Chapter 135 Magic Locomotive

The carriage ran smoothly and quickly on the Rainfall Highway, carrying Xu Yi and President Cruise to the Rainfall Valley.

An oncoming carriage carrying a large amount of cargo passed by. President Cruise glanced through the car window at the large freight carriage that was far away, and then looked at the road where the wheels rolled over, and suddenly looked towards the large carriage. Xu Yi said: "This road should be widened."

Xu Yi nodded: "Yes, I have thought about this for a long time. When the road was built, firstly, there was no money, and secondly, you didn't have much experience, so it was only four meters wide. Now it seems that , this width is still not enough, it is best to double the width."

"It doesn't need to be so exaggerated to double the width. I think it's almost the same with a width of two meters." President Cruise said.

"No, since you want to widen it, then add a little more. After all, this road will not only be a horse-drawn carriage, but also other cars..."

"Other car?" President Cruise's expression moved. "President Xu, I heard President Pomberg say, you promised him that a new type of magic locomotive will be developed within this year, which can replace the carriages used by their chariots and greatly reduce their costs?"

"I'm just here to comfort him." Xu Yi said helplessly. "Actually, the most important parts of this magic locomotive have not been fully developed yet. I am not sure whether this magic locomotive can be launched this year. If it wasn't for President Pomberg's urgency, I would not have made up such words on purpose. lie to him."

President Cruise didn't care whether Xu Yi was comforting President Pompel, he only cared about the most important meaning expressed in Xu Yi's words.

"In other words, is this magic locomotive real?"

Xu Yi glanced at him: "Why do you care so much about this thing?"

"Why can't I care?" President Cruise immediately asked back. "If this magic locomotive can be as good as you described it in front of President Pompeii, and it can even run forty kilometers in an hour, it will definitely eliminate the carriage. Besides, this thing runs so fast. It must be even more unbearable. It is a ground-breaking road. Since this is the case, it means that the demand for roads will be countless times higher than now, and it has a great relationship with our Amley Chamber of Commerce."

Xu Yi couldn't help laughing: "You are really quick to respond. That's right, this magic locomotive has higher requirements for road conditions, so for the magic locomotive. Highways must be popularized first, and the road construction of your Amley Chamber of Commerce will be possible. become more important."

"Then can you tell me when this magic locomotive will be developed? Give me an accurate time, so that I can expand our road construction team in advance, so as not to be overwhelmed by the time." President Cruise asked again road.

Xu Yi pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "I can't give you an accurate time for this. It's impossible to do experiments and research. For example, there is a magic research institute called Sancheli in our chamber of commerce. I handed him a research task, and it has been more than a year now, and he still hasn't produced any results. But I can only wait patiently, because it doesn't make much sense no matter how much you rush it."

"No results for more than a year?" President Cruise was a little surprised. "Xu Yi, you are really patient. According to me, this guy must be eating and drinking in your chamber of commerce, right? No matter how difficult the experimental research is. There should be some results in more than a year, how is it possible to have a little bit? There were no results.”

"No, the thing he's studying is not the same, it does have this difficulty." Xu Yi smiled and said. "As long as he can finally research this thing, I will have no problem with him for ten or twenty years. Anyway, our Chamber of Commerce can still afford him alone."

President Cruise couldn't help shaking his head: "You guy, you can't even say that you are a loser. But then again, you can't give me the exact time. Can you give me an approximate time? For example If it doesn’t work this year, what about next year? If it doesn’t work next year, what about the year after?”

"Uh...let me think about it..." Xu Yi touched his chin and thought for a while, frowned slightly, and smiled bitterly: "Actually, even I'm not sure I can't make it this year, so I can't tell you This year is still next year. But I can be sure that even if it can’t be developed this year, based on the current progress, it will definitely be developed next year.”

"In other words, it's just two years?"

After receiving Xu Yi's confirmation. President Cruise made a quick calculation.

"Even if it is developed at the end of next year, it will only take two years. In addition, the promotion may take about a year, so it will be three years. In other words, the time left for me is only three years at most. It may only be about a year and a half. In this case..."

Seeing President Cruise's tangled look. Xu Yi thought for a while and said: "In fact, even if the magic locomotive is not developed, your chamber of commerce still needs to rapidly expand the road construction team. Now everyone in the kingdom is calling for road construction, and you are already short of people now, don't you think? Do you have to wait until the magic locomotive comes out?"

"That's different." President Cruise shook his head and said: "Before the magic locomotive appeared, our Chamber of Commerce could invest less in road construction, but after the magic locomotive comes out, we will definitely increase investment. So this thing When it appears determines the overall plan of our chamber of commerce."

"There's no way, I can only tell you an approximate time, I can't tell you the exact time." Xu Yi shrugged.

"That's enough. In fact, you only need to be sure that your chamber of commerce will develop this thing." President Cruise smiled. "A lot of times, a certain piece of news can affect a lot of things."

"I agree with this." Xu Yi nodded and smiled bitterly: "For example, this time, President Reelsa has determined that there are three orc tribes that are attacking us, so I have to immediately consider the establishment of a escort team. already."

President Cruise glanced at Xu Yi and dismissed the suggestion to him to establish a joint venture non-ferrous metal smelting factory again. He thought about it and said, "Actually, if it doesn't work, I know several heads of mercenary regiments, you You can ask them to hire some mercenaries to serve as escorts."

"This can only be used as a last resort. The mercenary's salary is too high, and after all, they are not their own, so it is not very reassuring." Xu Yi shook his head.

"Yeah. That's right. If you want to use it easily, of course, the escort of your own chamber of commerce is the best." President Cruise said with emotion: "Actually, I envy your chamber of commerce, and you can recruit dwarves and elves to serve as the guards of the chamber of commerce. .They are much stronger than ordinary human guards."

"I don't know if it can be concluded." Xu Yi shook his head. "The dwarves and elves can accept work in our chamber of commerce, but they may not accept to be the guards of our chamber of commerce. Because this is equivalent to them coming to protect us humans, I'm afraid they won't accept it."

It turns out. Xu Yi's worries were not unfounded.

The carriage took the two to the Valley of the Rain. Xu Yi and President Cruise parted ways, and asked President Cruise to go to Samara town to meet with President Reelsa. In the steel mill in Rain Valley, the sweaty chiefs of Shiluo and Monto.

Of course, when he proposed to the two patriarchs that he wanted to establish a Chamber of Commerce escort team and wanted to hire some dwarves to serve as guards, the two patriarchs showed embarrassed expressions on their faces.

"Master President. This... Although we and our brothers are very willing to work for the Chamber of Commerce, but working is only for making money, being a guard is equivalent to working hard. I am afraid that many brothers are not willing to work for you human beings..." Patriarch Shilu was a little embarrassed.

Xu Yi turned to Patriarch Monto, but Patriarch Monto also scratched his head and said with an embarrassed expression: "Patriarch Shilu is right. It's no problem to work to make money. I'm afraid it will be a problem to work hard. In the end... everyone, after all Not of the same race."

Seeing that Xu Yi's face was a little ugly, Patriarch Monto waved his hand quickly and said: "President Xu, Patriarch Shilu and I have no other intentions, just... just let us dwarves work for your human beings, this sounds very strange. what."

The patriarch Shilu nodded again and again: "Yes, except when we fought against the rule of the elves thousands of years ago, we dwarves and humans have joined forces. But we dwarves have never accepted the command of your humans, and it is even more impossible to work for humans. So it just doesn't make sense historically."

Xu Yi thought for a while, then frowned: "Can't you treat the guards as an ordinary job? I will also pay the dwarves brothers. And I promise that the salary of guards will be higher than that of ordinary workers. higher."

Seeing that Xu Yi still refused to give up, Patriarch Shiluo and Patriarch Monto looked at each other and said helplessly: "Well, we will talk to the brothers. But President, we can't guarantee that the brothers will agree. Of course, we will try our best. After all, we are all living well under your care. Now that you are in trouble, we will definitely help."

Xu Yi could only helplessly say: "That's it. Just do your best. Tell the dwarves that this is just an ordinary job, and everyone participates voluntarily. I don't mean to force it."

compared to dwarves. The elves have always been known for being arrogant and looking down on humans.

Xu Yi originally thought that he had a bad face in the dwarves, and it was even more impossible in the elves.

However, when he came to the Nightsong Tribe with a bit of luck and made this request to Elder Elushia, he received a positive answer by surprise.

"Why not?" Elder Elushia looked at Xu Yi who couldn't believe it, and smiled: "Although we elves are arrogant, we will always admit the truth. Thousands of years ago, we lost to the race in the race war. If you human beings, then you humans must be better than our elves. Besides, the discipline of the tribes has indeed improved after the special training in your chamber of commerce, and I can see their hope of getting a new life. They entrusted you as their escort, and I think it would be helpful to them as well."

Hearing the evaluation of "getting a new life", Xu Yi felt a little bit of vigilance in his heart.

Could it be that the elves are still thinking of counterattacking humans and regaining control of this continent?

But on second thought, Xu Yi thought this idea was a bit ridiculous.

When the elves were at their strongest, they were no match for humans. Now that the number has become so small, it is even more impossible for them to be the opponents of humans.

The most important thing is that the fertility rate of the elves is too low, and the total number of ethnic groups cannot be greatly increased in any case, so it is even less likely to pose a threat to humans.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi felt relieved and asked Elder Elushia: "So, are you willing to let your clansmen join the Chamber of Commerce Guards as guards?"

Elder Elushia smiled slightly: "Of course. Since I have decided to let the clansmen put down their useless pride and enter your chamber of commerce to work for humans, if I refuse this job now, wouldn't it completely deny the previous work? What do you do? President Xu, the biggest advantage of our elves is that we will definitely complete the things we look for, and we will not give up halfway."

Looking at Elder Elushia whose face seemed to radiate light, Xu Yi silently added a sentence in his heart.

"This advantage, in other words, is called stubbornness."