Chapter 93: The situation in the Kingdom of Ruersun is bad
After lunch, a delegation from the Kingdom of Ruersun quietly arrived at the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
After the reception, the head of the delegation, the Duke of Boris, the speaker of the Kingdom Parliament of the Kingdom of Ruerson, and two deputy heads of delegation were invited to Xu Yi's private estate as guests.
"President Xu, this is my first time in the Duchy of Stantin. What I saw along the way, it was really better to be famous than to meet, far more amazing than the scene in my phenomenon. As soon as he sat down, the Duke of Boris smiled and complimented.
Xu Yi looked at Duke Boris who was smiling and extremely polite, and felt a little funny in his heart.
When he went to the Ruerson Kingdom to investigate before, he had met the Duke twice, who was a noble and respected duke in the Ruerson Kingdom, but when they met twice, the Duke of Boris did not give him a good face.
Now he not only took the initiative to lead this delegation to the Duchy of Stantin, but even showed such an almost flattering appearance to Xu Yi, which is really an obvious gap.
The reason for such a significant change is, of course, related to the purpose of his visit this time.
Although the Ruerson Kingdom has continuously repelled the invasion of the Candela Empire, and made other countries in the entire Sainz continent look up to the Ruerson Kingdom, this does not mean that the Ruerson Kingdom can defeat the Candela Empire.
Although the Candela Empire did not continue to organize the third invasion out of prudence, the Candela Empire, which attached great importance to the Ruerson Kingdom, deployed heavy troops on the border between the two countries, strictly guarded it, and completely blocked all the passages leading from the Ruerson Kingdom to the Candela Empire.
At the same time, the Candela Empire officially declared the Kingdom of Ruerson a hostile state. and called on the other countries of the mainland to impose a unanimous blockade of the Ruerson Kingdom.
Because of the threat of the Candela Empire. Except because of its proximity to the Maro Empire. In addition to the few countries that supported the Maro Empire, the other countries that were close to the Ruerson Kingdom almost all agreed.
Even the Lampari Kingdom, which had a good relationship with the Ruerson Kingdom and secretly helped the Ruerson Kingdom during the previous invasion of the Candela Empire, did not object to this.
Of course, this is mainly because the Lampari Kingdom and the Candela Empire have signed a mutual trade cooperation agreement, and the Candela Empire now lists the Lampari Kingdom as an ally, so it is naturally impossible for the Lampari Kingdom to have a close relationship with the Ruhr Kingdom.
The closest of those countries that supported the Maro Empire and opposed the Candela Empire was more than a thousand kilometers away from the Ruerson Kingdom, so the current Ruerson Kingdom can almost be said to be completely isolated.
The only exception is the Duchy of Stantin.
For the blockade proposed by the Candela Empire against the Kingdom of Luxon. The Kingdom of Stantin has not given a positive response, but has continued to trade with the Kingdom of Ruerson as before, and does not seem to have paid any attention to the warnings and threats of the Candela Empire.
Now the Kingdom of Ruersun has come to the door, of course, hoping to get some help from the Duchy of Stantin to help them deal with the blockade brought by the Candela Empire.
This is also the reason why the standard of this delegation is so high, and the head of the delegation is actually Duke Boris, the speaker of the Kingdom Assembly of the Kingdom of Luerson, and Duke Boris will be so polite when he sees Xu Yi.
"Your Excellency, Duke, you have won the prize. Xu Yi smiled. "I wonder what the scene of the Ruerson Kingdom is now?"
Hearing this rhetorical question, the faces of Duke Boris and the two deputy heads beside him instantly became extremely ugly.
Duke Boris laughed dryly, shook his head, and said, "It's not very good. President Hsu. I think you should be well aware of the current situation. Because of the blockade of the Candela Empire, the situation in the kingdom has now been affected very harshly. In recent months. The kingdom exports almost zero goods, and many merchants in the kingdom have gone bankrupt and even committed suicide. ”
"Yes......" Count Gandal, one of the deputy heads of the regiment and one of the deputy directors of the commercial administration of the Kingdom of Ruersun, sighed deeply. "Commercial taxes in the Kingdom have fallen by at least 60% in recent months. If this continues, the Kingdom's finances this year may be unimaginable. I'm afraid that the plans originally planned for next year will also be put on hold, which will be very detrimental to the entire kingdom. ”
"Not only in terms of commercial taxes, but also in terms of people's livelihood. Although with the magic machinery and fertilizer in the fields, the food production in the kingdom is guaranteed, and there is no need to worry about famine. But in addition, all the materials urgently needed in the kingdom were scarce due to the blockade. ”
The other deputy head of the delegation was the Count of Unke, the director of the People's Livelihood Administration of the Kingdom of Ruerson, and the place of concern was different from that of the director of commerce.
"At the moment, the most serious problem is medicine. In the past, most of the medicines in our Kingdom of Luerson relied on medicinal herbs imported from other countries to solve the problem, but now due to the blockade, many key medicinal herbs can no longer be purchased, and the herbs in the kingdom alone are far from enough to solve the problem. And ......"
At this, Count Anke's expression was gloomy, and there was even a trace of tears oozing from his eyes.
"Last month there was a flood in the south-east of the kingdom, which was severe and accompanied by a plague outbreak, and by the time we left the kingdom, more than two hundred people had already died from the plague. If the drug problem is not solved immediately, I am afraid that more and more people will die......"
The Duke of Boris and the Count of Gandal were equally grim-faced and melancholy, confirming what Count Unk had said.
Xu Yi was slightly stunned.
Although he knew that the Ruerson Kingdom was now greatly affected by the blockade of the Candela Empire, he did not expect that it had reached such a strict level, which really surprised him.
"President Xu......"
Duke Boris was about to speak, but Xu Yi raised his hand to interrupt him.
"I will arrange for the Chamber of Commerce transport fleet to deliver a shipload of herbs to your country, which is my aid to the people of your country who are suffering from the plague. ”
The three Duke Boris were slightly stunned, and then they were overjoyed.
Count Anke excitedly grabbed Xu Yi's hand: "Really? Great! President Xu, if you can have enough herbs, then you can save a lot of people!"
Xu Yi sighed secretly in his heart, thinking that no matter whether the three people in front of him were acting or not, it was impossible for them to lie about the disaster, because this kind of thing was not easy to conceal, as long as Xu Yi was willing to investigate, it would be very easy to know.
In the face of such a strict disaster, it is obvious that saving people is still important, and any other problems can be put aside.
In addition, what made him sigh was that although the Ruerson Kingdom was able to repel the Candela Empire on the frontal battlefield, its comprehensive national strength was too far from the Candela Empire after all, so that it was now targeted by the Candela Empire, and after a comprehensive blockade, even the basic livelihood of the country had a big problem.
"This ...... President Hui...... The kingdom is now having some financial difficulties, so the cost of this ship of herbs ...... Ahem, I'm afraid I can't pay it right away. But don't worry, use ......" Count Gandal said suddenly with some embarrassment.
Xu Yi shook his head: "As I just said, this is an aid to the people of your country, and it is free of charge, and you don't need to pay anything." In addition, I will also have people transport some daily necessities, and you can arrange for someone to collect them when the time comes. ”
The three of them glanced at each other, Duke Boris nodded, and said sincerely: "President Xu, the assistance made by your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce this time, our Ruerson Kingdom will always remember it, we ......"
Xu Yi raised his hand again and interrupted him.
"Lord Duke, both, I need to make one thing clear. This free assistance will be carried out in my personal name, and it has nothing to do with our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, I hope you understand. ”
The three of them were stunned together, and the expressions on their faces became a little ugly.
The gratuitous assistance provided in the name of Xu Yi and the gratuitous assistance in the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are too different in their meanings.
Xu Yi did not hesitate to express his assistance before, and they thought that the purpose of this trip could be easily achieved.
Now Xu Yi suddenly came up with such a sentence, but it made them immediately understand that their task was still very arduous.
Thinking of this, Duke Boris took a deep breath, his expression was calm, and after nodding to Count Gandal and Count Unke, he turned to Xu Yi and said, "President Xu, we have come all the way from the kingdom this time, and we have some very important things to discuss with your Chamber of Commerce. ”
Duke Boris deliberately accentuated the words "Your Chamber of Commerce", and the meaning was very clear.
Xu Yi smiled and nodded: "Please speak." ”
Seeing that Xu Yi showed that he could negotiate, the three Duke Boris breathed a sigh of relief.
"President Xu, first of all, on behalf of our Kingdom of Ruerson, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you for your gratuitous assistance just now. ”
"It's nothing, it's just something a normal person should do. ”
Duke Boris nodded and continued, "But, President Xu, you now have a certain understanding of the situation in the kingdom. What I want to say is that relying solely on your personal pro bono assistance can only solve the problems for a while, but it will not solve all the problems at the root. ”
"Of course. After all, my power alone is limited. ”
"But the strength of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is far greater than that of you alone. Duke Boris looked directly into Xu Yi's eyes and said in a deep voice.
"So your Ruerson Kingdom wants to get assistance from our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?" Xu Yi smiled. "Lord Duke, if I'm not afraid of your jokes, we are a chamber of commerce after all, and we need to see if we can get enough benefits to do anything. Of course, it is possible to come to the aid of your Ruerson Kingdom, but it depends on whether you can come up with enough conditions to impress us. ”
Duke Boris took a deep look at Xu Yi, took out a copy of the text from his bag, and solemnly placed it in front of Xu Yi.
"President Xu, this is an agreement signed by His Majesty the King himself, and as long as you agree, we can sign it immediately. ”
Seeing that Count Gandal and Count Onke on the side were both looking at the agreement on the table with nervous expressions, Xu Yi knew that the conditions proposed in this agreement were probably not trivial.
Of course, if you want to impress the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to aid the Ruerson Kingdom despite the threat of the Candela Empire, how can it be possible without good enough conditions. (To be continued......)