Volume 2 Chapter 75 - New town effect (1/2)

It had been two months since Count Sean showed Xu YI the plan for Banta City, but progress in this aspect had been very slow.

One reason was that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and the Amrit Chamber of Commerce responsible for the first part couldn’t find any free time. A second reason was because there were problems that came up during planning.

In the first part of the plan agreed upon between Xu Yi and Count Sean, other than two villages, there were several pieces of noble’s private land also included.

Comparing it, although there were many villagers in the two villages, they were easy to take care of.

Xu Yi brought the City Lord Manor’s token and no one in the two villages argued with him, obediently following everything Xu Yi asked them to do.

What caused trouble for Xu Yi and chairman Cruse was rather the several stretches of noble land that weren’t that big.

For the nobles of the Sines Continent, their territory was their property, so not even kings could take care of them. So if Xu Yi wanted to do something in the territories of the nobles outside Banta City, he had to get the agreement of those nobles first.

The problem was that other than two open minded nobles who agreed to let the Amrit Chamber of Commerce build on their territory, the other nobles didn’t understand this so called Banta City renovation plan, so naturally they didn’t agree.

So this project had been delayed by these stubborn nobles and it progressed very slowly.

Count Sean was very dissatisfied with this matter. After he learned the reason from Xu Yi and chairman Cruise, he specially held this banquet, not just gathering all the nobles in Banta City, he also gathered all the companies together.

Other than explaining it to those stubborn nobles to make them understand the significance of this project, he also wanted to get funds from more companies.

After he finished his introduction, Count Sean quickly jumped on the main topic, explaining the details to the plan that he showed Xu Yi before.

The people under the stage were a bit confused at first, but as Count Sean continued to explain everything, they revealed looks of comprehension.

It should be said that Count Sean’s plans to change Banta City were very good.

Right now, because of the appearance of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, there were many factories that appeared. Also because of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s magic machines, the production efficiency of the other companies had been increased, so they also developed.

So right now there were countless new factories in Banta City and countless employment opportunities. That attracted many people to migrate here, which made the peaceful Banta City quite lively.

This also brought a big problem along with it.

Banta City was only a small city with less than fifty thousand people, so no matter what part of the city it was, it wasn’t developed. Now that there were so many factories and people, this was like a large disaster for a small town.

Not mentioning anything else, the waste that came out of Banta City had increased by several times, which created great pressure on the city administration.

If this continued, Banta City would collapse from the pressure eventually.

“Everyone, I think that everyone isn’t willing to live in a chaotic city. So in order to change this situation, I have given careful consideration before deciding on this Banta City renovation plan.”

After saying this, Count Sean paused and looked around. Seeing everyone’s thoughtful expressions, he gave a satisfied nod and continued, “Of course, there is no way to change the inside of Banta City since Banta City is indeed too small and can’t handle all these people. So my goal is outside the city. As for how to transform the outside of the city, we have to listen to a specialist of this subject, the ideas of chairman Xu from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.”

Xu Yi walked onto the stage in front of everyone with a faint smile. He took Count Sean’s position and gave a slight bow to everyone before saying with a smile, “Lord City Lord is too generous with your praise, I’m not a specialist. Just that when developing the Falling Rain Valley, I had some experience.”

Hearing Xu Yi mention the Falling Rain Valley, everyone discussed in whispers.

When the Falling Rain Road was open, many people had taken a horse carriage along the Falling Rain Road since they had nothing to do and naturally many people had seen the Falling Rain Valley.

Everyone found that the Falling Rain Valley wasn’t as desolate as before, without a single specialty to mention. After the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had developed it, it had become a very beautiful and magnificent place.

There were many people who saw the beautiful industrial and residential areas of the Falling Rain Valley and they praised it like chairman Pompeii.

So when they learned that Count Sean handed the renovation project to Xu Yi to complete, there weren’t many people surprised.

“First, I want to show a few pictures to everyone.”

Under Xu Yi’s indication, two servants from the City Lord’s Manor came out with a stand and rolls of pictures, which they unraveled one by one.

Everyone’s gaze fell onto the pictures and they saw the beautiful scenery.

In the middle picture, the main angle was on a river, but this river was different from the one that everyone was used to.

The sides of this river were not stacked with silt, rather there was something that created a beautiful river embankment.