Chapter 40 The Magic Kingdom of Mana in Chaos

Duke Narcissus stared at Earl Joshua, who was also stern on the opposite side.

If he could kill with his eyes, he would never mind killing Earl Joshua ten or eight times.

If it wasn't for the fact that the logistics department in charge of this guy failed to meet the needs of the front-line troops in this war, how could he have been defeated on the battlefield, and finally forced the kingdom to sign a humiliating peace with the kingdom of Ensfland protocol?

Earl Joshua could naturally feel the hatred in Duke Narcasus' eyes, but he could only keep silent, his expression full of bitterness.

As the logistics chief of the military department of the Magic Kingdom of Mana, he couldn't guarantee the logistics supplies of the frontline troops. That was his responsibility that he couldn't shirk, and he couldn't argue.

But this time...he was really powerless.

No one expected that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's complete withdrawal from the Mana Magic Kingdom would have such a big impact on the Mana Magic Kingdom, which far exceeded his expectations and everyone's expectations.

The main reason for the kingdom's strength in the war with the Kingdom of Ensland this time was poor logistics, and there were various reasons for the poor logistics.

Take the most obvious example.

After the war, in order to transport a large amount of late-stage supplies to the front line, many roads in the Magic Kingdom of Mana can be said to have been overloaded.

And such an overloaded state naturally caused various problems.

For example, a road is damaged, which seriously affects the speed of transportation.

For example, a certain bridge even collapsed from the middle, causing two large freight magic locomotives to fall directly into the river, which also blocked several transport convoys.

For example, in the transportation convoy under the logistics department, many freight magic locomotives had some failures during the intense transportation process. However, due to the loss of the technical maintenance personnel of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the failures could not be completely resolved.

Even because of the complete withdrawal of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, these magical freight locomotives, all produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, could not find qualified parts for maintenance.

For example...

And these are only responsible for the transportation of logistics materials.

In terms of logistics material production, there were also huge problems due to the complete withdrawal of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

For example, the one who was responsible for supplying the front-line troops with overwintering cotton jackets. It is mainly a cotton garment factory co-operated by Mana Magic Kingdom and Armani Chamber of Commerce.

On the surface, the complete withdrawal of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce seems to have nothing to do with this cotton garment factory.

But in the actual production process, this influence is reflected in all aspects.

The most obvious one is that the magic machine tools of each production line in the cotton clothing factory lack the meticulous maintenance and warranty from Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Various degrees of failures occurred, which caused a sharp drop in production efficiency, and eventually affected the quantity and even the quality of cotton clothes supplied to the frontline troops.

But this time the war between the two sides almost spanned the entire winter. Whether the soldiers had enough cotton clothing and equipment naturally greatly affected their combat effectiveness.

besides. From the various military magic machines equipped in the Magic Kingdom of Mana to the small canned vegetables that soldiers must eat every day, all of them are in short supply to varying degrees.

Even if Earl Joshua could solve the transportation problem, there was nothing he could do about the production problem.

He was able to make the frontline troops persist for four months before finally declaring that they were unable to resist. It was a waste of effort, and there was no intention of evading it.

However, the Duke of Narcissus, who was in charge of leading the army and under great pressure due to the defeat, would never pay attention to these things.

Constantine, the current king of the Magic Kingdom of Mana and the only great magician among all the heads of state on the continent of Sainz, lowered his head slightly to look at the glaring Duke of Nassus and Joshua with a wry smile on his face. count. I just feel a headache.

As His Majesty the King who is in charge of the overall situation, he certainly knows that the main reason why this war with the Kingdom of Ensland is so beneficial is in logistics.

However, the logistics problems really cannot be blamed on Earl Joshua.

Because in the past few months, in addition to the various problems submitted by the military logistics, there are also countless problems related to the national economy and people's livelihood of the Magic Kingdom of Mana.

Just now, the Kingdom's Agriculture Department submitted another report, stating that according to the statistics of the Agriculture Department, the kingdom will purchase at least 3,000 sets of various farmland magic machines. In order to barely meet the needs of spring plowing in the coming year.

However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has completely withdrawn from the Mana Magic Kingdom, which has caused the Mana Magic Kingdom to lose one of the most important channels for purchasing farmland magic machinery.

Although in recent years, due to the large number of technology openings of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, many chambers of commerce other than the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have also mastered some large-scale magic machinery manufacturing methods. These include most of the farmland magic machines, but compared with the Xinfei brand farmland magic machines, the farmland magic machines manufactured by other chambers of commerce are far behind in terms of quality and stability, and they cannot replace the Xinfei brand farmland magic machines. role.

And because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce publicly announced its complete withdrawal from the Mana Magic Kingdom, other chambers of commerce immediately raised their prices. The price of the farmland magic machinery, which had been kept at a very low price, was directly increased several times, which made the Agriculture Department complain about it, and also made the Agriculture Department's budget for the kingdom's investment in agriculture in the coming year more than tripled.

However, this is not the most important issue.

Farmland magic machinery can also find substitutes other than the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but another thing that is deeply related to farmland farming-chemical fertilizers, is irreplaceable, and only the Moon Shadow Tribe can make it.

Logically speaking, the Moon Shadow Tribe is the Moon Shadow Tribe, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has completely withdrawn from the Mana Magic Kingdom, and it should have nothing to do with the Moon Shadow Tribe.

However, after the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce announced its complete withdrawal from the Mana Magic Kingdom, the Moon Shadow Chamber of Commerce, which is a subsidiary of the Moon Shadow Tribe and the main production cost, also publicly declared that the attitude of the Mana Magic Kingdom towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce reflected the paranoia and conflict within the Mana Magic Kingdom. Dishonesty, such behavior is the most despised behavior of the elves, so the Moon Shadow tribe also decided to sever all cooperative relations with the Magic Kingdom of Mana.

Naturally, fertilizers are no longer sold to the Mana Magic Kingdom.

After the Moonshadow tribe issued the announcement, the Nightsong tribe, the Azshara tribe, and several other elf tribes that emerged in recent years also issued announcements, expressing the same attitude as the Moonshadow tribe.

After the elves expressed their position. Followed by a bunch of dwarf tribes and orc tribes, they also joined in the fun, expressing their distrust of the Magic Kingdom of Mana, claiming to refuse to deal with such a dishonest human kingdom, so they cut off all trade exchanges with the Magic Kingdom of Mana.

certainly. Except for fertilizers, the Magic Kingdom of Mana does not have much demand for the unique products produced by these different races, and the impact is not great.

However, the follow-up and withdrawal of the human chamber of commerce that followed had a huge impact on the Magic Kingdom of Mana, making the originally booming magic industry system almost slump. Even other industries within the Magic Kingdom of Mana have been greatly affected.

In the past few months, the Mana Magic Kingdom has been full of resentment, and the situation has become extremely unstable.

Every time he received similar news, King Constantine felt regrets in his heart.

The wave of opposition that caused the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to withdraw from the Magic Kingdom of Mana was in fact inseparable from His Majesty the King.

In fact, the reason for such a wave of opposition, and even large-scale demonstrations, was the deliberate connivance of the upper echelons of the Mana Magic Kingdom, and even some high-level nobles were behind the scenes.

The purpose of doing this is because there are indeed some voices against the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Magic Kingdom of Mana-mainly from the parts related to the Magician's Union. Second, the Mana Magic Kingdom also hopes to use this to express its attitude to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and strive for more initiative in cooperation between the two parties.

However, King Constantine and other high-level executives of the Magic Kingdom of Mana never expected that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's reaction would be so decisive that it would directly announce its complete withdrawal!

This made Mana Magic Kingdom unexpected.

But even if King Constantine personally came forward and wanted to renegotiate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Xu Yi still resolutely refused, and he was never given the slightest chance to explain the easing.

Now that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has fully withdrawn from the Mana Magic Kingdom for nearly half a year, the huge impact of this incident has begun to be reflected little by little, and then the entire Mana Magic Kingdom has fallen into difficulties.

The strength of this war with the Kingdom of Ensland has already had a huge impact on the surface. But compared to the impact on the entire Mana Magic Kingdom, it can only be regarded as the tip of the iceberg.

"Nasasus, you don't have to blame Joshua too much." Thinking of this, Constantine waved his hand wearily. Comforting the Duke of Narcissus. "Joshian has tried his best, but all kinds of problems broke out at the same time, and he is really powerless."

The Duke of Narcissus stared: "It's his fault if he can't solve it! I don't care how many problems there are, but since he is the logistics manager, it is his responsibility to solve these problems! If it doesn't work, then replace it!"

A trace of anger flashed in Earl Joshua's eyes.

The Duke of Nassus has always disagreed with his political views, and it seems that he intends to take advantage of this opportunity to directly expel himself from his current position.

Just as he was about to retort, King Constantine glanced at him and stopped him with his eyes.

"Nasasus, as I said, the main responsibility for this defeat is not on the logistics department, nor on your frontline soldiers..."

Duke Narcissus was taken aback.

The responsibility is not on the logistics department, nor on the army at the front line, so who is it?

"Your Majesty, I..."

As soon as the Duke of Narcissus opened his mouth, his eyes suddenly went dark.

Suddenly, there was a sound of surprise and panic in the hall.

"What's going on?" King Constantine's steady voice sounded.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... yes... the magic crystals for the magic crystal lamp have run out..." A servant's panicked voice sounded from a corner of the hall.

"Why don't you make it up?" King Constantine said angrily.

"But... the standard magic crystals in the palace have been used up..." the servant's voice became even more flustered.

King Constantine was really angry this time.

"I knew it was going to run out, why didn't I make up for it sooner?"

"Your Majesty...that... you can no longer buy standard magic crystals in the Kingdom..."

"Why can't I buy..."

King Constantine had just reprimanded half a sentence, but suddenly remembered one thing.

Although the current exclusive products of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are not many except for military magic machinery, there is one thing that is usually inconspicuous, but it is still the exclusive production of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

That is the standard magic crystal that all magic machines will use.

Thinking of this, King Constantine fell silent.

For a moment, only the heavy breathing of King Constantine and the three of them could be heard clearly in the dark hall, but they didn't know what the three of them were thinking. (~^~)