"Controlling the Sandy River?" Earl Satsuma frowned, glanced out the window in the direction of the Sandy River, and muttered: "Xu Yi, you have never suspected that Smila Potter has a grudge against you, so Did I lie to you on purpose?"
"He can lie to me, but the condition of the river cannot lie to me." Xu Yi shook his head. "I didn't notice this situation before, so I didn't notice it. But after being reminded by President Porter just now, I observed it carefully, and then I also asked many former fishermen on the river about the situation. They all said Sandy The river has indeed undergone significant changes during this time.”
"This change may not be..." Earl Satsuma suddenly took a breath, shook his head vigorously, smiled at Xu Yi and said: "It's my fault. Since I am the lord of Bangta City, then this should be me Questions to consider. You are right, since there are hidden dangers in Sandy River, we should prepare in advance.”
Earl Satsuma lowered his head and thought for a while, then summoned an affairs officer and asked him to summon the officials in Bangta City who were familiar with the river work situation.
After the steward left, Earl Satsuma thought for a while and said to Xu Yi: "If what Smilla Porter said is true and the Sandy River has reached a point where it must be managed, then we have encountered a problem."
"What's the problem?" Xu Yi asked.
Earl Satsuma spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "This is an old problem, that is, no money."
Xu Yi couldn't help but rolled his eyes, with an expression as if he had expected you to say this, and sighed: "Okay, I brought this matter to you, so let us, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, take care of it. . But Lord City Lord, I have agreed in advance that the management of the Sandy River should be the official responsibility of the Kingdom. I can help solve this problem and even help you pay for it, but it must be clear that it is this money. It cannot be regarded as an investment by our Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, the City Lord’s Palace will either return us gold coins in the future or provide us with corresponding compensation.”
Earl Satsuma shook his head helplessly: "Although I know what you said makes sense, can't you save some face for me as the city lord? Well, you are right. It is my responsibility to manage the Sandy River. Of course, you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will not have to pay the money. As for whether to pay it back directly or give compensation, we will discuss it later."
Xu Yi nodded and did not struggle with Earl Satsuma on this issue.
Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce may suffer a little financial loss in this matter, compared to being able to continue to gain the trust of Earl Satsuma, this small loss is still worth it.
What's more, Xu Yi's main purpose is not this. Compared with the huge benefits obtained in the end, this insignificant investment can be ignored.
Once the money problem is solved, then any problem will no longer be a problem.
After a while, the officer in charge of river engineering was called. The Earl of Satsuma asked him about the situation of the Sandy River. After receiving the affirmative answer that the Sandy River had indeed changed, he ordered him to conduct a careful inspection of the Sandy River immediately and make a decision based on the inspection whether it needed to be treated and how. Detailed report on governance.
As for Xu Yi's requirements. In addition to funds, they also asked for the support of some magical construction machinery, and Xu Yi agreed one by one.
In addition, in this regard, the Armley Chamber of Commerce has experience in managing the upper reaches of the Sandy River. In addition, the Armley Chamber of Commerce is currently mainly responsible for the Sandy River bank reconstruction project outside the city, so the Armley Chamber of Commerce will naturally not Stay out of it.
It's just that this requires Earl Satsuma to go to President Cruise for an interview, and it has nothing to do with Xu Yi.
After the preliminary discussion, Xu Yi left the city lord's mansion. Steele immediately came to greet him.
Xu Yi unexpectedly discovered that Sophia was following Steele, and looked at Steele with an expression of admiration.
Not surprisingly, Kennard was right next to Sophia.
"What did the City Lord say?" Steele asked Xu Yi.
"The city lord attaches great importance to this issue and has begun to gather people to prepare for it." Xu Yi replied. "As for me, it's the same old rules. Pay money when you should, and work hard when you should."
Steele smiled softly, took Xu Yi's hand and said: "It would be great if the Lord of the City could pay attention to it. I think since the diversion of the upper reaches of the Sandy River can be successfully managed, there is no reason that cleaning up the sediment here will not be possible. ”
"This is not difficult, but the problem is that it only treats the symptoms. It cannot cure the root cause." Xu Yi turned and looked to the west and north.
That's the direction of Falling Rain Finger Forest and the upper reaches of the Sandy River.
When Yanis appeared in front of him last year, it was due to the accumulation of sediment in the upper reaches of the Sandy River in the Falling Rain Forest, which even caused the Sandy River to change its course.
Now after a year of treatment, the upper reaches of the Sandy River in Falling Rain Forest have been basically successfully managed. Stable and neat cement concrete embankments have been built on both sides of the river bank, forcing the diverted Sandy River to reverse its course. The original track solved the drinking water problem of the Yege tribe.
But this is also only treating the symptoms, not the root cause.
If the problem of soil loss in the upper reaches of the Sandy River cannot be solved, then no matter how it is managed downstream, it will still be in vain.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi shouted into the void next to him.
"Yanice, come out, I have something to ask you."
Steele showed no surprise, while Kennard and Sophia on the side were a little surprised.
Who is Xu Yi calling
Just as doubts arose in his mind, the space around Xu Yi was strangely distorted, and Yanis' figure appeared from the void.
Kennard and Sofia were both taken aback, and Sofia even screamed in fright.
The next moment when the two of them saw Yanis' appearance clearly, the surprised expressions on their faces became even more intense.
Sofia's eyes widened in disbelief, she covered her mouth and shouted softly: "Elf! Oh my god! It's actually an elf!"
While shouting, she also pulled Kennard's clothes hard. "Brother, look! It's an elf! Did you see it? An elf!"
Kennard's performance was much calmer than Sophia's. He was just surprised for a moment, then regained his composure, showed a friendly smile to Yanis and said: "I have long heard that President Xu always has a beautiful woman by his side. I have been following President Xu these days but I haven't seen the Elf girl by my side. I originally thought the rumors were false and I was very disappointed, but I didn't expect to see the legendary beauty today. The elves really opened my eyes. Miss Yanis? I’m Kennard Emma, I’m here to say hello to you.”
After following Xu Yi for a long time, although Yanis still doesn't like to appear in front of strangers often, she is not as resistant and uncomfortable with human contact as before.
Seeing Kennard greeting her, Yanis nodded slightly: "Hello, Mr. Emma, nice to meet you."
Sofia quickly jumped over, stretched out her hand to Yanis with excitement, and said very enthusiastically: "Hello, sister Yanis, my name is Sofia Emma, and I am his sister. It is really a pleasure to see you. I’m so happy! I’ve always wanted to see the legendary elves in books when I was very young. I didn’t expect to see them today! I almost fainted with excitement!
Yanis looked at Xu Yi with a puzzled expression on her face.
Xu Yi shrugged and explained: "This is a way for this little girl to express her happiness. It does not mean that she is really going to faint."
Yanis nodded to express her understanding, looked back at Sophia, thought for a while, but did not extend her hand, but just nodded to Sophia: "Hello, Miss Emma, nice to meet you."
Steele couldn't help but leaned into Xu Yi's ear and whispered: "Hey, you won't just teach her this greeting, right?"
Xu Yi smiled bitterly and replied in a low voice: "This is already pretty good, okay?"
When teaching Yanis how humans get along, what particularly troubled Xu Yi was how to make her understand that humans use different greetings in different situations.
Because although the greetings between the elves are all beautiful in context and have profound meanings, the types are very monotonous and even a little straight forward. It is not like humans who can find countless patterns in just ordinary greetings.
Xu Yi tried his best, but he could only help Yanis learn what the first greeting should be when facing a stranger.
However, Sofia didn't care at all about Yanis' cold attitude. She still looked at Yanis with great interest and asked a lot of questions in one breath.
But Yanis glanced at her and didn't answer a single question. She just said calmly: "The president wants to ask me a question, and I have to answer him first." After a pause, as if she remembered something again, she added . "I'll answer your question later, okay...?"
Sophia was startled and looked at Xu Yi aside. Although she was a little unwilling, she could only say "oh" obediently and retreated.
"Yanice, do you know much about the situation in the upper reaches of the Sandy River?" Xu Yi asked.
Yanis thought for a while and shook her head: "I probably know a little bit, but it shouldn't be much."
"Then tell me, are the areas around the upper reaches of the Sandy River now occupied by orc tribes?" Xu Yi asked again.
"That's almost it." Yanis nodded and replied. "I have been to the Black Rice Wasteland several times. There is very little water there, so wherever there is water, there will be orc tribes."
"So the upper reaches of the Sandy River can be regarded as completely occupied by the orc tribe." Xu Yi pondered for a moment and suddenly showed a smile to Yanis: "Yanis, it seems that you are going to be with me again this time. Business trip."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Yi felt a murderous aura suddenly coming from his side.
When he turned around, he saw that Steele's big eyes had narrowed slightly.