Russell walked out of the Navy Staff Headquarters with a calm face.

Looking up at the sky overhead, which was somewhat gloomy because of the thick clouds, Russell sighed deeply and shook his head, his eyes full of helplessness.

No matter how impassioned and solemn he was just now, Chief of Staff Isoli never showed any approval of his thoughts.

Even for his final proposal, Chief of Staff Isoli unceremoniously dismissed it as ridiculous!

"Ridiculous, maybe......" Russell smiled wryly, thinking that Chief of Staff Isoly's reaction was not strange.

It would be ridiculous for anyone to hear that Russell actually built the Imperial Navy, canceled all the existing fleet establishments, and replaced them with new frigates.

Although the Imperial Naval Fleet of Candela has always been less valued than the Imperial Army, it has been more than 600 years since its establishment, and now it has four complete fleets under its name, with nearly 2,000 ships of all sizes, and more than 100,000 subordinate personnel.

It would be completely impossible to cut such a huge establishment directly at once.

Of course, Russell also knew very well that this idea was completely impossible to realize, so what he really built was to hope that the Imperial Navy could cut off part of the establishment, and then use this part of the saved budget to buy new flying chamber of commerce frigates and form a new ship formation.

However, this idea still did not gain the support of Chief of Staff Isoly.

"Chop off a part, okay, which part to chop off?"

Chief of Staff Isoly's rhetorical question left Russell speechless.

As deputy chief of staff of the Naval Staff, Russell certainly knew more about the Imperial Navy than most people.

He knows it well. The Imperial Navy had only four fleets in name. But there are many factions within these four fleets. All forces in the empire are mixed in, and trying to shake the position of any one of these factions and forces is tantamount to directly declaring war on them.

yes, which part to cut off?

It's easy to say, but it's too hard to do.

Don't say that Russell is only the deputy chief of staff of the Imperial Navy, even if he is the Governor of the Imperial Navy, or even the chief of the military department, there is no possibility that he will make this decision lightly.

The only thing that makes it possible to do this. Probably only the emperor who is high up in the sky.

However, for His Majesty, the only threat in his mind came from the Maro Empire, and the Imperial Navy had never been taken seriously by him.

If you really want to put forward this proposal to him, maybe the first thought of the emperor is to simply cut down the entire imperial navy.

In the final analysis, since its establishment, the Imperial Navy has not brought much tangible benefits to the Empire, which is the most important reason why most people in the Imperial Navy do not attach importance to the Imperial Navy.

The situation did not improve in the more than six hundred years since the establishment of the Imperial Navy, and it did not improve in the more than two decades since Russell entered the Imperial Naval Staff.

In the foreseeable future, I am afraid that there will still be no improvement.

Russell was powerless about the situation, so he couldn't think of a reason to convince Chief of Staff Isolory. I can only leave gloomily.

"The only thing worth thanking about is probably that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is only a small chamber of commerce in the Principality of Stantin, after all. It can't be a real threat to our Imperial Navy......"

Russell comforted himself in his heart, but he still felt a little uneasy.

When he visited the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Duchy of Stantin before, although he only stayed for a few days before leaving, he saw countless magical places there.

In the depths of Russell's heart, there was always an idea that was ridiculous to say.

This new flying chamber of commerce is like coming from another world.

The mess of magical machinery it created seemed like items that weren't supposed to belong to this continent.

At that time, when he saw those ordinary magic machines in the Duchy of Stantin, he was not so deeply touched, but after seeing the huge magic ship of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce with his own eyes, and seeing the incomparably powerful combat power of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet, this feeling became deeper and deeper, and it also made him feel more and more uneasy.

He always felt that if this new flying chamber of commerce was allowed to continue to develop like this, it would not be good...... It would be a threat to the entire Candela Empire.

The thought crossed Russell's mind again, and he couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.

The Candela Empire is one of the two great empires on this continent, and it is an irresistible behemoth for the entire continent.

Don't say that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is just an inconspicuous small chamber of commerce in the Duchy of Stantine, even if it is the entire Duchy of Stantine, it will not be taken into account by the Candela Empire at all.

The uneasiness in his heart because of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was not so much the uneasiness caused by his ignorance of these strange magical machines produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Thinking of this, Russell beckoned to his personal coachman who was waiting quietly on the side: "Martin, do you know where in the city to sell the magic machinery of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? Take me to see it." ”

Martin was stunned.

Lord Russell finally came back from the Imperial Naval Base on the coast to Wimbledon, and he came to the Navy Staff to report first, why did he think about going to see the magic machinery of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce next?

"This ...... My lord, what type of magical machine would you like to see?" Martin asked, after a moment's thought.

"Hmm, what type, are there many kinds?" Russell reacted the moment he asked the question.

When he visited the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he had seen countless kinds of novel magic machines, so since the magic machinery of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce entered Wimbledon, of course, there were many types.

"Well, there are not only magic lamps for lighting, but also magic stoves for living, magic rice cookers for steaming rice, and magic water heaters for boiling hot water......"

Martin began to fold his fingers and introduce Russell one by one.

The reason why he knows so much about these magical machines is also because he actually wants to buy some for his home recently.

I heard from people I know that these magic machines of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are very convenient and easy to use, and they can bring a lot of convenience to life.

Although he is only a coachman, Lord Russell has always been kind to him, and there are many people who want to get through his relationship with Lord Russell, so he has a small amount of savings, and he does not have to worry about the cost of these magic machines.

"Alright, just take me to see it. Russell interrupted Martin's narration with a wave of his hand.

"Well, sir, please. ”

When Martin stretched out his hand to help Russell into the carriage, he suddenly hesitated and said with some hesitation: "Your Excellency...... Actually, I have a building yì ......"

"What is the building?" Russell looked at him a little strangely.

"I think...... Why don't you buy a magic car too?" Martin said expectantly, looking at Russell.

"Magic car?" Russell was stunned, quickly remembering the strange magic car that Ambassador Hakanin invited him to ride in when he went to inspect the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before.

"Yes, the Magic Sedan is much more comfortable to sit in than a horse-drawn carriage, and the key is that it is very fast and very safe. Two days ago, Baron Sotu's magic car and Count Hussein's carriage collided in the city, and guess what? Count Hussein's carriage was completely knocked apart, but Baron Sotu's magic car was only hit in front of it, and the people inside didn't have anything to do. The day after the crash, Count Hussein's family went to buy three magic cars, and then said that they would never go out in a carriage again. And ......"

Listening to Martin babbling about what he had seen and heard in Wimbledon in the past few days, and praising the convenience and benefits of the magic rubber car, Russell's mind drifted back to when he and Ambassador Hakanin visited the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Although he was amazed by all the strangeness he saw at that time, what really shocked him was the magic airship he was riding on before he saw Xu Yi.

The magic car is certainly amazing, but compared to the magic airship, it is undoubtedly far worse.

If he could, he would have liked to own a magic airship directly.

But unfortunately, even the New Flying Chamber of Commerce itself did not put the magic airship into mass production, and his expectation could not be realized.

"Okay, then go buy one. Russell nodded suddenly, interrupting Martin's words.

“...... It was so fast that I couldn't even see it...... Huh, sir, have you decided you want to buy it?"

"Well, since you find it convenient, then buy one. But when did the magic cars of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce have to be sold in Wimbledon? weren't there only some household magic machines that were being sold before?" Russell asked rhetorically.

"Your Excellency, you haven't been back in months, so I don't know. More than three months ago, a shop opened in Wimbledon to sell the magic cars of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. You see, you've seen magic cars everywhere in Wimbledon now, and they all bought from that store. Speaking of this, Martin looked left and right, approached Russell, and whispered with a mysterious face: "I heard that the owner of this shop is from the Lampari Kingdom, and he seems to have some relationship with His Royal Highness Prince Frank......

"Oh?" Russell's eyebrows raised slightly, thinking to himself that Prince Frank seemed to have had private contact with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before, could it be that this store represented the establishment of a cooperative relationship between Prince Frank and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?

He didn't know that the cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Prince Frank had already come to an end.

The owner behind this shop is Baron Billier, who was able to open this shop because of his kinship with Prince Frank.

But on the surface, this shop has nothing to do with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce except for the magic car of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Russell thought for a moment and nodded to Martin.

"Okay, let's go to this shop first. ”

Seeing Russell's agreement, Martin was immediately overjoyed, whipped his whip on the buttocks of the two horses pulling the cart, and drove the carriage to the Imperial Navy Staff. (To be continued......)