"Wait a minute, I have another question." Hainas asked with a puzzled look. "When I was riding a carriage yesterday, I paid three silver coins at a time. If the city public transportation system you said is a municipal welfare measure, the price is a bit too high, right? When you discussed with Count Samore, you didn't limit the price?"

"Of course there will be a limit. This is the price we and President Pompeii have to calculate. After all, no matter how much it is a welfare measure, it must be profitable for Filson's Carriage and Horseshop, right? Otherwise, why should Filson's Carriage and Horseshop agree to sign this agreement?" Xu Yi said for granted.

"But I think... the residents of Bonta City may not be able to afford this price, right?" Hainas frowned. "One trip is three silver coins. Even if you only have one round trip a day, you will need six silver coins. Although it is a little cheaper than normal long-distance carriages, it will take nearly two gold coins in a month. This is a bit too many. I don't think those workers and ordinary people can afford it."

Xu Yi smiled and said, "Hainas, you are still stuck in those old ideas. What do you think the average monthly income of ordinary residents in Bangta City is now?"

"How many?"

"Tell you, don't be scared. According to the statistics of the City Lord's Mansion last month, the average monthly income of ordinary residents in the Bangta City area now exceeds ten gold coins!"

"This is impossible!" Hainas was so shocked that he stood up directly from his chair. "Even the average monthly income of Anweimar City is not as high as ten gold coins. How could Bonta City exceed ten gold coins?"

"Why is it impossible?" Xu Yi looked at Hainas with a smile. "Because you came from Anweimar City, you are unwilling to accept this fact?"

"It's not that I don't want to accept it, but that it's impossible!" Hainas said loudly. "If you tell me that the average monthly income of the workers of your New Flying Chamber of Commerce exceeds ten gold coins, I believe it. Even if you say that all the workers of other chambers of commerce in the city are counted as more than ten gold coins, I believe it, but you say that the average monthly income of all ordinary residents in Bonta City is even more than ten gold coins, and I won't believe it if you beat me to death!"

Xu Yi sighed, shook his head, and said with a look of ignorance on your face: "I thought you had been here to inspect Bangta City for so many days this time. I also knew a little about the situation in Bangta City, but I didn't expect that I still didn't understand anything."

Heinas immediately said angrily: "What do you think I don't understand? I think you are bragging!"

"Brave?" Xu Yi laughed and said, "Well, since your news is so out of date, I can only educate you well so that you won't be embarrassed when you go back to write this report. Cough... Listen, first of all, I want to tell you that the average monthly salary of our workers in the New Air Chamber of Commerce has now exceeded 10 gold coins. Just last month. According to the financial statistics done by Sebas a few days ago, the 20 gold coins mark has been exceeded."

"Twenty gold coins? Average?" Hainas looked at Xu Yi with an incredible expression. "You... When you visited the presidents of other chambers of commerce before, they all said that you were prodigal and I would just defend you. I didn't expect you to be a prodigal and you were really prodigal! You actually paid such a high salary to the workers? Even if your chamber of commerce is very profitable, you can't do this, right?"

"Tell me I'm a prodigal?" Xu Yi snorted. "These guys are no worse than me. The presidents of those chambers of commerce did not tell you that in fact, the salaries of the workers in their chambers of commerce are not lower than our Xinfei Chamber of commerce now, right? There are even several chambers of commerce that have paid more than our chamber of commerce. We are no longer the highest salaries in Bangta City."

Hainas looked at Xu Yi for a while, thought for a while, and then started to do it again, frowned and shook his head: "I really doubt that your chamber of commerce in Bonta City is crazy. Your New Flying Chamber of Commerce pays workers such high salaries, but you, the president, likes to spend money, and what do they do with such high salaries? Just like you?"

"There is no way, it's really that the labor gap in Bangta City is too serious now. There are a lot of jobs waiting for people to do, but they can't find people. You've been wandering around in Bangta City these days. Have you ever seen anyone with normal hands and feet not working?" Xu Yi asked.

Hainas tilted his head and recalled for a long time, shook his head: "I really didn't see it yet. This is strange. Is there really so many job opportunities in Bonta City now? It is obvious that the people in Bonta City are several times as many as before, and they are still short of labor work?"

"You shouldn't ask me about this, you should ask President Cruise of Amley Chamber of Commerce." Xu Yi smiled. "When it comes to shortages, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is actually fine. Because there can be many dwarves and elves to supplement it. On the contrary, the Amley Chamber of Commerce is really short of people. Every time President Cruise sees me, he complains to me about their insufficient staff. Do you believe it? If he gives him enough staff, their Chamber of Commerce will even run to the Rulson Kingdom to build roads now?"

"Well... He mentioned this to me when he visited President Cruise yesterday." Hainas nodded. "He said that President Newman originally wanted to invite the Amley Chamber of Commerce to the Kingdom of Rulson to assist in the construction of a road of 500 kilometers, but he really didn't have enough staff, so he could only refuse. He also said that this was a good opportunity to make a lot of money, so it was a pity that he missed it."

"So, you see, everyone in Bangta City now has a job to do, and the salary for each job is very high. So what's unacceptable if the average monthly income exceeds ten gold coins?" Xu Yi asked again.

Hainas was stunned. He thought for a moment and sighed softly: "It seems you are right. I am indeed bound by old ideas. I always thought that if I counted income, it would definitely be the highest in Anweimar City, but I didn't expect that Bonta City had surpassed Anweimar City. More importantly, everyone in Bonta City can find a job, but there are a lot of people in Anweimar City that can only do nothing... This is really apart from this."

"No, you are wrong again." Xu Yi shook his head. "After all, Anweimar City is the capital of the kingdom after all, and has advantages that Bangta City cannot be compared in many aspects. If His Majesty the King is willing, he can easily surpass Bangta City."

"This is not something we can discuss." Hainas shrugged, recorded all the words Xu Yi had just said in his notebook, and then continued to ask: "Okay, what else is worth mentioning besides the new initiative of the urban public transportation system?"

"Apart from this..." Xu Yi thought for a while, his eyes rolled. "Let me tell you another one that is more exciting."

"More explosive?" Hainas' eyes lit up. "What is it?"

"After my discussion with Earl Samo, I finally decided to carry out river surface widening projects on the Sandy River and excavate a canal connecting the Sandy River and the Rum River."

"ah?"

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The next day, Xu Yi and Count Samo stood side by side on the north bank of a section of the Sandy River east of Bangta City, looking towards the north horizon.

"Sir Earl, President Xu, look, if the Sandy River is dug from here, until the Rum River, the terrain will gradually sink. And there are no mountains blocking the road. In comparison, it is the easiest route to dig the canal."

Pointing to the distance, the person who introduced the two was Smith Porter Chamber of Commerce, Smith Porter.

Compared with the depressedness when Xu Yi rescued him from the river before, although Porter's skin has become much darker, he is full of vitality and confidence. His whole body seems to have returned to the peak of the Porter Chamber of Commerce.

"How long is this route?" asked Count Samo.

"I roughly calculated that it will not exceed fifty kilometers." Porter replied.

"Fifty kilometers..." Earl Samo nodded and said, "In fact, it seems that the Sandy River and the Rum River are not very far apart. If this canal can be dug and connecting the Sandy River and the Rum River will make the river transportation in our Bangta City a lot more prosperous."

"Lord, this is not just a lot of it." Porter said excitedly. "Although the Sandy River can eventually merge into the Sgain River downstream, it can also be regarded as one of the most prosperous rivers in the continent, the Sgain River has been controlled by the Marlow Empire and no ships from other countries can pass by, so the Sandy River has never been able to use it. However, if the Sandy River connects the Rum River, the Sandy River can join the largest river in the continent. From then on, the ships in Bonta City can run to almost every part of the continent through the Sandy River!"

Speaking of this, Porter glanced at Xu Yi, who was beside him, and his tone showed a hint of gratitude.

"Every time I saw the Rum River, I thought about how wonderful it would be if the Sandy River and the Rum River could be connected. But I knew it was almost impossible to do, so I could only regard this as a fantasy at that time. But President Xu told me that this was not a fantasy, but a fact that could be realized! To be honest... When I heard President Xu say this, I felt that President Xu was really a little... bold and crazy."

Earl Samo laughed: "This guy's idea has always been very bold and even crazy. But President Porter, you have to admit it. This guy can always realize his idea, right?"

Porter nodded vigorously: "It is because President Xu can always realize his idea that I will follow his arrangement this time and spend several months exploring all nearby rivers. However, President Xu, digging such a canal is extremely difficult. The money spent is probably an astronomical figure. I think this money can't be obtained by our Bangta City alone."

"This is also a problem I'm worried about." Earl Samo nodded and turned to Xu Yi and smiled: "But I understand this guy. If I'm not sure, he won't be so enthusiastic. Tell me, Xu Yi, how do you plan to solve this problem this time? Or is your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce planning to cover all the money for digging the canal? If that's the case, then I must thank you very much."

Xu Yi laughed and waved his hand quickly: "Digging this canal will cost at least several million gold coins, which our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot afford. However, I can't help with money, but I can help in saving costs."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

"Recently, our Chamber of Commerce has made a breakthrough in the research and development of large-scale engineering machinery and has successfully developed a large magic excavator..."
Chapter completed!