Chapter 12 The Crown Prince will tell the daughter of the people~
Dongchengmen is very lively here.
Li Er's gong clanged wildly.
It's very quiet here at East City Gate.
Because apart from Li Er's voice, there is no one else's voice.
Almost all the refugees here at the East City Gate were stunned and silent.
Everyone held a bowl of thick yellow stick noodle porridge mixed with soil in their hands, and stared at Li Er with their eyes wide open.
Everyone doesn’t know what a bicycle is.
What is a factory?
Never heard of it.
have no idea.
But everyone heard that they can eat meat and two-healed noodles.
The so-called double noodles are white noodles and stick noodles mixed together, so that the stick noodles are not so hard and have the texture of white noodles.
This was definitely delicious food for the people at the bottom of the Lieqian Dynasty.
In the past, at home, I would only eat it two or three times a week.
Can you eat every meal here?
Can you still...eat...one meal of meat in a week?
In Lu Yuan's eyes, these refugees are purely laborers.
And it’s free labor.
Except for the blacksmith, Lu Yuan did not mention how much the others would be paid.
Since we don’t pay wages, let’s let everyone eat something good.
The scene was silent for a while, and no one knew who made the move, got up and started rushing towards Li Er.
The first one, the second one.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the Dongcheng Gate exploded.
Li Er was so frightened that he quickly hid behind the guards, fearing that these people would eat him alive.
Lu Yuan immediately dismounted and pulled Gu Qingwan, who was still kneeling on the ground with a stunned look on his face, into his guard.
At this time, the guards gathered in a circle and stretched out their long sticks and knives.
Block the refugees who are coming like mad dogs.
Immediately, Li Er banged the gongs and drums several times and shouted loudly:
"Blacksmith, go to the bridge and sign up.
If you don't know anything but are strong, go to the tree and sign up. ”
After Li Er said this, everyone turned around and charged again.
At this time, Lu Yuan stood there and couldn't help grinning.
Because Lu Yuan had already seen these people sweating profusely in his bicycle factory and working hard to make money for himself.
When Lu Yuan was having some silly fun.
I just felt like my hands were loose.
Turning around, she saw that Gu Qingwan was shyly breaking away from Lu Yuan's hand.
Lu Yuan blinked, then said with a bad smile:
"The little hands are so soft."
Gu Qingwan was originally very shy. This man and woman were not close to each other. Apart from her own family, no one else had touched Gu Qingwan's hands.
Lu Yuan just touched him.
He still had to say it out loud, acting like a deceiver.
This made Gu Qingwan's beautiful face instantly turn as red as red wine.
However, Gu Qingwan now wants to know even more what a bicycle is.
Gu Qingwan's face was now full of shyness. She wanted to look at Lu Yuan but didn't dare to.
Beautiful eyes dodge.
Lu Yuan looked at Gu Qingwan's cute appearance and naturally knew what Gu Qingwan wanted to ask.
The bicycle thing.
Lu Yuan discovered it while watching "Ingenuity" when he came back yesterday.
This thing is the simplest and most unpretentious thing in "Ingenuity".
But it is something Lu Yuan can currently do with low investment and high returns.
Although there are rickshaws in this world, there are no bicycles.
Long-distance journeys relied entirely on animal power.
oxen and horses.
But things like cattle and horses are not available in every household.
In addition to the question of nobleness and inferiority, the most important thing is that there is no way to raise this thing in the imperial city.
Short-distance goods are transported by human-powered trucks.
But no matter what, it is definitely not as good as a bicycle.
This thing is definitely something that transcends the times.
As for the rickshaw, Lu Yuan had inquired about it. A brand-new rickshaw would be sold for 3 taels of silver by the car dealer in the Imperial City. Lu Yuan estimated that among these materials, the rubber used in tires is relatively expensive.
The crude and primitive stamping machines of the Lieqian Dynasty could not produce synthetic rubber, so they could only use natural rubber.
Otherwise, there won’t be much money.
Lu Yuan estimated that the cost of a bicycle rickshaw is about six dollars.
It’s really because Lu Yuan’s labor is free!
Just take care of the food.
Another point is...
Lu Yuan didn't have to pay any kind of money to the government.
Come, come, come, Lu Yuan wants to see which blind official or government servant dares to go to his land to collect protection money.
In addition, Lu Yuan even doesn’t have to pay taxes!
As for whether this thing is easy to sell...
How could it not be easy to sell?
This bicycle has not been eliminated on earth. How could it not be sold in the Lieqian Dynasty?
That human-pulled rickshaw dares to sell for three taels of silver.
My own pedal rickshaw sells for three taels, and even a fool knows which one to choose.
There are also tricycles.
The cattle and horses of ordinary people are not allowed to enter the imperial city.
Only the rich and high-ranking officials who have paid maintenance fees can enter.
We want to transport dozens or hundreds of kilograms of goods within the imperial city.
Otherwise, you have to carry the burden yourself.
Or just push the wooden wheelbarrow to deliver it yourself.
In any case, it can never be as light and fast as the pedals of a tricycle.
You can pull anything weighing several hundred kilograms casually and it will be fast.
Who doesn't care?
By then, all major restaurants and shops in the imperial city will probably have these three-wheeled bicycles as standard equipment.
As for single-person bicycles, let alone them.
This is equivalent to a horse.
A horse that requires no feeding or maintenance and is extremely cheap!
This money is simply not easy to make! !
Lu Yuan looked at the curious Gu Qingwan, grinned and said:
"Want to know what a bicycle is?"
"I won't tell you~"
"You will know then."
After saying that, Lu Yuan burst into laughter.
Gu Qingwan was startled, and after she came to her senses, she looked at Lu Yuanduan with some anger and said:
"The crown prince is teasing the daughter of the people."
Lu Yuan ignored Gu Qingwan, but got on his horse, looked at Li Er and said:
"I'll go to Xiaoqingshan first and take a look. When the time comes, I'll bring all the people there, as many people as there are!"
This is a blank market with huge sales volume.
Moreover, Lu Yuan's vision is not only to sell bicycles to the entire Imperial City, but what Lu Yuan wants is to sell them to the entire Lieqian Dynasty!
After getting on the horse, Lu Yuan looked at Gu Qingwan standing aside, thought for a moment and smiled:
"If you are curious, follow me."
"I'll tell you on the way."
After that, Lu Yuan rode away on horseback.
Lu Yuan smiled mysteriously, and Gu Qingwan admitted that he was indeed very curious.
After thinking for a while, he blinked his beautiful eyes, then suddenly turned back and said:
"Xiaoxiang, prepare the car."
Soon, the carriage Gu Qingwan was riding in caught up with Lu Yuan.
Gu Qingwan opened the car curtain, revealing her stunningly beautiful face, looked at Lu Yuan who was riding on a tall horse, and said curiously:
"Your Majesty, can you tell the daughter of the people now?"
Lu Yuan glanced sideways slightly, glanced at Gu Qingwan, then grinned and said:
"A bicycle is a horse that doesn't eat grass, doesn't get sick, can be moved into your home when it rains, and can travel quickly in alleys!"
"And, women and children can ride it too~"
Gu Qingwan blinked her beautiful eyes, then pursed her lips slightly and said:
"The prince is teasing the common people again. How can there be such a horse?"
Lu Yuan, on the other hand, said with a mysterious smile:
"I lied to you that I was a puppy~"
Seeing Lu Yuan's mysterious and proud look, for some reason, Gu Qingwan found such a prince very attractive.
And these two days of brief contact made Gu Qingwan feel that this prince was not as scary and hateful as the rumors said.
On the contrary...
A prince who is extremely intelligent, knowledgeable and has no pretensions at all.
There is no pressure at all when I am with this prince, just like a friend.
Gu Qingwan was also amused by the saying that ordinary children often say that someone is a puppy.
Gu Qingwan looked at Lu Yuan in front of her who was deliberately trying to show off, and her voice was a little soft, with a hint of girlish shyness and coquettishness:
"The prince will tell the daughter of the people~"
(End of chapter)