Volume 5 Chapter 130 - Opening the harbour (1/2)

Volume 5 Chapter 130 Opening the harbour

Before the important Marquis Southgate had left, there was another important guest that came to the Stantine Duchy.

This was already Russell’s third time in the Stantine Duchy.

Unlike the last two times, he didn’t come with ambassador Hakanin this time, but led several of his subordinates from the Candra Empire navy. He came in the pure black Magic Car that he bought from Belil’s Magic Car Store and drove all the way here from the Candra Empire.

Although he had informed Xu Yi ahead of time, when Xu Yi saw the serious expressions of the subordinates that followed Russell, he was still a bit surprised.

Seeing their stance, it didn’t seem like they were just here for a follow up inspection.

As expected, after exchanging greetings with Xu Yi, Russell directly jumped into the main topic.

“Chairman Xu, we’ve obtained the navy headquarters’ approval on the cooperation method from last time. As long as you can agree on behalf of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, our first cooperation will become official.” Russell looked at Xu Yi as he said this with a serious look.

Xu Yi was silent for a bit before asking with a smile, “Sir Russell, may I ask how many guard ships you are buying this time?”

Russell had an awkward look on his face and after hesitating a bit, he slowly raised three fingers for Xu Yi.

“Thirty ships? That might be a bit difficult. With our company’s current production capacity, it’ll take us a few years to build thirty ships.”

“No……It’s three ships……” When he said this, Russell’s face couldn’t help turning a bit red.

As the Candra Empire’s navy with incomparable glory, it was very embarrassing to buy warships from another country’s company. What was even more embarrassing was that they could only buy three ships!

Xu Yi was surprised as he revealed a strange look. He immediately suppressed it and revealed the same smile as before.

“Three? That isn’t a problem, we can finish these three ships at the quickest in three months. But how do you propose we finish our cooperation?”

“Relax, we have already made preparations.”

Russell took out the document from the bag in his hand for Xu Yi.

This was a cooperation contract. It clearly wrote that as compensation for the three guard ships from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, the Candra Empire would offer one and a half million gold coins. At the same time, they would be opening up the mineral resources on the islands in the southern seas of the Candra Empire.

At the same time, the Candra Empire navy would work with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce to build several bases on the southern seas, allowing the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s transport fleet to rest and restock along the way.

Other than this, the Candra Empire’s navy would open up two harbours with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s transport and guard fleets respectively.

The harbour for the transport fleet would be a deep sea harbour for civilians. After this was opened, it would allow the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s transport fleet to transport a large amount of cargo.

This was equal to opening the southern market of the Candra Empire to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

If this was put on earth with a highly developed commercial society, this approach would be careless. It wouldn’t be easily opened in a normal situation.

But for the countries of the Sines Continent, this wasn’t a problem.

This harbour was controlled by the Candra Empire’s navy, so as long as the navy agreed, there were no problems.

There is some problem with opening the harbour to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s guard fleet. However, the Candra Empire’s navy worked with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s guard fleet to attack the pirates, so they gave the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s guard fleet that status of an ally, allowing them to freely move through the Candra Empire’s harbour.

“Chairman Xu, this is for the army headquarters that we gave you the status of an ally fleet, please don’t mind it.” Russell explained to Xu Yi.

He knew that in terms of combat strength, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s fleet was not as big as the Candra Empire’s navy, so they were considered an ally fleet in name, but when they were fighting the pirates, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s guard fleet were the main forces.

The pirates hadn’t just run wild in the seas of the Candra Empire for a few days. The Candra Empire’s navy had surrounded them many times, but because their fleet couldn’t suppress the pirates, they never had the chance to obtain an outstanding victory.

After the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s guard fleet had arrived, with the power and speed of the guard fleet, as long as they met pirates, the pirates wouldn’t be able to do anything. They weren’t even able to run away.

In just half a year, the pirates in the Candra Empire’s southern seas had disappeared and no longer dared to run wild.”

“Oh, this isn’t anything.” Xu Yi waved his hand to show he didn’t care.

He really didn’t care what they were called since the Candra Empire was one of the two empires on the continent. He could understand if they wanted to maintain a bit of superiority.

Compared to this, Xu Yi cared more about the practical significance.

Opening up the civilian harbour and opening the market for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was already enough.