Chapter 223 (1/2)

Brian was chased and killed by Abram so that he had to run back to hammer castle to seek the protection of his son and daughter-in-law. For the time being, after dinner here, Donne had begun to discuss matters related to paving the road with Fiona.

The thousands of tons of asphalt obtained from the dwarf kingdom can only meet the first phase of the road project in Ellington. These asphalt is only enough to lay the areas covered by the old and new urban areas of Ellington, and even other villages in Ellington can not be completely connected.

”Lord, although it hasn't started yet, I think the project costs a lot, and we can't afford it by ourselves.”

Fiona roughly estimated the cost of paving the road. She didn't care much at first, but she was shocked after calculation. According to the data given by Donne and the thickness of paving, the cost of paving a square meter of new road with asphalt is almost a gold coin!

Doesn't look like much?

According to Donne's plan, the main road should be at least 16 meters wide and the secondary channel should be at least 10 meters wide. Then the distance of one meter is 26 gold coins. The total length of the main roads in the old and new urban areas is about 50 kilometers, which is already 130000 gold coins!

Just now, Ellington City, which has not been completely completed, needs 130000 gold coins to complete the road laying, not to mention that in the complete planning map, the total length of the road has exceeded hundreds of kilometers, and there are roads connecting other villages and towns!

If you want to transform all the roads in Ellington, don't even think about it without millions of gold coins!

If you want to connect with other territories and build an asphalt highway network, the investment required is even greater. It is calculated in tens of millions and billions! This kind of project can only be completed with the efforts of one country. Does Ellington want to complete this kind of project? It's just a dream!

”I never said I had to bear it myself.”

Donne looked indifferent: ”just pave the roads in the territory first. For roads in other places, after those people come to Ellington, naturally someone will come to us for cooperation. At that time, we just need to formulate standards, sell materials, technologies and equipment to make money.”

”... I see!”

Fiona almost immediately understood what Donne meant. No matter how much she said, it's better to experience it personally. Use ready-made examples to let those people feel the benefits of asphalt highway, and they will take the initiative to pave the road themselves.

Donne is not worried about the funds for later road construction, because he knows that after the benefits of asphalt roads spread, more and more people will want to build roads.

Think about it, once you feel the stability on the asphalt road, who can stand the muddy dirt road once it rains? Or is it a bumpy and bumpy stone road?

To be more exaggerated, the asphalt road has also brought about an improvement in efficiency. All major chambers of commerce are not fools. If the roads are replaced by this flat asphalt road, how much faster will their wagon caravan advance? You should know that time is money. Business opportunities are fleeting. If you can take the first step, you can make a lot of money. If you fall behind, you can only pick up some leftovers.

”At present, all we have to do is build Ellington well.”

Donne said earnestly: ”as long as Ellington is built, all problems will be solved, and there is no need to worry about other things.”

”I understand, but...”

Fiona pulled out a letter: ”Hilton's message from Alex. Leandre, the head of the noble Council, is secretly searching for any information about you. It doesn't seem to be good news.”

Donne waved his hand carelessly: ”search freely. My news has long been on the table of the aristocrats in arlinks.”

”Oh, there is another message from 'night song'. President Berkeley has decided to launch a business alliance to block Datang chamber of Commerce. It has been unanimously agreed that all members of the business alliance refuse to sell anything to Datang chamber of Commerce... Lord, who is night song?”

”A little thief jumping up and down... Hum!”

”Thieves? How can thieves know this kind of news... This is not good news.”

Fiona pinched her eyebrows and had a headache: ”we are still importing food from caspamiburg and Bain. The food industries in these two cities are people of commercial alliances. The commercial alliances block us, and we can't even buy food!”

Donne frowned: ”how long can the grain harvested this month, plus the food purchased before, last?”

”It can last up to four months. If there is a Warcraft attack in winter, or a cold wave, or a war, it will lead to food shortage.”

”Four months... That is, the cold month at the end of the year...”

”Yes, the spring harvest is two months away from the dawn month.”

Donne was stunned: ”the harvested grain can't resist the spring harvest. How did you spend the winter here before?”

Tina, who brought tea, whispered: ”Lord, Ellington will starve many people every winter... Everyone can't eat enough, so we can barely carry it to the spring harvest...”

Fiona added: ”thanks to the emergence of combine harvesters, the grain harvest this season is very rapid, basically no waste, and there is no loss due to weather and Warcraft. Therefore, the grain output has increased by about 30% compared with previous years, but it is not enough for per capita rations.”

”This is mainly because recently, there are many more people in Ellington than before, which has almost doubled, but the planting area of grain has not expanded. On the contrary, we have also promoted and increased the planting area of mint and two kinds of herbs, so the problem suddenly broke out.”

”What about the grain rationing system?”