It was about fifty thousand square kilometers. This was the area under the control of New Flyer's base in the Demon Cloud Continent. It was also the largest sphere of influence they could control.
With the power that New Flyer had invested in the Demon Cloud Continent, they could expand their territory by wantonly attacking the goblins.
However, if they expanded their territory, it would be difficult to take care of both sides. This was not a good thing for New Flyer.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Xu Yi decided to stop expanding and focus on stabilizing the area under his control.
In addition to building a large number of roads and railways to cover all areas, making it easier to transport the guards and make it easier to control them, New Flyer was also recruiting a large number of people from the Demon Cloud Continent.
Before this, New Flyer had already recruited a large number of workers from the local elves, dwarves, halflings, and other races.
However, these were different races after all. They were not like the other races in the Sines, who had been cooperating with New Flyer for decades. It was difficult for the two sides to truly integrate.
In comparison, the native humans of the Demon Cloud Continent were more suitable.
Although these indigenous humans were not as intelligent as humans due to their backward civilization, they still had the unique creativity and strong learning ability of the human race, so they were not bad at all.
For example, last year when New Flyer discovered that the Fire Dragon Tribe was backward, they recruited more than five hundred barely qualified adult humans to work in the New Flyer. These people adapted in a short time, and there were even outstanding talents like Gan Mo.
If the same job was given to the native elves, it would take them several times longer to grasp it.
After personally meeting the representatives of the Fire Dragon Tribe, including Gan Mo, Xu Yi decided to vigorously win over the native humans of the Demon Cloud Continent.
Although it was inconvenient for the territory to continue expanding, this did not hinder the New Flyer guards from attacking.
According to some information provided by the Fire Dragon Tribe, the New Flyer guards searched in private for a period of time and found three other human tribes in further areas.
Including the Fire Dragon Tribe, the total population had exceeded ten thousand people.
New Flyer directly moved these three human tribes to the territory controlled by New Flyer. Together with the Fire Dragon Tribe, New Flyer gave them a piece of land and sent people to teach them how to farm.
To these human tribes who could only rely on hunting and gathering wild fruits to survive, New Flyer's description of directly planting in the ground and harvesting food was like a myth. Almost no one believed it.
However, not only did the New Flyer give them their territory, they even built houses for them and guaranteed their safety. How could they resist the New Flyer?
Therefore, they would do whatever New Flyer arranged for them. They wouldn't dare to raise any objections.
Just like what Gan Mo said to Xu Yi before, they were facing the danger of being exterminated at all times. Now that they could live such a peaceful life, it was already better than a dream. How could they ask for more?
At the same time, New Flyer also picked out two thousand suitable laborers from the ten thousand people and added them to the various basic jobs under the New Flyer's name. This allowed the previously formulated plan to progress rapidly.
Perhaps inspired by Xu Yi, the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce also recruited a large number of people to participate in their construction projects.
However, there weren't many people to begin with. Most of the suitable ones were taken away by the New Flyer. There weren't many left for the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce.
After a few days of futile effort, Chairman Cruise suddenly had an idea. He directly sent out the guards of the merchant association under his name and captured a total of 3,000 Goblins in one go. He then scattered them and stuffed them into a few construction sites, forcing them to do the simplest of manual labor.
Although goblins generally had average physical attributes and weren't very intelligent, they were still barely qualified to do these simple jobs.
With the addition of these goblins, the progress of the construction projects under the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce actually increased significantly. President Cruz was beaming with joy every time he saw Xu Yi.
"You see, Xu Yi. I've already told you. No matter how stupid those goblins are, they can still do the simplest of jobs.
Right now, I've already given the goblins the heavy and simple tasks of moving sand and cleaning the ground. The workers I've brought along can do the more technical work. It'll be much faster this way. "
Xu Yi shook his head, "You stuffed so many goblins in one go. Aren't you afraid that they'll cause trouble?"
President Cruz curled his lips, "What's there to be afraid of?
These goblins are very timid. They won't dare to resist after being scared.
Moreover, I've placed a fully armed guard at each construction site. They can't cause trouble even if they want to. "
Xu Yi still frowned slightly.
In fact, he had thought of capturing the goblins and giving them easy and simple manual labor as a supplement.
However, the quality of the goblins was too low. There was no room for cultivation.
And the goblins were restless guys. If he wanted to prevent them from causing trouble, he had to arrange a large number of extra people. In fact, there were no benefits at all.
Of course, the advantage of using goblins was that goblins could be seen almost everywhere on the Demon Cloud Continent. There was a terrifying number of them, so there was no need to worry about the lack of manpower.
President Cruz only brought five hundred guards. If he brought more people, Xu Yi was sure that he would definitely catch another batch of goblins.
"No matter what, we still have to be careful." Xu Yi warned chairman Cruise with a serious look.
"These goblins have no concept of loyalty. As long as you show a flaw, they will dare to cause trouble.
Be careful that you don't cause any accidents. "
"What's there to worry about?" President Cruz laughed and patted Xu Yi on the shoulder.
"Xu Yi, you weren't like this before.
You used to be much more radical than me.
If it were you at that time, I'm afraid I didn't need to say anything. You would have already caught a lot of goblins, right? "
Xu Yi shook his head, thinking that even if he was more radical, he wouldn't do that.
The goblins weren't so honest guys. If he wanted them to be honest, he would have to put pressure on them.
Xu Yi didn't want to waste the most elite guards of the Chamber of Commerce on this kind of thing, so he didn't think about the goblins at all.
After the two chatted for a while, President Cruz suddenly asked: "By the way, Xu Yi, when are you going back?
I've already arranged everything here in the main.
If you don't have a follow-up plan, it's useless for me to stay here, so I'm thinking about whether to go back next month.
What about you? "
"Me … …" Xu Yi looked around and nodded.
"There's nothing for me to arrange here for the time being.
But I don't plan to go back immediately. "
President Cruz was stunned: "Since there's nothing for you to do here, why don't you go back?
What are you doing here?
You've been away from Sines for so long, aren't you worried about the Sines? "
"What do I have to worry about?" Xu Yi shrugged with a relaxed expression.
"Do you think that if I'm not here, people will dare to cause trouble for New Flyer?"
President Cruz rolled his eyes: "Of course you don't have to worry about that.
But aren't you worried that your Chamber of Commerce will make some mistakes when you're not here? "
"I can't be here forever.
For the Chamber of Commerce, this is also a chance to be tested.
If they can do a good job, then I can travel around without worry in the future. "
"I don't believe that you can stay idle." President Cruz snorted disdainfully, then his expression changed.
"By the way, the 'test' you mentioned is Freya's postgraduate examination, right?
She's almost 25 years old, so she has to quickly prepare to take over your position. "
"No, I didn't mean that." Xu Yi shook his head.
"It doesn't matter if Freya wants to take over or not, I'll let her.
In fact … … Our New Flyer has already become a large Chamber of Commerce with a stable structure. Even if I don't do anything, we can still operate as usual.
Also, I dare say that as long as our Chamber of Commerce doesn't have any huge problems, we will continue to be strong. Do you believe me? "
"Nonsense." President Cruz rolled his eyes.
"Why don't you look at how many industries your Chamber of Commerce has monopolized?
As long as the magic machine industry exists, your Chamber of Commerce will continue to be strong. "
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile.
Although President Cruz's words were a bit exaggerated, they weren't far from the truth.
The magic machine industry in Sines was brought about by Xu Yi and New Flyer.
New Flyer had a far greater lead than other Chambers of Commerce and forces, and because of Xu Yi's constant emphasis and insistence, New Flyer's technological advantage had not weakened at all, and had even become more profound with the passage of time.
The current New Flyer might not be the strongest in one aspect, but it was definitely far superior in other aspects. Overall, there was no doubt that it was the strongest.
Moreover, New Flyer had established an extremely solid brand image in Sines. When everyone talked about the magic machine industry, they inevitably couldn't avoid New Flyer.
Therefore, as long as the magic machine industry existed in Sines, New Flyer would definitely occupy a place.
"Next month, I will also leave the Demon Cloud Continent, but I won't return to Sines. I will go to another place to deal with some things."
President Cruz was just about to ask Xu Yi where he was going to deal with some things, when suddenly there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside the room.
The two turned their heads in surprise, and the door was knocked open with a bang. Barnett rushed in with a nervous expression and handed a document to Xu Yi. Then he looked at President Cruz next to him, muttered to himself, and said in a deep voice: "President, there is news from Sines.
The Kandla Empire has declared war on the Mana Magic Kingdom! "