President Cruz had made a special trip to see Xu Yi not merely to report his achievements, but to place another order, asking the Xinfei Merchant Guild to supply the Amli Merchant Guild with more Engineering Magic Machinery for road construction. He also hoped the Xinfei Merchant Guild could speed up its research and develop more, newer models of magic machinery for them to use as soon as possible.
To that end, he gave Xu Yi a very detailed list describing some of the problems and difficulties the Amli Merchant Guild had encountered while building roads, river embankments, and houses.
The list included detailed notes on tasks that might be handled by magic machinery, the idea being to have Xu Yi develop machines to address those practical difficulties first.
Xu Yi glanced over the list and put it away, but made no promise that he could solve those problems quickly.
There was no helping it. The Xinfei Merchant Guild's Magic Research Institute and Magic Machine Tool Research Workshop still had limited staff, and there were countless problems to solve. Even with all the mechanical theory Xu Yi had brought from Earth, he still needed both departments to work together to actually develop magic machinery.
President Cruz knew that, of course, so he could only urge him to hurry and said little else.
Once President Cruz had finalized his order and left, President Pombelli of the Feilson Carriage Company immediately approached Xu Yi.
He had come to ask Xu Yi about the toll stations on the Bangka Highway, which the Xinfei Merchant Guild had undertaken to build.
The highway connecting Bunta City and Sartan City, funded by the Feilson Carriage Company, was nearing completion. Although its toll stations had already been built and collected a considerable amount in tolls, this was