Chapter 141 Why Are You so Poor?

As the carriage continued to move forward, Xu Yi found more and more that the natural resources of the Principality of Standing were too rich.

Not only are all kinds of tropical fruit trees scattered on both sides of the road as if they don't cost money, but Xu Yi looked down and found a lot of coffee and cocoa trees, and even more importantly, there are overwhelming rubber trees!

Seeing this scene, Xu Yilian wondered why these various tropical plants distributed all over the earth had no time to grow in the Principality of Standing, and was only in shock and confusion.

With such abundant natural resources, why is the Duchy of Standing so poor?

Before coming to the Principality of Standing, whether it was in the books that introduced the geography of the continent, or from everyone's description of the Principality of Standing, even including the introduction of the person who was most familiar with the Principality of Standing. It revealed the exact same information, that is, the Principality of Standing is an extremely weak and very poor country.

Before coming to the Principality of Standing, Xu Yi was already mentally prepared to see a country that was always devastated by hurricanes and tsunamis all year round.

But he never imagined that the land of the Principality of Standing was not only not barren at all, but even more fertile than he imagined.

Such abundant natural resources are simply the most precious gift that God has bestowed upon them!

If put on earth, such a country may not necessarily become rich, but in any case it should not be described as poor.

But along the way, Xu Yi also saw the scattered ordinary people of the Principality of Standing through the car window, judging from their tattered clothes and the same dilapidated wooden houses they lived in. Their lives are indeed very poor.

This made Xu Yi very puzzled.

have such natural resources. Even if it is limited by the transportation level of Sainz Continent. As a result, these resources cannot be shipped out to make money, but these citizens are not so poor, right?

With such doubts in mind, Xu Yi began to shift his attention from observing the abundant plants outside the car window to the citizens of the Principality of Standing.

After the carriage finally drove into a place that looked a bit like a town, Xu Yi jumped out of the carriage, glanced at the situation in front of him, and finally realized it.

Although the citizens of the Principality of Standing have abundant natural resources, perhaps it is precisely because they have too many natural resources that they are so poor.

This reason may sound strange. But it is a very reasonable analysis.

When he was still on earth, Xu Yi visited many subtropical and tropical countries, such as the Indo-China Peninsula and the Indian Peninsula, because of his participation in field work inspections of construction machinery.

In those countries, he found one thing they had in common was that people were lazy.

The same project may only take two or three months to complete in China, but if it is placed in those countries, aside from the problems of government and government inefficiency, it is simply because of the laziness of the local workers. It is enough to delay the project for half a year or even a year and may not be able to complete it.

Because of this problem, many engineering directors of companies have complained to Xu Yi in private.

Obviously only need to learn how to operate those construction machinery. Their job is to easily sit on the construction machinery and operate it, but those workers are too lazy to learn even the most basic operations.

And if you let them do physically demanding jobs, they're even more lazy.

Because the work efficiency of the local workers is too low, and the progress of the project is delayed too much, many engineering companies even simply spend a lot of money to recruit a large number of workers directly from the Chinese dynasty to carry out the project construction.

Although a certain percentage of local workers must be recruited in the contract signed with the local government, these engineering companies would rather spend more to keep these local workers in vain, but do not expect the efficiency of local workers at all.

Xu Yi thought about the expressions on the faces of the heads of the engineering companies when they complained, as well as the local situation he saw in those countries, and made this judgment naturally after comparing the situation in front of him.

The reason why the Principality of Standing is poor, aside from other reasons, is probably the most important reason, because the people here are too lazy.

Looking at the entrance of this town, although there are a lot of people, whether they are walking on the street, sitting on the corner, or simply lying on the ground in the sun, everyone radiates from the face to the whole body. Exudes a lazy air.

It's as if they don't want to spend more energy and do something if they don't encounter anything shattering.

Although there are also a few small business stalls scattered along the street, but no one has come to patronize for a long time, and the stall owner seems to not care much about this situation, let alone shouting hard. , and even simply sleep with their eyes closed and their heads covered!

Xu Yi thought about it for a while and found that he could actually understand the mentality of these ordinary people.

On earth, it may be reluctant to say that all living beings are equal, and ordinary people also have the hope of climbing up.

However, the social form on the Sainz Continent is still very backward, and the class concept here is deeply rooted, and ordinary people will never think of rebelling against the aristocracy.

So for ordinary people, being able to fill their stomachs and survive is the first goal to pursue.

And the Principality of Standing has extremely rich natural resources. If you are hungry, you can go to the fruit trees on the roadside and pick some fruit to fill your stomach.

Since there is no pressure to survive, and no motivation and desire to climb up, as an ordinary person, naturally there is only one way to go.

Of course, understanding does not mean accepting.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Xu Yi's mood was still the same as when he visited those countries in the Indo-China Peninsula and the Indian Peninsula.

Work hard, be diligent, at least make your life better, but why don't these guys work hard?

Anklu, who was on the side, saw that since Xu Yi got off the carriage, he looked at the town in front of him without saying a word, his face was not very good-looking, he thought he was not satisfied with the environment here, and quickly said: "President Xu, today It's just a temporary rest here for a night. I have already contacted the city lord here and asked him to clean up a room in his manor to receive you. The environment of his manor is much better than here, so you don't have to worry."

Xu Yi was too lazy to explain his true thoughts to Anklu, shook his head and walked into the town.

Seeing Xu Yi's actions, Anklu was stunned and quickly followed.

There are only six horizontal and vertical streets in this town, and they are all very short. The area of ​​the town is probably not one-tenth the size of Bangta City. It took Xu Yi less than half an hour to walk from one end to the other.

After looking around the town, Xu Yi pondered for a moment, and asked Anklu, "What is the grade of this city in your Principality of Standing?"

Anklu was stunned for a moment, then showed an embarrassed smile, and hesitantly replied: "This is already the largest city in the north of our principality..."

Xu Yi was suddenly stunned, raised his eyebrows, glanced at the town behind him again, and forcibly held back the twisted face caused by the sense of absurdity rising in his heart.

Such a place that is inferior to any small town on Earth, is actually the largest city in the north of the Principality of Standing?

What a joke!

Seeing Xu Yi's strange expression despite trying his best to hold back, Anklu could only continue to explain awkwardly: "President Xu, our Principality of Standing doesn't actually have a concept of a city. This town is just a city. It is convenient for people nearby to do transactions. Today is probably not the day of the market, so it seems that there are very few people. But if it is the day of the market, it is still quite lively..."

Uncle explained for a while, and he felt that he couldn't go on.

He often goes to the Kingdom of Lampari, not to mention the city of Anweimar, but the size of the city of Bangta where Xu Yi is located has surpassed all the cities in the Principality of Standing.

Explaining this in front of Xu Yi can only be more and more dark.

Looking at Ankru, who was silent and embarrassed, Xu Yi sighed in his heart, turned around and stopped looking at the pitifully small "city", and said to Ankru, "Okay, take me to rest. Let's go, I'm a little tired after a day's carriage ride."

Anklu hurriedly greeted the three carriages that followed, and asked Xu Yi to get on the carriage and gallop southward along the only fairly wide road.

The manor of the city lord that Anklu said was beyond Xu Yi's expectations.

Although it is not as beautiful as any noble manor outside the city of Bangta, but because it occupies a large area, there are mountains and rivers in the manor, and the wooden house is quite unique, and the environment looks real. not bad.

According to Anklu's introduction, the owner of this manor was the lord of the city just now, and that city was named after his family.

His family is called the Wei Lun family, and the city is called Wei Lun City.

The current patriarch of the Wei Lun family, that is, the owner of this manor, is called Swain Wei Lun.

After seeing Angklu and Xu Yi, Swain Weilun showed great enthusiasm, especially when facing Xu Yi, he even showed a flattering demeanor from time to time.

As the so-called ritual is given to people, there must be something to ask for.

This Swain Wei Lun showed this look to Xu Yi, of course there was something to ask Xu Yi.

However, Xu Yi couldn't think of anything for the time being that he needed to ask for himself.

And this question was quickly answered at the banquet that greeted him. (To be continued..)