"Why not?" Xu Yi looked at Sevigny in amazement, frowned and asked, "Your Royal Highness, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is a serious Chamber of Commerce, and it is normal to go to the capital of the kingdom to open a factory, right?"

Sevini shook his head slightly: "It's not that it can't be, to be precise, the timing is wrong." ”

"The timing is wrong?" Xu Yi frowned even deeper. "Your Royal Highness, I don't understand what you mean. From my point of view, now that the development of our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's household magic machinery in Bangta City has been severely restricted by the market, it is time to vigorously explore it, how can the timing be wrong?"

"I'm not talking about commercial timing, I'm talking about other timing. Sevini glanced at Xu Yi deeply and said seriously: "Xu Yi, believe me." After seeing the changes brought to the farmland by those farmland magic machines with my own eyes, I hope that your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can develop and grow more than anyone else, so please believe me, my advice or warning to you is beneficial to you and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. ”

Looking at the sincere expression on Sevigny's face, Xu Yi pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Good. I believe you. ”

Hearing Xu Yi address himself as "you", Sevini smiled, took a breath, and said calmly: "Okay, now let's get back to business." My father has already read your plan for the construction of a national road network, and he agrees with it. In fact, Count Satsuma had already reported you about the construction of this road by your chamber of commerce, and my father expressed his concern at that time. Now he is very happy to see your plan. Compliments say that you are not only thinking about your own Chamber of Commerce, but also for the entire Lampari Kingdom. Just ......"

"It's just that the kingdom's finances really can't come up with money?" Xu Yi asked with a smile.

Sevini couldn't help but smile: "That's right. You should be well aware of the state of the Kingdom's finances. It's true that you can't spend more money to complete the road network construction plan you proposed. And for this ...... you proposed"

At this, Sevigny retracted his smile. Xiu's eyebrows furrowed deeply.

"This ...... Highway toll booth, the father said he did not agree. He said that since the highway is to be built, it is for the sake of the convenience of the people of the kingdom, so why should there be a highway toll booth and make everyone who passes on the highway pay the toll? This practice is simply the exploitation of the people of the kingdom. ”

"Exploitation?" Xu Yi laughed. "Your Royal Highness, I have deep respect and appreciation for His Majesty's love for the people of the Kingdom. But I have to say that His Majesty's understanding of highways is really a bit superficial. The establishment of road toll booths was not an exploitation of the people of the kingdom. On the contrary, it is a great policy to improve the living standards of the people of the kingdom. ”

"I know you're not the kind of money-hungry businessman, and you must have your own reasons for proposing this plan. Sevigny relaxed his expression and looked at Xu Yi calmly. "Although I am very much in favor of the establishment of highway toll booths and the collection of tolls, I would like to hear your thoughts. ”

"Her Royal Highness is indeed enlightened enough. Xu Yi nodded and said, "If you want to make this completely clear, it will take a long time, so I will briefly ask you a few questions." First, Her Royal Highness. Wouldn't it be very good for the kingdom to build a road network?"

"Yes. Although I can't fully understand the situation you described in that proposal for the time being, I am certain that the improvement in the country's traffic situation brought by the road will be of great benefit. ”

"The second question is, can't the kingdom's treasury come up with so much money to build a road transportation network?"

"Yes. ”

"The third question. Is it feasible to get private chambers of commerce to fund the construction of roads?"

"This ......," Sevini hesitated. "It is possible, but it must be strictly under the supervision of the kingdom, and after it is completed. The road is still officially owned by the kingdom. ”

"You see, now it's a simple question. Since the kingdom definitely needs to build roads to improve transportation. Moreover, the kingdom itself has no money, so it is not a normal choice to seek funding from private chambers of commerce to help build roads. As for the simultaneous establishment of toll booths. A certain toll fee is charged, which can also be regarded as compensation for the private chamber of commerce. To put it simply, it is equivalent to the kingdom's treasury making a temporary loan to the private chamber of commerce, and then repaying it with the proceeds later. Your Royal Highness, why do you and His Majesty the King feel that this plan is inappropriate?"

Sevini fell silent, pondered for a while, and said with some embarrassment: "The main reason why my father and I do not agree with this plan is ...... Collecting tolls from ordinary people ......"

"Bad reputation?" Xu Yi directly pointed out what she was thinking.

Sevigny nodded with some embarrassment.

"That's simple, when the road was built, it was publicly announced which chamber of commerce funded the construction of the road. I didn't say it before, but when I built the highway toll booth, I told everyone that this was the chamber of commerce itself and had nothing to do with anyone else. To put it simply, it is to remove His Majesty the King and the royal family from this matter, and let the chamber of commerce that built the road bear the bad reputation that comes with it. I think that in this way, it will not affect the reputation of His Majesty the King and the royal family. ”

Sevini was stunned for a moment, then stared at Xu Yi and asked very sternly: "President Xu, are you insulting me and my father?

Xu Yi smiled and waved his hand: "Your Royal Highness, in fact, you don't have to take this matter so seriously. For many chambers of commerce, in fact, as long as they make money, the so-called reputation is not important. For example, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. ”

Sevini stared at Xu Yi, the expression on his face became extremely complicated, like appreciation, regret, admiration, and even a hint of intoxication, and finally turned into a sigh: "President Xu, when you proposed this plan, did you already plan this step?"

"Pretty much. Xu Yi looked at the expression on Sevigny's face, and couldn't help but smile: "Your Royal Highness, you really don't think that this matter is a loss for me, in fact, in the long run." The benefits that Xinfei and I will gain from this are far greater than you think. ”

"I hope so. Sevigny sighed. "President Xu. I used to look down on merchants with their heads full of gold coins, but I had to admit that they did have abilities that I didn't have. And now. Not only do I admire your ability very much, but I also sincerely hope that your new flying chamber of commerce can grow stronger and stronger, or rather, make more and more money. ”

"Thank you for the blessings of Her Royal Highness, it will be. ”

This time, Severny came suddenly, in fact, the matter of discussing the construction of the road was just incidental, and the main thing was to come for the magic machine tool that the dwarves such as Canby were developing to forge armor weapons.

After nearly two months of research and development, Camby and the other dwarves finally developed three magic punching machines that were specially used to cast armor.

See with your own eyes the iron plates under the action of these magic punching machines. It was lightly stamped into various shapes, and then after a simple splicing, a suit of armor was completed, and Sevigny's eyes widened in surprise.

While in Anvimar, she had watched the craftsmen craft a suit of armor.

Even the most common standard armor can take a blacksmith nearly a full day from the beginning of iron smelting, to the final form, to the final composition of a complete piece of armor.

Sometimes there is a little problem in the middle, and it may not even be able to be completed in a day.

And now in front of Sevigny's eyes. It took less than half an hour for these magic forging machines to cast the various parts of an entire suit of armor, and then after about ten minutes of assembly by Camby, a whole suit of armor was completed.

And according to Xu Yi's introduction. This is also because of the fact that Sevini can see more clearly, and the speed of these magic forging machines has been reduced a bit.

If you go all out, you can rely on the efficiency of these magic forging machines. Fifty pieces of armor can be forged in an hour.

Even if you only work eight hours a day, you can produce a full 400 armor pairs!

"President Xu. How much does it cost to produce these armors?" Severny asked his own crucial question.

"Cost?" Xu Yi glanced at the finished armor in Camby's hand, shrugged his shoulders and said, "In addition to the cost of materials for casting the armor. That is, you need some people to operate these magic machines, and what other costs...... Well, a lot of mana crystals are also consumed. ”

Sevigny's eyes lit up: "Doesn't that almost equal to no cost?"

Xu Yi smiled slightly: "If you compare it with the blacksmith's construction, you can say so." Seeing Sevigny's incredible expression, Xu Yi said again: "Don't be surprised, Your Royal Highness, this is the power of industry." Haven't you seen it in those farmland magic machines? ”

"The power of industry?" Severny looked at the armor in Camby's hand, and involuntarily fell into deep thought.

If the new flying chamber developed these magic forging machines are put into use in large quantities, the production rate of armor and weapons will be greatly increased, and the cost will also be greatly reduced.

In this way, the soldiers of the kingdom will no longer have to worry about having no weapons to use and no armor to wear, and the combat effectiveness of the kingdom's army will naturally be greatly improved.

As long as the Lampari Kingdom has enough force, although it is not said to be compared with the two behemoths of the Candela Empire and the Maro Empire, at least it can have enough self-protection ability among the surrounding countries.

And as long as the peace of the Lampari Kingdom can be guaranteed and the entire kingdom can develop healthily and steadily, my father's hard work and efforts will not be in vain.

Thinking of the development of the kingdom, Sevigny's gaze couldn't help but fall on Xu Yi's face, who was talking to Camby.

This time in Bonta City, Sevigny found that Bonta City had once again changed dramatically.

Everyone in Bonta seems to be on the move, everyone seems to have a lot of work to do, and the whole city is full of optimism and positivity, which is completely different from the lifeless atmosphere that used to be slow due to its remote location.

When I came to the vicinity of Sanketon Manor, where the Xinfei factory is located, I found that this neighborhood had almost become a huge construction site, and there were countless large and small factory workshops scattered around Sanchiton Manor, and the roar of machines kept coming from inside.

Everyone I saw on the road was extremely busy, but they were also full of happy smiles.

What changed these people, what changed the city?

Sevini had been thinking about this question for a long time, and now after hearing Xu Yi's words, she suddenly realized.

Yes, as Xu Yi said, it is the power of industry that has changed the people of Bang Ta City, and it has also changed the whole Bang Ta City.

And where Severny could see it, the power of industry had changed Kalmar, it had changed Saltan, it was about to change Canberra, it was about to change Norton.

In the not-too-distant future, the power of industry will also change the city of Karamay, even the city of Anwemar, and eventually the entire kingdom of Lampari.

When this power spreads throughout the Lampari Kingdom, Sevini believes that the Lampari Kingdom at that time will definitely shock the whole continent! (To be continued......