Chapter 103 Ambiguous Attitude

The Endless Sea in early spring is probably the gentlest time of the year, and today, as usual, the sea is calm and calm, making it an extremely suitable weather for sailing.

A huge fleet consisting of seven large cargo magic ships and 20 frigates is currently sailing rapidly in the southern waters of the Luerson Kingdom.

This fleet comes from the Second Fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It is the largest fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce except for the first fleet led by Ke Neval himself. Cargo transport jobs in the kingdom.

This time the Second Fleet sailed, dispatching all seven of its large cargo magic ships in one go. In addition to completing another supply mission to the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom, it also carried a large amount of construction materials and Amrit Three hundred and forty workers of the chamber of commerce.

Xinfei Chamber of Commerce signed a new cooperation agreement with Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom at the end of last year, and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will invest in the construction of a magic machine tool production base in Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom.

The main function of this magic machine tool production base is to realize the local production of various farmland magic machines and various engineering magic machines, assist in the completion of farmland renovation projects in cooperation with the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom and the three surrounding countries, and related to farmland. The water conservancy project was rebuilt.

This time, 340 workers from the Amrit Chamber of Commerce were transported there. In addition to building the magic machine tool production base, they also shouldered the task of continuing to help Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom lay roads.

The Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom has 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 made a plan to lay a total of nine roads with a total mileage of more than 1,800 kilometers in one go.

For a small country whose land area is only twice the size of the Principality of Standing. If the nine roads can be fully paved successfully. Although it is not as good as the road coverage in the Principality of Standing and the Kingdom of Lampari, it is enough to connect every town with roads, and it will definitely greatly improve the traffic conditions of the entire Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom.

Because the terrain in the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom is complex and covered with many swamps, it took more than a year just to plan the nine roads, so that the construction could not start 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 Lampari Kingdom or the Rulson Kingdom, the estimated total investment is about 2 million to 2.5 million gold coins. about. However, in the United Kingdom of Nozdormu, the estimated total investment amount given by the Amly Chamber of Commerce is as high as four million gold coins.

However, even with such a huge expected investment, the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom still agreed without hesitation, and there was no Amrit Chamber of Commerce at all to make more bargains.

This made Xu Yi lament that Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom is worthy of being a country jointly organized by thirteen chambers of commerce. While it is really rich and powerful, it also deeply feels the determination and courage of Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom.

When he went to the Nozdormu Business United Kingdom to talk with the chairman of Gaza, the chairman of Gaza once bluntly stated that the goal of the Nozdormu Business United Kingdom is to be able to integrate several small countries in the southeast corner of the mainland, and integrate these Originally weak countries organized together. Form a powerful force that can compete head-on with the Candela Empire.

This ambition is not insignificant.

certainly. Xu is also happy to see it succeed.

After all, the greater the ambition, the greater the demand, and it will be easier for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to sell to it.

The goods loaded on these large cargo magic ships of the Second Fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce this time are one of the necessary items needed to meet 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, except that it is a little bigger, it is no different from the islands that can be seen everywhere in the endless sea, but when you get closer, you will find that there is actually a three-dock built near the north side of this island. There is a row of square brick and concrete rooms along the coast of the island, obviously people have already lived on it.

If you get closer, you can see flags with the same pattern hanging on both the port and the houses on the island.

People from several countries in the southwest corner of the Sainz continent will naturally be able to recognize them at a glance. The patterns on these flags clearly represent the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

That's right, 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, which should only be docked by the ships of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, ten large wooden warships with the flag of the Kandela Empire Navy are docked at this time, and more than fifty ships are also docked on the sea outside the port. A warship of the Kandela Imperial Navy.

If you saw this situation without prior preparation, Tom Mackens, the commander of the Second Fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, would definitely think that the Candela Imperial Navy was besieging this island belonging to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

But after seeing it now, Tom Mackens just gave orders to his subordinates to prepare for docking as usual, without any more instructions.

About twenty minutes later, the Second Fleet arrived at the outskirts of the island. Except for a large cargo magic ship that entered an empty pier to dock, all the other ships stayed on the outer sea, and those warships of the Kandela Imperial Navy They stopped together, not even a hundred meters apart.

Tom Mackens was the first to step off the large cargo magic ship, and he saw several middle-aged men wearing the military uniforms of the Candela Empire Navy.

"General Osborne, you have come all the way here. It's really troublesome." Tom Mackens immediately smiled. went up to welcome.

The leading middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the Candela Empire Navy officer is none other than Reno Osborne, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Candela Empire Navy. Seeing Tom Mackins coming over quickly, he reached out and shook his hand.

"Director Mackenzie, where's the ship?"

Mackens was slightly taken aback, but he didn't expect that General Osborne didn't even say a word of pleasantries, and went straight to the point when he came up.

But after glancing at the military uniform on his body, Mackens was relieved.

This is probably the straight-forward style that soldiers should have.

Moreover, the transaction between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire has already been negotiated, and all the negotiation process has come to an end, and there is indeed no need for more conversations between the two parties.

Think here. Mackens turned around with a smile and pointed to the boats parked on the sea behind him.

"Just stop there. General Osborne, ask your people to go up and check. If there are no problems, you can confirm receipt of the goods, and then send people up to take over."

"Okay." General Osborne waved to the people around him. "Go."

The two Candela Imperial Navy officers around him immediately stepped onto the pier, boarded a Candela Imperial Navy warship, and then the warship started, and drove towards the frigate group of the Second Fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce docked outside.

Seeing that the ships of both sides had begun to contact, Mackens withdrew his gaze towards the sea and made an invitation gesture to General Osborn.

"General Osborn. It will take some time for their inspection. Why don't we sit down and have a chat? It just so happens that the chairman asked me to bring you a few words."

"President Xu?" Osborne narrowed his eyes slightly. After thinking about it, he nodded and sat down with Mackens in a hut by the pier.

"Tell me, what did President Xu ask you to bring?" Osborn asked immediately as soon as he sat down.

Although the contact time with this Osborn was short, Mackens had already felt his temper, and he didn't make any adjustments after hearing the question, and replied directly: "Master Chairman asked me to tell you, for your He agreed in principle to the proposal to cooperate in the development of the southern waters of the Candela Empire. However, because your attitude towards our chamber of commerce is currently ambiguous, any cooperation cannot be deepened. The chairman hopes that you can show sincerity and change This situation."

"Attitude towards your Chamber of Commerce?" Osborn frowned slightly, and after a while, he suddenly let out a wry smile.

He is very clear that the "your side" mentioned in the sentence that Xu Yi asked Mackens to convey does not refer to their Candela Empire Navy, but the entire Candela Empire.

As Xu Yi said, the Candela Empire's attitude towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is indeed somewhat ambiguous.

On the one hand, because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce blatantly supported the Rulson Kingdom, and even blatantly attacked the Kandela Imperial Navy in the endless sea, causing the Kandela Imperial Navy to suffer huge losses, so many people in the Kandela Empire took Xinfei as a matter of course. The chamber of commerce is defined as an enemy force.

With the consistent attitude of the Candela Empire, the enemy should of course be merciless and completely eradicated.

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 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 Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has shown many valuable and amazing things. If they are used well, the Candela Empire can even become stronger with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Therefore, these people think that it is best to let go of the past and work closely with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to strengthen the entire Candela Empire.

Support for this view is mainly from the Imperial Treasury and some local forces, because they have obtained obvious benefits through cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

But in both forces, there are some "traitors".

For example, among those who opposed the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, there was the Imperial Navy, the guy who supposedly hated the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce the most, but instead supported the cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Among the supporters of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, there is also a deep abhorrence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and it is clear that it will not allow anything related to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to enter the Duke of Windsor, the governor of the southern province under his rule.

Judging from the current situation, the opposition to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is 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 of all this is still in the hands of the most honorable emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor did not speak, and no one in the empire dared to do anything privately.

However, since the Minister of Finance of the Empire, the Marquis Hasteri, described to His Majesty the Emperor the impact of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on the taxation of the southern ports of the Empire and surrounding cities in the last court meeting, His Majesty's attitude has obviously changed subtly.

Although considering the face of the empire, His Majesty the Emperor will not explicitly express his support for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but in some small details, he clearly revealed this point.

For example, this time the Kandela Imperial Navy bought five frigates from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce again. If it is said that it does not get the acquiescence of His Majesty the Emperor, it is obviously impossible. (To be continued..)