Building roads was something that cost a lot of money.
On Earth, most of the time, the construction of roads was mainly funded by the government and supplemented by private capital. It was very rare for private capital to completely build a road.
This was because the road network could be considered the main artery of a country, its importance was self-evident. If it wasn't controlled by the government, it would be very easy for there to be large problems.
If possible, Xu Yi naturally hoped that the road network he had in mind would be funded by the Lampari Kingdom.
But the fact was that the Lampari Kingdom's finances weren't good. The large companies and nobles of the kingdom were rich, but the kingdom's finances didn't have any money.
This was reflected in Banta City. The City Lord, Count Samo, and the chairmen of the large companies could live luxurious lives, but Banta City's finances didn't have any money left.
To use this kind of poor finances to support the cost of building roads, it was clearly impossible.
So Xu Yi immediately gave up on the idea of having Banta City or the Lampari Kingdom pay for the roads and decided to do it himself.
Viscount Leslie's advice before leaving could be considered a warning to Xu Yi. This made him have no confidence in continuing to expand the company's factory on Viscount Leslie's or rather the Stagg Family's territory, so he had to develop the Falling Rain Valley.
Although the Falling Rain Valley's location wasn't bad, being at the intersection of the Falling Rain Forest and the Hengduan Mountain Range, it was easier to establish contact with the elves of the Night Song Forest, the Norma Tribe, the Angola Tribe, and the other dwarven tribes, but it was still fifty kilometers away from Banta City. If they wanted to develop, they had to guarantee transportation, so they had to build a road to Banta City first.
This road was estimated to be around fifty to fifty five kilometers long. According to the Amrit Chamber of Commerce's price of sixty silver coins per square meter, a three meter wide, fifteen centimeter thick concrete road that could accommodate two horse carriages, including the cost of building the road, would cost around one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.
It should be said that this price wasn't high for a road that was fifty kilometers long, but it was equal to all of the cash flow of the New Flyer. Xu Yi naturally couldn't pay it all in cash.
"Isn't that simple? We'll use the old method and use the cement to pay."
Chairman Cruz patted his chest and said to Xu Yi with a heroic look, "We're all old friends, I trust you, Chairman Xu.
Our company can help you with this project and we can slowly pay you, I'm not in a rush, ha, ha ….. "
Xu Yi looked at him, thinking that he wasn't in a rush.
According to chairman Cruise's plan, he wanted Xu Yi to spend more money on this road. That way, the Amrit Chamber of Commerce could continue monopolizing the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's cement and expand their lead in the construction industry.
Of course, Xu Yi wouldn't reject this method.
He wasn't willing to pay in cash, so using cement to pay was an acceptable method.
After the Norma Tribe's cement workshop had been in production for a while, the dwarves had gradually grasped the technology to produce cement. Adding in the Magic Pulverizer that New Flyer had developed, the Norma Tribe's cement production had increased. It had gone from three thousand tons of cement a month to seven thousand tons of cement a month.
With the other two cement workshops that the Angola Tribe and the Norman Tribe worked on, New Flyer's monthly cement production would be over twenty thousand tons!
According to the price of six gold coins per ton of cement that Xu Yi and chairman Cruz had agreed on, in just a month or two, New Flyer would be able to use cement to pay for this road project.
Of course, if Xu Yi sold the cement publicly, the price would definitely be over six gold coins per ton, which would give him more profit.
But New Flyer needed to do too many construction projects right now, so they couldn't leave the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce. Xu Yi was happy to use cement to maintain the good relationship between the two companies.
Anyway, the cement production mainly used the limestone and clay that the dwarves dug from the Hengduan Mountains, so the cost was almost negligible.
"Alright, let's do this." Thinking of this, Xu Yi nodded, confirming the cooperation between the two sides.
"Right, chairman Cruz, I heard that chairman Morgan found you and said that he wanted to cooperate with your Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce on magic machine research?"
Chairman Cruz waved his hand with a look of disdain, "Che, this fellow didn't just find me, he's found all the companies with a bit of strength in Banta City.
But almost none of them agreed to his request because everyone knows that no one can compare to your New Flyer in terms of magic machine research. Rather than wasting effort, it is better to just do what you're good at.
Don't you think so, chairman Xu? "
"That's right." Xu Yi nodded, but he gave a cold laugh in his heart.
If it was said that the Amrit Chamber of Commerce rejected the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's invitation to research magic machines, he would believe it, but if it was said that the Amrit Chamber of Commerce wasn't interested in researching magic machines, Xu Yi wouldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death.
Now in Banta City, including the Falcao Chamber of Commerce who didn't plan on hiding their intentions, almost all the large companies with strength were investing in magic machine research.
It wasn't just for the large profits brought by magic machines, it was also to grasp the magic machine technology and develop magic machines according to their needs.
Now in the large companies of Banta City, there was no exception that they were all using the magic machines produced by the New Flyer.
Take the Falcao Chamber of Commerce as an example. Just last week, chairman Morgan had personally placed an order for ten thousand small Magic Drills with Xu Yi.
At the same time, chairman Morgan was also very interested in the Magic Impact Crusher that Xu Yi showed. He said that once he tested it, he would place a large order with the New Flyer.
The price of the small Magic Drill was seventy eight gold coins per unit, so ten thousand units was a total of seven hundred and eighty thousand gold coins.
The price that Xu Yi proposed for the Magic Impact Crusher was two hundred and sixty gold coins per unit. If they wanted to order in large quantities, it would cost a large amount of gold coins without a doubt.
If the Falcao Chamber of Commerce could develop these two mining magic machines and make them themselves, they would without a doubt save a large amount of gold coins.
Other than the Falcao Chamber of Commerce, the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce was the same as the other companies.
All the companies wanted to get rid of this situation where the New Flyer was earning large amounts of profits, but after using the magic machines, everyone had to admit that these magic machines were very easy to use. It was to the point that these companies couldn't leave these magic machines at all.
Since they couldn't leave, the only method left was to develop them themselves. They would work hard to grasp the technology to produce these magic machines and no longer be controlled by the New Flyer.
But up to this point, other than the Magic Fan that Xu Yi had taken the initiative to give them, the other magic machines, especially the large magic machines, the other companies couldn't make any progress at all.
These thoughts flashed in his mind and Xu Yi couldn't help finding it funny. He patted chairman Cruz's shoulder and said in a friendly voice, "Of course, we are good partners. If the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce is really interested in researching magic machines, chairman Cruz can come and talk to me. As long as I can help, I will do my best to help."
"Really?"
Chairman Cruz's eyes lit up before coming back to his senses. He revealed an awkward smile and shook his head as he said, "No, no, our Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce should just focus on building houses.
Only chairman Xu and the New Flyer can play with complicated things like magic machines, so I won't join in on this fun. "
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile and didn't continue this topic. He turned to discuss the specific plans and plans for building this road with chairman Cruz.
It was already close to dusk when he finished talking to chairman Cruz. Xu Yi rejected chairman Cruz's invitation for dinner and walked to a large courtyard in the south of Banta City.
With the addition of Evita and Akali's five classmates, the small building they lived in before was no longer suitable for being the Academy of Magic. So Xu Yi bought this courtyard in the name of New Flyer ahead of time.
This courtyard used to be the residence of a viscount in Banta City, but because this viscount left Banta City, it was empty and Xu Yi bought it.
The courtyard was over two thousand square meters, with three small buildings and several small rooms. Other than allowing the ten current Academy of Magic employees to do research at the same time, there were also extra residences for Evita and Akali's five classmates.
When Xu Yi walked in, he smelled a fragrance.
Taking a strong sniff, Xu Yi was certain that tonight's dinner was made by Evita.
As expected, when he walked into the hall behind the main door, he saw Evita taking off her apron and preparing to sit down to eat.
Seeing Xu Yi suddenly come over, the group of people were stunned.
After a while, Akali jumped up and excitedly called out to Xu Yi, "Sir chairman, why are you here?"
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, "I don't have a place to eat, so I came here to freeload."
Looking over the dishes on the table, Xu Yi pointed at a dish that was a bit burnt and said with a smile, "Let me guess, this dish should be made by Akali, right?"
Akali angrily glared at Xu Yi before saying with a cold snort, "I'm sorry, sir chairman, you guessed wrong."
"Oh?
Other than you, is there anyone else who can make a dish that should be fried into a barbecue? "Xu Yi pretended to be surprised as he spoke.
Everyone at the table broke out in laughter.
"Sir chairman, you really guessed wrong. This dish was made by Cecilia, it isn't related to Akali." Bella on the side said with a smile.
"Ah?"
Xu Yi looked at the blushing Cecilia in surprise. He didn't think that this quiet girl who he thought was even quieter than Evita would be worse at cooking than Akali.
"This is really too surprising.
I thought that quiet girls would be able to cook like Evita, I didn't think that there would be an exception. "
Cecilia's head drooped even lower as she gnawed on the bread in her hand without saying a word.
"Sir chairman, don't bully Cecilia, she's very shy."
Claire, who had a head of naturally curly black hair, said with a smile, "If she takes things too hard tonight and runs to my room to cry, then I'll have to ask sir chairman for compensation."
Cecilia suddenly raised her head and punched Claire's shoulder. She angrily said, "You're the one who cries!"
Seeing Cecilia's appearance, everyone couldn't help but laugh even louder.
Seeing that even Schoch who didn't have a good expression couldn't help secretly laughing, Xu Yi couldn't help feeling gratified.
It seemed like after working together for a while, these young people had already adapted to living here.
It was because of their vitality and talent that New Flyer was able to develop all kinds of magic machines that shocked people again and again.
Perhaps these young people weren't clear, but Xu Yi was certain.
As long as they worked hard enough, they would definitely become powerful magic mechanical engineers in the future, becoming an important part of the magic machine industry.
Looking over the young faces, Xu Yi suddenly found a problem.
"Right, where's Wella?
Why don't I see her?
Did she go out to eat? "Xu Yi asked.
In order to make it easier for research, after buying this courtyard, Xu Yi had Wella move from the office in the factory to work here.
Because Wella was alone in Banta City, she ate and lived in the same courtyard as Cecilia and the others.
"Big sister Wella went out before eating. She said that she was going to see someone, but she didn't say when she would be back." Evita replied.
"See someone?" Xu Yi was a bit confused.
After coming back from Saltan City, Wella wasn't willing to come out during this time. She didn't want to see anyone she knew in Banta City, so why did she suddenly run off to see someone today?
"Perhaps big sister Wella went out to see her boyfriend, so let's not wait for her." Akali waved her hand.
"Sir chairman, you should sit down and eat. It's a good thing that Evita made a bit more today.
But why aren't you going back to eat today?
Where's Vivian? "
"There's an event at the school today, so Vivian didn't come back for dinner.
Otherwise, why do you think I came here to eat? "Xu Yi casually replied before sitting down with a doubtful look.
"That's not right. Even if you want to find a place to eat, you should go to Stiel's place.
You are Stiel's boyfriend now, so if you go to her place to eat, Stiel will definitely welcome you. "Bella said.
Schoch sitting in front of Xu Yi froze. He looked up at Xu Yi with a complicated look in his eyes before lowering his head to silently eat.
"I want to, but Stiel went to Karma City to advertise our company and isn't back yet. I can't just eat a candlelit dinner with Great Magician Camilla, right?"
Everyone broke out in laughter again.
When the laughter stopped, there were footsteps that came from the door.
Xu Yi turned to look and saw Wella walking in with someone.
After seeing the person beside Wella, Xu Yi was stunned.
"Rem?
Why are you back? "