Xu Yi did not deliberately avoid seeing him as the great magician Ferguson thought, but something really happened.
After more than half a year of preparations, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce’s first offshore base has officially entered construction.
Xu Yi attaches great importance to this overseas base, so he went there in person this time to show everyone that he values it.
This first overseas base is located at the junction of the southern waters of the Principality of Standing and the southern waters of the Kingdom of Luersun. It is more than two hundred kilometers away from the nearest coast and is also slightly 30 miles south of the sea route previously planned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. remaining kilometers.
If this base is built, it will give the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a real foothold in the southern waters of the Endless Sea.
Any fleet and personnel of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce can come to this base to obtain sufficient supplies and shelter, but this is only limited to the personnel and ships belonging to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and is not open to the outside world.
To put it simply, this is an extension of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on the Endless Sea. The tasks it undertakes are not just simple supply tasks like the small supply bases set up by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on several islands before. It is a military base where two Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort fleets are stationed all year round, and it also has two thousand Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort fleets.
In addition to the active military force, this base established on Julu Island, the largest island in the southern waters of the Luersun Kingdom, will also be gradually built with up to 150 magic cannons, Five hundred magic trebuchets, coupled with the powerful firepower brought by the powerful military magic machinery equipped by the two thousand New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts, and the powerful dominance of the two escort fleets over the sea. It can be said that this island is impregnable.
"President Xu. With such a powerful force here, even if the Candela Empire Navy is deployed in full force, I am afraid there will be nothing we can do here."
Standing next to Xu Yi is General Cassadine Monroe, one of the four commanders of the Luersun Kingdom's military department. Today, Xu Yi was specially invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of this new overseas base of the Aircraft Chamber of Commerce.
He couldn't help but sigh when he saw a ferocious-looking magic cannon and magic trebuchet being transported from the huge magic cargo ship and installed at a settlement point that had been built in advance on the shore of the island.
Xu Yi glanced at him and smiled slightly: "With the current strength of the Candela Empire Navy, they still don't have the courage to attack us. But when the Candela Empire Navy develops in the future, it will be hard to say."
"This..." General Monroe hesitated for a moment, then forced a smile and said: "President Xu, in fact, as long as your Chamber of Commerce does not continue to sell frigates to the Candela Empire Navy... I think they will never be able to threaten this place."
Xu Yi had a half-smile expression on his face and asked, "Why don't we sell it if we can make money?"
General Monroe suddenly looked suffocated and was speechless.
After being silent for a while, he sighed, shook his head slightly, thought about it in his mind, and continued to ask: "So... President Xu, the matter of selling us the Luersun Kingdom frigate..."
Xu Yi stretched out a hand to General Monroe: "I told you before. This matter is very simple, pay with one hand and deliver with the other."
General Monroe could only smile bitterly again: "President Xu, you clearly know that we can't afford that much money now."
"Then you should think of other ways."
Xu Yi smiled slightly and thought that what General Monroe said was absolutely correct. The Luersun Kingdom was indeed out of money now.
Although it repelled two invasions by the Kandra Empire in succession, the reputation of the Luersun Kingdom on the Sainz continent has greatly increased.
However, the huge empire that completely offended the Candela Empire, one of the two major empires on the mainland, still brought huge disaster to the Kingdom of Luersun.
Although the Candela Empire did not dare to invade the Kingdom of Luersun again because it suffered two consecutive defeats, there was a huge gap in national strength between the two countries. After the war, the Candela Empire immediately implemented a complete blockade of the Kingdom of Luersun, which easily The Luersun Kingdom has almost completely cut off contact with the outside world.
Originally, the Luersun Kingdom had been relying on exporting a large amount of commodities to other countries because of its rich products, and its life was good. However, due to the blockade of the Candela Empire, the Luersun Kingdom was unable to export not only many products from the new magic machinery industry. , traditional exports of various types of timber, minerals and unique handicrafts have also been hit hard.
If it hadn't been for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to lend a helping hand at a critical moment and repel the Candela Imperial Navy, it would have ensured that the Kingdom of Luxun could still have an export outlet such as the southern seaport, and helped the Kingdom of Luxun transport most of its domestic products. To trade and sell further afield, the current Luersun Kingdom has already become chaotic due to the blockade.
However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could only help the Luersun Kingdom retain a sea channel, but could not break through the blockade of the Candela Empire on land. Therefore, the development path of the Luersun Kingdom was greatly limited.
Although the current domestic situation in the Luersun Kingdom is relatively stable, and even the vast majority of the people are living better than before because of the stability of the magic machinery industry, it is difficult to go further and achieve greater development.
How could King Trutz, who had always been ambitious, endure this situation.
It is absolutely impossible to break through the blockade of the powerful Candela Empire on land with the current national strength of the Luersun Kingdom. Therefore, the Luersun Kingdom decided to form a navy on its own to completely break through the blockade of the Candela Empire from the sea. , operate this maritime trade channel on their own.
To achieve this, of course, we cannot do without the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
If a sufficient number of frigates and corresponding military magic machinery are not purchased from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, breaking through the blockade of the Candela Empire Navy is simply a pipe dream.
However, both the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Xu Yihao have always had an ambiguous attitude toward the request made by the Luersun Kingdom. They did not explicitly reject it, but they were also unwilling to accommodate it.
Xu Yi has always said that as long as the Luersun Kingdom provides money, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will sell them the magic battleships and supporting military magic machinery they want.
But the Luersun Kingdom just has no money...
The combined price of a frigate and supporting military magic machinery is 1.4 million gold coins!
The total fiscal revenue of the Luersun Kingdom last year was only 9.3 million gold coins. If you take it all out, you can only buy seven ships. How could it be possible to form a complete escort fleet
However, the Luersun Kingdom is still very clear about this. The price given by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is indeed very reasonable.
You know, the price they sold a frigate to the Candela Empire Navy was 1.5 million gold coins, and it still lacked many supporting facilities.
Therefore, in fact, the price offered by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the Luersun Kingdom is already a very conscientious price and cannot be criticized at all.
However, the problem is that the Luersun Kingdom cannot even afford this little money...
Hearing what Xu Yi said, "Think of other ways," the bitter smile on General Monroe's face became even stronger.
Of course he understood what Xu Yi meant.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has always been very interested in the rich mineral resources in the Luersun Kingdom, and has always hoped that the Luersun Kingdom can fully open its mineral resources to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. However, King Trutz has never agreed to this request.
Even before, the Luersun Kingdom was invaded by the Candela Empire. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce provided the greatest support to the Kingdom of Luersun, and during the period when the relationship between the two was the closest, King Trutz gave the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a lot of conveniences in other aspects, but still did not let go of the opening of mineral resources. .
The "other methods" Xu Yi is talking about now undoubtedly refer to this.
If the Luersun Kingdom is willing to agree to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's request to open up its mineral resources, or even simply sell a few more minerals to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then General Monroe can be sure that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will happily sell them enough. Frigates, and even the more advanced military magic machines they had been hoping to get before.
However, General Monroe also knew very well that the reason why His Majesty King Trutz has been unwilling to agree to the request of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is also for the long-term development of the Luersun Kingdom.
The countries in the southwest corner of Sainz continent are now very clear. The magic industry brought by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce not only brings some novel gadgets and powerful military magic machinery. And it is basically an extremely important industry that can change the overall appearance of a country.
Since this is the case, then every country has been very focused on developing its own magic industry.
Although the Kingdom of Luersun is not as good as the Kingdom of Lampali in having the strong support of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in this regard, the magic industry has been developing very well under the attention of King Trutz.
However, the core of the magic industry industry, apart from technology, the most important thing is materials.
The so-called materials correspond to various types of mineral resources in most cases.
The reason why the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is so thirsty for various mineral resources is simply to meet the needs of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for the production of various magic machines.
After all, the Principality of Standing is a pitifully small principality. Even if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce controls the entire Principality of Standing, it will only have a handful of mineral resources in its hands.
Therefore, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will continue to ask for various mineral resources from other countries, and it is normal to keep making this request to the Luersun Kingdom.
In fact, both the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Luersun Kingdom are well aware of this situation, so this contradiction is actually placed in the open.
The difference is that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot meet its needs in the Luersun Kingdom. It can also look for cooperation with other countries on the mainland. There are many options.
As for the Luersun Kingdom, the only option is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
So General Monroe was silent for a long time, but he could only nod lightly.
"I will report your thoughts to His Majesty the King, President Xu. I hope His Majesty the King can change his mind."
Xu Yi glanced in the direction of the northeastern Luersun Kingdom.
"I hope so." (To be continued...)