Xu Yi didn't deliberately avoid him as the great magician of Ferguson thought, but there was really something.

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 attaches great importance to this overseas base, so he went there in person this time to show everyone his attention.

This first overseas base is located at the junction of the southern waters of the Duchy of Stantin and the southern waters of the Kingdom of Ruersun, more than 200 kilometers away from the nearest coast, and slightly more than 30 kilometers south from the shipping route previously planned by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

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

Any fleet and personnel of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce can come to this base to obtain adequate supplies and shelter, but this is limited to the personnel and ships belonging to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and is not open to the public.

To put it simply, this is an extension of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce on the Endless Sea, and its mission is not just a simple supply mission like the small supply bases set up by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce on several islands before, but a military base that will be stationed all year round with two New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleets and two thousand New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts.

In addition to the active military power, the base built on Julu Island, the largest island in the southern waters of the Ruerson Kingdom, will gradually add up to 150 magic cannons, 500 magic trebuchets, and the powerful firepower of the powerful military magic machinery equipped by the 2,000 New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts, as well as the strong dominance of the two convoys over the sea. It can be said that this island is impregnable.

"President Xu. It's just such a strong force here. Even if the Candela Imperial Navy is dispatched, I'm afraid it will only be helpless here. ”

Standing beside Xu Yi was General Cassadine Monroe, one of the four commanders of the military department of the Ruerson Kingdom, who was specially invited by Xu Yi today to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the overseas base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

He couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion when he saw that a monstrous magic cannon and magic trebuchet were transported down from the huge cargo magic steamer and installed at the settlement site that had been built in advance on the shore of the island.

Xu Yi glanced at him and said with a slight smile: "With the current strength of the Candela Imperial Navy, they still don't have the courage to make a move against us. However, later when the Candela Imperial Navy developed. That's not easy to say. ”

"This ......" General Monroe hesitated for a moment, and said with a reluctant smile: "President Xu, in fact, as long as your Chamber of Commerce does not continue to sell frigates to the Candela Imperial Navy...... I don't think they'll ever be able to threaten here. ”

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

General Monroe was stunned and speechless.

After being silent for a while, he sighed, shook his head slightly, pondered in his heart, and continued to ask, "So...... President Xu, the matter of selling us the frigate of the Kingdom of Luersun ......"

Xu Yi stretched out a hand to General Monroe: "I said it a long time ago." It's a simple thing, pay the money with one hand. First-hand delivery. ”

General Monroe could only smile bitterly again: "President Xu, you know that we can't come up with so much money now. ”

"Then you should think of something else. ”

Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that General Monroe was not wrong at all, the Ruerson Kingdom is indeed out of money now.

Although it repelled two invasions of the Candela Empire in succession, the prestige of the Ruerson Kingdom on the continent of Sainz has greatly increased.

However, the huge empire that completely offended the Candela Empire, one of the two major empires on the continent, still brought great disasters to the Ruerson Kingdom.

Although the Candela Empire suffered two successive defeats, and the director did not dare to invade the Ruerson Kingdom again, but after all, there was a huge disparity in national strength between the two countries, and the Candela Empire immediately implemented a complete blockade of the Ruerson Kingdom after the war, which made the Ruerson Kingdom almost completely cut off contact with the outside world.

Originally, because of its abundant products, the Ruerson Kingdom had been relying on the export of a large number of materials and commodities to other countries, and it was doing well, but because of the blockade of the Candela Empire, the Ruerson Kingdom was not only unable to export many commodities of the new magic machinery industry, but also suffered a great blow to the traditional export of various types of timber, minerals and unique handicrafts.

If it weren't for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to lend a helping hand at a critical moment, repelling the Candela Imperial Navy, ensuring that the Ruerson Kingdom could still have such an outlet as the southern seaport, and helping the Luerson Kingdom to transport most of its domestic products to farther places for trade and sales, the current Ruerson Kingdom would have already become chaotic due to the blockade.

However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could only help the Ruerson Kingdom retain a sea passage, but could not break through the blockade of the Candela Empire on land, so the development path of the Ruerson Kingdom was greatly limited.

Although the current domestic situation in the Kingdom of Ruersun is still stable, and even the vast majority of the people are living a little 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 Trutz, who had always been ambitious, endure this situation.

It is impossible to break through the blockade of the powerful Candela Empire on land, with the national strength of the current Ruhrsun Kingdom, so the Ruerson Kingdom decided to form a navy on its own, completely break through the blockade of the Candela Empire from the sea, and operate this sea trade route by itself.

If you want to do this, of course, you can't do without the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

If you don't buy a sufficient number of frigates and corresponding military magic machines from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, breaking through the blockade of the Candela Imperial Navy is a fool's dream.

However, whether it is the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce or Xu Yi, the attitude towards this request put forward by the Ruerson Kingdom has always been ambiguous, and he has not explicitly refused, but he has not refused to be accommodating.

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

But the kingdom of Ruersun just has no money......

A frigate and the supporting military magic machinery add up to 1.4 million gold coins!

However, the total financial revenue of the Ruerson Kingdom last year was only 9.3 million gold coins. If you take it all out, you can only buy seven. And how could it be possible to form a complete convoy fleet.

However, the Ruerson Kingdom is still very clear. The price given by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is indeed very fair.

You know, the price they sold to the Candela Imperial Navy for a frigate was 1.5 million gold coins, and there were a lot of supporting settings.

So in fact, the price that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is now offering to the Ruerson Kingdom is already a very conscientious price, and there is no way to blame it.

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

Hearing Xu Yi's "think of something else", the wry smile on General Monroe's face became a little 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 Ruerson Kingdom, and has always hoped that the Luerson Kingdom can fully open up the mineral resources to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but King Trutz has never agreed to this request.

Even before the kingdom of Ruersun was invaded by the Candela Empire. During the period when the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce provided the greatest support to the Kingdom of Luerson and the relationship between the two was the closest, King Trutz gave the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a lot of convenience in other aspects, but there was still no relaxation in opening up mineral resources.

What Xu Yi is talking about now by "other methods" is undoubtedly referring to this.

If the Luxon Kingdom is willing to agree to the request of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to open up its mineral resources, or even sell a few more minerals to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then General Monroe can be sure that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will be very happy to sell them enough frigates, even the higher-level military magic machinery that they have been hoping for before.

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

Now these countries in the southwestern corner of the Sainz continent are already very clear. The magic industry brought by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce is not just a collection of novel gadgets and powerful military magic machines. It is an extremely important industry that can change the entire face of a country.

That being the case, each country is already very focused on developing its own magic industry.

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

However, the core of the magic industry, in addition to technology, is the most important thing.

The so-called materials, in the vast majority of cases, correspond to various mineral resources.

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 all kinds of magic machinery.

After all, the Duchy of Stantin is a pitifully small principality, and even if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce controls the entire Duchy of Stantin, the mineral resources that can be held in their hands are only a few.

Therefore, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will continue to ask for all kinds of mineral resources from other countries, and it is normal for the Ruerson Kingdom to keep making this request.

In fact, both the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Ruerson 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 here in the Ruerson Kingdom, and it can also find other countries on the mainland to cooperate, and there are many options.

And the Ruerson Kingdom has only the only choice of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

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

"I will report your thoughts to His Majesty the King, and I hope that His Majesty will change his mind. ”

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

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