The time entered the second half of the midsummer, and the traffic transformation entered a climax period, basically all the big cities of the Illuth Empire were vigorously carrying out renovation activities, and through the propaganda of the Datang Daily, people also roughly understood what they were about to meet next. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

City buses? Wait at the stop sign and spend a little copper coin to easily and conveniently reach your destination?

What's the difference between this and a horse-drawn carriage?

"It's a big difference!"

In a tavern in Bein, a guy who had the good fortune to see the bus driver training site foamed at the mouth and said, "You don't understand what that thing is!" In my name, you'll be stunned when you see that bus, it's a work of art! ”

A circle of people looked at the guy with great envy, Pyros claimed to be a hired worker of the Datang Chamber of Commerce's partners, and he saw the training site when he went to Ellington to make deliveries.

"This bus made by the Datang Chamber of Commerce is so big-"

Pylos gestured with his hands: "It's not enough to go from one end to the other end of the tavern, it can hold at least fifty people - no, a hundred!" ”

"That can't be!"

One person couldn't help but retort: "How can there be such a big carriage!" ”

"Who told you it was a carriage?"

Pyrrhus looked at his questioners with a mocking expression: "That's not a horse-drawn carriage, it's called a city bus, and it's all made of hard steel!" ”

"Steel!"

A group of people exclaimed, "How did such a heavy thing run?" And to pull so many people! ”

"Of course, this is a secret of His Majesty Donn, but it is normal for His Majesty to build something as magical as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and to build a city bus."

"But how can it be convenient to pull so many people?"

Or someone is very incomprehensible: "If you have the money, wouldn't it be better to hire a carriage alone?" ”

"So you don't understand, the bus is a fixed time along a fixed route to and fro, every other distance there will be a stop sign, when the bus arrives at the stop sign, it will stop and let people get on and off."

After a pause, Pylos continued: "Although it is convenient to hire a carriage, it is expensive! A few copper plates are all it takes for a bus, and a few silver coins are not allowed for a carriage? ”

"That's ...... too"

Pylos poured a sip of beer, and then said happily: "Recently, various cities are recruiting bus drivers, I have already signed up, if I am selected, I will quit my job and concentrate on driving the bus, it is said that I can get this amount every month with a basic salary alone!" ”

Pyrrhus drew a number.

"Shhhh

A group of drinking friends next to him took a breath of cold air, this salary is a lot, in Beiyin, only the employees of the Datang Chamber of Commerce can get this level of salary, and the employees of other chambers of commerce can only get fifteen gold coins if they reach the sky, this is still because of the emergence of the Datang Chamber of Commerce After the increase in employment costs, it was great that these people could earn ten gold coins a month before.

"This is just the basic salary, don't forget what the newspaper said, this bus driver belongs to the municipal staff, that is to say, I work for His Majesty, in addition to the basic salary, there are meal subsidies, bonuses, etc. every month, adding up to at least fifty gold coins a month!"

Then a man suddenly shouted, "Pylos! Where is the place to sign up? I'm going too! ”

Pirlos looked at it fixedly, and immediately laughed and said: "Old George, you better forget it, your alcohol addiction is so big that it is impossible to pass the test, and the bus driver is not allowed to drink alcohol after he takes up his post." ”

"Don't let you drink? What is the meaning of life! ”

"That's why your wife ran away with someone else."

"Pylos! You kid has itchy skin, right? ”

"Old George, you should ask who in the room doesn't know about this?"

The tavern burst into laughter.

In the Bein Lord's Mansion, Douglas Bolaite looked at the documents in front of him, and said to Thomas in front of him a little helplessly: "Your boss has really found me a big problem. ”

A smiling Thomas tapped lightly on the table and said, "It's not so much a problem as a great opportunity for mutual benefit, isn't it?" ”

Fiona sent Thomas over to negotiate with Douglas, and she offered to establish a regular shuttle bus between Bain and Ellington.

If it was before, Douglas obviously wouldn't mind, but now it's different.

The rise of Ellington is too attractive to those around it, with a beautifully planned city, abundant labor remuneration, a safe living environment, and a never-before-seen future of development......

All of this will attract the people around to Ellington to converge.

As the lord of Bein, Douglas certainly wouldn't be happy to see this scene.

But Thomas's meaning is not so much Fiona's meaning, but the meaning of His Majesty Donne, although Douglas is unhappy, but he doesn't dare to get into trouble with Donn, and now the Bolaite family is on Donne's side, and he can't drop the chain.

After a few sighs, Douglas signed his name on the paperwork and said, "Tell Ms. Fiona, I agree, but I would like to get Ellington's preferential policies, such as giving priority to the Bein ...... if Ellington needs to build a new factory."

"Of course, we're more than happy to support our partners."

Thomas put away the contract with a smile on his face, stood up and prepared to leave, and when he was about to go out, he suddenly paused, turned his head and said, "I suddenly remembered a piece of news, I think I should remind you." ”

"What's the news?"

"Your Majesty intends to further expand industrial capacity, intends to develop light industry, and supports the characteristic industries of each city."

Douglas was stunned, then overjoyed: "Really!? ”

"Of course, I think so, because of the Epa Expressway and the Ebeban bus, His Majesty should consider Bein first."

Thomas smiled and said, "After all, Bayin's textile industry is still very famous, you think about it, I take my leave." ”

After Thomas left, Douglas made his decision after lingering in his study for a while.

It's time to overhaul the industrial structure of Bayin.

At the same time, not only Bein, but also in several other cities, like Thomas, the envoys of the Tang Chamber of Commerce are negotiating with the city lords of each city, and the core of the negotiations is nothing more than the identification of bus routes within the city, the training of bus drivers, and the issue of intercity public transportation between cities.

What does it mean that Donn's purpose was to build a one-day transportation network within the Ilrus Empire?

That is, all the cities that buses can go to in one day must establish a passenger station between each other, forming a spider web of transportation.

How huge is the project to build a nationwide transportation network from scratch? The number of people involved in this project is more than 10 million, if it weren't for the ability of the Tang Chamber of Commerce to collect money and Tang En's current absolute control over the Illuth Empire, I am afraid that no one would be able to do this.

More importantly, because Donn needs an efficient, dynamic country, when the transportation network is completed and the intercity bus is officially running, the flow of people between cities will be accelerated, the exchange of information will be faster, and many new ideas will be generated in the process of collision of ideas.

This is important.

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"Those cities need not only buses, but also jobs for bus drivers and traffic police, which cannot satisfy the desire of urban residents for jobs."

Knocking on the table, Don further emphasized: "The transportation transformation and the introduction of buses are to expand the range of people's travel, to prepare for the next industrial expansion, with buses, those people can go to work far away from home, and it will be much easier for workers to commute to and from work with buses." What those cities need to do now is to reform from the traditional agricultural form and gradually transition to the industrial form. ”

"But," Aurelia frowned, "if too many people go to work in the factories, the farmland will be wasted, and our people will go hungry, and they won't have enough to eat!" ”

Fiona, who was sitting next to her, had a strange expression, she had warned Don about this before when she was expanding in Ellington, but then Don hit her in the face with facts, and now I'm afraid Aurelia will not be able to avoid this.

"Agriculture is very important, but it doesn't mean that a lot of labor is consumed on it."

Don asked Fiona, "How many agricultural magic machines have we put on the domestic market so far?" ”

Fiona didn't even need to look at the information, and blurted out: "So far, there are more than 20,000 combine harvesters on the market, 25,000 magic energy cultivators, and 50,000 magic energy sprinkler irrigation machines. ”

Don nodded and said to Aurelia, "Do you know what this concept is? ”

Aurelia frowned: "Spread evenly to each city in the empire, each city has about two hundred combine harvesters, two hundred and fifty magic energy cultivators, and five hundred magic energy sprinkler irrigation machines. ”

"That's right."

Tang En smiled and said, "You only know the number of these devices, but you don't know how many people's labor can be replaced by these magic energy machines, right?" ”

Seeing that Aurelia shook her head, Don continued: "A combine harvester can harvest more farmland in a day than a thousand people in a day, and a magic energy cultivator can cultivate an area more than a thousand people in a day, and the magic energy sprinkler not only has a more efficient efficiency in sprinkler irrigation, but also saves time and effort, do you think that under this premise, how much labor and how much land does a farm need is reasonable?" ”

"This ...... It's not easy to calculate. ”

"Very simply, the efficiency of three agricultural magic machines is far greater than the efficiency of a thousand people, which means that a farm of three can completely cultivate the cultivated area of the original 1,000 households." (To be continued.) )