The leaves on the trees gradually turned dark green, which meant that the season was slowly approaching the hot summer.
Like before, in the beginning of summer each year, the sales of various household magic machines would soar.
Among them, there were the Magic Fans, Magic Refrigerators, Magic Air Conditioners, and other household magic machines that could cool people down in the summer.
What was different from before was that this year, the household magic machines produced by the Lampari Kingdom and the surrounding countries no longer stayed in the southwest countries. Rather, they were heading to the Malor Empire, the Kandla Empire, and even further countries.
Since the war between the Kingdom of Ruhr and the Kandla Empire, all the countries on the Sines knew about the mysterious military magic machines.
At the same time, they also knew that other than the military magic machines, there were also the concept of household magic machines.
Among the various household magic machines, the ones that most people cared about the most were the household magic machines that were closest to their lives.
So when the Kandla Empire and the Lampari Kingdom signed a trade agreement, opening the market to the Lampari Kingdom, there was nothing that could stop these household magic machines from entering this giant empire.
As for the Malor Empire, they didn't stop them at all.
Because the Marquess Of Southguard had already cooperated with the New Flyer and the Lampari Kingdom's magic machine companies, the citizens of the Malor Empire had accepted the existence of household magic machines earlier than the Kandla Empire.
Compared to the Kandla Empire, the only disadvantage the Malor Empire had was that they were in the north of the continent. They were quite far from the southwest countries where the magic machine companies were based.
Regarding this problem, the Malor Empire's response wasn't slow.
In less than half a month after the representatives of the Malor Empire's army returned, the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce received a cooperation agreement from the Malor Empire. They hoped that the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce would enter the Malor Empire and help build several roads in the Malor Empire.
At the same time, they hoped that the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce could connect the roads in the Malor Empire with the roads in the Falk Kingdom that were close to the Malor Empire, creating a convenient path to the Lampari Kingdom and the Malor Empire.
The Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of course happily accepted this.
The Marlow Empire's territory was even bigger than the southwest countries added together. If they could completely pave the roads, the benefits they could obtain would be hard to imagine.
After signing the preliminary agreement, the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce almost immediately sent a geological exploration team to the Malor Empire to prepare for the upcoming road paving.
The road that was previously paved in the southwest province of the Malor Empire also began to expand because of the signing of this agreement.
If there were no accidents, a direct road to the Malor Empire's capital, Angelo City, could be built within the next year.
The total mileage of this road was estimated to be more than 2,000 kilometers. It could be said that it was the longest road paved by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce.
According to President Cruz, this was an opportunity for the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, but also a challenge for them.
If they could successfully pave this long and complicated road, it would be a great improvement for the entire Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce.
Xu Yi didn't pay much attention to this. As a person who crossed over from earth, he always thought that the roads built by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce could only be regarded as the lowest level of roads on earth.
Not to mention compared to those expensive highways, even compared to ordinary national roads, it was still a lot worse.
The road paved by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce was still far away.
However, he didn't have time to pay attention to the challenge faced by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce. This was because New Flyer was currently facing an even more difficult challenge.
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Xu Yi looked up at the sky. He found that the sky was clear and the sun was shining.
He then looked down at the sea in the distance. He found that the waves on the sea were slightly rolling. It could almost be regarded as calm.
"Mhmm, very good." Xu Yi nodded with satisfaction.
"It seems that today is a good day to go out to sea."
Narvil, the general manager of the New Flyer's transport fleet, smiled, "Of course, we chose the day a long time ago. We knew that today would be calm."
"Oh?
Then can you guarantee that every day will be calm? "Xu Yi asked back with a smile.
Narvil immediately waved his hand, "Sir chairman, you're joking.
The situation at sea is very complicated. It might be calm one minute, but the next minute, there will be a storm. Our group has already suffered enough. "
"We encountered these situations in the southern seas. Do you think that if we go north, the endless seas will be the same?" Xu Yi asked again.
"This ….." Narvil turned to look at the endless sea north of the Black Rice Harbor. After a moment of silence, he shook his head.
"I'm not sure.
But sir chairman, I believe that with our many years of experience on the sea, even if we go on a completely new route, there won't be any problems.
Of course, the most important thing is that we have the best ship in the world.
As long as we ride it, we won't have to worry at all! "
Xu Yi smiled faintly and patted Narvil's shoulder, "It's because of your confidence that the mission of sending a transport fleet to the Malor Empire will be given to you."
Narvil gave a salute to Xu Yi and said seriously, "Sir chairman, don't worry, I will definitely complete this mission perfectly!"
Seeing his serious face, Xu Yi slowly shook his head.
"I don't need you to act like you're going to risk your life to complete this mission.
Remember, this is just an exploration. It's good if you succeed, but if you encounter any problems and can't continue, your first choice is not to risk your life to continue, but to bring the people back safely.
Do you understand what I mean? "
Narvil was stunned and looked seriously at Xu Yi's expression. Seeing his serious face, he asked hesitantly, "Then ….. Sir chairman, if there really is a problem, we won't even take the goods?"
"Nonsense!
Are the goods more important than the people? "Xu Yi reprimanded.
"Remember, if the goods are lost, they can be made again, but if the people are lost, they can't be found.
Compared to the goods, you people are much more important.
I'm having you open a route this time, not to send you to your deaths. "
"Oh ….. I understand … …" Narvil gave a slight nod.
"Alright, sir chairman, I will definitely do my best to complete this mission. Of course, this is based on ensuring everyone's safety."
"It's good that you understand." Xu Yi nodded.
"For your success this time, I've specially arranged two Magic Airships for you to go with you. This is to prepare for any accidents, so that you can make more flexible choices.
Remember, you have to keep in contact with the commanders of the two Magic Airships to avoid any accidents. "
"I understand, sir chairman can be assured."
"Good, go and prepare." Xu Yi patted his shoulder again, indicating for him to leave.
Narvil gave a bow to Xu Yi before turning to head to the large transport Magic Ship that was docked at the Black Rice Harbour.
There were a total of three large transport Magic Ships, ten Magic Guard Ships, and two Magic Airships docked at the Black Rice Harbour.
After Narvil finished his preparations, the two Magic Airships would fly to the large transport Magic Ships and head north with them.
The destination of this fleet was the northern harbour of the Malor Empire.
The goal of the New Flyer transport fleet this time, other than transporting the military and civilian magic machines that the Malor Empire had ordered from the New Flyer, they also had the important task of opening a route.
Before this, there had never been a fleet that had tried to make this kind of voyage.
Because according to the most rough map of Sines, to go from the Black Rice Harbour in the southwest of Sines to the harbour in the north of the Malor Empire, they had to travel at least five thousand kilometers.
This kind of terrifying distance, there had never been a ship that could safely reach it before.
Even if the New Flyer transport fleet had set off from the Principality of Constantine many times, crossing three thousand kilometers to reach the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom in the southeast corner of Sines, they still couldn't compare to this voyage.
Other than being two thousand kilometers, the more important problem was that sailing north was completely different from sailing south.
The endless seas in the south changed a lot, but no one knew how the endless seas in the north changed.
Without experience, it meant that there were many unknown dangers.
Moreover, according to the information provided by the Malor Empire, the northern seas would be frozen for half a year. The only time they could sail each year was from early summer to early autumn, which was four to five months.
With the speed of the New Flyer transport fleet, even if everything was normal, it would take over half a month for a round trip.
Adding in the time it took to resupply and the time it took to load the goods, it would take at least a month for a round trip.
If there was an accident, it was impossible to estimate how long it would take.
Because there were too many unpredictable dangers along the way and because this was the first time the New Flyer and the Malor Empire had made a direct connection, Xu Yi attached great importance to this.
Not only had he prepared the most experienced people for this fleet, he had even specially allocated two Magic Airships to help.
With the three hundred fully armed New Flyer guards on this fleet, as long as they didn't meet a particularly strong natural disaster, there shouldn't be any dangers that could threaten them.
After around half an hour, the fleet had finished their preparations.
Xu Yi didn't listen to Narvil's suggestion to give a speech on the large transport Magic Ship because he didn't want to make this voyage too serious and increase the pressure on the people on the ship.
It was like he said to Narvil before, people were the most important.
Even if this voyage experiment failed, they could just come back next time.
But if they were gone, these people with rich voyage experience would be hard to find.
After everything was prepared, the large transport Magic Ship that Narvil was on fired three Magic Cannons at the sea before slowly setting off.
The other two large transport Magic Ships and ten guard ships followed behind. A total of thirteen ships slowly left the Black Rice Harbour before gradually accelerating, disappearing into the far north of the endless seas not long after.
Xu Yi who was watching the fleet disappear in the distance was calculating how many days they could last with their supplies when he suddenly felt something tugging at the corner of his clothes.
It was the clear voice of a little girl that came from below.
"Hey, sir chairman, when can we truly begin exploring the depths of the endless seas?"