Xu Yi and Steele were stunned at the same time, looking in the direction of the sound in astonishment.
Xu Yi was extremely annoyed. The atmosphere between him and Steele was so good just now. He was about to complete a passionate and deep kiss in the early morning, but he was interrupted by this guy.
Moreover, this guy is scolding no one, and he is actually scolding himself by name. How can he bear this
Xu Yi let go of Steele, frowned and walked towards the direction of the sound.
He wanted to see which guy was so short-sighted.
Unexpectedly, after taking only two steps, he suddenly heard another "plop" sound coming from that direction, as if something heavy had fallen into the water.
Xu Yi was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at Steele who was also stunned, and shouted "Oops" at the same time. He no longer cared so much, added a wind control technique to himself, and flew directly to the river.
The two of them flew to the river in an instant. When they looked down, they found a figure on the broad Sandy River floating up and down with the flowing water.
While floating, the man was still shouting for help.
Seeing this situation, Xu Yi couldn't help but feel a little angry and funny.
Sure enough, people who commit suicide are impulsive and will regret it when they really face death.
Xu Yi sighed, shook his head, flew down, grabbed the collar of the man's back with one hand, and lifted him directly from the river.
He carried the man and flew to the river and put him down. The man rolled on the ground and vomited several mouthfuls of river water before he recovered.
When he finally stopped breathing, he raised his head and saw Xu Yi and Steele in front of him. He thanked you repeatedly: "Thank you two for saving your life. Where do you live? What are your names? I will come to thank you."
Xu Yi looked this man up and down and found that although this man looked a little embarrassed after being soaked in the river, judging from the clothes on his body, he did not come from a poor family, and his speech and behavior were very decent. What do you think? They don't look like people who committed suicide because of poverty.
I think of how this guy cursed himself so bitterly before jumping into the river. Xu Yi asked with some humor: "You were scolding me so happily just now, but now you can't recognize me? Besides, it doesn't matter if you don't recognize me, you can't even recognize Steele, right?" "
Steele didn't have time to respond to Xu Yi's praise for her, but squatted down. Looking directly at the man, he asked coldly: "Why did you scold Xu Yi? Did he offend you?"
The man looked at Steele in astonishment, and then looked up at Xu Yi. Just now, because the two of them had their backs to the sun, he did not recognize them under the backlight. Now when he looked carefully from another angle, he instantly recognized them. Recognized the two of them.
What Xu Yi said was absolutely correct. As a person from Bangta City, it was understandable that he couldn't recognize Xu Yi, but if even Steele couldn't recognize him. That is simply impossible.
However, after recognizing the two people, the man seemed to be frightened. He pressed his hands on the ground and fell back several meters on the ground.
Just when Xu Yi and Steele looked confused and wanted to continue asking. But he suddenly jumped up from the ground, pointed at Xu Yi and shouted loudly: "Xu Yi! You are Xu Yi! You bastard! Give me back my fleet!"
Xu Yi was even more confused. Looking at the man who had a clearly angry face, but seemed to be afraid of approaching him because of fear, he couldn't help but said: "Hey, I don't even know who you are, how can I return your fleet? Besides, I I don’t know what kind of fleet you want me to pay back?”
Steele frowned and looked at the man for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Oh, I remembered. You seem to be the president of the Potter Chamber of Commerce. Your name is... what is your name, Potter?"
"Smilla Potter." The man didn't seem to expect that Steele actually recognized him, and was stunned for a moment. The angry expression on his face faded, and he smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that Miss Steele would recognize me when I look like this. Yes, I am the president of the Potter Chamber of Commerce, but now... the Potter Chamber of Commerce has... No more."
Xu Yi gave Steele a look. He signaled her to negotiate with this Smilla Potter first.
Steele nodded knowingly, thought for a moment, and continued to ask Smilla Potter: "President Potter, I remember that the last time I met you was at a banquet held by the Salac Chamber of Commerce. If I didn't remember If I’m wrong, your Porter Chamber of Commerce is mainly engaged in river transportation, right?”
"Miss Steele has an amazing memory." Smilla Potter praised. "Yes, our Potter Chamber of Commerce is indeed mainly engaged in river transportation. But now..." Speaking of this, Smilla Potter glanced at Xu Yi, his face full of hatred. "...But because of President Xu, our Chamber of Commerce received almost no business and was forced to close down. My beloved fleet has also been sold, and maybe it has been dismantled into pieces of wood now."
Xu Yi frowned and couldn't help but ask: "President Potter, your Chamber of Commerce cannot receive business and is forced to close down. What does this have to do with me?"
"Why doesn't it matter!" When answering Steele's question, Smilla Potter was able to remain calm, but as soon as he heard Xu Yi speak, he immediately became irritable and replied loudly: "If it weren't for you The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce built the damn highway, and if you, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, hadn't even gone so far as to manage the upper reaches of the Sandy River, how could our chamber of commerce not receive business? How could it be closed down? All because of you! How dare you say it has nothing to do with you?”
Xu Yi was still very puzzled: "I still don't understand, is there any relationship between building roads and regulating the upper reaches of the Sandy River, and whether your Porter Chamber of Commerce can receive business?"
Smila Potter glared at Xu Yi fiercely, and seemed to realize that she could not communicate well with Xu Yi like this, so she took two deep breaths and tried to calm herself down.
"Don't you think it's okay, President Xu?" Smilla Potter sneered. "I'm telling you, it's a big deal! Before your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce didn't build that damn road, whether it was goods or people, walking on the river would be much faster than walking on land, and you could transport more at one time. So before this, it can be said that half of the goods in Bonta City were transported by our Porter Chamber of Commerce through the Sandy River. However, after this damn road was built, everyone found that traveling on land was faster than traveling on the river. It’s fast, and it can be transported directly to the place without having to transfer on and off the ship. In comparison, of course, fewer and fewer people choose our chamber of commerce for river transportation.”
"Isn't that right? River transport can transport bulk goods, which cannot be replaced by current land transport." Xu Yi asked strangely.
"Business?" Smilla Potter sneered again. "Did you forget the other reason I just mentioned?"
"Governing the upper Sandy River? What does it matter?"
"Of course it does matter." Smila Potter pointed to the rough Sandy River next to it: "Your New Flying Chamber of Commerce has managed the upper reaches of the Sandy River northwest of the Falling Rain Forest. Now the Sandy River has indeed restored its previous channel. That's right, but the silt from the Sandy River was not deposited in the Falling Rain Forest upstream, but was washed away by the river to the vicinity of Bangta City. If you look carefully at the river, didn't you find that it is much turbid than last year? "
Xu Yi and Steele looked at the Sandy River next to them at the same time. Xu Yi hadn't discovered any problems yet, but Steele nodded and said, "Well... If you don't tell me, I haven't discovered it yet. Compared to when I was a child, the river water now does seem less clean."
Smilla Potter laughed loudly: "Ha, President Xu, have you discovered the problem now? Now the sediment in the upper reaches of the Sandy River has been washed near Bangta City, which not only makes the river water muddy. Tell me. You, I have been running on this river for decades and I am very familiar with these things. I can be sure that in a few years, the water level of this river will rise due to sedimentation. At that time, all it takes is a heavy rain. Come down, just wait and see the flood. I heard that you wanted to build a garden-like environment on both sides of the Sandy River last time. When the flood comes, it won't turn into a garden. The cemetery would be great!”
Xu Yi was silent for a moment and walked to the river. Stretching out a hand, the magic power in the body flows, and a stream of water immediately flies up from the river bank, and then forms a water ball in the air.
Xu Yi and Steele looked up at this huge water mass with a diameter of two meters, and found that the color of the water mass was indeed very turbid. The bottom of the water mass naturally stopped flowing because Xu Yi controlled the water in the water mass. A layer of silt settled down.
The two looked at each other. At the same time, he could see the worry in the other person's eyes.
Although what Smila Porter said is a bit alarmist, judging from the current situation of the Sandy River, this is indeed a matter that deserves great attention.
The level of science and technology on Sainz's continent is not high, and the level of water conservancy engineering is certainly not that good. In the past, no matter where a flood occurred, it would eventually lead to very serious consequences.
The Sandy River has never flooded before. So no one in Bangta City has thought about this problem, but looking at it now, this is a problem that needs to be solved.
Xu Yi turned back to look at Smila Potter, nodded to him, and said seriously: "Thank you."
Smilla Potter was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Xu Yi would thank him so sincerely after he had spoken so harshly to Xu Yi.
"no need thank me?"
"Thank you for noticing the changes in Sandy River and telling me about this possible serious situation." Xu Yi replied. "Although this is not entirely the responsibility of me and our New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce, since it is related to me, then I have to take this responsibility. So I want to express my gratitude to you. If it weren't for you bringing this issue to my attention, I’m afraid that by the time something really goes wrong, it will be too late.”
Seeing the sincere and serious expression on Xu Yi's face, Smila Potter's expression changed rapidly. After a while, it turned into a slump. She waved her hand and sighed: "Forget it, our chamber of commerce can't receive business." It's my fault for forcing the door to close. It's not your fault. I just scolded you. Please don't take it to heart."
Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "This is a small matter. But President Potter, what are you going to do in the future?"
"Me?" Smilla Potter smiled bitterly. "The fleet is gone and the chamber of commerce is closed. What else can I do? Now I don't even have the courage to commit suicide. From now on, I can just find a job and wait to die."
"That's not necessarily true." A confident smile appeared on Xu Yi's face. "President Potter, if you believe me, I have a job that is very suitable for you. And I can guarantee that it won't be long before river transportation will be taken seriously by everyone. By that time, I can help you regain your Create a new fleet. Do you... want to believe me?"