It had already been two months since Satsuma Count gave the Banta City plan to Xu Yi, but the progress on this was actually very slow.
One, it was because the New Flyer and the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce who were in charge of the first phase couldn't leave. Two, it was because there were problems in the beginning.
The first phase of the plan that Xu Yi and Satsuma Count decided on, other than those two villages, there were also several private territories of nobles.
Compared to them, although there were more villagers in those two villages, they were much easier to take care of.
When Xu Yi brought the City Lord Manor's orders over, the villagers of those two villages didn't object at all. No matter what Xu Yi said, they would obediently follow.
What really troubled Xu Yi and chairman Cruz were the nobles' territories that weren't that big.
For the nobles of the Sines, their territories were theirs and even the king couldn't casually take care of them. So if Xu Yi wanted to do something to the nobles' territories outside Banta City, he had to obtain the agreement of these nobles.
The problem was that other than the two rather enlightened nobles who agreed to the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce building on their territories, the other nobles didn't understand what this Banta City plan was, so naturally they wouldn't agree.
So this project was slowed down by these stubborn nobles and it progressed very slowly.
Satsuma Count was very dissatisfied with this situation. After asking Xu Yi and chairman Cruz for the reason, he specially held this banquet. Not only did he gather all the nobles of Banta City, he also gathered all the companies.
Other than convincing those stubborn nobles and having them understand the meaning of this Banta City plan, he also wanted to gather donations from more companies.
After the opening speech, Satsuma Count quickly entered the main topic. He explained the ideas in the plan that he had shown Xu Yi before.
The people under the stage didn't understand at first, but as Satsuma Count explained in depth, they gradually revealed looks of deep thought.
It should be said that Count Satsuma's idea of transforming Banta City was very good.
Because of the rise of the New Flyer in Banta City, there were many companies that appeared. And because of the various magic machines produced by the New Flyer, the production efficiency of the large companies had greatly increased. At the same time, these companies had also become stronger.
So there were countless new factories in Banta City, creating countless jobs and attracting large amounts of people. The quiet Banta City had become very lively.
But this also created a large problem.
Banta City was only a small city with around fifty thousand people, so whether it was the city's citizens, it wasn't developed at all. Now that there were all these factories and people, this was simply a large disaster for this small city.
Not mentioning anything else, just the amount of feces that Banta City transported each day was several times more than before, creating a large pressure on the Banta City government.
If this continued, Banta City would collapse from the pressure sooner or later.
"Everyone, I don't think any of us would like to live in a chaotic and disorderly city.
So in order to change this situation, after careful consideration, I have decided to transform Banta City. "
After saying this, Satsuma Count paused and looked around. Seeing the thoughtful looks of everyone under the stage, he gave a satisfied nod before continuing, "Of course, there is no way to transform Banta City. Moreover, Banta City is indeed too small and can't support all these people, so my goal is to transform outside the city.
As for how to transform outside the city, we need to listen to the expert in this field, the New Flyer's chairman Xu Yi's ideas. "
Xu Yi walked onto the stage in front of everyone with a faint smile and took Count's seat. He gave a slight bow to everyone and said with a smile, "Lord City Lord is praising me too much. I am not an expert in this field, I just have some experience when developing the Falling Rain Valley."
Hearing Xu Yi mention the Falling Rain Valley, everyone under the stage began to whisper.
When the Falling Rain Road was opened, there were many people who took the horse carriages on the Falling Rain Road out of curiosity. Naturally there were many people who went to the Falling Rain Valley.
Then everyone found that the Falling Rain Valley that was incomparably barren and had no good points, after the New Flyer developed it, it had become a very beautiful and magnificent place.
There were many people who saw the beautiful factories and living areas in the Falling Rain Valley and they all sighed in praise like chairman Pompeii.
So when they learned that Count Satsuma had given Banta City's transformation project to Xu Yi, not many people were surprised.
"First, I'll show everyone a few paintings."
With Xu Yi's signal, two servants from the City Lord's Manor came forward with several scrolls and shelves. Then they unfurled the paintings on the shelves one by one.
Everyone's eyes fell onto the scrolls and they saw beautiful sceneries.
In the middle painting, the main character was a river, but this river was different from the river in everyone's mind.
The banks of this river weren't covered in sand, rather it was covered in beautiful embankments that were made of something unknown.
The water under the embankment was clear and there were blue waves. There were all kinds of trees and flowers planted on both sides of the embankment.
There was a cement road that wasn't that wide on both sides of the river, but it was incomparably flat. Under the cover of the grass, there were men and women of all ages strolling by the river, enjoying the cool breeze.
There were several flat lawns on the side of the road and there were quite a few children running around on the lawns with happy smiles on their faces.
Just seeing this painting, the people under the stage couldn't help gasping in surprise.
If there was a river that could be this neat and clean, they would be very willing to take a walk by the river at dusk.
"Chairman Xu, for you to display these paintings now, could it be that you want to tell us that the river in this painting is the river outside Banta City?" Someone under the stage couldn't help asking in a loud voice.
"That's right, the river in this painting is the transformed Sandy River. What does everyone think?" Xu Yi asked back with a smile.
"It is very good, but how could the Sandy River become like the one in your painting?"
"That's right, it's already good that the Sandy River doesn't flood each year, how could it become this beautiful?"
"Chairman Xu, this is just your fantasy, it can't be realized at all."
"That's right … …"
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Seeing the people under the stage agree, Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, "Who says it's impossible?
If you don't believe me, you can ask chairman Cruz what the Sandy River looks like in the upper reaches of the Falling Rain Forest. "
Everyone looked at the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce's chairman Munn Cruz who was sipping his red wine.
Cruz put down his wine cup and revealed a proud smile to everyone.
"Chairman Xu is right, the Sandy River doesn't look that good right now, but it isn't hard to change it to what it looks like in this painting.
Because in the past year, our Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce has been modifying the banks of the Sandy River to the northwest of the Falling Rain Forest and now we're seeing some results.
Although it isn't as beautiful as the one in this painting, it isn't far from it. "
"Un, I went to the beastmen tribes of the Black Rice Wasteland a while ago and when I passed by the upper reaches of the Sandy River, I found that the Sandy River that was about to dry up had completely changed. It was as beautiful as the one in this painting.
I saw some people working on the banks, but I never thought that they would be workers from the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce. "
Everyone turned to look and found that the one who said this was the Renekton Chamber of Commerce's chairman Renersa who went to the beastmen tribes to do business.
Because of his company's business, he would occasionally take a trip to the beastmen tribes and he would pass by the upper reaches of the Sandy River.
Since he said this, it seemed like this matter should be true.
Seeing the expressions of everyone under the stage change, Xu Yi clapped his hands and drew everyone's attention back. He pointed at another painting and said, "Everyone, look at this painting.
I think that everyone can see that this is a painting from high up in the sky.
Everyone, pay attention to the city on the right, it represents Banta City that we're in right now.
And on the left, it is the Sandton Manor that our New Flyer is currently in.
As for the crisscrossing wide white lines on this painting, I think everyone should have already guessed that they all represent highways. "
Even if they had guessed it, hearing Xu Yi say it now, everyone was still quite surprised.
"Chairman Xu, all these are roads?
It can't be, right? "A chairman of a small company under the stage couldn't help saying.
"I can understand your New Flyer building a road from Banta City to the Sandton Manor, but building all these useless roads, is there a need?"
"Useless?" Xu Yi waved his hand with a smile.
"No, there are no useless roads in this world.
The reason why I marked all these roads on this map is to tell everyone that I really plan on doing this. At the same time, I have commissioned the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce to inspect the roads that these roads need to pass through. As long as there are no problems with the inspection, these roads will be built at the same time. "
"That's right.
Our Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce is very professional when it comes to building roads. Since Chairman Xu has entrusted this to us, we will definitely build these roads. "Chairman Cruz said with a nod.
"Other than that, I want to remind everyone that if anyone here is interested in building roads, they can discuss it with me at any time."
Xu Yi laughed, "Chairman Cruz, I just want you to confirm what I just said, I don't want you to advertise."
Everyone under the stage couldn't help smiling.
"Of course, building roads isn't something that chairman Cruz and I can decide on, we still need everyone's support."
Hearing Xu Yi's words, the merchants under the stage all looked at the nobles on the other side.
Everyone knew that Xu Yi's words were directed at the stubborn nobles.
At this time, there was a cold snort that came from the crowd of nobles.
"Humph!
Chairman Xu really knows how to talk to himself, do you think that Banta City belongs to you alone? "