Chapter 123 Take a Breath of Relief
If it is said that communication on Sainz's continent basically relies on roaring... that would be somewhat exaggerated.
However, if the super-high-end, real-time video communication using space-based magic that can only be used by magicians of the great magician level is completely out of the reach of ordinary people, Sainz The communication method on the mainland... basically only relies on roaring.
Although letters are mailed to and from Sainz Continent, due to the limited transportation, the cost of mailing letters is extremely high.
Specifically, if you want to send a letter from the main base of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the Principality of Standing to the city of Anvilmar about 1,300 kilometers away, even if you don’t consider the gap between the two countries, the letter may not be able to Sending this question will cost as much as thirteen gold coins in postage.
That's right, one gold coin per 100 kilometers, no more, no less.
Such an expensive price is simply not affordable by most ordinary people.
This has led to the fact that the vast majority of ordinary people on the Sainz continent basically do not have any communication with places outside the circle of life, and it is difficult for them to leave the place where they live, so almost all of them People will be born, grow up, and live in the same place all their lives, and eventually die when they grow old. They have never been in contact with the outside world, and have no understanding of the outside world.
Although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Amley Chamber of Commerce have improved the traffic conditions in a large area, so that ordinary people who have never left their villages before have the opportunity to gain insight into the vast world outside, but in terms of communication, Still a huge problem.
Take the many workers under Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as an example. They may only go home once a year. There is no way to communicate with other people in the family in the middle. In Xu Yi's view, this is an almost unbearable situation.
Fortunately, Akali and her research team have made more and more thorough research on the magic circle resonance technology, and finally relied on this technology to successfully create a fairly complete magic communication network.
After laying the structure in the past two years, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has successfully built a magic communication network in the Principality of Standing that can cover all places in the Principality with magic signals.
Now as long as Xu Yi is in the Duchy of Standing, he can use this magic communication network to contact anyone in the Duchy of Dao who also has a magic communication box at any time.
Moreover, a magical communication line from the Principality of Standing to the Kingdom of Lampari, which was jointly established by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Kingdom of Lampari last year, has also been completely laid.
Now, Xu Yi can even chat with Sewell who is 1,300 kilometers away when he is free.
Compared to when Xu Yi wanted to contact Sewell, he could only write a letter to her. It would take five days at the shortest to send it to Sewell. Now this method of communication is undoubtedly much more convenient.
Of course, this new type of communication also has many disadvantages.
From a personal point of view, compared to the mobile communication network on the earth that can connect countless mobile phones at the same time, this magic communication network can only simply separate several magic communication boxes for different conversations.
As for the various services and conveniences that can be enjoyed by using the mobile communication network on the earth, don't even think about it.
From a broader point of view, the biggest problem with this mobile communication network is that the assumed cost is too high.
In order to lay a complete magic communication network in the Principality of Standing, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has erected more than 700 magic signal towers, many of which are in the mountains that are difficult to reach by manpower. The total cost of the project was as high as more than three million gold coins.
And this is just the establishment of the Principality of Standing, a small country with an area of less than one-tenth of the Lampari Kingdom. If the Lampari Kingdom wants to complete the erection successfully. The cost required will be more than ten times that.
Sewell had been tempted before and wanted to complete the project, but when she learned from Xu Yi that the estimated total cost of the project would be at least more than 30 million gold coins, she immediately dismissed the idea.
Xu Yi was very helpless about this.
Of course, he hopes that the Kingdom of Lampari, the Kingdom of Rulson, and even the Kingdom of Sark, the Kingdom of Falk, and even the huge empires such as the Candela Empire and the Marlow Empire will have a complete magic communication network, so that they can completely Solve the communication problem that bothers him the most.
But if you think about it casually, you will know that this beautiful wish is absolutely impossible to realize, at least for now.
For example, although the annual fiscal revenue of the Lampari Kingdom has been continuously rising driven by the magic industry in recent years, according to the data disclosed to Xu Yi by Seweney last year, it even exceeded 16 million gold coins. It is far beyond the previous situation where the annual financial income is almost impossible to register, but this still cannot support Seweni's determination to spend an astonishing 30 million gold coins on the construction of a magic communication network.
Of course, from a fair point of view, Sewell's concerns are not unreasonable, because the magic communication network currently laid by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has great limitations.
The most critical problem is that because the magic signal is transmitted at a fixed frequency, it is difficult for more people to use this magic communication network to have a conversation at the same time.
This is also a question that Xu Yi is very dissatisfied with. Fortunately, Akali and her research team have recently made a breakthrough, and can make subtle changes to the assumed communication magic array inside each magic communication box, so as to achieve different The transmission of magic signals.
However, compared to the mobile phones and mobile networks on the earth, this is still very inconvenient.
So all in all, this magic communication network is very cost-effective in Seweney's view.
And if even Seviny can't accept this, then other countries naturally don't have to count on it.
Therefore, although the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is constantly erecting new magic power signal towers, they are actually only erecting within the scope of their own control, simply extending the magic communication network in the Duchy of Standing outward.
One of the more obvious examples is the sea route opened by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the Candela Empire Navy, connecting the Principality of Standing and the southern port of the Candela Empire.
On the face of it. Merchant ships traveling on this sea route can use this magical communication network to send out a distress signal. But the specific operation and use of this magical communication network is firmly in the hands of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It is completely a private communication network belonging to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Xu Yi's next plan is to continue laying the magical communication network eastward on the endless sea, extending all the way to the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom, and then northward to the eastern coast of the Sains continent.
In this way, under ideal conditions, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can respond to the situation in each base outside the control of the main base at any time.
With this foundation, the idea of opening up sub-bases in other places can be truly realized.
It's just that this is undoubtedly an extremely huge project, just estimate it casually. The investment in it is calculated in tens of millions of gold coins.
Even though Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's annual income is extremely astonishing, there is no way to easily come up with such a huge investment.
So after Xu Yi made a summary of the various plans in his mind, he finally found that they all focused on one key factor, and that was time.
It takes time to obtain research breakthroughs, and it takes time to change the infrastructure. It takes even more time for everyone on this continent to accept the new thing of the magic industry and change their traditional views.
In short, no matter what you want to achieve, you need a lot of time.
After figuring this out, Xu Yi suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
Before, he always seemed to have a leather whip whipping him non-stop, forcing him to be tense all the time. Considering various issues, I hope to achieve the goals I set as soon as possible.
Now it takes a lot of time to understand these as a basis. Xu Yi was no longer in such a hurry.
He decided to breathe a sigh of relief.
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Bright sunlight poured down from above, and after passing through the little gaps in the dense leaves, it fell on the ground and turned into patches of equally bright light.
Freya was bouncing back and forth in the open space in the grove right now, stepping on spots of light, letting out a few crisp and cheerful laughter from time to time.
After Xu Yi looked at it for a while, he stretched and sat up from the reclining chair.
Seeing Freya's cheerful appearance, Xu Yi only felt that his whole body was relaxed.
In the past week, he gave himself a good vacation and stayed at home every day to play with a few children. Although he was equally busy, it was a completely different feeling.
After staying with the children for a long time, Xu Yi even felt lazy, thinking that it would be a good choice to live peacefully like this.
"Hey, Freya, come here." Xu Yi thought for a while, then suddenly waved to Freya.
Freya glanced back at Xu Yi, ran over with a burst of laughter like silver bells, plunged into Xu Yi's arms, and pulled him outward.
"Dad, get up and play with me."
Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry yet. Freya, I have a question to ask you now, you should think it through before answering."
"Ah?" Freya blinked, rolled her two bright little eyes, and said with a smile, "Dad, did Mom send you to ask me?"
Xu Yi was startled, then laughed, reached out and scratched Freya's nose, and asked: "Yes, your mother asked me to ask. But I am also very concerned about this question, you can tell me, you decide What are you going to do in the future?"
Freya wrinkled her beautiful nose, snorted softly and replied, "How do I know what I'm going to do in the future? My mother always asks me this question, and I can't answer it well."
Seeing the dissatisfaction on Freya's little face, Xu Yi couldn't help laughing.
Although Freya has just turned 7 years old this year, she is already extremely smart, showing extremely high talents in magic and other aspects, so Steele has extremely high expectations of her and has extremely strict requirements on her .
This made Freya a little resistant in front of Steele, but Xu Yi came to ask these questions instead.
"Then tell me, what do you like to do?" Xu Yi asked.
"Do you like it? I like a lot, such as magic, such as machinery, such as history, such as..." Freya answered finger by finger, looking very serious.
However, Xu Yi had no choice but to plan on her.
"Wait! Freya, listen, it's impossible for a person to be the best in all aspects, you have to make trade-offs. And what I want to ask you now is that you are the best in these things you like. Which one do you like best?"
"Favorite?" Freya frowned, thought for a while, and shook her head. "I don't know...Dad, my mother taught me a lot of things. I like everything, but my mother always forces me to learn according to what she said. I don't like this. Can you tell me mother?"
Xu Yi suddenly smiled bitterly.
This Freya is so eccentric at only 7 years old, and she will get it when she grows up.
Just as she was about to speak, Freya suddenly clapped her little hands vigorously, and said excitedly, "Dad, I know what I like to do the most!"
"Huh?" Xu Yi asked in amazement, "What do you like to do most?"
"I like to be like you!" Freya pointed at Xu Yi with her little finger. "When I grow up, I want to be the president!"
Xu Yi blinked: "Why?"
"Because it allows others to obey my orders!" Freya said confidently.
Xu Yi patted his forehead feebly.
It seems that it is necessary for me to have a good talk with Steele about Freya's education.
Judging from Freya's current reaction, I am afraid that she has been oppressed too much during her normal education, which has caused her to have such a strong idea of resistance.
But after thinking about it, Xu Yi's eyes suddenly lit up, he smiled, pulled Freya into his arms, and said to her slowly and seriously: "Freya, listen carefully, to be a president It's not that easy, first you have to..."
On an ordinary afternoon in early summer, the woman who will be called the most powerful woman in the entire Sainz continent for many years in the future started her first lesson to reach the pinnacle of life. (To be continued..)