The year 3,800 of the continental calendar, the first year of the new century is obviously a year of unrest.

Or to be precise, the second half of the year was very uneventful.

Just as July begins, and the summer heat is about to show its irresistible power, turmoil first begins in the southeast corner of the continent.

The Commercial United Kingdom of Nozdorm, which had been dormant for several years since its last war of invasion of its northern neighbor, suddenly launched another war against its northern neighbor.

This time, the excuse given by the Nozdorm Business United Kingdom was a very inconspicuous conflict on the northern border.

However, when the war began, the posture of the Nozdorm Commercial United Kingdom was not just to settle a small conflict, but to all-out war.

With a large number of military magic machines obtained in close cooperation with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce over the years, the army of the United Kingdom of Nozdorm has a far greater combat effectiveness than the surrounding countries.

Combined with the extraordinary financial resources of the Nozdom Commercial United Kingdom, it took only one month and ten days for the Nozdorm Commercial United Kingdom to completely occupy the two small principalities in the north, and to occupy most of the other kingdom that had been swallowed up a small half of the land by them in the last war.

The two minor principalities were declared extinct, and the kingdom that had taken over most of the land by the United Kingdom of Nozdorm was also in a state of decay.

At the same time, the Principality of Wales, which is about a thousand kilometers away from the commercial United Kingdom of Nozdorm, is no less restless.

In mid-July, the Duchy of Wales suddenly invaded its eastern neighbor, the Duchy of Tormore, without declaring war.

Half a month later, the Duchy of Thomer was declared extinct and was fully incorporated into the Duchy of Wales.

At the end of July, under the pretext of a border conflict, the Maro Empire invaded the kingdom of Durein on the southwestern border.

Although the Kingdom of Durein is also a country with a third-level industrial standard as assessed by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and has a large investment in military magic machinery, it is still not comparable to the huge empire of the Maro Empire.

After a month and a half of hard resistance, the Kingdom of Durein surrendered to the Maro Empire. It also announced the cession of more than 1,300 square kilometers of land bordering the Maro Empire to the Maro Empire, and the opening of all the mineral resources in the country to the Maro Empire.

In mid-August, the Candela Empire was not far behind and made the same moves.

However, the Candela Empire's actions were not to start a war. Instead, it was announced that the Duchy of Norton was incorporated into the Candela Empire, and since then it has become part of the southwestern province of the Candela Empire.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a shock in the countries in the southwest corner of the Sainz continent.

Although the Duchy of Norton is only a small principality, it has a very special geographical location. It happened to be blocked on the main road leading to the Candela Empire in several countries in the southwestern corner of the continent.

If you want to go east or northeast of the Sainz continent from the southwest corner of the continent, you will have to pass through the Duchy of Norton, except for a thousand-kilometer detour along the part of the Endless Sea from the far south.

For this reason, the Duchy of Norton has always been regarded as the gateway to the southwest of the continent by the southwestern countries of the continent, as one of the gates to block the invasion of the southwestern corner of the continent by the Candela Empire.

The other, naturally, is the Kingdom of Ruersun.

After the Duchy of Norton was annexed to the Candela Empire, the most nervous about it was the Kingdom of Ruersun.

Because before that, the border between the Kingdom of Ruersun and the Candela Empire was only a small area to the east of the Kingdom of Ruersun and a small area to the southwest of the Candela Empire.

When the Candela Empire invaded the Ruerson Kingdom twice, although the main reason why the Ruerson Kingdom was able to successfully resist the invasion twice was because of the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. With a large number of military magic machines, it has an absolute advantage on the battlefield, but the geographical factors are also important.

And now that the Duchy of Norton has been incorporated into the Candela Empire, the border between the Duchy of Norton and the Kingdom of Ruersun has directly become the border between the Candela Empire and the Kingdom of Ruerson, which is equivalent to directly exposing the northern part of the Kingdom of Ruerson to the Candela Empire.

Even when the kingdom of Ruerson had the advantage in military magic machinery, it was extremely difficult to resist the all-out attack of the Candela Empire.

And now that the northern gateway is wide open, the Ruerson Kingdom has lost its geographical advantage, and the Candela Empire has also worked closely with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce over the years, and has made significant progress in military magic machinery, although the Ruerson Kingdom still has an advantage in this regard, it has a very small advantage.

Hence the news that the Duchy of Norton was incorporated into the Candela Empire. For the kingdom of Ruerson, there is an even more dangerous connotation.

If the Candela Empire invades on a large scale again, with the current strength of the Ruerson Kingdom, I am afraid that the fate will be worrying.

"Don't worry too much. I'm afraid the Candela Empire doesn't have any thoughts on your mind right now. Xu Yi looked at Duke Boris, the speaker of the parliament of the Kingdom of Ruersun, who was full of anxiety and anxiety on the opposite side, and shook his head slightly.

This time, the Ruerson Kingdom actually directly sent Duke Boris, an important figure in status second only to His Majesty King Trutz, in front of Xu Yi, which is enough to prove that the Ruerson Kingdom is now extremely worried about this issue.

"Didn't move our thoughts?" Duke Boris was slightly stunned, then shook his head with a wry smile. "President Xu, our Ruerson Kingdom and the Candela Empire have always had friction, and there was a war before. The hatred runs deep. The Candela Empire would definitely not hesitate to invade if it had the chance. ”

"Lord Duke, I think you know better than I do that the essence of waging war is for profit. If the Candela Empire's invasion of the Ruerson Kingdom was just to defend the honor of the Empire, I don't think even you believe it, right?"

Duke Boris nodded with a calm face: "Of course." The Candela Empire is clearly coming for the territory of our Ruerson Kingdom. ”

"So you think they still have this idea, right?" Xu Yi asked again.

"Of course. Duke Boris frowned slightly and glanced at Xu Yi. "President Xu, isn't this normal for the sake of territory? Any country would have this idea, let alone a super-large empire like the Candela Empire. ”

"That was before. Not necessarily. Xu Yi shook his head, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Lord Duke, say something you don't like to hear." What do you think...... Is there any value in the territory of your Ruerson Kingdom that the Candela Empire must want?"

Duke Boris looked at Xu Yi with a puzzled expression.

"President Xu, your question is a bit ...... Odd. Isn't it a matter of course for a country to have a desire for territory?"

"But if the acquisition of this territory does not bring any benefit to oneself, but has to pay a very large price, then will anyone, or any country, be willing to do so?"

Duke Boris frowned deeply, and after thinking for a long time, his face was still puzzled.

"President Xu, you mean that our Ruerson Kingdom has little value to the Candela Empire right now, so they won't pay a huge price to invade us?"

"I'm not 100% sure, but I shouldn't be too far off. Xu Yi nodded. "From my point of view, your kingdom of Luerson is not rich in mineral resources, and other products are also very average, and the only real value is probably the southern outlet to the sea. And this is not lacking in the Candela Empire, so for them, your Ruerson Kingdom does not have enough value to have to pay enough for them. ”

"But...... The territory itself is extremely valuable......"

Seeing that Duke Boris still couldn't understand his thoughts, Xu Yi felt a little helpless in his heart.

This is the biggest conceptual difference between him and these natives of the Sainz continent who crossed over from the earth.

For the people of Sainz, the land is the most important thing, because the land can produce food, so naturally the more land the more food can be produced, so as to feed more people.

Therefore, almost everyone on the continent of Sainz hopes that they can control more and more land in their hands, and all countries want their territory to grow larger and larger.

This concept is inevitable in the backward period of production technology, which was the case on the earth before, and the continent of Sainz is no exception.

However, since the emergence of the new Flying Merchants, a large number of farmland magic machines have been developed, combined with the chemical fertilizers and various crop catalysts made in cooperation with the elves, so that the food production of many countries on the continent of Sainz has increased significantly.

Even this most important problem has been solved, but Duke Boris still holds such traditional and outdated concepts, and Xu can only be speechless.

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Yi gave up debating in detail with Duke Boris whether territory is important to a country, and instead changed his words: "In this case, Lord Duke, please go back and tell His Majesty the King." Our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Kingdom of Luersun are close partners, and if the Kingdom of Lusun is in trouble, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will never ignore it. ”

Hearing this, Duke Boris's eyes suddenly lit up and his expression was overjoyed.

The purpose of his coming to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce this time is to win the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

But he didn't expect that Xu Yi would agree so happily, and the most important thing is that the answer given was not vague at all, but unusually clear and unambiguous.

"His Majesty will be very pleased to receive President Koh's promise. Duke Boris grabbed Xu Yi's hand and shook it vigorously. "President Xu, the Ruersun Kingdom will always be the best partner of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce!"

Xu Yi kept smiling on the surface, but sighed softly in his heart.

If it weren't for the need to maintain a strategic buffer zone between the main base of the New Flying Chamber and the Candela Empire, how could he have given such a clear answer. (To be continued.) )