"Fundraising?" Xu Yi was startled. "My Lord Earl, are you asking for donations from me? You are kidding!"
"It's not a joke, you'll know just by looking at it." Earl Satsuma clicked on the document in front of Xu Yi.
Xu Yi opened the document and found that it was a planning document for the entire Bangta City.
According to this planning document, Earl Satsuma wants to re-plan the entire scope of Bangta City and closely connect the various rural areas outside Bangta City with Bangta City. Bangta City is no longer Bangta City as it is now. The countryside outside the city is the countryside, and they are completely the same world.
To do this, the first thing to do is to build roads.
Previously, the main reason why ordinary villagers in various rural areas outside the city seemed to live in two different worlds from the residents in Bangta City was the inconvenient transportation.
According to statistics in the planning book, there are now a total of seventy-three villages outside Bangta City, and there are only thirty-four with roads leading to Bangta City. The remaining thirty-nine villages are not even A complete road can lead to Bangta City, so that many ordinary villagers in these villages have never left the village in their lives.
Therefore, the first step in the overall planning is to build passable roads to connect all villages with Bangta City.
In this way, both ordinary villagers in the village and residents in Bangta City can communicate with each other.
"According to the inspections of the people I sent out, there are actually many valuable and good things hidden in the villages and even in the wetlands, but because there is no way to transport them out, they are all wasted inside. You are among them. The rock berries you mentioned to me last time." Seeing that Xu Yi had already finished flipping through the first few pages of the planning book. Earl Satsuma said. "If the roads connecting these villages can be built, it should be able to improve the lives of the villagers in those villages."
Xu Yi looked at Count Satsuma who looked serious. I almost had the illusion that I was back on Earth.
"Lord Earl, this idea is good, but it is really difficult to achieve." Xu Yi awkwardly pointed to a map in the planning book and said: "Look, those thirty-four towns that were originally connected by roads It's okay to say that these roads can be directly renovated into highways to make every village smooth. But for the remaining villages... Judging from the map, most of them can also be built with a highway, but a few of them don't have one at all. Road."
"I didn't say that I would solve it all in one breath. That would be unrealistic." Earl Satsuma waved his hand. "My goal is to solve the road problems in these thirty-four villages as the first step, and let these thirty villages develop first. As for the other villages, we will slowly study and solve them after detailed inspections later."
"That's more or less the same." Xu Yi nodded, carefully calculated against the map for a while, and then said with a wry smile: "But Lord Earl, among these thirty-four villages, the nearest one is less than two kilometers away from Bangta City, and the farthest one is less than two kilometers away from Bangta City. If all roads are pruned and connected, a total of 400 to 500 kilometers of roads will be built, which... "
"I have calculated that a total of about 460 kilometers need to be built. If calculated according to the Luoyu Highway, the total cost will be about 900,000 gold coins." Count Satsuma said.
"Nine hundred thousand gold coins..." Xu Yi looked at Earl Satsuma with a troubled expression. "Lord Earl, although our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has indeed made some money, it is impossible to take out 900,000 gold coins in one go. Besides, you are still raising donations... It is difficult for me to convince myself and other people in the Chamber of Commerce."
"It's not like I gave it to you for free, what are you worried about?" Earl Satsuma glared at Xu Yi. "Of course I want to benefit you when I ask you for help. Don't I understand such a simple principle of life? Listen up. According to my idea, as long as your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is willing to pay the money, then I can make the decision to exempt you from Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. All taxes paid by the Fei Chamber of Commerce within one year. In addition, as long as the road is built in any village, your Xin Fei Chamber of Commerce can obtain the development rights of the village for three years. This means that no matter what village your Xin Fei Chamber of Commerce wants to do, as long as it can be done. The villagers have no objection, so I don’t care even if they kill people and set fires.”
Xu Yi's eyes lit up: "You mean those villages are free for me to do whatever I want?"
"You can say that." Earl Satsuma nodded. "As for whether you can make money and how much you can make, it depends on your ability."
Xu Yi suddenly became more active.
If Earl Satsuma agrees, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will first be exempted from taxes for one year.
Even based on the current profits of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, they should be able to earn at least three million gold coins in a year.
If the tax is completely exempted, you can save at least 400,000 gold coins.
Then the cost of building the road will only be 500,000 gold coins.
As for whether the five hundred thousand gold coins can be earned from those villages... Xu Yi is not sure yet, but he is confident enough that he can do this.
"Okay, that's it. But Lord Earl, it will take a lot of time to repair all these roads. We can only do it slowly, village by village." Xu Yi thought for a while, pointing his finger at Bangta City on the map. A circle is drawn on the outside. "I think we should first establish a road transportation network within ten kilometers of Bangta City as a limit. Then we can slowly move outwards and eventually connect the entire Bangta city with roads."
"Well, this is a good idea and is more realistic. Okay, let's follow this idea first. But let's put the road construction aside for now. Let's discuss the content at the back of the plan first." Earl Satsuma reached out and flipped through a few pages. , clicked on a picture in the planning book and said: "This is part of my plan for the outskirts of Bangta City, what do you think?"
Xu Yi took a look and couldn't help but frown: "Lord Earl, why does this look familiar?"
Earl Satsuma laughed: "Of course it looks familiar to you. This design is based on the design of Falling Rain Valley."
Xu Yi suddenly realized it. After taking a closer look, he found that this design was indeed very similar to the planning and design of Luoyu Valley in many places, such as the division of industrial areas and living areas, the construction of highway transportation networks, etc.
But after watching it for a while, Xu Yi discovered a problem.
"My lord, you have chosen this place as an industrial area, but there are clearly two villages within this area."
Earl Satsuma waved his hand: "Just let them move away."
"What about the compensation plan?"
"Compensation?" Earl Satsuma looked at Xu Yi in surprise: "Just ask them to move away. What compensation is there?"
Xu Yi was speechless. Is this considered a forced demolition in Sainz Continent
After thinking about it, Xu Yi said to Earl Satsuma: "Your Majesty, just give this project to me. President Cruz and I are both familiar with this kind of thing."
Earl Satsuma glanced at Xu Yi with some surprise: "I originally planned to ask you to give me some advice, but now that you have offered to take on this job, of course it is good. Okay, I will leave this job to you, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the The Armley Chamber of Commerce will do it, and I’m waiting for your results.”
Xu Yi nodded in agreement.
After finalizing some general directions with Earl Satsuma, Xu Yi declined Earl Satsuma's invitation to dinner, and then Xu Yi left the city lord's palace.
At this time, the sun was about to set, and the temperature was lower than when we arrived. A gust of wind blew by, bringing a bit of coolness.
The streets around the City Lord's Mansion are relatively quiet due to some restrictions, but as soon as you turn the corner and enter a road next to the City Lord's Mansion, you will immediately find that even though it's almost dinner time, there are still people coming and going on the street. The flow never stops.
Various people were walking back and forth on the streets, some seemed to be strolling, but most looked busy, as if there were many things that needed to be done.
There are countless shops lined up on both sides of the street. On the street corners, vendors of all sizes are also occupying a small space and shouting desperately.
Looking at the crowded but lively scene in front of him, Xu Yi couldn't help but feel emotional.
I remember when I first came to Bangta City last year, because of its remote location, the pace of life in the entire city was extremely slow and very quiet.
But now only one year has passed, and this small town has now become a bustling scene.
According to statistics from the city lord's palace, the population in Bangta City is now more than double that of last year.
Last year there were less than 50,000 people, but now it is far more than 100,000 people.
And this only counts the main urban area within the city walls. If the people in the suburbs outside the city walls are also included, I am afraid that the population of Bangta City now has more than doubled that of the same period last year.
The reason for this situation is that the current job opportunities in Bangta City have increased dramatically, making Bangtachen's own manpower completely insufficient to support this demand.
Coupled with the drive of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the large demand for manpower, the general salary in Bangta City is now relatively high.
As a result, people from several cities around Bonta City, including Kalma City, Saltan City, and even Canberra City and Norton City, also came to Bonta City to look for jobs.
Bangta City is now crowded with people from various cities. When walking on the streets, you can always hear the lingua franca of Sainz Continent with slightly different accents.
This situation always reminds Xu Yi of the lively scene when the special economic zones on the earth were first developed.
Of course, the scale is still much smaller.
While running these thoughts in his mind, Xu Yi walked towards home.
Today Steele promised to cook dinner with Vivian, and Xu Yi was still looking forward to it.
Just after walking half the street, several carriages suddenly crossed the road and drove slowly toward Xu Yi.
Xu Yi glanced over and found that these carriages were all hung with signs representing the Salank Chamber of Commerce. With a move in his heart, he walked towards the carriages. (To be continued...)