Watching the door of the office slowly close, Xu Yi's right hand fingers resting on the table curled, and while tapping lightly on the table, he frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

He and Kennard had known each other for more than twelve years, and Kennard had worked under him for twelve years.

For the past 12 years, Kennard has been a very prominent CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, with full responsibility for the internal management of the Chamber of Commerce as well as many external affairs.

I have to say that Kennard is worthy of being the successor of the family quietly cultivated by the Emma family, with super multi-faceted qualities, which is very suitable for this management position that requires strong ability, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been well organized in the past twelve years, saving Xu Yi a lot of energy and time.

If possible, Xu Yi certainly hoped that he would continue to serve in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce until he finally grew old.

However, from Kennard's words just now, Xu Yi smelled a trace of unusual breath.

That's ambition.

Yes, ambition.

In the past 12 years that Kennard has worked for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he has basically been honestly doing his best for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in accordance with the development strategy formulated by Xu Yi, and has never exceeded the rules.

However, today's proposal this time reveals that he also has his own ambitions after all.

In other words, this can be regarded as representing the ambition of many people within the chamber of commerce.

Xu Yi has always been willing to treat and operate the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as a simple chamber of commerce, and take this as the development direction of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

But many high-level officials in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, including Kennard, probably don't think so.

In the past, when the scale of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was still small and its strength was not strong, this could not be reflected.

But after the conflict with the Magic Kingdom of Mana six years ago. As well as this year's conflict with the kingdom of the Dro. All discovered. The strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has become extremely strong unconsciously, and even the two empires have to be scrupulous about it.

This enlivened the minds of some, including Kennard.

Although Kennard's second proposal to "directly destroy the Dro Kingdom" just now was mentioned by him, Xu Yi could see that this was probably his true thoughts.

Unlike the Duchy of Stantin, if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce really sent troops to destroy the Dero Kingdom, then according to the rules of this continent, and the strength that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now embodying. Then all the countries and everyone on the continent will acquiesce to the fact that the Dro Kingdom will be included in the name of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce from now on.

Xu Yi did not doubt this, nor did he doubt that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team had the ability to do this.

But if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce really incorporated the Dero Kingdom into its name, it would not be possible to secretly control it under the guise of a parliament like the Duchy of Stantin, but it must really form a government organization belonging to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to control.

And if this is really done, the nature of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will inevitably change, from a normal Chamber of Commerce to a national organization.

This change is undoubtedly huge, but it is something that some of the senior executives of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce led by Kennard like to see.

After all, for the people on the continent of Sainz, especially the nobles who are influenced by traditional thoughts, they attach great importance to the control of the land.

In their opinion. No matter how powerful a merchant is, he can't control enough land. In fact, it is still far inferior to the nobles in terms of status.

If the New Flying Chamber of Commerce can officially control an entire Dro kingdom, it will be a great leap for Kennard.

This point, when we worked together in the previous years, Kennard had more than once implicitly revealed it to Xu Yi.

And this time's statement can be regarded as very naked for him.

In other words, this time can also be regarded as a temptation by him to test Xu Yi's attitude towards this.

If Xu Yi is willing to do this, then with the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is not difficult to achieve the destruction of the Dero Kingdom and make it completely fall under the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

And once this goal is achieved, then Xu Yi can completely imagine that in the future, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will inevitably go further and further on this road, and finally embark on the road of competing for hegemony over the entire continent.

At that time, I'm afraid that even if Xu is unwilling, he can only help himself.

"But I don't want to do it now......"

Xu Yi sighed softly.

At this time, he really wished that he was the overlord-level protagonist who was very eager to conquer the entire world after crossing into another world, but he knew very well that he was not this type, and he really had no interest.

If you do it reluctantly, you may not end up with good results.

Moreover, it is easy to build a country and compete for hegemony on the entire continent, but it is extremely difficult to do in practice.

Xu also has no interest, let alone time.

Therefore, Xu Yi can only apologize for the ambition in the hearts of Kennard and many senior executives of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

"Maybe Kennard will regret that he followed the wrong person, right?" Xu Yi smiled self-deprecatingly, then pondered for a moment before getting up and leaving the office.

After leaving the main building of the Chamber of Commerce, Xu Yi drove the magic car all the way to the beach.

It's mid-August, and it's the hottest stage.

The scorching sun was shining overhead, making it very hot inside the cabin of the magic car.

Xu Yi did not turn on the magic air conditioner in the car, but opened all the windows, increased the speed, and blew the oncoming hot air towards the beach at high speed.

It didn't take long for him to come to the bottom of a lookout set up on a cliff somewhere by the sea.

"Lord Grow, here you are again. ”

As soon as I got out of the car, a crisp shout came from overhead.

Xu Yi glanced up at the young man who was wearing the work uniform of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce who poked his head down from the lookout, smiled and raised his hand, and then the magic power in his body moved, and flew up directly.

"Bensack, how's the situation, have you noticed any movement in the past few days?" Xu Yi asked the young man as he walked towards the side of the lookout near the Endless Sea.

"There's not much movement. The young man called Bensack shook his head. "If anything's ever discovered. I will definitely let you know as soon as possible. ”

"Hmm. Xu Yi nodded. There is no committal to this answer.

Come to the edge of the lookout. Xu Yi observed the sea surface in the distance with a special telescope specially placed here, and found that at this time, because it was close to the afternoon, the bright sunlight reflected on the sea surface had brought out a trace of bright red, and it was no longer as white as at noon.

After staring at the place where the horizon and the sky meet in the distance for a long time, Xu Yi frowned slightly.

It had been nearly ten months since the Ocean Exploration Fleet sailed, and there was still no news coming back, which made him a little worried.

Although it was agreed that the expedition would be completed within a year, it would be at the speed of the Magic Steamer. Even if the planet under your feet is bigger than the Earth, ten months is enough for the ocean-going exploration fleet to travel around the world two or three times.

If you count the few things that happen along the way, those ten months are more than enough.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but glance up at the sky.

He had thought about this problem before, if he could also hang a few communication satellites on this planet, then he would not have to worry about the problem of information communication with the ocean-going exploration fleet.

However, for the current Sainz continent, this technology is still too far away, and he can only be forced to accept reality.

"Elder, have you encountered anything that bothered you?" Bensack on the side couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw Xu Yi frowning and staring at the sky.

Xu Yi tilted his head and glanced at it. Smiled and waved his hand.

He has a lot of troubles, but whether it is the differences between the senior management of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce represented by Kennard and his own ideas. Even if he couldn't communicate with the ocean exploration fleet, Bensack, the young man who was only in charge of guarding the lookout here, couldn't help him.

After glancing at the sea level in the distance again, Xu Yi patted Bensack on the shoulder, encouraged him a few words, and flew down, intending to leave.

"When will you come next, Sir?" shouted Bensack.

Xu Yi waved his hand at him: "Come back when you're in the mood, you take a good look." ”

Bensack muttered and retreated a little dejectedly.

He thought that the elder would come here every other day recently, maybe he took a fancy to him and planned to promote him in any way, but now looking at the attitude of the elder adult, it seems that he doesn't mean that at all.

"Do you have to stay in this boring place?"

Hearing the sound of the magic car starting from under the lookout, Bensack sighed and leaned over the special telescope to look at the sea level in the distance.

"What's so nice about this? The elders would care so much? Isn't it just the sea, it's not unusual at all, I ......"

Bensack's eyes widened sharply, staring at the distant sky at sea level, and then reacted quickly, rushing to the edge of the lookout as fast as he could.

"Grow up! There is a situation! There is a situation!"

At this time, Xu Yi had just started the magic car and completed the U-turn, and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard Bensack's shouting and stopped in shock.

"What's the situation?" asked Xu Yi, poking his head out of the window.

"That'...... Seaside...... There is a ...... on the other side of the sea There is ......" Bensack waved his arms, looking incoherent. "Yes...... Something is flying over!"

"Flying here?" Xu Yi was stunned.

His first reaction was to seabirds, and then it occurred to him that if it were a seabird, Bensack would never be so excited.

Immediately, he thought of another possibility.

"Could it be a magical airship sent back by the Ocean Exploration Fleet?"

Thinking of this, Xu Yi opened the car door, and the magic power was activated, and it was instantly exerted on the lookout.

"Over there, over there......" Bensack said eagerly, pointing to the sea in the distance.

Xu Yi walked quickly to the special telescope, his eyes were closed, and he looked into the distance.

After a moment, Xu Yi opened his mouth slightly and spit out a word full of amazement.

"Dragon ......" (To be continued......