Viscount Risos looked at the invitation in his hand, filled with doubts.
"Infrastructure Promotion Department of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? What the hell is this place?"
Turning over the greeting card and seeing the emblem with the New Flying Chamber of Commerce logo on the back of the greeting card, Viscount Rissos hesitated and asked the butler beside him: "You said that there was another person who came with him who used to be here?" Anyone who worked as a servant here?"
The housekeeper nodded slightly: "Yes, Lord Viscount. This servant is called Company. When he was at the house, he was very serious and a decent person, so I still have some impressions. He is from our town. I I think there should be no problem.”
"That's it..." Viscount Risos read the greeting card twice more and waved his hand. "Then invite them in."
"yes."
A moment later, Joshua and Kompany were led by the butler into the living room of Viscount Rezos's manor on the outskirts of Arafat town.
Upon seeing Viscount Rissos sitting on the main seat, Kompany immediately gave him a respectful salute.
"I have met the Viscount."
However, Joshua looked at Viscount Risos with interest, and then bowed slightly.
"I have met the Viscount."
Viscount Rissos glanced at Kompany and immediately lost interest in looking at him. He turned his head and glanced at Joshua. He saw that he was well-dressed, elegant, and had a confident smile on his face, which showed that he was no ordinary person. He pointed to the guest seat next to him and said, "Please take a seat."
After Joshua sat down, Kompany hesitated for a moment, then carefully sat down next to the chair. But he kept looking down at the ground. He didn't dare to raise his head and look at Viscount Risos.
in his mind. The mayor of the town, Viscount Risos, was already a very important person. He had never thought that one day he would be treated as a guest by the mayor.
Seeing the two people sitting down, Viscount Reisos pondered for a moment, picked up the greeting card in his hand, and asked Joshua: "You claim to be the manager of the Infrastructure Promotion Department of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, how come I have never heard of it?" Does Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have such a department?”
Joshua smiled slightly: "Because this department was just established in August last year. It has only been in trial operation in the Principality of Standing and the Kingdom of Lampali. This year is the first time it has entered the Kingdom of Falk. Lord Viscount, before you It’s not surprising that I haven’t heard of it.”
"Really?" Viscount Risos glanced at Joshua suspiciously. "Then what is this...Infrastructure Promotion Department, what does it do? The name sounds really weird."
Joshua took out a document from the bag he brought with him and handed it to Viscount Risos.
"The so-called Infrastructure Promotion Department is the department mainly responsible for promoting infrastructure. I am one of the promotion managers of this department. I am currently mainly responsible for the promotion of the Principality of Drac and the Kingdom of Falk."
Viscount Risos took the document and glanced at it without looking at it carefully. He frowned and asked, "Then what kind of infrastructure are you talking about? Why does your New Aviation Chamber of Commerce want to promote it?"
"Infrastructure construction is a very broad topic. If it is broken down, it can be roughly divided into five categories: transportation, energy supply, education and training, medical and health, and sports culture. If it is further broken down, it is specifically..."
"Okay, okay. Don't break it down." Viscount Risos frowned and waved his hands repeatedly. "I said. Why do I sound so confused about all the things you are talking about? I can barely understand transportation. Isn't it the slogan that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Amuli Chamber of Commerce have been saying? What is it called? Yes? "If you want to be rich, build roads first," right
"Yes. But transportation is not just about building roads. It also includes river transportation and sea transportation. In addition, there is also railway transportation that our chamber of commerce is currently studying and air transportation that should be implemented in the future. And in order to ensure the smooth flow of these transportations , necessary follow-up maintenance and repairs and logistics creation are also issues that must be solved, so... "
"Stop!" Viscount Rethos interrupted Joshua again. "You said so much, what does it have to do with you coming to me this time?"
Joshua smiled and pointed to the document that he had just handed to Viscount Risos.
"Lord Viscount, this is a cooperation plan formulated by our department to promote infrastructure construction in various places. Please take a look."
Viscount Risos frowned and glanced at him, then carefully looked through the document in his hand.
Although the document was not thick, it took Viscount Rissos half an hour to read it all.
After reading it, he thought about it for a while, and then said to Joshua again: "I have two questions."
"Excuse me."
"First question, judging from this plan, your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will help its partners complete various infrastructure constructions, including building roads, hospitals, and even schools... Then Who will pay for it? Even in our small town, it would cost at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins to build all the things mentioned in this plan, right? It's not just our place to do these things, then no matter how rich your New Flying Chamber of Commerce is, I'm afraid you won't be able to cope with it, right?" Viscount Risos asked doubtfully.
"Your concerns, Lord Viscount, are very reasonable. Indeed, it is impossible for our Chamber of Commerce to have such ample financial resources to bear all the expenses..."
"Do you want me to pay?" Viscount Risos looked at Joshua warily. "I'm telling you, even though I'm the mayor and a viscount, but if you ask me to come up with hundreds of thousands of gold coins at once... that's too much."
"Of course I won't let you bear it all, Lord Viscount." Joshua didn't feel surprised at all by Viscount Rethos's reaction. He had seen too many such things when he was promoting in various places before. "In terms of capital investment, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for part of it, and the rest will be raised through other methods. In addition, your country's parliament will also provide some financial support. As for you, Lord Viscount, you only need to provide some support when necessary. "
Viscount Rethos was startled: "You said the Kingdom Council will also contribute money? Have you obtained the approval of the Kingdom Council?"
"Yes." Joshua rummaged through his bag again, took out another document and handed it to Viscount Risos.
Seeing the emblem representing the Kingdom Council of the Falk Kingdom on this document, Viscount Rezos's face became serious. He took the document from Joshua's hand and read it twice carefully to confirm that there should be no After making the mistake, he couldn't help but glared at Joshua with dissatisfaction.
Since this guy has an official document issued by the Kingdom Council, why not take it out as soon as possible? As a result, he was still suspicious here for a long time.
"Ahem... Since the Kingdom Council has clearly expressed its support, of course I will follow the advice of the Kingdom Council. But..." Viscount Risos deliberately lengthened his voice. "Joshua... Manager, what are you going to do specifically? If you do what you just said, what kind of transportation will you need... "
"Energy provision." Joshua reminded gently.
"Yes, if we provide energy and all those things, I'm afraid it can't be done in a day or two, right? There has to be a sequence, right?"
"Of course." Joshua smiled and nodded. "Lord Viscount, based on my inspection of the town of Arafat in the past two days, I think... Since the town of Arafat is now connected by a road, there is no need to worry about other aspects of infrastructure construction. The first thing that needs to be solved is The problem is actually mainly focused on education and training.”
"Education and training?" Viscount Risos looked at Joshua with some confusion. "What do you mean by education and training?"
"It's very simple." Joshua pulled Kompany, who was sitting next to him and remained silent. "You see, this is my wife's brother-in-law Kompany. He now has two children. The older one is ten years old this year and the younger one is almost six years old. But they have not been to school since they were young, and they have not received any education. Any education and vocational skills related training.”
"Isn't this normal?" Viscount Risos said in confusion.
This Kompany looks like an ordinary civilian at first glance, how could he let his children go to receive private education.
Let’s not talk about whether he has that much money. First of all, he doesn’t have the qualifications at all.
Receiving education is a power that only nobles can have!
"No, this is not normal." Joshua straightened his expression and shook his head seriously for the first time. "Viscount Risos, a person who has received education since childhood and a person who has not received corresponding education, the value that can be created when he grows up is completely different. If you hope that the town of Arafat will develop better in the future , people’s lives become richer, so it is most necessary to increase investment in education.”
Viscount Rethos was confused.
By allowing a few civilian children to receive so-called education and training, can the town of Arafao develop better? Make people's lives richer
It's not that exaggerated.
Viscount Risos did not hide his thoughts at all, so Joshua saw the suspicious look on his face and of course understood what he was thinking.
However, he did not intend to convince Viscount Risos simply by relying on words. The purpose of coming this time was just to obtain his approval.
"Lord Viscount, maybe you can't understand the meaning of this matter now, but I believe you will understand it in the future. In addition, our Chamber of Commerce has formally reached an infrastructure promotion cooperation agreement with the Falk Kingdom Council. Now after my inspection , decided to use the town of Arafat as the first pilot project of our chamber of commerce in the Kingdom of Falk. I hope that as the mayor of the town of Arafat, you will give sufficient support to this plan.”
Viscount Risos looked at the document signed by the Kingdom Council in his hand, pondered for a moment, and nodded helplessly.
"Okay, I'll have a detailed discussion with you after I send an official consultation letter to the parliament."
"Okay." Joshua smiled and stood up. "Then, Lord Viscount, I will visit again in half a month and have a detailed discussion with you then." (To be continued...)