The scenery of wheat fields is not the only thing that distinguishes Bangta City from other cities.
The four Sophia people walked along the road. Not only did they see many farmers operating magic harvesters to harvest wheat quickly and efficiently in the wheat fields, but they also saw beautiful buildings being built in many places that were not wheat fields. A small brick building.
These small brick buildings are beautifully shaped and connected in rows, forming a large, beautiful and spectacular living area.
In addition, they also saw countless workers on both sides of the Sandy River, which was about 50 meters wide outside Bangta City. They were piled up by the river, and they didn't know what they were doing.
They also saw huge factories rising up on a lot of seemingly barren land, and there were also many people busy on the construction sites.
When the carriage finally drove into the gate of Bangta City, looking at the bustling crowd outside the carriage, Sofia finally couldn't help being surprised and exclaimed: "Why are there so many people here? Isn't Bangta City a small town? Why do I feel like there are many more people here than in Anvilmar?"
Baron Heiners glanced outside the carriage and smiled: "A small city that originally had only 50,000 people now has a population of more than 200,000. It would be strange if there are not too many people. Of course, in fact, in total , Bangta City still doesn’t have as many people as our Anvimar City. You know, according to the last statistics, the total number of Anvimar City is over 500,000.”
"But more than two hundred thousand is a lot." Sophia was still very surprised. "A city with so many people can be considered a big city in the entire kingdom. Hainas, why are there suddenly so many people in Bangta City?"
"The reason is very simple. Because there are many, many job opportunities in Bangta City now. It can be said that no matter who comes here, they can find a job that satisfies themselves. You have to know that now in Bangta City Even if the major chambers of commerce only hire an ordinary worker without any skills, they will have to pay a minimum salary of ten gold coins a month," Heinas replied.
"Ten gold coins a month?" Sofia thought for a moment, turned to Kennard and asked, "Is that much?"
"A lot. Because even for ordinary workers in Anvilmar City, their monthly salary is usually only about six gold coins." Kennard nodded. "So it's not surprising that there are so many people suddenly coming to Bangta City. Sofia, you should know that many people in our kingdom don't even have enough to eat now. They are very satisfied if they can have a job. And one If you can get a salary of ten gold coins every month, it is a very satisfying thing for many people.”
Sophia thought for a while and felt a little strange.
"That's not right. Anvilmar City is the capital of the kingdom, and workers' salaries should be the highest. Why does Bonta City's Chamber of Commerce offer such high salaries to workers? Do they have too much money?"
"You should ask Xu Yi about this." Hainas chuckled. "Because this guy was the first to offer high salaries to the workers, other chambers of commerce in Bangta City had no choice but to offer the same high salaries to their own workers, otherwise the workers would all be fired. The Chamber of Commerce took it away.”
"Why are you related to this guy again?" Sofia muttered dissatisfiedly. "Is everything in Bangta City related to this guy?"
Hainas laughed: "You are right. No matter what you see in Bonta City now, you might have something to do with him. Who made Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in Bonta City now? The influence in the city is too great.”
"Humph! I don't believe it." Sofia pouted, glanced out of the car window, and suddenly pointed at a shop on the street and shouted: "Look. This has nothing to do with him?"
Haynes looked in the direction Sophia pointed and found that it was a women's clothing store.
I glanced at the sign above the women's clothing store. Hainas burst out laughing.
"Haha, Sofia, I'm sorry, you said it wrong again. Although this store sells women's clothing, the clothes sold in this store are all produced by the Armani Chamber of Commerce. And some time ago, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce just developed the magic power for the Armani Chamber of Commerce. Textile looms, maybe the clothes and fabrics of the Armani Chamber of Commerce are all made by magic looms. Do you think this has anything to do with Xu Yi? "
Sofia's eyes widened and she stared at the women's clothing store until it disappeared behind the car window. Then she turned back angrily, glared at Haynes and Kennard who were snickering, and snorted: "This Xu Yi is so annoying! Why is he everywhere!"
Kennard smiled slightly: "Sofia, do you really hate him so much? Then I have to tell you a very unfortunate news. If nothing else happens, I'm afraid you will see him in person in twenty minutes. "
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Twenty minutes later, the carriage with four people stopped in a quiet alley in the west of the city.
The four of them got off the carriage. Sofia looked up and glanced at the beautiful two-story wooden building in front of her, looking a little surprised.
"The place where this annoying guy lives is pretty good. But since he is so rich, why doesn't he buy a manor outside the city to live in? It's much better than living here?"
"Xu Yi is actually a very frugal guy. From what I've seen, he doesn't care much about any aspect of his life, including food, clothing, housing, and transportation, so he usually lives very frugally," Heinas said. "He used to live in a very dilapidated ordinary rental house. I think if it weren't for Vivian, I'm afraid he wouldn't have thought of moving to this small building."
"Who is Vivian? It sounds like a girl's name. Doesn't he have a girlfriend named Miss Steele? Why did he buy this small building because of Vivian? Is he actually a very bad guy? "Isn't it enough to have such a beautiful girlfriend like Miss Steele, but also to be entangled with this girl named Vivian?" Sophia asked immediately.
Heinas couldn't help but patted Sophia on the head and scolded: "Where did you think you were? Vivian is a slave he bought. She is only fifteen years old this year. She is not even older than you. Xu I have always treated her as a sister.”
"Hmph. Now that I'm a sister, maybe I won't be like this in two years." Sofia muttered softly, and when she saw Kennard glare at her, she quickly shut her mouth, not daring to discuss this topic again.
But in her mind, she has automatically judged Xu Yi as a scumbag who likes to play with female slaves and rides two boats at the same time.
Heinas ignored what Sophia was thinking and glanced at the figure flashing on the second floor. It looked like someone was at home, so he went up and knocked on the door.
After a while, the sound of footsteps came from inside the door. The door opened wide, revealing a young and beautiful face.
"Hey, Vivian, I haven't seen you for a few months. You seem to have grown up a lot and are much more beautiful than before." Heinas raised his hand and said hello.
Vivian glanced at Hainas and remembered it instantly. He quickly gave him a respectful salute: "Hello, Lord Baron, you came unexpectedly today. Do you want to see the master for something?"
"Of course, if I weren't looking for him, why would I have come all the way from Anvilmar City?" Heinas responded with a smile, turning sideways so that Vivian could see the other three people behind him. "Go and tell Xu Yi that I brought three friends to visit him."
"Okay, Lord Baron, please come in and take a seat with your three friends. I will tell the master that you are here."
Vivian led the four of them into the living room on the first floor and sat down, then poured tea for the four of them, then she apologized and trotted upstairs.
Seeing Vivian's figure disappearing around the corner on the second floor, Sofia looked at her for a long time, turned to look at Hainas, and praised softly: "She is Vivian? Why do I feel that she doesn't look like a woman at all?" Slave."
"Oh? Why do you think so?" Hainas was a little strange.
"Because she is so beautiful and has such a refined temperament. She is just like a lady from a noble family. How could she be a slave? Could it be that she is actually the daughter of a run-down noble? That's not right. No matter how run-down she is, she can't be a slave. Wouldn't he let his daughter become a slave?" Sophia asked in confusion.
"It's not as complicated as you think. Vivian used to be a slave. The reason why she became like this is entirely because Xu Yi bought her and carefully trained her. I saw her for the first time last year. At that time, she was just a completely inconspicuous little girl. I didn't expect that in less than a year, she would become so beautiful, and even her temperament would become so good. I have to say that Xu Yi was trained by her. I am very willing to spend money on education,” said Heinas.
"Hmph, spending so much money on a female slave must be just to satisfy his evil tastes." Sophia curled her lips and said.
"Sophia, watch your words!" Kennard suddenly shouted sharply. "If you keep this attitude, go back with Uncle Hank tomorrow and don't stay here anymore."
Kennard actually dotes on his younger sister Sophia and rarely talks to her in such a serious tone, but Sophia knows that once his tone becomes like this, it proves that he is really angry.
So Sophia could only stick out her tongue obediently, hum, and said no more words.
After a while, two footsteps, one light and one heavy, were heard on the stairs.
The light one is of course Vivian who just came up, and the heavy one is of course Xu Yi.
Haynes, Kennard and Hank all stood up at the same time.
Sofia was still sitting and drinking tea quietly, but she woke up after noticing the movements of the three people. She quickly put down her teacup, stood up obediently, and looked towards the stairs.
Although Sophia heard the name Xu Yi countless times from Heinas and Kennard along the way, and had a general understanding of this person from their conversations, and also formed a certain impression of Xu Yi, but No matter what, it's not as intuitive as seeing it in person.
Sofia's eyes widened with anticipation and curiosity.
A pair of feet first appeared from the corner of the stairs, then a pair of long legs wearing a pair of ordinary cotton trousers, and then a tall but thin upper body wearing an ugly blue linen shirt.
Finally, the face was revealed.
Sofia glanced over and felt greatly disappointed. (To be continued...)