Chapter 153 The Reason for the War

"what!"

Xu Yi stood up suddenly, and because he got up too fast, he hit the table directly, raising the whole table up, and there was a loud "bang".

King Trutz turned around and waved to the guards who rushed in when they heard the sound, signaling that it was okay, then drove them out, then looked at Xu Yi, waiting for his follow-up reaction.

After Xu Yifa was stunned for a while, the expression on his face slowly returned to calm, and he sat down again.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Yi asked: "Your Majesty, can you tell me what the cause is?"

Seeing Xu Yi regain his composure so quickly, King Trutz flashed a look of admiration on his face, and replied: "The cause... On the surface, it was caused by a smuggling case."

"Smuggling case?" Xu Yi frowned.

Because the Kingdom of Lampari and the Kingdom of Sark have been hostile all year round, transactions between the borders of the two countries are basically completed by smuggling.

But since the opening of the free trade area between the two countries, because there is a place for free trade, such smuggling cases have decreased a lot.

Even if there are, most of them are just small fights to avoid tariffs, which do not affect the overall situation, and are not paid too much attention by both sides, and it is even less likely to trigger a war between the two countries.

The only smuggling case that can have such a big influence, I am afraid it can only be related to that aspect.

Sure enough, King Trutz nodded and continued: "Yes. According to the information announced by the Lampari Kingdom, someone in the Lampari Kingdom smuggled military magic machinery to the Sark Kingdom..."

Having said that, King Trutz took a look at Xu Yi and found that he did not express any surprises. He just frowned slightly. Then he knew that Xu Yi was absolutely aware of these things.

"After the Kingdom of Lampari discovered it, it launched a crackdown on the smuggling case, and finally traced it to the Kingdom of Sak. At the beginning, the Kingdom of Lampari only asked the Kingdom of Sak to hand over the criminals suspected of smuggling, but they were met with The Kingdom of Sark refused. As a result, a conflict broke out between the two sides. During the conflict, seven soldiers from the Kingdom of Lampari died, while the Kingdom of Sark lost dozens of border guards and several civilians were wounded. "

"Then what? They started fighting directly?" Xu Yi asked with a strange expression.

"Yes. The Lampari Kingdom soon announced to the outside world that the Sark Kingdom was the first to launch an attack on the Lampari King's army, so it officially declared war on the Sark Kingdom. As for the result... I have just said it."

Xu Yi frowned deeply.

King Trutz certainly didn't have to lie to him about this kind of thing, but no matter what he thought. Everyone felt that there was something weird about this matter.

Even though the kingdom of Lampari and the kingdom of Sark have been hostile for hundreds of years, it is by no means easy for the two kingdoms to formally declare war.

What's more, the two countries have finally formally confirmed the free trade area, and for the first time in hundreds of years, bilateral mutual trade has started, and it is on a good momentum of normal development. All kinds of magic machinery and other kinds of magic industrial products have gained a lot of benefits from the Kingdom of Sark.

Under such circumstances, how could the Kingdom of Lampari suddenly and inexplicably declare war on the Kingdom of Sark, and actually launched a war, and even occupied nearly one-third of the southern province of the Kingdom of Sark in one go?

Perhaps this is a very proud thing for the people of the Lampari Kingdom who have been suppressed by the Sac Kingdom for hundreds of years. But in Xu Yi's view, it was completely inexplicable.

Who decides to go to war? Is it Seweigny, Her Majesty?

Xu Yi shook his head. Denied his own speculation.

Because she knew very well that Seweini was not that kind of brainless guy, and the contract signed with the Kingdom of Sark to determine the free trade zone between the two parties was originally determined by Xu Yi after discussing with her.

Sevini is well aware of how much the Lampari Kingdom can benefit from this free trade zone, and the actual data of last year and this year have indeed proved this point.

Xu also didn't believe that Sevini didn't understand the benefits that maintaining the current situation would bring to the Kingdom of Lampari, so it was obviously impossible for her to initiate a war to destroy the current great situation by herself.

But if it wasn't for Sevini, then it should be someone else in the Kingdom of Lampari who made this decision.

However, if this is the case, it proves another even more frightening possibility, that is, Seweney cannot really control the kingdom of Lampari, so much so that she cannot even stop the war against the kingdom of Sark.

This may have shocked Xu Yi even more than Seweney's initiative to launch a war.

Although he appeared in the Kingdom of Lampari after traveling to this world, and has lived in the Kingdom of Lampari for several years, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was founded and grew up in the Kingdom of Lampari, which made him very interested in the Kingdom of Lampari. There is always a special feeling.

But the reason why he supported the Lampari Kingdom so much was mostly based on the good relationship between him and Seweney.

He believes that Seweni is a suitable leader for the kingdom of Lampari, and supports her ideals to help him change people's lives through magical machines.

However, 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 foundation and become out of his control.

In Xu Yi's mind, Seweini is completely integrated with the Lampari Kingdom. If it wasn't for the Lampari Kingdom under Seweini's control, then he would not have any different view of the Lampari Kingdom.

So if the latter speculation is true, it will have an extremely serious 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 is the Kingdom of Lampari declaring war on the Kingdom of Sark?"

King Trutz didn't seem surprised that Xu Yi asked this question, smiled lightly, and replied: "Of course it is in the name of Queen Sevigny. Queen Sevigny also published a declaration of war through the "Lampari Weekly" before the war started. Call to Arms. I just brought this Lampari Weekly, do you want to read it?"

Xu Yi was silent for a moment, nodded, and took the Lampari Weekly from King Trutz.

This declaration of war issued in the name of Sevigny was printed on the front page of the "Lampari Weekly", and it was marked in large characters, which was extremely eye-catching.

The whole piece of prose filled the front page and the second page of the "Lampari Weekly", about 3,000 words.

Xu Yi read the call to action carefully, but he did not seriously read the content of the article, but focused on the tone of the article.

If you just look at the article itself, Xu Yi feels that this essay is indeed written by Sevigny, because the wording, tone, etc. in it are exactly the same as the one Xu Yi is familiar with, and it looks like she wrote it herself. generally.

But after reading it, Xu Yi was not in a hurry to draw conclusions. After thinking for a while, he put down the newspaper and looked at King Trutz again.

Before seeing Sevini with his own eyes and getting confirmation from her, Xu Yi can only keep speculations in his heart for the time being, but the question before him now is why King Trutz specially came to inform him of this news , and even acted so impatiently.

"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. If you know it in advance, you can make preparations in advance." Xu Yi first expressed his gratitude to King Trutz, then pondered for a while, and asked again: " But Your Majesty, did you specially summon me just to tell me about this?"

King Trutz laughed, and sat up straighter, leaning on the back of the chair. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Xu Yi for a while, then shook his head slowly.

"Of course not. President Xu, you don't need me to say it, you should be able to guess what I want to talk to you about?"

Xu Yi was silent for a moment, then sighed softly: "If my guess is correct, Your Majesty, you should have come to discuss with me about military magic machinery. Tell me this to remind me of Lampa Is the Li Kingdom not as reliable as I imagined?"

"The first half of the sentence is correct, only the second half..." King Trutz looked up to the sky and laughed, but did not comment. "About the military magic machinery, I have mentioned it to you many times before, President Xu, but you have always declined. I thought I could wait patiently, but this time after the Lampari Kingdom took the initiative to declare war on the Sark Kingdom, , but I find it difficult to wait any longer.”

"Oh?" Xu Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at King Trutz.

"You don't need to put on such a puzzled look on purpose. Chairman Xu, I have made a lot of determination to come to you for a discussion this time. You see, I even left Kulaka City and came here to meet you in person. Meeting, I think I have already shown considerable sincerity. Then, President Xu, should you also show some sincerity?"

Xu Yi was silent for a moment, then nodded lightly: "Okay, Your Majesty. Let's discuss it frankly. Do you want to buy military magic machinery directly from our chamber of commerce?"

"If I said that I hope you will transfer the technology of military magic machinery to our Kingdom of Luerson, will you agree?"

"No." Xu Yi shook his head without hesitation.

King Trutz sighed, shook his head and said, "So I don't intend to make such a proposal. What I hope is to buy the required military magic machinery from your chamber of commerce for the time being."

Xu Yi noticed the word "temporarily" in his mouth, smiled and didn't mind, and asked again: "Then, Your Majesty, 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 take your question as if you have agreed?"

"I have never really refused to sell military magic machines to the Luerson Kingdom. But the specifics need to be discussed in detail, don't they?"

"Okay, then we will start to discuss in detail." (To be continued...)