"Why not?" Xu Yi looked at Sevini in astonishment, frowned and asked: "Your Highness, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is a serious chamber of commerce. It is normal to open a factory in the capital of the kingdom? Why not?"
Sevini shook his head slightly: "It's not impossible, to be precise, it's just the wrong time."
"Wrong timing?" Xu Yi frowned deeper. "Your Highness, I don't understand what you mean. From my point of view, the development of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's household magic machinery in Bangta City has been seriously restricted by the market. This is the time when we should vigorously develop. How could the timing be wrong? ?”
"I'm not talking about business opportunities, but other opportunities." Sevini took a deep look at Xu Yi and said seriously: "Xu Yi, believe me. After seeing with my own eyes what those farmland magic machines bring to farmland, After the changes, I hope that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will develop and grow more than anyone else, so please believe me. My advice or warning to you will be beneficial to you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. "
Seeing the sincere expression on Sevini's face, Xu Yi pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.
"Okay. I believe you."
Hearing that Xu Yi addressed himself as "you", Sevini smiled, took a breath, composed himself and said: "Okay, let's get back to business now. Father has already seen the country you proposed. He agrees very much with the road transportation network construction plan, and in fact, Earl Satsuma has already reported to you about the construction of this road by your chamber of commerce, and my father expressed his concern at that time. After writing the plan, he was very happy and said that you were not only thinking about your own chamber of commerce, but also about the entire Lampali Kingdom... "
"It's just that the kingdom's finances really can't come up with the money?" Xu Yi asked with a smile.
Sevigny couldn't help but smile: "That's right. You should be very clear about the financial situation of the kingdom. It is true that there is no more money to complete the road transportation network construction plan you proposed. As for the plan you proposed, …”
Having said this, Sevini stopped smiling and frowned deeply.
"This... highway toll station, my father disagreed. He said that since the road is to be built, it is for the convenience of the people of the kingdom, why do we need to build a highway toll station and let it be built on this highway? Everyone paying a fee for this is simply exploiting the people of the kingdom.”
"Exploitation?" Xu Yi laughed. "Your Royal Highness. I deeply respect and appreciate His Majesty the King's care for the people of the Kingdom. But I have to say that His Majesty the King's understanding of roads is really superficial. The establishment of highway toll stations is not a concern for the people of the Kingdom. Exploitation, on the contrary, is a good policy to improve the living standards of the people of the Kingdom.”
"I know that you are actually not the kind of money-grubbing businessman. You must have your own reasons for proposing this plan." Sevini relaxed his expression and looked at Xu Yi calmly. "Although I strongly disagree with the practice of opening highway toll stations and collecting tolls, I am willing to listen to your ideas."
"Her Royal Highness is indeed open-minded enough." Xu Yi nodded and said: "If you want to fully explain this matter, it will take a long time. So I will simply ask you a few questions. First, Your Royal Highness. Construction. Isn’t the road transportation network very beneficial to the kingdom?”
"Yes. Although I cannot fully understand the situation you described in that plan for the time being, what is certain is that the improvement of traffic conditions in the kingdom brought about by the highway will definitely bring great benefits."
"The second question is, is the kingdom's finance unable to spend so much money to build a road transportation network?"
"yes."
"The third question is, is it feasible to let private chambers of commerce fund the construction of roads?"
"This..." Sevini hesitated. "It is feasible, but it must be strictly under the control of the Kingdom, and after the construction is completed, the road will still be officially owned by the Kingdom."
"You see, the problem is very simple now. Since the kingdom definitely needs to build roads to improve traffic conditions, and the kingdom itself has no money, then it is a normal choice to seek funding from private chambers of commerce to help build roads. As for establishing tolls at the same time Station, charging a certain toll, which can be regarded as compensation to the private chamber of commerce. Simply put, it is equivalent to the kingdom's finance temporarily borrowing money from the private chamber of commerce and then repaying it with future profits. Your Highness, why do you and His Majesty the King think so. Is this plan inappropriate?”
Sevini fell silent, thought for a while, and said with some embarrassment: "The reason why my father and I don't agree with this plan is mainly because... charging tolls from ordinary people, this..."
"Has a bad reputation?" Xu Yi pointed out her thoughts directly.
Sevini nodded awkwardly.
"It's simple. When building a highway, publicly announce which chamber of commerce funded the construction of the highway. It was not stated clearly before, but later when the highway toll station was built, it was told to everyone that it was the chamber of commerce's own responsibility. This has nothing to do with anyone else. To put it simply, it is to remove His Majesty the King and the royal family from this matter, and let the chamber of commerce that builds the road bear the bad reputation that comes with it. I think this way, it will not happen. It will affect the reputation of His Majesty the King and the royal family.”
Sevini was startled, then stared at Xu Yi and asked seriously: "President Xu, are you insulting me and my father? How can we, the Lampali royal family, be such people who are unwilling to take responsibility! "
Xu Yi smiled and waved his hand: "Your Highness, you don't need to take this matter so seriously at all. For many chambers of commerce, in fact, as long as they make money, the so-called reputation is not important. For example, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."
Sevini stared at Xu Yi, the expression on his face became extremely complicated, like appreciation, regret, and admiration. There was even a hint of intoxication in it, and finally turned into a sigh: "President Xu, in the When you proposed this plan, had you already planned this step? "
"Absolutely." Xu Yi looked at the expression on Sevini's face and couldn't help but laugh: "Your Highness, you really shouldn't think that I have suffered a loss in this matter. In fact, in the long run. Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and I will take advantage of it. The benefits are much greater than you think.”
"I hope so." Sevini sighed. "President Xu. Before, I always looked down on those businessmen whose heads were full of gold coins, but I had to admit that they did have abilities that I didn't have. But now, not only do I admire your abilities very much, but I also sincerely I really hope that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will become stronger and stronger, or in other words, make more and more money."
"Thank you for your blessing, Your Royal Highness, I will definitely do it."
This time Sevigny came unexpectedly. In fact, the discussion about building a road was just incidental. The main thing was for the magic machine tool that Canby and other dwarves were developing to cast armor and weapons.
After nearly two months of research and development, Canby and other dwarves finally developed three magic punching machines specifically used for casting armor.
Seeing with his own eyes that pieces of iron plates were easily stamped into various shapes under the action of these magic punching machines, and then simply spliced together to complete a pair of armor, Sevini could not help but widen his eyes in surprise.
When she was in Anvilmar City, she once visited the process of craftsmen making a pair of armor.
Even if it is to build the most common standard armor, a blacksmith starts from smelting iron to shaping it, and then finally forms a complete armor. It also takes close to a full day in total.
Sometimes there is a little problem in the middle, and it may not even be completed in one day.
And now in front of Sevigny. These magic stamping machines only took less than half an hour to cast all the parts of a whole set of armor, and then after Canby took about ten minutes to assemble it, the whole set of armor was completed.
And according to Xu Yi's introduction, this was because it allowed Sevini to see more clearly and slowed down the speed of these magic punching machine tools.
If used at full power, with the working efficiency of these magic forging machines, a full fifty pieces of armor can be forged in one hour.
Even if you only work eight hours a day, you can produce a full four hundred pairs of armor!
"President Xu, what is the cost of producing these armors?" Sevini asked his key question.
"Cost?" Xu Yi glanced at the completed armor in Canby's hand, shrugged and said: "Apart from the cost of materials for casting the armor, which also requires some people to operate these magic machine tools, what other costs... Okay , and it will consume a lot of magic crystals.”
Sevini's eyes lit up: "Wouldn't that mean there is almost no cost?"
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "If you compare it with blacksmith forging, you can say so." Seeing the incredible look on Sevini's face, Xu Yi said again: "Don't be surprised, Your Highness, this is the power of industry. You are not here Have you seen those farm magic machines before?"
"The power of industry?" Sevini looked at the armor in Canby's hand and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
If these magic stamping and forging machines developed by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are put into large-scale use, the production speed of armor and weapons will be greatly increased, and the cost will also be greatly reduced.
In this way, the soldiers of the kingdom will no longer have to worry about having no weapons to use or armor to wear, and the combat effectiveness of the royal team will naturally be greatly improved.
As long as the Lampali Kingdom has enough force, although it cannot be said to be comparable to the two behemoths, the Candela Empire and the Malo Empire, at least it can have sufficient self-protection capabilities among the surrounding countries.
And as long as the peace of the Lampali Kingdom can be ensured and the entire kingdom can develop healthily and steadily, the father's painstaking efforts will not be in vain.
Thinking of the development of the kingdom, Sevini couldn't help but cast her eyes on Xu Yi's face who was talking to Kanby.
This time when he came to Bangta City, Sevini found that Bangta City had once again undergone tremendous changes.
Everyone in Bangta City seems to be busy, and everyone seems to have a lot of work to do. The whole city is full of optimism and positive vitality, which is completely different from the previous lifeless atmosphere that was slow-paced due to its remote location.
When we arrived near Sanqidun Manor, where the Xinfei factory is located, we discovered that the area had almost turned into a huge construction site. Surrounding Sanqidun Manor, there were countless large and small factory workshops scattered around. The roar of machines kept coming.
Everyone I saw on the road was extremely busy, but their faces were full of happy smiles.
What changed these people and this city
Sevini had been thinking about this issue, and now she suddenly realized it after hearing Xu Yi's words.
Yes, as Xu Yi said, it was the power of industry that changed the people of Bangta City and the entire Bangta City.
As far as Sevigny could see, the power of industry had also changed the city of Kalma, the city of Saltan, and was about to change the city of Canberra and the city of Norton.
In the near future, the power of industry will definitely change Karamay City, even Anvilmar City, and eventually the entire Lampali Kingdom.
When this power spreads throughout the Lampali Kingdom, Sevini believes that the Lampali Kingdom at that time will definitely shock the entire continent! (To be continued...)