Chapter 142 Who Changes First
Xu Yi did not deliberately hide from him as the great magician Ferguson thought, but something really happened.
After more than half a year of preparation, the first offshore base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce officially entered the state of construction.
Xu Yi attached great importance to this overseas base, so he went there in person this time to show everyone his importance.
This first overseas base is located at the junction of the southern waters of the Principal of Stantin and the southern waters of the Kingdom of Rulson. It is more than 200 kilometers away from the nearest coast and is slightly more than 30 kilometers southward from the sea route planned by the New Air Chamber of Commerce.
If this base is completed, it will give the New Air Chamber of Commerce a real place to settle in the southern waters of the Endless Sea.
Any fleet and personnel of the New Air Chamber of Commerce can come to this base to obtain sufficient supplies and shelter, but this is limited to the personnel and ships of the New Air Chamber of Commerce, but it is not open to the public.
Simply put, this is an extension of the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce on the Endless Sea. The mission it undertakes is not just a simple supply task like the small supply bases set up by the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce on several islands. It is a military base that stations two New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce frigates every year and also has two thousand New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce escorts.
In addition to the military force of operation, the base established on Julu Island, the largest island in the southern waters of the Rulson Kingdom will also be gradually built to add up to 150 magic artillery and 500 magic trenchers. Combined with the powerful firepower brought by the powerful military magic machinery equipped by the entire 2,000 New Air Chamber of Commerce guards themselves, and the powerful dominance of the two frigates over the sea, it can be said that the island is solid.
"President Xu. With such powerful power here, even if the Kander Empire Navy is fully dispatched, I'm afraid there will be no way out for this place."
Standing next to Xu Yi is General Kassardin Monroe, one of the four commanders of the military headquarters of the Kingdom of Rursson. Today, he specifically invited him to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the overseas base of this New Air Chamber of Commerce.
Seeing that a hideous magic cannon and magic trench were transported from the huge freight magic ship, he could not help but sigh.
Xu Yi glanced at him and smiled slightly, "With the current power of the Kander Empire Navy, they still have no courage to attack us. But when the Kander Empire Navy develops in the future, it is 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 does not continue to sell frigates to the Candela Empire Navy... I think they will never threaten here."
Xu Yi smiled and asked, "Why don't we sell if we have money?"
General Monroe's expression was suffocated and speechless.
After a while of silence, he sighed, shook his head gently, thought for a while, and continued to ask: "Then... President Xu, what happened to sell us the frigate of the Rursun Kingdom..."
Xu Yi stretched out a hand to General Monroe: "I said it long ago, this matter is very simple. Pay the money and deliver the goods in the other."
General Monroe could only smile bitterly again: "President Xu. You know we can't afford that much money now."
"Then you should think of other ways."
Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that General Monroe was right at all, and the Kingdom of Rulson is indeed out of money now.
Although it repelled two invasions of the Candela Empire in a row, the reputation of the Rulson Kingdom on the Continent of Synes increased greatly.
However, the huge empire that completely offended the Candela Empire, one of the two empires on the continent, still brought great disasters to the Rursun Kingdom.
Although the Kandera Empire did not dare to invade the Ruhrson Kingdom easily again due to two consecutive setbacks, the national strength of the two countries was very different. After the war, the Kandera Empire immediately imposed a complete blockade on the Ruhrson Kingdom, which easily caused the Ruhrson Kingdom to almost completely cut off contact with the outside world.
Originally, the Rulson Kingdom had a relatively abundant product. It had been living a good life by relying on exporting a large number of goods to other countries. However, due to the blockade of the Candela Empire, the Rulson Kingdom not only could not export many commodities from the new magic machinery industry, but also suffered a great blow to the export of traditional wood, minerals and unique handicrafts.
If the New Air Chamber of Commerce had not extended a helping hand at a critical moment and repelled the Candela Empire's navy, ensuring that the Rulson Kingdom could still have an external export such as the Southern Seaport, and helping the Rulson Kingdom transport most of its domestic products to further afield for trade and sale, the Rulson Kingdom now had already become chaotic due to the blockade.
However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could only help the Rulson Kingdom retain a maritime channel, but could not break through the blockade of the Kander Empire on land, so the development path of the Rulson Kingdom was greatly limited.
Although the current domestic situation in the Ruhrson Kingdom is still stable, and even most people live better than before because of the stability of the magic machinery industry, it is difficult to go further and achieve greater development.
How could King Truc, who had always been ambitious, endure this situation?
It is absolutely impossible to break through the blockade of the powerful Kander Empire on land with the current national strength of the Rulson Kingdom. Therefore, the Rulson Kingdom decided to form a navy on its own, completely break through the blockade of the Kander Empire on its own, and operate this maritime trade channel on its own.
To do this, of course, it is inseparable from the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
If you have not bought enough frigates and corresponding military magic machinery from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, breaking through the blockade of the Candela Empire Navy is simply a dream.
However, whether it is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce or Xu Yi, the attitude towards the request made by the Rulson Kingdom has always been ambiguous. He did not explicitly refuse, but he refused to be compatible.
Xu Yi has always said that as long as the Ruhrson Kingdom comes out with money, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will sell them the magic warships they want and the supporting military magic machinery.
But the Ruhrson Kingdom just has no money...
A frigate and the accompanying military magic machinery cost a total of 1.4 million gold coins!
The total fiscal revenue of the Rulson Kingdom last year was only 9.3 million gold coins, and only seven were bought after all. How could it be possible to form a complete frigate?
But the Ruhrson Kingdom is still very clear that the price given by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is indeed very fair.
You know, the price they sold to the Kandra Empire Navy was 1.5 million gold coins, and there were many supporting settings.
So in fact, the bidding from the New Air Chamber of Commerce to the Kingdom of Rulson is now a very conscientious price and there is no way to blame it.
However, the problem is that the Kingdom of Rulson cannot even get the money...
When General Monroe's face became even stronger after hearing what Xu Yi said, "Think about other ways."
Of course he understood what Xu Yi meant.
The New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce has always been very interested in the rich mineral resources in the Rulson Kingdom. It has always hoped that the Rulson Kingdom could fully open mineral resources to the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce, but King Trucs never agreed to this request.
Even though the Ruhrson Kingdom was invaded by the Candela Empire before, the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce supported the Ruhrson Kingdom with the greatest support and the relationship between the two was the closest, King Trutz gave the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce many convenient conditions in other aspects, but still did not give in to opening up mineral resources.
What Xu Yi said now is undoubtedly referring to this point.
If the Ruhrson Kingdom agrees to the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce to open up mineral resources, and even sells a few more minerals to the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce, then General Monroe can be sure that the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce will sell them enough frigates very readily, and even the more advanced military magic machinery they had always hoped to get.
But General Monroe also knew very well that the reason why His Majesty King Trutz had refused to agree to the request of the New Air Chamber of Commerce was also for the long-term development of the Ruhrson Kingdom.
Now the several countries in the southwest corner of the Synes continent have long been very clear that the magic industrial industry brought by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce not only brings some novel gadgets and powerful military magic machinery, but is simply an extremely important industry that can change the overall appearance of a country.
Since this is the case, every country has become very focused on developing its own magic industry.
Although the Kingdom of Rulson cannot have the unique conditions that the New Air Chamber of Commerce strongly supports in this regard, under the attention of King Truc, the magic industry has always developed very well.
However, the core of the magic industry is the material, in addition to technology.
In most cases, the so-called materials correspond to various mineral resources.
The reason why the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is so eager for various mineral resources is to meet the needs of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to produce various magical machinery.
After all, the Principality of Stantin is a pitiful little priest. Even if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce controls the entire Principality of Stantin, there are only a few mineral resources that can be held in its hands.
Therefore, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will continue to ask for various mineral resources from other countries. It is normal for it to make this request to the Rursson Kingdom.
In fact, both the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Rulson Kingdom are well aware of this situation. So this contradiction is actually in the clear place.
The difference is that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot meet the needs in the Rulson Kingdom, and can also find cooperation between other countries on the mainland, and there are many options.
Chapter completed!