Chapter 81 Building Roads in Your Name

Xu was also a little disappointed. ,

When he learned from Ambassador Hakain that the Candela Empire Ministry would send someone to visit the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Principality of Standing with him, Xu Yi was very happy, thinking that his previous efforts had finally achieved results, and the Candela Empire finally began to pay attention. To Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Moreover, the Master Russell who came with Ambassador Hakan this time is the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Staff Department of Emperor Candela. Whether it is status, status or official position, it fits Xu Yi's previous budget very well, which makes Xu Yi think that Sending this person out just rightly represents the attitude of the Candela Empire.

Not too high-spec, but not understated either.

Originally, Xu Yi thought that with this contact with Russell, the Candela Empire officials could pay more attention to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time pay more attention to it. From then on, the window for cooperation between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire would be opened, so that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could enter Candela smoothly. The huge market of the empire.

However, after close contact with Russell, Xu Yi found that his thinking was too simple.

Although this Lord Russell is classified as a high-ranking officer of the Candela Empire's first navy, but this time, he did not bear any official will of the Candela Empire. Come here personally.

According to Russell himself, the reason why he came to the Principality of Standing this time to inspect the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was simply to see the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and did not include any other purpose.

Xu Yi was of course disappointed by this result, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was the most normal thing.

The Candela Empire is one of the two largest empires on the Sainz continent. Even small countries like Lampari Kingdom and Rulson Kingdom are not worth mentioning in their eyes. Not to mention a small chamber of commerce located in the Duchy of Standing.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can arouse Russell's personal curiosity and interest. It is also entirely because of some peculiarities shown by the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the last conflict with the Third Fleet of the Kandela Imperial Navy.

If it weren't for doubts about the matter itself, I'm afraid even Russell wouldn't have the idea to find out, then if this matter is not done well, it will be suppressed inside the Candela Emperor's headquarters, as if it didn't happen.

Xu Yi is very clear that even though the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has great influence in these nearby countries, it will definitely not be taken seriously by the Candela Empire, so it will not be shaken by Russell's attitude.

But through this incident, it also reflected a problem.

The Imperial Candela Ministry paid so little attention to this matter. It can be seen that they have lost their vigilance.

Otherwise, under Xu Yi's instruction, the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce deliberately showed such peculiarities, and the Emperor Candela's headquarters should pay attention to it anyway.

But the fact now is that if it wasn't for Russell's personal curiosity about this matter, the things that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort fleet did would be completely equivalent to throwing winks at blind people.

After figuring out these problems, the disappointment in Xu Yi's heart subsided a little, and he continued to entertain Russell and his party warmly according to the previous plan.

Russell was interested in the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so Xu Yi showed him the escort fleet openly.

When Russell and his two assistants saw the huge magic ship made of steel from top to bottom. The shocked look on his face was definitely not fake.

However, no matter how surprised they were by what they saw, the three-day investigation ended. Russell remained silent until he finally left the Principality of Standing, and did not give any definite response.

But Xu Yi can be sure that after these few days of assessment, he will have some thoughts in his heart.

Compared to Russell and his two assistants who came and went in a hurry, leaving nothing behind and taking nothing away, Ambassador Hakain came to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce again and got the same harvest that satisfied him as before.

According to the private agreement reached between Xu Yi and him, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce once again sold various household magic machines worth 300,000 gold coins to him at a price 10% lower than the market price.

According to Xu Yi's understanding, these household magic machines are currently being sold in Wimbledon, the capital of the Candela Empire, at nearly twice the price here, and the supply is in short supply.

Even if the shipping costs from the Principality of Standing to Wimbledon City are borne by Ambassador Hakan himself, as long as these household magic machines are transported to Wimbledon City and sold, he can get at least 150,000 gold coins from them. Big gains.

It has only been a year since I met Xu Yi at the beginning of last year. Ambassador Hakain has earned more than 400,000 gold coins from several cooperations with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Before that, no matter how greedy he was in the Candela Empire and the Rulson Kingdom by virtue of his own status, what he could buy in a year was at most a mere tens of thousands of gold coins.

Cooperating with Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can get ten times more benefits than before. It is no wonder that he will happily abandon the quarrel with Xu Yi when he first met, and regard Xu Yi as his best partner, and even obey Xu Yiyan .

He believes that Xu Yi's suggestions will definitely bring him huge benefits.

However, this time, before leaving, what Xu Yi talked to him in private still made his eyes widen in surprise.

"Let me invest in the construction of roads in my own empire?" Ambassador Hakain stared at Xu Yi with an incredulous expression on his face. "I said President Xu, are you kidding me?"

"No, I didn't mean to be joking." Xu Yi shook his head.

"Isn't it a joke? No, no... I still think you're joking. You should know how much it costs to build a road. I don't have that much money. Besides, it's not good for me." Li shook his head.

Xu Yi smiled and waved his hand: "You misunderstood, I didn't ask you to pay for the construction of this road yourself, the funds needed for this road will be borne by our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce."

"Huh?" Ambassador Hakan looked at Xu Yi in wonder. "President Xu, why did you do this? Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce paid for the construction of a road in our Candela Empire. Is there any benefit for you?"

"Of course there are benefits, but they can't be seen for the time being." Xu Yi laughed. "But for you, Ambassador Hakain, there are obvious benefits."

Ambassador Hakan was even more puzzled: "What good is it for me?"

"Please look at the map." Xu Yi turned and walked to the map hanging on the wall, stretched out his finger and drew a line from the Principality of Standing to the Candela Empire on the map. "Ambassador Hakain, I would like to ask you a question. How much will it cost to transport the household magic machines you ordered from here to Wimbledon?"

"That's not certain." Ambassador Hakain shook his head lightly. "However, if calculated according to the transportation capacity of a large freight magic locomotive, it would cost about 30 gold coins for a trip."

"Thirty gold coins? Have you calculated where the thirty gold coins are mainly spent?" Xu Yi asked again.

Ambassador Hakan frowned, thought for a moment, looked at the map Xu Yi was pointing at, and smiled wryly: "President Xu, I understand what you mean. At least half of the transportation fee for the thirty gold coins It was all spent on the road between the city of Wimbledon after entering the territory of our Candela Empire."

Xu Yi nodded, thinking that Ambassador Hakanin was not so stupid that he was useless.

"From here to the junction of the Principality of Norton and the Candela Empire, the total journey is about 1,500 kilometers, but from the junction to the city of Wimbledon, the total journey is only less than 500 kilometers. There is so much difference in mileage, but the difference in shipping costs Not much. Ambassador Hakanin, you must have a good idea of ​​why this difference is made?"

Ambassador Hakan nodded with a wry smile: "Of course I know. There is no other reason, it is because the roads in our Kandela Empire are too bad. Those shitty dirt roads are usually so-so, but when it rains, it is simply It’s just that I can’t walk. It only takes more than half a day to run 500 kilometers on the highway here, but it takes at least two full days to run in the empire.”

Seeing Ambassador Hakann's resentment, Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that it's good for you to understand.

"So the road I plan is to connect to the city of Wimbledon from this junction. If this road is successfully built, and then transport goods from here to the city of Wimbledon in the future, it will save a lot of time and freight. Ha Ambassador Kane, do you think this will do you no good?"

Ambassador Hakan glanced back and forth several times at the section of the Candela Empire that Xu Yi pointed out, and nodded slowly.

"If there is such a road, it will be very convenient. But President Xu, if this road is completed, the whole journey will probably be close to 500 kilometers. Your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will invest at least one million gold coins?"

"Money is not a problem." Xu Yi smiled and shook his head. "The main problem is how to make this road successful. Ambassador Hakain, because our chamber of commerce is subject to many restrictions in the Kandela Empire, there is no way to come forward to build this road, so whether this road can be successfully built depends on you Come forward. If you want, you only need to obtain a permit to build a road, and you don't need to bother with other aspects, whether it is funds, personnel or preparations. What do you think?"

Ambassador Hakan hesitated: "But I suddenly said that I want to build such a road, which will definitely make many people doubt..."

Xu Yi smiled and held out a finger to Ambassador Hakain: "If this happens, I will sponsor you one hundred thousand gold coins in my own name, as a thank you for your selfless help."

"One hundred thousand gold coins?" Ambassador Hakann swallowed hard, then nodded vigorously. "Okay, deal!" (To be continued...)