Chapter 91 Opening up Land Passages

The truth was worse than Chief of Staff Durank had feared.

This magical cannon, which was called by the great magician Moyev, hit all the elites of the Military Magic Machinery Research Center, took more than three months to build, and spent a total of 340,000 gold coins to manufacture the magic cannon, regardless of the attack distance or The accuracy of the drop point of the magic cannonball can be called appalling.

During the morning test, the magic cannon's best attack was only a thousand meters away, and the magic cannonball's landing point was still more than 50 meters away from the target.

Such a large error should not be compared with the magic artillery of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Even if it is used by the Spirit Turtle Legion where Chief of Staff Dulanke belongs to, he has to seriously consider whether he should accept it.

This kind of unreliable thing, not to mention hitting the enemy, is a question of whether it will accidentally hurt one's own people.

What really made Chief of Staff Durant feel desperate was that during a test firing near noon, the magic artillery... actually exploded!

Such a powerful military magic machine actually exploded by itself!

Chief of Staff Dulanke still had lingering fears until he was far away from the Military Magic Machinery R&D Center.

At that time, if the great magician Moyev was not by his side, he deployed the magic shield in time to envelop the surrounding people, I am afraid that the fragments produced by the explosion of the magic cannon would directly blow him into a ball of flesh not far away.

Moreover, for such an astonishing accident, the great magician Moyev acted very calmly, and told Chief of Staff Duran that this was a normal thing and there was no need to make a fuss.

Chief of Staff Duran asked afterward. Only then did I realize that since the establishment of the military magic machinery research and development center. There have been more than 20 similar accidents so far. That's why the great magician Moyev behaved so calmly.

"It's perfectly normal to encounter accidents when studying magic. What's so surprising?"

Remembering the understatement on the face of the great magician Moyev when he said this just now, Chief of Staff Duran could only smile wryly.

He did not deny the words of the great magician Moyev, because he also agreed that researching magic and the equally dangerous military magic machinery would definitely encounter various accidents and even dangers, but this made him see clearly the fact that Sak Compared with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the Kingdom's current research level in military magic machinery is undoubtedly far behind.

Wanting to rely on this military magic machinery research and development center to catch up with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is almost a dream.

And if it can't catch up with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in military magic machinery, then the Sak Kingdom may never recover.

at this point. That was what Chief of Staff Duran was most worried about.

Frowning deeply, Chief of Staff Duran returned to the city of Lordaeron in a carriage. He looked up and saw that the time was approaching noon. He originally planned to go to the military headquarters to make a report and communicate with the military intelligence agency by the way, but suddenly A convoy of magic locomotives with very familiar flags was found slowly driving out of the city.

Since the Kingdom of Lampari and the Kingdom of Sark officially established diplomatic relations, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has also started to cooperate with the Kingdom of Sark, it is not unusual to see magic locomotives in the city of Lordaeron.

But this convoy caught the attention of Chief of Staff Duran, because the flag flying in the convoy clearly represented the flag of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce!

"This is the representative sent by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? Why did they suddenly come to Lordaeron City?" A doubt crossed the mind of Chief of Staff Duran, and then he suddenly remembered something.

The Moon Shadow Tribe joined forces with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce guards to repel the Spirit Turtle Legion's blockade of the Moon Shadow Tribe's territory, although this was not publicized. It didn't cause much commotion in the Kingdom of Sark, and even the Kingdom's military department didn't make much comment on the matter. But of course it would be impossible to say that this incident had no consequences.

Three days ago, Chief of Staff Durank received news that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would send representatives to negotiate with the Sac Kingdom, and the subject of the negotiations was related to the territory of the Moon Shadow Tribe.

Chief of Staff Duran, who heard the news at the time, felt unbelievable at first.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce sent a guard to attack the army belonging to the Sak Kingdom, and now it is actively sending representatives to run here. This simply does not take the Sak Kingdom seriously.

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this was reasonable.

If there is no follow-up action, why bother Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

I saw people from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce appearing in the city of Lordaeron today, and they were still planning to leave. Does this mean that the negotiation is over?

What was the result of the negotiation?

Chief of Staff Durank rolled his eyes, changed his plan to go to the military headquarters, changed the direction of the carriage, and headed north of Lordaeron City.

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"A request from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?" Paula Erwin, director of the Sark Kingdom's Commercial Department, looked at Chief of Staff Duranke inexplicably. "Hey, Dulanke, you war madman, why are you suddenly interested in this kind of thing?"

"Nonsense, we just had a battle with the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce a few days ago. Of course I will be concerned about the actions of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce." Chief of Staff Duran said angrily.

He and Paula Erwin are classmates in the same college. They have been friends for many years, so they can naturally say whatever they think of.

"Is that so... But I clearly heard that your Spirit Turtle Legion was beaten up by the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and fled without fighting back." Director Erwin teased.

Chief of Staff Duran rolled his eyes and sighed helplessly: "No way, the guys from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce Guard are too strong. Don't say that our Spirit Turtle Legion can't stop it, even if it's the Candela Empire or the The most elite legion in the Maro Empire is coming, and I don't think it will be able to resist it."

"So? Have you given up resistance?"

"Fart!" Chief of Staff Duran was furious. "As a soldier of the Kingdom, how could I give up lightly! Come on, stop talking nonsense, tell me, did the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce send someone to make excessive demands on the Kingdom this time? They just taught us a lesson. Surely there will be conditions, right?"

"They did make a request, but if you want to say something excessive...that would be wrong." Director Erwin shook his head. "At least in my opinion. This request is not too much for our Sark Kingdom. On the contrary, it is a very big benefit."

"Benefits?" Chief of Staff Duran was stunned. "how can that be?"

"Nothing is impossible. The representative sent by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce said that we hope that the Kingdom of Sark will open up the territory along the western coast and build a commercial road from the Black Rice Wasteland to the north of the mainland. The idea of ​​​​the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is to establish Starting from the Principality of Standing to the Black Rice Wasteland, passing through our Sak Kingdom, and finally reaching several countries in the north of the mainland, so that they can easily transport their various commodities to the north of the mainland."

"Oh? Is this the plan of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?" Chief of Staff Dulanke pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but nodded slowly. "This is indeed the style of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and it is very feasible. But didn't I hear that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce sent a fleet to explore the northern seas a while ago? Since they are going to open up sea passages, why are they taking so much money? Strength to open up passages on land?"

"Sea passages and land passages should not be treated equally. The most obvious difference is that after winter, the northern seas will freeze over a large area, and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will no longer be able to rely on sea transportation. So if I were Xu Yi, I would also look for A passage on land," Erwin explained.

"Oh... So, this is the plan of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to send guards to attack us with the elves from the Moon Shadow Tribe?"

"Judging from their actions now, it should be like this."

"Then why do they bother, they can just talk to the kingdom directly." Chief of Staff Duranke said puzzledly.

"Do you think... if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did nothing, would the kingdom agree so easily to open up the kingdom's territory to allow their caravans to pass by at will?" Director Erwin asked back.

"This..." Chief of Staff Duranke thought for a while, smiled wryly and shook his head.

There are quite a few people in the Kingdom of Sark who are hostile to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Especially in the military department, there are very few people who can objectively examine the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce like Chief of Staff Duran.

If the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce directly came to the Sac Kingdom to request the opening of the kingdom's territory, it would definitely be regarded as a provocation by the vast majority of people, and it would be strange to be approved.

"Hey, when did our Sark Kingdom become a bullying guy..." Chief of Staff Duranke smiled wryly in his heart, but when he looked up, he found that Director Erwin was smiling, and he couldn't help but wonder: "What do I think?" You seem to be very happy? Don’t you think it’s humiliating that the caravans of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will be able to run around in our Sark Kingdom casually in the future?”

"Humiliation?" Director Erwin blinked his eyes, as if he didn't understand the statement, and then laughed again. "Well, I understand the thoughts of you soldiers. But to be honest, in my opinion as the director of the commercial department, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is actually the best partner. We should have actively sought cooperation long ago. We should not treat Xinfei at all Feishang will have any hatred."

"why?"

"Why? Oh, Dulan, you soldiers know to ask for funds every day, but you have never cared about how the kingdom allocates a large amount of funds to the military department?"

Chief of Staff Dulan blushed slightly, coughed lightly and said, "Well... I still care a little bit. I know that the Kingdom's finances are not that abundant, and the funds are actually very tight."

"It's good to know!" Director Erwin snorted coldly. "Tell you, since the official cooperation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce more than two years ago, the commercial tax of our Sark Kingdom has increased significantly every year. Especially this year, if everything goes according to the current trend, the commercial tax for the whole year It will be more than four times what it was three years ago! Do you know what that means?"

"Four times more?" Chief of Staff Duran was taken aback. "So exaggerated?"

"It's that exaggerated." Director Erwin said seriously: "Duranke, this time the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to seek cooperation with us. This is a good opportunity for us. Don't say that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce deliberately made such a move before. Big moves to force your military to make concessions. Even if they don’t do this, I will ask you to make concessions on behalf of the Commerce Department!”

Looking at the awe-inspiring Director Erwin, Chief of Staff Dulan curled his lips, speechless for a moment.

Why did he suddenly realize that soldiers like himself, who were dedicated to defending the kingdom, seemed to have become sinners? (To be continued..)