Even though she was far away from the toll booth, Sophia's pretty face still had deep disdain and disgust.

Kennard and Baron Haynas were laughing and talking, not caring at all, but discussing whether the fee for fifty silver coins for a carriage was expensive or cheap.

Seeing that the two of them didn't pay attention to themselves at all, Sophia finally couldn't help it and snorted heavily on purpose.

"Hmph! The highway was built to make it easier for others to walk, and they still have to collect money, it's too much!" Sophia widened her eyes with a look of righteous indignation. "It's a shame that you just praised that guy named Xu Yi, I heard that he came up with the idea of building a toll station to build a highway and a toll station, right? This person is so greedy that he is simply dead!"

Baron Haynath and Kennard looked at each other and shook their heads with a smile.

"Sophia, I want to ask you a question. Filson had invested more than 400,000 gold in the construction of the road, and if they didn't build a toll booth, where would they recoup that investment?" asked Baron Haynas.

"Why do you have to take it back?" said Sophia. "Since building roads is a great thing that can make it easier for so many people, why should everyone rush to do it? Since the Filson Carriage and Horse Company was willing to pay for the construction, many people would praise them for doing good deeds. Why do they have to build such a toll booth and be scolded by so many people?"

Kennard sighed softly, shook his head, and said, "Sophia, you will soon be eighteen years old, and you are not young, can you not think like a child in the future?" If Filson Motors and Horses didn't build this toll booth, then they would have done a great good thing. It will be praised by many people. But you can't expect all the chambers of commerce in our kingdom to be so selfless, can you? If everybody sees that building roads isn't beneficial, how many chambers of commerce do you think will be willing to pay for it?"

Sophia was a little dismayed. But she wasn't stupid, and of course she understood what Kennard said, but she was still a little unconvinced.

"400,000 gold coins is nothing to a chamber of commerce of their size, isn't it good to take it out to build a road for everyone to use for free? ”

"No one's money fell from the sky, so why would you ask someone else to take it out for no reason and contribute to everyone?" Kennard said. "The other 400,000 gold coins is definitely not a small amount, even if it is a very good chamber of commerce in our kingdom like Filson's Carriage and Horse Company, it takes a lot of courage to spend such money on the construction of roads at one time. Speaking of which, the president of the Filson Carriage and Horse Shop is still very courageous. would choose to build a road at the same time as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Well, Xu Yi praised this President Pompeian in his letter to me, saying that although he is a person who is prone to making a fuss, his vision is still very commendable. Baron Hainas nodded in response, turned to Sophia and said, "Sophia, you just said that many people have scolded this toll booth, but do you know that it was actually our honorable king who should bear this infamy." Instead of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and Filson?"

Sophia was stunned: "What does this have to do with His Majesty the King? ”

"You're right. Seriously, it was really His Majesty the King who made them charge. Kennard replied. "Building roads and improving the travel environment of the people should be the work of a country's rulers, but now our kingdom is short of money. His Majesty the King could not afford to spend so much money on the construction of roads. At this time, Xu Yi was able to propose such a near-perfect solution to this problem, seriously. I really have a lot of respect for him. ”

"He just wants to make money off of this thing, what is there to admire!" Sophia immediately disagreed.

"If he's just here to make money. Then this toll will not be just a carriage, only fifty silver coins. If it were me, it would probably have increased this price several times. Because after experiencing the thrill of running on the road. I don't think anyone will ever want to let a carriage walk on that tattered dirt road again. Kennard said. "Sophia, would you like to?"

Sophia wanted to continue to refute, but now that they were galloping down the road in a carriage, they didn't feel the slightest bump in their butts, and their comfort was far stronger than when they ran on the dirt road before, and she couldn't tell a lie with her conscience.

Seeing that Sophia was speechless, Kennard smiled, and did not intend to continue to force her to admit her mistakes, turned his head to the middle-aged man who was sitting opposite but had not made a sound: "Uncle Hank, when you return to Anweimar City, you must rebuild yì to your father Zheng, and we will also build a few roads ourselves." I'm sure these roads will make a lot of money in the future. ”

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded: "I have this idea." Having personally inspected the comfort and convenience of the road, I am now very optimistic about the future of the road. I even think that, if nothing else, it will only take a few years for our Lampari kingdom to be connected everywhere by road. ”

"It would be great if it did turn out like that. Kennard said with emotion: "I can fully imagine that the highway can provide such a convenient transportation environment, and when the kingdom is connected by roads, there will be countless horse-drawn carriages running back and forth on these roads, and the whole kingdom will be lively." ”

Hearing Kennard, Baron Haynas, and Uncle Hank discuss business again, Sophia suddenly became bored, pouted, lifted the curtains, and leaned down on the window of the carriage to look at the scenery outside.

At this time, she once again felt the benefits of the road.

If she dared to put her head on the string of the car window on such a potholed dirt road, she would soon be dizzy and dizzy, and maybe bite her tongue out from the frequent bumps.

And now I just sat on it, but I only felt a very slight vibration from the window, which had no effect at all.

Travel on a flat road. Naturally, the speed of the carriage was much faster.

It wasn't long before Sophia saw a huge iron sign on the side of the road. The bottom of the top is painted blue, but there are two rows of large letters written in white paint.

Welcome to Bonta City

Have a nice stay in Bonta City

Sophia was a little surprised.

They came all the way from the city of Anwemar. I passed through several cities on the way, but it was the first time I had seen such a sign on the side of the road.

The sign is so eye-catching that it's hard to ignore.

That alone gave Sophia a crush on the city of Bonta that she had never been to before.

After the carriage entered the boundaries of Bonta City, the scenery on both sides of the road also changed significantly.

When you are still in the city of Saltan, you can see farmland on both sides of the road from time to time, but there are still many places in a barren state.

Although the situation is much better than the large wasteland that Sophia saw in other cities in the Lampari Kingdom, it is still much inferior to Bonta City.

The carriage had just walked past the huge blue sign. A large expanse of brilliant golden yellow rushed over him.

As far as the eye could see, both sides of the road were covered with wheat.

Because it was already the autumn harvest season at this time, all the wheat in the fields had produced heavy ears of wheat, which were endless in the fields.

Sophia was surprised.

When she was a student at the Royal Academy of Lampari, she also took some political and agricultural classes, and knew that the kingdom of Lampari was now short of manpower, and the director was very short of manpower to cultivate the farmland, so that many fertile fields were forced to be barren.

And this city of Bangta is clearly located on the edge of the kingdom. It is a very small city, and it is able to cultivate the farmland under its name so fully, so that she can see such a spectacular harvest scene.

Sophia thought it was just an isolated phenomenon at first, but when the carriage continued along the road in the direction of Bonta City. She found that the farmland on both sides of the road was endless, and as far as the eye could see, it was as if all the parts of the city of Bonta had been reclaimed and wheat had been planted.

"So much wheat. You can't reap the harvest alone, can you?" Sophia muttered to herself.

"How can you not reap the harvest?" said Baron Haynas with a smile. "Don't forget that Bangta City is the stronghold of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and now it has popularized farmland magic machinery. Not to mention the farmland in Bonta City. I even heard from Xu Yi that some farmers in Bangta City have set up a small business association that specializes in harvesting for others, and plans to go to the surrounding cities to help others harvest during the autumn harvest. ”

"It's the ...... of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce again," Sophia muttered. Turning his head to look out the window again, he was too angry to pay attention to Baron Haynas.

But as soon as his eyes jumped out of the window, he saw an even bigger iron sign erected on the side of the road in front of him.

And on this huge iron plaque, there is a peerless beauty with bright eyes and bright teeth and picturesque eyebrows.

The beauty wore a pearl necklace around her neck, each bead of the exact same size, and two sparkling amethyst earrings on her ears.

Although the necklace and earrings are exquisitely crafted and can be seen as precious jewelry, they cannot hide the beauty of all its glory.

It can even be said that it is precisely because of the two jewels that they are worn on the neck and ears of this beautiful woman that they become so scorching.

"What is this?" asked Sophia, pointing to the huge iron plate in surprise.

Baron Haynas poked his head out from Sophia's side and glanced at it, the expression on his face seemed to be a little puzzled.

"Saranc jewelry, make women more sparkling?, strangely, Miss Steele did not advertise for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, but for Saranke. What's going on?"

"Miss Steele, is that the beauty up there?" asked Sophia, curious.

"Yes, she's beautiful, isn't she?" said Baron Haynas.

Sophia glanced at the iron plaque that was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but nodded: "Well, it's really beautiful, if only I could be so beautiful." But Henus, this is a painting, it can't be so beautiful in real people, right?"

"No, I can assure you that Miss Steele's real life is even more beautiful than the painting. Baron Haynas glanced at Sophia, who was a little unconvinced, and a playful smile suddenly appeared on his face. "And I have something to tell you about Miss Steele. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Miss Steele is now Xu Yi's girlfriend. ”

The expression on Sophia's face immediately became extremely exciting. (To be continued......)