To say that communication on Sainz Continent basically relies on roaring... is a bit of an exaggeration.
But if we put aside the completely magical communication method that uses space magic for real-time image communication, which can only be used by magicians of the Grand Magician level, super high-end and beyond the reach of ordinary people, Sainz The communication method on the mainland... basically relies on shouting.
Although letters are also sent by mail on the Sainz continent, due to the inconvenience of transportation, the cost of mailing letters is extremely high.
Specifically, if you want to send a letter in advance from the main base of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce in the Principality of Standing to the city of Anvilmar, which is about 1,300 kilometers away, even if there is no gap between the two countries, the letter may not be able to The postage required to mail this question will be as high as thirteen gold coins.
That's right, one gold coin for one hundred kilometers, no more, no less.
Such an expensive price is simply not affordable for most ordinary people.
This has resulted in the vast majority of ordinary people on the Sainz continent having basically no communication with places outside their living circles. In addition, it is difficult for them to leave the place where they live, so almost all of them People will be born, grow, and live in the same place throughout their lives, and eventually grow old and die. They have never been in contact with the outside world and have no understanding of the outside world.
Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Armli Chamber of Commerce have now improved the traffic conditions in a large area, allowing ordinary people who have never left their villages to have the opportunity to experience the vast world outside, in terms of communications, It's still a huge problem.
Take the many workers affiliated with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as an example. They may only be able to return home once a year. There was no way to communicate with other people at home. In Xu Yi's opinion, this is an almost unbearable situation.
Fortunately, Akali teamed up with her research team to study the magic array resonance technology more and more thoroughly, and finally relied on this technology to successfully create a relatively complete magic communication network.
After laying down the structure in the past two years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has successfully built a magic communication network in the Principality of Standing that can cover all parts of the principality with magic signals.
Now, as long as Xu Yi is in the Principality of Standing, he can use this magic communication network to contact anyone in the Principality who also has a magic communication box at any time.
Moreover, a magical communication line from the Principality of Standing to the Kingdom of Lampali that was jointly established by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Kingdom of Lampali last year has been completely laid.
Now, Xu Yi can even chat with Sewell, who is 1,300 kilometers away, when he has nothing to do.
Compared with when Xu Yi wanted to contact Sewell, he could only write a letter and send it to her. It will take at least five days to be sent to Serwell. This method of communication is undoubtedly much more convenient now.
Of course, this new form of communication also has many shortcomings.
From a personal point of view, compared with the mobile communication network on the earth that can connect countless mobile phones to multiple points at the same time, this magic communication network can currently only simply distinguish a few magic call boxes and conduct different conversations.
As for the various services and conveniences that can be enjoyed using mobile communication networks on earth, don't even think about it.
From a broader perspective, the biggest problem with this mobile communication network is that the cost is too high.
In order to lay a complete magic communication network in the Principality of Standing, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has erected more than 700 magic signal towers, many of which are erected in mountains that are difficult to reach by humans. The total cost of the project is as high as more than three million gold coins.
And this is just an installation in the Principality of Standing, a small country with an area less than one-tenth of the Kingdom of Lampali. It would be completely successful in the Kingdom of Lampali. The cost will be ten times more.
Sewell had previously been tempted to complete this project, but when she learned from Xu Yi that the total estimated cost of the project would be at least over 30 million gold coins, she immediately gave up the idea.
Xu Yi was helpless about this.
Of course, he hopes that the Kingdom of Lampali, the Kingdom of Luersun, even the Kingdom of Sark, the Kingdom of Falk, and even huge empires such as the Candela Empire and the Malo Empire will completely set up magic communication networks, so that they can completely Solved the communication problem that bothered him the most.
But if you think about it, you will know that this beautiful wish is absolutely impossible to realize at least at the moment.
For example, although the Lampali Kingdom's annual fiscal revenue has been rising in recent years driven by the magic industry, last year, according to the data Sevini revealed to Xu Yi, it even exceeded 16 million gold coins. It far exceeds the previous situation where the annual financial income was almost impossible to register, but this still cannot support Sevini's determination to spend an astonishing 30 million gold coins on building a magic communication network.
Of course, from a fairness perspective, Serwell's concerns are not unreasonable, because the magic communication network currently laid out by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has great limitations.
The most critical problem is that because the magic signal is transmitted at a fixed frequency, it is difficult to allow more people to use this magic communication network to have conversations at the same time.
This is also a problem that Xu Yi is very dissatisfied with. Fortunately, Akali and her research team have recently made a breakthrough. They can make subtle changes to the assumed communication magic circle inside each magic call box to achieve different results. Transmission of magical signals.
However, compared to mobile phones and mobile networks on Earth, this is still very inconvenient.
Therefore, in summary, this magic communication network is not cost-effective in Sevigny's opinion.
And even Sevigny can't accept this, so other countries naturally don't have to count on it.
Therefore, although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is constantly erecting new magic signal towers, they are actually only erecting them within the scope of their own control, and they are simply extending the magic communication network in the Standing Principality outwards.
One of the more obvious examples is the sea route opened by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire Navy, connecting the Principality of Standing and the southern port of the Candela Empire.
On the surface. Merchant ships traveling on this sea route can use this magical communication network to send out help signals. However, the specific operation and use of this magic communication network are firmly in the hands of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It is completely a private communication network belonging to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Xu Yi's next plan is to continue to lay the magic communication network eastward on the Endless Sea, extending all the way to the Commercial United Kingdom of Nozdormu, and then northward to the eastern coast of the Sainz Continent.
In this way, the New Flying Chamber of Commerce can ideally respond to situations in various bases beyond the control of the main base at any time.
With this foundation, the idea of opening up sub-bases in other places can be truly realized.
It's just that this is undoubtedly an extremely huge project, so just estimate it casually. The investment funds are calculated in tens of millions of gold coins.
Even though the annual income of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is extremely amazing, it cannot easily come up with such a huge investment.
So after Xu Yi made a summary of the various plans in his mind, he finally found that they all focused on one key factor, and that was time.
It takes time to obtain research breakthroughs, it takes time to change the infrastructure, it takes time for everyone on this continent to accept the new thing of magic industry, and it takes even more time to change their traditional views.
In short, no matter what you want to achieve, it will take a lot of time.
After figuring this out, Xu Yi suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
Before, he always felt like there was a whip behind him that was constantly beating him, forcing him to tense up all the time. Considering various issues, I hope to achieve my goals as soon as possible.
Now it takes a lot of time to understand these as a basis. Xu Yi is no longer so anxious.
He decided to relax for now.
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The bright sunlight shines down from diagonally above, passing through a few gaps in the dense leaves, and falls on the ground into equally bright spots.
At this time, Freya kept jumping back and forth in the open space in the small forest, stepping on the light spots, and letting out a few crisp and cheerful laughs from time to time.
After Xu Yi watched for a while, he stretched and sat up from the recliner.
Seeing Freya's cheerful look, Xu Yi felt himself relax.
In the past week, he took a good vacation for himself. He stayed at home and played with several children every day. Although he was equally busy, it was a completely different feeling.
After staying with the children for a long time, Xu Yi even developed a sense of laziness and felt that it was a good choice to live peacefully like this.
"Hey Freya, come here." Xu Yi thought for a while and suddenly waved to Freya.
Freya looked back at Xu Yi, ran over with a silver bell-like laughter, threw herself into Xu Yi's arms, and then pulled him out.
"Dad, get up and play with me."
Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry yet. Freya, I have a question to ask you now. You have to think it through before answering."
"Ah?" Freya blinked, rolled her two bright little eyes, and said with a smile: "Dad, mom sent you to ask me, right?"
Xu Yi was startled, then he laughed, stretched out his hand to scratch Freya's nose, and asked: "Yes, your mother asked me to ask. But I am also very concerned about this question. Just tell me and you can decide." What are you going to do in the future?”
Freya wrinkled her beautiful nose and snorted slightly and replied: "How do I know what I want to do in the future now? My mother always asks me this, and I can't answer it at all."
Seeing the dissatisfaction on Freya's face, Xu Yi couldn't help laughing.
Although Freya has just turned 7 this year, she has already shown to be extremely smart and has extremely high talents in magic and other aspects. Therefore, Steele has very high expectations for her and has very strict requirements for her. .
This makes Freya somewhat resistant in front of Steele, but instead wants Xu Yi to come and ask these questions.
"Then tell me, what do you like to do?" Xu Yi asked.
"Do you like it? I like a lot of things, such as magic, machinery, history,..." Freya answered with her fingers one by one, looking very serious.
However, Xu Yi had to take care of her.
"Wait! Freya, listen, it's impossible for a person to be the best in all aspects. You have to make choices. And what I want to ask you now is what you are doing in these things you like. Which one do you like best among them?”
"Favorite?" Freya frowned, thought for a while, and shook her head. "I don't know... Dad, my mother has let me learn a lot of things. I like everything, but my mother always forces me to learn according to her instructions. I don't like this. Can you help me tell my mother? ?"
Xu Yi suddenly smiled bitterly.
This Freya is so weird when she is only 7 years old, and she will get better when she grows up.
Just when she was about to speak, Freya suddenly clapped her little hands hard and said with excitement: "Dad, I know what I like to do the most!"
"Ah?" Xu Yi asked in astonishment, "What do you like most?"
"I like to be like you the most!" Freya pointed at Xu Yi with her little finger. "When I grow up, I also want to be the president!"
Xu Yi blinked: "Why?"
"Because this allows others to obey my orders!" Freya said confidently.
Xu Yi slapped his forehead feebly.
It seemed that it was necessary for him to have a serious discussion with Steele about Freya's education.
Judging from Freya's current reaction, I am afraid that she has suffered too much oppression during her usual education, which has led to her having such a strong idea of resistance.
But after thinking about it, Xu Yi suddenly brightened his eyes, smiled, pulled Freya into his arms, and said to her slowly and seriously: "Flea, listen up, become a president. It’s not that easy. First you have to..."
On an ordinary afternoon in early summer, the woman who would be called the most powerful woman in the entire Sainz continent for many years to come began her first lesson to reach the peak of her life. (To be continued...)