Lieutenant colonel Nolan nodded and looked at the Kandla Empire's flag in the distance. His face was filled with praise as he said, "Chairman Xu, I have to admit that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's corvette is ….. too easy to use.
During this period of time, I commanded it to gallop back and forth on the Endless Sea. It's many times better than those old wooden boats … "
Hearing lieutenant colonel Nolan talking about the advantages of the corvette, Russell and the others all knit their brows.
Seeing that Lieutenant Colonel Nolan had no intention of stopping, Russell suddenly coughed heavily.
"… … We easily caught up to those pirates and then easily … …"
Lieutenant colonel Nolan's voice suddenly stopped and he turned to look at Russell. His heart quivered as he suddenly understood. He quickly gave a cough and gave an awkward smile to Xu Yi before continuing, "Of course, Chairman Xu, if you want to talk about the shortcomings of the corvette, there are some."
"Oh?
Please tell me. "
"Eh … …" Lieutenant colonel Nolan hesitated a bit before saying in a somewhat awkward voice, "The other aspects of the corvette are very good, but there is a very serious problem which is that it consumes too much.
Look, for every hundred kilometers we sail on the sea, we need to use at least two tons of Magic Crystals.
Like this, we need to set aside a large amount of space in the warehouse to store the Magic Crystals.
Adding in the fact that the amount of Magic Crystals on the corvette is limited, the range isn't ideal.
You have to know, if we used wooden boats before, we could go as far as we wanted. "
"Before you could go far enough, the boat would collapse first."
Xu Yi rolled his eyes in his heart, but he still maintained a smile on his face as he said with a nod, "Un, this is indeed a problem.
But lieutenant colonel Nolan, I think ….. you should be buying normal Magic Crystals from the market as a power source, right? "
Lieutenant colonel Nolan was stunned, "Is there a problem with that?
Other than that, we didn't buy low quality Magic Crystals, rather we bought the highest quality Magic Crystals that we could buy.
Because of this, just last month alone, this Morning Light cost over 200 gold coins. "
"Is that so?" Xu Yi smiled as he turned to look at Russell.
"Sir Russell, I remember that when we handed over this frigate, we also gave you a user manual.
If I didn't remember incorrectly, it should be clearly written that this guard ship should use the high concentration Magic Crystals produced by our New Flyer as a power source and it's best not to use the normal Magic Crystals that are commonly seen on the market. "
Newman looked at Russell in shock.
Sir Russell hadn't told him about this matter. He hadn't even seen the shadow of the so-called instruction manual.
Russell's expression changed slightly as he said in a deep voice, "There is indeed such an instruction manual, but this book has been left in the General Staff Department for research during this time, so I didn't give it to you."
After saying this, he turned to Xu Yi and gave a soft snort before continuing, "The reason for doing this is because this guard ship is in the hands of our empire's navy. It needs to adapt to our situation and can't do as your New Flyer says."
Xu Yi couldn't help giving a cold laugh in his heart.
This Russell seemed very willing to accept new things on the surface, even going as far as to persuade the Kandla Empire's navy to buy three guard ships from the New Flyer, but he was a very conservative fellow.
Saying that the guard ships needed to adapt to the situation of the Kandla Empire, he clearly hoped that the three guard ships wouldn't be affected by the New Flyer and could be completely controlled by the Kandla Empire's navy.
But it was a pity that his idea was good, but it was completely wrong.
The guard ships produced by the New Flyer were far different from the wooden ships of the past. Compared to the traditions of the Sines, this thing was an extremely advanced high-tech product.
If the Kandla Empire's navy still wanted to treat it like an ordinary ship, they would only be asking for trouble.
The reason why he was invited here this time was because they played with the frigate until it couldn't be used. They had no choice but to ask him for help.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi's face turned cold as he sternly said, "Sir Russell, I must tell you very seriously that this guard ship is a high-tech product that is far beyond the understanding of you and your navy. It isn't as simple as you think.
If you use it according to the precautions we gave you, then it will definitely bring you a lot of help.
But if you want to act on your own … then I can only say that you will bear the consequences. "
The faces of Russell and the Kandla Empire's navy officers changed.
Xu Yi's words were simply mocking and threatening them.
But now that the fact that the guard ship couldn't be used was in front of them, they couldn't refute it.
And in the past few months, this guard ship had indeed shown incomparable performance. It had already completely convinced everyone in the Kandla Empire's navy. It made the empire's navy firmly believe that the wooden ships of the past would inevitably be replaced by this new guard ship made of steel that was like a fortress on the sea.
So even if they were dissatisfied with the New Flyer, they were still forced to take the initiative to invite the New Flyer to negotiate and work hard to promote a deeper cooperation between the two sides.
Russell was silent for a moment with a sullen face. He took a light breath and his face returned to normal. He made an inviting gesture to Xu Yi.
"Well, Chairman Xu, let's sit down and have a good talk about these things.
Please. "
Xu Yi smiled faintly. As expected, they had to yield to reality in the end.
The group entered the Kandla Empire's navy barracks near the port and sat down in a spacious room that looked like a war room.
Russell, as the host, introduced the various people on his side to Xu Yi and the two sides quickly got to the main topic.
The main purpose of the Kandla Empire's navy inviting Xu Yi was of course to let the guard ship continue to operate smoothly and ensure that the Kandla Empire's navy could smoothly use it in the future.
To put it bluntly, this guard ship could be considered as an experiment. It would allow the empire's navy to learn how to operate this new guard ship as soon as possible so that the empire's navy could prepare for a comprehensive replacement of ships in the future.
So the focus of the discussion was mainly on the follow-up maintenance of the guard ship.
The Kandla Empire's navy naturally hoped that New Flyer could provide them with all the maintenance technology, so that they could do their own maintenance without New Flyer.
However, Xu Yi directly told them that it was impossible.
The reason why he was this direct wasn't because New Flyer wasn't willing, but rather the main reason was that the Kandla Empire's navy didn't have this condition at all.
When it came to the maintenance of the guard ship, the most important problem was the replacement of damaged parts.
But all the parts of the guard ship were made by New Flyer. Not to mention the Kandla Empire not having this condition, even the Lampari Kingdom with a strong magic machine industry didn't have this condition.
The special steel needed to make these parts could only be refined by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, so only the Frestech Chamber of Commerce knew how to make these parts. Even the corresponding magic machines were only owned by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
To put it simply, other than New Flyer, there wasn't a single company or organization that could solve this problem.
So even if Xu Yi was willing to give the follow-up maintenance to the Kandla Empire's navy, they couldn't do it at all.
Although the Kandla Empire's navy wasn't convinced, they had to admit this fact. So after an intense discussion between both sides, the Kandla Empire's navy had no choice but to accept the solution proposed by New Flyer. That was that New Flyer would guarantee the maintenance of the Kandla Empire's guard ships, making sure that they could operate smoothly.
So the Kandla Empire's navy had to pay quite a bit of maintenance fees to New Flyer.
The daily maintenance fees were considered cheap, but the maintenance fees were a bit terrifying.
For example, the reason why the guard ship in the harbour couldn't operate, according to the results of the engineers sent by New Flyer, it was because the Kandla Empire's navy didn't follow the instructions given by New Flyer when operating the guard ship. It exceeded the power output limit and caused the Magic Array to be damaged, so it couldn't operate anymore.
The Magic Array was the core of the guard ship, so it was very serious if it had a problem.
According to the evaluation of New Flyer, if they wanted to repair it, they would have to bring the guard ship back to New Flyer's shipyard in the Principality of Constantine.
Because the Kandla Empire didn't have any conditions, they couldn't provide the environment needed to repair it at all.
Like this, adding in the materials and manpower needed, the cost wasn't small.
Xu Yi represented New Flyer and unceremoniously asked the Kandla Empire's navy for a repair fee of 70,000 gold coins.
Although the Kandla Empire's navy was extremely dissatisfied with this shocking cost, Xu Yi didn't relent at all, so they could only pinch their noses and accept it in the end.
In the end, New Flyer could choose not to repair it, but they couldn't not use it.
Looking at the Kandla Empire's navy officers, including Russell, who looked like they wanted to eat him alive, Xu Yi smiled faintly and couldn't help but feel a little proud.
When he agreed to sell the three guard ships to the Kandla Empire's navy for 50 gold coins and various other conditions, many of the upper echelons of the Chamber of Commerce objected because this price was too much of a loss. Even with the additional conditions, it was still too much of a loss.
But Xu Yi insisted on agreeing because he had already calculated today's situation.
As long as the Kandla Empire's navy had a guard ship, they would definitely discover the incomparable advantages of the guard ship compared to the traditional wooden ships and would inevitably continue to use it.
And as long as they used it, they would be forced to accept the conditions of the New Flyer's maintenance like today.
Whether it was the Kandla Empire's navy or the guys in the Chamber of Commerce, they probably didn't know that compared to the one-off sale of this kind of thing, the maintenance and maintenance was the most profitable part.
Many of the technologically advanced western countries on Earth were extremely skilled in this method, including many of the backward countries in China.
And when it came to the Sines, Xu Yi naturally wouldn't hesitate to borrow it.