Under the guidance of his subordinate, Xu Yi and Eto 'o arrived at a reception center set up in the center of the New Flyer's main base.
As soon as they entered, Xu Yi immediately felt that the atmosphere in the air seemed to have stagnated in an instant. The huge reception center hall was unbelievably quiet. Even the extremely soft footsteps of the two female attendants could be heard clearly.
Other than the two attendants who were still walking around, almost no one in the hall made any big movements. No matter what they did, they all had a cautious look, as if they were afraid to break the dead atmosphere.
Everyone's gazes intentionally or unintentionally fell on the two groups of people sitting across from each other in the hall. However, the gazes of these two groups of people were firmly fixed on the opposite side. Even if they didn't feel it, they could easily smell the strong smell of gunpowder mixed within.
Eto 'o frowned and glanced at the two groups of people. His gaze fell on the group of people on the left, who were the representatives of the Malor Empire's military that he was leading this time. He walked over and whispered a few words, then turned to look at the group of people opposite him with a strange expression.
After seeing Eto 'o's action, the group of people on the right finally noticed the arrival of Xu Yi and the others. One of the people sitting in the middle raised his hand to greet Xu Yi.
"Chairman Xu, you're back."
Xu Yi smiled and nodded at him. "Sir Russell, didn't you say that you would arrive the day after tomorrow?
Why are you here today? "
The deputy chief of staff of the Kandla Empire's naval staff, Russell, glanced at the people from the Malor Empire's military sitting opposite him and snorted coldly. "If we didn't come two days in advance, how would we have discovered these unexpected guests?"
His tone was full of sarcasm. From his expression, it could be seen that he must be quite dissatisfied and even angry.
However, Xu Yi did not seem to understand the meaning behind his words at all. He continued to maintain his smile and took two steps forward. He came to the middle of the two groups of people and extended his left hand to the people of the Malor Empire. "Come, let me introduce you. These are the guests from the Malor Empire."
Luo Su snorted softly, "Chairman Xu, there's no need for you to introduce him.
They are all from the Malor Empire's military, how could I not know? "
"Oh?" Xu Yi turned to look at Eto 'o.
"Then shouldn't you know these guests?"
Eitro frowned and looked at Xu Yi with some confusion, but he still nodded and said, "Of course, these people didn't deliberately hide their identities. If we still can't recognize them, then it's too unreasonable.
Am I right?
Respected Kandla Empire's Fox of the Forest, Lord Russell? "
"Fox of the Forest?" Xu Yi looked at Russell in surprise.
"Lord Russell, I didn't expect you to have such a nickname."
Russell waved his hand, "That's just a nickname given to me by others. It's nothing."
"Lord Russell, it's not right to be so modest." Eitro raised his voice.
"When you were still working for the Kandla Empire's army, our Malor Empire had suffered many losses under your hands.
Giving you such a nickname is out of respect for you.
If you think this is nothing, then isn't our Malor Empire's military too shameful?
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"What does your Malor Empire's military think have anything to do with me?" Russell said expressionlessly.
"Besides, I have now been transferred to the Empire's navy. The nickname 'Fox of the Forest' has nothing to do with me."
"That's really a pity." Eitro shook his head.
"The Kandla Empire's military did not use such a powerful jungle warfare master like you and transferred you to the navy. It's simply stupid."
Luo Su was silent and didn't refute.
From this reaction, perhaps he agreed with Eitro's words. But because of his status, he obviously could not say anything.
"Alright, sir Russell, no matter what you did before, since you're here now, if my guesses aren't wrong, you should be here for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's military magic machines, right?" Eitro asked.
"This has nothing to do with you." Russell responded indifferently.
"No, of course it has something to do with me.
Or rather, it has something to do with our entire Malor Empire. "Saying this, Eitro turned to look at Xu Yi, his eyes revealing a trace of questioning.
"Chairman Xu, Lord Russell is unwilling to say. Are you willing to tell me?"
Xu Yi shrugged, "Sorry, protecting the privacy of our customers is our duty. Without the consent of our customers, I can't reveal it to others."
Eitro nodded gently, "Okay, I understand."
After that, he turned his head and looked deeply at Russell. Then, he turned to the Malor Empire's military and said goodbye to Xu Yi.
After they left the reception center, Russell stared at Xu Yi and asked in a deep voice, "Chairman Xu, can you tell me what is going on?"
Xu Yi smiled and replied, "As you can see, this is what happened."
Russell's eyes narrowed slightly. A dangerous light flashed through his eyes. However, he did not continue to ask.
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Two days later, Eitro left the Principality of Constantine with the Malor Empire's military delegation and returned to the Malor Empire.
In his last conversation with Xu Yi, he revealed to Xu Yi that if there were no accidents, the Malor Empire's military would order a large number of military magic machines from New Flyer that were currently sold by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. At the same time, they also hoped to establish a long-term cooperation with New Flyer to guarantee the supply of military magic machines.
At the same time, he also expressed a little dissatisfaction to Xu Yi. That was, while New Flyer was cooperating with the Malor Empire, they were still cooperating with the Kandla Empire.
He warned Xu Yi that New Flyer's actions were very likely to cause the Malor Empire's military to distrust New Flyer. This could affect the confidence of the Malor Empire's military to cooperate with New Flyer.
Four days after sending off the Malor Empire's military delegation, Xu Yi also sent off the Kandla Empire's naval delegation led by Russell.
The purpose of Russell's visit this time was very simple. He only hoped to purchase ten more corvettes and various military magic machines from New Flyer.
At the same time, the Kandla Empire's naval delegation also hoped that New Flyer could provide them with further technical information regarding the corvettes. This would make it easier for them to carry out the later maintenance of the corvettes and carry out more training programs.
However, after seeing the Malor Empire's military delegation with his own eyes, Russell specially looked for Xu Yi and had a private meeting with him.
In this meeting, Russell solemnly expressed to Xu Yi that because the Malor Empire and the Kandla Empire were enemies, he and the Kandla Empire's military did not want to see New Flyer cooperate with the Malor Empire.
If New Flyer insisted on doing so, it could cause the Kandla Empire's military to lose trust in New Flyer and affect the cooperation between the two sides.
Basically, Russell's words and Eto 'o's meaning were similar. In any case, they did not want New Flyer to have a foot in both boats and maintain cooperation with two empires at the same time.
Russell's warning was more specific. He expressed that if New Flyer continued to maintain cooperation with the Malor Empire, then not only would it affect the cooperation between New Flyer and the Kandla Empire in the field of military magic machines, it would also likely affect the cooperation between the two sides in the field of civilian magic machines.
To be specific, the Kandla Empire would most likely judge New Flyer as an enemy based on this and refuse to allow New Flyer's products to enter the Kandla Empire's territory.
"I believe that Chairman Xu is very clear that losing a huge market like the Kandla Empire would be a serious loss for New Flyer.
So … Chairman Xu, please consider carefully and don't make the wrong choice. "
Russell's warning to Xu Yi could even be said to be a threat. It was obviously not a joke, but when it fell into Xu Yi's ears …
"These guys, why do they like to talk nonsense so much?"
Xu Yi dug his ears with a look of disdain on his face.
Although the two empires reacted relatively quickly and understood the importance of military magic machines, they still did not understand the situation clearly. They still put themselves in a high and mighty position, acting as if they were giving New Flyer a chance to cooperate with New Flyer.
But in reality?
"What's the old saying?
The wheel of history has already started rolling, and anyone who stands in its way can only be crushed. "
Xu Yi smiled lightly and threw Eto 'o and Russell's warning and threat to the back of his mind.
The current situation made it clear that the two empires were taking the initiative to cooperate with New Flyer, not the other way around. It was meaningless for them to put on such a high and mighty attitude.
Even if the military of the two empires were dissatisfied and even wary of New Flyer, how could they not do something like this if they did not want to?
In particular, the Kandla Empire had suffered great losses in two consecutive wars with the Kingdom of Ruhr. They felt the threat posed by the military magic machines even more deeply.
If not for their reputation, they would have already pounced on New Flyer like the Malor Empire, hoping to buy the military magic machines. There was no need for them to beat around the bush like now.
As for the Malor Empire, they did not have to worry. Although they did not have the same pain as the Kandla Empire, since the Kandla Empire had shown interest in the military magic machines produced by New Flyer, the Malor Empire would definitely follow suit and not allow themselves to fall behind the Kandla Empire in this aspect.
To put it simply, Xu Yi treated the two empires as chess pieces in his hands and used the hostile relationship between them to raise his value.
This method was just like what Mentor Carmilla and Xu Yi realized. It was like playing with fire and was extremely dangerous.
However, Xu Yi was very confident in the outcome because with the current situation, the two empires could not pose any threat to New Flyer at all.
Putting aside the military magic machines, Xu Yi was most concerned about the civilian magic machines that Russell had mentioned. There was even less of a need to worry about that.
If the military magic machines could still have problems due to the scruples of the two empires, then the trend of the civilian magic machines had already turned into a surging torrent that couldn't be stopped by just one person.
Xu Yi picked up last month's financial report in his hand and looked at the rows of data on it. He narrowed his eyes and revealed a smile like a fox that had succeeded in his scheme.