the completion of farmland transformation projects with the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom and three surrounding countries, and to carry out farmland-related projects. Water conservancy projects are being rebuilt.
This time, 340 workers from the Amri Chamber of Commerce were transported. In addition to building a magic machine tool production base, they were also tasked with continuing to help the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom lay roads.
The Commercial United Kingdom of Nozdormu had already completed the paving of two roads in the kingdom. After they personally experienced the convenience brought by the roads, their desire for roads became even more intense. So this time they formulated a plan to lay a total of nine roads with a total mileage of more than 1,800 kilometers.
For a small country whose land area is twice the size of the Principality of Standing. If these nine roads can be completely paved successfully. Although it is not as good as the road coverage in the Principality of Standing and the Kingdom of Lampali, it is enough that every town can be connected by roads, which can definitely greatly improve the traffic situation of the entire Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom.
Because the terrain in the Commercial United Kingdom of Nozdormu is complex and covered with swamps, the planning of these nine roads alone took more than a year, and the construction has been delayed until now.
Moreover, if these nine roads with a total mileage of more than 1,800 kilometers are placed in an environment with mostly plains like the Lampali Kingdom or the Lursun Kingdom, the total investment is expected to be approximately 2 million to 2.5 million gold coins. about. However, within the United Kingdom of Commerce in Nozdormu, the estimated total investment amount given by the Amri Chamber of Commerce is as high as four million gold coins.
However, even with such a huge expected investment, Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom still agreed without hesitation, and there was not even any more bargaining from the Amri Chamber of Commerce.
This made Xu Yi lament that the United Kingdom of Commerce in Nozdormu was worthy of being a country jointly organized by thirteen chambers of commerce. It was indeed rich and powerful, and at the same time, he also deeply felt the determination and courage of the United Kingdom of Commerce in Nozdormu.
When he went to the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom to hold talks with the President of Gaza, the Gaza President bluntly stated that the goal of the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom was to integrate several small countries in the southeastern corner of the continent and bring these The originally weak countries were organized together. Form a powerful force that can compete head-on with the Candela Empire.
This ambition is not small.
certainly. Xu is also happy to see the success.
After all, the greater the ambition, the greater the demand, and it will be easier for Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to sell to them.
The cargo carried on these large cargo magic ships of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's Second Fleet this time is one of the necessary items needed to satisfy the ambitions of the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom.
However, before completing this task, the Second Fleet still has an equally important task to complete.
When a huge island appeared in the sea ahead, all the ships of the Second Fleet turned slightly and sailed towards the island.
From a distance, apart from being larger, this island is no different from the islands that can be seen everywhere on the endless sea. But when you get closer, you will find that there is actually an island with three piers built near the north side of the island. At the port, there is also a row of square brick and cement rooms along the coast of the island, which are obviously occupied by people.
If you get closer, you can see flags with the same pattern hanging on the harbor and on the houses on the island.
If you are from several countries in the southwest corner of Sainz continent, you will naturally be able to recognize them at a glance. The patterns on these flags clearly represent the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Yes, this island is one of the sixteen islands that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed in the southern waters of the Endless Sea. Now a small base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been built on the island, which is completely under the control of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. among.
However, in this port that was supposed to be docked only by ships from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, ten large wooden warships flying the flag of the Candela Empire Navy were docked. On the sea outside the port, there were also more than fifty ships docked. A warship of the Candela Imperial Navy.
If he had seen this situation without any prior preparation, I am afraid that Tom Markens, commander of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's second fleet, would immediately think that the Candela Empire Navy was besieging this island belonging to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
However, after seeing it now, Tom Markens just gave his subordinates the order to prepare for the stop as usual, without any further instructions.
About twenty minutes later, the Second Fleet arrived at the outskirts of the island. Except for a large cargo magic ship that docked at a vacated dock, the other ships all stayed on the outer sea, along with the warships of the Candela Imperial Navy. They stopped together, not even a hundred meters apart.
Tom Markens was the first to step off the large cargo magic ship and saw several middle-aged men wearing Candela Empire Navy uniforms.
"General Osborne, it's really hard for you to come all the way here." Tom Markens immediately smiled. Welcoming him.
The leading middle-aged man wearing the uniform of a Candela Imperial Navy officer was Reno Osborn, deputy commander of the Candela Imperial Navy's Second Fleet. Seeing Tom Markens coming quickly, he stretched out his hand and shook his hand.
"Director Markens, where is the ship?"
Markens was slightly startled, but he didn't expect that General Osborne didn't even say a word of pleasantries and went straight to the topic.
But after taking a look at the military uniform on his body, Markens felt relieved.
This is probably the straightforward style that a soldier should have.
Moreover, this time the deal between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire has long been concluded, all negotiation processes have come to an end, and there is indeed no need for more talks between the two parties.
Think of this. Markens smiled and turned around and pointed at the boats parked on the sea behind him.
"It's parked there. General Osborne, let your people go up and check it. If there is no problem, you can confirm receipt of the goods and then send people up to take over."
"Okay." General Osborne waved to a few people around him. "Go ahead."
The two Candela Imperial Navy officers beside them immediately walked onto the pier and boarded a Candela Imperial Navy warship. Then the warship started and drove towards the frigate group of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's second fleet docked outside.
Seeing that the ships of both sides had begun to contact, Markens retracted his gaze towards the sea and made an invitation gesture to General Osborne.
"General Osborne. It will take some time for them to check. Why don't we sit down and chat for a while? The president just happened to ask me to bring you a few words."
"President Xu?" Osborne narrowed his eyes slightly. After thinking for a while, he nodded, and Markens and he came to sit down in a hut by the pier.
"Tell me, what message did President Xu ask you to bring?" Osborne asked immediately as soon as he sat down.
Although the time he had been in contact with Osborne was short, Markens had already sensed his temper. After hearing the question, he did not hesitate and answered directly: "The president asked me to tell you that for you, He agrees in principle with the proposal to jointly develop the southern waters of the Candela Empire. However, because your current attitude toward our chamber of commerce is ambiguous, the president hopes that you can show sincerity and change. This situation.”
"What's your attitude toward your Chamber of Commerce?" Osborne frowned slightly, and after a moment, he suddenly let out a wry smile.
He knew very well that in what Xu Yi asked Markens to tell him, the "your side" mentioned did not refer to their Candela Empire Navy, but the entire Candela Empire.
As Xu Yi said, the Candela Empire's current attitude towards the New Flying Chamber of Commerce is indeed somewhat ambiguous.
On the one hand, because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce blatantly supported the Kingdom of Luersun, and even openly attacked the Kandra Imperial Navy in the Endless Sea, causing the Kandra Imperial Navy to suffer huge losses, many people within the Kandra Empire naturally regarded Xinfei as The Chamber of Commerce is defined as an enemy force.
According to the consistent attitude of the Candela Empire, it should of course be merciless towards its enemies and eradicate them completely.
What's more, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is just a small chamber of commerce.
Most of those who support this view are military personnel and some big nobles in the empire, because they feel that the dignity of the Candela Empire cannot be offended.
On the other hand, there are still many people in the Candela Empire who feel that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has shown many valuable and amazing things. If used properly, the Candela Empire can even become more powerful with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, these people believe that it is best to put aside their past grievances and cooperate closely with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to further strengthen the entire Candela Empire.
Support for this view mainly comes from the Imperial Ministry of Finance and some local forces, because they have obtained obvious benefits through cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
But there are some "traitors" among both forces.
For example, among those who oppose the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce, there is the Imperial Navy, the guy who supposedly hates the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce the most, but instead supports cooperation with the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce.
Among those who support the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, there is also the Duke of Windsor, the Governor of the Southern Province, who deeply hates the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and has made it clear that he will not allow anything related to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to enter under his rule.
Judging from the current situation, the forces opposing the New Flying Chamber of Commerce are still stronger. After all, the main force of opposition is the vast majority of the military and the great nobles in the empire.
Of course, the final decision on all this lies with His Majesty the most noble Emperor.
As long as His Majesty the Emperor remains silent, no one in the empire dares to do anything privately.
However, since the last court meeting, when the Imperial Minister of Finance, Marquis Hastrey, personally described to His Majesty the Emperor the impact of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce on taxation of the southern ports of the Empire and surrounding cities, His Majesty's attitude has obviously changed subtly.
Although His Majesty the Emperor would not explicitly express his support for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for the sake of the empire's face, this was clearly revealed in some small details.
For example, this time the Candela Imperial Navy once again purchased five frigates from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. It is obviously impossible without the tacit approval of His Majesty the Emperor. (To be continued...)