The straight-line distance between Samara Town and the Worrel Werewolf Tribe was about twenty kilometers. Allowing for a few detours, a road between them would be less than thirty kilometers long.
At the Amli Merchant Guild's previous construction speed, a road of that length would have taken nearly a month to finish at the very least.
Yet this time, Xu Yi had only made a trip to the Stantin Duchy, spending a little over ten days on the round trip, and the road was already nearing completion.
Their construction speed had actually increased two- or threefold!
How had they gotten so fast?
Puzzled, Xu Yi sought out President Cruz, who happened to be in Samara Town preparing to transport several wagonloads of supplies to the Worrel Werewolf Tribe.
"Of course it's fast," President Cruz said with a touch of pride. "This time, I brought in two construction crews and had them work day and night from both ends. It would be strange if that didn't speed things up."
"Won't working that fast cause quality problems?" Xu Yi frowned.
"No." President Cruz shook his head. "Actually, the biggest reason we're moving so fast isn't that I brought in two crews. It's that our guild has adopted a new technique that greatly speeds up road construction without compromising quality. Well? Impressive, isn't it?"
Xu Yi was immediately intrigued. He had taught the Amli Merchant Guild everything from cement and reinforced concrete to the techniques for building concrete roads, yet now Cruz had come up with a new technique of his own. That was quite a surprise.
"What technique? It even lets you build roads in weather this cold? Won't the surface crack?" Xu Yi couldn't help asking.
"Want to know?" Seeing Xu Yi nod, President Cruz grinned smugly and held out his