Starting from the small town of Samara to the Duchy of Stantin, you actually have to pass through a section of the Black Rice Wasteland, but the direction is just the opposite to going to the Worrall werewolf tribe.

Although Ankru was very enthusiastic about Xu Yi's arrival, he did not make it too grandiose, and only brought a few assistants and three carriages.

Originally, he expected Xu Yi to bring many assistants to investigate, but he didn't expect Xu Yi to bring anyone, only Yanis and an elf as assistants, so the three carriages were simply empty.

After about 50 kilometers of walking through the Black Rice Wasteland, Xu Yi felt that the terrain was gradually sinking, while the air temperature around him gradually began to rise.

Just after leaving the typical barren scene of the Black Rice Wasteland and walking into a forest, Xu Yi felt a little hot and unbearable, and couldn't help but take off his thick fur coat.

Seeing Xu Yi's movements, Anklu, who was in the same carriage as Xu Yi, said with a smile: "President Xu, you are the first time to come to our Duchy of Stantin, I'm afraid you are not familiar with the climate of our Duchy. In fact, the climate of our principality is different from that of most countries on the continent. There hasn't been any chilly time here all year round, and even though it's winter, the temperature is actually a little higher than the spring and autumn in your Lampari Kingdom. ”

Xu Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded: "I feel it." Judging from this topography, your Duchy of Stantin is probably still in a basin, plus it is close to the sea, and it is almost the southernmost part of the entire continent, so it is not surprising that there is such a climate. ”

Ankru was a little surprised: "It seems that President Xu is also very proficient in geography." It's really capable of anything. No wonder Her Royal Highness Sevigny praises you every time she mentions you. ”

"Your Royal Highness mentioned me in front of you?" Xu Yi asked in amazement.

Ankru smiled slightly: "At first, I mentioned it to Her Royal Highness, but I didn't expect that as soon as President Xu was mentioned, Her Royal Highness immediately talked about it. In front of me, he kept praising President Xu, and I highly respected him. It was precisely these words of Her Royal Highness that strengthened my confidence in coming to President Xu. ”

Xu Yi's mind flashed the figure of Sevigny, and he smiled: "If I don't have as good as Her Royal Highness said, won't you run for nothing?"

"No, I have been to the Kingdom of Lampari many times, and I have had the privilege of coming into contact with Her Royal Highness many times. But it was the first time I had seen Her Royal Highness respect a person so much. I had already done some investigations on President Xu and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce before, and Her Royal Highness Wang Nu's affirmation of President Xu only strengthened my confidence. It doesn't affect my decision. ”

"You're so gracious. Xu Yi waved his hand, thought for a moment, and said, "Mr. Ankru, in fact, until now. I still don't understand what you want from me and our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? We're just a small Chamber of Commerce after all. I'm afraid it won't do much to change the situation in the entire Duchy of Stantin. ”

"Change starts little by little. "Ankru is right. "The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce may not be the largest Chamber of Commerce in the Lampari Kingdom, but it is the Chamber of Commerce with the most ability to change the status quo. I have carefully studied your Chamber of Commerce, and found that the reason why Bangta City and the cities around Bangta City have been able to make such great changes can be said to be completely because of the emergence of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. So I think that as long as the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, or President Xu, you are invited to our Duchy of Stantin, then it will definitely be able to bring about some changes. ”

Seeing the determined look on Ankru's face, Xu Yi smiled bitterly: "Mr. Ankru." I'm confident that I can make some changes to the Duchy of Stantin, but that's what you say. It makes me feel so stressed. ”

Ankru smiled slightly: "President Xu, are you a person who will be afraid of pressure?"

Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders: "Okay, I'm really not afraid, and I even hope that there will be pressure, because I have always believed that when there is pressure, there is motivation." Well...... Now that there's pressure, let's talk about how to turn it into motivation. Mr. Ankru, I would like to start by asking a question, what about the road traffic around the three mines that Grand Duke Standin intends to sell to our Chamber of Commerce?"

Without hesitation, Ankru replied: "The two iron mines are connected by more than one road, and the copper mines are not connected by a complete road for the time being, because they have only been left there and not taken care of them." ”

"No road at all?" Xu Yi couldn't help frowning.

In fact, among the two iron mines and one copper mine that the Duchy of Stantin planned to sell him, Xu Yi valued this copper mine the most.

Now that the research and development of generators has been initially successful, the next step must be to continue to develop large-scale generator sets, and then gradually promote electricity.

And if you want to promote electricity, the demand for copper will be extremely high.

There is not enough copper ore in the Lampari Kingdom for the time being, and there is no large amount of copper ore in the non-ferrous metal vein near the Worrall Werewolf Tribe, so Xu Yi can only pin his hopes on this copper mine in the Principality of Stantin.

If the road conditions around the mine were too poor, it would greatly affect his plans.

Seeing the expression on Xu Yi's face, Ankru hurriedly said, "Please rest assured, President Xu." Although there is no road connection to the copper mine for the time being, almost all of our Principality of Stantin is plain, and the terrain near the copper mine is very flat, so it will not cause much difficulty in mining. ”

"Hmm...... If that's the case, that's fine. As long as a road can be easily built, everything else is easy to say. Xu Yi nodded.

"Speaking of building roads...... Ankru hesitated for a moment and asked, "President Xu, do you plan to build roads in our principality?"

Xu Yi was stunned: "Shouldn't building a highway be your principality's own business?

The smile on Ankru's face was a little embarrassed: "This...... The cost of building a road is too high for our principality to afford. ”

Xu Yi looked at Ankru with some incredulity: "Even if you build a 100-kilometer road, it will cost less than 300,000 gold coins." Why can't you afford it?"

The smile on Ankru's face was even more embarrassed: "Actually...... If you say it, I'm not afraid that you will be ridiculed, President Xu, our principality's fiscal revenue for the whole of last year was less than 200,000 gold coins......"

Xu Yi was speechless.

Although he had long known from various information that the national strength of the Duchy of Stantin was very weak, Xu Yi did not expect it anyway. It's so weak.

For a dignified principality, the annual financial income is less than 200,000 gold coins! It is not even as good as the current profit of half a month of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce!

It is no wonder that Ankru, a close confidant of the Grand Duke of Stanting, and a prominent figure in the Principality of Stantin, would be so cordial when facing Xu Yi, and even a little low-voiced.

There is a saying on the earth that money is heroic courage.

This Duchy of Stantin is so poor, of course Ankru can't show how hard he is in front of Xu Yi.

Looking at the embarrassed smile on Ankru's face, Xu couldn't help but think of the way officials from those backward regions of the earth looked when they faced investors from developed regions.

Perhaps in the Anglo now. Xu Yi is the God of Wealth who was finally invited, of course, he has to try his best to keep Xu Yi for investment, so he is so polite and enthusiastic.

But think about it. Even the Lampari Kingdom, which is much stronger than the Duchy of State, counted less than two million gold coins last year, and the Duchy of Stanting can have 200,000 gold coins a year, which is actually quite good......

Xu Yi sighed secretly in his heart. On the surface, he nodded quietly and said, "Okay." When I see the mines, I will consider whether I need to build a road. After all, if we can have a normal road connection, it will also be very helpful for us to mine mines. ”

Hearing Xu Yi's tone loosen, Ankru immediately softened, and hurriedly nodded and smiled: "As long as President Xu has needs, then everything is negotiable." ”

Xu Yi glanced at Ankru and thought to himself that if I can come up with enough money, do you still plan to sell the entire Duchy to me?

As soon as the carriage left the Black Rice Wasteland. It can be regarded as entering the confines of the Duchy of Stantin.

As the temperature rises, so does the surrounding landscape.

When it started. The roads are lined with deciduous trees that can be found everywhere in the kingdom of Lampari, but it wasn't long before they were replaced by a variety of tropical plants with distinctly tropical climate characteristics.

Xu Yi has traveled to the Sainz continent for nearly five years, and knows that there are many differences between this continent and the earth, but there are also many places that are very similar.

For example, in terms of plants, there are many plants on the Sainz continent that Xu Yi has never seen or heard of on the earth, but most of the plants on the earth are also found on the Sainz continent.

For example, Xu Yi observed the various tall trees on both sides of the road through the window of the carriage, and soon found a large area of banana trees, mango trees, and pineapple trees......

As far as the eye can see, tall coconut trees can be seen.

Xu Yi looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but point to these plants and ask Ankru, "Your Duchy of Stantin obviously has so many precious resources, why is the financial revenue so small?"

"Precious resources?" Ankru asked in amazement. "Where's the precious?"

"Isn't it precious? If nothing else, you can make a lot of money just by selling all kinds of fruit produced by so many fruit trees to other places. ”

"You mean these fruits?" Ankru smiled wryly as he looked at the fruits and vegetables Xu Yi was pointing to. "President Xu, in fact, we also know that these fruits will definitely be popular with people in other countries, but the problem is ...... How do you get it out?"

Seeing Ankru's helpless expression when he spread his hands, Xu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.

After all, this continent is not the earth, and it does not have the super transportation capacity of the earth that can transport things from one end of the earth to the other in a day or two for sale.

Although these tropical fruits are very good, the current transportation capacity of the Isaine continent, not to mention the distance, just to transport them to the nearest Lampari Kingdom, I am afraid that these fruits will all rot on the way.

Xu Yi blamed the Duchy of Stantin for guarding Baoshan in the air and not knowing how to use it, which is really unreasonable.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi calmed down, thought for a while, and said to Ankru: "What do you think if I have the ability to keep these fruits fresh and shipped out?"

Ankru's eyes lit up immediately, he slapped his thigh sharply, and shouted in surprise: "Look, President Xu, this is what I just said, you will definitely bring changes to our Duchy of Stantin!" (to be continued......)