Chapter 56 Don't Mess with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce

Of course, Xu Yi's promised support for the Luerxun Kingdom could not just be verbal.

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

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

Moreover, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been frantically collecting mineral resources everywhere in Sainz Continent these years. According to incomplete statistics, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce currently controls more than 300 iron mines, which can even be regarded as Sainz. It is a chamber of commerce with the most iron ore and other mineral resources on Sri Lanka.

However, the statement issued by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce later revealed the real mystery of this statement.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce stated in this statement that in order to ensure better development of these mines, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will send a team of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escorts to a total of six mines to cooperate with the local security in the Luerxun Kingdom. Power and the army guarantee the safety of these mines.

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

If you just look at this news, it may not be considered special.

However, if you take a closer look at the map, you will find that the base that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will build is located less than 50 kilometers away from the border between the Kingdom of Lurson and the Principality of Norton.

And because the Principality of Norton has now been incorporated into the Candela Empire, in fact, once the base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is completed, it will be less than 50 kilometers away from the border with the Candela Empire.

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

Although the current border between the Candela Empire and the Rulson Kingdom is not very short, the only ones that can easily enter the Rulson Kingdom from the Candela Empire are the borders to the east and north of the Rulson Kingdom.

Now the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has set up a base on the border here in the north, and has stationed a Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort. To be hostile is to set up a restricted area here.

If the Candela Empire tries to invade the Rulson Kingdom through here. Then it is inevitable that they will step into the alert area drawn by the escort of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Anyone can see that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did this to warn the Candela Empire.

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

His Majesty Emperor Kendela looked at the report in his hand with a gloomy face. An extremely piercing cold light shot out from both eyes, and a muffled groan full of anger spewed out from his mouth.

"This Xu Yi, does he really think that he can do whatever he wants with his little military magic machinery?"

The Supreme Commander of the Kandela Empire Army, Imperial Marshal Campbell Sudirman sighed softly.

"It's a pity. Your Majesty, this is the truth. The power of the military magic machinery owned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can't even be resisted by a magister, and it is even more impossible for an ordinary army to have any resistance. So purely from a military point of view In comparison, not only our Candela Empire, but even the entire Sains Continent, no one can do anything against the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce Guards."

"But it's just a chamber of commerce after all, isn't it?" His Majesty Emperor Candela asked back. "Can't we slowly wear it down by relying on the absolute advantage in numbers and the supply advantage that is far more than a mere chamber of commerce?"

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

"why?"

"First of all, as I mentioned just now. In the face of the extremely powerful military magic machines of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that are beyond ordinary people's imagination, ordinary troops are meaningless at all. The only thing that can compete is the military magic machines of the same level. Our empire No matter how many soldiers there are, as long as the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce still have supplies, then they can only go up there to die meaninglessly."

"Do you mean that the imperial army can't even cause a little damage to the escort of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?"

Hearing this question, Marshal Sudirman was silent for a while, and then heaved a long sigh with an extremely sad expression.

"Your Majesty, I hate to admit it, but it is the truth."

This time. His Majesty Emperor Kendela also fell silent.

After several minutes, 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 defeat Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's vitality bit by bit. But what I just answered you is that the advantage in numbers is meaningless..."

"So you want to say that we don't have any advantages in terms of logistics 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 just a chamber of commerce, so they are more flexible in logistics supply, which is more advantageous than us. Of course, the most important reason is not this. It is that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does... There is an incomparably huge advantage in this aspect, even bigger than our gap in military magic machinery."

"Really?" His Majesty Emperor Kendela frowned deeply, with a somewhat disbelieving expression.

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

"This..." His Majesty Emperor Kendela pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "I am not a soldier, so I cannot describe it clearly. But the so-called logistics supply, generally speaking, is nothing more than preparing enough supplies and then distributing them To the soldiers who need them."

"Your Majesty is wise, what you said is the essence of logistical supplies." Marshal Sudirman nodded his approval to His Majesty Kandela, and then continued: "But if you think about it carefully, you will find that in these two aspects, In fact, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has far surpassed all the countries on the continent of Sainz by more than two grades."

"So exaggerated?"

"It's such an exaggeration." Marshal Sudirman said with a serious face: "Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has various factories under its name, and the production capacity of any material is extremely strong. Just take military rations as an example. Xinfei Chamber of Commerce only relies on them and elves The flour processing factory jointly established by the family can produce enough food for 500 soldiers for a whole week in one day. As for the most critical military magic machinery, although I don't know the specific production situation of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce It is very clear, but it is conceivable that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will definitely spend the most energy on this as a guarantee."

His Majesty Emperor Kendela was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly.

"Then in terms of transporting materials. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce now has magic machines such as magic locomotives, magic ships, magic airships, etc., which can transport materials with ultra-fast transportation methods from land, sea, and air. Although our empire also has Equipped with some large-scale cargo magic locomotives, but they are far from meeting the requirements. Most of the material transportation supplies still rely on ancient and outdated horse-drawn carriages. Not to mention the safety and carrying capacity, the speed alone is worse than that of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce Several times."

His Majesty Emperor Kendela was silent for a longer time this time. He looked at the heavy expression on Marshal Sudirman's face, frowned and fell into deep thought, with the same solemn expression.

In fact, as His Majesty the Emperor of the Candela Empire, he certainly has a certain understanding of these extremely important things to the Candela Empire.

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

So before that, his attitude towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was that he could cooperate. Then it is just to gain benefits through cooperation, and it is not really treated as an equal object.

As for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, if it really dares to overestimate its capabilities and become an enemy of the huge Candela Empire, even if it loses some benefits, it still needs to teach the Chamber of Commerce a lesson.

But now, after hearing Marshal Sudirman's clear analysis and decisive answer without hesitation, he realized that Xinfei Chamber of Commerce really cannot be treated as an ordinary chamber of commerce.

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

"In other words, Sudirman, your conclusion is that we can't start a direct war with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce now?" His Majesty Emperor Candela asked after thinking about it.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Marshal Sudirman nodded solemnly. "We should try to avoid any direct conflict with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."

"So now we can't do anything to Luerxun Kingdom?" His Majesty Emperor Kendela asked again.

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

"Okay. Let me ask you one last question." His Majesty Candela asked in a deep voice: "We cannot fight the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce head-on because you think that the imperial army cannot be the opponent of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's escort team. Then I want to ask, if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce suddenly invades the empire, will the army of our empire not be able to resist it?"

Marshal Sudirman immediately put away his bitter smile, looked solemn, and said seriously: "Your Majesty! Even if we pay the lives of all our soldiers, we will never allow anyone else to occupy even an inch of the empire's land!"

"I'm not asking about your loyalty, but I'm asking you, can you resist it?" His Majesty Emperor Kendela raised his voice and asked.

Marshal Sudirman was silent for a while, then nodded slowly and heavily.

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

"Very good." His Majesty Emperor Kendela nodded in satisfaction. "Since we can't directly crush the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce on the battlefield, then we have to think of other ways. After all, behind us is the huge Candela Empire, and behind Xu Yi is just a Chamber of Commerce." (~^~ )

PS:   Just got home, there is another chapter after that.