Hearing this voice, everyone's expressions became a bit strange.
Because the one who spoke was Baron Belil.
When Baron Belil came to Banta City, he had chased the New Flyer out of his territory, proving to everyone that he had broken off relations with the New Flyer.
However, when the New Flyer moved to Sandton Manor, Baron Belil had unexpectedly settled down. He didn't cause trouble for Xu Yi and the New Flyer like everyone expected.
Based on this situation, everyone couldn't help guessing that Baron Belil had chased the New Flyer out of his territory because of the Stagg Family and not because of his own intentions.
But now that Baron Belil had made such a clear opposition, it really surprised everyone.
Xu Yi looked at Baron Belil, but he wasn't angry at all. He said with a faint smile, "Your excellency Baron, this Banta City naturally doesn't belong to me alone. So if Banta City can be transformed, everyone in Banta City will enjoy the benefits."
Baron Belil gave another cold snort, "Everyone will enjoy the benefits?
Chairman Xu, are you trying to trick a child?
I think that it's only you and your New Flyer that will enjoy the benefits, right?
Otherwise, why are you so enthusiastic? "
Xu Yi looked at Baron Belil and after thinking for a bit, he asked, "This means that your excellency Baron is against this transformation project?"
Baron Belil coldly looked at Xu Yi, "Don't think about using words to trick me.
This transformation project was proposed by the Lord City Lord, so of course I won't oppose it.
But I won't support it. "
Everyone's expressions became even more strange, thinking that these words were really good.
Since it was proposed by the Lord City Lord, not supporting it is equal to opposing it, so what are you explaining?
Xu Yi's reaction was also very good.
After hearing Baron Belil's response, he actually gave a simple nod before saying, "Alright, I understand."
He had no intention of discussing this matter with Baron Belil at all!
Baron Belil was clearly taken aback. But since Xu Yi had made such a gesture, it would be embarrassing if he took the initiative to pester him. Thus, he could only keep his mouth shut.
Xu Yi then introduced the other pictures to everyone. Without a single exception, these were the scenes outside Banta City that Xu Yi had imagined.
Seeing the beautiful scenes drawn on these paintings, everyone below the stage could not believe it.
After all, compared to the current Banta City that was a bit dirty, the Banta City in these paintings was just too beautiful. Even Anvilmar City paled in comparison.
But everyone naturally hoped that Banta City could really become like the painting. If it became true, Banta City would become a place that everyone would envy.
After showing these pictures, Xu Yi immediately got to the main topic.
He was very clear that for the people under the stage, no matter how good the pictures were, it wasn't as important as the benefits they could obtain from it.
So after introducing the pictures, he began to explain the meaning of Banta City's renovation plan.
After talking about the benefits of the industrial and living areas, one could clearly see that the eyes of the representatives of the companies under the stage lit up. It was clear that they could smell business opportunities from Xu Yi's words.
Although most of the nobles didn't consider this, when they heard Xu Yi describe the scenes, they were also a bit moved.
After Xu Yi spent half an hour explaining the plan, the expressions of the people under the stage were no longer as confused as before. It was clear that they had all kinds of thoughts.
Seeing this scene, Count Samo couldn't help revealing a smile of praise to Xu Yi.
This kid, he really was good at finding benefits that could be enjoyed by most people. It also made the things he did easier for people to accept.
The banquet lasted for an entire night and when it was over, Xu Yi felt his mouth go dry.
At the banquet, there were representatives of companies and nobles who kept asking Xu Yi about the details of the renovation. They wanted to obtain some specific information from Xu Yi so that they could know what kind of benefits they could obtain from this.
Xu Yi had to answer them one by one and help them analyze it.
Although these people were all satisfied when they left, Xu Yi spent a lot of effort salivating. In the end, even his throat became a bit dry because of this.
"Ai, I won't do this kind of thankless thing in the future." After accepting Samo Count's praise and saying goodbye, Xu Yi couldn't help thinking.
It was already late at night and Xu Yi looked up at the moon in the night sky. He gave up the idea of taking a horse carriage and walked back to his home in the city.
The current Banta City was indeed very different from last year.
At this time last year, because the autumn nights had already turned cold, it was late at night now. Everyone in Banta City had already returned to their homes to rest and there wasn't a single person on the streets.
But now that it was clearly late at night, there were many small stores on the sides of Banta City that were still open. They were brightly lit and there were all kinds of noises that came from time to time.
Even on the side of the street, there were also some small stalls selling midnight snacks. Different fragrances were emitted from the stalls, attracting the people who had not yet rested to take out a few or dozens of silver coins from their pockets to enjoy a delicious midnight snack.
Compared to last year's peace, the current Banta City was very lively even at night. It was like the large cities of China on earth.
There was only one reason for this situation, it was people.
Banta City only had around fifty thousand people, but now it had over two hundred thousand people.
With so many people squeezing into this small city, it naturally brought a large change to this place.
Xu Yi saw a young man and woman hugging each other as they sat down in front of a night market stall and he couldn't help revealing a smile.
This situation was simply the same as living in the cities on earth.
The only difference was that Banta City didn't have street lamps. Whether it was the street stalls or the night market stalls, they could only rely on Magic Lamps for light.
Thinking of street lamps, Xu Yi's heart skipped a beat as he looked up.
Although Banta City had been around for a long time and it was hard to completely change it, it was very possible and necessary to make some improvements.
For example, street lamps were very common in cities on earth, but they weren't found in Sines cities, so they had a very practical meaning.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi immediately estimated the cost of a street lamp in his mind.
Because the Magic Lamps didn't need to be powered like the street lamps on earth, he just needed to make a tall enough stand and hang the Magic Lamps up, so the cost would be much lower.
But there were a few problems with this.
The first problem was that although Evita and Akali had made a breakthrough in long distance magic transmission technology, being able to use a special method to transmit Magic Crystals to a Magic Array three meters away, this distance wasn't stable enough. So they could only test it and couldn't actually use it.
The street lamps needed to be over three meters, so if the Magic Lamps were hung on a tall stand, it would be a problem where to set the switch.
Moreover, because the street lamps on earth were powered by the same power source, they could be remotely controlled. But with the current technology of the New Flyer, they definitely couldn't do this.
And if the switch was placed on the lamp post, it would be hard to prevent bored fellows from casually pressing the switch.
Although there was a sealed space on the lamp post and there was a lock on the outside to prevent this from happening, just the fact that there was no one to turn the lamps on and off at a fixed time was a very troublesome matter.
After thinking about it for a bit, Xu Yi found that there were too many problems and he couldn't help feeling a bit of a headache.
"Ai, in the end, there's still a lack of technology." Xu Yi gave a sigh in his heart.
"If Evita and the others could completely master the long distance magic transmission technology and make the transmission distance infinite, allowing the Magic Crystals to be transmitted like electricity, it would be much more convenient."
Thinking about it, Xu Yi could only give a helpless sigh.
Magic wasn't electricity after all, it couldn't be transmitted through a simple wire.
But if he didn't solve this problem, he would have to face all kinds of problems like the street lamps.
"How should I solve this?" Xu Yi quickly fell into deep thought and suddenly forgot to look at the road.
"Peng — —"
Xu Yi slammed into the iron pillar of a shop on the side of the street. He took in a cold breath from the pain and even saw stars appear in front of his eyes.
The sound of him slamming into the ground was very loud, instantly attracting the attention of the people eating supper in the night market.
Seeing Xu Yi holding his head with a look of pain, everyone couldn't help secretly laughing.
The girl in the couple that Xu Yi had just seen was secretly pointing at Xu Yi, whispering something to her male companion with a smile.
But after a while, there were quite a few people who recognized him. This person who had slammed into a pillar while walking was actually the famous New Flyer's chairman Xu of Banta City!
While everyone was stunned, Xu Yi suddenly jumped up from the ground and broke out in wild laughter while everyone looked at him like he was a madman.
"Ha, ha ….. I really am too stupid!
Why did I have to use magic to replace electricity?
Do I have a fucking stone head?
Ha, ha, there was clearly such a simple method, ha, ha ….. "