According to the preliminary plan, the investment in the Julu Island Sea Base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will exceed at least 20 million gold coins, and the construction time is expected to be at least more than three years. It can be said to be the first large-scale project since the establishment of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
When this sea base is completely completed, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will have a stronghold in the southern waters of the Endless Sea that can be attacked and retreated.
Moreover, the location of this base is extremely clever, and it just secures all sea lanes from the southern waters of the Endless Sea to the Principality of Standing.
Any ship that wants to go to the Principality of Standing through the sea channel cannot completely escape the control of this base. This is equivalent to setting up a gate in the southern seas, so that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce no longer has to worry about sudden attacks from the southern seas. attack.
For Xu Yi, this sea base is just an attempt.
As long as he accumulates enough experience, when the conditions are right, he will definitely expand this sea base all the way from the Endless Sea, and eventually cover the entire Endless Sea, forming a chain of sea bases on the Endless Sea. Coupled with the small bases distributed on various islands, it will form the most complete control of the entire endless sea.
The reason for doing this is actually just a conjecture made by Xu Yi.
Through various detailed observations after traveling to the Sainz continent for so many years, Xu Yi determined that this world should still be on a planet similar to the Earth, rather than a world in an inexplicable space.
In this case, he firmly believes that this world is definitely not just the Sainz continent.
Moreover, all races on this continent have legends about other continents, which indirectly proves Xu Yi's conjecture.
So since this world is not just a continent, it was extremely mysterious and unpredictable in the eyes of many people before. It can be said that there is an endless sea that no one can enter. In Xu Yi's eyes, it became a treasure house containing countless treasures.
He firmly believed. Being able to have absolute control over the Endless Sea, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has endless possibilities, and is no longer limited to Sainz Continent, a land that has long been carved up by the great powers.
However, the price that needs to be paid to achieve this goal is quite staggering.
According to preliminary estimates, the construction of this Julu Island offshore base requires an investment of at least 20 million gold coins, and the annual fixed investment in the future will never be less than 3 million gold coins.
A new maritime base can be easily afforded by the Aircraft Chamber of Commerce, but if there are ten or even dozens, it will be a huge burden.
So while building this sea base. Xu Yi is already considering the possibility of generating profits from this offshore base.
But for now, he has no clue...
This time, Xu Yi stayed at the sea base for a full week. After watching the foundation of the sea base take shape with his own eyes, he left on the magic airship and headed to the southern military port of the Kandra Empire further to the northeast.
While the Luersun Kingdom can only pay lip service to its desire for frigates, the Candela Empire is much more straightforward.
Although the relationship between the two parties is not very harmonious on the surface, the Candela Empire officially will not contact the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce with great fanfare, but privately many people in the Kandela Empire are actively contacting the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, trying to seek cooperate.
The most active one is the Candela Empire Navy.
Because after cooperating with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, we chose to open three military ports. In the past six months alone, the Candela Empire Navy has obtained astonishing tax revenue of up to three million gold coins through extremely prosperous shipping.
Coupled with the massive influx of shipping. It brought prosperity that was previously unimaginable to the three cities near the military and the entire southern province of Tural. It also increased the tax revenue of these places, allowing the Kandra Empire to actually control this large area. The navy profited greatly from this.
The first thing the Candela Imperial Navy did after reaping the benefits was to disarmament...
Don't be surprised, it's disarmament.
When the Candela Imperial Navy announced that it would lay off up to 60% of its service personnel, and at the same time cut nearly half of its naval warships, everyone was surprised.
Most people believe that this must be because the Candela Empire's military department has a tight budget every year, so in the end, in order to ensure the army's budget, it was forced to significantly reduce the navy's budget, resulting in a significant reduction in layoffs and warships in the navy.
However, in fact, these actions were proposed by the Candela Imperial Navy themselves to the Military Ministry, and were finally approved by the Military Ministry, the Imperial House of Representatives, and His Majesty the Emperor.
The reason for doing this is of course to reduce the current high annual expenditure of 25 million gold coins for the Candela Empire Navy.
After the disarmament, the annual expenditure of the Candela Imperial Navy will directly save more than 10 million gold coins. With the corresponding income obtained from the opening of three military ports and surrounding cities, the Candela Imperial Navy can even spend up to 1,800 gold coins in one year. A huge sum of millions of gold coins.
The reason why the Candela Empire Navy has tried so hard to save such a large sum of money is, of course, to purchase more magic frigates from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
This was something that the Candela Empire and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had agreed on long ago, so the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce accepted this huge order with a total value of 15 million gold coins.
Of course, this is not enough for Xu Yi to make a personal trip to the Candela Empire. In addition to signing a sales agreement for a new batch of magic frigates on behalf of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire Navy, his main purpose is to come Meet with Duke Perezco, Governor of Tular Province.
Because of the increasing prosperity of shipping in the southern part of the Candela Empire, the booming magic industry in several countries in the southwest corner of the Sainz continent has also been brought bit by bit to the Candela Empire. Among them, the most deeply affected is the southernmost seaside Tular line. Province.
Nowadays, all kinds of magic machines and various products related to the magic industry can be seen everywhere in Tular Province.
There are even several magic machinery chambers of commerce other than the New Flying Chamber of Commerce that have already invested in Tular Province and opened several magic machinery factories, turning Tural Province into an emerging magic powerhouse in the Kandra Empire. Industrial Base.
Compared with the magic industrial base near the capital city of Wimbledon, which is officially hosted by the Candela Empire, the development of the magic industry in Tular Province is slightly scattered, but it is more dynamic and has a much better development momentum.
But Duke Peresco was obviously not satisfied with this.
No matter how good the development of the magic industry in Tural Province was, but without the participation of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, it always seemed like something was missing. So he used the Candela Empire Navy as an intermediary and took the initiative to send an invitation to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. It is hoped that Xu Yi can visit Tular Province in person to discuss cooperation.
This is the first time so far that a provincial governor-level figure in the Candela Empire has officially issued an invitation to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, revealing his willingness to cooperate. Xu Yi naturally takes it very seriously.
However, Xu Yi did not expect that at the banquet hosted by Duke Peresco, there would be a guest who was completely beyond his expectation.
"President Xu, this is the Governor of the Southern Province of the Empire, Duke Chris Windsor. I think you must have heard of his name." Duke Peresco smiled and said to Xu. He also asked Xu for another guest beside him. He also made an introduction, and then stepped aside, assuming a posture of standing aside and watching.
"The Duke of Windsor?" Xu Yi looked at the unexpected guest across from him in astonishment. This man looked quite majestic and was from a noble family, but he looked like an ordinary middle-aged man. Is he the Duke of Windsor, the Governor of the Southern Province
The Candela Empire has different attitudes toward the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. There are those who support it, and of course there are those who are opposed to it.
Among those who oppose the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the Duke of Windsor is definitely the most prominent and conspicuous one.
Firstly, it is because as the governor of the southern province, he is equivalent to a prince in the Candela Empire. He has a very powerful say and any statement will have a great impact.
Secondly, what he did was also amazing.
Compared with other people who opposed the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, most of them just shouted slogans. The governor of the Southern Province actually directly ordered to refuse any goods related to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to enter the southern province, completely cutting off the southern province and the new flying trade association. Contact between flying chambers of commerce.
This approach is almost like there is some deep hatred between him and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Of course, Xu Yi still knew very well that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had already developed a grudge against the Duke of Windsor because of the incident between the Duchess of Windsor and the Earl of Dole.
Later, the Duke of Windsor actually sent out his personal guard with the intention of occupying the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which completely violated Xu Yi's bottom line.
Those private guards were almost completely wiped out in the Principality of Standing by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, which also caused a personal feud between the Duke of Windsor and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, Xu Yi was not surprised at all that the Duke of Windsor was so opposed to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. After the Duke of Windsor so resolutely refused the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to enter the southern provinces, he gave up the idea of opening up the southern provinces market.
Anyway, the Candela Empire has dozens of provinces, including the southern province.
It is precisely because he is very clear about these issues that Xu Yi has no idea why the Duke of Windsor appears here.
He didn't believe that Duke Perezco didn't know the Duke of Windsor's attitude towards the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, nor did he believe that the Duke of Windsor didn't know that the guest that Duke Perezco entertained today was him.
Then there must be an ulterior motive for this arrangement.
Xu Yi and the Duke of Windsor remained silent at the same time, looking at each other.
After looking at the Duke of Windsor unceremoniously for a while, Xu Yi suddenly had an idea flash in his mind and opened his mouth slightly, looking a little surprised.
Then he reacted, and the surprised expression on his face instantly changed to a friendly smile, and he stretched out his hand to the Duke of Windsor.
"Your Majesty, this is our first meeting. I hope this can be a good opportunity for us to cooperate happily. Are you right?"
The Duke of Windsor stared at Xu Yi for a while, stretched out his hand and gently held it with Xu Yi, and said in a deep voice: "President Xu, I hope you will not disappoint me." (To be continued...)