Volu 6 Chapter 91 - Opening Land Access
Actually it was worse than chief staff officer Derank’s worries.
This Magic Cannon that Great Magician Mayev said took all the elites of the military magic machine developnt center three months of hard work and three hundred and forty thousand gold coins to develop, whether it was in terms of attack power or precision, couldn’t compare to the real Magic Cannon.
During the morning testing, this Magic Cannon’s best range was only less than a thousand ters and the cannonball had landed over fifty ters away from the target.
There was no need to compare this to the Frestech Chamber of Comrce’s Magic Cannon. Even in chief staff officer Derank’s Spirit Turtle Regint, it would be hard for him to accept.
This kind of unreliable thing, not to ntion attacking the enemy, it might be a problem of accidentally attacking their own people.
What filled chief staff officer Derank with despair was that during this practice fire test, the Magic Cannon had actually......exploded!
This powerful military magic machine had actually exploded!
When he was far away from the military magic machine developnt center, chief staff officer Derank felt a fear in his heart.
If it wasn’t for Great Magician Mayev being by his side who had released a magic barrier to protect everyone, the Magic Cannon’s explosion would have blown him and the surrounding people to pieces.
Moreover, Great Magician Mayev had been very calm about such a shocking thing. He had even told chief staff officer Derank that this was a normal thing, so there was no need to make a fuss.
When chief staff officer Derank asked about this, he learned that since the military magic machine developnt center had been built, there were over twenty accidents like this. That was why Great Magician Mayev was so calm.
“It’s normal to encounter accidents when researching magic, what is there to be surprised about?”
Thinking of the calm look Great Magician Mayev had when he said this, chief staff officer Derank couldn’t only give a bitter laugh.
He couldn’t deny Great Magician Mayev’s words because he agreed that there would be dangerous accidents when studying sothing as dangerous as the military magic machines, but this made one thing clear for him. It was that the Sack Kingdom’s current research into the military magic machines were far from being able to compare to the Frestech Chamber of Comrce’s.
To rely on this military magic machine developnt center to catch up to the Frestech Chamber of Comrce was a fool’s dream.
If they couldn’t catch up to the Frestech Chamber of Comrce in terms of military magic machines, the Sack Kingdom would never be able to stand up again.
This was what chief staff officer Derank was the most worried about.
Chief staff officer Derank deeply knitted his brows as he took the horse carriage back to Nordham City. Looking up to see that it was already close to noon, planned on reporting in at headquarters and checking with the intelligence departnt, but he suddenly saw a Magic Car motorcade with a familiar flag slowly coming out of the city.
Since the Lampuri Kingdom and the Sack Kingdom had developed diplomatic relations and the Frestech Chamber of Comrce started working with the Sack Kingdom, it wasn’t a strange thing to see Magic Cars in Nordham City.
But this motorcade drew chief staff officer Derank’s attention because the flag was the flag that represented the Frestech Chamber of Comrce!
“These are the representatives from the Frestech Chamber of Comrce? Why would they suddenly co to Nordham City?” This question filled chief staff officer Derank’s mind before he suddenly thought of sothing.
The Moon Shadow Tribe had worked with the Frestech Chamber of Comrce to drive away the Spirit Turtle Regint’s blockade on the Moon Shadow Tribe’s territory. Although this was not publicized and didn’t create much of a stir in the Sack Kingdom, not even being discussed in the army headquarters, it was impossible that there would be no consequences of this matter at all.
Three days ago, chief staff officer Derank had received news that the Frestech Chamber of Comrce would send a representative to the Sack Kingdom and what they would be discussing would be related to the Moon Shadow Tribe’s territory.
Chief staff officer Derank was filled with disbelief when he heard about this.
The Frestech Chamber of Comrce had sent their guards to attack the Sack Kingdom’s regint and now they were sending a representative, they simply didn’t put the Sack Kingdom in their eyes at all.
But after thinking about it, he felt that it made sense.
If there was no follow up, why would the Frestech Chamber of Comrce make a move?
The Frestech Chamber of Comrce appeared in Nordham City and they were preparing to leave, did that an the discussions were already over?
What were the results?
Chief staff officer Derank changed his plan to go to the army headquarters and changed the direction of the horse carriage, heading towards the north of Nordham City.
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“What was the Frestech Chamber of Comrce’s request?” The Sack Kingdom’s departnt of comrce chief Paula Alvin looked at chief staff officer Derank in surprise, “Hey, Derank, soone who is crazy about fighting, how are you suddenly interested in this?”
“Nonsense, we just fought with the Frestech Chamber of Comrce’s guards a few days ago, naturally I would pay attention to their moves.” Chief staff officer Derank snappily said.
He and Paula Alvin were classmates and old friends, so naturally he could say what he wanted to say.
“It’s like this.....But I heard that your Spirit Turtle Regint was beaten until you ran away, you couldn’t fight back at all.” Chief Alvin said with a teasing smile.
Chief staff officer Derank rolled his eyes and gave a helpless sigh, “There’s no other way, those Frestech Chamber of Comrce guards are just too strong. Not to ntion our Spirit Turtle Regint, even if the elites of the Marlow Empire or Candra Empire went, I don’t think they can stop them.”
“So? You’re just giving up on fighting?”
“Bullshit!” Chief staff officer Derank was filled with rage, “As a soldier, how can I easily speak of giving up! Alright, stop wasting words. Tell , what excessive requests have the Frestech Chamber of Comrce’s representative made? They have just taught us a lesson, so they must have conditions, right?”
“They did make a proposal, but if you want to say it’s excessive.....that wouldn’t be right.” Chief Alvin shook his head, “At least to , it isn’t excessive to our Sack Kingdom at all and would actually benefit us greatly.”
“Benefit?” Chief staff officer Derank was stunned, “How could that be possible?”
“There’s nothing impossible about it. The Frestech Chamber of Comrce’s representative wanted our Sack Kingdom to open up the western territory, to build a road that leads from the Black Rice Wasteland to the north of the continent. The Frestech Chamber of Comrce wants to establish a road that goes from the Stantine Duchy to the Black Rice Wasteland, then to our Sack Kingdom before reaching the northern countries. It would make it easier for them to transport their goods to the north.”
“Oh? The Frestech Chamber of Comrce had this plan?” Chief staff officer Derank was silent for a bit before he couldn’t help giving a slow nod, “This does seem like the Frestech Chamber of Comrce’s style and sounds very good, but I’ve heard that the Frestech Chamber of Comrce sent a fleet to search for a path to the northern seas? If they want to open up this sea route, why would they waste all this effort for a land route?”
“A sea route isn’t equal. The most important difference is that once winter cos, the northern seas will be frozen and the Frestech Chamber of Comrce can’t rely on sea transport. So if I was Xu Yi, I would also find a land transport route.” Alvin explained.
“Oh......Then this ans the Frestech Chamber of Comrce sent their guards to attack us with the Moon Shadow Tribe elves just for this?”
“Based on their current actions, it should be like this.”
“Then why did they do all this, they can just go talk to the governnt.” Chief staff officer Derank was confused.
“You think that......if the Frestech Chamber of Comrce didn’t do anything, the governnt would easily accept opening the territory for their caravans?” Chief Alvin asked.
“This.....” Chief staff officer Derank thought about it before shaking his head with a bitter smile.
The Sack Kingdom had many people who were hostile towards the Frestech Chamber of Comrce, especially the military. There were few people who could examine the Frestech Chamber of Comrce rationally like chief staff officer Derank.
If the Frestech Chamber of Comrce directly requested the Sack Kingdom to open their territory, many people would find it a challenge and it would be strange if it had passed.
“Hei, when did our Sack Kingdom beco a place where we can only bully the weak.....” Chief staff officer Derank gave a bitter laugh in his heart. When he looked up to see the smile on chief Alvin’s face, he couldn’t help asking in a curious voice, “Why do you seem so happy? Could it be that you don’t feel sha over the Frestech Chamber of Comrce’s caravan running over our territory?”
“Sha?” Chief Alvin blinked in a daze like he didn’t understand this before he revealed another smile, “Alright, I understand what you soldiers think, but to be honest, for as the departnt of comrce’s chief, the Frestech Chamber of Comrce is the best partner. We want to take the initiative in working with them, we don’t want to have any hostility towards the Frestech Chamber of Comrce at all.”
“Why?”
“Why? He, Derank, you soldiers only know how to ask for funds all day, but do you care about how the kingdom gets all the funds that are given to the army headquarters?”
Chief staff officer Derank’s face turned red and he gave a cough, “This.....I still care about it a bit. I know that the kingdom’s finances are not that good right now and the funding is very tight.”
“It’s good that you know!” Chief Alvin gave a cold snort, “Let tell you, since we started working with the Frestech Chamber of Comrce two years ago, the Sack Kingdom’s business taxes have been growing each year. Especially this year, if it follows the current trend, this year’s tax will be four tis larger than three years ago! Do you know what that ans?”
“Four tis?” Chief staff officer Derank was surprised, “It’s that much?”
“It is that much.” Chief Alvin said with a serious look, “Derank, the Frestech Chamber of Comrce coming to work with us is a good chance for us. Not to ntion that Frestech Chamber of Comrce making such a big move to force your military side to concede, even if they didn’t do this, I would have represented the departnt of comrce to make them concede!”
Seeing the serious look on chief Alvin’s face, chief staff officer Derank curled his lips and didn’t say a thing.
Why did he feel like when he thought of the soldiers that protected the country, it felt like he was thinking of criminals?
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