Chapter 49 The Empire's Prestige Crisis

The meeting between Xu Yi and King Trutz was actually more of a symbolic meaning.

As the chairman of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Xu Yi came forward in person, representing the firm attitude of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to support the Kingdom of Luerson, so that King Trutz can rest assured that he can better concentrate on defending against the Kendela Empire's attack.

Of course, what actually worked was the continuous delivery of various materials from the Kingdom of Lampari, the Principality of Standing, and the Black Rice Wasteland.

With a powerful road traffic network and a new logistics network composed of freight locomotives, these materials can often be transported to Rulson where they are needed in just two to three days after they are produced. In the hands of the king, they have been able to maintain a super combat effectiveness.

This is the most important reason why King Luerxun can not only defeat the strong with the weak, but also win consecutive battles when facing the Candela Imperial team.

King Trutz is well aware of this, so even if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce does not mention it himself, he has already offered a series of preferential conditions to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, hoping to get enough support from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce—— The main thing is the supply of various military magic machinery.

Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did not express its attitude publicly, in fact, Xu Yi, as the chairman of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, has been expressing his support to King Trutz through private channels.

In addition to satisfying the various requirements put forward by King Trutz, Xu Yi actually offered to transfer the technology of the magic crossbow to the Kingdom of Luerson.

This is really a surprise for King Trutz.

Of course, for the Rulson Kingdom to obtain all kinds of material support. Not only King Trutz knew it well. The Candela Empire is not completely ignorant.

At first. The Candela Empire doesn't care about this, because everyone feels that with the strong strength of the Candela Empire, the Rulson Kingdom can definitely be easily defeated. Even if there are other countries and forces supporting the Rulson Kingdom, it is meaningless and cannot affect Candela at all. The footsteps of the empire.

However, when the armies of the Candela Empire and the Rulson Kingdom fought several times, and all ended in the defeat of the Candela Empire, the attitude of the Candela Empire changed immediately.

"Your Majesty. Now, on behalf of the Empire, I formally issue a solemn warning to your country. Immediately stop all material support to the Kingdom of Luerson, otherwise the Imperial Household Council will judge your country to be on the side of the Kingdom of Luerson and become an enemy of the Empire. As for You don’t need me to remind you of the consequences of becoming an enemy of the empire, do you?”

Sevini covered his mouth with his hands, yawned lightly, glanced at Klein Sweeten, the ambassador of the Candela Empire to the Kingdom of Lampari, who was standing in front of him with a serious face, showed a relaxed smile, and motioned him to sit down first. Down.

"Mr. Ambassador, the so-called all kinds of material support to the Kingdom of Luerson that you just mentioned. As far as I know, it is just some very normal non-governmental material transactions between the two countries, and it cannot be regarded as a support to the Kingdom of Luerson. Military material support?"

Ambassador Sweeten snorted coldly: "Whether it is military material support or not. This is determined by the Imperial Council, and it is not up to you."

"Oh?" Sevini blinked and said in surprise: "Ambassador Sweeten, do you mean that as long as the Candela Empire is willing, you can unilaterally judge us without any evidence at all? Has the Kingdom of Parry provided military support to the Kingdom of Rulson? If that’s the case, why did you come to warn me today? Isn’t it up to you anyway?”

Ambassador Sweeten coughed lightly, looking a little embarrassed.

"Cough...Although the final decision will be made by the Imperial Council, it would be better if you can take the initiative to avoid such doubts in the Senate."

"But in the final analysis, it's up to you to decide. It has nothing to do with whether we are really providing military support to the Kingdom of Luerson, does it?" Servini asked back.

Ambassador Sweeten coughed heavily, waved his hands, and said seriously: "In short, Your Majesty, since the empire is now at war with the Kingdom of Luerson, all actions that are beneficial to the Kingdom of Luerson will be punished by our side." It is regarded as an act of hostility. The House hopes that your country can stop sending all supplies to the Kingdom of Luerson. Cough... What I said is that everything, whether it is military supplies or civilian supplies, cannot be delivered to the Kingdom of Luerson. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Well, I understand. But Mr. Ambassador, as I said just now, this is a normal transaction between the private chamber of commerce of the Kingdom of Lampari and the private sector of the Kingdom of Rulson. If I unilaterally force them to stop continuing these transactions, Then who will bear the losses of these chambers of commerce? Our Lampari royal family? Or your Candela Empire?"

"Of course they are responsible for it themselves." Ambassador Sweetome said bluntly. "These chambers of commerce dared to trade with the Rulson Kingdom when our Candela Empire was at war with the Rulson Kingdom. This was originally a provocation to the empire. The empire is already quite merciful without punishing them. Do they still want to continue?" Rebel against the Empire's decision?"

Hearing these words, the smile that Seweney had always kept on his face slowly disappeared, and his eyes became cold.

"Mr. Ambassador, I must remind you. They are all chambers of commerce of our Lampari Kingdom, not your Candela Empire's chamber of commerce. Even if they are to be punished, it is our Lampari Kingdom's business and has nothing to do with you."

Ambassador Sweeten was a little uncomfortable with Seweney's sudden cold and tough words. After looking at her in surprise, he said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, are you going to ignore the warning from the Imperial Council?"

Sevini was silent for a while, and suddenly asked: "Mr. Ambassador, as far as I know, the country that has continued to maintain non-governmental trade with the Rulson Kingdom during this period is not just our Lampari Kingdom, but also many surrounding countries. Excuse me. Has the Kendela Empire issued the same warning to them?"

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Ambassador Sweeten hesitated.

If you look carefully, you will find that there is a trace of anger, doubt and helplessness in the expression on his face.

As Sevini said, the Lampari Kingdom was not the only country that still maintained private trade with the Rulson Kingdom during this period. There are also two kingdoms at the same level as the Rulson Kingdom, the Sark Kingdom and the Falk Kingdom.

besides. There are also the surrounding small principalities such as the Principality of Drake, the Principality of Standing, the Principality of Norton, and the Principality of Milando.

The Candela Empire also suffered defeat in the initial battle. The same prohibition and warnings of continued trading by the Kingdom of Rulson were issued to these countries.

Among them, the Principality of Norton readily agreed, and immediately implemented it.

But apart from the Principality of Norton, none of the other countries readily agreed to the request made by the Candela Empire.

Although most countries are very polite when facing the Candela Empire, they are very ambiguous when facing this warning and request.

Taking the Principality of Standing as an example, the Congress representing the Principality of Standing stated that it will conduct a detailed study of the warnings raised by the Candela Empire and hold a meeting of the Congress to discuss the resolution. However, it has been a full week since the Candela Empire issued a warning to the Principality of Standing . The reply given by the Congress of the Principality of Standing is still under discussion, and no final resolution has been reached.

During this period, on the highway from the Principality of Standing to the Kingdom of Luerson, countless large freight locomotives loaded with large quantities of supplies were still pouring into the Kingdom of Luerson.

Of course, compared to these small principalities, the three countries that received the most attention from the Candela Empire were the Kingdom of Lampari, the Kingdom of Sark, and the Kingdom of Falk.

However, the warning sent by the Candela Empire to the Sark Kingdom fell to nothing, and no response was received at all.

The Kingdom of Falk rejected it very simply, claiming that the normal trade between the Kingdom of Falk and the Kingdom of Rulson had no right for the Candela Empire to interfere.

This attitude did not exceed the estimates of the Candela Empire Council, because the Falk Kingdom is close to the Maro Empire, and has always been closer to the Maro Empire. Naturally, the Candela Empire does not deal with it.

So the only thing left is the Kingdom of Lampari ruled by Her Majesty the Queen in front of me.

The Kingdom of Lampari is adjacent to the Kingdom of Rulson. It is extremely convenient to support the Rulson Kingdom.

Moreover, according to intelligence, the national power of the Lampari Kingdom has increased significantly in recent years, and even surpassed the Sark Kingdom, which had suppressed them for hundreds of years, and has become the most powerful of these small countries in the southwest corner of the Sainz continent. nation.

If the Lampari Kingdom strongly supports the Rulson Kingdom, it will definitely make the Candela Empire's conquest of the Rulson Kingdom more difficult.

So this time, Klein Sweeten, the ambassador of the Candela Empire to the Kingdom of Lampari, paid a solemn visit to Queen Seweni, and personally raised the warning from the Candela Empire Council in person, hoping to make her realize the seriousness of this matter, and The Candela Empire is serious about the matter.

However, Ambassador Sweeten did not expect that Queen Seweigny would show such an ambiguous attitude. Not only did she keep trying to shirk, but now she also asked about the attitudes of other neighboring countries meaningfully.

Ambassador Sweeten didn't feel that he could hide this matter from Queen Sevigny, but he said that it would not be of any help to his mission if no one from other countries agreed. After hesitating for a while, he replied in a deep voice: "The Empire has of course issued a solemn warning to other countries that do so."

"Then what is the attitude of other countries?" Sevigny asked again.

Ambassador Sweeten snorted coldly, and replied: "This is the request of our Candela Empire, who dares to object?"

Sevini pursed his lips and smiled: "But Mr. Ambassador, as far as I know, so far, no country has agreed to the request made by the Candela Empire."

Ambassador Sweeten blushed slightly, and then looked serious.

"If they dare to violate the will of the empire in this matter, they will definitely be punished by the empire in the future!"

"Oh?" Seweney let out a crisp laugh, and looked at Ambassador Sweeten with a smile. "But Mr. Ambassador, the most serious violation of the will of the Kendela Empire is the Kingdom of Luerson. Have they been punished by the Empire?"

Ambassador Sweeten's expression was suffocated.

Seeing the meaningful smile on Seweini's face, he instantly understood.

His meeting today is destined to be fruitless, because not only did the empire not show any momentum of easy crushing in the war with the Luerson Kingdom, it was even easily defeated by the Luerson Kingdom several times in turn.

Under the influence of this record, the empire's deterrence to these small countries has obviously been seriously affected.

Or to put it more seriously, if the Luerxun Kingdom cannot be resolved, the empire's prestige in the entire Sainz continent will be in crisis.

This point was countless times more serious than losing the battle with the Rulson Kingdom. (To be continued..)