"Fundraising?" Xu Yi was stunned. "Lord Earl, you're soliciting donations from me, just kidding!"

"No kidding, just look at it. Count Satsuma nodded at the text in front of Xu Yi.

Xu Yi opened the text and took a look at it, and found that it was a planning document, which was aimed at the entire Bangta City.

According to this plan, Count Satsuma wanted to re-plan the scope of Bang Ta City as a whole, and closely connect the various villages outside Bang Ta City with Bang Ta City, no longer Bang Ta City is Bang Ta City, and the countryside outside the city is rural, completely two worlds.

To do this, the first thing to do is to build roads.

In the past, the main reason why ordinary villagers in the villages outside the city seemed to live in two worlds with the residents in Bangta City was that it was difficult to get around.

According to the statistics made in the planning book, there are now a total of 73 villages outside Bang Ta City, and only 34 have roads leading to Bang Ta City, and the remaining 39 villages do not have even a complete road to Bang Ta City, so that many ordinary villagers in these villages have never left the village in their lives.

So the first step in the master plan was to build a passable road that would connect all the villages to the city of Bonta.

In this way, both ordinary villagers in the village and residents in Bangta City can interact with each other.

"According to the investigation of the people I sent, there are actually a lot of valuable things hidden in the villages in the mountains and even in the wetlands, but they are all wasted in them because there is no way to transport them. Among them is the magma you mentioned to me last time. Seeing that Xu Ye had already turned the first few pages of the plan. Count Satsuma Road. "If the roads that connect these villages can be repaired, it should improve the lives of the villagers in those villages. ”

Xu Yi looked at Count Satsuma with a serious face. I almost had the illusion that I was back on Earth.

"Your Excellency, this is a good idea. But it's really hard to get there. Xu Yi was embarrassed and pointed to a map sandwiched in the planning book and said: "You see, the 34 roads that were originally connected by roads can be said to be directly renovated into roads, so that the villages can be unblocked." But these remaining villages ...... Judging from the map, most of them can build a road, but a few have no road at all. ”

"I didn't say anything about it all in one go, that's unrealistic. Count Satsuma waved his hand. "My goal is to solve the road problems of these 34 villages as the first step, so that these 30 villages can develop first. As for the other villages, we will slowly study and solve them after specific investigations in the future. ”

"That's pretty much it. Xu Yi nodded. After carefully calculating the map for a while, he smiled bitterly and said, "But Lord Earl, the nearest of these thirty-four villages is less than two kilometers away from Bonta City, and the farthest is more than twenty kilometers. If all roads are built to connect them, I am afraid that a total of 400 to 500 kilometers of roads will be built, which is ......"

"I've calculated that a total of about 460 kilometers will need to be built. According to the calculation of the Falling Rain Highway, it will cost about 900,000 gold coins in total. Count Satsuma said.

"Nine hundred thousand gold coins......" Xu Yi looked at Count Satsuma with a look of embarrassment. "Lord Earl, our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has indeed made some money. But it's impossible to take out 900,000 gold coins in one go. What's more, you're still collecting donations...... It was hard for me to convince myself and the rest of the chamber. ”

"It's not for you to give it for nothing, what are you worried about?" Count Satsuma glared at Xu Yi. "Looking for your help, of course, it is to give you benefits, don't I understand such a simple reason of life? Follow my thoughts. As long as you Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is willing to pay this money, then I can make the decision to exempt all taxes of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for one year. In addition, as long as the road is built to a village, you Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can obtain the development right of this village for three years. This means that no matter what village you Xinfei Chamber of Commerce wants to do in any village. As long as the villagers don't have an opinion, then I don't care if I kill people and set fires. ”

Xu Yi's eyes lit up: "That means those villages are just what I tossed?"

"So to speak. Count Satsuma nodded. "As for whether you can make money. How much you can earn depends on your ability. ”

Xu Yi's mind suddenly became active.

If promised the Count of Satsuma. Then the new flying chamber of commerce can first be exempted from taxes for one year.

Even according to the current profits of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, it should be able to earn at least three million gold coins in a year.

If the tax is fully exempted, you can save a minimum of 400,000 gold coins.

Then the cost of building the road was only 500,000 gold coins.

As for whether the 500,000 gold coins can be earned from those villages...... Xu Yi is still unsure, but he is confident enough to be able to do this.

"Okay, that's it. However, Lord Earl, it will take a lot of time to repair all these roads, and you can only take your time from village to village. Xu Yi thought for a while, and drew a circle with his finger on the periphery of Bangta City on the map. "I think that the first step is to set up a road network within 10 kilometers from Bangta City. Then slowly push outward, and finally realize that the whole of Bangta is connected by road. ”

"Well, that's a good idea, it's more realistic. Okay, let's do it first. But the road construction aside, let's discuss the content of the plan later. The Earl of Satsuma reached over and flipped through a few pages, clicked on a map in the plan, and said, "This is part of my plan for the outskirts of Bonta City, how about you take a look?"

Xu Yi glanced at it and couldn't help frowning: "Lord Earl, why does this look familiar?"

Count Satsuma laughed: "Of course you look familiar. This design is based on the design of the Falling Rain Valley. ”

Xu Yi suddenly realized, took a closer look, and found that this design plan is indeed very similar to the planning and design of the rain valley in many places, such as the division of industrial areas and living areas, and the construction of highway transportation networks.

But after looking at it for a while, Xu also found a problem.

"Lord Earl, you have chosen this place as an industrial area, but there are obviously two villages within this area. ”

Count Satsuma waved his hand: "Just let them move away." ”

"What about the compensation plan?"

"Compensation?" Count Satsuma looked at Xu Yi in surprise: "Let them move away, what is the compensation?"

Xu Yi was speechless for a moment, is this a forced demolition of the Sainz Continent?

After thinking about it, Xu Yi said to Count Satsuma: "Lord Earl, just hand over this project to me." President Crews and I are familiar with this kind of thing. ”

Count Satsuma glanced at Xu Yi with some surprise: "I originally just planned to let you give some advice, but now that you have offered to take on this job, of course it is good." Yes, I will leave this work to your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Amritri Chamber of Commerce to do, and I will wait for your results. ”

Xu Yi nodded in response.

He and the Count of Satsuma agreed on some general directions, and then politely declined Count Satsuma's invitation to dinner, and Xu Yi left the City Lord's Mansion at this time.

At this time, the sun is about to set, the temperature is a little lower than when it came, and a gust of wind blows, bringing a touch of coolness by the way.

The streets around the Castle Lord's Mansion are relatively quiet because of some restrictions, but as soon as you turn the corner and enter a large road next to the Castle Lord's Mansion, you will immediately notice that even though it is almost dinner time, the streets are still full of people.

All sorts of people walked up and down the streets, some as if they were lounging, but most of them looked like they were busy, as if there was a lot to be done.

There are also countless shops on both sides of the street, and on the corners of the street are also large and small vendors, each occupying a small open space, shouting desperately.

Looking at the crowded but lively scene in front of him, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh.

I remember when I first came to Bang Ta City last year, this small city is very quiet, because of its remote location, the pace of life in the whole city is extremely slow, and it seems very quiet.

Now, just a year later, the town is now a bustling scene.

According to the statistics of the city lord's office, the population of Bangta City is now more than double that of last year.

Last year, there were less than 50,000, but now there are far more than 100,000.

And this is only counting the main city inside the city walls, if you also count the people in the suburbs outside the city walls, I am afraid that the population of Bangta City is now more than twice that of the same period last year.

The reason for this situation is that the number of jobs in Bonta City has skyrocketed, and Bonta's own manpower is no longer enough to support this demand.

Coupled with the drive of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the large demand for manpower, the general salary in Bangta City is now relatively high.

As a result, people from several cities around Bonta City, including Kalmar City, Saltan City, and even Canberra City and Norton City, also came to Bonta City in search of work.

Now the city of Bonta is crowded with people from all over the city, and walking down the streets, you can always hear the continental lingua franca of Sainz with a variety of accents.

This situation always makes Xu Yi sound the lively scene of those special economic zones on the earth when they were first developed.

Of course, the scale is still much smaller.

While spinning these thoughts in his mind, Xu Yi walked in the direction of home.

Today, Steele claimed to be cooking dinner with Vivien, and Xu Yi was still looking forward to it.

As soon as he walked half the street, several carriages suddenly rolled across the road in front of him and slowly drove towards Xu Yi's side.

Xu Yi's eyes swept over and found that these carriages were all marked with the Saranke Chamber of Commerce, and his heart moved, and he walked over to several carriages. (To be continued......)