In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year, and all parts of the Candela Empire have begun to make various preparations for the arrival of the New Year, and Wimbledon, as the capital of the empire, is naturally no exception.

As in previous years, His Majesty the Emperor announced in advance the policies that will be implemented in the Empire next year to boost the spirits of the people of the country, and also for the upcoming New Year.

However, unlike in previous years, among the policies announced this year, in addition to the usual pardons for a small number of the most troublesome people, the announcement of which cities will lower tax rates next year, and the opening of granaries to help refugees, two policies have received special attention from many people.

The first is that the Candela Empire has reached a formal cooperation agreement with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will officially enter the Candela Empire to invest from March next year.

According to the agreement between the two parties, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will first build a Xinfei Magic Industrial Base outside Wimbledon, which will open a farmland magic machinery manufacturing factory, an engineering magic machinery manufacturing factory, a household magic machinery assembly workshop and a large steel mill.

Although before this, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had actually invested in the construction of two bases in the Candela Empire and opened many factories, but these two bases were not nominally subordinate to the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cooperated with the local Chamber of Commerce of the Candela Empire through other connections, or simply the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce borrowed the shell of a local Chamber of Commerce to create.

No matter how much the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is in charge, nominally, it can be regarded as the Chamber of Commerce of the Candela Empire.

This time, however. This newly created Xinfei Magic Industrial Base belongs to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce both nominally and internally. It is officially recognized by the Candela Empire. A magical industrial base exclusively founded by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

This alone is enough to prove that the Candela Empire has finally let go of its reserve for so many years, and no longer "awkwardly" with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but follows the trend and chooses to officially cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

As soon as this news came out, it was naturally very happy.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has undoubtedly become the most popular chamber of commerce on the Sainz continent, and the magic industry led by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is undoubtedly the most promising industry on the Sainz continent at present, and it has even been praised by countless people as a great industry that can change the course of the entire continent.

If the Candela Empire is still unwilling to put down its body and really devote itself to it, I am afraid that it will most likely be eliminated later.

Second message. It is the Candela Empire that will set up a new government agency next year, called the Candela Empire Infrastructure Promotion and Operation Committee, referred to as the Candela Infrastructure Committee.

This infrastructure committee is directly under the Candela Imperial Council, and is mainly responsible for the development of various infrastructure projects within the Candela Empire.

As for the concept of infrastructure, since the New Flying Chamber of Commerce proposed it four years ago, it has become popular throughout the Sainz continent in the past two years.

Everyone knows very well that infrastructure mainly includes transportation, energy supply, education and training, medical and health care, sports and culture, and other five categories, and last year the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce added a new category of communication networks to the mainland magic industry industry forum.

In recent years, the New Flyer Chamber of Commerce has been promoting the concept of infrastructure in various countries in the southwestern corner of the Sainz continent. And it claims that it has basically achieved the popularization and promotion of these six types of infrastructure in the Duchy of Stanting and the Kingdom of Lampari, and the effect is remarkable.

Now the Candela Empire has suddenly announced the establishment of the Candela Infrastructure Committee. And to vigorously develop all kinds of infrastructure, it is obviously also taken from the concept of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

According to the will announced by His Majesty the Emperor himself, the Candela Infrastructure Construction Committee will indeed cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to promote infrastructure construction from next year, and the initial plan will be to complete the goal of connecting all major cities in the Candela Empire by road within three years.

After the announcement of this will, those who are interested in it have roughly calculated that if the major cities mentioned in the decree announced by His Majesty the Emperor include the capital cities of each province and the larger cities in that province, then according to the current land area of the Candela Empire and the distribution of various cities, in order to achieve this goal, it is roughly necessary to build a total length of 160,000 kilometers of roads to meet the requirements.

According to the quotation of the Amrley Chamber of Commerce, which is famous for road construction projects, it costs about 3,000 gold coins to build an average of one kilometer of road.

If 760,000 kilometers are built, the total investment required is a terrifying close to 500 million gold coins!

Even for one of the two great empires on the continent like the Candela Empire, 500 million gold coins was still a staggering number.

You must know that the financial revenue of the Candela Empire last year was only less than 200 million gold coins.

The construction of the highway alone will cost nearly 500 million gold in three years, so can the imperial treasury do anything else?

What's more, the goal of infrastructure promotion mentioned in His Majesty the Emperor's decree is not only to build roads within three years, but also to establish a preliminary magic communication network in Wimbledon and all provincial capitals within five years, and to initially complete the establishment of enough magic energy distribution stations in all cities in the empire within ten years.

Besides, even if infrastructure is aside, there are many places to spend money in the empire.

As a result, everyone speculated that the Candela Empire must have made some agreements with the Amrley Chamber of Commerce and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in exchange for certain concessions.

Some people even speculate that with the status of the Candela Empire on the Sainz continent, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire would rather lose money than help the Candela Empire complete the corresponding infrastructure promotion in order to obtain this huge market.

Because only in this way can their business be further extended to the Candela Empire.

This choice is also very sensible in the long run.

"Wise fart!"

President Cruise snorted indignantly, threw aside the new Candela Weekly in his hand, and rolled his eyes at Xu Yi beside him.

"Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has a big business, and it's just a little bit of a loss, and our Amrley Chamber of Commerce doesn't have so much money to lose. That's a full 160,000 kilometers of roads, with a total investment of 500 million gold coins! If I had to finish building these roads even if I had to lose money, I am afraid that our Amrité Chamber of Commerce would have closed down before it was repaired. ”

Xu Yi suddenly laughed: "This is what the "Candela Weekly" said, what are you complaining about me." ”

"I just can't get used to seeing these Candelas always look like they're on top of the ground with their nostrils pointing up. They really think that the current Candela Empire is still the super empire that was one of the best on the continent in the past, and other countries can only look up to them. According to me, if we let the Lampari Kingdom and the Candela Empire have a good fight, they will definitely lose!"

"In one battle or ten battles, I can be sure that the Lampari Kingdom will win. But if we talk about the ultimate victory...... I'm not optimistic about the Lampari Kingdom. Xu Yi shook his head and said.

President Cruise glared at Xu Yi and wanted to retort, but then sighed dejectedly.

"Yes, in the end, our Lampari Kingdom is too small after all, and the most important thing is that the previous foundation is too thin. If the Candela Empire were desperate, even if the war was won, it would be unlikely that such a large empire would be swallowed in one gulp. However, Xu Yi, if you Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have your full support, I don't think there is any problem. ”

"Are you sent by Her Majesty?" Xu Yi glanced at him. "Let's not talk about why our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce doesn't want to make good money and fully support the Lampari Kingdom, even if it really supports it fully, do you think it can really be so easy to completely defeat the Candela Empire?"

"Why can't it be?" President Cruise straightened his neck and said quite unconvinced, "Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team is so strong in combat, there is absolutely no army on the entire continent that can resist you. With the fact that our Lampari Kingdom is now basically fully equipped with an army of magical machines, it is not necessary to completely defeat all the resistance of the Candela Empire. ”

"If you want to invade a country, the problem is never to defeat the other party's regular army, but to deal with it afterwards. Xu Yizheng said. "I have discussed this many times with Her Majesty, and even she has to admit my analysis, so you don't have to refute it. ”

President Cruise was silent for a moment, then suddenly the expression on his face became very strange, and he asked with a little hesitation, "Xu ...... Xu Yi, have you heard a rumor in the Lampari Kingdom recently?"

"Rumors?" Xu Yi frowned slightly. "I'm too busy to pay attention to the rumors. ”

After that, he glanced at President Cruise, and seeing his strange expression, he couldn't help but ask, "What rumors?"

"That's it...... Cough...... This ......" President Cruise's expression became more and more strange, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "Her Majesty only has Prince Kane as the heir now, so if nothing else, it should be Prince Kane who will inherit the throne in the future." ”

"Well, that's obviously the case. Why? Is there anyone in the Lampari Kingdom who dares to spread rumours about Prince Kane?"

"Well...... This rumor has been widely circulated in the kingdom recently, and many people believe it...... In short, it's a bit of a fierce scene. ”

"So you've been talking for a long time, what is this rumor?" Xu Yi couldn't help but ask.

President Cruise glanced at Xu Yi, coughed lightly, lowered his voice and said, "You see, Prince Kane's mother is of course Her Majesty, but Her Majesty has never been married, so everyone is curious about who Prince Kane's father is." This rumor is about Prince Kane's father......"

Xu Yi's face moved, but he still said calmly: "What do you say in the rumors?"

"Rumor has it that it ...... Prince Kane's father is ...... It's you ......" (To be continued......