Duke Nasasus glared at Count Joshian who had the same dark look on his face.
If he could kill with his eyes, he definitely wouldn't mind killing Count Joshian ten times.
If it wasn't for the fact that the logistics department this fellow was in charge of couldn't meet the needs of the frontline troops, how could he have been defeated on the battlefield? In the end, the kingdom had to sign a shameful peace treaty with the Ensfelan Kingdom?
Count Joshian could naturally feel the hatred in Duke Nasasus' eyes, but he could only remain silent with a bitter look on his face.
As the logistics manager of the Mana Magic Kingdom's army, not being able to guarantee the supplies of the frontline troops was a responsibility that he couldn't escape from, so he couldn't refute it.
But this time ….. he really couldn't do anything.
No one would have thought that New Flyer's withdrawal from the Mana Magic Kingdom would have such a large effect on the Mana Magic Kingdom. It far surpassed his expectations and everyone's expectations.
The main reason why the kingdom didn't benefit from the war with the Ensfelan Kingdom was because of the logistical problems. There were many reasons for the logistical problems.
Let's give a simple example.
After the war began, in order to transport large amounts of supplies to the frontlines, the Mana Magic Kingdom's roads could be said to be in a state of overload.
This kind of overload naturally created all kinds of problems.
For example, there was a road that was damaged and seriously affected the transport speed.
For example, there was a bridge that collapsed in the middle, causing two large transport Magic Cars to fall into the river and blocking several transport convoys.
For example, in the transport fleet of the logistics department, there were quite a few transport Magic Cars that had malfunctioned during transport. However, because they lost the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's technicians, the malfunctions couldn't be solved at all.
Even because of New Flyer's withdrawal, these transport Magic Cars that came from New Flyer couldn't find any suitable parts to repair.
For example … …
And this was only the problem of logistics and transportation.
In terms of logistics, because of New Flyer's withdrawal, there were large problems.
For example, the cotton garment factory that was responsible for the supply of winter jackets for the frontline troops was mainly a cooperative venture between the Mana Magic Kingdom and the Armani Chamber of Commerce.
On the surface, New Flyer's withdrawal did not seem to have anything to do with this cotton clothing factory.
However, in the actual production process, this kind of influence was reflected in all aspects.
The most obvious one was the lack of New Flyer's maintenance on the production magic machines of the cotton clothing factory, so there were different degrees of failures. This greatly decreased the efficiency of the production and finally affected the quantity and quality of the cotton clothing for the frontline troops.
But this time, the war between the two sides had lasted for almost the entire winter. Whether the soldiers had enough cotton clothing and equipment would naturally greatly affect their combat effectiveness.
In addition, from the various military magic machines equipped by the Mana Magic Kingdom to the canned vegetables that the soldiers had to eat every day, all of them had different degrees of shortages.
Even if Joshua Count could solve the transportation problem, there was nothing he could do about the production problem.
He could make the frontline troops last for four months before declaring that they couldn't resist anymore, which was already a large amount of effort, so how could he have any thoughts of avoiding this responsibility?
However, Duke Nasasus who was in charge of leading the army and was under a large amount of pressure because of the defeat definitely wouldn't care about this.
The current king of the Mana Magic Kingdom, who was also the only Great Magician among the Sines leaders, Constantine lowered his head to look at the angry Duke Nasasus and Count Joshua who had a bitter smile on his face, feeling a headache coming on.
As the king who was in charge of the situation, he was very clear that the main reason for the benefits of this war with the Ensfran Kingdom was in terms of logistics.
However, the logistical problems could not be blamed on Count Josian.
Because in the past few months, other than the logistical problems from the army headquarters, there were also many problems related to the Mana Magic Kingdom's economy, so he didn't have a single day of peace.
Just now, the kingdom's agriculture department had sent another report. According to the statistics of the agriculture department, the kingdom needed to buy at least three thousand agricultural magic machines to barely meet the needs of next year's spring plowing.
However, New Flyer had already withdrawn from the Mana Magic Kingdom, so the Mana Magic Kingdom had lost one of their main channels to buy agricultural magic machines.
Although in the past few years, because New Flyer had released a large amount of technology, many companies other than New Flyer had grasped the method to make large magic machines, including most of the agricultural magic machines, compared to the Xinfei Brand agricultural magic machines, the agricultural magic machines made by the other companies were far inferior in terms of quality and stability. They couldn't replace the role of the Xinfei Brand agricultural magic machines at all.
Moreover, because New Flyer announced that they were withdrawing from the Mana Magic Kingdom, the other companies immediately raised their prices. They increased the price of the agricultural magic machines that had been kept very low by several times, making the agriculture department complain. It also made the agriculture department's budget for agriculture in the kingdom increase by two times.
However, this wasn't the most important problem.
There were alternatives to the agricultural magic machines other than the New Flyer, but the other thing that was deeply related to farming, fertilizer, couldn't be replaced. Only the Moon Shadow Tribe could make it.
Properly speaking, the Moon Shadow Tribe was the Moon Shadow Tribe and the New Flyer was the New Flyer.
New Flyer withdrawing from the Mana Magic Kingdom shouldn't be related to the Moon Shadow Tribe at all.
But after New Flyer announced that they were withdrawing from the Mana Magic Kingdom, the Moon Shadow Chamber of Commerce that was the main production company of the Moon Shadow Tribe also announced that the attitude of the Mana Magic Kingdom towards New Flyer showed the bigotry and dishonesty of the Mana Magic Kingdom. This was the action that the elves despised the most, so the Moon Shadow Tribe had decided to cut off all relations with the Mana Magic Kingdom.
Naturally, they wouldn't sell fertilizer to the Mana Magic Kingdom.
After the Moon Shadow Tribe made this announcement, the Nightsong tribe, the Azshara Tribe, and the other elf tribes that had appeared in recent years also made announcements, showing the same attitude as the Moon Shadow Tribe.
After the elves showed their stance, a bunch of dwarf tribes and beastmen tribes also joined in the fun, showing that they didn't trust the Mana Magic Kingdom. They said that they refused to have any dealings with this dishonest human kingdom, so they cut off all trade with the Mana Magic Kingdom.
Of course, other than the fertilizer, the Mana Magic Kingdom didn't have much demand for other races' products, so it didn't affect them that much.
But the human companies that followed the trend of withdrawing had a large impact on the Mana Magic Kingdom. It made the magic machine industry that had been developing collapse and even the other industries in the Mana Magic Kingdom were greatly affected.
In the past few months, the Mana Magic Kingdom was filled with resentment and the situation had become very unstable.
Every time he received similar news, King Constantine's heart would be filled with regret.
The wave of opposition that caused the New Flyer to withdraw from the Mana Magic Kingdom was, in fact, related to him as the king.
In fact, the reason why there was such a wave of opposition and even a large-scale demonstration was because the Mana Magic Kingdom's higher-ups deliberately condoned it. There were even some high-ranking nobles behind the scenes.
The reason for this was because there were some voices in the Mana Magic Kingdom that opposed the New Flyer, mainly from the Sorcerers Guild. The second reason was that the Mana Magic Kingdom hoped to use this to express their attitude to the New Flyer and fight for more initiative in the cooperation between the two sides.
However, King Constantine and the other higher-ups of the Mana Magic Kingdom didn't expect that the New Flyer's reaction would be so decisive. They actually directly announced their withdrawal!
This was something that the Mana Magic Kingdom didn't expect.
But even if King Constantine personally came forward and wanted to renegotiate with the New Flyer, he was still firmly rejected by Xu Yi. He didn't even have the slightest chance to explain.
Now that the New Flyer had withdrawn from the Mana Magic Kingdom for nearly half a year, the huge impact of this matter began to manifest little by little. Then, the entire Mana Magic Kingdom fell into a difficult situation.
This time, the war with the Ensfran Kingdom had a huge impact on the surface, but compared to the impact that the entire Mana Magic Kingdom had received, it was only the tip of the iceberg.
"Nasasus, you don't have to blame Jothean too much." Thinking of this, Constantine waved his hand with a tired face and comforted Duke Nasasus.
"Jothean has done his best, but with all kinds of problems erupting, he really can't do anything."
Duke Nasasus glared, "If he can't solve it, then it's his fault!
I don't care how many problems there are, but since he's the logistics manager, it's his responsibility to solve these problems!
If he can't, then we'll change people! "
A trace of anger flashed in Count Jothean's eyes.
This Duke Nasasus never had the same political views as him, it seemed like he was planning on using this chance to kick him out of his current position.
When he was about to refute, King Constantine looked at him and used his eyes to stop him.
"Nasasus, I've said it before. The main responsibility for this loss doesn't lie with the logistics department and it doesn't lie with your soldiers on the front lines ….."
Duke Nasasus was stunned.
If the responsibility wasn't with the logistics department or the front lines, then who was it with?
"Your majesty, I ….."
As soon as Duke Nasasus spoke, he suddenly felt his eyes darken.
There were sounds of shock and panic that filled the hall.
"What is going on?" King Constantine's calm voice sounded.
"Your ….. Your majesty ….. It's ….. It's because the Magic Crystals for the Magic Crystal Lamps have been used up ….." A servant's panicked voice came from the corner of the hall.
"Then why aren't you making it up?" King Constantine angrily said.
"But ….. The standard Magic Crystals in the royal palace have already been used up ….." The servant's voice became even more panicked.
King Constantine was truly angry this time.
"You knew it was going to be used up, so why didn't you make it up earlier?"
"Your majesty ….. That ….. Standard Magic Crystals can't be bought in the kingdom anymore ….."
"How could it not be bought ….."
King Constantine had only reprimanded half a sentence when he suddenly thought of something.
Although New Flyer didn't have many products other than the military magic machines, there was one thing that didn't stand out, but was very important that was produced by New Flyer.
That was the standard Magic Crystals that all magic machines used.
Thinking of this, King Constantine fell into silence.
For a while, there was only the heavy breathing of King Constantine's group of three left in the dark hall, but it was unknown what the three of them were thinking.