Chapter 48 Investing Requires Risk

More than a hundred large freight magic locomotives crossed the border between the Kingdom of Lampari and the Kingdom of Ruerxun, and drove fast and mightily towards the east of the Kingdom of Ruerxun.

Since Xinfei Chamber of Commerce invented the large magic freight locomotive, this is the first time that so many large magic freight locomotives have appeared together.

More than a hundred large freight magic locomotives are connected together to form a super-long convoy with a length of more than two kilometers on the road, which looks extremely spectacular.

If you look down from a high altitude, it looks like a long snake wriggling on the ground at high speed.

This convoy is a joint convoy formed by major chambers of commerce in the Kingdom of Lampari. This time, a large number of them entered the Kingdom of Rulson, and their destination was directed to the east of the Kingdom of Rulson.

The items loaded on these large freight magic locomotives are all kinds of strategic materials ordered by the Rulson Kingdom from the Lampari Kingdom, and they are now being delivered to the Rulson King who is at war with the Third Army of the Candela Empire* * Various supplies are provided.

Although King Luerxun's performance on the battlefield shocked everyone, no matter how excellent the army's performance was, it was still the logistical supplies that determined the outcome of a war.

Especially King Luerxun, who is now equipped with a large number of military magic machines, has even higher requirements for supplies.

Among other things, in the first battle between the two sides alone, King Luerxun consumed as many as 130,000 arrows in just one day because of his extensive use of magic crossbows.

Although the lethality is astonishing, it is obviously impossible to replenish all the 130,000 arrows with the blacksmiths recruited by King Luerson's army.

Moreover, the stainless steel arrows used in these magic crossbows must fully meet the standards set by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before they can be loaded and used correctly. Let the traditional blacksmiths make it. Not to mention ridiculously slow. All kinds of standards alone cannot match—after all, it is difficult for human hands to make tens of thousands of continuous productions like machines and maintain the same accuracy.

For example, there are two arrows held in the hands of King Trutz at the same time, but he carefully looked at the arrows held in the two hands, touched them for a while, and then folded them hard, finally gave a wry smile , shook his head.

At first glance, these two arrows look exactly the same, but if you hold them 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 straighten the two arrows at the same time and look at them, you will find that the arrow on the left hand is extremely straight, while the arrow on the right hand is obviously a little curved.

Although these differences are not particularly obvious to the naked eye, King Trutz, who has been keen on riding and archery since he was a child, knows very well that if archery competitions are held in the same environment, the effect of using the arrow in his left hand will definitely be better. much.

As for why there are these differences...

At this time, the arrow in King Trutz's left hand. It was the standard arrows of the magic repeating crossbow ordered by the Luerxun Kingdom from the Spirit Fox Chamber of Commerce on the Black Rice Wasteland this time.

This spirit fox business association nominally belongs to a certain fox orc tribe on the Black Rice Wasteland, but King Trutz knows it very well. Standing behind it is obviously the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

And the arrow on his right hand was hand-crafted by blacksmiths urgently recruited by King Luerxun's department because of 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 complete the supply of crossbow arrows by himself, apart from the speed of casting arrows being far from enough and the quality gap, the more important reason was the cost.

If you order standard crossbow arrows from the Spirit Fox Chamber of Commerce, the total price for a tube of 20 pieces is 20 silver coins, and because of the bulk order from the Luerxun Kingdom, the Spirit Fox Chamber of Commerce gave some discounts, and finally set a tube of 19 silver coins.

If converted, the price of a crossbow bolt is less than one silver coin.

However, if it is made by a blacksmith, even if the blacksmith's labor costs are not counted at all, the average cost price of a crossbow bolt will exceed two silver coins.

One, two, or one hundred, two hundred, the difference does not matter, but in a state of war, more than 100,000 crossbows are consumed a day. If all the crossbows made by blacksmiths are used, only the above The cost will vary by thousands of gold coins, and the difference cannot be ignored.

Based on the above reasons, even if King Trutz did not want the supply of King Lurson's army to be controlled by outsiders, he had to accept this fact.

Thinking of this, King Trutz shook his head, threw the two arrows in his hands aside, looked through the window of the magic airship and glanced at the large convoy of freight magic locomotives that were speeding 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: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. The magic rockets are being loaded. If there is no accident, the first batch of 2,000 rockets should be delivered in three days."

"Three days later?" King Trutz glanced at the east direction and nodded slowly: "That's okay, the Candela Empire should take a few more days to prepare, and won't be in such a hurry to go to war again."

"If they still can't learn to be more cautious after the previous failure, then the Candela Empire has really let me down." Xu Yi laughed.

"Wouldn't it be better for them to be stupid?" King Trutz took a sip of tea, paused and continued: "It will be easier for us to win this war, and then your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's military magic machinery will be more able to pass This battle has been brilliant, and both of us can get the most satisfactory results."

Xu Yi spread his hands and shrugged: "I'm worried that if they are so stupid that they can't recognize the situation clearly, it will be very troublesome for us to carry out various promotions in the Candela Empire in the future."

"You worry too much." King Trutz shook his head and pointed to the east. "Now the eyes of the entire continent have been focused on that battlefield, and the role played by military magic machinery has long been seen by everyone. I'm sure. When this war is over... oh no .It should be said that it is not over. There will be countless people asking your chamber of commerce to purchase military magic machinery. President Xu, how are you going to deal with it?"

"If I said that I would give priority to selling to the Candela Empire, would you believe me, Your Majesty?"

King Trutz was silent for a moment, and shook his head with a smile: "President Xu, this joke is not funny. If you would choose this way, our Kingdom of Rulson may have been completely conquered by the Kendela Empire."

Xu Yi laughed, waved his hands and said, "Okay, stop talking about these meaningless nonsense. Your Majesty the King. Do you have any suggestions for the gear processing factory we jointly established this time?"

King Trutz thought for a while: "It is best for us to designate the site of this gear processing factory. In addition, it is best for your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce not to have any nominal involvement with it. Simply put, this gear processing factory, It is completely independently operated by our Luerson 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 on the basis of this factory, there will be a lot of troubles for no reason. Is this not good for both of us?"

"No, President Xu. This will indeed cause a lot of trouble for our Luerson Kingdom, but it will save a lot of trouble for your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, won't it?" King Trutz pointed to the East again. "I actually understand your Chamber of Commerce's concerns about supporting our Luerxun 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 this time. He stared at King Trutz in amazement for a while, then slowly shook his head.

"No, Your Majesty the King. Do you know that when the Chamber of Commerce was first negotiating this matter, most of the people in the Chamber of Commerce had the same idea as you, and they did not want to be too obvious about the Chamber of Commerce's ownership of your Rulson Kingdom. upvoted, but rejected by me. 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 our Rulson Kingdom 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 Luerson Kingdom, but in our chamber of commerce." Xu Yi smiled. "Or to put it another way, explain it from the perspective of a businessman, that is, the income from investing in your Rulson Kingdom is much higher than investing in the Candela Empire. If we go to support the Kandla Empire, although it should be easy to defeat the Rulson Kingdom , but this will not allow our chamber of commerce to receive extra attention from the Candela Empire. And once the Rulson Kingdom perishes, the Principality of Standing will face the Candela Empire directly, which is not what I want to see."

King Trutz was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly: "I understand what you mean, but Chairman Xu, if you do this, your chamber of commerce...or should I say that you will take a much greater risk, is it really worth it?"

Xu Yi shrugged: "A businessman who refuses to take risks is not a good businessman."

"But President Xu, are you sure that everyone in your chamber of commerce is willing to take this risk with you?"

Xu Yi pointed to his feet: "I think...the following are enough to explain everything."

King Trutz turned his head and glanced through the window at the convoy that had gradually moved away, and nodded slightly.

"If your Majesty the King, you are still not at ease with my sincerity, then this thing will definitely make you more confident in us."

Xu Yi smiled and handed a rectangular box to King Trutz.

King Trutz narrowed his eyes and took the box without hesitation.

When I opened the box, I found that in addition to a blueprint, there was also a mold made of metal.

King Trutz picked up the magic repeater standard crossbow that he put down just now and put it in. The crossbow immediately fit perfectly with the inner wall of the mold, not a cent more, not a cent less. (To be continued..)