Chapter 153: Reasons for War
"What!"
Xu Yi stood up suddenly, and because he got up too quickly, his body hit the table directly, knocking the entire table up and making a loud "bang".
King Trutz turned around and waved his hand to the guards who rushed in at the sound of the voice, signaling that it was okay, and then drove them out, and then looked at Xu Yi, waiting for his follow-up reaction.
Xu Yifa was stunned for a while, the expression on his face slowly calmed down, and he sat down again.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Yi asked, "Your Majesty, can you tell me what the cause is?"
Seeing that Xu Yi had regained his composure so quickly, a look of appreciation flashed across King Trutz's face, and he replied, "What's the cause...... Ostensibly, it was caused by a smuggling case. ”
"Smuggling?" Xu Yi frowned.
Because the kingdoms of Lampari and Sark have been hostile for many years, the trade between the two countries on the border is basically done by smuggling.
But since the opening of the free trade zone between the two countries, there has been a lot less such smuggling because there is a place for free trade.
Even if there were, most of them were just petty fights to avoid tariffs, which did not affect the overall situation, and were not taken too seriously by both sides, and were unlikely to trigger a war between the two countries.
The only smuggling case that can have such a big impact can only be related to that aspect.
Sure enough, King Trutz nodded and continued, "Yes. According to the information released by the Lampari Kingdom, there are people within the Lampari Kingdom who smuggle military magic machinery to the Sark Kingdom......"
Speaking of this, King Trutz glanced at Xu Yi and found that he did not show any surprise. Only frowned slightly. I know that Xu Yiabsolutely knows these things.
"After the discovery of the Kingdom of Lampari. This smuggling case was cracked down, and the result was finally traced to the territory of the Kingdom of Sark. At first, the Lampari Kingdom only asked the Kingdom of Sark to hand over the prisoners suspected of smuggling, but the Kingdom of Sark refused. As a result, the two sides clashed, in which seven soldiers were killed on the Lampari side and dozens of border guards and several civilians were wounded on the Sark side. ”
"And then, they're going to war?" Xu Yi asked with a strange expression.
"Yes. The Lampari Kingdom soon declared that the Sark Kingdom had launched an attack on the Lampari Kingdom first, so it officially declared war on the Sark Kingdom. As for the results...... I've just said that. ”
Xu Yi's brows furrowed deeply.
King Trutz, of course, did not need to lie to him about such a thing, but no matter what he thought. I think there's something weird about it.
Even though the relationship between the kingdoms of Lampari and Sark has been hostile for hundreds of years, for the two kingdoms, a formal declaration of war is by no means such a trivial matter.
What's more, the two countries have finally formalized the free trade zone, and for the first time in hundreds of years, bilateral trade has been opened, and it is on a good momentum of normal development, and the Lampari Kingdom is able to sell all kinds of magic machinery and other kinds of magic industry products to the Kingdom of Sark through Guò and obtain a lot of benefits from the Kingdom of Sark.
Under such circumstances, how could the Lampari Kingdom suddenly and inexplicably declare war on the Kingdom of Sark, and really launched a war, and even occupied nearly one-third of the territory of the southern province of the Kingdom of Sark in one fell swoop?
Perhaps this is a very worthy thing for the people of the Lampari Kingdom, who have been suppressed by the Sark Kingdom for hundreds of years of history. But in Xu Yi's view, it is completely inexplicable.
Who decided to go to war? Was it Sevigny, as Her Majesty the Queen?
Xu Yi shook his head. denied his own speculation.
Because she knew very well that Sevigny was not the kind of brainless guy, and when she signed a contract with the Kingdom of Sark to determine the free trade zone between the two sides, it was originally determined by Xu Yi after consulting with her.
Sevini is well aware of how much the Lampari Kingdom can benefit from this free trade zone, and the actual numbers last year and this year do prove it.
Xu Yi did not believe that Sevigny did not understand the benefits that maintaining the current situation could bring to the Lampari Kingdom, so it was obviously impossible for her to start a war to destroy the current good situation herself.
But if it weren't for Sevigny, it would have been someone else in the Lampari Kingdom who made the decision.
However, if this is the case, it proves an even more terrifying possibility, which is that Sevigny is unable to truly control the kingdom of Lampari, so that she cannot even prevent such a thing as a war against the kingdom of Sark.
This may have shocked Xu even more than Sevini taking the initiative to start the war.
Although he appeared in the Lampari Kingdom when he crossed over to this world, he has been living in the Lampari Kingdom for several years, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was founded and grew up in the Lampari Kingdom, so he always has a special affection for the Lampari Kingdom.
But much of his support for the Lampari kingdom was based on the good relationship between him and Sevigny.
He believed that Sevigny was a suitable leader of the Lampari kingdom and supported her ideal of helping him change people's lives through magical machines.
But if the Lampari Kingdom is not under the control of Sevigny, it means that Xu Yi's previous support and investment in the Lampari Kingdom have lost their roots and become out of his control.
In Xu Yi's mind, Sevini is completely integrated with the Lampari Kingdom, if it weren't for the Lampari Kingdom under Sevigny's control, then he would not have any different eyes on the Lampari Kingdom.
Therefore, if the latter speculation is true, it will have an extremely strict impact on both Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi asked King Trutz in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, in whose name did the Lampari Kingdom declare war on the Sark Kingdom?"
King Trutz didn't seem surprised that Xu Yi asked this question, smiled lightly, and replied, "In the name of Queen Sevigny, of course." Queen Severny also published a declaration of war in the Lampari weekly newspaper before the war began. I just brought this Lampari Weekly Report, do you want to read it?"
Xu Yi was silent for a moment, nodded, and took the "Lampari Weekly" from King Trutz.
The declaration of war in Sevigny's name was prominently printed on the front page of the Lampari weekly newspaper and marked in large letters.
The entire piece of writing was sprinkled across the front page and the second page of Lampari Weekly, with some 3,000 words.
Xu Yi read this article carefully, but he did not read the content of the article carefully, but focused on the tone of the article.
If you look at the article itself, Xu Yi feels that this essay is indeed written by Sevigny, because the wording, tone, etc., are exactly the same as the Sevigny that Xu Yi is familiar with, and it looks like she wrote it herself.
However, after reading it, Xu Yi did not rush to conclusions, and after thinking for a while, he put down the newspaper and looked at King Trutz again.
Before seeing Severny with his own eyes and getting confirmation from her personally, Xu Yi would only keep his speculation in mind for the time being, and now the question before him was why King Trutz came to inform him of this news, and even expressed his anxiety.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for informing me of this matter, this will have a great impact on the future strategy of our Chamber of Commerce, and if you know it in advance, you can make preparations in advance. Xu Yi first expressed his gratitude to King Trutz, then groaned slightly, and then asked: "But Your Majesty, did you summon me on purpose just to sue me about this?"
King Trutz laughed, sat up straighter with his body originally leaning on the back of the chair, squinted his eyes and stared at Xu Yi for a while, and slowly shook his head.
"Of course not. President Xu, you don't need me to say it explicitly, you should be able to guess what I came to talk to you about, right?"
Xu Yi was silent for a moment and sighed softly: "If my guess is correct, Your Majesty should have come to me to discuss matters related to military magic machinery." Sue me about this, is it to remind me that the kingdom of Lampari is not as reliable as I thought?"
"The first half of the sentence is true, only the second half of the sentence......" King Trutz looked up to the sky and snorted, but did not make an evaluation. "Regarding the military magic machinery, I have mentioned it to you many times before, Chairman Xu, but you have always refused. I thought I could be patient, but after the Lampari Kingdom declared war on the Sark Kingdom this time, I felt that it was difficult to wait any longer. ”
"Oh?" Xu Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at King Trutz.
"You don't have to deliberately put on such a puzzled look. President Xu, I have made a big determination to come to you this time to talk to you. You see, I even left the city of Kuraka and came here to meet you in person, and I think I have shown considerable sincerity. So, President Xu, shouldn't you show some sincerity as well?"
Xu Yi was silent for a moment and nodded lightly: "Okay, Your Majesty." Let's be more straightforward, do you want to buy military magic machinery directly from our Chamber of Commerce?"
"If I said that I wanted you to transfer military magic machinery technology to our kingdom of Ruersun, would you agree?"
"No, it won't. Xu Yi shook his head without hesitation.
King Trutz sighed, shook his head, and said, "So I'm not going to make such a suggestion. All I hope for is to buy the military magic machinery I need from your Chamber of Commerce for the time being. ”
Xu Yi noticed the word "temporary" in his mouth, smiled, didn't mind, and asked, "Then how much do you plan to buy, and what kind of military magic machinery do you need?"
King Trutz narrowed his eyes: "President Xu, can I treat your question as if you have agreed?"
"I've never really turned down selling military magic machinery to the Kingdom of Ruersun. But we still need to discuss the specifics, don't we?"
"Okay, then let's start talking about it. (To be continued......)