Chapter 74 The Price of a Horse

The opening ceremony of the Bangka Road itself did not deserve much attention. The only bright spot was probably that after the Count of Summer finished speaking, Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny also gave a simple speech.

Although Her Royal Highness did not say much, and most of them congratulated the opening of the Bangka Highway, but from these words, she clearly revealed a very important message.

That is, His Majesty the King is very sure of the investment in the construction of roads by private chambers of commerce, and has clearly expressed his support.

So the representatives of the major chambers of commerce present immediately became excited.

Now that this matter has the clear support of the royal family, it proves that there is a lot to do.

The next thing to look at is whether the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can make money from this road.

This doubt disappeared immediately after a carriage of Philson's carriage returned to Bangta City.

Because this carriage set off from Bangta City at the beginning of the ceremony, and now it only took less than a morning after running a round trip!

All businessmen understand that time is money.

Before the Bangka Highway was built, although it was less than 60 kilometers from Bangta City to Karma City, it would take more than half a day to get there even in the fastest carriage.

And now that the Bangka Highway is open, the round-trip time actually takes less than one morning, and if converted into a one-way trip, it even takes less than two hours!

This definitely saves a lot of time compared to before.

Not to mention the fact that he used to ride a horse-drawn carriage for 60 kilometers on that kind of gravel and dirt road, and he almost broke his whole body to pieces and replaced it with goods. In order to protect the integrity of the goods. This speed can only be reduced to a very low level. It might take a whole day to make a trip.

However, now because of the smooth concrete floor on the Bangka Highway, the carriage can hardly feel any bumps when running on it.

In addition, the carriage of the Philson Carriage also replaced the traditional wooden wheels with new tires developed by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, which not only reduced the vibration of the carriage, but also made the carriage run extra lightly. , the speed is also much faster.

If it weren't for the help of this new type of tire, I am afraid that even on the extremely flat concrete road of the Bangka Highway, it would never have been possible to run back and forth between Bangta City and Kalmar City in just one morning. .

So after the "Bonta Daily" carried out a special report on the new tire, a new wave emerged in the city of Bangta and several surrounding cities. That is to change the tires of the carriage.

In just half a month, the carriages running in the streets and alleys of Bangta City and several surrounding cities were all replaced with new tires produced by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

Now, if any family's private carriage is still using the old wooden wheels, it doesn't even have the face to pull it out to meet people!

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On a certain night in mid-September, the City Lord's Mansion once again held a banquet, inviting almost all the presidents of the chambers of commerce and all the nobles in Bangta City to the scene.

"President Xu, I really admire you so much!" President Pomperi, the president of Philson's carriage shop, raised the wine glass in his hand, touched Xu Yi, and said with heartfelt admiration, "You new flyers. Since the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, no matter what it develops, it will trigger a buying frenzy in Bangta City and the surrounding cities. The previous magic machinery is not a problem. After all, your new flying chamber of commerce has always been concentrating on doing these things. Unexpectedly If you just take out a tire so casually, you can actually trigger a craze."

Xu Yi wanted to shake his head: "President Pompey. Don't underestimate the tire, this thing is not taken out casually. You know, although it looks like it is simply a set on the steel rim. That's good, but it actually contains many layers of various things, and the pads in it have made the Armani Chamber of Commerce go back and forth countless times to satisfy me. Because of this, President Vincent told me I've complained countless times that I'm too picky."

In fact, seriously, the most important part of the tire is of course the tire.

But on the Sainz Continent, Xu Yi never found the existence of the rubber tree. Although he had thought about making tires before, he had no choice but to give up because there was no rubber.

Later, when the elves of the Night Song tribe conducted strange formula tests on various resins according to Xu Yi's request, they accidentally tested a special resin with very similar properties to the processed rubber.

The resin comes from a plant known to the elves as the tear fruit.

When the fruit of this plant matures, it will form a round fruit the size of a human head, and when you knock it open, white juice will flow out.

And when this juice is fused with several kinds of grass pollen, and processed with the special magic of the elves, it will become this special resin.

This resin has very similar properties to processed rubber. As soon as Xu Yi saw it, he immediately thought of using it to make tires.

Finally, after a series of related experiments, the elves of the Night Song tribe successfully produced the outer tire.

Of course, the existence of this special resin is a secret of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and Xu Yi will naturally not disclose it to President Pomperi.

Hearing Xu Yi mentioning President Vincent, President Pomperi laughed: "But now the tires are selling so well, their Armani Chamber of Commerce will definitely make a lot of money, and President Vincent will no longer blame it. is you."

Xu Yi smiled and looked at President Vincent who was chatting with a few nobles in the distance. He thought to himself that Vincent had asked the Armani Chamber of Commerce to repeat the test on the pads countless times. What the president wants to complain to himself the most is that up to now, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has not been able to develop the magic textile machine he needs.

However, this is also impossible. The current R&D personnel of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are really limited, and there are too many things that need to be developed. Xu Yi can only concentrate his efforts and select the things that need research and development most at present for research and development.

Compared with the light industry of cotton spinning, which is not very important at present, it is obvious that the most important things for the industrial system, such as energy collection and processing, road construction and so on, are given priority.

"By the way, President Xu, I haven't thanked you yet." President Pomperi suddenly said again.

"Huh? Thank me for what?" Xu Yi said.

"Of course, thank you for making a request to Her Royal Highness for me. Now Her Royal Highness has promised me that she can sell me those horses that are not suitable for military use in the royal horse farm. Although the price is a little expensive, but for our car and horse shop , the number of horses you can own means how many carriages you can make and how much business you can do." Guild Pomberg replied with a blushing face.

"This is nothing, I just mentioned it to Her Royal Highness by the way." Xu Yi waved his hand, not paying much attention. Then he asked curiously: "By the way, President Pompey, how much does your carriage shop usually cost to buy a horse?"

"It's hard to say. The quality of horses is different, and the price is very different. The best kind of BMW might cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and our chamber of commerce can't afford it. Generally speaking, the best horses Except for those big nobles who keep them privately, most of them are provided to the king. Our chamber of commerce uses low-quality horses, usually around 100 to 200 gold coins per horse." President Pompel replied. .

"One hundred to two hundred gold coins?" Xu Yi thought for a while, and then asked, "Then if I can give you something to replace these horses, it can also make the carriage run faster, twice as fast as it is now, or even more so. It's triple, how much are you willing to pay for it?"

President Pomperi looked at Xu Yi in amazement, paused, his eyes widened suddenly, and excitedly stretched out his hand and grabbed Xu Yi's shoulder: "President Xu, are you telling the truth? There really is such a thing Has your new flying chamber of commerce been developed? Tell me now! If there is one, even if there is one for two hundred gold coins... No! I will definitely buy one for three hundred gold coins!"

Xu Yi was a little speechless. The last time he heard about tires, this President Pomperi was also so excited. Now that he has only revealed such a little meaning, he is actually so excited.

Since he is still the president of a large chamber of commerce, is it so easy to make a fuss?

"This... has not been developed yet, and it is still in the early stage." Xu Yi replied, pushing away the hand of President Pomperi.

"Ah? Not yet." The excited expression on President Pomberg's face instantly turned to disappointment. "That's such a pity. This kind of thing is really important to our Philson car dealership, President Xu, can you tell me when it will be developed?"

Xu Yi shrugged: "I can't answer you. This thing is very complicated, and it is far from easy to develop successfully."

President Pomperi thought for a while, and said to Xu Yi seriously: "That's good. President Xu Yi, when the thing you mentioned is developed, you must notify me in advance, and give priority to selling it to us Philson's car dealership, you can. ?"

"We'll talk about it later." Xu Yi replied vaguely.

Engine development is indeed very difficult, Xu Yi is not even sure whether the development will be successful, and how can he easily agree to it.

Besides, if the engine is really developed successfully, it will be used too widely. Of course, Xu Yi will not give priority to this.

Seeing Xu Yi's vague answer, President Pomperi frowned and wanted to say more, but found that Earl Summer had already walked out surrounded by the crowd, so he could only shut up immediately and turn his eyes to Earl Summer.

Under everyone's attention, Earl Satsuma slowly walked up to the table in the middle of the banquet hall, looked around, raised his glass, and said loudly: "Everyone, welcome to participate in this study on how to better deal with Bonta. A banquet for the overall transformation of the city." (To be continued. . . )