Hearing this question, Xu Yi immediately put away his laughter, thought for a while and replied, "It's basically decided." Elder Elucia, have you chosen your manpower over there?"

"Well, I've already chosen a team of ten people, and I'll set off with you when the time comes, and I hope you can help arrange them. ”

"Well, next time you bring them over, I'll wait for them to meet Noval. Noval was the commander-in-chief of this ocean-going expedition, and he would arrange it properly. ”

"Good. Elder Elucia nodded and replied with a smile to Xu Yi, "President Xu, we of the Night Song Clan have been enjoying your help for so many years, but we can't give you much to repay, I'm really embarrassed. ”

Xu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes widened incredulously, staring at Elder Elucia from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top, carefully watching several back and forth.

Elder Elucia was so uncomfortable with him that he couldn't help but ask, "President Xu, did I say something wrong?"

"No...... That's right...... It's just ......" Xu Yi had a very strange expression on his face. "Elder Elucia, this is the standard polite word that we humans say, and I really feel how weird it is coming out of your mouth......

"Politeness?" Elder Elucia shook his head. "These are not polite words, but I feel from the heart. We elves believe in nature and balance, and it would be very embarrassing for me to be unable to repay the favor of others. ”

Xu Yi wiped his face speechlessly, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, Elder Elucia." It's better that you don't take it so seriously. I've been talking to you about this kind of thing a long time ago. That's why I chose to help you Nightsong tribes. I just hope that the elves can also be included in the magical industrial system that I ideally build. After so many years. You have developed very well and have now become an integral part of the system. For me, that's enough. As for the rest...... Do you think I'm missing something?"

Elder Elucia tilted his head slightly and thought for a while, then shook his head helplessly: "You don't lack anything we have, so this is the most important thing that can't be repaid to you." ”

"Okay, don't dwell on that. Xu Yi smiled wryly and waved his hand again, deciding to end the topic.

He was well aware of the stubbornness of the elves, and if he really continued to discuss it with Elder Elucia. Maybe she'll come up with something in the end.

"If I really want to say it, I'm actually curious about why you elven tribes must send people to participate in this ocean exploration operation this time. Xu Yi thought for a while. "This is only the first ocean exploration carried out by our chamber of commerce, and there are too many unknown dangers, and if you rush to send someone there, you will suffer unexpected losses if you don't do it well. ”

This is indeed a question that Xu Yi has been having during this time.

After knowing that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce planned to organize a fleet to go on an ocean exploration, not only did Elder Elucia express his desire to send the elves of his clan to participate in this ocean exploration, but even Elder Lisanya and Elder Wendini also said that the Moon Shadow Clan and the Azhara Clan would also send people to participate.

This made Xu Yi very strange, he couldn't understand why the three elven tribes were so enthusiastic about this ocean exploration.

If Lumi, a dwarf, knew that Xu Yi had finally decided to organize an ocean-going exploration fleet, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep for several days, after all, she had been looking forward to finding her people in another legendary continent.

However, the elves do not have a history of all such tribes moving away from the Sainz continent. What's the trouble of being so active?

"We're just trying to find out something. Elder Elucia smiled, but the answer was very vague. It is clear that he does not want to explain the problem.

Xu Yi frowned, knowing that if Elder Elucia was unwilling to say it, no matter how much he inquired, it would be useless for him to give up.

Anyway, the ocean exploration fleet has preliminarily agreed that there will be a full five large magic cargo ships and fifteen magic frigates, and it will not affect anything if there are dozens of elves to follow.

In contrast, Xu also attaches more importance to the ocean exploration itself.

Through the various legends circulating on the Sainz continent over the years, Xu Yi has basically determined that there is a very high probability that there is more than the Sainz continent on the planet under his feet, but there should be other continents.

If this continent can be explored, it means that the world that Xu Yi understands will be further expanded.

In addition to satisfying his spiritual needs, the more practical significance is to incorporate more land and corresponding resources, and most likely more people, into the magical industrial system he planned.

Creating a complete magical industry system requires not only time, but also a lot of manpower.

If more people can participate in it, it will naturally be able to develop faster.

In addition, from a very realistic point of view, the current situation on the Sainz continent is basically stable, almost all the land has been divided up by various countries, and all kinds of resources are firmly controlled by these countries.

Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce relies on its dominant position in the magic industry, it has good cooperative relations with most countries on the mainland, so that it can obtain a large number of resources to support its own development.

But if these resources are not in their own hands, they are not so reliable after all.

Although Xu Yi could have started wars to occupy more land resources for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce little by little, as Sevini proposed a few years ago, although the current strength of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could deter all countries on the continent and make them dare not invade easily, if they wanted to attack other countries, it would be extremely insufficient.

In the final analysis, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is still just a chamber of commerce, not a country.

It would not be difficult for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort to completely defeat all the regular armies of another country, but it would be almost impossible to completely occupy and rule the country.

Therefore, in such a situation, exploring more land and seeking more resources is one of the most effective options.

In fact, this idea was already in existence when Xu Yi first met Rumie and basically confirmed that there was a very high probability that there would be another continent in this world, but it was not until after several years of accumulation and preparation that it was truly determined that such a fleet could be established to officially carry out ocean exploration operations.

For this matter, not only Lumi was so excited that she couldn't help herself, but Xu was also very excited.

Because this is equivalent to opening the Age of Discovery!

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Half a month later, after half a year of preparation, the new flying chamber of commerce ocean exploration fleet finally officially went to sea.

For this event of great significance, the major newspapers on the continent of Sainz have carried a large and detailed report.

All the newspapers were strikingly unanimous in their views on the matter.

The new flying chamber of commerce's ocean-going exploration operation this time is very likely to be a major event that will change the history of the Sainz continent.

Prior to this, there were countless legends about another continent circulating on the continent of Sainz, but they were never confirmed.

If the New Flyers Ocean Exploration Fleet can truly explore another continent, it will not only confirm this legend, but also change the worldview of almost everyone on the entire Sainz continent.

Prior to this, the people on the continent of Sainz generally believed that this world was composed of this continent, plus the boundless endless sea.

Even if there are still some islands in the surrounding Endless Sea, they are not worth mentioning compared to the Sainz Continent, so the Sainz Continent is naturally the center of this world.

But if the New Flyer Chamber of Commerce confirms the existence of another continent by the ocean-going exploration fleet, then doesn't that mean that the Sainz continent is not the only continent that exists in this world, and naturally it is not the center of this world?

People are both expecting and worrying about this possibility.

Of course, I hope to be able to discover another continent, to be able to discover the legendary creatures that live on another continent, as well as the pygmy tribes who have passed through the endless sea and lived on another road, and other races that have long disappeared on the continent of Sainz.

The concern is that if the Sainz continent is not the center of this world, then where is the center?

The Ocean Exploration Fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce set off from the harbor of the main base of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce with the attention of countless people, and headed for the west of the boundless sea.

According to Xu Yi's rough calculation after observing various details over the years, it can be judged that the autobiography of the planet where the Sainz continent is located is almost exactly the same as that of the earth, and the radius is not too much, so it can basically be applied with the basic geographical knowledge on the earth.

Then, according to the speed of this fleet of more than 500 kilometers per day, if everything goes well, it will only take them more than three months to sail around the planet.

Of course, the first voyage could not have been so smooth, so Xu Yi gave them an estimate of a year.

This does not mean that Xu Yi does not have confidence in them, on the contrary, he is very confident in the successful completion of this ocean exploration.

After all, when Magellan first sailed around the world on Earth, he was only on a dilapidated wooden sea ship, and the conditions were far worse than that of this ocean-going exploration fleet.

Magellan was able to successfully complete his voyage, and this ocean-going exploration fleet could not be impossible.

The only thing he was worried about was if he really explored another continent, and all kinds of surprises that he might encounter on that continent.

However, these worries were already put behind by Xu Yi when he saw the fleet disappear into the distant sea level.

Now that the fleet is out to sea, he can't do anything more.

In comparison, it is more important to focus on the upcoming meeting on the industry standards for the magic industry. (To be continued......)