When the Stratholme magic machine industrial base in the far north of the continent was wildly being built, the three Kandla Empire navy ports in the far south weren't idle.
After obtaining another five guard ships from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, adding in the three guard ships from before, the Candra Empire's navy finally had a new fleet of Magic Guard Ships.
In the many trainings and drills in the past half a year, this new fleet had shown everyone a might that far surpassed the Kandla Empire's traditional warships. It made the Kandla Empire's navy reach a consensus that the future development of the navy would be to completely change to this new Magic Guard Ship.
In the past, the traditional method of relying on a large number of wooden ships to oppress the opponent, constantly shooting rockets at each other, or even directly boarding the ships to engage in hand-to-hand combat, or at most using a small catapult to throw two stones at the enemy, had been completely replaced by a new type of combat that used ultra-long range attacks and could end the battle without even seeing the enemy's face.
If they wanted to move across the endless seas in the future, the Kandla Empire's navy had to quickly change.
However, there was an important problem that prevented the Kandla Empire's navy from making this change.
This problem was very simple and direct, it was money.
The empire's budget for the army had been cut again and again, with the navy's budget being cut even more than the army's.
The money the empire's navy used to buy three Magic Guard Ships from the New Flyer was taken out by the navy's finance department. They also owed a portion to the New Flyer because of this, while also taking out some conditions like opening the military ports to the New Flyer's guard ships in exchange.
Although the empire's navy obtained quite a bit from cooperating with the New Flyer, as well as the increase in sea transport from fighting pirates, after buying those five Magic Guard Ships from the New Flyer, they had spent all the money they had worked hard to save over the past two years.
So even if the empire's navy had reached a consensus to change all their ships to the new Magic Guard Ships, when they thought of the high price of two million gold coins per Magic Guard Ship, they could only helplessly express their helplessness.
In order to achieve this goal and with the emperor's private instructions, the Kandla Empire's navy had deepened their relationship with the New Flyer.
With the new chief of staff Count Russell's help, the New Flyer and the Kandla Empire's navy had reached an agreement two months ago. They would open the three deep water ports to the south of the Kandla Empire that were controlled by the Kandla Empire's navy.
To be specific, these three ports that only belonged to the Kandla Empire's navy were now open to all ships.
Although the ships entering the ports only needed to pay a certain protection fee to the Kandla Empire's navy, this fee wasn't high. The largest ship only needed to pay thirty gold coins, which was something most sea transport merchants could afford.
Moreover, after paying thirty gold coins, not only would they receive the protection of the Kandla Empire's navy in these three ports, if they met any danger on the southern seas, they could ask the Kandla Empire's navy for help.
In short, for most sea transport merchants, this protection fee was worth paying.
Of course, if they met any danger on the southern seas and could ask the Kandla Empire's navy for help, the key was still the New Flyer.
Each ship that paid thirty gold coins would receive a Magic Communication Device from the New Flyer. With this Magic Communication Device, as long as they were in the range of the New Flyer's Magic Communication Network, they could use the Magic Communication Device to contact other people in the same range of the Magic Communication Network.
In the southern seas of the Kandla Empire, you could send a distress signal through the Magic Communication Device at any time. Then this distress signal would immediately be sent to the Kandla Empire's navy and the Kandla Empire's navy would send ships to rescue you.
If the empire's navy couldn't immediately come to rescue you, the ships that needed help could ask the nearest New Flyer's bases on the islands of the endless seas for help.
Because the transmission range of each magic signal tower was limited to five kilometers, the Candra Empire's navy suggested to the merchant ships that they shouldn't go five kilometers away from the island with the magic signal tower, otherwise the rescue signal wouldn't be able to be sent out.
So after the Kandla Empire's navy announced the opening of these three military ports as transport ports, the number of ships that came to the Kandla Empire increased again, reaching several dozen times more than before. But if one looked down from the sky, they would find that although these ships were sailing on the endless seas, they were taking the same route.
When all the ships sailed on the endless seas, they would always stay close to the New Flyer's base and wouldn't go too far.
The most important reason was that this route was covered by the New Flyer's Magic Communication Network, which allowed them to have strong instant communication conditions. If they met any danger, they could immediately ask for help and they could immediately communicate with each other if there was any information.
For these sea merchants who might not see a single person for ten days to half a month on the boundless Endless Sea, this was a huge change that could turn heaven and earth upside down.
Other than this, since this route was around the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's island base, it was clear that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had already investigated it. There wouldn't be any hidden dangers on this route that they hadn't discovered, so it would be easier for them to travel.
Then there was another thing that the Kandla Empire's navy and New Flyer had published in the « Endless Seas Route Guide ». It was that the New Flyer had set up deep water ports for ships every five hundred kilometers on these bases.
The cargo ships could stop at these ports at any time to replenish and rest.
For these merchant ships that had been floating on the endless seas all year round and could only rely on the supplies they had prepared to sail for several weeks or even several months, this was a great convenience.
Moreover, the New Flyer would also provide some suggested ship maintenance and other logistical facilities at these ports, allowing these merchant ships to have a more reliable guarantee when sailing at sea.
In addition, because they could obtain supplies at any time, the space used to store supplies could also be used to store more goods, making the value of this voyage much higher than before.
Although the charges on these bases of the New Flyer were much more expensive than on land, it was undoubtedly many times better than before when they couldn't replenish and rest midway and could encounter danger at any time.
Moreover, they could now enjoy the protection of the New Flyer's fleet and the Kandla Empire's navy fleet on the sea from the Principality of Constantine to the southern part of the Kandla Empire, greatly increasing their safety.
Because of the above reasons, when the New Flyer and the Kandla Empire's navy made a joint announcement, countless ships immediately sailed into the Endless Seas and began to shuttle back and forth on the route planned by the New Flyer.
Countless goods of all kinds were loaded onto merchant ships at the various ports in the Principality of Constantine and transported to the Kandla Empire through this route.
These goods weren't just magical machines, but also a large amount of ordinary daily necessities, including food, clothing, plastic products, and even some pots and pans.
When the merchant ships arrived at the southern ports of the Kandla Empire, a portion of these goods were sold locally and in the nearby regions, while the rest entered the empire's hinterland through the Kandla Empire's navy and the New Flyer's cargo transfer station near the ports.
To the commoners of the Kandla Empire, any goods from the Principality of Constantine were extremely welcome.
Think about it, a piece of clothing with a beautiful appearance, meticulous stitching, and only slightly different from the clothes made by the master tailors of the Kandla Empire was sold for a mere few dozen silver coins, or at most a little more than a gold coin!
This was simply a gift!
As for the other aspects, although most of the Candra Empire's citizens didn't recognize plastic, the things that were made of plastic, like the plastic washbasins, were light and easy to use. They were much more convenient than iron washbasins and their price was only a tenth of the price of normal iron washbasins.
Moreover, the surface of the plastic washbasin was incomparably smooth, and it felt super good to the touch. It was much better than the bumpy iron washbasins made by blacksmiths.
Moreover, iron washbasins were afraid of rusting, but plastic washbasins weren't.
If one really didn't want to use plastic washbasins, and felt that metal washbasins were more reassuring, then there was no problem.
This was because there were all kinds of washbasins made of various alloys for one to choose from. They would never rust, and were similarly light. It was just that they were slightly more expensive, but only by a few silver coins.
Countless goods from the Principality of Constantine flooded in. Among them, there were goods that the commoners of the Kandla Empire wanted, but there were also many that they didn't expect.
In short, they were all cheap and easy to use. In an instant, it had a huge impact on the lives of the commoners of the Kandla Empire.
In a mere two to three months, the goods from the Principality of Constantine had left an extremely deep impression on the commoners of the Kandla Empire.
The only exception was the Southern Province.