Chapter 142 Who Will Change First

Xu Yi didn't deliberately avoid seeing him as the great magician Ferguson thought, but something really happened.

After more than half a year of preparation, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's first offshore base officially entered the state of 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 seas of the Kingdom of Rulson. It is more than 200 kilometers away from the nearest coast, and it is also slightly 30 miles south of the shipping route previously planned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. more than one kilometer.

If this base is built, it will give Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a real foothold in the southern waters of the Endless Sea.

Any fleet and personnel of the Xinfei 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 Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but it is not open to the public.

To put it simply, this is an extension of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the endless sea. The tasks it undertakes are not just simple supply tasks like the small supply bases established by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on several islands before, but It is a military base that will station two escort fleets of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce all year round, and also has two thousand escorts of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to active military power, this base established on Julu Island, the largest island in the southern waters of the Rulson Kingdom, will gradually add as many as 150 magic cannons, Five hundred magic trebuchets, combined with the powerful firepower brought by the powerful military magic machinery equipped by the 2,000 Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escorts themselves, and the powerful dominance of the two escort fleets over the sea. It can be said that this island is impenetrable.

"President Xu. Just relying on such a powerful force here. Even if the Kandela Empire's navy is fully deployed, I'm afraid there will be nothing but helplessness for this place."

Standing beside Xu Yi was General Kassadin Monroe, one of the four commanders-in-chief of the Luerson Kingdom's military department. Today, Xu Yi was specially invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the overseas base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Seeing that a hideous magic cannon and magic trebuchet were transported down from the huge cargo magic ship, and installed at the resettlement site that had been built in advance on the shore of the island, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

Xu Yi glanced at him and smiled slightly: "With the current strength of the Kandela Empire Navy, they still don't have the guts to attack us. But when the Kandela Empire Navy develops in the future, it will be hard to say."

"This..." General Monroe hesitated for a moment, and forced a smile: "President Xu, in fact, as long as your chamber of commerce doesn't continue to sell frigates to the Kandela Imperial Navy... I don't think they will ever be able to threaten this place."

Xu Yi had a half-smile on his face, and asked, "Why don't we sell it if we have money to make?"

General Monroe was stunned for a moment, speechless.

After being silent for a while, he sighed, shook his head lightly, thought about it for a while, and continued to ask: "Then...President Xu, the matter of selling us the frigate of the Rulson Kingdom..."

Xu Yi extended a hand to General Monroe: "I said it earlier. This matter is very simple, pay with one hand, and deliver with one hand."

General Monroe could only smile wryly again: "President Xu, you know that we can't afford that much money now."

"Then you should think of other ways."

Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that what General Monroe said was right at all, the Kingdom of Luerson is indeed out of money now.

Although they repelled the two invasions of the Kendela Empire in a row, the prestige of the Rulson Kingdom on the Sainz continent soared.

However, the huge empire that completely offended the Candela Empire, one of the two major empires on the mainland, still brought a huge disaster to the Rulson Kingdom.

Although the Candela Empire did not dare to invade the Luerson Kingdom easily again because of two consecutive setbacks, the national strengths of the two countries were far apart. After the war, the Candela Empire immediately implemented a complete blockade of the Luerson Kingdom, which easily made The Rulson Kingdom has almost completely cut off contact with the outside world.

Originally, the Luerson Kingdom had been relying on exporting a large amount of goods and materials to other countries because of its relatively rich products, and lived a good life. However, due to the blockade of the Candela Empire, the Luerson 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 wasn't for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce who extended a helping hand at a critical moment, it repelled the Candela Empire Navy, ensured that the Luerson Kingdom could still have an export such as the southern seaport, and helped the Luerson Kingdom to deliver most of its domestic products. Going further afield for trade and sales, the current Rulson Kingdom has already become chaotic due to the blockade.

However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can only help the Kingdom of Luerson retain a sea channel, but cannot break through the blockade of the Candela Empire on land, so the development of the Kingdom of Luerson is greatly restricted.

Although the current domestic situation in the Luerxun Kingdom is fairly stable, and even the vast majority of the people live better than before because of the stability of the magic machinery industry, it is difficult to make further progress and achieve greater development.

For this situation, how can King Trutz, who has always had great ambitions, bear it.

It is absolutely impossible to break through the blockade of the powerful Candela Empire on land, relying on the current national strength of the Rulson Kingdom, so the Rulson Kingdom decided to form a navy on its own to completely break through the blockade of the Kandala Empire from the sea , operate this sea trade channel by itself.

To achieve this, of course, it is inseparable from the support of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

If a sufficient number of frigates and corresponding military magic machines were not purchased from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, breaking through the blockade of the Kandela Empire Navy would simply be a dream.

However, both Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Xu Yi have always had an ambiguous attitude towards this request from the Luerxun Kingdom. They did not explicitly reject it, but they also refused to accommodate.

Xu Yi has always said that as long as the Luerxun Kingdom provides money, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will sell them the magic warships and supporting military magic machinery they want.

But Luerxun Kingdom just has no money...

The combined price of a frigate and supporting military magic machinery is 1.4 million gold coins!

However, the total fiscal revenue of the Lurson Kingdom last year was only 9.3 million gold coins. You can only buy seven if you take them all out. How could it be possible to form a complete escort fleet.

However, Lu Erxun Kingdom is still very clear. The price given by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is indeed very reasonable.

You know, the price of a frigate they sold to the Candela Imperial Navy was 1.5 million gold coins, and there were still many supporting equipment missing.

So in fact, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's current bid for Luerxun Kingdom is already a very conscientious price, and there is no way to blame it.

However, the problem is that the Kingdom of Luerxun can't even come up with this little money...

Hearing what Xu Yi said, "Think of other ways", the wry 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 Luerson Kingdom, and has always hoped that the Luerson Kingdom can fully open up mineral resources to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but King Trutz has never agreed to this request.

Even before the Kingdom of Luerson was invaded by the Candela Empire. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce gave the most support to the Luerson Kingdom, and the period when the relationship between the two was the closest. King Truz gave the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a lot of convenience in other aspects, but still did not let go in terms of opening up mineral resources. .

The "other method" that Xu Yi said now undoubtedly refers to this point.

If the Luerson Kingdom is willing to agree to the request of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to open up mineral resources, or even simply sell a few more mines to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then General Monroe can be sure that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will sell them enough The frigate, even the more advanced military magic machinery they had been hoping for before was no problem.

However, General Monroe also knew very well that the reason why His Majesty King Trutz refused to agree to the request of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was also for the long-term development of the Luerson Kingdom.

These countries in the southwest corner of the Sainz continent are already very clear. The magic industry brought by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce not only brought some novel gadgets and powerful military magic machinery. And it is an extremely important industry that can change the overall appearance of a country.

Since this is the case, each country has been very focused on developing its own magic industry.

Although the Rulson Kingdom is not as blessed as the Lampari Kingdom with the strong support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in this regard, but under the attention of King Trutz, the magic industry has always been developing very well.

However, at the core of the magic industry, apart from technology, the most important thing is materials.

The so-called materials correspond to various mineral resources in most cases.

The reason why the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is so thirsty for all kinds of mineral resources is to put it bluntly to meet the needs of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to produce various types of magic machinery.

After all, the Principality of Standing is a pitifully small principality. Even if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce controls the entire Principality of Standing, there are only a few mineral resources in its hands.

Therefore, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will keep asking for various mineral resources from other countries, and it is normal to keep making this request to the Kingdom of Luerson.

In fact, both the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Luerxun Kingdom are well aware of this situation, so this contradiction is actually in the clear.

The difference is that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot meet its needs in Luerxun Kingdom, and it can also find cooperation with other countries on the mainland. There are many options.

But in Luerxun Kingdom, there is only Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the only choice.

So General Monroe was silent for a long time, but he could only nod slightly.

"I will report President Xu's thoughts to His Majesty the King, and I hope His Majesty the King can change his mind."

Xu Yi glanced in the direction of the northeast Luerxun Kingdom.

"I hope so." (To be continued...)