Chapter 55 The Turbulent Continent

The 3800th year of the continental calendar, the first year of the new century is clearly not a peaceful year.

Or to be precise, the second half of the year was very turbulent.

Just entering July, when the summer heat was about to show its irresistible power, the turmoil first occurred in the southeastern corner of the mainland.

The Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom, which has been silent for several years since the last war against its northern neighbor, suddenly launched a war against its northern neighbor again.

This time, the excuse given by the Merchant United Kingdom of Nozdormu was a very inconspicuous conflict on the northern frontier.

However, after the war broke out, the posture of the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom was not just to resolve a small conflict, but was completely for a full-scale war.

Relying on a large number of military magical machines obtained through close cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce over the years, the army of the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom has a combat effectiveness far stronger than that of neighboring countries.

Coupled with the extraordinary financial resources of the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom, it only took one month and ten days for the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom to completely occupy the two small duchies in the north, and will fight against them in the last war. Another kingdom that had been swallowed up by them for a small half of the land once again occupied most of it.

The two small duchies declared their demise, and the kingdom that was occupied by the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom was also severely injured and devastated.

At the same time, the Principality of Wales, which is less than a thousand kilometers away in the west of the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom, is also restless.

In mid-July, the Principality of Wales suddenly invaded the Principality of Tomorr, its neighbor to the east, without declaring war.

Half a month later, the Duchy of Tomore declared its demise and was fully included under the Duchy of Wales.

At the end of July, the Maro Empire suddenly used the pretext of border conflicts to invade the Kingdom of Dulain, which borders the southwestern border.

Although the Dulaiyin Kingdom is also a country with a third-level industrial standard assessed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and has invested a lot in military magic machinery, it still cannot be compared with the huge empire of the Maro Empire.

After a month and a half of hard resistance, the Kingdom of Dulain surrendered to the Maro Empire. And announced the cession of more than 1,300 square kilometers of land bordering the Maro Empire to the Maro Empire, and the opening of all domestic mineral resources to the Maro Empire.

In mid-August, the Candela Empire was not far behind, and also made some moves.

However, the action of the Candela Empire is not to start a war. Instead, it was directly announced that the Principality of Norton was merged into the Candela Empire, and has since become a part of the southwestern province of the Candela Empire.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused shocks in various countries in the southwest corner of the Sainz continent.

Although the Principality of Norton is only a small principality, its geographical location is very special. It just happened to be blocked on the main road leading to the Candela Empire from several countries in the southwest corner of the mainland.

If you want to go east or northeast from the southwestern corner of the mainland to go deep into the Sainz continent, except for detouring thousands of kilometers from the southernmost part along the endless sea, the remaining two routes must pass through the Principality of Norton.

For this reason, the Principality of Norton has always been regarded by the southwestern countries as the gateway to the southwest of the mainland, and as one of the gates to prevent the Candela Empire from invading the countries in the southwestern corner of the mainland.

The other one, of course, is the Kingdom of Rulson.

After the Principality of Norton was merged into the Candela Empire, the Kingdom of Rulson was the most nervous about it.

Because before this, the junction between the Rulson Kingdom and the Candela Empire was only in the east of the Rulson Kingdom and a small area in the southwest of the Kandla Empire.

When the Candela Empire invaded the Rulson Kingdom twice before, although the main reason why the Rulson Kingdom was able to successfully resist the invasion twice was because of the support of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Relying on a large number of military magic machines to occupy an absolute advantage on the battlefield, but geographical factors are also very important.

Now that the Norton Principality has been merged into the Candela Empire, the border between the Norton Principality and the Luerson Kingdom has directly become the border between the Candela Empire and the Luerson Kingdom, which means that the northern part of the Luerson Kingdom is directly exposed to the Candela Empire.

Even when the Luerson Kingdom had an advantage in military magic machinery, it was extremely difficult to resist the full-scale attack of the Kendela Empire.

But now that the door to the north is wide open, the Rulson Kingdom has lost its geographical advantage. In addition, the Candela Empire has also cooperated closely with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in recent years, and has achieved significant development in military magic machinery. There is still an advantage, but the advantage is very small.

So the news that the Principality of Norton was merged into the Candela Empire. For the Rulson Kingdom, there is a more dangerous meaning hidden.

If the Candela Empire invaded on a large scale again, with the current strength of the Rulson Kingdom, the fate might be in jeopardy.

"Don't worry too much. I'm afraid the Candela Empire hasn't moved your mind now." Xu Yi looked at Duke Boris, the chairman of the Rulson Kingdom's parliament with an anxious and worried expression on his face, and shook his head slightly.

This time, the Rulson Kingdom actually sent the Duke of Boris, an important figure second only to His Majesty King Trutz, to Xu Yi, which proved that the Rulson Kingdom was extremely worried about this issue.

"Didn't move our minds?" Duke Boris was slightly taken aback, then shook his head with a wry smile. "President Xu, there has always been friction between our Luerxun Kingdom and the Candela Empire, and a war broke out before. The hatred is extremely deep. If the Candela Empire has the opportunity, it will definitely invade without hesitation."

"My lord, I think you should understand better than me that the essence of launching a war is for profit. If it is said that the Kendela Empire launched an invasion against the Rulson Kingdom just to defend the honor of the empire, I don't think even you believe it. Is it right?"

Duke Boris nodded with a sullen face: "Of course. The Candela Empire is obviously coming to the territory of our Rulson Kingdom."

"So you think they still have this idea right?" Xu Yi asked again.

"Of course." Duke Boris frowned slightly and glanced at Xu Yi. "President Xu, isn't it normal for the sake of territory? Any country will have this idea, let alone a super empire like the Candela Empire."

"That was in the past. Now they may not be." Xu Yi shook his head, pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "My lord duke, tell me something you don't like to hear. What do you think... the territory of your Rulson Kingdom has what the Candela Empire needs?" Do you want to get the value you want?"

Duke Boris looked at Xu Yi puzzled.

"President Xu, your question is a bit... strange. Isn't it natural for a country to have a desire for territory?"

"However, if acquiring this territory does not bring us any benefits, and instead requires paying a very high price, will anyone, or any country, be willing to do so?"

Duke Boris frowned deeply, and after thinking for a long time, his face was still puzzled.

"President Xu, what do you mean, our Rulson Kingdom is of little value to the Candela Empire now, so they won't pay a huge price to invade us?"

"I'm not 100% sure, but it shouldn't deviate too much." Xu Yi nodded. "From my point of view, the mineral resources in your Rulson Kingdom are not rich, and other products are also very mediocre. The only thing that is really valuable is probably the southern sea estuary. And there is no shortage of this in the Candela Empire. So for them, your Luerxun Kingdom is not worth enough, so they have to pay enough."

"But... the territory itself is extremely valuable..."

Seeing that Duke Boris still couldn't understand his thoughts, Xu Yi felt a little helpless.

This is the biggest conceptual difference between him who traveled from the earth and the natives of the Sainz continent.

For the people on Sainz continent, the land is the most important thing, because the land can produce food, so naturally the more land, the more food can be produced, so as to feed more people.

Therefore, almost everyone on Sainz Continent hopes that they can control more and more land, and all countries hope that their territory will become larger and larger.

This concept is inevitable in the period of backward production technology. It was like this before on the earth, and the Sainz continent is naturally no exception.

However, since the emergence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, a large number of farmland magic machines have been developed, combined with chemical fertilizers and various crop catalysts manufactured in cooperation with the elves, the food production of many countries on the Sainz continent has increased significantly.

Even this most important problem has been solved, but Duke Boris still holds such traditional and outdated ideas, Xu Yi can only be speechless.

After thinking for a while, Xu Yi gave up debating whether the territory is important to a country with Duke Boris in detail, but changed his words: "Well, Lord Duke, please go back and tell His Majesty the King. Our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Lu The Kingdom of Rulson is a close partner, if the Kingdom of Rulson is in trouble, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will never ignore it."

Hearing these words, Duke Boris' eyes lit up immediately, and his expression was overjoyed.

The purpose of his coming to Xinfei Chamber of Commerce this time is to win the support of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

But he didn't expect that Xu Yi would agree so happily. The most important thing is that the answer he gave was not vague at all, but extremely clear.

"His Majesty the King will be very happy to get President Xu's promise." Duke Boris grabbed Xu Yi's hand and shook it vigorously. "President Xu, the Luerxun Kingdom will always be Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's best partner!"

Xu Yi kept smiling on the surface, but sighed softly in his heart.

If it wasn't for maintaining a strategic buffer zone between the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire, how could he have given such a clear answer. (~^~)