C775 Disconnection of Commander
As far as Ye Tian was concerned, the cost of a day's travel by over two hundred ministers was not a small amount. Even though Fong Juann had made it clear that the lunch money at the rouge tower would be settled by the Jiangnan County tax department, Ye Tian had also made it clear that since the imperial court had already set rules for all official business, it must follow the rules of the court.
This was a standard official trip for the council, so the expenses would naturally be paid by the Ministry of Tax Administration.
However, Ji Yanwenn, this cunning old man, was obviously not willing to casually take out his pocket. After a few rounds of pestering, Ye Tian still took out the Royal Cars and Horses Shop account and reimbursed all the expenses of Jin'ling's one day trip.
Ye Tian didn't care about this. From a certain point of view, Ye Tian had made these more than 200 officials above the fourth grade of the Internal Affairs Bureau into advertisements for the living.
Since so many ministers were able to get on the bus, and run from Shangjing City to Jinling City up to here every single day, it was sufficient to prove that this kind of new bus, no matter whether it was safety or comfort, was a guarantee.
Ye Tian wanted the general public to realize this point, so he specially planned out this one day trip to Jinling. However, these ministers did not realize that they had actually made an extremely stimulating advertisement for the Royal Cars and Horses Shop.
After an hour, everyone was full. Due to Fong Juann's meticulous preparations, the officials were also extremely impressed by the rich Gangnam Cuisine today.
However, there were also some ministers who privately suggested that they want to watch the performance of the rouge pavilion. Because Ye Tian was present, these ministers did not dare to overstep their boundaries and only admired the song and dance, not bringing up the idea of finding a few entertainers to enter the guest room.
After that, Yang Qiann asked Ye Tian, who had no objections, to arrange for Fong Juann to attend the event. Yang Qiann then asked Ye Tian, who had recently learned modern singing and dancing from the capital, to attend the event.
Soon, under the melodious music, the people began to dance.
Although the number of people, their size, and their grades couldn't compare to a super lavish party like the Spring Festival Gala, these lovers had just returned from studying in the capital.
The ministers quickly realized that these songs and dances were very similar to those on the Spring Festival Gala. They stretched their necks, glared at them and watched with rapt attention.
Ye Tian also had the intention to agitate the appetite of the crowd. In Ye Tian's plan, the rouge restaurant would make use of the speed train with Aroma Workshop and the speed train with Royal Media Group sooner or later to gradually become a brand that would be famous throughout the continent. At the same time, if these ministers could find time to go from Shangjing City to Jinling City during normal times, just to watch a performance at the rouge pavilion, then the development of the Long Distance Bus Station of the two regions would undoubtedly be spurred.
After the dance, Ye Tian gave Yang Qiann a signal. Yang Qiann then said loudly, "Alright, we still have to go to Black Turtle Lake next stop. Let's not waste time here."
Hearing Yang Qiann's words, all the ministers stood up with unsatisfied expressions. They followed behind Yang Qiann unwillingly and headed downstairs one after another.
Everyone walked out of the rouge tower and arrived at the Black Tortoise Lake. It was noon, and the young masters and young ladies of Jinling City were eating, drinking, and playing on the cruise liner at Black Tortoise Lake. One after another, the luxurious pleasure boats shuttled back and forth like fish.
Within the pleasure boat, the sounds of laughter and banter could be heard from time to time, mixed with the sounds of poems, verses and music. Many of the ministers who had originally been born into nobility also remembered that when they were young, they had also experienced such an enchanting experience in the jade lake at Shangjing City.
They followed the edge of the Black Tortoise Lake for a long walk before finally reaching the highest point of the island and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the entire Black Tortoise Lake.
Afterwards, under Ye Tian's orders, he once again sat in Royal Cars and Horses Shop's carriage, and returned to the Jin'ling Long Distance Bus Station.
There were still five luxurious buses, and after it was full of people, it followed the dedicated passage, and headed towards the Northern City gate.
All along the way, the gathered officials looked at the rows and rows of Jinling City buildings, and felt a sense of reluctance to part from the prosperity of the Shangjing City.
But what Ye Tian wanted was this kind of effect. He wanted to make these ministers unable to eat, play or watch well. After returning to the Shangjing City, he was constantly thinking about when he could use the Jinling City again.
In his previous life, tourism was also a lucrative industry. Ye Tian was thinking about how he could make these ministers the first experiencers in the new tourism industry, which would lead more people to gradually integrate tourism into their lives.
After returning to Jade Lake West Garden, the first thing Ye Tian did was to check the Long Distance Bus Station's daily report. As the bus seating rate was not high, Ye Tian focused on the Freight Truck first.
Ouyang Ruochen arranged for the accounting staff to calculate the previous day's report at the first possible moment.
Ye Tian smiled as he looked at the rows and rows of numbers on the report. One hundred and seventy-five tons a day for the delivery of goods was fifteen hundred tons, which was one tael of silver per ton according to the cost of the weight. It was fifteen million taels of silver per day.
Compared to the business before Royal Cars and Horses Shop, this kind of income did not seem to be too high. But this was just the beginning, just by looking at the large warehouses that were filled with goods, one could tell that the current number of Freight Truck s was already beginning to be unable to meet the demands of the cargo.
Qu Shu continued to produce bus and Freight Truck with his Royal Vehicle Factory at full capacity. According to Ye Tian's estimations, the daily income of Shangjing City would reach at least ten thousand silver.
Furthermore, the key point was that this ten thousand silver was only a set of Shangjing City. In the future, if Long Distance Bus Station was built in every county, capital, and city throughout the entire country, after the national highway was connected, the profits would definitely be an astronomical figure.
Thinking about this, Ye Tian smiled and nodded. He looked at Ouyang Ruochen and said, "Very good, I will then remind Qu Shu that he will definitely make up for the shortage of Freight Truck as soon as possible. With your Royal Cars and Horses Shop, you have to think of another way. You have to spend a bit of time and effort on bus transportation, in order to earn enough money to transport passengers, and also gradually catch up to the income of the cargo. "
However, Ouyang Ruochen rolled her eyes and said, "People get used to riding in carriages. When faced with such a huge thing like a bus, they can't be at ease. It's normal that they accept it slowly at the start. Those two hundred over officials have already made a very powerful commercial endorsement. Based on my estimation, it won't be long before the passenger revenue surpasses the cargo income. "0
Hearing Ouyang Ruochen's words, Ye Tian raised his head and looked at the sunset. He said with longing, "When all the highway networks throughout the country are built, then it will be the true world of these buses."
Just as Ye Tian was sighing with emotion, the Constantine Castle was in total chaos. Commanders at all levels of Coalition Forces of Four Kingdoms of the West Continent, none of them knew where the highest commander, Sandy Ayana, had gone to.
Sandy Admont, who was also one of the top decision makers in the alliance army, also disappeared without a trace. The entire dome of the palace was empty. The siblings had vanished without a trace.
Commanders at all levels examined all the corners of the dome, but found nothing. There were no signs of fighting or magic.
The highest commander of the West Continent allied army, actually lost contact.
Because of this, a few auxiliary mage attempted to communicate with Sandy Ayana through spatial magic. However, after a few dozen attempts, they were surprised to discover that they could not find any trace of Ajana's aura on this continent.
If that was really the case, then there was only one possibility: Admont and Ajana were both sealed by someone. And imprisoned in another space.
Upon coming to this conclusion, all the commanders felt a chill run down their spines. The Supreme Commander was lost, and under the lead of a group of dragons, what if Ye Tian's army attack, then what should be done about West Continent Coalition Forces?
After all, to these commanders, Athens City to the east of God Demon Valley was no longer inferior to their military strength, and their Military Value s were still increasing at an extremely fast rate.
With intense unease, many commanders immediately convened an emergency committee meeting in the main hall of the dome-shaped palace. But in the meeting, the commanders began to argue.
It was suggested that a report should be sent to the joint West Continent arbitration tribunal immediately, and a new supreme commander should be assigned to it. Others suggested that they should retreat the allied army to the west of Constantine Castle, so as to avoid direct contact with Ye Tian's army. But this suggestion was met with everyone's ridicule, and doing this was tantamount to directly giving Constantine Castle to someone else.
It was also suggested that, of the seventy commanders currently at the highest level, a temporary supreme commander should be selected immediately to act as Sandy Ayana's representative.
This suggestion was approved by the majority of the people, but since every commander wanted to nominate himself, they were unable to give in, and thus fell into a completely chaotic situation.
Just as everyone was arguing, there was a "weng" sound. Suddenly, an intense pressure appeared in the entire hall.
Wave after wave of thick black and white fog rushed out from the top of the main hall, forming a gray cloud above everyone's heads.
All the commanders couldn't help but kneel down the moment they felt this pressure. Next, all of their hearts were filled with an intense sense of fear and submission.
Trembling, the commanders knelt down in unison before kowtowing to the thick fog at the center of the hall.
A deep voice rang out.
"All of you, are you submitting to me?"
The commanders said in trembling voices, "We surrender to you."
"Do you dare betray me?"
The commanders continued in unison, "We will never betray you."
"Hahaha …"
After a series of arrogant laughter, Guang Annzi said once again: "All commanders, listen up, push your entire army towards the Athens City."
Saying this, Guang Annzi's body appeared from the fog with an expression of interest. He continued, "Don't leave a single one of them alive."
On the ground, the commanders kneeling on the ground said in unison, "As you command."
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