When Zhu Houzhao received the news that the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory had sent him a car, he rushed out excitedly.
Soon, Zhu Houzhao came outside, and his eyes were immediately fixed on the black Mercedes-Benz parked outside.
"Tsk tsk~"
"Not bad, not bad, that's how it feels."
"Compared to last time, I feel much more comfortable this time."
Zhu Houzhao walked around the car several times, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
"Hurry up and teach me how to drive this car."
Zhu Houzhao pulled Huang Zhiyuan and asked quickly.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Huang Zhiyuan also quickly began to introduce the control of the car to Zhu Houzhao in detail. In this era, there is no such thing as a driver's license, as long as you master a few key points.
"It's quite simple~"
"Come, come, get in the car, get in the car~"
"I didn't drive last time, so I must drive by myself this time."
Zhu Houzhao directly greeted Liu Jin, Huang Zhiyuan and several personal guards.
"Your Highness, Your Highness~"
"It's better for me to drive, this is really too dangerous."
When Huang Zhiyuan heard this, he immediately became anxious. If he had known better, he would not have accepted this task. If the prince injured a hair, he would lose his head.
"Yes, Your Highness, it's too dangerous. Let Huang Zhiyuan drive it."
When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly said.
"Go, go, just drive a car. What's so scary? How about a big piece of land, just drive around for two times and you'll learn it."
Zhu Houzhao didn't care at all, and he was not afraid at all. He had played with machinery a lot. He had driven steam cultivators, steam harvesters, etc., and he also liked the feeling of driving machinery.
Everyone could not resist Zhu Houzhao and did not dare to disobey him. They could only start the car and watched Zhu Houzhao start to drive the car excitedly.
"Hahahaha, cool~"
"This is the feeling, the feeling of freedom."
Zhu Houzhao didn't have any fear when he drove the car. It was just that Huang Zhiyuan taught him once and he remembered it wrong. Moreover, when he started driving, it became smoother and smoother, and he became happier the more he drove.
"Come on, come on, I'll take you around the capital."
Soon, Zhu Houzhao felt that driving a car in his prince's residence was not fun enough, so he motioned to Liu Jin and others to get in the car. Liu Jin looked sad and sat on the car in fear. He knew very well that what Zhu Houzhao wanted to do would happen every time.
Individuals can stop it.
He is fearless, there is nothing he dare not do.
"Woo~"
As Zhu Houzhao stepped on the accelerator, the car sped off and soon entered Zhuque Street, the main road in the capital.
"Dang~dang~"
Zhuque Street is the busiest street in the capital. At this moment, a large number of cars and horses are here on Zhuque Street. When Zhu Houzhao drove his car to Zhuque Street, he deliberately rang the bell.
It attracted the attention of everyone on the street.
"What is this?"
"There is no one pulling it, and there is no horse dragging it. It can run on its own?"
"Isn't it? This is similar to Zhuge Liang's wooden cow and flowing horse, right?"
"How many people can sit in this place? Did you see that there are four people sitting inside?"
"What the hell is this?"
"This thing is a bit like a cultivator. A person can sit on a cultivator and rely on the steam engine to push it."
"However, this is not like a cultivator. The cultivator is larger and has a large boiler, but this one does not."
"This speed seems to be much faster than that of a cultivator."
"It seems to be very good."
Zhuque Street is the most luxurious street in the capital. The shops here are all the most expensive and expensive in the capital, including gold and silver jewelry, jewelry and jade, antique calligraphy and paintings, banks, pawn shops, silk and satin, etc.
This area is also a place where dignitaries in the capital gather. Seeing Zhu Houzhao's car driving on Zhuque Street, everyone was full of curiosity.
Soon, Zhu Houzhao drove his Mercedes-Benz out of the city from Zhuque Street and entered the main road in Nancheng District.
The planning of the New Town in the Southern District is very good, and the roads are also very spacious. Like the roads in later generations, they are divided into sidewalks and carriage roads.
Only carriages can pass on the carriage road, and pedestrians cannot cross it.
Spacious roads coupled with reasonable planning make the roads in Nan District New Town the best roads in the entire capital, and they are also roads that are never congested.
As soon as the car drove on such a road, Zhu Houzhao became more energetic.
As soon as you step on the accelerator, the car will speed up faster and faster along with the black smoke from the rear.
"Haha~"
"Cool!"
Zhu Houzhao was shouting happily while driving, completely ignoring the nervous Huang Zhiyuan beside him and the pale Liu Jin behind him.
On both sides of the road, a large number of passers-by quickly noticed the fast-moving cars on the road. They all looked over in surprise and asked each other curious questions.
On the carriage road, four-wheeled carriages were slowly advancing. When they saw themselves being overtaken by a strange car, the people on the carriages were dumbfounded. They looked at the cars that drove away in a hurry, and everyone was stunned.
They looked at each other, very curious.
Zhu Houzhao drove along the Second Ring Road in Beijing and enjoyed the speed and passion brought by the car.
At the same time, in the streets of the main wealthy areas in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the Mercedes-Benz car factory has also begun to advertise. Each Mercedes-Benz car has advertising slogans on its head, and Ming Dynasty flags are planted on the sides of the car.
Driving.
The stylish styling, coupled with the inherent appeal of the car, made almost all young and old men in Beijing aware of this thing in the first place.
The Mercedes-Benz car store built next to the main road in Xincheng, South District even placed Mercedes-Benz cars at the entrance of the store. The new store opened with loud cheers and colorful flags, making it a lively scene.
"Sell newspapers~ sell newspapers!"
The next morning, with the shouts of newsboys, a new day began in the capital.
"Beijing Benz Automobile Factory and Beijing Mechanical Institute jointly developed internal combustion engines and automobiles, ushering in the automobile era!"
As the newsboy shouted, a large number of people poured out from every corner to buy newspapers.
"The age of the automobile?"
Reading newspapers has become the most important thing every day for young and old men in the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone who got the newspaper immediately saw the content on the headlines of the newspaper.
"It turns out that the iron shell walking on the street yesterday was called a car. I thought it was something."
"Isn't that right? Yesterday, I saw an iron shell on the street that did not require a horse or someone to drag it. It was able to walk by itself. I thought it was Zhuge Liang's wooden cow and stray horse. It turned out to be something called a car.
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"What is this internal combustion engine, and what is the use of this car?"
"Didn't the newspaper say that this internal combustion engine is similar to a steam engine? They both rely on combustion to provide power. However, the efficiency and horsepower are much higher than that of the steam engine. The volume is also smaller and more convenient. It burns a
Something called gasoline."
"This car is very useful. The newspaper explained it in detail. This car does not need horses to pull it. It relies on an internal combustion engine to provide power. The fastest speed can reach more than 100 miles an hour. That is to say, from
If you take this bus from Beijing to Tianjin, it only takes two hours."
"And this car can not only carry people, but also cargo. It can drive anywhere there is a road."
"More than 100 miles an hour, is it true or false?"
"When I saw it yesterday, it seemed to be very slow."
"That's because there are so many people on the street, so you can't drive too fast. Once you're on a road with no people, the speed becomes faster."
"I feel like this car is much better than a bicycle. Bicycles don't work when it's windy or rainy. They get wet all over. But this car doesn't. People inside don't get wet at all."
"And this speed is much faster, and it can seat several people and carry some things."
"Yes, this car has a lot of drawbacks. I don't know if it will stand up to use. If it breaks down every three days, it won't be easy to use."
"The quality of Mercedes-Benz products is reliable. For the same bicycle, the quality of Mercedes-Benz is much better than that of other brands, and all the parts are good or bad, and maintenance is easier."
"That's true. I don't know how much this Mercedes-Benz car sells for. It seems to be a good idea to buy one when you go out for business. It is much more comfortable than riding a four-wheel carriage."
"Didn't I mention it above? This Mercedes-Benz car costs more than 6,000 taels of silver."
"Oh my god, for more than 6,000 taels of silver, wouldn't there be several apartments in it? Would anyone be stupid enough to buy it?"
"No matter how much money you have, you can raise as many horses as you want, and even a four-wheeled carriage can be used on wheels. Who would buy this car?"
"This thing is not something that ordinary people can afford, but is made for those who are really rich. For 6,000 taels of silver, ordinary people can't afford it in their lifetime."
"That's right, these things are prepared for the rich and powerful, but they are not something ordinary people can afford."
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With the newspaper reports and the continuous activities of the Mercedes-Benz automobile factory in the Beijing-Tianjin area, people drove Mercedes-Benz cars through the streets every day. For a while, young and old men throughout the capital were also discussing this car.
Countless people couldn't help but marvel when they heard that the price of this car was as high as more than 6,000 taels of silver. However, what is out of reach for ordinary people is still trivial to the rich in the Beijing-Tianjin area. Mercedes-Benz Car Store