According to the preliminary plan, the investment of the Juludao Sea Base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will exceed at least 20 million gold coins, and the construction time is expected to exceed three years at the minimum, which can be said to be the first mega project after the establishment of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

When this sea base is completely completed, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will have a stronghold in the southern waters of the Endless Sea that can be attacked, retreated, and defended.

And the location of this base is extremely clever, just choking the sea lane from the southern waters of the Endless Sea to the Duchy of Stantin.

It is impossible for any ship that wants to go to the Duchy of Statine through the Guò sea route to completely escape the control of this base, which is equivalent to erecting a gate in the southern seas, so that the new flying chamber will no longer have to worry about a sudden attack from the southern seas.

For Xu Yi, this sea base is just an attempt.

As long as he has accumulated enough experience, then when the conditions are right, he will inevitably expand this sea base all the way from the Endless Sea, and eventually spread the entire Endless Sea, forming a chain of sea bases on the Endless Sea, and with those small bases scattered on various islands, he will form the most complete control over the entire Endless Sea.

The reason why he did this was actually just a conjecture from Xu Yi.

After so many years of detailed observation on the continent of Sainz, Xu Yi was sure that this world should still be on a planet similar to Earth, not the world in the inexplicable space.

In this case, he firmly believes that this world is definitely not just the continent of Sainz.

Moreover, all the races on this continent have legends about other continents, which indirectly proves Xu Yi's conjecture.

So since this world is not just a continent, it was extremely mysterious in the eyes of many people before. It can be said that the endless sea that no one should enter. In Xu Yi's eyes, it has become a treasure trove containing countless treasures.

He firmly believes. Being able to have absolute control over the Endless Sea, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has endless possibilities, and it is no longer limited to the Sainz Continent, a land that has long been carved up by the great powers.

But the price to pay to achieve this goal is also quite staggering.

According to preliminary estimates, the construction of this Juludao sea base alone will require an investment of at least 20 million gold coins, and the annual fixed investment in the future will never be less than 3 million gold coins.

A new pilot at a sea base can easily afford it, but if it becomes ten or even dozens, it will be a huge burden.

So at the same time as the construction of this sea base. Xu is already considering the possibility of this offshore base generating profits.

But for now, he doesn't have a clue yet......

This time, Xu Yi stayed at the sea base for a full week, and after seeing the foundation of the sea base take shape, he left in a magic airship and headed for the southern military port of the Candela Empire, which was further to the northeast.

Compared to the Ruerson Kingdom's thirst for frigates, which can only stay in words, the Candela Empire is much more direct.

Although the relationship between the two sides is not very harmonious on the surface, the official Candela Empire will not contact the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in a big way, but in private, there are many people on the Candela Empire's side who are actively contacting the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and trying to seek cooperation.

One of the most active of these was the naval side of the Candela Empire.

Because after cooperating with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it chose to open three military ports. In the last six months alone, the Candela Imperial Navy has been able to generate a staggering three million gold coins in tax revenue through the incomparably prosperous sea transportation.

Plus there is a massive influx of sea freight. It brought previously unimaginable prosperity to the three cities near the military, as well as to the entire southern province of Tular, and also increased the tax revenues of these places, making it a huge profit for the Imperial Candela Navy, which actually controlled the vast area.

The first thing the Imperial Candela Navy did when it tasted the benefits was disarmament......

Don't be surprised, it's disarmament.

Everyone was taken aback when the Imperial Candela Navy announced that it would cut up to sixty percent of the Imperial Navy's service members, and at the same time cut nearly half of the Navy's warships.

The vast majority of people believe that this must be because the budget of the Candela Imperial War Department is tight every year, so in the end, in order to ensure the budget of the army, it was forced to drastically reduce the budget of the navy, and the navy greatly reduced personnel and warships.

In reality, however, these actions were proposed by the Candela Imperial Navy itself to the War Department, and were eventually approved by the War Department, the Imperial Council, and His Majesty the Emperor.

The reason for this is, of course, to reduce the current high expenditure of the Candela Imperial Navy of up to 25 million gold coins per year.

After the disarmament, the annual expenditure of the Candela Imperial Navy will directly save more than 10 million gold coins, and with the corresponding income obtained from the opening of the three military ports and the surrounding cities in Tongguò, the Candela Imperial Navy will even be able to come up with a huge amount of 18 million gold coins in a year.

And the reason why the Candela Imperial Navy went to great lengths to save such a large amount of money was, of course, to buy more magic frigates from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

This is something that the Candela Empire and the New Flying Chamber of Commerce have agreed on a long time ago, so the New Flying Chamber of Commerce took over this huge order with a total value of fifteen million gold coins in one go.

Of course, this is not enough for Xu Yi to personally visit the Candela Empire, in addition to signing a new batch of magic frigates sales agreement with the Candela Imperial Navy on behalf of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the main purpose of his visit this time is to meet with Duke Peresco, the governor of the province of Tural.

Because of the increasing prosperity of the southern shipping of the Candela Empire, the booming magical industry in several countries in the southwest corner of the Sainz continent has also been brought into the Candela Empire little by little, among which the most affected is the southernmost province of Tular.

In the current province of Tular, you can already see all kinds of magical machinery, as well as various products related to the magic industry.

There are even several magic machinery chambers other than the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that have already invested in the province of Tular and opened several magic machinery factories, turning the province into a new magical industrial base within the Candela Empire.

Compared to the magical industrial base near the capital city of Wimbledon, which was officially presided over by the Candela Empire, the magic industry in the province of Tular is a little more fragmented, but it is more dynamic and has a much better momentum.

But Duke Perezco was clearly not satisfied.

No matter how good the development of the magic industry in the province of Tular is, but without the participation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it always seems that something is missing, so he took the initiative to send an invitation to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce through the Guò Candela Imperial Navy as an intermediary, hoping that Xu Yi can come to the province of Tular for cooperation and negotiation.

This is the first time in the Candela Empire that a person of the level of a provincial governor has officially sent an invitation to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, revealing his willingness to cooperate, and Xu Yi naturally attaches great importance to it.

However, Xu Yi did not expect that at the banquet hosted by Duke Perezco, there was an extra guest who was completely unexpected to him.

"President Xu, this is the Duke of Chris Windsor, the Governor of the Southern Province of the Empire, and I think you must have heard his name. Duke Perezco smiled and introduced Xu Yi to Xu Yiwei, another guest beside him, and then stepped aside, putting on a posture of standing by and watching.

"Duke of Windsor?" Xu Yi was stunned and looked at the unexpected guest opposite, this middle-aged man who looked quite majestic and looked like a big nobleman, but he looked ordinary, was the Duke of Windsor, the governor of the southern provinces?

Within the Candela Empire, there are different attitudes towards the New Flyers, with some supporting and some opposing.

Among those who oppose the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the Duke of Windsor is definitely the most prominent and conspicuous one among them.

First, because as the governor of the southern provinces, he is equivalent to a prince in the Candela Empire, and he has a very strong voice, and any statement will have a great impact.

Second, his actions are also very amazing.

Compared to other people who oppose the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, most of them are just shouting slogans, this governor of the southern province actually directly ordered to refuse any goods related to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to enter the southern province, completely severing the connection between the southern province and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

This kind of approach is like having some deep hatred with his Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Of course, Xu Yi is still very clear that because of the matter between the Duchess of Windsor and the Earl of Dole, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has already formed a grudge with the Duke of Windsor.

Later, the Duke of Windsor actually sent a private guard to invade the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which completely violated Xu Yi's bottom line.

And that group of private guards was almost completely wiped out in the Duchy of Stanting by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which also made the Duke of Windsor and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce form a personal enmity.

Therefore, Xu Yi is not surprised that the Duke of Windsor would be so opposed to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and after the Duke of Windsor put on such a resolute posture of refusing the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to enter the Southern Province, he gave up the idea of opening the market of the Southern Province.

Anyway, the Candela Empire has dozens of provinces, and there is no shortage of southern provinces.

It is precisely because he is very clear about these problems that Xu Yi does not understand why the Duke of Windsor is here.

He didn't believe that Duke Perezco didn't know the Duke of Windsor's attitude towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and he didn't believe that Duke Windsor didn't know that the guest that Duke Perezco was entertaining today was himself.

So the reason why there is such an arrangement must be ulterior motives.

Xu Yi and the Duke of Windsor remained silent at the same time, looking at each other.

After unceremoniously staring at the Duke of Windsor for a while, Xu Yi suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, opened his mouth slightly, and looked a little surprised.

Then he reacted again, and the surprised expression on his face instantly changed to a kind smile, and he stretched out his hand to the Duke of Windsor.

"This is our first meeting, Lord Duke, and I hope it will be a good opportunity for us to have a good time working together. Are you right?"

The Duke of Windsor stared at Xu Yi for a while, stretched out his hand and gently shook it with Xu Yi, and said in a deep voice: "President Xu, I hope you will not disappoint me." (To be continued......)