Xu Yi's promise to support the Kingdom of Ruhr naturally wouldn't just stop at words.
A week after meeting with Duke Boris, New Flyer and the Kingdom of Ruhr made a joint announcement. The Kingdom of Ruhr would sell two iron mines and four Magic Crystal mines in the northeast to New Flyer.
This announcement didn't seem that special at first glance because with New Flyer's financial resources, it wasn't a problem for them to buy several mines.
Moreover, New Flyer had been wildly collecting mineral resources in the Sines these past few years. According to incomplete statistics, New Flyer already controlled over three hundred iron mines in the open and in the dark. They could even be considered the company with the most iron mines and other mineral resources in the Sines.
But when the Frestech Chamber of Commerce released this statement, it revealed the true meaning behind this statement.
New Flyer said in this announcement that in order to ensure that they could develop these mines, New Flyer would send a squad of New Flyer guards to these six mines. They would cooperate with the Kingdom of Ruhr's security and army to protect the safety of these mines.
In order to provide protection for this squad of guards, New Flyer would build a base in the center of these six mines.
If one just looked at this announcement, it wouldn't be considered anything special.
But if one looked at the map carefully, they would find that the base that New Flyer was about to build was less than fifty kilometers away from the border between the Kingdom of Ruhr and the Norton Duchy.
Because the Norton Duchy had already merged with the Kandla Empire, once New Flyer's base was built, it would be less than fifty kilometers away from the border with the Kandla Empire.
Anyone who understood the situation on the continent could easily see that once New Flyer's base was built, it would be equivalent to hammering a nail into the Kandla Empire's heart.
Although the border between the Kandla Empire and the Kingdom of Ruhr wasn't short, the only place that could easily enter the Kingdom of Ruhr from the Kandla Empire was the border to the east and north of the Kingdom of Ruhr.
Now that New Flyer had set up a base on the northern border and stationed a squad of New Flyer guards, they had announced that anyone who entered the New Flyer's security zone without permission would be treated as an enemy. This was equivalent to setting up a forbidden zone here.
If the Kandla Empire tried to invade the Kingdom of Ruhr through here, they would inevitably step into the New Flyer's security zone.
Anyone could see that New Flyer did this as a warning to the Kandla Empire.
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"It's just a trivial company, they actually dare to be this arrogant!"
The Candra Emperor looked at the report in his hand with a dark look on his face. There was an incomparably cold glow in his eyes as he gave a snort filled with anger.
"This Xu Yi, does he really think that with his military magic machines, he can do whatever he wants?"
The highest commander of the Kandla Empire's army, marshal Campbell Sudirman gave a sigh.
"It's a pity, your majesty, this is the truth.
The might of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's military magic machines was something that even Arch Magi couldn't resist, so it was even more impossible for a normal army to resist.
So from a purely military point of view, not only our Kandla Empire, even in the Sines, there is no one who can do anything to the New Flyer's guards. "
"But isn't it just a company?" The Candra Emperor asked back.
The Candra Emperor asked back, "Could it be that we can't use our absolute advantage in numbers and our advantage in supplies to slowly wear them down?"
"That's impossible." Marshal Sudirman shook his head.
Marshal Sudirman shook his head, "Your majesty, the empire's army has made detailed calculations and the final conclusion is that the possibility of achieving this is close to zero."
"Why?"
"First, I just said that in front of New Flyer's military magic machines that surpass normal people's imaginations, a normal army has no meaning at all. The only thing that can resist is the same level of military magic machines.
No matter how many soldiers our empire has, as long as the New Flyer's guards have supplies, they can only send themselves to their deaths. "
"You mean that the empire's army can't harm the New Flyer's guards at all?"
Hearing this question, marshal Sudirman was silent for a bit before giving a long sigh with a bleak look.
"Your majesty, I'm very unwilling to admit it, but this is the truth."
This time, the Candra Emperor also fell silent.
After a few minutes, he spoke again.
"You just said first, is there any other reason?"
"Yes." Marshal Sudirman nodded and continued.
Marshal Sudirman continued, "Your majesty, you just said that you want to rely on our advantage in numbers and supplies to wear down the New Flyer's strength bit by bit to defeat them.
My answer to you is that there is no meaning in numbers … … "
"So you want to say that we don't have any advantage in supplies?
How is that possible?
We are such a large empire and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce is just a single company! "
"Your majesty, because New Flyer is just a company, they are more flexible in terms of supplies and have an advantage over us.
Of course, the most important reason isn't this, rather New Flyer indeed ….. has an incomparably large advantage in terms of supplies, it's even bigger than our military magic machines. "
"Is that so?" The Candra Emperor deeply knit his brows with a bit of disbelief.
"Your Majesty, what do you think the so-called logistical supplies are?" Marshal Sudirman asked.
"This … …" The Candra Emperor was silent for a bit before shaking his head, "I'm not a soldier, so I can't describe it clearly.
But the so-called logistical supply, generally speaking, is nothing more than preparing enough supplies and then giving these supplies to the soldiers who need them. "
"Your majesty is wise, what you said is the essence of supplies."
Marshal Sudirman gave a slight nod of praise to the Candra Emperor before continuing, "But if you think about it carefully, you will find that in these two aspects, New Flyer has already surpassed all the other countries in the Sines by more than two levels."
"It's that exaggerated?"
"It's that exaggerated."
Marshal Sudirman said with a serious look, "New Flyer has various factories under their name, so they are very powerful in terms of production capacity.
Just for military rations, New Flyer can produce enough rations for five hundred soldiers for a week in just a single day with the flour processing factory they opened with the elves.
As for the most important military magic machines, although I'm not clear on the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's production situation, I can imagine that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce will spend a lot of effort on this. "
The Candra Emperor was silent for a bit before slowly nodding.
"Then in terms of transporting supplies, New Flyer has Magic Cars, Magic Boats, Magic Airships, and other magic machines. They can transport supplies quickly by land, sea, and air.
Although our empire has some large transport Magic Cars, they are far from meeting the requirements. Most of our supplies still rely on the ancient horse carriages.
Not to mention safety and transport capacity, just the speed alone is several times worse than New Flyer. "
The Candra Emperor was silent for even longer this time. He saw the serious look on marshal Sudirman's face and knit his brows as he fell into deep thought, as his expression was also serious.
Actually, as the emperor of the Kandla Empire, of course he had some understanding of these important matters for the Kandla Empire.
But before this, he always felt that although New Flyer had many advantages that other countries couldn't compare to, even the Kandla Empire couldn't compare to them, they were just a company in the end and weren't worth worrying about.
So before this, his attitude towards the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was to cooperate with them and obtain benefits from this cooperation. He didn't treat them as equals at all.
As for New Flyer, if they really overestimated themselves and became enemies with the Kandla Empire, even if they lost some benefits, they would still teach this company a lesson.
But now that he heard marshal Sudiman's clear analysis and decisive answer, he realized that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce really couldn't be treated as a normal company.
This Chamber of Commerce actually had an absolute advantage in the military aspect. It was really hard to imagine.
"This means that Sudirman, your conclusion is that we can't fight New Flyer right now?" The Candra Emperor thought for a bit before asking this.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Marshal Sudirman nodded solemnly.
Marshal Sudirman gave a serious nod, "We should avoid direct conflict with New Flyer as much as possible."
"So we can't move against the Kingdom of Ruhr right now?" The Candra Emperor asked.
Marshal Sudirman revealed a bitter smile, "The New Flyer has already made their stance clear.
Although I'm not willing, from the perspective of the empire, it's better not to consider this matter. "
"Alright, I'll ask you one last question."
The Candra Emperor asked in a deep voice, "We can't fight New Flyer because you think that the empire's army isn't a match for the New Flyer's guards.
Then I want to ask, if New Flyer suddenly invades the empire, can our empire's army stop them? "
Marshal Sudirman's bitter smile disappeared and he said with a serious look, "Your majesty!
Even if we have to give up the lives of our soldiers, we definitely won't allow anyone to invade a single inch of our empire's land! "
"I'm not asking about your loyalty, rather I'm asking you, can you stop them?" The Candra Emperor raised his voice as he asked this.
Marshal Sudirman was silent for a breath of time before he gave a slow and heavy nod.
"Please be assured, your majesty. Attacking and defending are two different matters.
New Flyer doesn't have enough power to invade the empire and Xu Yi isn't that stupid. "
"Very good." The Candra Emperor gave a satisfied nod.
The Candra Emperor nodded with a satisfied look, "Since we can't destroy New Flyer on the battlefield, we'll think of other methods.
In the end, we have the giant Kandla Empire behind us and Xu Yi only has a single company behind him. "