Chapter 128: Fortifications
Sevini made a special trip to the Duchy of Stanting, nominally to meet with Xu Yi to discuss the cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Lampari Kingdom, but according to her own words, she used this excuse to come out and relax for two days.
She did implement this goal, except for the matter of "renting" the Zhenxi Army to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which she personally discussed with Xu Yi, the rest of the matters related to the joint venture factory between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Lampari Kingdom were all negotiated with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce by the subordinates she brought.
Correspondingly, Xu Yi basically didn't care about these things, and he handed over the specific negotiation process to Kennard and other relevant persons in charge of the Chamber of Commerce, and he accompanied Sevigny for two days.
According to Sevigny, except for Xu Yi, there is no one else in the entire Lampari Kingdom who will be like Xu Yi, who has no scruples in front of her, and just treats her as an ordinary friend, allowing her to relax and entertain herself.
In the past two days, Xu Yi not only took Severny to the sea to swim and enjoy the sun on the beach, but also enjoyed the excitement of drag racing with Severny in the territory, and even boarded a small magic assault boat to storm the wind and waves on the sea.
On the last day, Xu Yi and Severny took a magical airship together, allowing her to experience the feeling of flying freely in the air.
After the ride, the excited Severny directly asked Xu Yi to provide her with a magic airship for her exclusive use as soon as possible, no matter what.
However, this magic airship could not be included in the financial expenditure of the Lampari Kingdom, and was entirely paid for by Sevigny's private finances.
You must know that although Sevini is the queen of the kingdom of Lampari. But private finances have been poor. Now he is willing to spend 300,000 gold coins to buy a magic airship at once. It can be seen that her love for the magic airship is deep.
Two days later, after a short trip to the Duchy of Stantin, Sevigny returned to the Kingdom of Lampari, and because of her arrival, the new flying chamber of commerce, which was on high alert, could finally breathe a sigh of relief and return to its daily life.
Entering the summer, it is the peak sales period of all kinds of household magic machinery of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
In just June, according to the final statistics, the new flying company sold a full 360,000 units of magic fans alone. More than 80,000 Magic Air Conditioners were also sold, and Magic Refrigerators were slightly less, but more than 30,000 were also sold.
Just through the three most urgently needed household magic machines in the summer, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce received a staggering 1.57 million gold coins in June alone.
In terms of the magic machine tool department, the magic locomotive of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is very popular in the kingdom of Ruersun.
First of all, more than 4,000 small and medium-sized freight magic locomotives have been sold, and more than 700 large freight magic locomotives have been sold.
The second is the magic car, because it was sought after by almost all the noble merchants of the Ruerson Kingdom, once it was introduced. The Magic Car was sold in large quantities in the Kingdom of Ruerson.
In June alone, more than 300 Magic cars were sold in the Ruerson Kingdom. It brought a profit of 50,000 gold coins to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Although this figure is much lower than the profit of other divisions, Xu also believes that the market for magic cars is very broad.
When the living conditions of the ordinary people of the Ruerson Kingdom gradually improve, the sales of magic cars will inevitably increase explosively, just like the cars on the earth.
Even in the Lampari Kingdom, there are already a few signs of this.
The cooperation project between the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and the Kingdom of Lampari does not include the magic locomotive, so if the magic car is sold in the Kingdom of Lampari, it is equivalent to imported goods and must pay a certain tariff, so the price is forced to be higher.
But even so, the Magic Sedan is still extremely popular in the kingdom of Lampari.
As the place where the magic car originated, almost every noble merchant in the Lampari kingdom had to own a magic car.
If you still ride in the carriage, it will be a shame, and you will not have the face to go out and meet people.
What really caught Xu Yi's attention was that some civilians in the Lampari Kingdom began to have a demand for magic cars.
These commoners were not aristocrats or big businessmen, but they were also extremely hungry for magic cars.
However, these civilians did not have the financial strength to spend close to thousands of gold coins to buy a magic car in one go, so Xu also began to consider implementing installment payments for the sale of magic cars like on Earth.
Although there is a certain risk in doing this on the Sainz continent, considering the market factors, Xu also feels that this approach is still worth it.
However, even if these civilians are ignored, the Magic Sedan sold more than 600 units in the Lampari Kingdom last month, bringing more than 100,000 gold coins to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
In terms of freight magic locomotives and large and medium-sized passenger magic locomotives, there has been an explosive increase in sales, and in June, these two types of magic locomotives actually sold a staggering 13,000 units in one go in the Lampari Kingdom!
With this alone, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce made a terrifying profit of close to two million gold coins!
Counting the profits from bicycles, tires, magic machine tools, etc., the total profit obtained by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in June exceeded five million gold coins!
Even if all the expenses are put aside, the net profit of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in this month is more than three million gold coins.
And this, again, without calculating the profit on the military magic machinery at all.
Of course, in fact, in terms of military magic machinery, the new flying merchants really don't actually make much money.
The armistice with Count Veron allowed Xu to gain a large amount of territory, but he also needed to supply Count Veron with the same amount of military magic machinery.
And now Xu Yi has reached an agreement with Sevigny, Xu Yi is equivalent to leasing the Zhenxi Army from Sevigny, so in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Zhenxi Army, Xu Yi naturally must also equip the Zhenxi Army with a certain amount of military magic machinery.
Although Xu Yi knew very well that it would be impossible for him to get back these military magic machines equipped for them from the Zhenxi Army in the future, which was equivalent to giving them away for nothing, but he was now in urgent need of manpower, and if he could get the support of the Zhenxi Army, many things could be solved.
And with the current financial resources of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is enough to support such consumption.
As soon as July passed, despite the hot weather, the western army of the Lampari Kingdom, which was equipped with a large number of military magic machines provided by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, still marched into the Black Rice Wasteland.
If the Zhenxi Army dared to do this before, it would inevitably cause the orc tribes in the Black Rice Wasteland to resist vigorously, thinking that this was the human kingdom's intention to invade the Black Rice Wasteland and seize the land belonging to the orc race.
But this time, the orc tribe in the Black Rice Wasteland did not react to this, and even when the Zhenxi army passed by the orc tribe, they would be warmly welcomed by the orc tribe and get a lot of supplies from it.
Obviously, this is the role that the new flying chamber will play in this.
When the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce first came to the Black Rice Wasteland to invest and build a factory, it was hostile to almost all the orcs, but after several years of development, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and several other human chambers of commerce have been fully recognized by the orcs.
The reason is simple, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and several other human chambers of commerce have brought them a better life.
After entering the Black Rice Wasteland unimpeded, the Zhenxi Army did not immediately approach the junction of the Black Rice Wasteland and the Shack Kingdom, but cooperated with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Amrli Chamber of Commerce to start building fortifications at the border.
This fortification is different from the adobe walls built on the border between the two men, but adopts the most technologically sophisticated reinforced concrete structure of the Amrli Chamber of Commerce.
When helping to build a dam on the upper reaches of the Sandy River, the Amritri Chamber of Commerce used this structure with the technical support provided by Xu Yi.
Now, after several years of practical experience, the Amritri Chamber of Commerce is extremely handy in this structure model.
Coupled with the continuous financial and resource support of the New Flyer Association, this fortification was built at an astonishing pace.
In just one month, more than 30 kilometers of fortifications were built.
From the outside, this fortification is a bit similar to the Great Wall, except that it is slightly smaller, more than five meters high and about three meters wide above.
But compared to the Great Wall, the fortification of this fortification is undoubtedly much higher.
The fortifications made of reinforced concrete structure can easily withstand the attacks of ordinary armies in this world, even if Xu Yi bombarded it for a long time with a powerful ninth-level magic, it would only smash a pit on it.
When this fortification across the northern part of the Black Rice Wasteland is cast, it can be said that it can completely block any possibility of the Sark Kingdom going south through the Black Rice Wasteland, so that the Black Rice Wasteland can develop without any harassment and peace of mind.
And for the kingdom of Lampari, this is also very advantageous.
If the Black Rice Wasteland is worry-free, the Lampari Kingdom can devote more energy to the northern part of the kingdom.
Therefore, although Sevigny's "lease" of the Zhenxi Army to Xu Yi has received a lot of criticism and opposition in the Lampari Kingdom, when Xu Yi proposed this cooperation model, it was fully approved.
Of course, in fact, Xu Yi was unwilling to do this in his heart.
In the eyes of the people of the Sainz Continent, this fortification can almost be regarded as impregnable, but in Xu Yi's opinion, the so-called fortification is of little significance, and it is difficult to resist a truly powerful attack.
In order to build this fortification, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is expected to invest up to 3 million gold coins in total.
If this money is used for other things, the return must be even greater.
However, in order to be able to gain the approval of the military of the Lampari Kingdom and to provide a stable environment for the original ZĂ o of Heimihuang, the three million gold coins had to be spent.
However, for Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the Black Rice Wasteland is only one of the places that need a stable environment, and the stability of the other place is more important.
But this place is not stable...... (To be continued......)