"Wait a minute, I have another question." Heinas asked, still looking confused. "When I took the carriage yesterday, I paid three silver coins at a time. If the urban public transportation system is a municipal welfare measure according to you, the price is a bit too high, right? When you discussed with Earl Satsuma, Didn’t you set a price limit?”
"Of course there will be restrictions. This is the price specified by us and President Pompeii after calculation. After all, no matter how it is a welfare measure, it must make the Philson Car Racing Shop profitable, right? Otherwise, Philson Car Racing Why did Ma Xing agree to sign this agreement?" Xu Yi said matter-of-factly.
"But I think... the residents of Bangta City may not be able to afford this price, right?" Heinas frowned. "One trip costs three silver coins, and even one round trip per day costs six silver coins. Although it is cheaper than normal long-distance carriages, it costs close to two gold coins in a month, which is a bit too much. I don’t think those workers and ordinary people can afford it.”
Xu Yi chuckled: "Hainas, you are still stuck in those old ideas. What do you think the average monthly income of ordinary residents in Bangta City is now?"
"How many?"
"I'm telling you, don't be scared. According to statistics from the City Lord's Mansion last month, the average monthly income of ordinary residents within Bangta City is now more than ten gold coins!"
"This is impossible!" Heinas was so shocked that he stood up from his chair. "Even Anvilmar City's average monthly income is less than ten gold coins. How can it be possible for Bonta City to exceed ten gold coins?"
"Why is it impossible?" Xu Yi looked at Hainas with a smile. "Because you are from Anvilmar City, so you are unwilling to accept this fact?"
"It's not that I don't want to accept it, but it's simply impossible!" Heinas said loudly. "If you tell me that the average monthly income of workers in your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is more than ten gold coins, I will believe it. Even if you say that including all the workers of other chambers of commerce in the city, it is more than ten gold coins, I will believe it. But you said that all ordinary workers in Bangta City The average monthly income of residents is actually more than ten gold coins, I won’t believe it even to death!”
Xu Yi sighed, shook his head, and said with a look on his face that you are really ignorant: "I thought you came here to inspect Bangta City for so many days. You also know a little bit about the situation in Bangta City, but I didn't expect you to do so." Still don’t understand anything.”
Heinas immediately said angrily: "What do you think I don't understand? I think you are just bragging!"
"Bragging?" Xu Yishu smiled and said: "Well, since your news is so out of date, I can only educate you well so that you will not be embarrassed when you go back to write this report. Ahem... Listen, first of all I want to tell you What you are saying is that the average monthly salary of our New Flying Chamber of Commerce workers has already exceeded ten gold coins. Just last month, according to the financial statistics compiled by Sebas a few days ago, it has exceeded the twenty gold coins mark. ”
"Twenty gold coins? Average?" Hainas looked at Xu Yi with an incredulous expression. "You... When I visited other chamber of commerce presidents, they all said that you were a prodigal and I defended you. I didn't expect that you were really a prodigal! You actually paid such a high salary to the workers? Even if your chamber of commerce is very profitable, You can’t do this, right?”
"You say I'm a prodigal?" Xu Yi snorted. "These guys are not much worse than me. The presidents of those chambers of commerce didn't tell you that the wages of workers in their chambers of commerce are actually not lower than those of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, right? There are even several chambers of commerce whose workers' wages have exceeded ours. Chamber of Commerce. We are no longer the highest paying chamber of commerce in Bangta City.”
Hainas looked at Xu Yi blankly for a while, thought for a while, then started over, frowned and shook his head: "I really wonder if all the chambers of commerce in Bangta City are crazy. Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will give the workers such The high salary is because you, the president, like to spend money. Why do they pay such a high salary to be like you? "
"There is no way. It is really that the manpower shortage in Bangta City is too serious now. There are a lot of jobs waiting for people to do, but they can never find people. You have been walking around Bangta City these days, have you ever seen anyone with normal hands and feet? Isn't anyone working?" Xu Yi asked.
Hainas tilted his head and recalled for a long time, then shook his head: "I really didn't see it. This is very strange. Are there really so many job opportunities in Bangta City now? Obviously the people in Bangta City now are already the ones before. It’s several times bigger, but there’s still a shortage of manpower?”
"You shouldn't ask me this. You should ask President Cruise of the Amri Chamber of Commerce." Xu Yi said with a smile. "Speaking of the shortage of people, our New Flying Chamber of Commerce is actually not bad. Because it can be supplemented by many dwarves and elves. On the contrary, it is the Amri Chamber of Commerce that is really short of people. During this period, every time President Cruise sees I have to complain to me about their lack of manpower. Do you believe that if they were given enough manpower, their chamber of commerce would even go to the Luersun Kingdom to build roads?"
"Well... President Cruz mentioned this to me yesterday when I visited him." Heinas nodded. "He said that President Newman originally wanted to invite the Armley Chamber of Commerce to go to the Kingdom of Luxun to help build a minimum of 500 kilometers of roads, but he really didn't have enough manpower, so he had to refuse. He also said that this was a big profit. It was a great opportunity, so it’s a pity that I missed it.”
"So let's talk. You see, everyone in Bangta City now has a job to do, and the salary of each job is very high, so what is unacceptable when the average monthly income exceeds ten gold coins?" Xu Yi asked again.
Hainas was startled. After thinking for a while, he sighed softly: "It seems that you are right. It is true that I am bound by the old ideas. I always thought that in terms of income, it must be the highest in Anvilmar City, but I didn't expect that Bonta The city has actually surpassed Anvilmar City. More importantly, everyone in Bonta City can find a job, but there are a lot of people in Anvilmar City who have nothing to do... This is really far behind in comparison. "
"No, you are wrong again." Xu Yi shook his head. "After all, Anvilmar City is the capital of the Kingdom. In many aspects, it has advantages that Bangta City cannot compare with. If His Majesty the King is willing, he can easily surpass Bangta City."
"This is not something we can discuss." Heinas shrugged, recorded what Xu Yi just said in his notebook, and then continued to ask: "Okay, apart from the new urban public transportation system, Apart from the measures, what else is worth mentioning?”
"Except for this..." Xu Yi thought for a moment and rolled his eyes. "I'll tell you another one that's even more exciting."
"More exciting?" Hainas's eyes lit up. "What is it?"
"After discussions between Earl Satsuma and I, we finally decided to widen the Sandy River and dig a canal connecting the Sandy River and the Rum River."
"ah?"
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the next day. Xu Yi and Earl Satsuma stood side by side on the north bank of the Sandy River in a section east of Bangta City, looking at the sky to the north.
"Lord Earl, President Xu, you see, if the Sandy River is dug from here, the terrain will gradually sink until it reaches the Rum River. And there are no mountains blocking the way. In comparison, I think it is the easiest to dig. A line of canals.”
The person who pointed to the ground in the distance and introduced them to the two people was Smilla Porter, the former president of the Porter Chamber of Commerce.
Compared with the previous dejection when Xu Yi rescued him from the river, although Porter's skin is much darker now, he is full of vitality and confidence. The whole person seemed to have returned to the high spirits he had when the Potter Chamber of Commerce was at its peak.
"How long is this line?" Earl Satsuma asked.
"I roughly calculated, it's no more than fifty kilometers." Potter replied.
"Fifty kilometers..." Earl Satsuma nodded and said: "In fact, it seems that the Sandy River and the Rum River are not very far apart. If this canal can be dug and the Sandy River and the Rum River can be connected, it will be relatively easy. It will make our river transportation in Bangta City much more prosperous.”
"Lord City Lord, this can be described as more than just a few." Potter said with some excitement. "Although the Sandy River can eventually merge into the Sky River in the lower reaches. It can also be regarded as one of the most prosperous rivers in the mainland. However, the Sky River has always been controlled by the Maro Empire and does not allow ships from other countries to pass through. , so the Sandy River has never been able to be used, but if the Sandy River is connected to the Rum River, the Sandy River can be added to the largest river in the continent, and boats from Bonta City can pass through it. The Sandy River runs almost everywhere on this continent!”
Having said this, Porter glanced at Xu Yi who was standing aside, with a trace of gratitude in his tone.
"Every time I saw the Rum River before, I thought about how wonderful it would be to connect the Sandy River and the Rum River. But I know this is almost impossible. So I could only regard this as a fantasy at the time, but Chairman Xu told me that this was not a fantasy, but a fact that could be realized! To be honest... When I heard Chairman Xu say this, I felt that it was a reality. It’s really a bit… bold and crazy.”
Earl Satsuma laughed: "This guy's ideas have always been bold, even crazy. But President Potter, you have to admit. This guy is always able to realize his ideas, isn't he?"
Porter nodded vigorously: "It is because President Xu can always realize his ideas that I will listen to his arrangements this time and spend several months exploring all nearby rivers. But President Xu, Digging such a canal is an extremely difficult task. The cost is probably astronomical, and I don’t think Bangta City can afford it alone.”
"This is also what I'm worried about." Earl Satsuma nodded, turned to Xu Yi and smiled: "But I understand this guy. If he is not sure, he will not be so enthusiastic. Tell me, Xu Yi, what are your plans this time? How to solve this problem? Or is your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce planning to cover all the money for digging the canal? If that is the case, then I must thank you very much. "
Xu Yi laughed and waved his hand quickly: "I'm afraid it will cost at least several million gold coins to dig this canal. Our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot afford it. However, I can't help with money, but I can save costs. Can help.”
"Oh? Tell me."
"Recently, our chamber of commerce has made a breakthrough in the research and development of large-scale construction machinery, and has successfully developed a large-scale magic excavator..."