While New Flyer was building a production base on the Xinfei Farm in the Principality of Constantine, to the north of the farm, less than twenty kilometers away from the Principality of Constantine and the Black Rice Wasteland, they chose a place to set up a base for New Flyer's guards.
The place where Xu Yi and Seveni were talking was in this base.
When the two of them walked out, they saw that there were two groups of people gathered in the middle of the field. On the left were the New Flyer's guards and on the right were the five hundred guards that Seveni brought this time.
Based on this, Anklo and Xu Yi both felt that "the Principality of Constantine can't be considered a country" were very accurate.
Otherwise, with Seveni's status as the Lampari Kingdom's princess, it was impossible for her to bring five hundred guards into a country with complete sovereignty.
But in this place, Xu Yi had just notified the local territory's Count Wein and he had easily let Seveni bring her guards into the Principality of Constantine.
The two groups of people on the field were separated into two groups and one could see the difference with a single glance.
Seveni's five hundred guards were all wearing the same uniform and had the same Lampari Kingdom's royal family emblem on them. The most important thing was that they were all humans, so when they stood side by side, they looked very neat. Looking at them, one could see that they were a complete battle formation.
But the New Flyer's guards were a bit chaotic.
The most obvious thing was that the New Flyer's guards were very complicated.
There were also five hundred people, but only a hundred of them were human guards. Of the other four hundred, there were a hundred and fifty elves, two hundred dwarves, and the remaining fifty were beastmen guards that had been recruited not long ago.
Moreover, because each race had different habits, these guards didn't have the same weapons and armour.
The elven warriors were used to wearing light soft armour, the dwarven warriors liked heavy armour that was as heavy as possible, and the beastmen warriors didn't even like wearing armour. If it wasn't for Xu Yi forcing them to wear special Magic Protection Armour, they would have only worn cloth clothes to battle.
Those 100 human warriors were wearing the same standard armor, and all of them were equipped with magic protection. However, the weapons they chose were all kinds of strange, and there were all kinds of strange weapons.
Xu Yi had asked the human captain Hart about this before, wondering if this messy choice of weapons would affect their battle strength, but Hart had told him that it wasn't a problem.
Generally speaking, it was only necessary for a large number of people in the army, and there was no need for a small group of guards.
In terms of battle strength, for a team like the New Flyer's guards, because of the strong battle strength of the elves, dwarves, and beastmen, their might far surpassed that of human soldiers of the same scale.
Not to mention that the New Flyer's guards were all equipped with special military magic machines. Just the battle strength of a single human guard was far from what a normal human soldier could compare to.
Seeing the equipment of the New Flyer's guards, even Seveni couldn't help being shocked.
"Xu Yi, when you said that you wanted to change the equipment of my five thousand guards, did you plan on changing them all into the same equipment?"
"Un ….. It wasn't at this level at that time because there were some equipment that hadn't been developed yet.
For example, the miniature Magic Hand Crossbows and the miniature Magic Exploding Arrows were developed not long ago. "Xu Yi replied.
"Miniature Magic Hand Crossbows and miniature Magic Exploding Arrows?"
Seveni looked over the New Flyer's guards, but she didn't see where these two pieces of equipment were.
"Only the human guards have these two pieces of equipment right now. They hide them on their bodies and won't easily take them out." Xu Yi explained with a smile.
"Other than the human guards, the guards of the other races find these things too small and it doesn't suit their tastes, so they don't have any equipment."
"It's like this … …" Seveni nodded. After pausing, she asked, "If I were to equip my guards with the same set of equipment, how much would it cost?"
Xu Yi looked at her and laughed, "This ….. If it's a set of military magic machines, it would cost three hundred gold coins.
What?
Your highness, are you interested? "
"Three hundred gold coins?!" Seveni's eyes popped out.
Seveni's eyes widened, "That expensive!
The total number of guards in your Chamber of Commerce has already exceeded a thousand, right?
If you equip each guard, wouldn't it cost over three hundred thousand gold coins?
This ….. This is almost equal to the annual military expenditure of our Lampari Kingdom's army! "
"If it's compared to the actual military expenditure of the Lampari Kingdom's army, there is no doubt that it far surpasses it." Xu Yi replied with a faint smile.
Seveni of course understood the meaning in Xu Yi's words. After being silent for a bit, she gave a sigh and shook her head, "I wanted to equip my guards with the same set, but I never thought that it would cost three hundred gold coins per set.
If it's five thousand sets, that would be one and a half million gold coins, I don't have that much money. "
Xu Yi gave a shrug, "Actually I don't have that much money, so the only guards who are equipped with military magic machines are the hundred human guards here.
As for the other race guards, I just let them choose the equipment they like the most. "
"That's more like it."
Seveni let out a sigh of relief. She looked at the two groups of guards on the field before continuing, "Alright, since everything is prepared, let's begin the operation."
Xu Yi made an inviting gesture, "Please invite your highness."
Seveni nodded and went to the stage that had already been prepared. She looked over the guards under the stage and cleared her throat before saying in a clear voice, "Brave warriors, I've gathered you here today because some beastmen have committed unforgivable crimes … …"
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After Seveni finished her short and passionate speech, a motorcade of Magic Cars came in from outside the field.
These Magic Cars were different from the transport Magic Cars New Flyer announced before. They were all made of thick steel plates and were completely sealed, with only two thick pieces of glass in front.
The entire Magic Car was very sharp and even looked a bit fierce, making people feel a strong sense of danger from it.
Seeing these strange looking Magic Cars charging in, Seveni was surprised before asking Xu Yi, "These are the Magic Armoured Transport Vehicles you mentioned to me before?"
"Right.
Whether it is the body or the tires of these Magic Armoured Transport Vehicles, they are all specially made. They can take a certain amount of attacks and won't affect the people inside, so they are very suitable for transporting soldiers to the battlefield. "Xu Yi replied.
Seveni looked at the fifty Magic Armoured Transport Vehicles on the field and was a bit speechless.
This was called "taking a certain amount of attacks"?
Just with the thick steel plates, it was enough to block any attack, right?
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Not to mention that the steel plates were glowing with magic, it was clear that there were Magic Arrays engraved on them.
There was no need to guess, these Magic Arrays had to be protective Magic Arrays. They could greatly increase the defensive power of these Magic Armoured Transport Vehicles, even blocking some magic effects.
Riding in these Magic Armoured Transport Vehicles, they could charge through the battlefield!
"It's not that exaggerated." Xu Yi shook his head with a smile.
"Don't forget, even if we don't talk about those powerful magicians, there are still powerful weapons like the Magic Trebuchets."
"How could magicians with that kind of strength make a move?
Attacking these Magic Power Armoured Vehicles is a complete waste of Magic Power, alright? "
Seveni looked at Xu Yi before looking at the Magic Armoured Transport Vehicles. She couldn't help shaking her head and giving a sigh, "If our Lampari Kingdom's army had the same equipment as your New Flyer's guards, we wouldn't need to worry about the threat of the Sack Kingdom at all."
"This … …" Xu Yi gave a dry laugh.
"That's clearly impossible.
I've spent over five hundred thousand gold coins on the equipment of the company's guards, not to mention the logistics, supplies, and training costs.
On average, I've spent over eight hundred gold coins on each guard, how could the kingdom's army have that much money? "
Seveni gave a sigh, "The army doesn't even have five hundred thousand gold coins a year, how could they make the kingdom's army as luxurious as your New Flyer's guards?"
"The more important thing is that those fellows in the kingdom, even if they have money, they wouldn't invest it in the army. They're too busy putting it in their pockets." Xu Yi said with a cold smile.
"I've heard ….. that the business department is using the name of encouraging and promoting the development of the magic machine industry to reduce the taxes of the ten companies?
Hei, those fellows, when they're making money for themselves, they really don't care about face at all. "
Seveni knit her brows and was silent for a bit before shaking her head, "I don't want to talk about this.
Xu Yi, let them begin. "
Seeing Seveni's tired appearance, Xu Yi gave a sigh in his heart. He walked onto the stage and looked over the two groups of prepared guards. He nodded and said in a low voice, "I announce that the Black Rice Wasteland cleaning operation will begin now!"