A fleet of more than twenty freight magic locomotives and a medium-sized magic bus ran quickly on the highway in the northeastern province of the Lampali Kingdom. (Ding Dian Novel)
Since the speed of the vehicle is much higher than that of the horse-drawn carriage, the convoy always shakes involuntarily when passing through bumps on the ground.
"boom-"
Passing by a deep pit again, the entire body of the relatively small and medium-sized Magic Bus in the fleet shook violently, causing all the dozen or so passengers in the car to bounce from their seats.
Xu Yi fell down on the seat. Although the special soft seats of this medium-sized magic bus offset most of the impact, it still hurt his buttocks and made him frown.
"This road is too poorly built..." Canby, who was sitting next to Xu Yi, couldn't help complaining even though he had the strong body of a dwarf.
"Does this road condition deserve to be called a highway?"
"It's just that it's much worse than our road in Bangta City. The Amli Chamber of Commerce cut corners too much when building this road."
"I don't know who is taking over this road here? The road is so badly repaired, I think they should bear the main responsibility, but I am afraid it has nothing to do with the Armli Chamber of Commerce."
"How come it doesn't matter much? This road was built by the Amri Chamber of Commerce. The person who took over this road can't let the Amri Chamber of Commerce build it like this?"
"That's not necessarily the case..."
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Several other researchers from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce Magic Machine Tool R&D Center who followed Canby in the carriage also rubbed their buttocks and complained.
Listening to their complaints, Xu Yi opened the car window and stuck his head out.
His eyes scanned the road he was driving on and the road ahead. Xu Yi suddenly frowned deeply.
It would be fine if the road conditions were bad in just one or two places. After all, the technology of Amri Chamber of Commerce in building roads is still not comparable to that on Earth. The quality of the roads is certainly not as good as those on Earth.
But where Xu Yi looked, this set of concrete roads was actually full of potholes. Except for the cement coating on the surface, which showed that it was originally a road, at first glance, it looked even better than the Lampali Kingdom is still. The old dirt roads that can be seen everywhere are even worse.
Xu Yi's eyes naturally turned to the roadbed part of the road. After scanning it twice, he couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
The thickness of the cement layer on this road is actually less than ten centimeters. No wonder it has become so dilapidated in such a short period of time.
This is also because the main transportation road in the Lampali Kingdom is still horse-drawn. The cargo capacity will not exceed one ton at most.
If it were the large trucks in the area that frequently carry dozens or even hundreds of tons of cargo, they would crush the cement pavement of this highway to pieces in minutes.
After cursing in his heart, Xu Yi retracted his head and closed the window to prevent the cold outside from blowing in. Then he looked down at the map in his hand, searched for it, and pointed his finger on a point marked on the map. .
"Should we be here now?" Xu Yi clicked on the map and asked.
Canby looked over and said, "Well, that's right, we should be arriving in Laimat City soon."
"Laimat City..." Xu Yi thought for a moment. Frowning slightly.
According to the information he collected in advance, the lord of Laimat City was from the Weir family. The Will family is a staunch conservative in the Lampali Kingdom. They have long declared their support for Prince Eric and have a very unfavorable attitude towards the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Previously, when the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce wanted to implement an expansion policy and prepare to build production bases in various cities in the Lampali Kingdom, it once offered to invest and build factories in Laimate City, but was rejected by the city owner of Laimate City in an extremely harsh tone. Strongly refused.
"I don't know if the road conditions on this road have anything to do with this..." Xu Yi muttered, then turned to Canby and said, "Cambi, take note of this and study the shock absorption system of the magic motorcycle carefully when you get back. We cannot expect that all roads on this continent will be as smooth as the falling rain highway, so the magic motorcycle we produce must be able to adapt to all road conditions. ""
"Shock-absorbing system?" Camby was stunned. "How do you do this?"
"Hmm... It's very troublesome to explain in detail. I will conduct research with the Magic Research Institute after I return. The initial consideration is to use wind magic to cushion the car body and reduce the impact and vibration caused by uneven road surfaces. As for how to do it, I have to go back and study it again.”
"Buffer the entire car body?" Canby frowned. "Then how to connect the body and the ground to allow the wind magic to flow out of the buffer space?"
"Remember the suspension structure I mentioned to you before?" Xu Yi reminded. "Although the medium-sized magic bus we are riding has already used this technology, after taking a trip on this road, I feel that it is not enough. Since there is such a convenient thing as wind magic, we Of course you should take advantage of it.”
"Well... using wind magic as a buffer is of course much better than a hard spring. But how should the structure be made..." Canby pondered for a moment and discussed with several researchers from the Magic Machine Tool R&D Center around him.
These researchers are not all dwarves now, but also include several human researchers who were very talented in mechanics who joined later. When they heard the shock absorption system proposed by Xu Yi, they excitedly put forward their own ideas.
For a moment, the car fell into a heated discussion.
Listening to the lively discussion between Canby and the researchers, Xu Yi smiled and did not participate. Instead, he looked at the map in his hand again.
This map of the Lampali Kingdom is somewhat similar to the map hanging in his study room in Falling Star Manor, with a part of it also painted in red.
The areas painted in red represent that the magic industry-related chamber of commerce has infiltrated into the corresponding city.
Within the scope of Bangta City, there are naturally a bunch of red dots, almost dyeing the entire Bangta City red, and outside Bangta City, Kalma City, Saltan City, Norton City, Canberra City, and even Karamay City , Anvilmar City and other cities hundreds of kilometers away from Bangta City are also dyed red, which means that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and other chambers of commerce related to the magic industry have penetrated into these cities.
In addition to these cities that are currently focused on development, Xu Yi has drawn a small red circle on many other cities in the Lampali Kingdom, indicating that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce or other magic industry-related chambers of commerce are about to enter or plan to enter these cities. Cities invest and build factories, bringing these cities into the scope affected by the magic industry.
However, on this map, there is still a large area that remains the same and is not dyed red at all.
Lemat City is one of them.
Looking at these areas that seemed completely unmoved, Xu Yi frowned deeply.
The reason why these places are not affected by the magic industry that is currently booming throughout the Lampali Kingdom is entirely because these places belong to the sphere of influence that supports Prince Eric.
The reason why they started the magic industry was actually to express their opposition to Princess Sevigny and indirectly support Prince Eric by boycotting the magic industry.
This is simply political reasons and nothing else.
Xu Yi was disgusted with this situation, but also helpless.
Political factors are not something he can influence and control now. For the time being, he can only passively wait and see.
And His Majesty the King, who played a decisive role in this factor, suddenly seemed to disappear during this period of time, without making any sound or giving any instructions.
What Xu Yi couldn't understand the most was that even His Majesty Prince Eric did not express any opinions on such a big matter as his plan to rectify the Zhenbei Army's counterattack against the Sark Kingdom.
Although Major Macconley explained that this was because when he appointed His Royal Highnesses the Princes and Princess Sevigny to serve as city lords of the three cities respectively, he promised not to interfere in any of their decisions, but the counterattack on the Sac Kingdom and the entire Lan Lan He still didn't say a word about important matters that were closely related to the Pali Kingdom, and it still seemed extremely strange.
Although Xu Yi knew almost nothing about military affairs, when the Zhenbei Army faced the offensive of the Sac Kingdom, it had always been in a barely defensive posture. The reason why it was able to counterattack the Muerto Mountains at the beginning of this year was because it had obtained a large number of Support for new types of armaments.
But now that Prince Eric has refused to continue to purchase various military magic machines produced by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the combat effectiveness of the Zhenbei Army will not be much improved than before. How can the counterattack on the Sark Kingdom be successful
Xu Yi did not believe that His Majesty the King could not see this, but His Majesty the King did not express any objection to His Royal Highness Prince Eric's actions, which was really puzzling.
"His Majesty the King will never sit back and watch Prince Eric die..."
Xu Yi was startled by the terrifying thoughts that emerged in his mind, and quickly shook his head.
This idea is too ridiculous. No matter how ruthless His Majesty the King is to His Royal Highness Prince Eric, at least the Zhenbei Army is innocent. His Majesty the King cannot let the Zhenbei Army be buried with His Highness Prince Eric.
"Perhaps His Royal Highness Prince Eric actually has other plans? His Majesty the King is well aware of this, so he does not express his opinion?"
Just after Xu Yi gave a more reasonable explanation in his mind, the car suddenly shook slightly, but stopped.
"What's wrong?" Xu Yi looked up and looked ahead in shock, and found that the entire convoy had stopped.
After a while, there was a quarrel ahead.
Xu Yi heard that one of the voices was Ankato, who was responsible for opening the road at the front of the convoy, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
After a while, a Xinfei Chamber of Commerce staff member responsible for transporting goods on the freight locomotive in front ran over panting.
Seeing Xu Yi who was sticking his head out of the car window to check the situation, he said angrily: "President, the road ahead is closed!" (To be continued...)