Building a road with a total mileage of more than five thousand kilometers, and almost half of it had to be dug through the mountains, was an extremely difficult task even on Earth with its highly advanced technology.
Not to mention the difficulty of building the road, just the most basic problem — capital investment — was an almost impossible problem to solve.
Riley's estimate of 50 million gold coins was already quite cautious. In fact, if they really wanted to build such a road, the total investment might even exceed 100 million gold coins.
In the entire Sines, only the Kandla Empire and the Malor Empire could afford such a huge investment.
Apart from them, it was impossible for any other country or chamber of commerce to independently bear such an astonishing investment.
The Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom couldn't, and neither could the New Flyer.
However, when President Cruz told Xu Yi the news that Riley sent back from the Kandla Empire, Xu Yi unexpectedly showed a strong interest in this crazy plan.
Seeing Xu Yi carefully sizing up the huge and very detailed map of Sines hanging on the wall of the manor's reception room, President Cruz didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Hey, Xu Yi, you're not really planning to build such a road, are you?"
"Why not?" Xu Yi turned his head, his eyes were bright, and his expression revealed a look of interest.
"Don't you think that if such a road is successfully built, it's equivalent to completely connecting the Principality of Constantine and the country to the east of Sines?
You see, if this road is built, we can go to the east of the continent without passing through the Kandla Empire. We can even bypass the Kandla Empire and build another road to the north. That way, the entire continent can be connected. "
President Cruz smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I say, Xu Yi, although you've always had a lot of crazy ideas, this idea is too unrealistic.
It would cost at least 100 million gold coins to build such a road, can you afford it?
I can guarantee that the Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom won't be able to take out that much money. "
"Didn't President Gaza say that he didn't say when the road would be fixed?
I am of the same opinion as him.
This road needed to be repaired, but because the investment was too large, it was impossible to repair it in a short period of time.
Of course, such a huge project couldn't be completed in a short period of time.
Um … Cruz, how long do you think it would take for the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce to fix this project? "
President Cruz frowned and looked at the map. He thought for a moment and said, "It will take at least ten years.
And that's under the condition that we're trying our best to finish the project. "
"Well, let's tentatively fix this road in 20 years. That way, the amount of money we need to invest every year won't be too shocking to the point that we can't afford it," Xu Yi said.
President Cruz couldn't help but sneer, "You make it sound like you can afford five million gold coins a year.
Don't forget, your New Flyer still needs money to do other things. "
"I didn't say that we would start building it now, did I?" Xu Yi smiled faintly.
"The Nozdormu Business Union Kingdom can't rush this matter, and I don't need to rush at all, so this is only a plan.
Of course, in order to express our sincerity, I have decided to build a coastal road from the Principality of Constantine to the Kingdom of Ruhr first. What do you think? "
President Cruz was stunned by Xu Yi's jumpy thoughts.
"A coastal road from the Principality of Constantine to the Kingdom of Ruhr?" President Cruz carefully looked at the map and slowly nodded.
"That's a good idea.
Right now, there is only one road from the Principality of Constantine to the Kingdom of Ruhr, so it's not that convenient.
If we build another road in the south, we can better connect the Principality of Constantine to the Kingdom of Ruhr. "
"To put it bluntly, I hope that we can rely on this road to promote the development of the south of the principality." Xu Yi said.
"How much do you think this road will cost?"
President Cruz pondered for a moment and shook his head, "I can't give you an accurate number without an on-site inspection.
I can only say that it will cost a lot more than the current Stru Road. "
"Okay, then let's confirm it.
I hope you can come up with a suitable plan soon. "
"Are you sure you want to build such a road?" President Cruz asked.
"I'm sure."
"Good, then I will accept this project on behalf of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce." President Cruz nodded and suddenly changed the topic.
"But Xu Yi, can you agree to a request of mine?"
"Speak."
"In fact, I have already mentioned this request many times. Can you … transfer the cement manufacturing technology to our Chamber of Commerce?" President Cruz's eyes were filled with expectation.
"Our Chamber of Commerce's projects are now far beyond the Lampari Kingdom and the surrounding countries. The furthest project is more than two thousand kilometers away from here.
However, we have to transport cement from your Frestech Chamber of Commerce each time, so the cost of this is just too shocking.
So … "
"Okay."
President Cruz looked at Xu Yi in amazement.
"You … You agree?"
"Yes, I agree." Xu Yi smiled and nodded.
"I can transfer the cement manufacturing technology to you, but you have to strictly abide by the standards set by our Chamber of Commerce."
President Cruz's face was filled with disbelief.
He had already mentioned this request to Xu Yi no less than ten times. However, he had always been rejected by Xu Yi. Why did he agree so readily this time?
"Because the time is right." Xu Yi replied with a smile.
President Cruz couldn't help but frown.
What do you mean the time is right?
What is it specifically?
However, Xu Yi didn't explain much, and President Cruz didn't ask more.
Anyway, with Xu Yi's consistent style of doing things, since he agreed, he would never go back on his word.
After thinking about it, President Cruz couldn't help but smile.
The main business of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce was road paving and various construction projects.
No matter which project it was, it would use a lot of cement.
Before this, the cement used by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce was exclusively provided by New Flyer.
Although New Flyer had always had a good relationship with the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce and Xu Yi and president Cruz had a good relationship, for such an important thing to be in the hands of New Flyer, it made president Cruz feel that his life was in someone else's hands, so he felt a bit uneasy.
Now that Xu Yi agreed to transfer the cement manufacturing technology to the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, he let out a sigh of relief.
The two chatted for a bit and quickly reached a preliminary agreement.
The Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce would buy the cement manufacturing technology from New Flyer for one million gold coins. Moreover, New Flyer would send corresponding personnel to help the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce build three cement processing plants in the three countries. At the same time, they would provide a series of production magic machines for the cement.
To put it simply, New Flyer would help the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce independently manufacture cement.
After discussing this, president Cruz asked Xu Yi with a bit of doubt, "Hey, Xu Yi, why did you agree to this?
Although we spent one million gold coins, you should know that our company spends one and a half million gold coins each year to buy cement from your company. You earn at least five hundred thousand gold coins from this.
Now that you're giving us this technology, it's impossible for you to earn that much money from us in the future.
Could it be ….. you want to give up on the cement business? "
"You think that only your Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce uses cement?"
Xu Yi looked at president Cruz and said with a smile, "Even if your Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce is our company's biggest customer, there are many other companies and people who buy cement from us. Even if we lose our biggest customer, we can still earn quite a bit from cement."
"But I still feel that this is very strange.
You're simply ….. breaking your own hands and feet ….. "
"It's not that serious." Xu Yi couldn't help smiling.
"Our company's main business is in the magic machine business, cement is just a side product."
"A side product can let your company earn this much in a year … …" President Cruz couldn't help muttering.
Xu Yi revealed a smile. He had developed many side products while researching magic machines, so the benefits were quite large. Cement was just one of them.
Of course, for the modern industry, cement was an essential building material, occupying a very important position. Xu Yi transferring the technology to the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce was just to rely on the power of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce to expand this scale, it didn't mean that he was planning on giving it up.
After chatting with president Cruz for a bit, the two left Xu Yi's office and came to the New Flyer Magic Car factory.
This time president Cruz came to New Flyer, his goal on the surface was to order a large transport Magic Car from New Flyer.
As the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce's business expanded to more distant places, the demand for transport gradually increased.
Before, they could rely on the Fersen Transport Chamber of Commerce's Fersen Horse Carriage Company to transport materials, but now they couldn't handle it. So president Cruz decided to buy a transport fleet that belonged to the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce.
First, he needed to buy enough transport Magic Cars.
Because the automatic production magic machines were being used in the various factories of New Flyer, the New Flyer had already gotten rid of the negative effects of the strike and layoffs. Their production efficiency was even higher than before and their production capacity had increased.
Because there were too many demands, the New Flyer's production capacity couldn't meet all of them, but there was enough for Xu Yi to arrange.
The transport Magic Car was one of the most popular magic machines in the surrounding countries. If it was before, even if the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce wanted one, they would have to wait at least half a year for the first batch.
But now Xu Yi could confidently tell president Cruz that he could provide the first batch of ten large transport Magic Cars to the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce in just three months.
After receiving Xu Yi's confirmation, president Cruz was satisfied as he left the transport Magic Car factory.
But when he walked out the door, he suddenly saw a strange looking Magic Car in the distance. It looked like a Magic Armoured Vehicle, but there was a thick tube coming out of it as it slowly drove over.
President Cruz was stunned.
This ….. What kind of strange thing was this?
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