No matter which way you look at it, Lord Caroline has nothing to do with the adjectives of greed and ruthlessness, but when Xu Yi led the convoy to Thurwell City, and saw this top beauty with a warm smile and a delicate flower next to the Earl of Satsuma, the smile on his face instantly became a little embarrassing.

"Hey, dear President Xu, you're finally here. When the county lord Caroline saw Xu Yi, her smile became a little brighter, and she took the lead in greeting Xu Yi. "I've been waiting for you all this time. ”

Xu Yi calmed down his mood slightly because he remembered what happened before, and said with a smile: "Let His Royal Highness the County Lord wait for a long time." However, it is a big deal to build a production base in Thurwell City, and it takes time to make all preparations in advance. “

"Of course I understand. Lord Carolyn glanced at Xu Yi coquettishly. "It's just that I'm anxious to see you again. ”

Seeing the ** smile on Count Satsuma's face on the side, Xu Yi coughed dryly, nodded, turned to Count Satsuma and said, "City Lord, how are your preparations here?"

Count Satsuma smiled slightly: "What's the matter? I haven't seen you for more than a year, don't you believe in my ability to do things?"

Xu Yi hurriedly waved his hand: "How dare you." It's just that I want to know the specific situation, so that I can arrange for the construction to start. ”

"You don't have to be busy all the time. Count Satsuma's gaze crossed over Xu Yi and landed on the long row of magic locomotives behind Xu Yi, and nodded with satisfaction. "You've just come here today, so let's take a break. We'll start talking about work tomorrow. And Lord Caroline had been here for you a week in advance, so she must have a lot to say to you. ”

Looking at the sweet smile full of temptation on the face of the Lord Caroline, Xu Yiqiang resisted the urge to throw a roll of the eyes at the Earl of Satsuma, and turned around to beckon the convoy members to enter the city together.

Compared to the city of Batrou, which is much smaller and older than the city of Bonta, the city of Sewell, which ranks first in the northeastern provinces, is significantly larger.

Not to mention anything else, the walls of the city of Sewell alone are twice as high as the city of Batru, and much higher than the city of Bonta, and the thickness is even more amazing. The walls near the gate were more than five meters thick. Other places may not be as thick as the city gates, but they are certainly much thicker than the three-story brick walls of Bonta.

Seeing that Xu was also looking at the city wall, Count Satsuma, who had entered the city with him, smiled and said, "After all, the city of Thurwell is close to the northern border, and it is necessary to guard against the Sark Kingdom at any time. Therefore, the walls should be thicker. ”

Xu Yi nodded. Then a question came to mind.

"If you want to say close to the border. In fact, Bangta City is only more than a hundred kilometers away from the southern border of the kingdom, why has the city wall never been thickened?"

"Because the Kingdom of Ruersun is an old friend of our Lampari Kingdom, since the founding of the Lampari Kingdom. The Kingdom of Ruersun has always been our loyal ally, and it has never betrayed, so naturally there is no need to be too guarded. Count Satsuma explained.

Xu Yi nodded lightly, but he was somewhat disapproving.

Although historically, the Kingdom of Luxon has always been an ally of the Kingdom of Lampari, but there are only interests between countries, and old friends are not reliable.

In Xu Yi's view, the reason why Bangta City did not choose to strengthen the city wall was mostly because of lack of money.

The finances of the Lampari Kingdom are not abundant, and in addition to ensuring the operation of the kingdom, most of the limited financial resources are invested in the defense of the Sark Kingdom, and naturally there is no extra money to invest in the defense of other places.

Even though Bangta City can be regarded as very rich now, in the urban renovation project that Xu Yi and Count Satsuma made at that time, they never considered the transformation of the city wall.

Xu Yi was also because he crossed the earth and never thought about the need to widen and thicken the city walls to resist the enemy, but the Count of Satsuma chose to ignore it because of inertia.

"Actually, the walls of your Bunta City are already much higher and thicker than the walls of many cities in our Duchy of Drak. The county lord Caroline, who was walking on the other side of Xu Yi, sighed faintly and looked at the walls of Thurwell City on the left and right. "As for walls as thick as here, I'm afraid that we won't find the same in all the cities of our Duchy of Draco. ”

Xu Yi glanced at her, thinking that the reason why your Duchy of Draco was able to survive in the gap between the Duchy of Drake and the Kingdom of Lampari was not because of the city wall.

With a move in his heart, Xu Yi said to the county lord Caroline: "Your Royal Highness, if you have ideas for renovating the city wall, I have a good plan here." As long as the city walls are transformed according to this plan, I can guarantee that unless it is a magician at the level of a magister, there will be absolutely no problems with the city walls. ”

Lord Caroline and Count Satsuma were both taken aback, and at the same time asked, "Really, what kind of wall is this?"

Xu Yi smiled slightly, turned around and pointed to the road outside the city gate that connected to the city of Sewell.

"Your Royal Highness the County Lord, Lord of the City, I think you all know that roads are mainly paved with concrete, you should have some understanding of the solidity of concrete by now, right?"

Lord Caroline shook her head: "I have experienced the convenience of the road in your Lampari Kingdom, but I don't know exactly how the road is paved. ”

"Your Royal Highness, if you want to develop the Duchy of Drake, then the first thing I will do to you is to build roads. Xu Yizheng said. "Only by solving the problem of road traffic and ensuring the smooth and convenient transportation can we make it easier for the economy to develop. ”

"Well, the last time I went to Bonta City, I was struck by the spectacle of countless horse-drawn carriages constantly shuttling back and forth on the roads between Bonta City and several cities around Bonta City. If we become like this in the Principality of Dedrake, it means that our Principality has developed. Lord Caroline said with emotion.

"There will be this day. Xu Yidao.

"Thank you. Lord Caroline smiled sweetly at Xu Yi. "But President Xu, we seem to have taken the topic away. Or tell me first, what is the wall that you want to talk about that even the great magician can't destroy?"

Xu Yi didn't answer this question immediately, but turned to Count Satsuma and asked, "Lord of the city, do you still have an impression of the reinforced concrete structure used in the renovation project of the Sandy River?"

Count Satsuma's eyes lit up: "Of course there is an impression. What do you mean...... What kind of structure is used to forge the wall, but can that structure support the wall so high?"

"Absolutely. Xu Yi nodded. "Theoretically, with enough steel and concrete, reinforced concrete structures could even be erected all the way to the sky. ”

Lord Caroline glanced up at the sky of Thurwell City, and smiled, "President Xu, you're bragging, aren't you? ”

"Don't you believe it?" Xu Yi smiled, thinking that if you see those skyscrapers hundreds of meters high on the earth, I am afraid you will not believe your eyes.

And in fact, under Xu Yi's suggestion, President Cruise is leading the Amrité Chamber of Commerce to do the corresponding practical work, and I believe that it will not be long before there will be a real high-rise building in Bangta City that far exceeds the architectural level of the Sainz continent.

"Well, that's just theoretical. But since Xu Yi said that, I think it would be okay to use this structure to assume that a wall is high enough. Count Satsuma nodded. "But there's a very important question, how much does this kind of wall cost?"

Hearing this question, Lord Caroline also stared at Xu Yi without blinking, his eyes full of concern.

"Lord City Lord, how much does it cost to build such a wall for an average of 100 meters?" Xu Yi pointed to the city wall of Thurwell City, which had been thrown away, and asked without answering.

"The words of the city of Thurwell ......," replied the Earl of Satsuma after a moment of silence, "and not counting the labor, the cost is probably between thirty thousand and fifty thousand gold coins per hundred meters." ”

"So many?" Xu Yi was taken aback.

Instead, Lord Caroline looked at Xu Yi with an inexplicable expression: "Is this more?"

"Of course. Xu Yi immediately said. "A hundred meters costs 30,000 to 50,000 gold coins, and all the walls of Sewell City add up to at least ten kilometers, isn't that 300 to 5 million gold coins?"

"No, the total cost of the walls of the city of Sewell is about six million ducats, because you don't count the gates and the arrow towers on the walls. Count Satsuma added. "Xu Yi, do you think this cost is too high, so will the cost of the reinforced concrete city wall you mentioned be much less per 100 meters?"

Looking at the expression of disbelief but great anticipation on the face of the Caroline County Lord, Xu Yi smiled slightly: "Of course." The main body of the reinforced concrete structure is reinforced steel, and the cost of concrete is much less. According to current estimates, if a reinforced concrete wall is built three meters thick, five meters high, and 100 meters long, the total price should not exceed 10,000 gold coins. ”

"So cheap?" said both the Earl of Satsuma and the Lord Caroline, in disbelief.

But after a while, the two changed their expressions of surprise again.

Because both of them knew very well that Xu Yi would never play such a joke with them on this kind of thing.

Lord Carolyn's eyes blinked, and she asked again, "President Xu, do you have to buy all the reinforced concrete you said from your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?"

Xu Yi smiled: "Otherwise, what do you think I am doing so hard to promote the reinforced concrete structure city wall?"

Lord Caroline glanced at Xu Yi and snorted softly, "But you can't let us go all the way to Bonta City to buy it, right?"

"You're right, when we came to Therwell, the first thing we built was a cement factory, and then a steel mill. (To be continued......)