The one sitting in the first carriage was the Sarank Chamber of Commerce's chairman Rank's assistant Leif. He had seen Xu Yi at several Business Union meetings before, so seeing him suddenly appear, he quickly had the carriage stop.
"Chairman Xu, why do you have time to take a walk in the city today?"
Leif was in his early forties and his face was a bit chubby. His smile was a bit like the Falcao Chamber of Commerce's chairman Morgan, but it made people feel closer to him than chairman Morgan.
"No, I was just discussing something with the Lord City Lord, so I came out for a walk."
Xu Yi replied before looking at the horse carriages behind and saying, "It seems like your harvest this time isn't bad. Have you sold all those Magic Fans?"
Leif said with a smile, "It's all thanks to Chairman Xu's suggestion that we've sold all the Magic Fans we had in stock.
I won't hide it from you, there is a large demand for Magic Fans in the other parts of the kingdom. "
Xu Yi gave a slight nod, thinking that this was an obvious matter.
When the New Flyer was created last year and the Magic Fans were sold, it created a boom in Banta City and the surrounding cities. This was enough to prove the impact this new magic machine had on the people of the Sines.
There was no reason why the people of Banta City and the surrounding cities didn't need it, but the people of the other parts of the Lampari Kingdom didn't need it.
But Leif was right. The reason why the Sarank Chamber of Commerce sold their Magic Fans to other parts of the kingdom was indeed because of Xu Yi's suggestion.
At the Business Union meeting, Xu Yi had proven a fact to the chairmen of the other companies. It was that the other companies' magic machine technology was too lacking compared to the New Flyer. If they wanted to compete with the New Flyer in terms of market share, it was almost impossible.
So Xu Yi proposed that because the New Flyer didn't have enough sales channels, the other companies could rely on their mature sales channels to sell their Magic Fans to other parts of the kingdom, so they wouldn't need to worry about sales.
Although the other chambers of commerce didn't express their stance on Xu Yi's proposal at the time, Xu Yi later learned that many chambers of commerce had done so. Moreover, according to the information he received, the results were very good.
There were even several companies that after seeing the large demand for Magic Fans in other parts of the kingdom, they gave up the idea of leaving the magic machine market and began to focus on producing Magic Fans.
There were two companies that even ordered two more production lines from the New Flyer, sending them to two cities far away from Banta City to build new Magic Fan factories. It's said that their sales were quite good right now.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi asked Leif, "Since it's selling well, are you prepared to propose to chairman Rank to invest more in producing Magic Fans?"
Leif looked around before coming in front of Xu Yi and saying in a low voice, "Chairman Xu, your New Flyer really isn't planning on selling your Xinfei Brand Magic Fans outside this year?"
"Of course." Xu Yi nodded affirmatively.
"Didn't I already express my stance at the conference last time?
New Flyer doesn't have the power to sell all their products in the kingdom right now, so at least for this year, our Xinfei Brand Magic Fans will only be sold in Banta City and the surrounding three cities.
Of course, starting next year, we will try to open new sales channels because the people in Banta City and the surrounding cities have already bought them, so the market is saturated. "
Leif looked at Xu Yi for a while and seeing the sincerity on his face, he gave a slight nod, "Alright, I understand.
Chairman Xu, I think that our Sarank Chamber of Commerce will have a chance to cooperate with your New Flyer. "
Seeing that Leif wanted to leave, Xu Yi quickly stopped him and asked, "Let me ask you another question, where is the furthest you've gone this time?"
Leif looked at Xu Yi in surprise, "We haven't gone that far, the furthest is Sefran City."
"Sefran City?" Xu Yi thought for a bit, "Sefran City?"
Xu Yi thought about it, "That should be around four hundred kilometers away from Banta City."
"Four hundred kilometers is already very far." Reeve shook his head with some emotion.
Leif shook his head with a sigh, "Because we were afraid of damaging the goods, we spent an entire week just on this trip.
If it wasn't for the Magic Fans selling quickly, we wouldn't have been able to come back today. "
Xu Yi's eyes fell onto the wheel of the horse carriage. He saw that the outer layer of iron on the wooden wheel was already worn out, so it could be seen that their trip was quite hard.
Seeing Xu Yi look at the wheel, vice chairman Leif suddenly said in an emotional voice, "Chairman Xu, when your New Flyer insisted on building a road from Banta City to the Falling Rain Valley, I thought that you must have gone crazy. You had too much money and nowhere to spend it.
But after going out on this trip, I found that what you said was called ….. called ….. what was it again? "
"To be rich, one has to build roads first." Xu Yi said.
"Right, right, one has to build roads first.
These words are just too correct!
If all the roads in our Lampari Kingdom were roads, not only would we not need to worry about damaging our goods, our horse carriages would be able to go even faster.
If we kept going on the roads, it would take us less than three days to finish the four hundred kilometers.
Like this, we can save a week, which is enough for me to make another trip. "
Xu Yi said with a faint smile, "Of course.
Transportation was a fundamental problem to promote commercial development, so it was true that the saying "build roads first" was true.
You should pass by Saltan City on your way back, so you should have seen the road that the Fersen Carriage Company is building between Saltan City and Banta City, right? "
Leif nodded, "Un, I saw it.
I thought that the road was also built by your New Flyer, but after asking around in the city, I found that it was built by the Fersen Carriage Company. "
"Right, actually building roads is the most helpful thing for us merchants.
When you see chairman Rank later, help me remind him. If he doesn't make up his mind, he might not have a chance soon. "
Leif looked at Xu Yi in confusion, but he tactfully didn't ask anything as he nodded in response.
Xu Yi moved aside and Leif saw that Xu Yi didn't have anything else to say, so he bid farewell to Xu Yi before driving the horse carriage away.
Watching the horse carriage disappear around the corner, Xu Yi finally looked away from the horse carriage. After thinking about it, he didn't head home and went in the opposite direction.
Ten minutes later, Xu Yi appeared in the Fersen Carriage Company's headquarters in the city.
As expected, at this time, the Fersen Carriage Company's chairman Pompeii was in his room in the headquarters, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.
Hearing that Xu Yi was here, he quickly had someone invite him in.
"Chairman Xu, you actually graced us with your presence, this really has pleasantly surprised me."
Chairman Pompeii laughed as he led Xu Yi to a special chair made of fragrant grass to sit down. He also poured him a cup of green firefly nectar that cost thirty eight gold coins per liter.
Xu Yi looked around the room before looking at the cup of firefly nectar in his hand. He couldn't help saying with a smile, "I've already heard that chairman Pompeii's life is incomparably luxurious, but seeing it today, I've found that whether it is the descriptions of others or my imagination, they are all far from what I imagined."
Chairman Pompeii laughed before waving his hand, "Chairman Xu, it's fine if normal people say this, but you are the chairman of the most profitable company in our Banta City. If you say this, it's simply slapping my face.
As long as you're willing, you can live a life ten times more luxurious than this without any pressure. "
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, not planning on discussing luxurious or not. After taking a sip of the refreshing firefly nectar, he asked chairman Pompeii about the Fersen Carriage Company's road construction.
"It's very smooth overall.
Although there are some small problems in the middle, it isn't much. "
Mentioning the two of them, or rather the common topic between the two companies, chairman Pompeii's tone was very relaxed.
"According to chairman Cruz's estimates, the road will be finished in around three months, just before the winter turns cold.
What about yours? "
"It's about the same." Xu Yi replied.
"The road our companies are building is much wider than the Falling Rain Road, so it's normal for it to take a bit longer.
Not to mention that chairman Cruz has been complaining to me that we don't have enough manpower, so their company can't work at full strength. "
Chairman Pompeii gave a helpless sigh, "Not only is he complaining, I'm also complaining.
There are many people from other cities coming to our Banta City, so with people coming and going, our Fersen Carriage Company has to receive twice as many customers as before.
I'm also worried about the problem of not having enough people. "
"Receiving more customers means that your business is better, so isn't this something that you should be happy about?" Xu Yi said with a smile.
"I'm happy, but I'm also worried.
Do you think ….. we should suggest to the Lord City Lord to have him ask his majesty to move some people from the other cities? "
Xu Yi shook his head to deny this, "Even if it's his majesty, he can't casually order the citizens of the kingdom to move.
Not to mention that there are many people in the territory of the nobles, so his majesty doesn't have this power.
If we want to solve the problem of manpower, the best method is to advertise.
As long as everyone in the kingdom knows that our Banta City needs a large amount of people and the wages aren't low, I don't think there's a need to force them and there will be many people running to our Banta City. "
Chairman Pompeii thought about it and couldn't help nodding, "Un, this should be a bit better.
Everyone wants to earn more money and knowing that our Banta City has many opportunities to earn money, there will definitely be many people running here. "Then he revealed a bitter look.
But with a bitter look, he said, "But with more people coming, there will be more customers we need to receive.
Where can I find all those people in this short period of time? "
"That's your own problem."
Xu Yi gave a shrug. After pausing, he said, "But chairman Pompeii, have you ever thought of changing this problem yourself?"
Chairman Pompeii looked at Xu Yi and asked in a doubtful voice, "How can I change it myself?"
"For example ….. your horse carriages take two days to travel from Banta City to Anvilmar City, but if you could shorten this time to a single day, what do you think would happen?"