Chapter 84 Can You Live Over Forty?
President Cruise made a special trip to find Xu Yi not only to inform Xu Yi of his achievements, but also placed an order with Xu Yi again, asking the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to continue to provide more magical machinery for road engineering to the Amley Chamber of Commerce. At the same time, he also hoped that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce could further accelerate research and development and strive to develop more and newer magic machinery as soon as possible for use.
For this reason, he also gave Xu Yi a very detailed list, which described the Amley Chamber of Commerce's problems and difficulties when building roads and river embankments, as well as building houses.
For places that may be replaced by magic machinery, the list is marked in detail, which means that Xu Yi will first develop based on these practical difficulties.
Xu Yi glanced at it and put away the list, but did not say that he could solve these problems quickly.
There is no way, the staff of the Magic Research Institute and the Magic Machine Tool R&D workshop of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are still limited, and there are countless problems that need to be solved. Even if Xu Yi has a lot of mechanical theoretical knowledge brought from the earth, he still needs the cooperation of these two aspects to truly develop magic machinery.
Of course, President Cruise knew about this situation, so he could only urge him and didn't say much.
After President Cruise confirmed the order and left, President Pompei, who was in charge of chariots, immediately came to Xu Yi's side.
He came to ask Xu Yi about some things about the toll station on the Bangka Highway built by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
The highway built by Filson's Horse Carriage and Horse Carriage, connecting Bonta City and Saltan City, is almost completed. Although the toll station on this highway had been built before and a lot of tolls were charged, it was the first time that Filson's Horse Carriage and Horse Carriage did these things. President Pompei was a little confused.
"Don't worry. Your Highness the Prince has promised me that at least when His Majesty the King is in power, the agreement we signed with the royal family will never change. Just keep charging, don't worry about anything." Xu Yi knew very well what President Pompei was worried about, so he said it very bluntly.
Sure enough, after hearing what Xu Yi said, the expression on President Pompei's face relaxed a little.
"That's good. I always feel that building a toll station on the road people are walking is a bit like a bandit blocking the road, so I always feel a little uneasy. Now I hear you say that Your Majesty the King will always express support. Then I feel much more at ease. Even if we are bandits, they are bandits recognized by Your Majesty the King, haha..."
Xu Yi gave him annoyed look: "Who told you that we are bandits? Are bandits spending money to build roads? Don't worry, those who scold us will scold us only because we don't understand new things. I can guarantee that in a few years, this kind of thing will be everywhere in the kingdom. Everyone will definitely get used to it very quickly, and no one will scold us at that time. President Cruise just said to me that there are seven more roads about to start construction soon. When these seven roads are also built toll stations, do you see if anyone scolds us?"
"There are seven more?" President Pompei was immediately overjoyed. "Will there be more roads in our Lampari Kingdom at this speed? If that's the case, it would be a great thing for us Filson's carriages. President Xu, do you know that since the Bonka Highway was opened, our carriages and carriages back and forth between Bonta and Kalma City on average can run thirteen more trips per day than before! If all the roads in the kingdom were turned into roads, then our carriages would be much better than before!"
Xu Yi looked at President Pompei speechlessly, who was still prone to fuss. He thought that if you only had thirteen more trips a day, you would be so excited that you would be so excited that you would faint if the engine was developed successfully. If you could run dozens or hundreds more trips a day, wouldn’t you be so excited that you fainted?
After exchanging the issue of the toll station, President Pompei also discussed with Xu Yi whether two chambers of commerce should build two more roads to connect Bonta City with Canberra City and Norton City, which are further away.
Although Xu Yi was very interested in this proposal, the overall renovation project of Bangta City is still in progress, so it is impossible to determine how these two highways should be passed. In addition, the Amley Chamber of Commerce has undertaken the construction of seven highways invested by the four chambers of commerce, so there is no need to free up so many people to build two more highways, so the proposal can only be postponed.
"President Xu, you said that if President Cruise can learn you and disclose the road construction technology of Amley Chamber of Commerce, then more chambers of commerce will come to build roads together." President Pompei said a little regretfully.
Xu Yi glanced at him and thought that his words might mean something. After thinking about it, he responded lightly: "Technology is not important, what is more important now is people. President Cruise's hair is getting white, but he just can't recruit enough personnel. The Amley Chamber of Commerce is now undertaking more and more projects, and the manpower is becoming less and less. Otherwise, why did he think he only received the construction of seven highways for nearly a month this time?"
President Pompei smiled bitterly when he heard this: "It's okay that they lack people. Now every day, people from other places are pouring into Bonta City, and they can recruit enough workers sooner or later. But what we, Filson's carriage business, lacks the most now is horses, and they still have to be horses with enough endurance and can pull carriages and run long distances. This thing is much harder to find than people. I'm afraid there are more white hair on my head than President Cruise."
Xu Yi shrugged, saying that he could not help.
Although because of Xu Yi's request, Sevini sold part of the eliminated military horses to Filson's carriage and horses through his own relationship, compared with the growing demand for manpower and cargo transportation in Bonta City, these military horses are simply dropping the bucket and are far from enough.
Xu Yi wanted to comfort President Pompei that as long as the engine is developed successfully, he can help him solve the horse's problem quickly.
However, thinking about the difficulty of engine research and development and the progress of research and development that has almost no breakthrough so far, he couldn't say anything.
After sighing with Xu Yi for a while, President Pompei said goodbye and left, and then President Vincent, who had been standing by the Armani Chamber of Commerce, immediately came up.
Without President Vincent's words, Xu Yi immediately snatched: "No need to urge me. I have asked Cambi and others to experiment with producing spindles and sashes. This is relatively simple, and I think they can fully figure out how to produce in large quantities without a week. Next, you only need to find one or two small chambers of commerce for parts processing. Teach them the technology, and then you can go directly to these small chambers of commerce to order. As for steel collars, wire rings, knitting needles, etc., don't worry about this, sooner or later, there will be a parts processing factory to help you solve this problem."
President Vincent was stunned for a moment, then nodded in satisfaction: "I knew you were reliable, President Xu. But today I have other things to look for you..."
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Looking at Xu Yi who was talking to President Vincent in the distance, Earl Samo shook his head gently and smiled at Kennard beside him, "Look. This kid is so busy."
Kennard smiled and said, "I have already experienced it deeply. I have been tired even after being with President Xu these days. You can imagine how busy President Xu is."
"Actually, this kid is completely self-inflicted. With the current development momentum of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he doesn't need to be so busy. He is at ease and honestly produces the magic machinery that has been developed, so he can sit at home and count money. Why bother himself like this?" said Count Samo.
"Master Earl. Are you praising President Xu in disguise?" Kennard laughed. "If President Xu was just a person with such short-sighted eyes and no ambition, would you support him so much?"
"Of course not." Count Samo answered with certainty. "To be honest, this kid brought me many surprises and helped me solve many problems. If it weren't for him, the city of Bonta would not have developed so quickly. It was even faster than I imagined. But because he was too active, I was very worried about him. Not to mention that the more things he did, the more difficulties and obstacles he encountered. If he always squeezed himself like this, his body would not be able to bear it sooner or later."
Kennard shook his head: "There is no need to worry about his body. President Xu should be almost a level seven magician now. If he can continue to take time to study magic, I think he should become a great magician before he was forty. After becoming a great magician, his physique will greatly improve due to the influence of magic elements. His life span will also increase a lot. You wouldn't think he can't even survive at forty, right?"
"Forty years old?" Earl Samo suddenly sighed, looking at Xu Yi in the distance, with a hint of worry in his eyes. "This kid has attracted the attention and vigilance of many people now. I am worried that if he and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will continue to grow, they may touch the nerves of some people. No, maybe, this is simply certain. So, I am really not sure if he can live beyond forty years old..."
Kennard smiled slightly: "Isn't there any big shot like you, the City Lord, protecting him? What's more, His Highness the Princess also admires and supports him very much. With the protection of you and His Highness the Princess, he doesn't need to worry about this problem at all."
"Is the appreciation and support of His Highness the Princess? It may not be a good thing for him..." Earl Samo looked to the direction of Anweimar in the north, was silent for a moment, turned to look at Kennard and asked, "Does your sudden arrival here mean that your father finally made up his mind?"
Kennard shook his head: "My father hasn't made up his mind yet. But the good news is that he finally revealed a little tendency, otherwise he wouldn't let him come here."
Earl Samo nodded gently: "Just a little tendency is enough. You have come here now and have contacted Xu Yi, so it doesn't matter what your father thinks, because the key point is how others think."
Kennard shook his head: "I'm not the big brother after all."
"Is that true?" Count Samo smiled, but he didn't intend to ask about this question. He looked at Xu Yi, who seemed to have finished talking with President Vincent in the distance, thought for a while, and asked again, "What about you? Have you made up your mind?"
Kennard also looked at Xu Yi in the distance and smiled and said, "I haven't made up my mind yet. However, based on the contacts over the past few days, I also have some tendencies. As for whether I will make this decision in the end, it depends on what I observe next."
"I hope you can make up your mind as soon as possible." Earl Samo nodded. "Xu Yi is so busy that he doesn't even have time to fall in love with Steele. This is really not a good thing. It would be great if someone could help him and share some of it for him."
Kennard smiled without saying a word.
Chapter completed!