The report from the Demon Cloud Continent branch reached Xu Yi 20 days later.
Xu Yi didn't have any opinions on the various countermeasures made by the branch's higher-ups.
The Demon Cloud Continent and the Sines were tens of thousands of kilometers apart. It would take more than a month for both sides to get in touch. Even if Xu Yi changed the decisions made by the branch, it was already more than a month late and couldn't keep up with the changes in the situation.
Therefore, unless there was an obvious and particularly serious mistake in the decisions of the branch, Xu Yi wouldn't interfere from tens of thousands of kilometers away.
What's more, although the response made by the branch this time was slightly passive, they didn't know enough about the situation on the Demon Cloud Continent, so it wasn't a problem to be cautious.
As for Captain Rhinehart's proposal to take the initiative to attack the Goblins, Xu Yi rejected it.
Whether it was the information provided by the Dragons, Elves, Halflings, or other aborigines of the Demon Cloud Continent, it proved that the Goblins were far more powerful than other races on the Demon Cloud Continent. They were a very difficult enemy.
Taking the initiative to provoke the Goblins before they were fully prepared was tantamount to asking for trouble.
However, since the Goblins had appeared only a few dozen kilometers away from the base, with the Goblins' characteristic of frantically expanding their territory, they would soon discover the existence of the base. The two sides were bound to have a conflict, so there wasn't much time left for the base to prepare.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi wrote his name on the material assistance report submitted by the branch and handed it to Cindy.
"Take it to the Logistics Department and let them deal with it first."
Cindy took the report and glanced at it. She slightly frowned, hesitated for a moment, and whispered, "President, the Logistics Department has put forward an opinion last time, saying that the material support requirements of the Demon Cloud Continent branch are getting higher and higher, causing them too much pressure …"
"Oh?" Xu Yi glanced at Cindy.
"They said this directly to you?"
"Yes." Cindy nodded gently.
"I see." Xu Yi pondered for a moment and waved his hand.
"Take it to them. By the way, tell them that the construction of the Demon Cloud Continent branch is for the long-term development of our chamber of commerce. Even if there is pressure, they must withstand it."
"Yes."
Seeing Cindy turn to leave, Xu Yi leaned back and also knit his brows, falling into deep thought.
It was no wonder that the people in the Logistics Department felt the pressure was too great. Since the New Flyer began to send people and materials to the Demon Cloud Continent two years ago to build a branch base, the total value of the materials invested by the New Flyer in this project was as high as 30 million gold coins.
Compared to resources, what was more important was the various types of personnel.
The other departments were fine. In order to ensure the smooth construction of the Demon Cloud Continent base, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had sent a total of six thousand guards.
Just the value of this squad of guards was already immeasurable. In addition to the various military magic machines and military resources that they were equipped with, the cost was even more astronomical.
Moreover, because they sent 6000 guards to the Devil Cloud Continent, in order to make up for this gap, the Sines had to re-train and equip a new batch of guards.
In the past six months, the New Flyer had invested more than 10 million gold coins in this project.
Moreover, the fighting strength of the newly recruited guards was obviously not as good as the old guards that were sent out. Therefore, in fact, the armed forces of the New Flyer in the Sines had decreased a lot compared to before.
However, the situation in the Sines had not been stable recently. In addition, the New Flyer had to continue to expand their sphere of influence, so they needed more powerful armed forces.
Therefore, the investment in the guards had to be greatly increased.
According to the plan, the New Flyer was expected to invest at least 20 million gold coins in the guards in the next two to three years.
In this way, because of the opening of the branch base on the Demon Cloud Continent, the New Flyer had to spend at least 30 million gold coins on average every year. This naturally put a lot of pressure on the logistics department in charge of the Chamber of Commerce's logistics.
This situation could only be alleviated after the branch base became self-sufficient and gradually produced some output. However, with the current situation of the branch base, this situation would last for at least several years.
Therefore, for the New Flyer, the next few years were the most critical years, and there was no room for mistakes.
Xu Yi thought for a while, then got up and went to the map of the Sines hanging on the wall, his eyes slowly sweeping over the map.
In reality, although the logistics department complained that there was too much pressure, for the current Frestech Chamber of Commerce, spending thirty million gold coins a year wasn't something they couldn't afford. After all, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's net profit last year was a shocking one hundred and fifty million gold coins.
Putting aside the investment in other aspects, the New Flyer still had a lot of profit surplus. Taking out 30 million gold coins a year to invest in the branch base was not a big problem.
However, the premise of this was that the New Flyer's development had been maintained smoothly. This way, the New Flyer could continue to have high profits and high investment that almost all the other Chambers of Commerce on the continent could not compare to.
Under normal circumstances, this was of course not a problem.
With the drive and influence of the New Flyer, almost all the countries in the Sines began to desperately invest in the magic machine industry. However, their foundation was far inferior to the New Flyer's, so their development of the magic machine industry was actually equivalent to indirectly expanding the market for the New Flyer.
With such a foundation, the sales of the New Flyer soared like a rocket.
However, due to the decline in the profit margin, the total profit did not soar as much as the sales. It could only be said to be a steady and rapid increase.
One of the important reasons for this was that the other countries on the continent had begun to clamp down on the New Flyer openly and secretly, trying to suppress the rapid development of the New Flyer.
The establishment of the Chino Union and the Valley Coordinating Committee were examples of these countries targeting the New Flyer.
Fortunately, Xu Yi was already prepared in this regard. As early as more than ten years ago, he did everything he could to control all kinds of mineral resources at all costs. At that time, the countries did not pay enough attention to mineral resources and obtained a large amount of results.
Although the various mineral resources controlled by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could not be compared to the Chino Union and the Valley Coordinating Committee, if the New Flyer was used for its own use, it was enough to let the New Flyer not have to worry about it for hundreds of years.
More importantly, the New Flyer's steel and various non-ferrous metals smelting technology far exceeded the two major organizations', so the steel and other non-ferrous metals produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce occupied an absolute market share. Even the two major mining organizations had to cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, taking out a portion of their various mineral resources to be smelted by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
This way, the two major mining organizations could not completely block the New Flyer, so the impact of this on the New Flyer was almost zero. On the contrary, the other magic machine companies that urgently needed steel and non-ferrous metals were more aware of the technological advantages of the New Flyer, causing the profits of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to soar.
However, Xu Yi was very clear that all of this was only temporary.
Now, the major countries on the continent were still wary of the New Flyer. When their technological strength was still far inferior to the New Flyer, they had to show an attitude of cooperation with the New Flyer and could not restrict the New Flyer too much.
But once their technological strength increased and their dependence on the Frestech Chamber of Commerce decreased, they would definitely think of ways to restrict the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
"Heh, no wonder grandpa and Stiel always say that I reap what I sow." Xu Yi shook his head and let out a soft sigh.
He had always dreamed of being able to develop a complete industrial system for the entire Sines, so he was not stingy in transferring technology to other countries and companies, and even personally guiding them.
But once the other countries and companies had a large increase in technology, their dependence on the Frestech Chamber of Commerce would naturally decrease.
In the future, if their technology surpassed the New Flyer, then it would be very normal for them to take a bite out of the New Flyer.
Therefore, this was a difficult choice. If he wanted to quickly promote the development of the magic machine industry, Xu Yi had to share some of the New Flyer's unique technology so that everyone could develop together.
But the more he shared, the faster the other forces would catch up to the New Flyer, and the more difficulties the New Flyer would face.
How to control the type and speed of sharing technology was a very difficult test for Xu Yi.
The slightest carelessness could cause the New Flyer to fall into a passive position.
Of course, one thing was certain, and that was that Xu Yi had to be very careful when it came to military magic machine related technology.
The reason why the other countries were still wary of the New Flyer was because of its absolute advantage in the field of military magic machines. This made the other countries wary of the New Flyer's military might.
If the New Flyer lost this advantage, then Xu Yi was certain that the other countries would definitely rush over and forcefully divide the New Flyer.
Therefore, Xu Yi was extremely cautious when it came to the requests of other countries and forces to share their military magic machine technology. He strictly followed the strategic partnership plan that he had previously agreed on and did not allow himself to overstep any boundaries.
But … when a special party requested to transfer military magic machine technology to Xu Yi, Xu Yi hesitated.