It was impossible that Xu Yi hadn't considered the threat of the archmages before he decided to break off all pretense of cordiality with the Magician's Union Headquarters.
It was just that when this threat came from Mentor Carmilla's mouth, it seemed especially credible, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.
However, he was only nervous for a moment before he relaxed.
He had already thought it through. If New Flyer wanted to lead the development of the magic machine industry on the continent and establish his ideal magic machine industry system, then he would face the threat of the archmages sooner or later.
Archmages were extremely special existences on the Sines. Up until now, including Mentor Carmilla, there were only a mere twenty seven of them on the entire continent.
Every single one of these twenty seven archmages were important figures. Any of their actions could shake up the magic circle on the continent. It could be said that they represented the authority of the magic circle.
However, in Xu Yi's eyes, the so-called authority of the archmages was built on their super powerful strength, or in other words, super powerful destructive power. This wasn't something to be praised.
This was because to Xu Yi, magic was only a tool. Using the power of magic to develop magic machines and then using these magic machines to improve people's lives was far more meaningful than using magic to destroy, or even directly participating in war.
Xu Yi had always used various methods to try and dilute the power of magic in order to shift the reverence people had for magic to the actual use of magic.
This time, he had purposely put on an attitude of going against the Magician's Union Headquarters. His goal was to separate the low level mages that made up ninety percent of the mages on the Sines from the Sorcerers Union. While finding suitable jobs for these low level mages, he also wanted them to redefine the use of magic in their minds.
If the largest number of low-level magicians all recognized magic machines and focused on using magic in specific magic machines, then it would be possible to change the direction that most magicians used magic in, and develop the magic machine industry better.
However, if he really wanted to completely change everyone's understanding of magic, then higher level mages, or even great mages and archmages would be a problem that Xu Yi had to face.
If he could convince an archmage to recognize the magic machine industry and throw himself into it, then the effect would definitely be greater than convincing ten thousand low level mages.
Mentor Carmilla was currently the only archmage that truly recognized the magic machine industry, but because of her special relationship with Xu Yi, her persuasion wasn't enough.
Therefore, Xu Yi had always been trying to use other methods to convince other archmages.
If the Magicians' Union really managed to convince an archmage to deal with New Flyer, then it would be a crisis for New Flyer, but at the same time, it was also a huge opportunity.
The specific outcome would depend on how Xu Yi's.
It was a good thing that archmages weren't ordinary people. Even the Magician's Union Headquarters wouldn't use this trump card unless it was absolutely necessary. Moreover, New Flyer also had Mentor Carmilla, so the Magician's Union Headquarters had to be cautious.
Therefore, even though Mentor Carmilla had raised this concern, in reality, after New Flyer and the Magician's Union Headquarters had completely fallen out, New Flyer didn't immediately suffer a direct attack from an archmage like Xu Yi had expected.
Apart from using various public statements to argue with New Flyer, the Magician's Union Headquarters didn't do anything special.
On the surface, the days seemed to be the same as usual. Everything was calm and peaceful.
Of course, this calmness was only for New Flyer. For the other countries on the continent, it wasn't calm at all.
After New Flyer announced that they could transfer some military magic machine technology, there were many countries on the continent that actively moved.
The first thirty five countries that signed a cooperation agreement with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce only took a single year to show who was better and who wasn't.
The Venes Duchy with the best cooperation had already entered the second stage of cooperation with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. The Frestech Chamber of Commerce had announced that their magic machine industry had reached the second level, so according to the contract, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had transferred the basic military magic machine technology of the Magic Repeating Crossbows and small Magic Trebuchets to the Venes Duchy.
For this, New Flyer and the Venis Duchy worked together, investing in a military magic machine factory in the Venis Duchy. At the same time, they built a steel mill that could produce over eight hundred thousand tons a year, providing the standard steel for the military magic machines.
Compared to the other countries that were still in the first stage, preparing to cooperate with New Flyer to build the most basic agricultural magic machine factory, the Venis Duchy was without a doubt in the lead.
After the cold winter passed, the fourth construction team sent by the New Flyer and the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce arrived in the Venis Duchy.
This time, their goal was to build a harbour at the mouth of the Venis Duchy's largest river, the Taran River, and the endless sea.
Although the Venis Duchy had a natural harbour here before, it couldn't satisfy the increasing demand for goods in the Venis Duchy, especially the large transport Magic Ships of the New Flyer fleet. So under the proposal of the New Flyer, the New Flyer and the Venis Duchy would each invest half of the money to build this new harbour together.
This harbour was connected to the Taran River that ran through the Venis Duchy to the north. With the river transport of the Taran River, it was very convenient to transport goods from the Venis Duchy here and then send them to further places by sea.
Correspondingly, the goods from other places could enter the harbour and be sent to various parts of the Venis Duchy through the Taran River.
Other than this, the Venis Duchy was planning on building a road along the Taran River. With the three roads that had been built before, they could basically connect all parts of the Venis Duchy with roads.
According to their estimates, as long as this harbour and road were finished, adding in the fact that the Venis Duchy would use the various construction magic machines provided by the New Flyer to clear the Taran River, the transportation environment of the Venis Duchy would be greatly improved.
In the past, although the Venis Duchy was rich in all kinds of products, the transportation was not convenient enough, so these products could not be transported out. The people of the duchy could only live in poor conditions because of the poor land of the Venis Duchy.
But once this transportation problem was solved, the rare products of the Venis Duchy could be easily transported to other parts of the continent to be sold, which would bring quite a bit of income to the Venis Duchy.
For example, when the New Flyer and the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce's fleet came to the Venis Duchy, other than helping the Venis Duchy build a harbour, they were also responsible for purchasing large amounts of local products from the Venis Duchy.
When the fleet arrived at the crude natural harbour, countless goods from all over the Venis Duchy had already been piled up like a mountain, waiting for the fleet to take them away.
Correspondingly, the New Flyer's transport fleet had also brought large amounts of rare goods from the Venis Duchy.
Among them, the most important part was basic grains such as rice and wheat.
Just for this fleet, the New Flyer had brought three large transport Magic Ships and three thousand barrels of the dwarven specialty wine.
The Vinis Duchy was only a small country, and its population was only about 600,000. This batch of supplies was a great improvement and help to the Vinis Duchy that had been lacking staple food all year round.
So when the fleet arrived at the harbour, they were immediately welcomed by the people of the Venis Duchy.
Duke Venis even personally came and warmly welcomed the high level members of the fleet. This showed how much importance the Venis Duchy placed on the New Flyer and the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce.
Of course, what he really cared about was the other batch of goods hidden under the rice, wheat, and wine … …
"Your excellency Duke, look, this is the hand held Magic Cannon that our company has carefully developed. Don't look at how small it is, after each shell is fired, it has the might of a Fourth Grade Fire Magic Bomb, which is very shocking.
There isn't any special requirement to use this Magic Cannon, as long as the soldiers train a bit, they will be able to grasp the basics of using it. "
Hearing the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's fleet commander Jahn Sauron's introduction, Duke Venis' eyes lit up. He couldn't help reaching out to touch the Magic Cannon that was shining brightly under the light. It felt very smooth in his hand and was very good to touch.
"Good, very good!
This thing really is good. "
Duke Venis gave a few words of praise before turning to ask Garn Sauron, "Commander Sauron, I wonder when your New Flyer is willing to give us the technology to make this Magic Cannon?"
Garn Sauron revealed a faint smile, "Your excellency Duke, regarding this, our company has already given you detailed notes on the magic machine industry level list.
The lowest level requirement for the Magic Cannon is the fourth level magic machine industry, so your country can't meet this requirement right now. "
"Is that so?" Although he already knew this, Duke Venis was still a bit disappointed when he heard this answer.
After touching the Magic Cannon for a bit, he asked, "Even if you can't give us the technology, can you at least sell us some higher level military magic machines?"
Garn Sauron shook his head, "Your excellency Duke, I urge you to give up on this idea.
"Regarding military magic machines, our chamber of commerce has strict regulations. The reason why we are selling this batch of military magic machines to your country is because your country is the first country to achieve a level 2 magic machine industrial system. Therefore, we are giving you special support.
As for the large Magic Cannon ….. that is a military magic machine that only the sixth level magic machine industry can have. If your country wants it, you need to work harder. "
Duke Venis was silent for a bit before giving a long sigh. He reached his hand out to Garn Sauron, "Alright, first give me what we deserve."