Chapter 6: The City of Bonta, Plunged into Darkness
As soon as Querick jumped out of the carriage, he was immediately startled by what he saw.
This was his second visit to the Rainfall Valley, only to find that the current Rainfall Valley was several times more lively than the last time he had delivered the Sandil Chamber of Commerce's goods.
Not only is the various factories of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in the valley surging and bustling, but even the open space on the opposite side of the rainy road outside the valley is now a large number of continuous factory workshops.
At a glance, Querik glanced over and saw the very familiar Sandil Chamber of Commerce logo on the factory floor.
Thinking that it was because he didn't want to come so far to work in the Rain Valley that he would lose his job at the Sandil Chamber of Commerce, Querik couldn't help but regret it a little.
The reason why he was reluctant to come at the beginning was not only because he didn't want to be too far away from his parents, but also because he felt that it was too far away from Bonta City, too remote, and definitely not lively and fun.
As a result, when I came here to take a look now, I found that although the bustle here was not as good as Bangta City for the time being, it was not far behind.
And judging from the flow of people here, it is not unthinkable to catch up with or even surpass Bangta City in the future.
Querik knew exactly why this was the case.
Because the new city lord deliberately suppressed the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce took the lead in moving out of Bangta City and vigorously developing the Falling Rain Valley.
And because this city lord launched the bullshit policy of suppressing business and rejuvenating agriculture that was secretly scolded by almost everyone, the other chambers of commerce in Bangta City also followed in the footsteps of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and moved out of Bangta City.
Previously, the city of Bangta was driven by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It's not just the previous major chambers of commerce that are thriving. There are also hundreds of small and medium-sized chambers of commerce related to magic machinery.
And now there are more than 500 large and small chambers of commerce in Bangta City. But because of this policy, more than half of the chambers of commerce have moved out.
Among them, the small and medium-sized chambers of commerce related to magic machinery, almost without exception, chose to follow the footsteps of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and came to rebuild factories outside the Falling Rain Valley.
Although theoretically speaking, the Falling Rain Valley still belongs to the relationship of Bangta City, but according to the information reported in the "Bangta Daily", Xu Yi, the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, was recently crowned the Viscount of the Kingdom by the Council of the Nobles of the Kingdom, and everyone was shocked to give him a piece of territory.
And this territory happens to be the Falling Rain Valley and a circle of land outside the valley.
Because this became the private domain of Viscount Xu Yi. As a result, the policies pursued by Count Stark did not affect this at all.
In a statement published by Xu Yitong Guò in the Bonta Daily, he explicitly welcomed all the chambers of commerce related to magic machinery to come to the Falling Rain Valley and work with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to create this new magical industrial base.
As a result, the small chambers of commerce in the parts processing industry in Bunta City, led by the United Chamber of Commerce of Ireland, were the first to react, and in the past month or so, they have successively relocated to this vacant land outside the Falling Rain Valley.
Among them was the Sandil Chamber of Commerce, where Querick previously worked.
The sudden relocation naturally brought heavy economic losses to these small chambers of commerce.
However, Xu also announced a compensation measure, which is to waive the land lease fee for the first five years of these small chambers of commerce, so that they can move here with peace of mind and continue to develop here.
In the eyes of many people, Xu Yi's approach was completely to snatch the magic machinery-related chambers of commerce in Bangta City before.
But no one thought he was overdoing it. On the contrary, it is very happy.
Now that the lord of Bangta City has made it clear that he wants to curb the development of commerce, even the big chambers of commerce are deeply affected. Then these small chambers of commerce are naturally more likely to be hurt by this policy, and now with this opportunity given by Xu Yi, how can these small chambers of commerce not grasp the opportunity to move out of Bangta City as soon as possible.
On the contrary, those big chambers of commerce have a big family and a deep foundation in Bangta City, and it is not so easy to relocate.
Now these small chambers of commerce have only been relocated here for about a month, and they have resumed normal production, which shows the flexibility advantage of small chambers of commerce.
And with these small chambers of commerce, there are many businesses related to daily necessities.
In the open space near both sides of the rainy road, a long row of houses has been built, and now one shop after another has been opened.
Judging from the dazzling array of goods piled up in these goods, the prosperity of this place is not much worse than that of Bonta City.
Querrick's gaze swept over the factories and shops on both sides of the highway with the Sandil Chamber of Commerce logo in the distance, shook his head, suppressed the trace of remorse in his heart, and turned around and walked towards the Falling Rain Valley.
However, after entering the Falling Rain Valley, Querrick is confused.
Compared to the previous visit, the Falling Rain Valley has also changed a lot.
In addition to the people, there were several more workshops in the valley at a glance, and even the steel mill that had been the most eye-catching when Querick came last time now had one.
The road facilities in the valley are much better than when I last visited, and in the open space on both sides of the road in the valley, in addition to the green lawns, there are also many flowers and trees, which set off the whole valley very brightly, and people will even think that they have walked into a large garden instead of an industrial area full of factories.
The first thing Querrick noticed, however, was that iron pillars about three meters high were erected on both sides of the road every few tens of meters.
At the top of each of these pillars is a beautifully styled magic lamp, apparently used as a street lamp.
Seeing these streetlights on both sides of the road stretching out without an end in sight, Querik couldn't help but sigh again.
If it weren't for the damn new city lord who deliberately targeted the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and forcibly stopped the construction of a qiē project in Bangta City, every street and alley in Bangta City would have been installed with street lights by now.
But now that it has stopped, the laying of the street lamp project is only halfway through, and the result is that it will be night. Half of the city of Bangta will be illuminated by street lights. The other half remained in the dark.
And the most worrying thing. In a few blocks where street lights have been laid, for some reason, there is a block where the street lights can't be lit at night.
Therefore, the residents of this block reported this problem to the product service center that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce still remained in the city, but they were told that because all municipal affairs are internal affairs of the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord's Mansion has explicitly ordered the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce not to interfere in it, so the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot solve this problem, and the residents can only report to the City Lord's Mansion.
However, when the residents sent representatives to the Castle Lord's Mansion to report to the Castle Lord's Mansion, they were told that the Castle Lord's Mansion would study the issue. And then there was no more follow-up.
For this very representative situation, the "Bonta Daily" naturally will not let go, and has published a special report, titled "Bonta City in the Darkness Again".
In the article, this incident was specially reported, and many people were worried about it.
Many of the very useful municipal works that are being carried out in Bangta City are proposed by Xu Yi, and then cooperated by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Now that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has left Bang Ta City, and has even been ordered by the City Lord's Mansion not to interfere in the affairs of Bang Ta City, then these street lamps that can expel the darkness in Bang Ta City at night will only be extinguished one by one, and then the entire Bang Ta City will fall into darkness again.
At the end of the article. deliberately put emphasis on the words "plunged into darkness", as for whether it means otherwise. That's a matter of opinion......
Querrick didn't think about such far-reaching things, he only knew that after the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce left Bunta City, Bunta City, which had become prosperous and prosperous at a speed that was visible to the naked eye in the past two years, was now declining rapidly at the same speed that was within the reach of the naked eye, or even several times faster.
"This idiot city lord ......" Thinking of this, Quirik cursed viciously in his heart, then looked left and right, pulled a young man wearing the uniform of a worker of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce who passed by and asked, "Hello, do you know where President Xu is now?"
The young man looked at Querrick in amazement, "Who are you, what are you looking for the Elder?"
"My name is Querrick, and I'm looking for a job with President Xu. Querrick replied, "I've heard that your new flying chamber is planning to open a new facility in Bonta City, and you need to hire a few product promoters for that, so I wanted to give it a try." ”
The young man's face was surprised: "Recruitment of product promoters? Why haven't I heard of it?"
Querrick was stunned: "No, this is what Brother Cantona said from President Xu himself, it shouldn't be wrong, right?"
"You mean the Cantona president of the Cantona Chamber of Commerce?" the young man was surprised. "Do you know him well? If it was him, it would be possible to know something from the Elder. ”
"Is that true?" Querick immediately asked excitedly, "Then where is President Xu now?" ”
The young man swept Querrick up and down, and pouted disdainfully: "Who do you think you are, you can see the Elder if you want? ”
In the face of the other party's undisguised disdain, Querric didn't care much, and said with a smile: "Even if you can't meet President Xu, it's not bad to come and meet the person in charge of recruitment." Anyway, I'm just here to apply for a job, as long as I can achieve that goal. ”
The young man was amused by Querrick's optimism and couldn't help but laugh and say, "You're quite open-minded." Well, if you really want to apply, just follow this road to the end, then turn left and walk a little way, you will see the office building of our chamber of commerce, you go inside and ask, there should be someone who can help you, as for me, I can't help it. ”
Querick laughed and patted the young man on the shoulder, "Okay, thank you for your help. What's your name? Let's make friends. ”
The young man shook his head: "No, I don't know if we will meet or not." Also, I would like to remind you. When is this all the time, why do you still want to go to Bonta City to work? If you want to work, there are a lot of chambers of commerce here in Rainfall Valley that are hiring people everywhere, why don't you try it?"
"No way, my parents are old, and I only have one son, so I can't be too far away from them. Quirick shrugged.
The smile on the young man's face immediately turned solemn, and he nodded and said, "I didn't expect you to be a filial son." But to be honest, Falling Rain Valley is only sixty kilometers away from Bonta City, which is not that far. Now it doesn't take more than four hours to run a horse-drawn bus from Filson. If we wait until our chamber of commerce's magic locomotive is developed, it will only take an hour to make a trip, and it will be even less far. ”
"Magic locomotive?" Querrick's eyes lit up. "What is this?"
The young man seemed to suddenly realize that he had said the wrong thing, smiled awkwardly, and hurriedly covered it up: "I don't know what it is, but I heard other people in the chamber of commerce mention it when they chatted." ”
Seeing what the young man meant, Querrick stopped asking and said with a smile: "Okay, when I see President Xu, I will ask him in person." ”
The young man shook his head with a smile, thinking that this guy was very confident.
How can a big man like an adult be able to see him?
However, the next moment, he and Querick were startled by a distant sound, and they all looked ahead, but they were stunned.
Among the group of people who turned out of a road in front, the one who took the lead was not Xu Yi! (To be continued......