The war between the Kandla Empire and the Mana Magic Kingdom was still ongoing.
However, even though the Kandla Empire had a greater advantage on the battlefield, facing the Mana Magic Kingdom, which was second only to the two empires, it was impossible to destroy the Mana Magic Kingdom through a war. Therefore, how long the war would last and how it would end up would depend on what the Kandla Empire wanted to achieve.
Most of the other countries in the Sines were watching from the sidelines. There were also many people who were waiting for the New Flyer's true stance.
No one believed that the New Flyer would really do what they said and completely ignore the war between the two countries.
If that was really the case, then it meant that the New Flyer had directly given up the powerful influence that they had over the Sines for the past ten years. This would be extremely disadvantageous for the New Flyer.
Even if the New Flyer, especially the president, Xu Yi, had a somewhat ambiguous attitude, people still hoped to see how the Chamber of Commerce would react.
Therefore, under the expectations of countless people, the New Flyer finally made some kind of response.
However, unlike what everyone thought, the New Flyer's response was not to directly involve the Kandla Empire and the Mana Magic Kingdom in the war. Instead, in the official name of the New Flyer, they made an announcement that they hoped to protect the civilians who suffered in the war. Then, they organized a large rescue team and directly sent it to the border of the Mana Magic Kingdom and the Kandla Empire.
This decision was really strange, and no one could understand it.
If the New Flyer really wanted to intervene in this war, then why didn't they just directly send a warning to both sides, or even let the New Flyer's guards intervene and directly force them to stop the war?
Now, they sent a so-called rescue team with unknown meaning. What was the purpose of this?
Under everyone's close attention, the rescue team sent by the New Flyer actually really observed what the New Flyer's announcement said before. They only extended a helping hand to the civilians of the Mana Magic Kingdom who had suffered losses because of the war. They provided them with all kinds of assistance and helped them to stabilize their lives. Other than that, they didn't do anything else.
This action in the eyes of many people caused a wave of "hypocrisy" accusations.
If the New Flyer really wanted to help the civilians of the Mana Magic Kingdom, then why didn't they directly force both sides to stop the war?
And if they didn't want to intervene, then why did they send a rescue team?
This was simply self-contradictory!
Regarding these accusations, the New Flyer still didn't make any response.
But the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's rescue team had played quite a role.
Many civilians of the Mana Magic Kingdom who had to flee because of the war saved their lives because of the timely rescue of the New Flyer's rescue team. They were extremely grateful to the New Flyer.
And whether it was the Kandla Empire or the Mana Magic Kingdom, they tacitly agreed not to say a word about the New Flyer's actions. They also never obstructed the New Flyer's rescue team's actions and allowed the rescue team to collect civilians.
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"President, what good does this do for our Chamber of Commerce?" Barnett looked at the message sent by the Chamber of Commerce headquarters from Sines in his hand. He was puzzled.
"If you don't want those civilians to suffer because of kindness, then you can just ask the Kandla Empire to stop the war.
And if you want to punish the Mana Magic Kingdom, then you can just ignore it and avoid being blamed. "
Barnett still had some words that he didn't say.
From his point of view, Xu Yi's current actions were simply indecisive. It was completely different from his previous style of doing things.
Xu Yi tilted his head and glanced at him. He smiled faintly, "Do you think … … that our Chamber of Commerce can always make those countries in Sines listen to us?"
Barnett was silent.
Of course, he had thought about this question before. He also knew that Xu Yi had asked a few of his colleagues, so he knew what the answer was.
But to say this in front of Xu Yi, it was a bit hard for him.
"This … … Even if we don't make them completely obedient, at least we have to make them have no choice but to be wary of our New Flyer, right?"
"No, you're mistaken about one thing." Xu Yi shook his head.
"I've said it many times. We are only a Chamber of Commerce, and I'm only an ordinary merchant.
With just our Chamber of Commerce, it's impossible to make those countries in Sines listen to us. With just me as a merchant, it's impossible to make everyone listen to my orders. "
"That's because you don't want to … …" Barnett couldn't help but mutter.
From many people's point of view, as long as Xu Yi was willing, with the powerful battle strength of the New Flyer Guards, as well as the terrifying influence of the New Flyer, Xu Yi could have become the Grand Duke of the Principality of Constantine twenty years ago. Then he could have used this to forge ahead and continuously raise his status.
Even if he couldn't unify all of Sines in twenty years, Xu Yi could have become the Emperor of a brand new empire. It wouldn't be any worse than the two empires now.
But from the start, he didn't seem to have much desire for power. Not only did he give up on controlling the Principality of Constantine, he also gave up countless opportunities to become the Overlord of the continent.
This made everyone extremely confused.
In this world, it was impossible for someone without any desire for power to exist.
Xu Yi clearly had such strength and opportunity, so why did he give it up?
Barnett's words obviously didn't escape Xu Yi's ears. He knew his subordinate's thoughts like the back of his hand, but he only smiled lightly when he heard this.
He had actually made his pursuit very clear to many people, but until now, no one could fully understand.
Yes, of course he had the opportunity and the ability to dominate all of Sines.
But this was meaningless to him.
He was obviously interested in power, but from his point of view, even if he could control all of Sines, this Sines was completely in a backward semi-slave and semi-feudal era. What was the point of controlling it in his hands?
As a person who transmigrated from modern Earth, Xu Yi couldn't fully adapt to this backward world no matter how many years had passed.
So he had always been obsessed with developing the magic machine industry, hoping that one day this world's civilization could catch up to Earth's.
This idea, at first, was just a fantasy that existed in his mind, and Xu Yi felt that he would never have the chance to achieve it in this lifetime.
But in the past ten years, the research on the magic machine industry in Sines had been progressing rapidly. In just ten years, the degree of civilization in Sines had taken a huge leap forward, and the standard of living of ordinary people was even comparable to the standard of living of Earth in the 1860s and 1870s.
And in the past two years, the research on magic core energy had even allowed Xu Yi to discover the possibility of surpassing Earth's technological civilization.
In this situation, how could Xu Yi want to waste time on a thankless task that might cause the Sines Continent civilization to regress on the road of hegemony?
If he had the time, he would rather research magic technology and strive to fly to space one day earlier.
Besides, even if they really wanted to compete for hegemony, wasn't there a vast land that was much simpler than the Sens Continent right in front of them?
Of course, these thoughts could not be explained to Barnett.
Xu Yi pondered for a moment, and said to Barnett, "If the countries in Sines want to fight, then let them fight. Anyway, no matter how much trouble they make, it will not affect the development of our Chamber of Commerce in Sines.
No matter what happens to Sines in the end, no matter how many countries are destroyed or how many rise, it has nothing to do with our Chamber of Commerce. "
Barnett looked seriously at the expression on Xu Yi's face, and after confirming that he was not joking, he became even more puzzled.
He did not know why, but since Xu Yi came to the Magic Cloud Continent, every time he talked with him, Barnett would feel that every time the president talked about Sines, he always had an indifferent look, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Could it be that because he was far away from Sines, his heart was also far away?
Impossible!
Barnett immediately shook his head.
Sines was the foundation of the New Flyer, and the New Flyer was the product of the president's painstaking efforts. It was impossible for the president to give up Sines in any case.
Barnett did not continue to ask, and Xu Yi naturally did not explain.
The main content of his conversation with Barnett this time had nothing to do with Sines, but was about how to make use of the manpower in the Magic Cloud Continent.
Although the manpower sent by the New Flyer to the Magic Cloud Continent, as well as the other people who came with the New Flyer, was close to 100,000.
But compared to the huge land of 50,000 square kilometers they now controlled, it was still pitifully small.
Therefore, it was imperative to increase manpower.
It was not realistic to pull people from Sines, because it was too far away from Sines. Not many people were willing to abandon their hometown to live so far away.
What's more, the Magic Cloud Continent was still a barbaric and backward place in the impression of many people, who would be willing to come and suffer.
Therefore, if he wanted to solve the manpower problem, he must start with the Magic Cloud Continent itself.
Before that, the New Flyer had been recruiting the local indigenous races, and all the human tribes that were discovered later were absorbed.
But they added up to no more than 10,000 people, which was still far from enough.
So Xu Yi set his mind on the deeper parts of the Magic Cloud Continent, intending to pull in all the intelligent races in other places to work for the New Flyer.
And to solve this problem, the first thing was to find those indigenous tribes and get in touch with them.
During this time, Xu Yi has been presiding over this work.