Chapter 62 Why don't I develop it
Logistics transportation is extremely developed on a modern earth, but on the Sainz continent, for now, it is only limited to a small amount of personnel transportation and a part of the cargo transportation...
The most critical cargo transportation, taking the Lampari Kingdom as an example, is mostly carried out by major chambers of commerce that produce goods, and basically does not hand over the goods to other chambers of commerce to help transport.
On the surface, the chambers of commerce on the mainland of Synes do not have this habit, but from the deeper reasons, it is really limited by conditions.
First of all, the biggest problem is the road problem.
Before the rainy road, there was not a flat enough road on the entire Synes continent that was suitable for transportation. Cargoes are easily bumped on the road, and a large amount of losses will be caused by transportation alone. Therefore, the chambers of commerce that produce goods will certainly not be willing to hand over the important goods they produce to other chambers of commerce for transportation.
Because of this important issue, it is difficult to transport goods on the Synes continent to faraway places. Due to the restricted road conditions and transportation speed, they may be worn out on the road.
For example, although the various household magic machinery currently produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has become very famous in Bonta City and several surrounding cities, it has taken more than two years to not truly cover the entire Lampari Kingdom. The biggest reason is logistics and transportation issues.
The second is the problem of transportation.
The main transportation capacity on the Sainz continent is horses, and the main means of transportation is horse carriages.
Not to mention the transportation speed and endurance of a carriage, the cost of one or two horses required to form a carriage is already extremely high, and the cost of raising a horse is even higher. Therefore, it is not easy to form a fleet of carriages that can transport a large amount of carriage.
This conditional limitation also directly leads to the development of logistics and transportation, making the circulation of goods extremely difficult.
Xu Yi is now bringing President Cruise and President Pompeii at the same time because the Amley Chamber of Commerce represented by President Cruise has initially solved the most important road problems, and he is about to solve the same important transportation problem for Filson's carriage represented by President Pompeii.
"According to our experiments during the research and development process, this magic locomotive, which is powered by a wind-type magic engine, can provide maximum tension equivalent to six horses, and can maintain a high frequency operation, maintaining a speed of more than 35 kilometers per hour in an empty car state..."
"Wait? Thirty-five kilometers per hour?" President Pompei interrupted Xu Yi's description of the first generation of magic motorcycles with shock. "So, can this thing run thirty-five kilometers per hour? Is it so fast?"
President Cruise, who was standing beside him, also looked incredible. He shook his head and sighed: "I thought Xu Yi told me that he could run nearly 40 kilometers in one hour after the development of a magic motorcycle. He didn't expect it to be true."
Xu Yi glanced at the two of them angrily, thinking that the speed of 35 kilometers per hour shocked you so much. If you saw the F1 cars on Earth with speed of 350 kilometers per hour or even higher, wouldn’t you be so shocked that your chin fell off?
Of course, the carriages on the Sainz continent can only be maintained at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour, and cannot last for too long, so it is no wonder that the two of them were shocked by the speed of the magic motorcycle.
"By the way, President Xu, you just said that this is an empty car. Then it should be lowered a lot after loading the cargo, right? How much can it be maintained? It is faster or slower than a carriage?" President Pompei thought for a while and asked.
"Of course faster than a carriage. Otherwise, what should I do if I develop it?" Xu Yi rolled his eyes and said, "Tell you, according to experimental tests, the first generation of wind-powered magic locomotives can pull items with a maximum weight of no more than one ton, maintain a speed of more than 30 kilometers per hour on the flat ground, and can also climb slopes with a slope of no more than 30 degrees. So..."
Xu Yi turned to look at President Cruise: "In order to cooperate with the first generation of magic motorcycles, I will trouble you, Amley Chamber of Commerce, when paving the road in the future, try to minimize slopes. Even if there is a slope, it is best not to exceed 30 degrees."
"This...is probably difficult." President Cruise was a little embarrassed. "Although most of the places in our Lampari kingdom are plains, there are still some mountains no matter what. If you want to build the road into the mountain, it is impossible to have no slope."
"Well, I will discuss the matters about the winding mountain road and viaduct in the future. I will just remind you now. Anyway, the highways that your Amley Chamber of Commerce are now in plain areas, and they will not produce much higher slopes." Xu Yi said. "And this is just the limitation of the first generation of magic locomotives. If the research and development of magic locomotives is further deepened in the future, the slope will be no problem at all."
"Winshan Highway and viaduct?" President Cruise's eyes immediately lit up.
From what Xu Yi said, we can see that these two things are obviously very important things in building highways. President Cruise was suddenly itchy and wanted to discuss it with Xu Yi now.
But at this time, President Pompei had already asked Xu Yi a question first.
"Can the magic motorcycle pull up something weighing up to one ton at a time?" The light emitted by President Pompei's eyes is only brighter than President Cruise. "The gods are on! Our two-horse carriage carriage in Filson can only drag no more than five hundred kilograms at a time!"
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "I said it. If the ability of this magic motorcycle is not as good as a carriage, why should I spend so much effort to develop it?"
"Yes, yes, I know that President Xu, you will definitely not do meaningless things." President Pompei nodded repeatedly, paused, and a slightly flattering smile appeared on his face. He asked Xu Yi with a chuckling, "This...that...President Xu, can you ask what price you are planning to set for this magic motorcycle?"
"You will talk about this when you see the magic motorcycle. I have never actually experienced it. I don't think you will accept it no matter what price I say." Xu Yi replied.
President Pompei and President Cruise looked at each other and nodded slightly, thinking that Xu Yi had expressed this attitude. I am afraid that the price of this magic motorcycle is definitely not low.
But it is not surprising that if the performance of this magic motorcycle is really as powerful as Xu Yi said, then it would be better to have a higher price.
"With this time, let's discuss the logistics matters." Xu Yi brought the topic back to what he just said. "I think you should all be very clear about the importance of goods circulation, so I won't talk much nonsense in this regard. Now I will mainly discuss how to cooperate. Come, look at the map..."
Xu Yi's finger first pointed to Bangta City, and then drew a twisty and twisty line along Bangta City, continuing to the Anweimar City on the map.
"Look, the Amley Chamber of Commerce has now completely built a connected highway between Bonta City and Anweimar City. What's more advantageous is that this highway will connect all the cities along the way. So if you start from Bonta City to Anweimar City, you can take the road all the way, both the speed and the comfort are much better than before. President Pompei, you are much more clear about this than President Cruise and me, right?"
"Well." President Pompei nodded. "A lot of people are willing to ride in our carriages and horses and horses, and travel between the cities of Anweimar and these cities, because the time is nearly half saved than before, from more than three days to only about one day. And the guests generally reported that riding in a carriage is much more comfortable now than before."
"Look, this is the importance of solving transportation problems. So what about the freight situation?" Xu Yi asked again.
"For freight transportation..." President Pompei shrugged helplessly. "The big chambers of commerce basically have their own convoys, so they usually don't look for us to carriages. The small chambers of commerce... Even if there is a cargo that needs to be transported once, it won't be too much. It's not cost-effective to help them transport it at all."
"So if your Filson carriage can provide faster and faster transportation, will those big chambers of commerce be willing to hand over the goods to you for transportation?"
"Of course they will!" President Pompei replied with high spirits, but immediately discouraged. "But President Xu, even if the magic motorcycle you mentioned is very strong, other chambers of commerce can buy magic motorcycles and re-form the fleet themselves. Why do you have to come to us?"
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "I found you first. This is the advantage of your Filson. Has you mastered the advantage of being one step ahead, and can't you seize this opportunity?"
President Pompei's eyes lit up: "President Xu, tell me how to seize this opportunity? What are our advantages over others?"
"There are many places that allow you to take the lead." Xu Yi replied: "For example, you can be a chamber of commerce that specializes in logistics and passenger transport, so the number and scale of magic locomotives alone are much stronger than other chambers of commerce, because you can handle various businesses more flexibly."
"Well, I understand. We can eat all the goods that need to be transported. Is there anything else?" President Pompei continued to ask with anticipation.
"For example, because you have purchased a large number of magic locomotives from our New Flight Chamber of Commerce, you can get priority cooperation between us and our New Flight Chamber of Commerce, so that our New Flight Chamber of Commerce can provide all-round services to your magic locomotives. For example, training qualified magic locomotive drivers for you is one of them."
"Driver?" President Pompei and President Cruise were both stunned. "What is that?"
"Simply put, it is the one who is responsible for driving a magic motorcycle, which is similar to a carriage coachman. But..."
The expression on Xu Yi's face suddenly became a little strange.
"Because the operation requirements of magic locomotives are relatively dangerous, drivers driving magic locomotives also need to undergo certain assessments before they can be allowed to drive. I have written a letter to His Royal Highness Princess Sevini, asking her to propose to the Kingdom Council to pass a resolution requiring all drivers driving magic locomotives to have a driving qualification certificate issued by our New Flight Chamber of Commerce, referred to as a driver's license." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!