Starting from the small town of Samara to the Principality of Standing, you actually have to pass through a section of the Black Rice Wasteland, but the direction is exactly the opposite to that of heading to the Woller Werewolf Tribe.
Although Anklu was very enthusiastic about Xu Yi's arrival, he didn't make it too grand. He just brought a few assistants and three carriages.
He originally expected that Xu Yi would bring many assistants with him for the inspection, but he did not expect that Xu Yi would bring no one with him. He only brought an elf named Yanis as an assistant, so one of the three carriages was simply empty.
The small convoy left the small town of Samara and headed southwest. After traveling for about fifty kilometers in the black rice wasteland, Xu Yi felt that the terrain was gradually sinking, while the surrounding air temperature gradually began to rise. .
Just after leaving the typical desolate scene of Heimi Wasteland and walking into a forest for a long time, Xu Yi felt that his body was a little hot and unbearable, and he couldn't help but take off his thick fur coat.
Seeing Xu Yi's actions, Anklu, who was riding in the same carriage with Xu Yi, smiled and said: "President Xu, this is your first time coming to our Principality of Standing. I'm afraid you are not familiar with the climate of our Principality. In fact, the climate of our Principality is It is different from most countries on the mainland. There is no cold time here throughout the year. Although it is winter, the temperature is actually higher than that in the spring and autumn of your Lampali Kingdom. "
Xu Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded: "I feel it. Judging from the terrain, your Principality of Standing is probably still in a basin. In addition, it is close to the sea and is almost in the southernmost part of the entire continent. It’s not surprising to have this climate.”
Anklu was a little surprised: "It seems that President Xu is also very proficient in geographical knowledge. It is true that a capable person can do anything. No wonder Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny praises you greatly every time she mentions you."
"Has Her Royal Highness mentioned me in front of you?" Xu Yi asked in shock.
Anklu smiled slightly: "I mentioned it to Her Highness the Queen at first, but I didn't expect that as soon as I mentioned President Xu, Her Highness the Queen immediately became animated. She kept praising President Xu in front of me and highly praised him. That's right. It was Her Royal Highness’s words that strengthened my confidence in coming to President Xu.”
Sevini's figure flashed through Xu Yi's mind, and he smiled and said, "What if I'm not as good as Her Royal Highness said, wouldn't your trip be in vain?"
"No, I have been to the Lampali Kingdom many times, and I have been fortunate enough to have contact with Her Royal Highness the Queen many times. But this is the first time I have seen Her Royal Highness praise a person so highly. I had done the same to President Xu and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before. After some investigation, Her Royal Highness’s affirmation of you, President Xu, only strengthens my confidence and will not affect my decision.”
"You are so polite." Xu Yi waved his hand, thought for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Anklu, actually until now. I still don't understand what you want to get from me and our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? We After all, it’s just a small chamber of commerce. I’m afraid it won’t be able to change the situation in the entire Principality of Standing.”
"Changes start bit by bit." Anklu said seriously. "The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce may not be regarded as the largest chamber of commerce in the Lampali Kingdom, but it is the chamber of commerce that has the most ability to change the status quo. I have carefully studied your chamber of commerce and found that the reason why Bangta City and several cities around Bangta City can It can be said that such a big change is entirely due to the emergence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so I think that as long as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, or you, President Xu, are invited to our Principality of Standing, some changes will definitely be brought about. ”
Seeing the firm look on Anklu's face, Xu Yi smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Anklu. Although I am very confident that I can bring some changes to the Principality of Standing, what you said makes me feel so stressed. ”
Anklu smiled slightly: "President Xu, are you someone who is afraid of pressure?"
Xu Yi shrugged: "Okay, I'm really not afraid, and I even hope to have pressure, because I always believe that when there is pressure, there will be motivation. Well... Now that there is pressure, let's discuss how to deal with these pressures. Turn it into power. Mr. Ankru, I want to ask a question first, what is the traffic situation around the three mines that Grand Duke Standing plans to sell to our chamber of commerce? "
Anklu replied without thinking: "The two iron mines are connected by more than one road. As for the copper mine, it has been just left there without management, so there is no complete road connection yet."
"There is no road at all?" Xu Yi couldn't help but frown.
In fact, among the two iron mines and a copper mine that the Principality of Standing planned to sell to him, Xu Yi valued this copper mine the most.
Now that the research and development of generators has been initially successful, the next step must be to continue to develop large-scale generator sets and then gradually promote electricity.
And if you want to promote electricity, the demand for copper will be extremely high.
There is not enough copper ore in the Kingdom of Lampali for the time being, and the non-ferrous metal vein near the Worrall Werewolf Tribe does not contain a large amount of copper ore, so Xu Yi can only place his hopes in the Principality of Standing. of this copper mine.
If the road traffic conditions around the copper mine are too bad, it will greatly affect his plans.
Seeing the expression on Xu Yi's face, Anklu hurriedly said: "President Xu, please rest assured. Although there are no roads connecting the copper mine for the time being, almost all of our Standing Principality is a plain, and the areas near the copper mine are The terrain is very flat and will not pose much difficulty to mining.”
"Hmm... If that's the case, that's fine. As long as a road can be built conveniently, everything else is easy." Xu Yi nodded.
"Speaking of building roads..." Anklu hesitated and asked, "President Xu, do you plan to build roads in our principality?"
Xu Yi was startled: "Shouldn't building roads be your principality's own business? Why do you ask me?"
The smile on Anklu's face was a little embarrassing: "This... the cost of building roads is really too high, and our principality may not be able to afford it."
Xu Yi looked at Anklu with some disbelief: "Even if you build a 100-kilometer road, it will only cost less than 300,000 gold coins. Why can't you afford it?"
The smile on Anklu's face became even more embarrassing: "Actually... I don't fear your ridicule, President Xu. Our principality's fiscal revenue last year was less than 200,000 gold coins..."
Xu Yi was immediately speechless.
Although he had long known from various information that the national power of the Principality of Standing was very weak, Xu Yi never expected it. To be so weak.
For a dignified principality, the annual fiscal revenue is less than 200,000 gold coins! It’s not even as good as Xinfei Chamber of Commerce’s current half-month profit!
No wonder Anklu, a close confidant of Grand Duke Standing and a very important figure in Duke Standing, would behave so kindly and even condescendingly when facing Xu Yi.
There is a saying on earth that money is the courage of a hero.
The Principality of Standing is so poor, of course Angkru can't be so tough in front of Xu Yi.
Looking at the awkward smile on Angkru's face, Xu Yi couldn't help but think of the way officials from backward areas on the earth faced investors from developed areas.
Perhaps in Angklu's current view. Xu Yi was the God of Wealth who had finally been invited. Of course, he had to try his best to keep Xu Yi for investment, so he was so polite and enthusiastic.
But then I thought about it. Even the Lampali Kingdom, which is much stronger than the Principality of Standing, had less than two million gold coins in fiscal revenue last year. The Principality of Standing can have 200,000 gold coins a year, which is actually pretty good...
Xu Yi secretly sighed in his heart. On the surface, he nodded calmly and said: "Okay. When I see those mines, I will consider whether it is necessary to build roads according to the situation. After all, if there is a common road connecting them, it will be better for us to mine the mines. Very helpful.”
Hearing Xu Yi's relaxed tone, Anklu's expression immediately softened, and he nodded quickly and said with a smile: "As long as President Xu has needs, everything can be easily discussed."
Xu Yi glanced at Anklu and thought that if I could come up with enough money, would your Principality of Standing still plan to sell the entire Principality to me
As soon as the carriage left the Black Rice Wasteland. Even if it enters the scope of the Principality of Standing.
As the temperature gradually increases, the surrounding scenery also changes rapidly.
at the beginning. The numbers on both sides of the road were still the various deciduous trees that could be seen everywhere in the Lampali Kingdom. However, it didn't take long for these trees to be gradually replaced by a variety of tropical plants with obvious tropical climate characteristics.
Xu Yi has traveled to the continent of Sainz for nearly five years, and he knows that there are many differences between this continent and the earth, but there are also many places that are very similar.
For example, in terms of plants, there are many plants on Sainz Continent that Xu Yi has never seen or heard of on Earth, but most of the plants on Earth are also found on Sainz Continent.
For example, Xu Yi observed various tall trees on both sides of the road through the carriage window, and soon discovered large banana trees, mango trees, pineapple trees...
As far as the eye can see, tall coconut trees can be seen looming.
Xu Yi looked at it for a while and couldn't help pointing to these plants and asked Anklu: "Your Principality of Standing obviously has so many precious resources, why is its fiscal revenue so small?"
"Precious resources?" Angkru asked in shock. "What's so precious about it?"
"Isn't it precious? If nothing else, you can make a lot of money just by selling the various fruits produced by so many fruit trees to other places."
"You mean these fruits?" Anklu looked at the fruits and vegetables pointed by Xu Yi and smiled bitterly. "President Xu, we actually know that these fruits will definitely be popular with people from other countries, but the problem is... how to transport them out?"
Seeing Anklu spread his hands with a helpless expression on his face, Xu Yi was startled for a moment and then realized what he was doing.
After all, this continent is not the earth, and it does not have the super transportation capabilities of the earth that can transport things from one end of the earth to the other end for sale within a day or two.
Although these tropical fruits are very good, with the current transportation capacity of Sainz Continent, not to mention far away places, just transporting them to the nearest Lampali Kingdom, I am afraid that all these fruits will rot on the road.
Xu Yi blamed the Principality of Standing for guarding the treasure mountain without knowing how to use it, which is really unreasonable.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi calmed down, thought for a moment, and said to Anklu: "What do you think if I can transport these fruits fresh?"
Anklu's eyes immediately lit up, he slapped his thigh suddenly, and shouted in surprise: "Look! President Xu, this is what I just said, you will definitely bring changes to our Principality of Standing!" (To be completed! Continued.)