Chapter 161 Is Your Head Made of Stone?
If you want to build the overall image of Bangta City, of course, you can't just talk about it, and it can't be done just by propaganda.
In addition to the two most eye-catching urban renovation projects at present, the New Municipal Plaza and the renovation of the banks of the Sandy River, the new urban area built according to Xu Yi's vision outside Bangta City has also begun to be gradually established.
The first problem to be solved in the new urban area is of course the road traffic problem.
After finalizing the city's overall transformation plan last year, the Amrie Chamber of Commerce has been building various new urban planning roads in the suburbs outside Bangta City.
Now after more than half a year of construction, several major traffic arteries have been paved, and Felson's car dealership has also opened several related urban public transportation lines.
Departing from the Felson’s carriage in Bangta City from the public transportation terminal, you can choose to take the bus and carriage to quickly reach many places outside the city. Compared with the previous time when you could only walk by foot without your own special carriage, it is undoubtedly easier and faster. Much more.
Haines spent a full gold coin and an entire morning to make a round trip to all the eleven existing public transportation lines in Bangta City. After returning, he was full of praise for Xu Yi.
"It's so convenient! It's so convenient!" Haines still habitually maintained his slightly exaggerated tone. "It only takes a few silver coins to get anywhere you want to go in a comfortable carriage, and at such a fast speed, it's so convenient!"
Xu Yi smiled: "What? I don't know who told me the last time that the idea of this city's public transportation system is very good, but it is very impractical to actually implement it?"
Hainas blushed slightly and said with a sneer: "How do I know that your Bangta City has developed so fast, and so many roads have been built in such a short period of time. And Philson's car dealership is really cooperative, Because from what I've observed. There aren't too many people on these buses and wagons right now, and they're definitely losing money."
"It's just that everyone is not used to it yet." Xu Yi said. "In the past, everyone was used to being poor, and most of them didn't even have a single gold coin in their hands. Of course, they were a little resistant to taking several silver coins at a time when taking a bus and carriage. But now the income of people in Bangta City is higher than before. A lot. When they realize that time is more valuable than money in the future, I can guarantee it. There will be so many people on the bus and carriage that you can't squeeze any more. At that time, if you want to take the bus, I am afraid you will have to use You can only use the strength to breastfeed."
"How can it be so exaggerated..." Hainas couldn't help but retorted, but thinking about what he saw when he was investigating in Bangta City these days, he found that it was not impossible.
Bangta City's population is still growing rapidly, and people's incomes are much higher than when he last came to investigate.
If this continues. I am afraid that at that time, everyone is really willing to spend money to take the bus and carriage.
By then, there is a real possibility of crowding.
"Well... this thing is good, I must call on the newspaper in the newspaper to also establish a city bus system in Anweimar City." Hainas thought for a while. "With this, if we go out to play in the future, we don't have to use our own carriage."
Xu Yi glanced at him and said coldly, "Do you think Anweimar City can be established?"
"why not……"
Haines stopped suddenly.
He suddenly thought that Xu Yi's question was not bad at all.
Anvemar City... Really can build an urban public transport system?
The reason why Bangta City can be established. In addition to the strong support of the city owner, Earl Summer, a large number of roads have been built outside the city of Bangta, so that the carriage can easily travel back and forth through these roads, and the speed is not only fast but also stable.
And Anweimar City, even if the roads in the city are only paved with bluestone slabs. It is neither very spacious, nor is it far as smooth as the road, and the hardware conditions are much worse than that of Bangta City.
In addition, the most important factor in establishing the city's public transportation system is whether it can be maintained after it is established.
Earl Summer and Xu Yi both expressed confidence in the urban public transportation system in Bangta City, because everyone's income in Bangta City has increased significantly, and even ordinary civilians can afford a trip of a few silver coins. Consumption.
Although there are many big nobles and big businessmen gathered in the city of Anweimar, there are enough people who can afford the cost of riding the bus and carriage, but for these big nobles and big businessmen, they have money, why should they ride the same carriage with others? ? Why not use your own comfortable carriage?
However, most of the ordinary civilians who have the most demand and desire for the urban public transportation system are unlikely to be willing to bear this cost, or even simply cannot afford it.
For many ordinary civilians in Anweimar City, even if it is just a few silver coins, it requires careful calculation.
Thinking of this, Hainas suddenly realized that Xu Yi said two days ago that Bangta City wanted to surpass Anweimar City, and it was no longer empty words.
At least in terms of the income of ordinary civilians, Bangta City has left Anweimar City far behind.
"You ask how to improve the income level of ordinary civilians?" Xu Yi looked at Hainas with a serious look on his face, smiled and said: "You are not in Bangta City now, if you ask me, it is better Just go and investigate it yourself. Only through the most intuitive observation can you come to the most intuitive conclusion. I can only give you a hint. If you want to know the reason, go to the ordinary farmers' homes in the villages outside the city. ."
Hainas nodded, and just wanted to write down Xu Yi's words, but suddenly his heart moved.
"Actually, instead of running around by myself, I might as well follow you around. I'm sure that I should gain more from following you, and have a deeper understanding of the changes in Bangta City."
Xu Yi spread his hands and said, "Unfortunately, I'm about to go out. I won't be in Bangta City for a while, I'm afraid I won't have time to accompany you."
Haines was startled: "Where are you going?"
"Go to the Black Rice Wasteland to solve some problems, and by the way, I have to go to the Principality of Standing. There must be a guy waiting for me in a hurry. If I don't go, I'm afraid he will come to Bangta City.
Catch me over. " Xu also replied.
A wicked smile appeared on Hainers' face, raised his eyebrows at Xu Yi and asked, "Could it be that you provoked a little girl in the Principality of Standing, but abandoned her? Don't want me to tell Steele and let her teach you a lesson?"
Xu Yi gave him a white look: "Little girl, I brought back two from the last time I went there. Now I'm with Vivienne and Steele every day. Would you like to meet me?"
With a look of astonishment on Hainas' face, he extended a thumb to Xu Yi and praised: "I can't see how strong you are. You have the courage to openly kill two little girls from outside, even if you don't say anything. Putting it next to Steele, I really have to admire it."
"What a mess, it's not what you think." Xu Yi scolded Haines angrily, not bothering to entangle him with such meaningless issues, and continued: "Anyway, I'll need at least half a minute to go this time. It will take a month to come back, and it is impossible to accompany you around in Bangta City. Actually, if you really want someone to accompany you, go to the "Bonta Daily" and grab a random reporter. He promises to be more familiar than me. ."
"Well, I just said that, but I didn't really plan to let you, a busy person, accompany me every day. But..." Hainas suddenly showed a very strange smile. "Xu Yi... tell you a piece of news that I don't know if it's good or bad."
"What news you don't even know is good or bad?" Xu Yi asked in surprise.
"That's... Sophia may be coming in a few days..."
"Come back?" Xu Yi was immediately stunned, and then felt a headache.
When Sophia and Kennard came to Bangta City for the first time, she was inexplicably disliked by Xu Yi and raised her eyebrows horizontally and vertically.
Although Xu Yi didn't care about her because she was just a little girl and Kennard's younger sister, she was also very troubled by this.
Afterwards, Kennard decided to stay in the New Flying Chamber of Commerce as the general manager, and Sophia would come here if she had nothing to do.
Although on the surface it was to visit his brother, but in fact every time he came, he would take the initiative to find Xu Yi, and continued to raise eyebrows and eyes at him, making Xu Yi extremely annoying, but helpless.
So every time I heard that Sophia was coming, Xu Yi would feel a headache.
He couldn't really do anything to this naughty little girl, but he didn't want to be entangled by such a little girl.
"Okay, it's alright for her to come now, just as I'm leaving. After she came, she knew I wasn't there, so she'll go back after a few days if she feels boring." Xu Yi said happily. "I really don't know what's going on with her. Why do I have to trouble me every time I come here? Did I provoke her?"
Hainas looked at Xu Yi, the expression on his face even more strange.
"Hey, Xu Yi, do you really think so, or did you pretend it on purpose?"
"What am I pretending to be?" Xu Yi was stunned.
"You don't know why Sophia is asking you for trouble? Is your head made of stone?" Haines asked incredulously.
Xu Yi asked in confusion, "What do you want to say?"
Hainas stared at Xu Yi earnestly for a long time, but from the expression on his face, he couldn't see the slightest falsification, he couldn't help covering his face and sighed: "I really don't know why Steele likes you so much. A guy, and I don't understand even more, how did she get with you? You dull guy, did Steele confess to you on his own initiative?"
Xu Yi thought for a while and replied: "If you want to talk about it, it should be her initiative... But what does it matter, I like her, and she likes me, that's enough. In other words, what do you want to say? "
Hainas blinked, with an expression of being defeated by Xu Yi.
After a long while, Haines let out another long sigh.
"Sophia, you are such an idiot..."
Xu Yi looked at Hainas with a puzzled expression.
What is this guy trying to say?