Magic Industry Empire - 861. Chapter 861

More than a hundred large freight magic locomotives crossed the border between the Lampari Kingdom and the Ruhrsun Kingdom, and drove swiftly and mightily towards the eastern part of the Ruelson Kingdom.

This is the first time that there have been so many large freight magic locomotives together since the New Flying Chamber of Commerce invented the large freight magic locomotive.

More than a hundred large freight magic locomotives are connected together to form an ultra-long convoy with a spread of more than two kilometers on the highway, which looks extremely spectacular.

If you look down from a high altitude, it looks like a long snake crawling on the ground at high speed.

This convoy is a joint convoy formed by the major chambers of commerce in the Lampari Kingdom. This time, a large number of them entered the Ruelson Kingdom and the destination was directed to the eastern part of the Ruelson Kingdom.

All the items loaded on these large cargo magic locomotives are all kinds of strategic materials ordered by the Kingdom of Ruelson from the Kingdom of Lampari. Now they are transported to the Army of the Kingdom of Ruelson who are fighting with the Third Army of the Candela Empire. Various supplies.

Although the performance of the Ruelson Kingdom Army shocked everyone on the battlefield, no matter how excellent the army performance, it is still logistics supplies that determine the outcome of a war.

Especially the Ruelson Kingdom Army, which is now equipped with a large number of military magic machinery, has even higher requirements for supplies.

Among other things, just in the first battle between the two sides, the Ruelson Kingdom Army consumed as many as 130,000 arrows in just one day because of the massive use of magic repeating crossbows.

Although the lethality is amazing, if you want to add all these 130,000 arrows, it is obviously impossible to complete the blacksmith shop conscripted by the military headquarters of the Kingdom of Ruelson alone.

Moreover, the stainless steel arrows used by these magic crossbows must be in full compliance with the standards set by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, before they can be filled and used correctly. If traditional blacksmiths can create them, not to mention the ridiculously slow speed, just a variety of standards. They can’t match up—after all, it’s difficult for human hands to produce tens of thousands of times in succession like a machine and still maintain the same accuracy.

For example, now there are two arrows held by King Trutz at the same time, but he carefully looked at the arrows held by the two hands, touched them for a while, and then smashed them hard, and finally gave a wry smile. , Shook his head.

The two arrows look exactly the same at first glance, but if they are placed on the hand at the same time, you can clearly feel that the one held in the right hand is a little lighter, and from the feel of the hand, the surface of the left hand is extremely smooth. Round, but the arrow in the right hand is very rough, and there are even some potholes on the surface that are hard to see but can be easily felt.

The most important thing is that if you put two arrows straight at the same time and look in front of your eyes, you will find that the arrow on the left hand is unusually straight, and the one on the right hand is obviously a little curved.

Although these differences are not particularly obvious to the naked eye, King Trutz, who has been particularly keen on riding and shooting since he was a child, knows very well in his heart that if the archery competition is conducted in the same environment, the effect of using the arrow in the left hand will definitely be better. Much.

As for why these differences…

At this time, the arrow in the left hand of King Trutz was the standard arrow of the magic continuous crossbow ordered by the Ruelson Kingdom from the Spirit Fox Chamber of Commerce in the Black Rice Wasteland.

This Spirit Fox Chamber of Commerce nominally belongs to a certain fox orc tribe in the Black Rice Wasteland, but King Trutz knew very well that it was obviously the New Flying Chamber of Commerce standing behind it.

The arrow in his right hand was made by a blacksmith who was urgently recruited in the country by the army of the Ruelson Kingdom because of the outbreak of the war, and there was a significant difference in quality.

But the real reason why King Trutz was forced to abandon the use of domestic blacksmiths to complete the supply of crossbow arrows by himself, in addition to the speed of casting arrows is far from enough, and the quality of the gap, the more important reason is the cost.

If you order the Magic Repeater Standard Crossbow Arrows from the Spirit Fox Chamber of Commerce, the total price of a barrel of 20 pieces is 20 silver coins, and because of the large quantities of the Ruelson Kingdom, the Spirit Fox Chamber of Commerce gave some discounts, and finally set a barrel of 19 silver coins.

After conversion, the price of a crossbow arrow is less than a silver coin.

And if the blacksmith is used to build, even if the blacksmith’s labor costs are not calculated at all, the average cost of a crossbow arrow will exceed two silver coins.

If one, two, or one hundred or two hundred, the difference does not matter, but in a state of war, the number of crossbow arrows consumed in a day is as high as 100,000. If all the crossbow arrows are made by blacksmiths, they will only be there. The cost will vary by thousands of gold coins, and the difference cannot be ignored.

Based on the above reasons, even if King Trutz does not want the supply of the Ruelson Kingdom’s army to be controlled by outsiders, he has to accept this fact.

Thinking of this, King Trutz shook his head and threw the two arrows aside in his hand. The probe looked through the window of the magic airship and took another look at the large cargo magic locomotive fleet that was fast running on the ground. Then he turned and looked to the side. Xu Yi.

“President Xu, when will the magic rockets arrive?”

Xu Yi smiled slightly: “Please rest assured, your majesty. The magic rocket is being loaded. If nothing else, the first batch of 2,000 should be delivered in three days.”

“Three days later?” King Trutz glanced to the east and nodded slowly: “Fortunately, the Candela Empire should spend a few more days to prepare. I won’t be so anxious to go to war again.”

“If they still couldn’t learn to be more cautious after the previous failure, then the Candela Empire would have disappointed me too much.” Xu Yi smiled.

“Isn’t it better for them to be stupid?” King Trutz took a sip of his tea and paused: “This way it will be easier for us to win this war, and then the military magic machinery of your new Flying Chamber of Commerce will be more able to pass. This war has shined brilliantly, and both of us can achieve the most satisfactory results.”

Xu Yi spread his hands and shrugged: “I am worried that if they are so stupid that they can’t recognize the situation clearly, it will be very troublesome for us to carry out various promotions in the Candela Empire in the future.”

“You worry too much.” King Trutz shook his head and pointed to the east. “Now the eyes of the entire continent have been focused on that battlefield, and the role of military magic machinery in it has long been seen by everyone. I’m sure, when the war is over…oh no , It should be said that before the end, countless people will ask your Chamber of Commerce for military magic machinery. President Xu, how do you plan to respond?”

“If I said I would sell to the Candela Empire first, would you believe my Majesty?”

King Trutz was silent for a moment, smiling and shook his head: “President Xu, this joke is not funny. If you choose this way, our Ruelson Kingdom is now completely conquered by the Candela Empire.”

Xu Yi laughed and waved his hand: “Well, let’s not talk about these meaningless nonsense. Your Majesty the King, do you have any suggestions for the gear processing factory established by our cooperation this time?”

King Trutz thought for a moment: “The location of this gear processing plant should be designated by us. In addition, it is best not to have any nominal involvement with it. In short, this gear processing plant, It is completely independently operated by our Ruelson Kingdom.”

Xu Yi seemed to be a little surprised. After pondering for a moment, he frowned slightly and said: “Your Majesty, this is different from what we discussed before. If our chamber of commerce has no nominal connection with this gear processing factory, then if we want to If this factory continues to deepen its investment, it will cause a lot of trouble. Is this bad for both of us?”

“No, President Xu, this will indeed be a lot of trouble for our Ruelson Kingdom, but for your new flying business association, it will be a lot less trouble, isn’t it?” King Trutz pointed to the east again. “I actually fully understand your Chamber of Commerce’s concerns about supporting our Ruelson Kingdom, so before the situation is unknown, I think it is better for your Chamber of Commerce not to have such an obvious connection with us.”

Xu Yi was really surprised. He looked at King Trutz for a while and shook his head slowly.

“No, Your Majesty. Do you know that when the Chamber of Commerce first discussed this matter, most people in the Chamber of Commerce had the same idea as you. I don’t want to be too obvious that the Chamber of Commerce has your Ruelson Kingdom? Support, but I rejected it. Do you know why this is?”

King Trutz narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Yi: “Why? No matter from which point of view, it is impossible for our Ruelson Kingdom to rival the Candela Empire. Even if it was me, before the first battle, there was no such thing. Too much confidence. President Xu, why do you have confidence in us?”

“I am not confident in your Ruelson Kingdom, but in our Chamber of Commerce.” Xu Yi smiled. “Or from another angle, from the perspective of a businessman, the return from investing in your Ruelson Kingdom is much higher than investing in the Candela Empire. If we support the Candela Empire, it should be possible to easily defeat the Ruelson Kingdom. , But this does not allow our Chamber of Commerce to gain the special attention of the Candela Empire. Moreover, once the Ruelson Kingdom is destroyed, the Principality of Stantin will face the Candela Empire. This is not what I want to see.”

King Trutz was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded: “I understand what you mean, but President Xu, your chamber of commerce… or I should say that you take a lot more risk, is it really worth it?”

Xu Yi shrugged: “A businessman who doesn’t take risks is not a good businessman.”

“But President Xu, are you sure that everyone in your chamber of commerce is willing to take this risk with you?”

Xu Yi pointed to his feet: “I think… the following are enough to explain everything.”

King Trutz turned his head and glanced through the window at the convoy that had gradually gone away, and nodded slightly.

“If you, Your Majesty, are still worried about my sincerity, then this thing will definitely make you more confident in us.”

Xu Yi smiled and handed a rectangular box to King Trutz.

King Trutz narrowed his eyes and took the box without hesitation.

When I opened the box, I found that besides a drawing, there was also a mold made of metal.

King Trutz picked up the magic continuous crossbow bolt that he had put down just now, and put it in. The bolt immediately fitted the inner wall of the mold perfectly, no more, no more.