The Marquis of Southgate, an important guest, had not yet left, and another equally heavyweight guest had arrived in the Duchy of Statein.

This is already Russell's third visit to the Duchy of Stantin.

Unlike the previous two times, this time he did not choose to be accompanied by Ambassador Hakanin, but instead took a few of his own subordinates from the Candela Imperial Navy and drove all the way from the Candela Empire in the pure black magic locomotive he had purchased from the Bilier Magic Locomotive Dealership.

Although he had already informed Xu Yi of the contact information left for him by Guò in advance, Xu Ye was still a little surprised when he saw Russell and several of his subordinates with a stern look on their faces.

Looking at their posture, I'm afraid this time it's not just to continue the investigation.

Sure enough, after meeting Xu Yi and greeting him for a few words, Russell went straight to the topic.

"President Xu, the cooperation model proposed to you last time has been approved by the Navy Headquarters, and now as long as you can agree on behalf of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, then the first cooperation between us can officially take effect. Russell stared at Xu Yi's eyes with a stern expression.

Xu Yixiao groaned, smiled and asked, "Lord Russell, how many frigates do you plan to buy?"

A trace of embarrassment passed over Russell's face, and he hesitated for a moment before he reluctantly stretched out three fingers to Xu Yi.

"Thirty ships, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, with the current production capacity of our Chamber of Commerce, thirty frigates may take several years to build. ”

"No...... It's three ......" After saying this, Russell's old face couldn't help but flush slightly.

As the glorious Imperial Navy of the Candela Empire, it would be a shame to open up and buy warships from a chamber of commerce of another country. What's even more embarrassing is that he only buys three ships at a time!

Xu Yi was stunned. There was a hint of strangeness in his eyes. was immediately suppressed by him and replaced with a still warm smile.

"Three? That's no problem, we can finish the construction of these three frigates in three months at the earliest. But how should the cooperation you proposed be accomplished?"

"Rest assured, we're prepared. ”

Russell took out a copy of Wen Jiàn from the bag in his entourage's hand and handed it to Xu Yi.

This is a cooperation agreement, which clearly states that in compensation for the purchase of three frigates from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the Candela Imperial Navy will work with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to develop mineral resources on several small islands located in the southern waters of the Candela Empire while paying 1.5 million gold coins.

Meantime. The Imperial Candela Navy will also cooperate with the New Flyers to establish several sea bases in the waters south of Candela, which will be used for the supply and rest of the New Flyers Chamber's transport fleet when it passes by.

In addition, the Imperial Candela Navy will also open two corresponding ports to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Transport Fleet and the Escort Fleet.

The port open to the convoy was a civilian deep-water seaport in the southern part of the Candela Empire, which would allow the new convoy to transport large quantities of cargo back and forth through the guò convoy.

This is equivalent to indirectly opening up the southern part of the Candela Empire to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

If it is placed in a highly commercially developed society like the earth, this approach is obviously very hasty, and it is definitely not so easy to open up under normal circumstances.

But for the countries on the continent of Sainz, this is not a big problem.

These seaports were under the control of the Imperial Navy of Candela, and as long as the Imperial Navy agreed, there would be no problems.

However, it was somewhat problematic to open the Imperial Navy's military harbor to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce convoy. However, in the name of cooperating with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort Fleet to fight piracy, the Candela Imperial Navy gave the New Flying Chamber of Commerce Escort Fleet the status of an Imperial Navy supernumerary combat fleet. It allows free access to the Imperial Navy's military port.

"Chairman Xu, this is to take care of the views of the military department, so I just gave you an identity to cooperate with the combat fleet, please don't care. Russell explained to Xu Yi.

He knew very well in his heart that in fact, if he simply compared the combat effectiveness, the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce was actually much higher than the Imperial Navy, which had not yet assembled a large number of frigates, so nominally the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce was used as a cooperative combat fleet, but in fact, if it really encountered pirates, the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce was the main combat force.

The pirates in the southern waters of the Candela Empire have not been rampant for a day or two, and the Candela Imperial Navy has also encircled and suppressed them many times before, but because the performance of the ships of the naval fleet cannot completely suppress the pirates, it has not been able to achieve really good results.

And after the arrival of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce convoy, with the super attack power and extremely fast speed of the thin frigates, as long as they encounter pirates, then the pirates will not be able to resist at all, and they will not even be able to escape.

In just half a year's effort, most of the pirates in the southern seas of the Candela Empire disappeared, and they were no longer rampant.

"Oh, it's nothing. Xu Yi waved his hand to show that he didn't care.

He really didn't care about the nominal title, after all, the Candela Empire was one of the two major empires on this continent, and it was understandable that he wanted to occupy a little superiority in name.

In contrast, Xu also pays more attention to the practical significance of what it represents.

Opening civilian ports to transport fleets means taking the initiative to open the market to new flyers, which is actually enough.

The opening of the military port to the convoy will allow the convoy to have a more stable and sufficient supply base when cruising in the southern waters of the Candela Empire in the future, without having to go all the way back to Nissi Harbor in the Ruerson Kingdom every time to resupply.

In this way, it will greatly increase the scope of activities of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort fleet, and will help the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to carry out more in-depth exploration and development of the southern sea area and surrounding waters of the Candela Empire.

Xu Yi took a closer look at the cooperation agreement, and found that the content listed on it not only contained all the content mentioned to him last time, but also had a lot of more entries, so he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

It can be seen that the Candela Imperial Navy has really shown quite good sincerity to cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce this time.

This is a good start, and it proves that the Candela Imperial Navy has a very good idea to continue to cooperate with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the future.

After some discussions with Russell about some of the details of the agreement, the two sides quickly reached an agreement. Names are owed on the agreement.

I saw Xu Yi signing the agreement. A bright smile immediately appeared on Russell's face. Stretched out his hand to Xu Yi: "President Xu, happy cooperation." ”

"It was a pleasure to work with. Xu Yi smiled and shook Russell's hand, and then asked, "Lord Russell, I have one more question, how do you plan to use these three frigates after you buy them and go back?"

Russell glanced at Xu Yi a little strangely: "Of course, let them enter the naval fleet immediately." Only if others have seen the power of these frigates with their own eyes will they support the large-scale replacement of such frigates in the Navy. Why, President Xu, don't you want that?"

"No, no, no. I very much hope that your navy can be equipped with a large number of frigates, because only in this way can our chamber of commerce make money from it, right?" Xu Yi smiled, glanced at several of the same strange-looking entourage behind Russell, and didn't ask any more questions.

The construction of any frigate is not a matter of one or two days, so it certainly doesn't make sense for Russell to stay here.

However, he still left one of his subordinates, claiming to Xu that he was supervising the construction of the frigate and acting as an intermediary between the two sides.

Xu was not surprised by this, and did not have any objections, but gladly accepted it. And immediately instructed his subordinates to prepare a place for this so-called Candela Imperial Navy observer to settle down.

Seeing that Xu was also very cooperative, Russell was relieved. Just stayed in the Duchy of Stantin for one day.

Early the next morning, before he was about to leave, Russell decided to visit the shipyard of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to watching the construction process of the frigate, it can also be regarded as preparing the remaining observers for the first day.

Seeing that all the work in the shipyard of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was in order, and the spirit of each worker was extremely full and the movements were smooth, Russell was very satisfied, and then decided to leave.

Accompanied by Xu Yi, Russell walked to the dock of Xinfei Port, looked at the Endless Sea in the distance, and said to Xu Yi with emotion: "President Xu, I heard that you have a wish to explore the deepest part of the Endless Sea?"

Xu Yi nodded lightly: "Yes." In fact, I started developing the Magic Steamer with the hope that one day I would be able to explore all the places in this vast sea with the Guò Magic Steamer. I've always believed that there is one other continent or several different continents outside of our own continent. ”

"Is it because of the legend of the dwarfs?" Russell asked with a smile.

After coming to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a few times, he already knew that there was a legendary dwarf clan in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and when he visited the shipyard just now, Xu Yi also introduced him to him.

"It's not just because of the gnomes, but also because exploring this unknown world is the most desirable thing to do. Xu Yi replied. "Lord Russell, don't you think it's always exciting to explore a new world?"

Russell laughed: "I'm already old, and this kind of thing is still left to young people like you to do." Of course, I very much hope that when the time comes, our Imperial Navy will be able to explore the depths of the Endless Sea with your New Flying Chamber Escort Fleet. After all, in addition to a completely new world, there are also endless dangers in this vast sea, isn't it?"

Xu Yi smiled and did not respond to Russell's words.

As if he had learned something from Xu Yi's reaction, Russell's face changed slightly, and he turned his head to look at the depths of the sea, only to find several ships the size of a hill in the distance heading towards the port quickly.

"This should be your New Flying Chamber of Commerce's transport fleet, right? I've heard that they're extremely huge, and what I've seen with my own eyes today is indeed worthy of their name. Russell exclaimed.

"You'll see them a lot in the future. Xu Yi replied with a smile, but then suddenly thought of something, and his face moved slightly.

Sensing Xu Yi's strangeness, Russell asked, "What's wrong?"

"No...... Nothing ......" Xu Yi looked up at the Paladin, which was already close to the dock, and a trace of strangeness passed through his heart.

A moment later, the bridge on the Palatine was lowered, and the Marquis of Southgate, who had been on the Palatine with the Palatin yesterday to visit the port of Hemi, walked down from the ship, accompanied by the captain of the Palatin.

Seeing Xu Yi standing on the dock, Marquis Southgate walked over laughing.

"President Xu, you are so polite, you actually came to greet you in person, I ......"

Marquis Southgate suddenly paused, his eyes moved away from Xu Yi, and fixed directly on Russell beside Xu Yi, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

And the smile on Russell's face is also long gone. (To be continued......)