Belil's letter and the report that came with it were sent to Xu Yi three days later.
Seeing that there were people in the Kandla Empire who were interested in the transport Magic Cars, Xu Yi wasn't that surprised.
Actually, compared to the Magic Sedans, Xu Yi always felt that the transport and passenger Magic Cars were more practical.
From a practical point of view, it was clear that the transport and passenger Magic Cars were more popular.
In the Lampari Kingdom and the surrounding countries, the sales clearly reflected this.
Since the New Flyer started selling Magic Cars, they had sold less than fifty thousand Magic Sedans. The transport and passenger Magic Cars had sold over five hundred thousand, which was over ten times the sales of the Magic Sedans.
In the surrounding countries, the Magic Cars had already replaced the traditional horse carriages. Other than some nostalgic people using them, from the nobles to the citizens, whether it was going out or transporting goods, they all chose to use the Magic Cars.
After all, compared to the traditional horse carriages, the Magic Cars far surpassed the traditional horse carriages whether it was in terms of transport capacity, speed, or comfort.
Even if there were people who couldn't afford the Magic Sedans, they would choose the new passenger Magic Cars or take the Magic Sedans that were popular in the Lampari Kingdom. They wouldn't choose to take the horse carriages.
Of course, this was also because of the road networks in the surrounding countries, which created good transportation conditions for the Magic Cars.
Xu Yi first released the Magic Sedans in the Kandla Empire because he wanted to use the Magic Sedans to move the upper class of the Kandla Empire. He wanted them to be interested in the Magic Sedans, so they would be interested in building roads.
When the Kandla Empire began building roads, it would be natural to promote the transport and transport Magic Cars.
But now that there were people who noticed the convenience of the transport Magic Cars and were interested in them, Xu Yi naturally wouldn't reject them.
The reason why Belil's company was called the "Belil Magic Car Company" and not the "Belil Magic Sedan Company" was Xu Yi's idea to begin with.
In Xu Yi's reply to Belil, he clearly said that if there were people who wanted to buy transport or passenger Magic Cars, Belil would agree to it.
Moreover, Xu Yi promised Belil that the New Flyer's Magic Car business in the Kandla Empire would be taken care of by Belil, which made Belil feel assured.
As for the report that Belil sent, it was a report on the Magic Sedan race that Xu Yi wanted him to be held in the Kandla Empire.
It should be said that Belil was very quick.
After being in the Kandla Empire for less than half a year, he had already become famous among the nobles in Wimbledon City. Moreover, he had successfully gathered some young nobles who loved Magic Sedans and car racing together to hold a race in private.
According to Belil's description, this race was very popular among the young nobles in Wimbledon City. With his arrangements, it was already held once a week.
After this, Belil would gradually formalize this race according to his plan. Then with his relationship with Prince Frank, he would make this race open and transparent, making it a formal race that everyone would pay attention to.
Therefore, Belil needed Xu Yi to give him some support. For example, they were lacking a proper race track and an experienced manager … …
Xu Yi had already prepared these requests for Belil, so naturally it wasn't a problem.
Based on Belil's report, if everything went smoothly, they might be able to hold their first race in Wimbledon City by the end of the year.
This was very good news for Xu Yi because it meant that the Magic Sedans would receive public attention in Wimbledon City. It meant that the New Flyer's products would enter the Kandla Empire's market for the first time.
Other than this, there was another piece of good news. It was that ambassador Hakanin had used some unknown relationship to finally get the Kandla Empire to agree to him building a private road in the Kandla Empire's southwest province.
This road would start from the border between the Norton Duchy and the Kandla Empire, going through the entire southwest province.
Even if it didn't connect to Wimbledon City like Xu Yi expected, it was already seven hundred kilometers long. It could become the main road of the Kandla Empire's southwest province.
The total cost of this road was one and a half million gold coins. In name, it was built by ambassador Hakanin and the Kandla Empire's southwest province governor's manor. Ambassador Hakanin had contributed one million gold coins and the Kandla Empire's southwest province governor's manor had contributed five hundred thousand gold coins.
But in reality, the one million gold coins ambassador Hakanin had contributed was split between the New Flyer and the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, ambassador Hakanin had only contributed in name.
As for the five hundred thousand gold coins the Kandla Empire's southwest province governor's manor had contributed in name, it had been offset by the various preferential policies for this road. In reality, they didn't need to pay a single gold coin.
These preferential policies were of course only in name. For example, after the road was paved, the southwest province governor's manor would support the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce's construction team, helping the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce collect the land along the road, as well as helping the people move along the road …..
But in reality, there were many things the southwest province governor's manor would say. At most they would send one or two people to help, the real work would be done by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce.
Moreover, in order for these people to work hard, the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce had to take care of them in private, paying a large amount of hidden funds for this.
Faced with this situation, chairman Cruz was naturally filled with complaints.
"Damn, this is definitely the most depressing road I've ever built." Chairman Cruz cursed without any politeness.
"When we build roads here, it's the nobles and officials who beg me, saying good things for us. But when it comes to the Kandla Empire to build roads, we have to beg them and say good things for them.
Damn, this is building roads for them, creating convenience for them!
In the end, they have to make things hard for us, are these fellows idiots? "
Seeing chairman Cruz's angry appearance, Xu Yi laughed. He waved his hand and comforted him, "Alright, this is the Kandla Empire's first road after all, it's already a success if we can build it.
You have to have confidence in the road you built.
Think about it, once this road is built, those fellows in the Kandla Empire will see how easy it is to use, so how could they not want to build a few more roads?
When they beg you to help them build roads, you won't have to be so dejected. "
Chairman Cruz heavily snorted, "When that time comes, see if I don't make them pay a price!"
Xu Yi smiled, he didn't have any objections to chairman Cruz's idea.
Not only did the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce suffer when dealing with the Kandla Empire, the New Flyer also often suffered because of the arrogance of this huge empire when dealing with the Kandla Empire.
If he could make the Kandla Empire pay a price, Xu Yi wouldn't be polite at all.
"Don't worry about the Kandla Empire for the time being, we'll be very anxious when the time comes." Xu Yi paused and said.
"Right now, those slaves are already in place on the islands, but there are only some simple houses on those islands. It can't be considered a place to settle them down, so I hope you can send enough people as soon as possible to build houses on those islands."
Chairman Cruz frowned, "Xu Yi, you also know how troublesome it is to build houses on those islands, right?
The manpower is still fine, but it's not as easy to supply some of the necessary building materials on land.
Speaking of which, why do you have to send those slaves to those islands?
If you're really like what others are worried about and bring the slaves back to the Principality of Constantine, then you have to let them return to their civilian status. If it's not easy to control them, then it's the same to throw them on the Black Rice Wasteland.
Anyway, the Black Rice Wasteland still belongs to the Lampari Kingdom in name, they didn't pass the 《Slave Abolition Act》. "
"No, I'm not worried about this." Xu Yi smiled and shook his head.
"And in fact, after I accepted those slaves, I already abolished their slave status. They are now just ordinary civilians."
"Ah?" Chairman Cruz stared blankly.
"It can't be?
Did you really restore them to commoners?
You ….. You can't be that stupid, right? "
"Stupid?" Xu Yi shrugged.
"I don't think so.
I've already said that the identity of slaves is a big obstacle to liberating their productivity. Only by solving this identity problem can I bring out the value of their bodies. "
"But if they were restored to their civilian status, why would they listen to your arrangements?" Chairman Cruz asked with a frown.
"It's very simple, benefits." Xu Yi replied with a smile.
"Perhaps you don't know these slaves well.
In fact, even if they were restored to their civilian status, because they were slaves before, even if they continued to stay here, they would still be discriminated against and not be accepted by most people.
Thus, even if they were restored to their civilian status, almost all of them still obeyed my arrangements and settled down on the islands I arranged for them.
Moreover, even if they weren't slaves, they all took the initiative to recognize me as their lord. I still have jurisdiction over them. "
Chairman Cruz frowned and looked at Xu Yi for a long time, then slowly shook his head.
"Xu Yi, to be honest, sometimes I really feel that you are a very hypocritical guy."
"Oh?
What do you mean? "
"You clearly need these slaves to completely obey you, but you want to occupy a noble name.
I say, why do you have to do this?
Even if you really use them as slaves, no one will blame you.
In any case, the history of slaves on this continent has been around for thousands of years. Your way of doing things is very strange. "
Xu Yi was silent for a moment, then sighed softly: "Perhaps you are right, I am a hypocritical guy.
The reason why I have to go through so much trouble is actually for my own peace of mind.
Saying that I want to liberate the productivity of these slaves is just an excuse. "
Chairman Cruz frowned even more: "That's why I don't understand.
Why would you have this kind of idea?
Why would using slaves make you feel uneasy?
This is too strange. "
Xu Yi shook his head, thinking that it was because he came from Earth, a civilization far superior to this world. Since he was young, he had received an equal education. Moreover, he had seen countless attacks on the slavery system in books since he was young, so he had a deep hatred for it.
But this involved his biggest secret, how could he explain it to Chairman Cruz?