There was nothing in the opening ceremony of the Bangka Highway that deserved much attention. The only highlight was probably that after Count Satsuma finished speaking, Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny also delivered a simple speech.
Although Her Royal Highness did not speak many words, and most of them were congratulations on the opening of the Bangka Highway, she clearly revealed a very important message from these words.
That is, His Majesty the King is very sure of the private chamber of commerce's investment in building roads and has clearly expressed his support.
As a result, the representatives of the major chambers of commerce present suddenly became excited.
Now that this matter has the clear support of the royal family of the Kingdom, it proves that there is much to be done.
What needs to be seen next is whether the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can make money from this road.
This doubt disappeared immediately after a carriage from Filson Carriage and Horses returned to Bangta City.
Because this carriage set off from Bangta City at the beginning of the ceremony, and now after a round trip, it only took less than a morning!
All business people understand one thing, that is, time is money.
Before the Bangka Highway was built, although it was less than 60 kilometers from Bangta City to Kalma City, it would take more than half a day to get there even by the fastest horse-drawn carriage.
But now that the Bangka Highway is open, the round trip time actually takes less than one morning. If converted into one way, it only takes less than two hours!
This undoubtedly saves a lot of time compared to before.
Not to mention that riding a horse-drawn carriage for sixty kilometers on a gravel dirt road would have almost knocked the whole person apart completely, but if it were replaced by cargo. This will be done to protect the integrity of the goods. This speed can only be reduced to a very low level. A trip might take a whole day.
However, now because of the flat cement concrete floor on the Bangka Highway, the horse-drawn carriage running on it does not feel any bumps at all.
In addition, the carriages of Filson Carriage and Horses this time have replaced the previous traditional wooden wheels with new tires developed and produced by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, which not only reduces the vibrations to the carriages, but also makes the carriages run exceptionally light. , the speed is also much faster.
If it weren't for the help of this new type of tire, I'm afraid it would have been impossible to run back and forth between Bangta City and Kalma City in just one morning, even on an extremely flat cement road like the Bangka Highway. .
So after "Bangta Daily" conducted a special report on this new type of tire, a new wave of tires immediately emerged in Bangta City and several surrounding cities. That is to change the tires on the carriage.
Only half a month has passed, and all the carriages running in the streets and alleys of Bangta City and several surrounding cities have been replaced with new tires produced by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Nowadays, if any family's private carriage still uses the wooden wheels of the past, it would not even be shameful to take it out to see people!
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One night in mid-September, the city lord's palace once again held a banquet, and almost all the presidents of the chambers of commerce and all the nobles in Bangta City were invited to the party.
"President Xu, I really admire you so much!" President Pompeii, the president of Feilson Carriage and Horse Racing, raised the wine glass in his hand, clinked it with Xu Yi, and praised sincerely: "You new flying Since the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, no matter what it develops, it will trigger a buying frenzy in Bangta City and surrounding cities. After all, your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has always been focused on making these things. If you take out a tire so casually, it can actually trigger a wave of enthusiasm.”
Xu Yi shook his head: "President Pompeii. Don't underestimate the tires. This thing is not taken out casually. You have to know that although it looks like it is just a set of steel rims." That's fine, but it actually contains many layers of various things. The padding strips alone required the Armani Chamber of Commerce to go back and forth countless times before I was satisfied with it. Because of this, President Vincent asked me. I have complained countless times that I am too picky.”
In fact, seriously speaking, the most important part of a tire is of course the casing.
However, Xu Yi has never discovered the existence of rubber trees on the Sainz continent. Although he had thought about making tires before, he had no choice but to give up because there was no rubber.
Later, when the elves of the Night Song tribe conducted strange formula experiments on various resins according to Xu Yi's requirements, they accidentally experimented with a special resin that had properties very close to those of processed rubber.
The resin comes from a plant the elves call the Tear Fruit.
When the fruit of this plant matures, it will form a round fruit the size of a human head. When opened, white juice will flow out.
When this juice is mixed with several kinds of grass pollen, and then processed with the special magic of the elves, it will turn into this special resin.
The properties of this resin are very similar to those of processed rubber. When Xu Yi saw it, he immediately thought of using it to make tires.
Finally, after a series of related experiments, the elves of the Night Song tribe successfully produced the outer tire.
Of course, the existence of this special resin is a secret of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and Xu Yi will naturally not reveal it to President Pompeii.
Hearing Xu Yi mention President Vincent, President Pompeii laughed: "But now that tires are selling so well, their Armani Chamber of Commerce will definitely make a lot of money. President Vincent will no longer blame is you."
Xu Yi smiled and looked at President Vincent who was chatting with several nobles in the distance. He thought that compared to the countless times he asked the Armani Chamber of Commerce to repeat the test on the pad tape, Vincent What the president wants to complain to himself most is probably that so far, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has not been able to develop the magic textile machine he needs.
However, there is nothing that can be done about it. The current R&D personnel of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are really limited, and there are too many things that need to be researched and developed. Xu Yi can only concentrate on selecting the things that need to be researched and developed most at present.
Compared with light industries such as cotton spinning, which are currently not very important, it is obviously priority to solve things such as energy collection and processing, road engineering construction, etc., which are most crucial to the industrial system.
"By the way, President Xu, I haven't thanked you yet." President Pompeii suddenly said again.
"Huh? Thank me for what?" Xu Yidao.
"Of course, thank you for making a request to Her Royal Highness on my behalf. Now Her Royal Highness has agreed to sell me those horses from the Royal Horse Farm that cannot be used for military purposes. Although the price is a bit expensive, for our carriage and horse shop, "How many horses you can own means how many carriages you can make and how much business you can do," President Pompeii replied with a blushing face.
"This is nothing, I just mentioned it to Her Royal Highness by the way." Xu Yi waved his hand and didn't care much. Then he asked curiously: "By the way, President Pompeii, how much does it usually cost to buy a horse in your horse and carriage shop?"
"It's impossible to say for sure. The quality of horses is different, and the prices vary greatly. The best type of BMW may cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and our Chamber of Commerce cannot afford it. Generally speaking, the best horses Except for those raised privately by the great nobles, most of them are provided to the royal parties. Our chamber of commerce uses low-quality horses, which usually cost around one hundred to two hundred gold coins," President Pompeii replied. .
"One hundred to two hundred gold coins?" Xu Yi thought for a while and asked: "Then if I can give you something to replace these horses, it can also make the carriage travel faster, twice or even twice the current speed. It’s three times. How much are you willing to pay?”
President Pompeii looked at Xu Yi in astonishment, paused, his eyes suddenly widened, and excitedly stretched out his hand to grab Xu Yi's shoulders and said: "President Xu, do you think it's true? There really is such a thing Has your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce already developed it? If so, I will definitely buy it even if it costs 200 gold coins!"
Xu Yi was a little speechless. The last time he heard about tires, President Pompeii was so excited. Now that he heard that he had only revealed such a little meaning, he was actually so excited.
Fortunately, he is still the president of a large chamber of commerce. Is he so easy to make a fuss about
"This... has not been developed yet. It is still in its early stages." Xu Yi replied, pushing away President Pompeii's hand.
"Ah? Not yet." The excitement on President Pompeii's face instantly turned into disappointment. "That's such a pity. This kind of thing is really important to our Philson Car and Horse Racing Company. President Xu, can you tell me when it can be developed?"
Xu Yi shrugged: "I can't answer you. This thing is very complicated, and it is far from easy to develop successfully."
President Pompeii thought for a while and said sternly to Xu Yi: "Okay. President Xu Yi, when the thing you mentioned is developed, you must notify me in advance and give priority to selling it to our Philson Car and Horse Racing Company. You can ?"
"We'll talk about it then." Xu Yi responded vaguely.
Engine research and development is indeed very difficult. Xu Yi is not even sure whether it can be successfully developed, so how can he agree to it easily.
Besides, if the engine is really successfully developed, its uses will be too wide, and Xu Yi will certainly not give any priority to it.
Seeing Xu Yi's vague answer, President Pompeii frowned. He wanted to say more, but found that Earl Satsuma had already walked out surrounded by the crowd. He could only shut up immediately and turn his attention to Earl Satsuma.
Under the gaze of everyone, Earl Satsuma slowly walked up to the stage in the middle of the banquet hall, looked around, raised his wine glass, and said loudly: "Everyone, welcome to participate in this discussion on how to better treat Bangta." A banquet for the overall renovation of the city." (To be continued...)