A four wheeled horse carriage left Saltan City and headed to Banta City on the other side of the road.
There were four people sitting across from each other in the horse carriage.
Other than Baron Hannas, one of the other three was a young man who was a few years older than Baron Hannas, another was a beautiful girl who was even younger than Baron Hannas, who wasn't even twenty yet. The last one was a middle aged man who looked to be in his forties with a bald head and a bit fat.
After the horse carriage drove on the dirt road outside Saltan City for a while, the young man suddenly patted the seat under him and said with a sigh of praise, "After this horse carriage changed to this tire, it really is much better than before.
If this invention had appeared earlier, our butts would have suffered less in the past few years. "
Baron Hannas laughed, "Kennard, do you believe what I said to you now?
Not mentioning anything else, just the appearance of this tire can change our lives this much, not to mention all the other new magic machines. "
The young man called Kennard said with a smile, "I never said that I didn't believe what you said.
When I saw those magic machines, I already felt that with the appearance of these magic machines, perhaps it would change the continent.
If I didn't have this idea, why did you think I would personally go to Banta City to see it? "
Baron Hannas wanted to speak, but the young girl on the side said with a soft snort, "I don't believe that this Xu Yi is that powerful.
Big brother, Hannas, you all say that he and the New Flyer are that powerful, but why do I feel that my life hasn't changed at all?
How it was before, it's still the same.
You all say that this Xu Yi and the New Flyer can change the continent, but I don't think so. "
Baron Hannas and Kennard looked at each other and revealed smiles.
"Dear Sophia, you really don't feel that your life hasn't changed at all?"
Baron Hannas asked, "Could it be that the bread you eat every day is still made by hand like before?
Could it be that when you want to drink hot water, you have someone boil it with firewood?
Or to put it more bluntly, it's impossible that you don't even have a magic lamp in your house, right?
If your family's life hasn't changed, then I can only say that your family is outdated. It has nothing to do with Xu Yi and New Flyer. "
"My family is not behind the times!"
Sophia forcefully stomped her foot and angrily said, "But our family doesn't need any Magic Bread Maker or Magic Kettle. As for that Magic Lamp ….."
At the mention of the magic lamp, Sophia paused, unable to continue.
Baron Hannas laughed. "What's wrong with magic lamps?
Is it because it's so beautiful that you can't bear to say you don't need it? "
Sophia blushed slightly. "What's wrong with me liking its beauty?
Besides, the magic lamp is beautiful because it was designed by the elves. It has nothing to do with Xu Yi. "
"However, the appearance of the elves has a lot to do with Xu Yi.
If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't even see a single elf in our Lampari Kingdom. "Baron Hannas added.
"Humph!
The elves haven't disappeared, he was just lucky enough to meet them, it doesn't count as any skill. "Sophia said in an unconvinced voice.
Baron Hannas wanted to keep arguing with Sophia, but Kennard waved his hand at him with a smile, "Alright, Hannas, if you keep arguing with her, do you believe that she won't completely hate this Xu Yi?"
"I just don't like you discussing this fellow in front of me and praising him so much!" Sophia loudly said in an unconvinced voice.
"He was just lucky enough to invent a few new things, how is he strong?"
"Because he invented things that other people didn't invent, that means he has abilities that other people don't have, so he's strong." Kennard said with a serious look.
"Sophia, no matter what you think of Xu Yi, you have to admit this. When other people have abilities that you don't have, you have to learn humbly and not pick on other people's problems.
Do you understand? "
"I don't like those ice cold magic machines." Sophia gave a snort and turned to look out the window.
Seeing Sophia's attitude, Kennard could only helplessly give a sigh. He turned to ask Baron Hannas, "I've heard that the « Banta Times » is already the largest newspaper in Banta City. If they knew that you, the founder, had suddenly returned to Banta City, the « Banta Times » might have properly reported it."
Baron Hannas shook his head with a smile, "How could that be?
Although I am the founder of the « Banta Times », the reason why this newspaper could appear was all because of Xu Yi.
Whether it was the idea of creating the newspaper, the initial funds needed, or even the Magic Printer used by the newspaper couldn't be separated from him.
So to be honest, the founder of the « Banta Times » was him and not me.
Thinking about it now, when this fellow urged me to create the « Banta Times », he was just using me. "
"But you were very happy being used, right?" Kennard said.
Baron Hannas said with a laugh, "That's right.
No matter when I think of those days, I always feel very happy.
So even if I know that Xu Yi was using me back then, I'm still very grateful to him.
If it wasn't for him, I would still be at home all day doing nothing, feeling that the world was very boring.
But now, I've found something that I'm willing to give everything to. "
Hearing the true emotions in Baron Hannas' words, even the angry Sofia could not help but turn around and look at Baron Hannas, who had a strange expression on his face, feeling puzzled.
Was this Xu Yi really that powerful?
He was actually able to change the listless Hannas so much.
Humph!
He was just lucky.
Kennard gave a soft sigh, "Hannas, I envy you very much. You can find something that you're willing to give everything to, but I still can't determine what I want to do."
Baron Hannas revealed a faint smile, "Perhaps you'll be able to find it on this trip to Banta City?"
Kennard shook his head. When he wanted to say something, the carriage suddenly shook and the words in his throat were forced back.
The four people in the carriage frowned. They thought that the road condition had suddenly worsened, but in the next moment, the four of them discovered that the carriage had only shaken for a moment, and then it was moving incomparably smoothly. They didn't feel the slightest bump at all.
The four of them were very curious. Kennard couldn't help pulling open the curtains and looking out, he found that the scenery outside was quickly moving backwards. It was clear that the carriage was moving much faster than before.
However, the carriage became this fast and it was moving even more smoothly, which was a bit strange.
Kennard and Sophia who had squeezed over stuck their heads out the window and looked down at the carriage.
The greyish-white flat road was constantly being rolled over by the tires. Looking ahead, one could see a similarly greyish-white straight and wide road extending to the horizon. Countless pedestrians and carriages were rushing on this road, making it seem very lively.
"This should be the road, right?" Kennard pointed at the road the wheels were rolling over as he asked Hannas this.
"Un, it should be right."
Hannas also stuck his head out of the window on the other side and looked at the flat surface of the road.
"This is also my first time seeing it.
I've only heard about this road from Xu Yi's letters and the various newspapers, saying how flat it is.
Now that I've personally seen it, I've found that this road is much smoother than I imagined. "
"Un, it's also far surpassed my imagination." Kennard said with a nod.
"I originally thought that your < Anvilmar Times > would definitely exaggerate the condition of the road because I didn't believe that there would be a road in this world that could be so smooth that a carriage wouldn't feel the slightest bump when traveling on it.
But now it seems like your report didn't say enough.
With this kind of road, it would greatly improve the traffic. "
Hannas said with a sigh, "Before personally seeing it, even I wouldn't have thought of it.
You have to know, if this road is completely built, it will connect Banta City and Saltan City, which is over sixty kilometers long! "
Kennard looked in the direction of Saltan City and found that there was a group of people working on the side of the road in the distance, with a bunch of unknown machines on the side.
"Those should be workers from the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce.
This road was paid for by the Fersen Carriage Company and built by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce.
It seems like after the Amrit Chamber of Commerce built the Falling Rain Road, they gained experience. Now that they were building roads, they were much faster.
I thought that this road was twice as wide as the Falling Rain Road and they would need at least half a year to finish it, but now it seems like they won't even need a month to finish it.
In total, it only took a little more than three months. "Baron Hannas explained.
"Then isn't this road completely unrelated to the New Flyer?" Kennard asked in a surprised voice.
"It can't be said that it's completely unrelated.
Look, the various magic machines that the workers are using to build the road were developed by the New Flyer.
Moreover, this road is made of cement. The most important cement and the steel bars in the road are all products of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. "
Kennard was even more surprised, "This means that the New Flyer doesn't just produce magic machines, they also produce cement and steel bars?"
Baron Hannas pointed down, "Don't forget, the tires of this horse carriage were also developed by the New Flyer."
Kennard's expression became a bit strange, "This New Flyer is actually involved in this many industries, can they manage it all?"
"Just ask Xu Yi when you see him. Anyway, the New Flyer is still fine right now, there aren't any problems."
Baron Hannas looked forward and suddenly said with a smile, "Alright, you're about to see another novel thing."
"What novel thing?"
Kennard and Sophia poked their heads out and looked ahead. They saw a small river winding through the road ahead. There was a wide bridge over the river, but on the other side of the bridge, there was a tall building that looked like a door blocking the road.
Whether it was the door or the door, there was a long line of horse carriages, like they were waiting for something.
Sophia looked around and suddenly clapped her hands, "I know, this is the toll station that many people are cursing, right?"