Chapter 35: The Ambassador's Convoy
After the busiest time of the day passed, Marvel cleaned up the tavern, and found that there were no guests for a long time, so after thinking about it, he simply closed the door of the tavern and decided to give himself an afternoon off.
After leaving the tavern, he went straight to the construction site of the Amrley Chamber of Commerce road, not far southwest of the town.
My sister was heartbroken because of her nephew's affairs, and asked him several times to help inquire about the situation of this Amrley Chamber of Commerce, so that his nephew could have the opportunity to enter this Chamber of Commerce and get such a high salary, of course Father Marvel had to do a little more.
When I came to the construction site, I found that as the three people said, the entire construction site was on holiday, and except for a few workers who stayed behind, the other workers disappeared without a trace.
Looking up at the hot sun overhead, Daddy Marvor guessed that these workers were sleeping during the holidays, and when he looked left and right, his eyes were locked on the few workers who were left behind on duty.
Daddy Marvor walked over and took out the wine and side dishes that had been prepared long ago from his arms, intending to get close to the other party and inquire more about the situation, but the workers sternly refused.
"I'm sorry, according to the regulations, you can't drink alcohol during work hours, and we have received a few of these thoughts. The dark-faced worker, who looked like the leader of the workers, refused to accept it, and the others did not say a word.
"This ...... I'll bring it all the way, and I'm afraid it's not good to bring it back again......"
The black-faced worker smiled: "This dad, if you want to inquire about something, you can actually go directly to the supervisor." Whoa......" The black-faced worker pointed to the other side of the construction site. "See, the director is there. You go and ask him directly. It's certainly clearer than asking us. β
Daddy Marvor looked in the direction he was pointing. Sure enough, I found a man also in uniform standing in the distance, as if he was looking out into the distance of the road, waiting for something.
"He's your director?" Daddy Murwall hesitated, gritted his teeth, and walked over to the director.
As he got closer, Daddy Murwall noticed that the man was really different from the other workers.
Although he was wearing the same uniform, his uniform was noticeably cleaner. There is basically not much mud on his face, which shows that he usually does not work on the construction site.
Hearing the sound of Daddy Murver approaching, the man turned his head and glanced at Daddy Marvel, and then saw the wine and food that Daddy Marvel was carrying, and frowned slightly.
"Daddy, is there anything you can do?"
Although the man who was supposed to be in charge was obviously more majestic, his tone was very gentle and polite, which reassured Daddy Marvel a lot.
After a few words, Daddy Mavor explained his intentions.
The supervisor, who called himself Nar, gave the same answer as the three workers who had given him before. It's just that the timing is a little more detailed.
According to him, it will be a month before the Amritri Chamber of Commerce considers recruiting local workers. So I hope Daddy Murwall can wait with peace of mind.
"Don't worry, as long as your nephew is in good enough health, strong enough to have no problems, we can recruit him in. As for technical issues, he can be taught slowly at work. β
Director Nal's answer relieved Daddy Mavor.
When he was about to say goodbye, Daddy Murwall couldn't help but ask with curiosity in his heart, "Excuse me...... Who is the big guy who is going to leave here today? I can make you rather stop work for half a day than wait for him to pass. β
Director Nar smiled slightly and shook his head: "I'm sorry, it involves some secrets, and it's not convenient to disclose." β
"Oh......" Daddy Murwall could only nod helplessly and leave.
Looking at the back of Daddy Mavall's departure, as well as the wine bottle dangling in his hand and the cloth bag wrapped in fresh beef, Director Nar couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
Although he did not think that Ambassador Hakanin wanted to know what kind of information needed to be kept secret, out of caution, this information should not be freely disclosed to an outsider who had nothing to do with it.
As for the recruitment of workers that Daddy Murver asked about just now, in fact, Director Nar was more anxious than him.
It has been more than three months since the Duchy of Norton was paved this road, but so far, it has only been paved for less than fifty kilometers, which is undoubtedly very inefficient.
The main reason for this inefficiency, in addition to the fact that it takes time to transport all kinds of materials needed to pave roads in the Duchy of Norton, is the lack of manpower.
Since seeing the economic boom of the Lampari Kingdom, the surrounding countries are all deeply aware of the importance of building roads and directing traffic to the economic growth of a country, and all the Amritri Chamber of Commerce has received countless orders for the construction of roads from several surrounding countries in recent years, and all the construction teams of the Amritri Chamber of Commerce are busy all year round.
And because the Principality of Norton and the Amrley Chamber of Commerce have only just started cooperation, the scale of the construction team sent over is not large, and the total number of workers is less than a hundred, so it naturally seems a little stretched.
It would be nice if the Amrley Chamber of Commerce could reach an agreement with the Duchy of Norton and allow the AmritΓ© Chamber of Commerce to recruit workers locally, but because it was the first time that they cooperated with each other, the Duchy of Norton was extremely cautious, and it took months to make up their minds, so that Director Nar could only rely on the dozens of people in the construction team to complete the work.
Fortunately, according to the latest news, President Cruise has personally come out to meet with Archduke Norton, and has made great progress.
If nothing else, in a month's time, the Duchy of Norton should be able to reach an in-depth cooperation agreement with the Amrley Chamber of Commerce.
At that point, the Amritri Chamber of Commerce will be able to recruit local workers to assist in the work.
Although these newly recruited workers are not able to perform many of the tasks that require a certain amount of skill, they can reduce the workload of skilled workers in the construction team, so that they can focus on the main technical work, which can naturally greatly improve the efficiency of road paving.
"It's so hard to work with the tiny Duchy of Norton, but wouldn't it be even more difficult to work with the Candela Empire?"
Director Nar frowned as he pondered these questions as he continued to look into the distance at the road that had been repaired.
After about half an hour, a black dot appeared at the far end of the road, which turned into a large convoy a moment later.
Feeling the sound of rumbling wheels crashing against the road in the air, Director Nar was taken aback.
Although he had long heard that Ambassador Hakanin would bring back a lot of things when he returned to the Candela Empire this time, he never expected that Ambassador Hakanin would actually bring a huge convoy composed entirely of large freight magic locomotives!
Looking at the pure black magic car at the front of the convoy that was responsible for opening the road, Director Nar was a little speechless.
The ambassador seemed to be accustomed to driving in the kingdom of Rulsun, and did not think of any other place where there were many smooth roads like the kingdom of Rulson where the magic car could be driven.
For example, in the Principality of Norton, even next to the road they are paving and installing, which claims to be the largest and best arterial road in the Principality of Norton, the road condition is ridiculously poor.
Even if the magic car could walk on it, it would be extremely uncomfortable to bump.
On the contrary, the large freight magic locomotive, with its overweight body and huge tires, can drive on such a bad road without hindering.
After a while, the leading magic car drove to the end of the road that had been repaired, and stopped right in front of Director Nar.
The door opened, and the fat Ambassador Hakanin struggled out of the cab, and next to him, in the passenger seat, stepped down Riley, who had now been promoted to vice president of the Amrley Chamber of Commerce.
"I've seen the Ambassador. Despite the insults in his heart, Director Nar respectfully saluted Ambassador Hakanin before turning to Vice President Riley.
"Nal, how is the work going here?" asked Vice President Riley.
"It's pretty smooth. It's just that there is a shortage of manpower, and it has not been able to speed up. Director Nar replied truthfully.
"Well, don't worry, the elder said, this road Norton Principality is not in a hurry, then we don't need to be in a hurry. With that, Vice President Riley turned to Ambassador Hakanin. "Your Excellency, if the Candela Empire is willing to give our Chamber of Commerce enough support, our Chamber of Commerce will pave roads much faster. Even if you ask for it, you can lay 100 kilometers a month. β
Ambassador Hakanin nodded, noncommittal.
This time, he returned to the Candela Empire halfway, mainly to bring back a large number of household magic machines from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
As long as he could sell all these household magic machines, he would be able to make a huge profit of at least 200,000 gold coins.
In comparison, how could he bother with such a trivial matter as the speed at which the Amrley Chamber of Commerce laid the road.
Thinking of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, Ambassador Hakanin suddenly thought of a question, looked left and right, and asked suspiciously: "Didn't I hear that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is going to invest in the Duchy of Norton? Why haven't I seen the logo of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce all this way?"
Vice President Riley shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, I'm afraid your news has been invalidated. Because of the previous change in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the Duchy of Norton has canceled the cooperation plan with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. From what I know, the Duchy of Norton is planning to cooperate with several chambers of commerce in the Lampari Kingdom that also produce magical machinery, inviting them to come and invest. β
"Hey, what does this Duchy of Norton think? Don't cooperate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, but go to other chambers of commerce, isn't it asking for trouble. Ambassador Hakanin pursed his lips with a look of disdain. "I wonder if the Grand Duke of Norton suddenly had a bad brain?"
Vice President Rice and Director Nar smiled at each other, thinking that after this Ambassador Hakanin received the benefits of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he was really thinking about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce everywhere.
Perhaps if the Amrri Chamber of Commerce wants to cooperate with the Kandela Empire, it should also invest more in this Hakanin ambassador. (To be continued......)