Chapter 20 The Reason for the Meal

Building a road is a very expensive business.

On the earth, most of the time, the construction of roads is mainly funded by the government, supplemented by private capital, and rarely is a road built by private capital completely independently.

Because the road transportation network can be said to be the main artery of a country, its importance is self-evident. If it is not controlled by the government itself, it will easily cause major problems.

If possible, Xu Yi of course also hoped that the road network planned in his mind would be funded by the Kingdom of Lampari himself.

But the fact is that the financial situation of the Lampari Kingdom is indeed very bad. The major chambers of commerce and the great nobles in the kingdom may be very rich, but the kingdom itself has no money.

It is reflected in Bangta City, that is, the city owner, Earl Samo and the presidents of those large chambers of commerce can live an extremely luxurious life every day, but Bangta City itself has no money to spare.

It is obviously impossible for such a dire financial situation to support the cost of road construction.

So Xu Yi immediately gave up the idea of ​​letting Bangta City or the Kingdom of Lampari finance the construction of the road, and instead financed the construction himself.

Viscount Leslie's advice before leaving can also be regarded as a warning to Xu Yi, which made him have no confidence and expectation to continue to expand the factory of the Chamber of Commerce in the territory of Viscount Leslie, or the Stark family. , so it is imperative to develop Luoyu Valley.

Although Rainfall Valley is in a good location, it is right at the intersection of Rainfall Forest and Hengduan Mountains. It can more easily establish contact with Elven Dreams in Nightsong Forest and several dwarf tribes including Norma tribe and Angola tribe. , but after all, it is 50 kilometers away from Bangta City, if you want to develop. Traffic must be guaranteed. Then it is imperative to build a road leading to Bangta City first.

The total length of the road is expected to be around fifty to fifty-five kilometers. According to the quotation of 60 silver coins per square meter of cement concrete from the Amley Chamber of Commerce, to build a cement hydraulic concrete road with a width of 3 meters and a thickness of 15 centimeters, which can accommodate two carriages in parallel, including the cost of building the roadbed, the total price is about It is about 130,000 to 150,000 gold coins.

It should be said that this price is not high for a road with a length of more than 50 kilometers, but it is already equivalent to all the current liquidity of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Of course, it is impossible for Xu Yi to pay all cash.

"That's not easy. According to the old method before, pay with cement." President Cruise patted his chest and said to Xu Yi with a face full of pride: "We are all old friends, I can trust President Xu. You. Our chamber of commerce can help you do the project first, and the money can be paid slowly, I'm not in a hurry, haha..."

Xu Yi glanced at him, thinking that he was not in a hurry.

According to President Cruise's plan, I'm afraid he would like to spend more money on this road, so that the Amley Chamber of Commerce can continue to monopolize the cement produced by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. Continue to expand your leading edge in the construction industry.

Of course, Xu also would not object to this model.

He was reluctant to pay in cash, and using cement to trade in was an acceptable solution.

The cement plant of the Norma tribe has been in production for some time. The dwarves have gradually mastered the production technology of cement, coupled with the gradual investment in related magic machines such as the magic grinder developed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Now the cement production of the Norma tribe has been significantly improved, from the previous monthly production. The 3,000 tons of cement has been raised to the current 7,000 tons.

With the operation of the other two cement workshops cooperating with the Angolan tribe and the Norman tribe, the monthly cement output of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will exceed a full 20,000 tons!

According to the price of six gold coins per ton of cement agreed by Xu Yi and President Cruise, it only takes one or two months for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to pay for the total cost of this road project purely on cement.

Of course, if Xu Yi sold the cement publicly, the price would definitely exceed six gold coins per ton, so he would get more profit.

However, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce now needs to carry out too many construction projects, which cannot be separated from the Amley Chamber of Commerce. Xu Yi is also happy to rely on cement to maintain a good cooperative relationship between the two chambers of commerce.

In any case, the production of cement mainly uses the limestone and clay dug by the dwarves in the mountains of the Hengduan Mountains, and the cost is almost negligible.

"Okay, let's do it like this." Thinking of this, Xu Yi nodded, confirming another cooperation between the two sides. "By the way, President Cruise, I heard that President Morgan of the Chamber of Commerce found you and said that he wanted to cooperate with your Amli Chamber of Commerce to conduct research on magic machinery?"

President Cruise waved his hand with a look of disdain: "Che, this guy has not only found me, I am afraid that he has found some powerful chambers of commerce in Bangta City. But there are almost no promises to him, because everyone I know that in the research of magic machinery, I am afraid that no one can compare to your new flying chamber of commerce.

"That's right." Xu Yi nodded, but a sneer came out of his heart.

To say that the Amri Chamber of Commerce rejected Thaksin’s invitation from the Falcao Chamber of Commerce to cooperate in researching magic machinery, but if the Amli Chamber of Commerce had no interest in researching magic machinery at all, Xu also wouldn’t believe it if he killed him.

Now in Bangta City, including the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, which does not intend to conceal their intentions, almost all powerful large chambers of commerce have begun to invest more or less in the research of magic machinery.

Not only for the huge profits brought by magic machines, but also for the sake of being able to master the related technologies of magic machines, and to develop magic machines according to their own needs.

Now, in the big chamber of commerce in Bangta City, without exception, they all began to use the magic machinery produced by the new flying chamber of commerce.

Take the Falcao Chamber of Commerce as an example. Just last week, President Morgan personally placed an order for Xu Yi for 10,000 small magic drilling rigs.

At the same time, President Morgan also showed a strong interest in the magic impact crusher exhibited by Xu Yi, and said that once the trial was successful, he would place a large number of orders to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce again.

The price of a small magic drilling rig is 78 gold coins, and 10,000 units are a full 780,000 gold coins.

And the price of the magic impact crusher Xu Yi proposed is even as high as 260 gold coins, if you want to order in large quantities. It will undoubtedly cost a lot of gold.

If these two mine magic machines, the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, can be successfully developed by themselves. Produce their own. It will undoubtedly save a huge amount of gold coins.

In the same situation, except for the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, the Amri Chamber of Commerce has the same situation as other chambers of commerce.

All chambers of commerce want to get rid of the status quo that the new flying chamber of commerce earns a lot of profits, but after using the magic machinery, everyone has to admit that these magic machinery are indeed very useful, so that these chambers of commerce are now fundamentally Can't do without these magic machines.

Since it is inseparable, the only way left is to develop it yourself. Try to master the technology of producing these magical machines by your own efforts, and no longer be subject to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

But so far, in addition to some achievements in the magic fan that Xu Yi voluntarily handed over part of the technology, in other magic machines, especially large magic machines, other chambers of commerce can be considered to have no progress at all.

These thoughts flashed in his mind, Xu Yi restrained his laughter, patted President Cruise on the shoulder, and said kindly: "Of course, we are partners with good relations. If the Amley Chamber of Commerce is really right If you are interested in researching magic machinery, President Cruise, you can come and talk to me directly. As long as I can help, I will do my best to help."

"Really?" President Cruise's eyes suddenly lit up, then he woke up, smiled awkwardly, shook his head and said, "No, we Amley Chamber of Commerce still honestly build a house, and it's done. . Only President Xu, you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can play such complicated things as magic machinery, so I won't join in the fun."

Xu Yi smiled slightly, stopped talking about this topic, and discussed with President Cruise about the specific plans and plans for building this highway.

It was almost dusk after the conversation with President Cruise, Xu Yi declined the invitation of President Cruise to have dinner, and walked to a large courtyard in the south of Bangta City.

In view of the participation of Evita and Akali's five classmates, the small building where the two lived was obviously no longer suitable for use as a magic research institute, so Xu Yi bought the courtyard in advance in the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce .

This courtyard was the original residence of a Viscount in Bangta City. Because the Viscount left Bangta City, it was vacant and bought by Xu Yi.

The courtyard covers an area of ​​more than 2,000 square meters, including three small buildings and several huts. In addition to allowing ten employees of the current Magic Research Institute to conduct research work at the same time, it also provides Evita and Akali's five classmates. extra accommodation.

When Xu Yi walked into the gate of the courtyard, he smelled an aroma.

After sniffing hard, Xu Yi immediately affirmed that tonight's dinner must be Evita's craftsmanship.

Sure enough, as soon as she walked into the hall behind the main entrance, she saw Evita taking off the apron around her waist, ready to take her seat for dinner.

Seeing Xu Yi approaching suddenly, a group of people were stunned.

After a while, Akali jumped up and greeted Xu Yi excitedly, "Master President, why are you here?"

Xu Yi smiled slightly: "I didn't have a place to eat, so I came here to eat."

After glancing at the dishes full of dishes on the table, Xu Yi pointed at one of the dishes that were somewhat charred and said with a smile, "Let me guess, this dish should be made by Akali, right? ?"

Akali immediately glared at Xu Yi angrily, and snorted coldly, "I'm sorry, Lord President, you guessed wrong."

"Oh? Besides you, can anyone else turn a dish that was supposed to be stir-fried into a barbecue?" Xu Yi pretended to be surprised.

Everyone at the table burst into laughter.

"Master President, you really guessed wrong. Cecilia volunteered to cook this dish, but it's none of Akali's business." Bella on the side laughed.

"Ah?" Xu Yi looked at Cecilia, who was blushing in surprise. He really couldn't think of this taciturn girl who made him think that even a girl who was several times quieter than Evita could cook better than Akali. rotten. "It's really surprising. I thought quiet girls could cook like Evita, but there are exceptions."

Cecilia's head dropped a little lower, just nibbling on the bread in her hand, without saying a word.

"Master President, don't bully Cecilia, she's very shy." Claire with black natural curly hair smiled and said, "If she can't think about it tonight and runs into my room crying again, then I'm going to find the president and you have to compensate."

Cecilia raised her head suddenly, slammed her fist on Claire's shoulder, and said angrily, "You're crying!"

Seeing Cecilia's appearance, everyone couldn't help laughing even louder.

Xu Yi couldn't help but feel relieved when he found that even Xiu Qi, a guy who had always had a bad face, couldn't help snickering.

It seems that after this period of work and getting along, these young people have fully adapted to life here.

It is precisely because of their vitality and talent that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has been able to develop various amazing magic machines again and again.

These young people may not know it, but Xu Yi can be sure.

As long as they work hard enough, they will become powerful magical mechanical engineers in the future and become a vital part of the magical industrial system.

Glancing across the young faces, Xu Yi suddenly noticed a problem.

"By the way, what about Wella? Why didn't you see her? Did she go out to dinner?" Xu Yi asked.

In order to facilitate research work, after buying this courtyard, Xu Yi asked Wella to move here from the factory office to work here.

Because Wella is now alone in Bangta City, her room and board are also settled in a courtyard with Cecilia and others.

"Sister Wella went out before dinner and said she was going to see someone, but she didn't say when she would come back." Evita replied.

"Meet someone?" Xu Yi was a little puzzled.

After returning from Saltan City, Wella didn't even want to go out the gate during this period of time, she just didn't want to see the acquaintances she used to be in Bangta City, why did she suddenly run to meet someone again today?

"Sister Wella might be going out to meet her boyfriend, so let's not wait for her." Akali waved her hand. "Mr. President, you also sit down to eat. It happens that Evita cooks a little more today. But why don't you go back to eat today? How about Vivian?"

"There is an activity in the academy today, and Vivian stayed in the academy for dinner and didn't come back. Otherwise, why do you think I'm here to eat?" Xu Yi answered casually and sat down with doubts.

"That's not right. Even if you want to find a place to eat, you should go to Steele's house. You are Steele's boyfriend now. If you go to her place to eat food, Steele must be very welcome." Bella said .

Xiu Qi, who was sitting opposite Xu Yi, stiffened, looked up at Xu Yi, a complex look flashed across his eyes, and lowered his head again to eat in silence.

"I think so, but Steele went to Karma City to promote our Chamber of Commerce today and hasn't come back. I can't have a candlelight dinner with the Great Magician Camilla?"

The crowd laughed again.

Just as the laughter stopped, footsteps suddenly sounded at the door.

Xu Yi looked back and saw Wella walking in side by side with someone.

After seeing the person beside Wella clearly, Xu Yi was stunned.

"Rem? Why are you back?" (To be continued..)