The opening ceremony of the Bangka Highway itself did not deserve much attention, the only highlight was probably the simple speech that Her Royal Highness Sevigny gave after the Count of Satsuma had spoken.

Although Her Royal Highness did not say much, and most of them congratulated the opening of the Bangka Highway, but from these words, she clearly revealed a very important message.

That is, His Majesty the King was very sure of the private chamber of commerce's investment in the construction of roads, and clearly expressed his support.

As a result, the representatives of the major chambers of commerce present suddenly became excited.

Now that this matter has the clear support of the royal family of the kingdom, it proves that there is a lot to be done.

The next thing that needs to be seen is whether the new flying chamber of commerce can make money from this road.

This doubt was dispelled as soon as one of Filson's carriages returned to Bonta City.

Because the carriage departed from Bonta City at the beginning of the ceremony, and now after a round trip, it took less than a morning!

All businessmen understand that time is money.

Before the Bangka Highway was built, it was less than 60 kilometers from Bonta City to Kalmar City, but even the fastest horse-drawn carriage would have taken more than half a day to get there.

And now that the Bangka Highway is opened, it only takes less than a morning to make a round-trip trip, and when converted into a one-way trip, it will even take less than two hours!

Compared to before, this undoubtedly saves a lot of time.

Not to mention the fact that in the past, when a horse-drawn carriage had traveled 60 kilometers on that gravel and dirt road, it almost had to tear the whole person apart and replace it with cargo. In order to protect the integrity of the goods, this speed can only be reduced to a very low level. It would take a whole day to get on a run.

However, now because of the flat concrete floor on the Bangka road, there is no bump in the carriage running on it.

In addition, this time, the horse-drawn carriage of Filson Carriage also replaced the previous traditional wooden wheels with new tires developed and manufactured by the Xinfei Chamber. Not only does it reduce the vibration of the carriage, but it also makes the carriage run extremely light and much faster.

If it weren't for the new tyres, it would not have been possible to make a round trip between Bonta and Kalmar in just one morning, even on the incredibly flat concrete surface of the Bangka Highway.

As a result, after the Bonta Daily published a feature on the new tyres, a new wave immediately emerged in Bonta City and several surrounding cities: changing the tires of horse-drawn carriages.

In just half a month, all the horse-drawn carriages running in the streets and alleys of Bangta City and several surrounding cities have been replaced with new tires produced by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.

Now, if any family's private carriage still uses the previous wooden wheels, it will not even have the face to pull out to meet people!

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One night in mid-September. Once again, the Lord's Mansion held a banquet, inviting almost all the presidents of the chambers of commerce in Bonta City and all the nobles to attend.

"President Xu, I really admire you so much!" President Pombery, the president of the Filson Carriage and Horse Company, raised the wine glass in his hand, touched it with Xu Yi, and exclaimed heartily: "Since the establishment of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, no matter what you develop, it will cause a buying frenzy in Bonta City and the surrounding cities. Forget about the magic machinery before, after all, your new flying chamber of commerce has always been concentrating on these things. I can't imagine that you can take out a tire so casually and actually cause a craze. ”

Xu Yiyao shook his head: "President Pompeiry." Don't underestimate tires, they don't just come out of the way. You see, although it looks like it's just a set of wires, it actually contains a lot of layers of various things. The pads alone made the Armani Chamber of Commerce go back and forth countless times before I was satisfied. Because of this, President Vincent has complained to me countless times that I am too critical. ”

Seriously, actually. The most important part of a tire is, of course, the outer tyre.

However, on the continent of Sainz, Xu has never found the existence of a rubber tree. I had thought about making zuò tires before, but there was no rubber. I had no choice but to give up.

Later, when the elves of the Night Song tribe experimented with strange formulas of various resins according to Xu Yi's request, they inadvertently tested a special resin that was very close to the characteristics of processed rubber.

This resin comes from a plant that the elves call tear fruit.

When the fruit of this plant is ripe, it will form a round fruit the size of a human head, and when you crack it, it will flow white sap.

And this sap is fused with several kinds of grass foam pollen, and then processed with the special magic of the elves, it will become this special resin.

The properties of this resin are very similar to that of processed rubber, and Xu immediately thought of using it to make tires.

Eventually, after a series of related realities, the elves of the Nightsong tribe succeeded in making the outer tire.

Of course, the storage of this special resin is a secret of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and Xu will naturally not disclose it to President Pompei.

Hearing Xu Yi mention President Vincent, President Pomberg laughed: "But now that the tires are selling so well, their Armani Chamber of Commerce will definitely make a lot of money, and President Vincent will definitely not blame you anymore." ”

Xu Yi smiled, looked at President Vincent who was chatting with several nobles in the distance, and thought to himself that compared to the countless repeated tests he asked the Armani Chamber of Commerce to repeat the pad belt, what President Vincent wanted to complain about the most was probably that until now, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had not been able to develop the magic loom he needed.

However, there is no way to do it, the current R&D personnel of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are really limited, and there are too many things that need to be developed, so Xu Yi can only concentrate on selecting the things that need to be developed most at present.

Compared with cotton spinning, which is not very important at present, it is obvious that it is more important to solve the problems of energy harvesting and processing, road engineering construction, etc., which are the most important things for the industrial system.

"By the way, President Xu, I haven't thanked you yet. President Pompei said suddenly.

"Hmm, thank me for what?" Xu Yi said.

"Of course, thank you for making a request to Her Royal Highness on my behalf. Now Her Royal Highness has promised me that she can sell me the horses that cannot be used in the military at the royal family's horse farm. Although the price is a little expensive, for our carriage and horse dealership, how many horses we can have means how many carriages we can make and how much business we can do. President Pombéry replied with a blushing face.

"It's nothing, I just mentioned it to Her Royal Highness in passing. Xu Yi waved his hand, not caring much. Then he asked curiously, "By the way, President Pompeiy, how much does it usually cost you to buy a horse?"

"I can't say for sure. The quality of the horses is different, and the price varies a lot. The best type of BMW costs hundreds of thousands of gold coins if it is not good, and our chamber of commerce cannot afford it. Generally speaking, the best horses were mostly supplied to the kingdom's military, except for those raised privately by the great nobles. Our chamber of commerce uses low-quality horses, usually around one hundred to two hundred gold coins. President Pompei replied.

"One hundred to two hundred gold coins?" Xu Yi thought for a while, and then asked, "Then if you can be given something to replace these horses, and it can also make the carriage travel faster, double or even triple the current speed, how much are you willing to spend on it?"

President Pombéry looked at Xu Yi in astonishment, paused, suddenly widened his eyes, and excitedly stretched out his hand to grab Xu Yi's shoulder and said, "President Xu, are you saying it is true? Is ......there really such a thing? No, I'd definitely buy a 300 gold coin!"

Xu Yi was a little speechless, the last time he heard about such a thing as tires, this Pompeii president was also so excited, and now he heard that he just revealed such a little meaning, and he was so excited.

He's still the president of a big chamber of commerce, so it's so easy to make a fuss?

"This ...... It has not yet been developed, and it is still in its early stages. Xu Yi pushed President Pompei's hand away and replied.

"Not yet. The look of excitement on President Pompei's face instantly turned to disappointment. "That's a shame. This kind of thing is so important to us at Filson, President Xu, can you tell me when I will be able to develop it?"

Xu Yi shrugged: "I can't answer you." It's very complex, and it's far from easy to develop. ”

President Pombéry thought about it, and Zhengse said to Xu Yi, "That's good." President Xu Yi, when this thing you said is developed, you must notify me in advance, and give us the priority to sell it to Filson, is that okay?"

"We'll talk about that then. Xu Yi replied vaguely.

Engine research and development is indeed very difficult, Xu Yi is not even sure if he can succeed in research and development, and how can he agree to him lightly.

Besides, if the engine is really successfully developed, then the use is too extensive, and Xu Yi will certainly not have any priority in this.

Seeing Xu Yi's vague answer, President Pompeii frowned, and wanted to say more, but found that at this time, Count Satsuma had already walked out surrounded by the crowd, so he could only shut up immediately and set his eyes on Count Satsuma.

Under the gaze of everyone, Count Satsuma slowly walked up to the stage in the middle of the banquet hall, looked left and right, raised his wine glass, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, welcome to this banquet about how to better renovate the city of Bonta. (To be continued......)