Volume 5 Chapter 99 - Buying a car (1/2)

Volume 5 Chapter 99 Buying a car

Russell had a calm look as he left the navy headquarters.

He looked up to see the sky that was covered in thick clouds and gave a deep sigh before shaking his head with a helpless look in his eyes.

No matter how passionate and serious he was about this matter, chief Isler never agreed to his ideas.

As for the final proposal, chief Isler had said that it was absurd without any courtesy!

“Absurd? Perhaps……” Russell gave a bitter laugh, thinking that chief Isler’s reaction wasn’t strange at all.

If anyone else heard Russell’s idea of decommissioning all the ships of the navy and then changing them for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s guard ships, they would also feel it was absurd.

The Candra Empire’s royal fleet wasn’t as important as the army, but it had been six hundred years since it was established. There were currently four fleets and there were over two thousand ships with over ten thousand soldiers.

To suddenly decommission all these ships was like a fantasy, it was something that was impossible.

Of course, Russell was also clear on the fact that this was impossible, so his real suggestion was to decommission a part of the navy and then use what could be spared from the budget to buy guard ships, creating a new fleet.

But this idea still didn’t receive the approval of chief Isler.

“Reduce a portion? Alright, which portion?”

Chief Isler’s question made Russell speechless.

As the vice chief of staff, Russell understood more than most people about the situation of the navy.

He knew that although the navy had four fleets under them, the four fleets all had factions in them. The powers of the empire were mixed and if he were to move against any faction, it would be equal to declaring war on them.

Right, reduce which portion?

This seemed simple, but it was actually very hard.

Not to mention that Russell was only the vice chief of staff, not the navy’s commander in chief or the army’s commander in chief. There was no possibility of easily making this decision.

The only one who could do this was the aloof emperor.

But the only threat in the mind of the emperor was the Marlow Empire, the navy wasn’t important to him at all.

For him to make this proposal, the emperor might first completely get rid of the navy.

In the end, since the navy was established, they had never brought any benefits to the empire. This led most people in the kingdom to not attach any importance to the navy.

This situation hadn’t improved in the six hundred years. Russell also didn’t make any improvements in the twenty years that he served.

He could imagine that in the future, there wouldn’t be any improvements still.

Russell felt helpless about this situation, so he couldn’t find a single reason to convince chief Isler with and could only silently leave.

“The only comfort is that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce is only a small company in the Stantine Duchy, they can’t really pose any threat to our empire’s navy……”

Russell comforted himself in his heart, but he still felt a bit unsettled.

When he inspected the Frestech Chamber of Commerce in the Stantine Duchy, even if he left in just a few days, he had seen many countless amazing things there.

In the depth of Russell’s heart, there was a thought that seemed like a joke.

This Frestech Chamber of Commerce, it was like they came from another world.

They could make all those magic machines, it didn’t seem like goods that belonged on the continent.

When he saw those normal magic machines in the Stantien Duchy, his feelings weren’t that deep, but after seeing the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s large Magic Ships and the incomparable battle strength they had, these feelings became deeper and deeper, making him feel more and more anxious.

He kept feeling that if this Frestech Chamber of Commerce could keep developing like this, they might…..become a threat to the entire Candra Empire.

When this thought appeared in Russell’s mind, he couldn’t help laughing at himself.

The Candra Empire was one of the two empires on the continent, they were a colossus that couldn’t be resisted.

Not to mention a small company like the Frestech Chamber of Commerce in the Stantine Duchy, even the entire Stantine Duchy wouldn’t enter the Candra Empire’s eyes.