Chapter 1203: Invitation
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Fortunately, Lin Li learned a lot from the Xingchen, especially the design of the Xingchen's power system, which seemed to open a new door for him. Although it is also impossible for him to completely copy the power system on the Star Ship under construction, he is completely sure to design a power system that is suitable for this battleship.
The heads of the shipyards, especially the shipbuilders hired from all over the country, listened to Lin Li's explanation of the design of the new power system, and their eyes could not help but light up. Some people even can't help but be amazed when they hear the excitement, and that kind of ingenious design is also tantamount to entering a new world for them.
The power system is the foundation, and then there is the defense system of the battleship, as well as the fire system and so on. Of course, Lin Li did not copy the design of the Xingchen, but made certain corrections to every detail according to the actual situation of the battleship under construction. It is conceivable that when this battleship is completed, even if it is not as good as the Star, it will definitely be the top powerful warship in the current Anriel world.
However, the technical problems are borrowed from the Xingchen, and there are no problems that are too difficult to solve. However, after the original design was revised, the construction of this new warship required greater investment, such as materials, which was an urgent problem to be solved.
Think about what it would be like to replace the alchemy giant ship of the Jindu Kingdom with a hull made of wood! Lin Li didn't want the battleship he built by borrowing from the Xingchen to end up with a tiger that could not be an anti-dog. Even if this battleship can't meet the standards of the Star, it must do its best as much as possible, and this material is very crucial.
According to the new design, the new ships require a large amount of rare magic metal, which is no longer sufficient with the resources at the disposal of the Tower of Dusk itself. However, in order to put pressure on the Kingdom of Gold, the forces of the Plains of Light Wind have almost all suspended or reduced their trade with the Kingdom of Gold, many of which are transactions in rare magical metals. It just so happened that taking advantage of this opportunity, the Tower of Dusk successfully took over the inventory in the hands of those forces at a price that was better than that of the Jindu Kingdom.
And those forces are also happy to be involved in the Tower of Twilight, anyway, who is this thing sold to, and the Tower of Twilight did not rely on the forces to deliberately lower the price. Moreover, even if the trade with the Jindu Kingdom is resumed in the future, with the price raised by the Tower of Dusk this time, it will not be easy for the Jindu Kingdom to lower the price again.
Soon, the shipyard began to build newly-designed warships in an orderly manner, and thanks to Lin Li's personal involvement, the design of battleships was much more demanding than before, but the progress of construction was faster. Of course, Lin Li will not only care about the construction of battleships, but will also return to Sky City from time to time to guide the renovation project of Sky City.
On such a day, it is not leisurely to say that it is leisurely, because there are many problems on both sides that need to be solved by Lin Li. However, compared to the adventurous life of Lin Li's past, or the study life in the upside-down tower, such days cannot be said to be so busy.
Time passed quickly, and the Light Wind Plain could be called calm, not only did the Jindu Kingdom not make any more movements, but also those forces in the Light Wind Plains did not fight each other because of interests after they really surrendered to the Tower of Dusk.
In the blink of an eye, a few months had passed, and the warships built in the shipyards in Otland had reached the final stage, and it would not be long before they could be launched for sea trials. Moreover, in the past few months, the Tower of Dusk has also bought a few magic crystal naval cannons from the Jindu Kingdom. After Lin Li and Angelano's transformation, these magic crystal naval guns were not installed on the Sky City for the time being, but armed with the newly built warships.
However, just as the new warship was preparing for sea trials, the Jindu Kingdom, which had been silent for a long time, finally made another big move. Of course, this time they were not looking for trouble, but sent a special envoy to pay a friendly visit to the Tower of Dusk.
Leading this delegation was naturally Contori, who was the envoy of the Kingdom of Jindu, and the Elder Zuma of the Illuminati, and there were nearly a hundred people accompanying him. The scale of such an envoy group is already enough for the scale of the diplomacy between the two countries, especially with Elder Zuma, a high-level Sacred Domain powerhouse, I am afraid that even the diplomacy of the two countries may not be worth letting this Sacred Domain powerhouse come forward.
Of course, on the side of the Tower of Dusk, there is no feeling of flattery. Isn't it natural for the other party to come to a Sacred Domain powerhouse, our president is also a real Sacred Domain powerhouse. What's more, the Jindu Kingdom's shirk in the matter of the magic crystal cannon transaction also made many magicians in the Tower of Dusk very unhappy, and it was already very face-saving for them not to turn away these people from the Jindu Kingdom.
When the envoys of the Kingdom of Jindu visited, Lin Li was still in the shipyard of Otlan Harbor to conduct a final comprehensive inspection of the newly built warship. After receiving the news from the Tower of Dusk, he didn't deliberately go to dry the people of the Jindu Kingdom, but only carefully did the inspection work before directly cutting through the space and returning to the Tower of Dusk.
When Lin Li returned to the Tower of Dusk, Gavin, as the upper echelon of the Tower of Dusk, was receiving the envoys of the Kingdom of Jindu.
The two main figures of the legations, Elder Zuma and Envoy Contoli, were sent to the welcoming hall of the Tower of Dusk, while the others were entertained by someone else.
"Elder Zuma, it's been a long time, why did you think of coming to me as a guest today?" Lin Li walked into the welcoming hall and greeted Elder Zuma with a smile.
Seeing Lin Li walk in and say, Elder Zuma immediately stood up from his seat and said with the same smile on his face: "I'm ashamed to say that the last time I was on Cage Island, President Ferrey came to help, and I haven't expressed my gratitude properly. This time, we are paying a friendly visit to the Tower of Dusk, and we also want to express our gratitude to President Ferrey for the affairs of Cage Island. β
After the battle on Cage Island, Elder Zuma already had a fairly high evaluation of Lin Li's strength, so he didn't put up any shelf on Lin Li. Contoli, on the other hand, had the same diplomat-like smile on his face, but there was still a little unhappiness in his eyes.
"Haha, what's not to thank, strictly speaking, it's just a transaction. If you really want to thank you, I hope that you, on the part of the Jindu Kingdom, will honor the agreement between us, albeit with the magic crystal cannons we want. Lin Li said half-jokingly and half-seriously.
That means you still don't talk about those falsehoods, who doesn't know who, if you really have the heart, don't drag on the order of the magic crystal naval gun.
"This, President Ferrey misunderstood, we do have difficulties, it is not easy to manufacture magic crystal naval guns, and we still have to keep enough spare magic crystal naval guns for our own warships. But rest assured, we'll be prioritizing the needs of the Tower of Dusk once the new Magic Crystal Cannon is built. "Elder Renma is also an old fritter, and in the face of Lin Li's complaints, there is no trace of embarrassment on his face, but he is so sincere.
Lin Li didn't continue to embarrass the other party, walked to his seat, turned to Elder Zuma and said, "Elder Zuma, please sit down, although you are not here to send me the magic crystal naval cannon this time, but you are a guest of the Tower of Dusk, if there is something to sit down and discuss." β
"President Ferrey, we are here to extend an invitation to you. In the near future, it will be the founding celebration of our Jindu Kingdom, and I, as the special envoy of the Jindu Kingdom, have been entrusted by His Majesty the King to invite you, as a friend of our Jindu Kingdom, to participate in our founding celebration. As he spoke, Cantoli took out a beautifully crafted invitation and handed it to Lin Li with a smile on his face.
Friend? Hearing this, everyone present in the Tower of Dusk couldn't help but laugh secretly in their hearts, playing politics is really hypocritical enough. As for what the founding celebration is, everyone knows that it is nothing more than a show of national strength, so as to deter those who dare to be enemies of the Jindu Kingdom.
If this trick is used on other forces or kingdoms, it may still have some effect, but if it is used on the Tower of Dusk, I am afraid that the Jindu Kingdom will have the wrong idea. The Tower of Dusk is now, there is a leader who is a high-level Sanctuary powerhouse, there is a war artifact built by the High Elves, Sky City, and an elite mage group, if everyone really shows their strength, they don't know who will deter whom.
Lin Li looked at the invitation card in his hand and said with a smile: "I have long heard that the Jindu Kingdom has been inherited overseas for thousands of years, and it has a completely different style from the countries on the mainland. In addition to our Tower of Twilight, you must have invited other forces. β
"Yes, this time coincides with the millennium celebration of our country, and the scale is far beyond the usual, in addition to inviting the Tower of Dusk, the Mithril Alliance, the Caesar Family, the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce and other forces of the Light Wind Plains are also invited." Contori didn't have anything to hide, and he looked quite proud between his words, obviously thinking that when those forces in the Light Wind Plains saw the strength displayed by the Jindu Kingdom, they looked surprised.
Hearing Cantoli's answer, everyone on the side of the Tower of Dusk immediately understood, and it was obvious that the main thing that the Jindu Kingdom wanted to deter was not the Tower of Dusk, but the other forces of the Light Wind Plains. They want to use this so-called founding celebration to show the strength of the Jindu Kingdom to the other forces in the Light Wind Plane, and let those forces choose between the Tower of Dusk and the Jindu Kingdom.
In fact, as early as the time of the Cage Island incident, the Kingdom of Jindu played this kind of trick. Why didn't they just take the battleship and go to Cage Island to complete their so-called reinforcement and sealing mission, but chose to take the overland route of the large army, through the Blackwater Swamp and the Leviathan Canyon. Isn't it just to show the powerful strength of the Jindu Kingdom in front of these forces in the Light Wind Plain? It's a pity that in the end, this performance completely exceeded the script formulated by the Jindu Kingdom, and not only did it not have much of a deterrent effect, but it had to ask for help from the forces of the Tower of Dusk and the Plains of Light Wind.
"Okay, by the way, didn't you say that the magic crystal cannon is too large to transport? Why don't you help me prepare a batch of magic crystal naval guns first, and when the time comes, after participating in your founding celebration, we can directly transport those magic crystal naval guns back. Lin Li didn't delay anything, and directly made such a request to Cantoli.
The Jindu Kingdom dragged its feet and refused to honor the deal of the magic crystal naval cannons, one excuse was that the magic crystal naval cannons were inconvenient to transport, and they could only trade two magic crystal naval cannons for the Tower of Dusk in a month. Of course, this excuse is also a fact to some extent. The huge magic crystal naval cannon is indeed inconvenient to transport, a standard cargo ship can only transport one magic crystal naval cannon at a time, and if the Jindu Kingdom only runs two cargo ships a month, it can indeed only transport two.
As for Lin Li, he is very enthusiastic and wants to solve this problem for the Jindu Kingdom. No matter how many magic crystal cannons there were, they wouldn't be a burden to his Endless Storm Rings at all. If he really let him open it up to load, I'm afraid he would even be able to load the entire fleet of the Jindu Kingdom back with the Ring of Immersturm.
However, Cantoli didn't know that Lin Li still had such ungodly storage props in his hands. After all, in the entire Anriel world, the magic items for space storage are very precious and rare, not to mention having a space as large as the Ring of Immersturm. Generally speaking, even if it is very precious, the kind of space storage props that are called artifacts in mythology are at most a few cubic meters of space. A few cubic meters of space, let alone putting a magic crystal naval cannon in, even the most ordinary magic crystal cannon can't be put in.
Therefore, after hearing Lin Li's words, Cantoli was not only not annoyed, but a trace of mockery flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Yes, President Ferrey is willing to share the pressure of transporting the magic crystal naval guns for us, we are too late to be happy, please rest assured, as long as you have enough capacity, even if we use the reserves of the navy, we will definitely satisfy you." β
And when Contoli said this, Elder Zuma next to him had a faint feeling that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't think of what the problem was. As a high-level Sacred Domain powerhouse, the only possibility he could think of was that the other party might use the Domain World to receive all the magic crystal naval cannons into the Domain World. However, the domain world is not omnipotent, and the powerhouses of the holy realm are not gods, so it is impossible to keep the domain world open and transport the magic crystal naval cannon from the Jindu Kingdom back to the Light Wind Plain.
Therefore, Zuma did not stop Cantoli, but after Cantoli's words were finished, he said to Lin Li: "President Ferret, let's put aside the matter of the magic crystal naval cannon for the time being, I have one more thing here, I believe you will be interested." β