From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 41 The Wind Through the Wheat Field. [Please read on! Please vote!]

Inside the Technology Chamber of Commerce workshop, Chen Hong quickly completed the assembly of the world's first Soul Engine - Underage Version in front of Ye Lingling.

The Soul Engine vehicle already had all the parts, and Chen Hong only needed to do the final adjustments. Ye Lingling's arrival only accelerated this process.

After a year of development, the Technology Chamber of Commerce has gradually mastered rubber technology and spring steel technology, and its KODO (Soul Dynamics) automobiles are also diversifying. Because the Technology Chamber of Commerce's products have such high added value, and because it continuously invests its revenue in road construction, the Kingdom of Barak is very tolerant of the Technology Chamber of Commerce. In just one year, the Technology Chamber of Commerce single-handedly built over two hundred kilometers of paved roads for the Kingdom of Barak, becoming the largest chamber of commerce in Soto City.

Chen Lin, the president of the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce, has also begun to gain some fame in the Barak Kingdom and even within the Tiandou Empire.

Given the high added value of Soul Engines, the Heaven Dou Empire established the Heaven Dou Soul Guidance Merchant Guild, led by the First Prince Xue Qinghe. They began to develop and produce their own Soul Engines based on the original Soul Engine blueprints. They then imitated the mechanical structure of disassembled Soul Guidance Trucks to produce Heaven Dou brand Soul Engine Trucks. After a year of exploration, they finally began to gradually build up their production line and start making a profit.

At the same time, the Star Luo Empire was not to be outdone. It purchased blueprints from the Spirit Hall at a high price and spent more than half a year to successfully produce the first Star Luo brand Soul-Moving Truck.

However, compared to the more mature production lines and core technologies of the Technology Chamber of Commerce, the Soul-Moving Trucks of both countries were at a complete disadvantage in terms of cost, quality, and price. However, because the Technology Chamber of Commerce had limited production capacity and invested a large portion of its profits in the unprofitable field of road construction, without any intention to infinitely increase the production scale of Soul-Moving Trucks, even though the Soul-Moving Trucks of both countries were of questionable quality and more expensive, they were still highly favored by Soul Master nobles, making the two major chambers of commerce extremely wealthy.

It is worth mentioning that neither the Heavenly Dou Empire nor the Star Luo Empire currently intends to build roads at any cost like the Technology Chamber of Commerce. The profit-seeking nature of capital has led both empires to continue using their existing hardened official roads.

"The roads aren't unusable, but they're so expensive to build in remote residential areas without any benefit. Why bother?"

"Doesn't that technology chamber of commerce like building roads? Then let them build them. When they come to our area, we'll just provide them with some convenience, won't that be enough?"

"Keeping the main roads clear is the most economical and practical approach; side streets and minor roads can be used as long as they are functional."

"We have calculated the costs. The cost of cement from the Technology Chamber of Commerce has been decreasing, while production capacity has been increasing. Apart from purchasing some for housing construction, road construction is still too extravagant. It will be difficult to recoup the investment within a hundred years. Once a large amount of funds is tied up in road construction, the national treasury will be threatened, and hostile forces may be tempted to act."

These are the views and evaluations of most people within the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. It's not that they can't see the benefits of building cement roads, but rather that the benefits they see are not commensurate with the risks they need to take. Under the circumstances of internal and external troubles, although the two empires are competing with the Technology Chamber of Commerce for the market of Soul-Motion Trucks, they have reserved all the road construction work for the Technology Chamber of Commerce.

Furthermore, the two empires reached a certain agreement with the Technology Chamber of Commerce, namely that their respective regions would strongly support the Technology Chamber of Commerce's infrastructure department in road construction and provide convenience to accelerate the construction speed of the Technology Chamber of Commerce's infrastructure department, but the Technology Chamber of Commerce would have to bear the majority of the cost.

Meanwhile, Soto City, already a prosperous city, has become even more bustling within the past year, showing a growing trend towards becoming the largest city in the southern part of the Heaven Dou Empire. As the starting point for the road construction project undertaken by the Technology Merchant Guild, Soto City boasts a 70% road paving rate and a direct paved road to Barak City. This has reduced the journey between the two cities from nearly a week by carriage to just one day, greatly enhancing economic exchanges between them.

It is said that the Kingdom of Barak is already preparing to confer a title upon Chen Lin, the president of the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce. Once they finalize the details internally, they will send it to the Heavenly Dou Imperial City for the Heavenly Dou Emperor to personally confer the title.

A new profession called "bus" has emerged between Soto City and Barak City. It was created by the Business Department of the Technology Chamber of Commerce. They rent expensive Soul-Moving Carts to local Soul Masters and then have them become ox-and-horse drivers to transport Soul Masters and civilians between the two cities.

There are many similar professions. According to incomplete statistics from the Soto City Lord's Office, the Technology Chamber of Commerce created at least 20 new jobs around the town within a year, boosting Soto City's economic prosperity and providing more than 50,000 jobs directly or indirectly.

It's difficult for outsiders to directly perceive the changes in Soto City; they can only speculate about its current appearance based on the limited imaginations expressed by some merchants in their astonished tones. Only the local residents truly understand how the Tech Merchant Guild, which has been consistently getting things done, is transforming the daily lives of local Soul Masters and ordinary people at a visible pace.

In just one year, the Technology Chamber of Commerce absorbed the city's Blacksmith Guild and forced other chambers of commerce with overlapping industries to become its subordinate raw material suppliers, thus becoming a link in the Technology Chamber of Commerce's industrial chain.

At first, no one paid attention to the emergence of the Technology Chamber of Commerce, until it took a different direction with Soul Tools. Its infinitely replicable and expanding technological characteristics made it a living spectacle in the Douluo Continent.

Soto City was originally located on the Lima Plain and was the granary of the southern part of the Tiandou Empire. With the support of Soul-Motion Trucks and cement roads, the area of ​​grain cultivation in Soto City is still increasing. Moreover, there are rumors in the market that the Technology Chamber of Commerce seems to be planning to establish an agricultural department to optimize and upgrade grain varieties. If the news is true, what an exciting thing that would be!

hum~

Under the blue sky and white clouds, amidst the golden waves of wheat, snow-white roads surround the wheat fields and stretch between the grasslands and mountains.

A gentle breeze, carrying the fragrance of rice paddies, ruffled the boy's slightly sun-kissed hair, and amidst the hum of the Soul Machine's engine, touched the delicate nose of the girl behind him.

The girl's pale purple eyes reflected the blue sky and wheat fields, the boy and the wide road, the breeze and the sunlight.

The Soul-Motor vehicle drove through the wheat fields, and the hardworking people subconsciously looked up, then smiled and waved to the young master of the Technology Chamber of Commerce.

Is this the world you want to change?

The girl gently wrapped her arms around the boy's waist and then rested her head against his back.

Listen to the hum of the Soul Motion engine, the sound of the wind rolling through the wheat fields, and the heartbeat of a young man.

A slight smile unconsciously appeared on the girl's lips.

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(End of this chapter)