Magic Industry Empire - 776. Chapter 776

The important guest of the Marquis of Southgate has not left yet, and another guest of the same heavyweight has come to the Duchy of Stantin.

This is the third time Russell has come to the Duchy of Stantin.

Unlike the previous two times, this time he did not choose to have Ambassador Hakanin accompany him. Instead, he took a few members of the Candela Imperial Navy and rode in the pure black magic locomotive that he bought from the Billier magic locomotive firm. , Sailing all the way from the Candela Empire.

Although he had notified Xu Yi in advance through the contact information Xu Yi had left him before, but when Xu Yi saw Russell and several of his subordinates with serious faces, he was still a little surprised.

Look at their posture, this time I am afraid it is not just to continue to investigate.

Sure enough, after meeting Xu Yi and chatting a few words, Russell went directly to the subject.

“Chairman Xu, the cooperation model proposed to you last time has been approved by the Naval Headquarters. Now as long as you can agree on behalf of the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce, then the first cooperation between our two parties will be officially effective.” Russell stared at it. Xu Yi’s eyes were serious and authentic.

Xu Yi hesitated for a while, smiled and asked, “Master Russell, how many frigates do you plan to buy?”

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Russell’s face, and he hesitated for a while before barely extending three fingers to Xu Yi.

“Thirty ships? This is probably a bit difficult. With the current capacity of our chamber of commerce, thirty frigates may take several years to build.”

“No… it’s three…” After saying this, Russell’s old face couldn’t help but flushed slightly.

As the glorious Imperial Navy of the Candela Empire, it is embarrassing to buy warships from a chamber of commerce in other countries, and even more embarrassing is to buy only three at a time!

Xu Yi was stunned, with a strange look in his eyes, and then he pressed it down and put on a still enthusiastic smile.

“Three ships? Then there is no problem. We can complete the construction of these three frigates within three months at the earliest. But how should the cooperation you propose be specifically completed?”

“Don’t worry, we were prepared.”

Russell took out a document from his entourage and handed it to Xu Yi.

This is a cooperation agreement. The above clearly stated that as compensation for the purchase of three frigates from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the Candela Imperial Navy will pay 1.5 million gold coins while jointly developing the sea area located in the southern part of the Candela Empire. Mineral resources on a small island.

At the same time, the Candela Imperial Navy will also cooperate with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to establish several sea bases in the southern waters of Candela, for the supply and rest of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce’s transport fleet when it passes by.

In addition, the Candela Imperial Navy will open two corresponding ports to the transport fleet and escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

The port open to the transport fleet is a civilian deep-water seaport in the southern part of the Candela Empire. After opening to the transport fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, it can allow the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to transport a large amount of cargo back and forth through the transport fleet.

This is equivalent to indirectly opening up the southern part of the Candela Empire to the New Flying Merchant Association.

If it is placed in a highly-developed commercial society on the earth, this approach is obviously very sloppy. Under normal circumstances, it is definitely not so easy to open up.

But for the various countries on the Sainz continent, this is not a big problem.

These seaports are all under the control of the Candela Imperial Navy. As long as the Imperial Navy agrees, there is no problem.

It is somewhat problematic to open the Imperial Navy’s military harbour to the New Flying Merchants Association’s escort fleet, but the Candela Imperial Navy, in the name of cooperating with the New Flying Merchants Association’s escort fleet to combat pirates, gave the New Flying Merchants Association’s escort fleet an imperial naval co-operation. The identity of the fleet allows it to freely enter and exit the Imperial Navy port.

“Chairman Xu, this is to take care of the military’s opinion, so I just gave you an identity to cooperate with the combat fleet. Please don’t care.” Russell explained to Xu Yi.

In his mind, he knew very well that if the combat effectiveness were simply compared, the escort fleet of the New Flying Merchants Association was actually much higher than the Imperial Navy, which had not yet been equipped with a large number of frigates, so it was nominally the escort fleet of the New Flying Merchants Association as a cooperating fleet, but in reality, When encountering pirates, the new flying chamber of commerce escort fleet is the main combat force.

The pirates in the southern waters of the Candela Empire have not been rampant for a day or two. The Candela Imperial Navy has also repeatedly encircled and suppressed the pirates, but because the naval fleet’s ship performance cannot completely suppress the pirates, it has been unable to achieve truly excellent results.

After the arrival of the new flying chamber of commerce escort fleet, relying on the super attack power and extremely fast speed of the fine frigate, as long as it encounters the pirates, the pirates will not be able to resist at all, and they will not even be able to escape.

Only half a year’s effort has made most of the pirates in the southern waters of the Candela Empire disappeared, and no longer the previous rampage.

“Oh, it’s okay.” Xu Yi waved his hand to show that he didn’t care.

He really doesn’t care about the name. After all, the Candela Empire is one of the two empires on this continent. It is understandable that he wants to occupy a little sense of superiority in name.

In comparison, Xu also pays more attention to the practical significance of this.

Opening civilian ports to the transport fleet means taking the initiative to open up the market to the New Flying Merchants Association, which is actually sufficient.

The opening of the naval port to the frigate will allow the frigate to have a relatively stable and sufficient supply base when cruising in the southern waters of the Candela Empire, without the need to travel all the way back to Nissi Port in the Ruelson Kingdom for supply. .

In this way, it will greatly increase the range of activities of the new flying chamber of commerce escort fleet, which will help the new flying chamber of commerce to conduct more in-depth exploration and development in the southern waters and surrounding waters of the Candela Empire.

Xu Yi took a closer look at the cooperation agreement, and found that the content listed above not only included all the content that Russell mentioned to him last time, but also had a lot of additional items. He couldn’t help but nodded in satisfaction.

It can be seen that the Candela Imperial Navy has really shown good sincerity this time to cooperate with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

This is a good start, and it proves that the Candela Imperial Navy has sufficient consideration to continue in-depth cooperation with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the future.

After discussing some details of this agreement with Russell, the two parties quickly reached an agreement and owed their names on the agreement.

Seeing Xu Yi signing the agreement, Russell immediately showed a bright smile on his face, and reached out to Xu Yi: “Chairman Xu, happy cooperation.”

“Happy cooperation.” Xu Yi smiled and shook hands with Russell, and then asked: “Master Russell, I have one more question. After you buy these three frigates and go back, how do you plan to use them?”

Russell glanced at Xu Yi strangely: “Of course they were immediately put into service in the naval fleet. Only when others have seen the power of these frigates will they support the Navy’s large-scale replacement of such frigates. What? President Xu, don’t you want this?”

“No, no, no, I very much hope that your navy can replace a large number of frigates, because only in this way, our Chamber of Commerce can make money from it, right?” Xu Yi laughed and looked at the same strange-looking entourage behind Russell, no Ask more.

The construction of any frigate is not a day or two, so it certainly doesn’t make any sense for Russell to stay here.

However, he still left a subordinate, claiming to Xu Yi that he was monitoring the progress of the frigate construction and acting as an intermediary between the two parties.

Xu Yi was not surprised by this, and there was no objection to this. He expressed his willingness to accept and immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare a place for the so-called Candela Empire naval observer to settle down.

Seeing that Xu was also very cooperative, Russell relaxed and only stayed in the Duchy of Stantin for one day.

Early the next morning, before planning to leave, Russell decided to visit the Shipyard of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to watching the construction process of the frigate, it can also be regarded as allowing the remaining observers to prepare for the first day of work.

Seeing that all the work in the shipyard of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is in order, every worker is extremely full of spirits and moves smoothly. Russell expressed his satisfaction and decided to leave.

Accompanied by Xu Yi, Russell walked to the pier of Xinfei Port and looked at the endless sea in the distance. Xiang Xu Yi said with emotion: “Chairman Xu, I heard that you have a wish to explore the endless sea. The deepest part?”

Xu Yi nodded slightly: “Yes. In fact, my original purpose of developing the magic ship was to one day be able to explore all the places in this vast sea through the magic ship. I have always believed that we are outside the continent. , There is definitely another or several different continents.”

“Because of the dwarf legend?” Russell asked with a smile.

He came to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce several times. He had known that there was a legendary dwarf clan in the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and when he visited the shipyard just now, Xu Yi also introduced him to him.

“Not only because of the dwarf race, but also because exploring this unknown world has always been the most desirable thing.” Xu Yi replied. “Master Russell, don’t you think that exploring a new world always makes people excited?”

Russell laughed: “I’m old, and this kind of thing is still left to young people like you. Of course, I very much hope that our Imperial Navy can go to the Endless Sea with your new flying chamber of commerce frigate by then. Explore everywhere. After all, besides a brand new world in this vast sea, there are also endless dangers, right?”

Xu Yi smiled, and did not respond to Russell’s words.

It seemed that he had realized something from Xu Yi’s reaction. The expression on Russell’s face changed slightly, and he turned his head to look into the depths of the sea, only to find several ships the size of a small hill quickly approaching the port.

“This should be the transport fleet of your New Flying Chamber of Commerce, right? I have long heard that they are extremely huge. I saw it with my own eyes today, and it really deserves its reputation.” Russell exclaimed.

“You will often see them in the future.” Xu Yi answered with a smile, but suddenly thought of something, his expression moved slightly.

Perceiving Xu Yi’s strangeness, Russell asked: “What? Is there any problem?”

“No…nothing…” Xu Yi looked up at the Paladin, which was already close to the dock, and a strange trace of it passed through his heart.

After a while, the bridge on the Paladin was lowered. Accompanied by the captain of the Paladin himself, the Marquis of Southgate, who followed the Paladin to visit the port of Hemi yesterday, got off the ship.

Seeing Xu Yi standing on the dock, the Marquis of Southgate laughed and walked over.

“Chairman Xu, you are too polite to come to meet you personally, I…”

The Marquis of Southgate suddenly stopped, looked away from Xu Yi, and fixed on Russell beside Xu Yi, the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

The smile on Russell’s face had also disappeared long ago.