Xu Yi's support for the Ruerson Kingdom cannot be just lip service.

A week after meeting with Duke Boris, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Ruerson Kingdom issued a joint statement that the Ruerson Kingdom had officially sold two iron mines and four magic crystal mines in the northeast of the kingdom to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

This statement does not seem to be anything special at first glance, because with the financial resources of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it is not a problem at all to buy a few mines.

Moreover, in recent years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been frantically collecting mineral resources everywhere on the Sainz Continent, according to incomplete statistics, the current Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has even more than 300 iron mines under its control, and it can even be regarded as the chamber of commerce with the most iron ore and other mineral resources on the Sainz Continent.

But then the statement issued by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce revealed the real mystery in this statement.

In this statement, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce said that in order to ensure that these mines can be better developed, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will send a Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort detachment to a total of six mines to cooperate with the local security forces and the army of the Ruerson Kingdom to ensure the safety of these mines.

In order to provide security for this escort detachment, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will also establish a base in the center of these six mines.

Just looking at this news, it may not be anything special.

However, if you take the map and look closely, you will find that the base that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce is about to build is located less than fifty kilometers away from the former border between the Ruerson Kingdom and the Duchy of Norton.

And because the Duchy of Norton has now been incorporated into the Candela Empire, it is actually now the base of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce once it is built. It is less than fifty kilometers from the border with the Candela Empire.

Anyone who has a little understanding of the situation on the mainland can easily see that once the base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is completed, it is equivalent to driving a nail in front of the eyes of the Candela Empire.

The current border between the Candela Empire and the Kingdom of Ruersun is not very short. But the only thing that can easily enter the Kingdom of Ruersun from the Candela Empire is the border line here in the east and north of the Kingdom of Ruersun.

Now the New Flying Chamber of Commerce has set up a base on the border to the north, and stationed a New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team, and at the same time, it has also announced that it will treat anyone who enters the guard area of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce without permission to treat it as hostile, which is equivalent to setting up a forbidden area here.

If the Candela Empire tries to invade the Kingdom of Luxon through here, it will inevitably step into the alert area drawn by the escort of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

Anyone can see that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is doing this. Apparently as a warning to the Candela Empire.

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"It's just a mere chamber of commerce, how dare you be so arrogant!"

His Majesty the Emperor Candela looked at the report in his hand with a gloomy face, and an incomparably cold light shot out of his eyes. A muffled grunt of anger erupted from his mouth.

"This Xu Yi, do you really think that with your little bit of military magic machinery, you can do whatever you want?"

The Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military Department of Candela, Imperial Marshal Campbell Sudirman, sighed softly.

"It's a pity. Your Majesty. It's a fact. The power of the military magic machinery possessed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is even more powerful than that of a mage, and it is even more impossible for ordinary armies to have any resistance. Therefore, if you compare it purely from a military point of view, not only our Candela Empire, but even the entire Sainz Continent, no one can take the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort Force. ”

"But it's just a chamber of commerce after all, isn't it?" asked His Majesty Emperor Candela rhetorically. "Can't we slowly wear it away by virtue of our absolute superiority in numbers and our supply superiority far superior to that of a mere chamber of commerce?"

"It's impossible. Marshal Sudirman shook his head. "Your Majesty, the Imperial War Department has made detailed calculations about this, and finally concluded that the probability of achieving this is almost zero. ”

"Why?"

"First of all. As I mentioned earlier, in front of the incomparably powerful military magic machinery of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, which is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Ordinary armies are meaningless, and the only thing that can compete with them is military magic machines of the same level. No matter how many soldiers there are in our empire, as long as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort still has supplies, then they can only go up to die meaninglessly. ”

"Do you mean that the Imperial Army can't inflict even the slightest damage on the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort?"

Hearing this, Marshal Sudirman was silent for a long time, and then let out a long sigh, his expression extremely gloomy.

"Your Majesty, I hate to admit it, but it's true. ”

At this moment, His Majesty the Emperor Candela also fell silent.

It was a few minutes before he spoke again.

"You just said first, so is there any other reason?"

"Yes. Marshal Sudirman nodded and continued. "Your Majesty, you just said that you want to rely on our superiority in numbers and logistical supplies to grind out the living forces of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce little by little to defeat them. And what I just answered you is that the numerical advantage is meaningless......"

"So now you want to say that we don't have any advantages in logistics and supplies? How is this possible? We are such a huge empire, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is just a chamber of commerce!"

"Your Majesty, it is precisely because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is only a chamber of commerce that they are more flexible in terms of logistical replenishment, which is more advantageous than us. Of course, the most important reason is not this, but the fact that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is indeed ...... It has an incomparably huge advantage in terms of logistical supply, even more so than the gap between us and our military magic machinery. ”

"Really?" His Majesty the Emperor Candela frowned deeply, looking a little disbelieving.

"Your Majesty, what do you think the so-called logistical supply is?" asked Marshal Sudirman.

"This ......" His Majesty Emperor Candela pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I am not a soldier, so I can't describe it accurately. But the so-called logistical supply, in general. It is nothing more than preparing enough supplies and then giving them to the servicemen who need them. ”

"Your Majesty is wise, what you said. It is the essence of logistical replenishment. Marshal Sudirman nodded lightly to His Majesty Emperor Candela in approval, and then continued: "But if you think about it carefully, you will find that in these two aspects, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is actually far beyond all the countries on the current Sainz continent by more than two grades. ”

"So exaggerated?"

"That's the exaggeration. Marshal Sudirman said with a calm face: "The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has various factories under its name, and the production capacity of any material is extremely strong. Taking military rations as an example, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was able to produce enough food for five hundred soldiers for a whole week in one day just by relying on the flour processing factory they jointly established with the elves. In terms of the most critical military magic machinery, I don't know the specific production situation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. But it is conceivable that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will definitely spend the greatest energy on this to ensure it. ”

His Majesty the Emperor Candela was silent for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Then in terms of transporting supplies, the new Flyers will now have magic locomotives, magic ships, magic airships, and other magical machines. Materials can be transported by land, sea and air with ultra-fast transportation methods. Although our empire is also equipped with some large freight magic locomotives, they are far from meeting the requirements, and most of the material transportation and supplies still only rely on ancient and backward carriages. Not to mention safety and carrying capacity, the speed alone is several times worse than that of the new flying chamber. ”

His Majesty the Emperor Candela was silent for even longer this time. He looked at the heavy look on Marshal Sudirman's face. He frowned and fell into deep thought, and his expression was equally solemn.

In fact, as His Majesty the Emperor of the Candela Empire, he would certainly have some knowledge of these things that were extremely important to the Candela Empire.

However, before that, he had always felt that although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did have many advantages that other countries could not match, even the Candela Empire could not be compared, but after all, it was just a chamber of commerce, and there was nothing to worry about.

So before that. His attitude towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has always been that he can cooperate, and then obtain benefits through cooperation. It is not really treated as an equal object.

As for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, if it really dares to be an enemy of the huge Candela Empire, then even if it will lose some benefits because of this, it will also have to teach this Chamber of Commerce a good lesson.

But now that he heard Marshal Sudirman's clear and unequivocal analysis and unhesitating answer, he realized that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce really couldn't be treated as an ordinary Chamber of Commerce.

It is really unimaginable that this chamber of commerce really has an absolute advantage in military affairs.

"In other words, Sudirman, your conclusion is that we can't go to war directly with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce now?" asked His Majesty Emperor Candela after a moment's thought.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Marshal Sudirman nodded solemnly. "We should try to avoid any direct conflict with the new flying chamber of commerce. ”

"So now we can't do anything to the Kingdom of Ruersun?" asked His Majesty the Emperor Candela again.

Marshal Sudirman smiled bitterly: "The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has made a clear statement. Although it is very unwilling, from the perspective of the empire, it is better not to think about this matter again. ”

"Well, I'll ask you one last question. His Majesty Emperor Candela asked in a deep voice, "We can't go head-to-head with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce because you think that the Imperial Army cannot be the opponent of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's escort. Then I want to ask, if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce suddenly invades the empire, will our empire's army not be able to resist it?"

Marshal Sudirman immediately put away his bitter smile, looked solemn, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty! Even if it costs the lives of all our soldiers, no one else will be allowed to encroach on even an inch of the empire's land!"

"I'm not asking about your loyalty, but about you, can you resist?" asked His Majesty the Emperor Candela, raising his voice.

Marshal Sudirman was silent for a breath and nodded slowly and heavily.

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, attacking others and defending against offense are two different things. It is impossible for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to have enough strength to invade the empire, and Xu Yi will not be so stupid. ”

"Good. His Majesty the Emperor Candela nodded in satisfaction. "Since we can't directly smash the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on the battlefield, then we can think of some ways from other aspects. After all, behind us is the huge Candela Empire, and behind Xu Yi is just a chamber of commerce. (To be continued......)

PS: Just got home, and there's another chapter after that.