"Cut two days down to one?" President Pombelli froze, then immediately shook his head. "How would that be possible? If you said a day and a half, I might manage it by pushing my men harder and buying some better horses. But cutting it down to one day... unless there were a paved road connecting Bunta City and Anvilmar City."
"Forget about that for now." Xu Yi shook his head. "The roads our two companies are building are only an experiment by His Majesty the King. Only after these two roads are finished, and His Majesty the King finds the results satisfactory, will road construction be promoted throughout the kingdom. As for building a road connecting Bunta City and Anvilmar City, who knows how long we'll have to wait?"
President Pombelli nodded dejectedly. "Yes. If every place in our Lampari Kingdom were connected by paved roads, business would be much easier for our carriage company."
"That's the second time today I've heard someone say that." Xu Yi smiled slightly. "Don't worry. As more and more people experience the convenience paved roads bring, I believe that sooner or later, every road in the Lampari Kingdom will become a smooth, paved road."
"I believe that too, but how long will it take? I can't afford to wait that long right now." President Pombelli sighed and looked at Xu Yi. "President Xu, when you said we should improve things on our end, you weren't talking about roads, were you?"
"No. I meant something more practical: the carriages your company uses," Xu Yi said.
"Carriages?" President Pombelli thought for a moment and frowned. "What is there to improve about them? Apart from using better horses, there doesn't seem to be much we can do, does there? The problem is that better horses cost more.