Chapter 19: Earl Stark can't hold on
Xu Yi didn't explain much to Yanis, mainly about the design and research institute.
Now the new flyers will produce more and more magic machines, and each product has begun to be divided according to different models.
For example, for the first time, there is a model differentiation is the bicycle, which is divided into male and female models, and in the following time, there will be two categories of adult models and children's models, and each category will be divided again, namely luxury version, fashion version, simple version and so on.
In terms of household magic machinery, Xu also intends to carry out this multi-model division.
For example, there are two types of magic air conditioners, single cooling magic air conditioners and cold and warm magic air conditioners, when they were just launched before, Xu Yi only set these two categories, but now with the deepening of the research of the magic research institute on the magic array of magic air conditioners, the power of cooling and heating can be adjusted, so Xu also plans to divide it into different types of power according to the specifications of air conditioners on the earth, corresponding to different needs.
The same division will be applied to various other household magic machines, so this creates a problem.
Since it is a different model of product, if you still use the same appearance, it will inevitably look too monotonous.
According to the habits on the earth, different products naturally use different shapes, not only to better distinguish different models, but also to give people more visual experience.
As a result, the two people who are currently in charge of designing the appearance of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are not enough.
Vivien is currently studying at Baron Rickato's Academy of Magic, but in fact, the time to work is not enough, which means that most of the product's appearance design work is concentrated on Annis.
Even if the elves are full of energy. But Yanise's time is always limited. So Xu also found Yanis. I hope that she can help him find a few other elves who also have the talent for appearance design in the Nightsong clan to join the design institute and assist Yanis in completing the appearance design work together.
Hearing Xu Yi's order, Yanis's face suddenly turned happy.
"President, even if you don't say it, I'd like to be prepared to ask you this question. "I don't think I've got enough time. In addition to the appearance design, I am also responsible for the greening transformation of the black rice wasteland, which is really busy. ”
"Well, that's why I thought of finding someone to help you with the work. Xu Yi nodded. "You're here today. I'll just let you know in advance. Yanis, in view of your previous good worksheet, I now appoint you as the president of the Design Institute in my capacity as the president of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, responsible for presiding over all the work of the Design Institute. ”
"Huh?" Annis was stunned. "Let me be the dean......? I'm afraid this won't work, right? President, I don't understand anything......"
"You just need to know how to design. Xu Yi said with a smile. "This time, I will leave all the recruitment personnel for the design institute to you. So whether you can find a designer who can help you depends on your own efforts. ”
Yanise thought about it, but didn't squirm, and nodded in response.
"Okay, then I'll try. ”
"That's right. Xu Yi thought for a moment. Then he asked, "By the way, I suddenly remembered a question that I had forgotten to ask." The Kingdom of Lampari is said to be much larger than the Duchy of Statein. Then there is a Moon Shadow tribe with more than 3,000 elves in the Duchy of Stantin, it doesn't make sense that there are only 1,000 elves in your Nightsong tribe in the kingdom of Lampari, right? ”
Yanise thought for a moment and shook her head slightly, "I don't know. Because I have rarely left the Rainfall Forest since I was a child, and I have never heard the elders of the tribe mention it. ”
"Alright then, I'd better ask Elder Elucia about this question later. ”
After Xu Yi explained a few more general requirements to Yanis for the recruitment of personnel in the design institute, he let Yanis leave the study and went to a wall in the study where a huge map was hung.
This map was different from the one he had hung in his factory office, and in addition to the map of the Lampari Kingdom, it also included a map of several countries around the Lampari Kingdom.
For example, the Duchy of Stantin, which Xu Yi visited, and the Kingdom of Sark, which has been at war with the Kingdom of Lampari in the north, and the Kingdom of Ruersun, which Xu Yi plans to invest heavily in.
Xu Yi's gaze swept around the map, and finally landed on the Duchy of Drake, which bordered the Kingdom of Sark and the Kingdom of Lampari at the same time in the upper right corner of the map.
Judging from what is shown on the map, the area of this Duchy of Drake is somewhat smaller than that of the Duchy of Stantin.
However, the Principality of Stantin has a special topography and is extremely remote, so in comparison, even if the area of the Duchy of Draco is smaller, the location is actually more important.
For the kingdoms of Lampari and Sark, this area is at most less than one-fifth the size of the kingdom, but it is extremely important.
If either side can get the support of the Duchy of Drake, then it will inevitably gain an absolute upper hand in the confrontation between the two sides, and it is not completely impossible to directly eliminate the other party.
"If the Duchy of Draco can be brought over, then with this huge advantage, Severny will get more support than His Royal Highness Prince Eric, right?"
Xu Yizhi pointed his finger on the city of Bonta on the map, and then drew a straight line to connect to the Duchy of Drake in the upper right corner, and roughly estimated it, and found that the distance was at least more than 700 kilometers.
This distance is of course nothing on Earth, but on the continent of Sainz, where transportation is not developed, it is an almost unattainable distance.
It is indeed unrealistic for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to take such a step forward and radiate its influence to the Duchy of Draco, which is seven hundred kilometers away.
After estimating it in his heart, Xu Yi clicked a few more points on the map.
The cities represented by these points are all in a straight line connecting the Duchy of Draco from Bonta City, and if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can gradually develop in these cities first, and then advance step by step, it is very likely that it will eventually enter the Duchy of Delaco.
"After all, it is a bit impractical to want to go to another country to develop before the foundation of the Lampari Kingdom has been laid. ”
Xu Yi sighed, and his gaze finally fell on the city of Anweimar on the map.
"It would be nice if Sevini inherited the throne now, she was so supportive of the magic industry, and we would have grown much faster in the kingdom of Lampari. It also saves me the headache of how to go to other countries every day to lay a foundation. ”
It's a pity that Xu is not good at this kind of thing, and it can almost be said that he can't do anything about it.
Even if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has developed very well now, it is not enough to intervene in the political situation of the Lampari Kingdom.
"The only thing I can do now is to let the new lord of the city experience what it is like to fail. ”
Thinking of the pained expression on the face of Count Stark when he promised to bear the cost of 3,000 farmland magic machines from the City Lord's Mansion just now, Xu Yi couldn't help but laugh.
In the previous two years, with the emergence of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the development of Bangta City has been promoted, which has led to a significant increase in the tax revenue of Bangta City, and last year, after even handing over his due share to the kingdom's treasury, he was able to balance a huge amount of more than one million gold coins.
This amount of money is already very considerable for the small city of Bang Ta City, but under Xu Yi's construction, Count Satsuma used all this money to improve the municipal construction of Bang Ta City and the long-term planning of Bang Ta City.
In fact, when Count Satsuma was still the lord of the city, although the financial income of Bunta City was large, the money spent was only more.
When the Count of Satsuma stepped down as the lord of the city, if the accounts were calculated clearly, the castle lord's mansion did not even have a single copper coin balance, and even owed a lot of arrears to many chambers of commerce in the city because various projects were started at the same time.
Taking the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as an example, the City Lord's Mansion is still in arrears of up to 170,000 gold coins.
And if we take the Amritri Chamber of Commerce, which has undertaken the most projects, as an example, according to the situation that President Cruise's Chamber of Commerce told Xu Yi, the amount owed by the City Lord's Mansion is as high as 780,000 gold coins.
If all the money owed by the City Lord's Mansion was added up, Xu Yi estimated that it would at least exceed 1.5 million gold coins.
If Bangta City had been following the momentum it had been doing before, the arrears, although they seemed high, would have been paid off in a few years.
In order to reflect his political advocacy and the stubborn old-fashioned school he represents and the will of the Stark family, he has just taken over as the city lord for less than two months, and he first forced the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to leave, and then implemented the policy of suppressing commerce and rejuvenating agriculture, and led all the chambers of commerce in Bangta City to withdraw directly from Bangta City.
The reason why Bangta City had such a high tax revenue in the first two years was that the industrial and commercial tax accounted for most of it.
Now that most of the tax revenue has been lost all of a sudden, how can the city lord's mansion have the money to cope with this huge expense.
Although the total price of 3,000 farmland magic machines is only 200,000 gold coins, which is not too much, the current City Lord's Mansion does not say 200,000 gold coins, I am afraid that it will not even be able to take out 20,000 gold coins.
And because this is the decision of the City Lord's Mansion itself, no matter how much Count Stark wants to target the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he will never say that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will bear this cost himself, because this is no different from robbery.
Xu Yi was well aware of this situation, but when Count Stark asked the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to provide three thousand farmland magic machines, he still agreed without blinking an eye.
In fact, he would rather Count Stark say something like that for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to provide for free.
Unfortunately, Earl Stark wasn't stupid enough to do that.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but let out a sneer.
"Hey, I'd like to see how long this Stark Earl can hold out. ”
At this moment, there was a crisp knock of "tuk tuk" outside the door. (To be continued......)