Chapter 73 Urban Public Transportation System

When the first leaves that yellowed due to the season were blown off by the autumn wind, the road from Bangta City to Karma City was finally announced.

Unlike the Rainfall Highway, this road connecting Bangta City and Kalmar City can be regarded as the first real intercity highway on the Sainz Continent.

The completion of this road can fully represent that the road traffic on the Sainz Continent has entered a new era from now on, getting rid of the previous situation of bumping on the rough roads paved with dirt and gravel, and can enjoy cement from now on. All kinds of convenience brought by concrete pavement.

For the Kingdom of Lampari, this is also a very symbolic and practical road, so this time not only the city owner, Earl Summer, personally presided over the completion ceremony of the road, but Her Royal Highness Princess Anise also came to express congratulations on behalf of Her Majesty the King.

In addition to a large number of ordinary people in Bangta City watching the excitement, representatives of various chambers of commerce in the city also sent representatives to the scene.

For these chambers of commerce, the most important thing is to find out the real attitude of the top officials of the kingdom towards this road from Her Royal Highness and the Earl of Satsuma.

Although the Earl of Summer has publicly expressed his support for the construction of the road in many newspapers, His Majesty the King has never expressed a clear attitude to the general public.

Although there is no clear attitude, it can be regarded as a kind of secret support, but if you don't say it, everyone is still a little confused.

After all, after the road is completed, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will build a toll station on the road to collect tolls.

What kind of attitude His Majesty the King holds on this point is the focus of many chambers of commerce.

So at the ceremony, the representatives of the major chambers of commerce have been listening to the enthusiastic speech of Earl Satsuma on the surface. In fact, he was secretly focusing his attention on Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, who was standing behind the Count of Summer.

As for standing beside Her Royal Highness at this time. Xu Yi, who was talking to Her Royal Highness with a hilarious smile. People are naturally very envious.

However, they never imagined that the topic discussed by Her Royal Highness the Princess and Xu Yi at this time was an issue that was simply irrelevant.

"President Xu, I deeply regret your ability to choose your name." Sevigny looked at Xu Yi with a relaxed smile, and said helplessly: "This road is so important, you are so lazy, so you took it. A simple name like 'Bangka Highway' is just... a waste of everyone's feelings!"

Xu Yi shrugged: "It's just a name. What's the big deal. Besides, how simple and clear the Bangka Highway is, you can understand that this road connects Bangta City and Karma City."

"But after all, this is the first real road in our Lampari Kingdom, can't you think about a good name?" Sevigny feigned anger.

Xu Yi looked indifferent: "It's not necessary? Anyway, things like roads are used to let people go, and the name is just a code name. I didn't directly call it National Road 001. It's good..."

Sevigny could only helplessly shook his head and gave Xu Yi a roll of eyes.

When she first contacted Xu Yi, Sevigny could still maintain her majesty and restraint as a princess, but as the number of contacts increased, she now found that in front of Xu Yi, her mentality became more and more relaxed . She also lost more and more the calm and rational mentality that she valued most before, and it was easy to be emotionally fluctuated by Xu Yi's reaction.

"Forget it. After all, this is a road built by your New Flying Chamber of Commerce. What you want to call it is the freedom of your president. I don't care." Sevigny sighed and decided not to dwell on this issue. "But there is one question I hope you can respect my opinion."

"What's the problem?" Xu Yi asked curiously.

"Although your father agreed with your proposal at the beginning, allowing your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to fund the construction of this road, and allow your Chamber of Commerce to build toll stations on the road to collect tolls, but you don't think that the amount of tolls you set Is it too high?"

Xu Yi frowned slightly: "His Royal Highness, I remember that when we set the toll rate standard, we informed His Majesty the King in advance through Earl of Summer? Why are you accusing us of setting the price too high? A carriage only takes fifty silver coins, and I don't think it's high at all."

A look of embarrassment appeared on Sevigny's face, he paused, and sighed softly: "President Xu, in fact, this is also the meaning of the father. After all, this road is mainly for serving ordinary civilians in the kingdom. Specifically, it is In order to serve the people in the two cities of Bangta City and Kalmar City. It is already very inappropriate to charge tolls, and the price is so high, it is too inappropriate."

Hearing Sevigny's words, Xu Yi immediately put away his hilarious smile and said very seriously: "Your Highness, you should know very well that our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has invested a total of 430,000 yuan in order to build this road. Gold coins. And we'll take on all the maintenance after the road, which is also a huge expense. If the pricing is too low, how long do you think it will take us to recover the money we put in on this?"

Sevigny's expression moved slightly, and he seemed a little embarrassed to say: "This... President Xu, can't you have some dedication to the commoners?"

Xu Yi looked at Sevigny in surprise: "Your Highness, I remember discussing this issue with you before? It's okay for you to ask me to be dedicated to a new flight chamber of commerce with me, but you can't ask everyone. And the Chamber of Commerce have this kind of selfless dedication?"

"Although I do hope so, it is indeed impossible." Sevigny nodded helplessly.

"That's right." Xu Yi continued unceremoniously: "Our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is building this road now to set an example for all chambers of commerce in the kingdom, telling them that building the road not only does not need to lose money, but also Make money. If not for this reason, do you think that the Philson Caravan would take the initiative to choose to also invest in the construction of the road from Bangta City to Saltan City? And if there is no money from the private business associations like us, the kingdom's finances can be obtained so much money?"

"No." Sevigny shook his head with a wry smile and took a deep breath. There was a smile on his face again. "Okay. President Xu. It's my problem, just pretend I didn't say these words. I just saw the completion of this road with my own eyes, and I couldn't help but think that if there are such roads everywhere in the Lampari Kingdom, What a moving situation that must have been, I was a little excited for a while."

Xu Yi stared at Sevigny for a while, and calmed down a bit.

"My Royal Highness, I understand your feelings. But please recognize the reality. The kingdom is not strong right now and cannot rely on its own financial capacity to support these infrastructures, so we can only find another way to solve this problem."

Xu Yi's sincere tone and expression made Sevigny's heart move, and the same brilliance flashed in his eyes. He looked at Xu Yi seriously and listened to him continue.

"Anyway, the establishment of a toll station on this road is also our own responsibility for the infamy of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. When it was announced in those newspapers before, some people even went to the product service center of our Chamber of Commerce to protest. But it doesn't matter, it's up to me. Said that the most important thing is to achieve the ultimate goal. Some scolding can be regarded as not heard."

"Anyone else protested directly?" Sevigny was a little surprised. "Isn't Count Summer unresponsive?"

Xu Yi smiled: "After the Count knew about this, he originally wanted to send guards in front of the product service center of our Chamber of Commerce. But I refused. After all, compared to those who scold me and our Chamber of Commerce individually, most Bontas The people of the city and Kalmar all welcomed the construction of the road with their hands up. Even if they knew there was a toll, most people would understand.”

Sevigny smiled slightly: "Anyway, most people don't have private carriages, and your road will not charge pedestrians."

Xu Yi's heart moved: "Speaking of the private carriage, I think of one thing, and I want to ask Her Royal Highness for a favor."

Having been in contact with Xu Yi for a long time, Sevigny knew very well that, apart from the fact that Xu Yi always used his honorific title at the beginning, if he suddenly changed his title to his honorary title, it must be troublesome, so she was a little wary. asked, "What's the matter?"

"You said just now that most people don't have private carriages, so they usually choose to travel on foot, and rarely take a horse-drawn carriage. But this actually delays travel time. I have calculated, only It was a walk from Bangta City to the factory of our New Flying Chamber of Commerce in Thornton Manor, a total distance of about 15 kilometers. Even if it was a little faster, it would take nearly two hours. Not to mention wasting time, it was very tiring. "

"And then? You want to solve this problem? But how are you going to solve it?" Sevigny asked curiously.

"Yes, I really want to solve this problem. For example, many of the workers who work in our factory live in Bangta City or in villages outside the city, and it takes a long time to commute to get off work every day. Although our chamber of commerce Some rooms have also been built for the workers to live in, but now they are not enough, and when production is further expanded in the future, it will be even more insufficient." Xu Yidao.

"You haven't said how you plan to solve this problem," Sevigny reminded.

"Well... Simply put, it is to create an urban public transportation system." Xu Yi replied.

"Urban public transportation system?" It wasn't the first time that Sevigny heard these strange new terms from Xu Yi's mouth. Although he didn't understand it, he thought about it carefully. "What do you mean... it's like the Philson carriage and horse shop, using a lot of carriages to shuttle around Bangta City, connecting the traffic inside and outside Bangta City, so that everyone can take the carriage to where he wants to go. place?"

"Her Royal Highness is really smart!" Xu Yi couldn't help but praise. "However, that's basically what it means."

Sevigny thought for a while and frowned: "Although this idea is very good, I think you should discuss this with Philson's car dealership, or discuss it with Earl Summer. How can I help you?"

Xu Yi smiled: "Your Highness, of course, you can help a lot. Because you can help to get something that can be completely replaced in the long run, but cannot be lacking in the short term, and that is the horse that pulls the cart." ( To be continued..)