Seeing the expressions on their faces, Xu Yi continued, "If our Lampari Kingdom's finances could improve, I feel that the Sack Kingdom wouldn't be a match for us at all. We wouldn't need to hurt ourselves just to take back the Muerto Mountains."
Chairman Cruz and chairman Renersa gave bitter smiles at the same time.
Of course they understood this, especially after seeing the terrifying might of the four Magic Trebuchets developed by the New Flyer, they were even more convinced of this.
But they were also clear that the Lampari Kingdom's finances weren't bad for just a day or two, so it wasn't easy to improve.
"Actually it's very easy." Xu Yi shook his head and said, "Have you forgotten, wasn't Banta City very poor in the past few years?
Why did it suddenly become much better in the past two years? "
Chairman Cruz rolled his eyes at Xu Yi, "Chairman Xu, you don't have to choose this time to boast, right?
Who doesn't know that our Banta City's changes are all because of your New Flyer's development? "
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, "I'm not boasting, I just want to remind you.
Banta City's development is because of the magic machine industry, so why can't we spread Banta City's model to the entire Lampari Kingdom?
Think about how much Banta City's revenue increased last year?
If the entire Lampari Kingdom had this kind of growth, not to mention four Magic Trebuchets, the army headquarters could buy forty or even four hundred of them without a problem. "
Chairman Cruz kept giving a bitter smile, "It's easy for you to say, but the problem is that if you want to spread the magic machine industry to the entire Lampari Kingdom, it isn't an easy matter.
Can't you see that you've met such a large problem just in Banta City? "
"The Lord City Lord, he ….." Chairman Renersa spat out a few words before closing his mouth with a bitter smile.
He and chairman Cruz both had helpless looks on their faces.
As the chairman of one of the large companies in Banta City, of course they knew better than normal citizens why Count Stark was targeting Xu Yi and the New Flyer.
However, it was precisely because they knew the real reason that they felt even more helpless in their hearts.
They were all outstanding businessmen, but not outstanding politicians.
With their current status, it was impossible for them to intervene in such political matters.
Even if they couldn't accept the unfair treatment of New Flyer and the changes in Banta City, they couldn't do a thing.
Of course, Xu Yi wasn't talking to them about this matter because he wanted to get practical support from them.
In fact, he just wanted to test their true attitude.
There was no need to mention his old ally, President Cruz. Xu Yi's main concern was President Renersa's attitude.
Because the Renekton Chamber of Commerce didn't cooperate with New Flyer for as long as the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce did with New Flyer, the Renekton Chamber of Commerce's attitude represented the attitude of most of the companies in Banta City.
Looking at it now, at least most of the companies in Banta City supported New Flyer and were dissatisfied with Count Stark.
Actually, this was also nonsense.
After Count Stark came, he immediately implemented agricultural promotion policies. The large companies of Banta City suffered direct losses, so it would be strange if the merchants liked this Count Stark.
While the few of them were chatting leisurely, the battle on the periphery had never stopped.
But there wasn't much that could be said about the battle.
Although there were over five thousand beastmen attacking, with the constant bombardment of the four Magic Trebuchets, the beastmen had suffered heavy losses when they charged from five hundred meters to two hundred meters away. Their formation had been broken into pieces.
When they saw that they were close, the four terrifying Magic Trebuchets finally stopped shooting out giant rocks. When they were excited and prepared to charge again, they found that there was a dense rain of arrows that covered the sky that they couldn't dodge at all.
Seeing the beastmen fall to the rain of arrows, chairman Cruz and chairman Renersa were speechless again.
The two were in a daze for a while before they couldn't help turning to Xu Yi.
Chairman Renersa said with a bitter smile, "Chairman Xu, why do I feel that it's enough to just have your New Flyer's guards and there's no need for the guards of our companies to make a move?"
"That's right, how is this a battle, it's a massacre."
Seeing that the battle was unexpectedly easy, chairman Cruz's nervous expression gradually faded and he even had the leisure to make a joke.
"This is a joint operation of our four companies, you can't just have our New Flyer do it, right?" Xu Yi said with a smile.
"Then again, it's better to be prepared."
Chairman Renersa nodded. He looked at the battle outside and saw that almost all of the New Flyer's human guards were holding a Magic Repeating Crossbow. After thinking for a bit, he asked, "Chairman Xu, are you selling this thing?"
"I really want to sell it, but it's a pity that it's the same as the Magic Trebuchets, it's restricted by the army headquarters.
Unless the army headquarters agrees, we can use it ourselves, but we can't sell it to others. "Xu Yi said with a shrug.
"Even if I use it myself, it's because of my status as a viscount and lord. Our New Flyer can't use it in name."
Chairman Renersa wasn't that surprised. For a powerful weapon like this, of course it would be under the special control of the kingdom's army headquarters.
Otherwise, if it ended up in another country like the Sack Kingdom, it would become a threat to the Lampari Kingdom.
Seeing the large number of quiver that was half a person high by the feet of the New Flyer's human guards, chairman Renersa couldn't help knitting his brows. He then asked, "Chairman Xu, this Magic Repeating Crossbow is good, but isn't it a waste of arrows?
I can see that in just this short period of time, a single guard has already used several quiver. According to what you said about twenty arrows per quiver, that's close to three hundred arrows.
This consumption ….. isn't it a bit too high. "
Xu Yi gave a shrug, "War costs money to begin with.
In my opinion, money is better than money.
Spending money is better than dying. Money can be earned again, but people can't come back to life after dying. "
Chairman Renersa could only give a bitter laugh. Looking at the rain of arrows that covered the sky and the beastmen that fell like wheat, he shook his head and said, "If the army headquarters could be as extravagant as you, the Sack Kingdom would have already been flattened by us."
Xu Yi smiled and didn't say anything.
The army headquarters was as extravagant as him?
That was a joke.
In order to deal with this joint operation, Xu Yi had brought out all the resources that New Flyer had. Other than ensuring that this operation would be a perfect success, it was also to test the effects of these things.
Based on the current situation, the effects were excellent, but there was a problem that came with it, which was that the consumption was too high.
In order to achieve this effect, if Xu Yi's investment was converted into gold coins, it would be at least thirty thousand gold coins.
And this was just a battle with a motley crew of beastmen. If it was a battle between the northern army and the Sack Kingdom's army, the cost would have increased by several times.
Major MacConley had told him that after the battle in the Muerto Mountains, the army headquarters couldn't even take out five thousand gold coins. Xu Yi wasn't surprised at all.
If they wanted to rely on equipment to crush the enemy, of course they had to spend money.
When the New Flyer guards took out their Magic Repeating Crossbows, it meant that the beastmen's ambush had failed.
It was only two hundred meters, but it was like a natural moat for these beastmen that they couldn't cross at all.
Under the endless rain of arrows, the beastmen charging over fell wave after wave, not having any means of resisting at all.
Compared to humans, the beastmen's living environment wasn't good, so it was impossible for them to have good weapons. They could resist completely by relying on their physical strength, gaining an absolute advantage in close combat with humans.
But when Xu Yi used a large killing weapon like the Magic Trebuchets, adding in the support of the Magic Repeating Crossbows, the beastmen didn't have a chance to fight at all.
There were over five thousand beastmen who could break through the rain of arrows and charge into the defensive circle, but there were less than a thousand beastmen in the end.
Moreover, these less than a thousand beastmen were all heavily injured and their battle strength had greatly decreased.
The guards of the four companies had already rested for a while and their morale had reached a peak. With an order, they charged out like tigers coming out of the mountains.
The beastmen finally had a chance to fight the human guards, but they were shocked to find that the armour the human guards were wearing was very hard and their weapons were very sharp.
With the difference in equipment, the human guards' battle strength was close to the beastmen who didn't have any armour and their weapons were mostly wooden sticks or stones that they picked up from somewhere.
Adding in the high morale of one side and the low morale of the other side that had just suffered a heavy blow, when both sides began to fight in close combat, it was a one sided situation.
In just ten minutes, most of the less than a thousand beastmen that charged over had fallen. The remaining several hundred beastmen saw that the situation was bad and they couldn't help turning to run.
However, when they had just run a bit, they heard the sound of giant rocks flying through the air that made their hearts skip a beat.
The four Magic Trebuchets that hadn't been put away were activated again and giant rocks fell down on the fleeing beastmen. Although the beastmen's formation was very scattered and the hit rate wasn't high, it still killed at least half of the fleeing beastmen and shattered their final bit of fighting spirit.
Seeing the remaining hundred beastmen fleeing into the dark horizon of the wasteland, Xu Yi felt a bit of pity in his heart.
If they were equipped with some war horses, they might be able to get the guards to charge forward and kill the remaining hundred over orcs to prevent any future trouble.
It was a pity that battle horses were a very rare resource in the Lampari Kingdom. Even if Xu Yi had a good relationship with the army, he couldn't equip his company's guards with them.