Chapter 75: What's the Difference Between Not Dreaming and Salted Fish
"Your Majesty the Venerable Emperor Candela, is this time a lifting stone but hitting yourself in the foot?" Xu Yi put down the newspaper in his hand and smiled at Leslie, who was sitting opposite.
Leslie put down the tea in her hand and smiled.
"This idiot single-handedly provoked the sentiment of opposition to your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Candela Empire, but he didn't expect that the nobles under his command would be even more stupid than him, and he actually misunderstood what he meant, and he was much more radical than he imagined, so he directly chose to start a war with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. ”
Speaking of this, Leslie shook his head and sighed, before continuing: "It seems that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has suppressed these countries on the Sainz continent a little too badly over the years, so that their mentality has become wrong. Otherwise, no matter how stupid they are, they won't do such a thing. ”
"No, I'm not surprised at all. Xu Yi smiled slightly. "The signs of opposition to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have emerged as early as a few years ago, and it is not surprising that it has developed to this point. And I'm sure it's only going to get more and more in the future, because no one likes to be crushed on their heads, does they?"
Leslie frowned: "Since you have expected this a long time ago, why didn't you take measures to deal with it earlier? And judging from the news I heard in the past few days since I came back, it seems that you really don't care much about the affairs of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce now, do you really plan to hand over all the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to Freya?
"Then you handed over the entire Southern Continent to David, can you rest assured?" Xu Yi asked with a smile.
Leslie laughed: "I'm old, and sooner or later I won't be able to take care of things." Let David take over my job sooner. I was able to feel a little more at ease earlier. ”
Xu Yi shrugged: "Isn't this the same thing I'm doing now?"
Davy in the mouths of the two. It was Leslie's eldest son.
Because Leslie got married even later than Xu Yi, although Leslie is a few years older than Xu Yi, David is even younger than Freya, and he is only twenty-three years old this year.
With the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Leslie has extended her influence from Paradise Island to the New World in the south more than ten years ago.
Compared to the Demon Cloud Continent, the new continent in the south, which was later renamed Levin Continent by Leslie, is nearly half smaller, and the indigenous population on it is much smaller.
With the powerful troops he formed with the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, after more than ten years. Now he has already swept through the entire Levin Continent, controlled the entire continent under his control, and has successively created a basic road transportation network and a magical communication network on the Levin Continent.
It can be said that Leslie is now the emperor of the Levin Continent at all, and in terms of the land under his name alone, it far exceeds the two empires.
And Davy can be regarded as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Levin Continent.
Therefore, every time Leslie and Xu Yi meet, they always can't help but laugh at the two empires and these countries on the Sainz continent.
Obviously, there is such a vast world outside the Sainz Continent, but if you have to nest in the Sainz Continent to intrigue and fight, it is really too shallow.
Of course. Leslie is also well aware that compared to other continents. Because the Sainz Continent has a much longer history of civilization and a much larger population, coupled with the rapid development of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce over the years, the degree of development is much higher than that of other continents.
Staying on the Sainz continent is undoubtedly more attractive to the countries of the Sainz continent.
This time, Leslie returned to Sainz Continent from the Levin Continent again after three years, just to get more support from Xu Yi, hoping to continue to improve the development of the Levin Continent.
One of the very important reasons is that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce announced last month that it has realized the ultra-long-distance magic communication between the Demon Cloud Continent and the Sainz Continent.
Leslie came this time in the hope that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could support the Levin Continent, and also establish a magical communication connecting the Levin Continent and the Sainz Continent to facilitate the contact between each other.
"In this way, I don't have to run this way in the future, just use magic communication and conversation, how convenient. Leslie said.
Xu Yi nodded: "Actually, even if you don't come to the door, I will find a way to solve this problem." This magical communication network was created in the hope that it would cover the entire planet. Since the Demon Cloud Continent has it, then of course the Levin Continent will not miss it. ”
Leslie laughed: "I knew Xu Yi you wouldn't refuse." ”
"Don't rejoice too soon. I'm not the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce right now, so even if I don't refuse, it's useless. If you can't convince Freya and the rest of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then I can't help you. ”
Leslie pouted, "Hmph, as long as you know this...... Well, the former elder agreed, and I don't believe there will be anyone in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce who won't agree. ”
"Not necessarily, Freya may have her own ideas. And now she is familiar with the work of the president, and she is at the stage where she wants to do something. If you don't give her a good reason, she might reject you. Xu Yi said with a smile.
Leslie smiled, knowing that Xu Yi was actually reminding him vaguely that even if the relationship between the two was good, when it came to such an important project, it was impossible for personal feelings to influence it.
If the Levin Continent can't bring enough benefits to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, or let the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce see enough attractive future benefits, then the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will not provide free help.
But this is also the mode of getting along that the two have long been accustomed to.
Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce gave Leslie a steady stream of support before, he was able to successfully occupy Paradise Island, so that he was able to control the entire Levin Continent later.
However, whether Leslie was on Paradise Island or on the Levin Continent, he sent a large amount of local resources to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in return.
Although these returns are far less than the investment of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, as long as the Levin Continent develops well in the future, it will still be able to achieve a balance sooner or later.
In addition to the ultra-long-range magical communication across the two continents, Leslie also hopes that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce will help build a rail network on the Levin continent.
"I'm afraid there's something wrong with this. Xu Yi frowned and shook his head. "Leslie, how many steel mills do you have now?"
Leslie snorted and said proudly: "Why do you think that our steel production is insufficient, so we can't build a railway?" Tell you, I now have seventeen steel mills under my command, and the steel output last month alone has exceeded three million tons!"
"Oh?" Xu was also a little surprised. "I remember the last time I asked you, you only had five steel mills, and the monthly output was only 800,000 tons......, right?
"The last time I saw you was three years ago, okay?" Leslie waved his hand dissatisfiedly. "It seems that you don't care about the Levin Continent at all, you don't know such important data. ”
Xu Yi suddenly smiled: "The Levin Continent is your territory, why do I care so much? Aren't you worried that I will snatch your territory?"
"Cut, if you really have the intention of grabbing territory, the Sainz Continent is already in your pocket, and you still need to rob the Levine Continent?"
"What do I regret?" Xu Yi asked in amazement.
"I regret that I didn't follow my advice and chose to conquer the entire Sainz continent by force. Leslie had a serious look on her face, and it didn't seem to be a joke. "At that time, you said that you didn't have so much time to waste on this kind of thing, but now it seems that in fact, with your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's powerful combat power far beyond other countries, no matter how slow it is, you can conquer the entire continent in more than ten years. If you can unify the entire continent, you Xinfei Chamber of Commerce won't have so much trouble now. ”
"Leslie, it looks like you haven't understood my true intentions until now. ”
"What's not to understand, don't you just want to vigorously promote the magic industry. Doesn't it feel like a hassle for you to have to deal with so many countries at the same time?"
"No, it's better now. These countries are competing with each other, which makes them all the more focused on developing the magic industry and improving the science and technology of magic. ”
"I think it's all used in the research of military magic machinery, right?" Leslie snorted. "I'm not going to hide it from you, in fact, I've put a lot of money into military magic machines, and I'm doing a good job so far. After all, I've always had you provide high-end military magic machines, which other countries don't have. Now not only me, but other countries are much smaller than before in terms of military magic machinery and your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, otherwise, the Candela Empire would not have the courage to provoke you one after another. ”
"It doesn't matter. Xu Yi smiled and shook his head. "They're willing to devote themselves to the development of military magic machines, and that's what I wanted. Since you're also developing military magic machines yourself, you should know very well. Military magic machinery is not something that exists alone, it needs a relatively complete magic industry system, and it also needs strong technical support. The process of developing military magic machinery is actually the process of vigorously developing the magic industry. ”
Leslie frowned and stared at Xu Yi for a long time, and couldn't help but shake his head.
"To be honest, Xu Yi, I've known you for so many years, but I still can't fully understand your thoughts. Let the magic industry in other countries develop, and the technology has also grown, what good is it for you Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, or for you? Is it just for your dream that came out of nowhere?"
"If people don't have dreams, what's the difference between them and salted fish?" Xu Yi smiled and spit out a famous Internet quote on the earth. "And don't you think it's a wonderful experience to be able to fly into space and travel in space?"
Leslie sighed, still unable to understand.
"Okay, space, the universe, or something, a layman like me can't understand it. But I have to warn you, don't be careful to overdo it and end up swallowing it by a guy like the Candela Empire. ”
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "What do you think...... Do I look like such a stupid person?" (To be continued.) )