Chapter 78 Different Scenery of Bangta City

Even though she was far away from the toll booth, Sophia's pretty face was still filled with deep disdain and disgust.

Kennard and Baron Hynas were chatting and laughing, and they didn't seem to care at all. Instead, they discussed whether the fee of fifty silver coins for a carriage was expensive or cheap.

Seeing that the two of them ignored her at all, Sophia finally couldn't help it, and snorted deliberately.

"Humph! The road was originally built to facilitate others to go, but they still have to charge money, which is too much!" Sophia's eyes were rounded, and she looked like she was filled with righteous indignation. "Thank you for praising that guy named Xu Yi just now. I heard that he came up with the idea of ​​building a toll station for highway construction? This guy is so greedy, he's just necrotic!"

Baron Hynas and Kennard looked at each other and couldn't help but shake their heads with a smile.

"Sophia, I want to ask you a question. Philson's car dealership has invested more than 400,000 gold coins in building this road. If they don't build a toll station, where will they get this investment back?" Heiner asked the Baron.

"Why do you have to take it back?" Sophia said loudly. "Since building a highway is a great thing that can be convenient for so many people, then why should everyone rush to do it. Since Philson Motors is willing to pay for the construction, many people will praise them and praise them for their good deeds. They do Why do you have to build such a toll station and be scolded by so many people for nothing?"

Kennard sighed softly, shook his head and said, "Sophia, you will be eighteen soon, and you are not too young. Can you not think like a child in the future? Although you are right. If Philson's car dealership doesn't build this toll station. Then they are doing a great deed. They will get a lot of praise. But you can't ask all the chambers of commerce in our kingdom to be so selfless? Obviously it is very unrealistic. If everyone finds that there is no benefit to building roads, how many chambers of commerce do you think will take the initiative to pay for this?"

Although Sophia is a little shy about the world, she is not a fool. Of course she understands what Kennard said, but she is still a little unconvinced.

"400,000 gold coins are nothing for such a large chamber of commerce. Wouldn't it be better to build a highway for everyone to use for free? The reputation of their chamber of commerce has improved, and their business will definitely be better."

"No one's money falls from the sky. Why do you ask others to give it to everyone for no reason?" Kennard said. "Another 400,000 gold coins is definitely not a small amount. Even if it is a very good chamber of commerce in our kingdom like Philson's, it takes a lot of courage to spend such a sum of money to build a road at one time. Speaking of which, this The chairman of Philson's Cars and Horses is still very courageous, and he would choose to build a highway at the same time as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."

"Well, Xu Yi praised President Pomperi in his letter to me, saying that although he is easy to make a fuss, his vision is still commendable." Baron Hynas nodded in response and turned to Sophia. Said: "Sophia, you just said that many people have scolded this toll booth, but do you know it? It was our noble king who should have taken on this infamy. Not the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and Philson. Row?"

Sophia was startled: "What does this have to do with His Majesty the King? It's not that His Majesty asked them to charge."

"You're right. Seriously, it's really His Majesty the King who asked them to charge." Kennard answered. "Because of building roads, improving the travel environment of citizens should be something that a country's ruler should do, but now our kingdom's finances are very short of money, and His Majesty the King cannot afford such money to build roads. At this time , Xu Yi can come up with such a near-perfect solution to this problem, to be honest, I really admire him very much."

"He just wants to make money from this thing, what's there to admire!" Sophia immediately disagreed.

"If he just wants to make money, then this toll will not be just fifty silver coins for a carriage. If it were me, it would probably increase the price several times. Because after experiencing the thrill of galloping on the road , I don't think anyone would ever want to let a carriage ride on that tattered dirt road again," Kennard said. "Sophia, are you willing?"

Although Sophia really wanted to continue to refute, but now they are riding on the road in a carriage, they can't feel the slightest bump on their buttocks, and the comfort is far better than when they were running on the dirt road before. She can't help it. Consciously speaking nonsense.

Seeing that Sophia was speechless, Kennard smiled, and did not intend to continue to force her to admit her mistake. He turned to the middle-aged man who was sitting across from him and said, "Uncle Hank, wait. When you return to Anvilmar City, you must solemnly suggest to your father that we have to build a few roads ourselves. I am sure that these roads will definitely make a lot of money in the future.”

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded: "I have this idea. After personally inspecting the comfort and convenience of this highway, I am very optimistic about the future of the highway. I even think that, if nothing else, it will only take a few years. The kingdom of Lampari will be connected by roads everywhere."

"It would be great if it really became like that." Kennard said with emotion: "I can fully imagine that highways can provide such a convenient transportation environment. When roads are connected everywhere in the kingdom, There will inevitably be countless carriages running back and forth on these roads, and the whole kingdom will become lively because of this."

Hearing that Kennard, Baron Hynas and Uncle Hank began to discuss business issues again, Sophia suddenly felt bored, pouted, opened the curtains, and looked out on the window of the carriage. landscape.

At this time, she once again felt the benefits of the road.

If she was driving on a dirt road with bumps and potholes, if she dared to rest her head on the string of the car window like this, she would soon be dazed and dazed, and she might even bite her tongue off due to frequent bumps.

And now it's just sitting on it, but I just feel a very slight vibration from the window, which has no effect at all.

Travel on flat roads. The speed of the carriage is naturally much faster.

It didn't take long. Sophia saw a huge iron sign on the side of the road. The bottom of the top is painted blue, but it is written with two large lines of white paint.

Welcome to Bangta City

Have a nice stay in Bangta City

Sophia was a little surprised.

They walked all the way from Anweimar City, passing through several cities on the way, but it was the first time they saw such a sign on the roadside.

This sign is so striking that it is hard to ignore.

Just this, Sophia had a good impression of this Bangta City, which she had never been to before.

After the carriage entered the boundary of Bangta City, the scenery on both sides of the road also changed significantly.

While still within the city of Saltan, farmland could be seen from time to time on both sides of the road. But there are still many places in a state of desolation.

Although it is much better than the vast expanses of wasteland that Sophia saw in other cities in the Kingdom of Lampari, it is still a lot worse than Bangta City.

The carriage had just passed the huge blue sign, when a splendid golden yellow rushed towards it.

Looking around, the roads are all covered with wheat.

Because at this time it has entered the autumn harvest season, all the wheat in the farmland has produced heavy ears of wheat, which are endless in the field, as far as the eye can see.

Sophia was surprised.

She also took some politics and agriculture classes when she was studying at the Royal Academy of Lampari, and knew that the kingdom of Lampari was now short-handed. As a result, the manpower to cultivate the farmland is very insufficient, so that many fertile fields are forced to be deserted.

And this Bangta City is clearly located on the edge of the kingdom. It is a very small city, and the farmland under its name can be reclaimed so fully, so that she can see such a spectacular scene of harvest.

Sophia thought it was just an isolated phenomenon at first, but when the carriage continued to drive along the road in the direction of Bangta City, she found that the farmland on both sides of the road was uninterrupted. All parts of Tacheng have been reclaimed and planted with wheat.

"So much wheat, can't be harvested just by harvesting?" Sophia couldn't help muttering to herself.

"Why can't the harvest be finished?" Baron Hynas said with a smile. "Don't forget that Bangta City is the base camp of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Now, farmland magic machinery has been popularized here. Not to mention the farmland in Bangta City, I even heard Xu Yi say that some farmers in Bangta City can be established. A small business association that specializes in harvesting for others, planning to go to the surrounding cities to help others harvest during the autumn harvest."

"It's the New Flying Chamber of Commerce again..." Sophia muttered, turned her head and looked out the window again, but she was so angry that she didn't want to pay attention to Baron Haines.

But as soon as his eyes jumped out of the window, he saw an even bigger iron sign erected on the side of the road ahead.

On this huge iron plate, there is a picture of a peerless beauty with bright eyes and white teeth.

A string of pearl necklaces with the same size beads hangs around the beauty's neck, and two strings of brilliant amethyst earrings hang on her ears.

Although the necklace and earrings are exquisitely crafted, they are very precious jewels at a glance, but they cannot hide the glory of this beauty at all.

It can even be said that these two jewels are precisely because they are worn on the neck and ears of this beauty, which makes them so bright.

"What is this?" Sophia couldn't help pointing to the huge iron plate in surprise and asked.

Baron Hynas stretched his head out from Sophia and glanced at it, the expression on his face seemed a little puzzled.

"Sarank jewelry, make women more lustrous? Strange, Miss Steele is not advertising for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, but advertising for Saranke. What's going on?"

"Miss Steele? Is that the beauty here?" Sophia asked curiously.

"Yes, she is beautiful?" said Baron Hynas.

Sophia glanced at the iron plate that was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but nodded: "Well, it's really beautiful, if only I could be so beautiful. But Haines, this is a picture Painting, it's impossible for a real person to be so beautiful?"

"No, I can assure you that Miss Steele's real life is even more beautiful than the painting." Baron Hynas glanced at Sophia, who was a little disbelieving, and a playful smile suddenly appeared on his face. "And I have one more thing to tell you about Miss Steele."

"What's up?"

"Miss Steele, she is now Xu Yi's girlfriend."

The expression on Sophia's face immediately became extremely wonderful. (To be continued..)