In the factory area of South District of Beijing, a brand new factory is under vigorous construction.
Here at the huge city gate, a luxurious four-wheel carriage stopped.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Zhu Houzhao jumped down impatiently and shouted hurriedly: "Old Liu, hurry up, hurry up, I can't wait to see this new type of bicycle."
Liu Jin stepped out of the carriage and felt the cold wind. He couldn't help but wrap his mink coat tightly around him. Then he looked at the factory door in front of him. The long door was very big and grand. There was a wooden board next to it that said 'Mercedes-Benz'.
Bicycle Factory'.
Liu Jin nodded with satisfaction when he saw the word 'Benz'.
Mercedes-Benz is a good name. When gas is invented and used to make motorcycles and cars later, this name will be really suitable. As for now, it seems to be okay if it is paired with a bicycle.
"His Royal Highness, Mr. Liu~"
At the factory gate, Duan Hai, the director of the Mercedes-Benz Bicycle Factory, Huang Zhiyuan, the chief technical engineer, and other managers were already waiting. When they saw Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin, they hurried forward.
"Where's the new Mercedes-Benz bicycle?"
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, and then started to care about the bicycle he had been thinking about.
"Your Highness, we have come up with a new name for the bicycle, called bicycle. The name of the bicycle is not very nice."
Huang Zhiyuan smiled and said quickly.
"bike?"
"It's okay, it feels pretty much the same."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he thought it didn't matter.
"Your Highness, please come here. After working overtime during this period of time, we have also redesigned this bicycle. You will definitely be satisfied after seeing it."
Duan Hai led everyone towards the bicycle factory.
The buildings of this factory are all rented, and the land belongs to Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao.
The land in the capital is very valuable. Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao did not sell almost an acre of land. All the land was neatly planned, including commercial housing areas, industrial areas, entertainment and leisure areas, etc., and large-scale construction was carried out. Then commercial housing
Sell it and keep the shop for rent and collect rent.
A large number of factories have also been built in the factory area, which are specially used to rent out to factories, workshops and the like. After the roads are repaired, the factories are repaired, and the supporting facilities are provided, the rent is not expensive, so it also attracts a large number of factories.
The workshop settled here.
If there are factories and workshops, a large number of people will naturally come here, which will bring a lot of employment and promote the business of commercial housing and merchants here, plus other supporting facilities.
The Southern District of the entire capital is currently the liveliest and most prosperous area in the entire capital, as well as the most densely populated area.
The factories of the Mercedes-Benz Bicycle Factory are all rented, so they were able to complete the establishment in a very short period of time, and are even now undergoing worker training and trial production.
Just wait for the bicycle to be finalized, and then we can start production, ensuring that the bicycle will be put on the market before the end of the year and during the Chinese New Year.
Under the leadership of Duan Hai, everyone soon arrived at a factory building, where a worker rolled out a brand new Mercedes-Benz bicycle.
Seeing this bicycle, Zhu Houzhao's eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly walked over, holding the bicycle, and looked at it carefully.
Liu Jin also looked over, and there was no difference between the Mercedes-Benz bicycle in front of him and the bicycles of later generations, because Liu Jin put forward many opinions on the design.
The reference is the Phoenix 28 big shoulder of later generations, which has a triangular bracket in the middle. The tires are made of rubber tires, and the tire brackets are also supported by small steel bars.
At the same time, a basket is designed in the front with a large Mercedes-Benz triangle logo on it. The seats also use spring seats. There are also seats behind the buttocks, which can be used to carry people or objects.
Overall, this bike is certainly not very good-looking, but the most important thing is of course practicality.
Children can sit on the front bars, and you can carry a person or two hundred pounds of stuff on the back seats without any problems.
"Your Highness, after the guidance of Your Highness and Mr. Liu, we have made many improvements to this Mercedes-Benz bicycle. We have used rubber tires, added a braking system, a shock-absorbing system, and installed bearings. In addition, it also adopts a triangular shape.
The bracket design is more stable.”
"The seats in the back have also been reinforced and can carry two hundred kilograms of cargo."
Huang Zhiyuan smiled and introduced the many functions of the bicycle in front of him to Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin in detail.
"Not bad, not bad~"
The more Zhu Houzhao looked at it, the more he liked it. He took the bicycle, turned over and rode on it. It was a little rickety at first, but soon he pedaled the bicycle very easily and started riding around the factory.
"Haha, that's really good~"
"It's much easier than the last time I rode it. It feels much lighter. It's the same in many ways. It's very easy. You can easily go a long way by just pedaling hard."
"Also, this steering is also very easy, unlike the original one, which was very stiff and difficult to turn."
Zhu Houzhao also made comparisons while riding his bicycle.
The bicycle in front of me is really restrained. It is very easy to ride. When you want to slow down, just grab the brakes. It is simple and easy.
"I'll give it a try too~"
Liu Jin saw that Zhu Houzhao was having fun, so he asked Duan Hai to push another one, and he easily rode on it. He immediately knew that the bicycle in front of him was no different from the bicycles of later generations.
This made Liu Jin have to sigh. The industrial level of Ming Dynasty has indeed developed to a certain extent. Things with high technical content such as bearings can already be manufactured. As for other things, it is not a problem.
"Not bad, not bad~"
“This bike is really good.”
"But we need to add another bell. When riding a bicycle, once the speed is fast and there is someone in front of you, the bell can be used to remind the person in front to pay attention to avoidance."
"There should also be an eye-catching sign behind, such as something red, to remind people behind to keep their distance."
"In addition, we can also develop some other styles of bicycles, such as for children to ride."
Liu Jin put down his bicycle. To be honest, he didn't like bicycles very much. If he could get a car sometime, Liu Jin would be really excited and would definitely buy one as a souvenir.
After thinking about it, he also explained to Duan Hai and Huang Zhiyuan.
"Yes~"
The two listened carefully and quickly ordered someone to write it down and make improvements later.
"Can the first batch of bicycles be produced before the end of the year?"
Zhu Houzhao was riding a bicycle while Liu Jin inspected the factory.
Looking at the busy factory in front of him, Liu Jin nodded slightly. Duan Hai was also an old man. He had rich production management experience and was specially transferred from the machinery factory.
"No problem, but the number won't be too many, probably less than 3,000."
"Currently our workers are still in training and are not very familiar with this aspect, and assembly is also very slow."
Duan Hai thought for a while and nodded.
"Try to use assembly line production as much as possible. Unimportant parts can be outsourced. There is no need to produce everything ourselves."
Liu Jin nodded. Looking at the busy workers in front of him, he knew that many of them were still new to the industry and were studying and producing at the same time.
Fortunately, these are the people Liu Jin recruited from among the graduates of the new school. Many of them are still very young. It can be seen that these talents are only in their teens, but all of them have gone through the systematic training of the new school.
educational.
In addition to coming out, you will receive certain skills training and you will be able to start working soon.
Without the Xinxue School, recruiting illiterate people who knew nothing as workers would have been impossible to complete the tasks assigned by Liu Jin in such a short period of time.
"Yes~"
Duan Hai nodded repeatedly.
"We will first produce a few thousand bicycles and put them into the market before the end of the year. We will first launch our bicycles to see how they fare. By this time next year, I hope your production can reach 100,000 bicycles per year!"
"In the year after next, you will start to build branch factories in various parts of our country in Ming Dynasty to further increase production and satisfy our huge market in Ming Dynasty."
The role of bicycles is still very important. The Ming Dynasty is now vast and sparsely populated, so it needs a variety of means of transportation. Although bicycles are not as fast as horses, they are also an important means of transportation and are highly adaptable. Liu Jin believes
It will definitely take off quickly.
"Hmm~"
"Mr. Liu, regarding the pricing of this bicycle, our current price is 12 taels of silver per bicycle. What do you think of this?"
Duan Hai reported the sales to Liu Jin.
“What’s our cost?”
Liu Jin thought for a while and asked.
"Currently our cost is around five taels of silver. Once it is put into large-scale production and becomes proficient, our cost can be reduced to less than four taels of silver."
Duan Hai quickly replied.
"It's too cheap. Now that our output is low, the price can be higher, at least 24 taels or more."
Liu Jin said upon hearing this.
"Is this price too expensive?"
"Our workers here in the capital only earn six taels of silver a month. Doesn't it take four months to buy a bicycle?"
Duan Hai opened his eyes slightly, feeling it was too expensive.
"It just needs to be a little more expensive, so it looks precious."
"Just execute it according to my price. You will understand later. In addition, the output is low now, so we will start selling directly in Beijing and Tianjin."
"In addition, the most critical thing about this bicycle is the quality and after-sales issues. The quality must be guaranteed and the after-sales service must be perfect, otherwise it will easily damage our brand and give other people an opportunity."
"Mr. Liu, don't worry about this. I used to work in a machinery factory. I know all these things and I will definitely make no mistakes."
