"Sit, sit, it's really fast, we arrived in Tianjin in two hours, and we're not afraid of the sun. Open the window, and there are gusts of wind blowing. It's very comfortable, compared to riding in a four-wheeled carriage
Come on, it feels so comfortable."
"Oh, that's right. This four-wheeled carriage is really hot in the summer. It's like sitting on a stove. It's really unbearable."
"When it comes to going uphill, downhill, or even coming down, this car is completely different. It's so comfortable."
"I also bought a ticket. It's really good. It's very comfortable to sit on. And the most important thing is that it's fast enough. It takes only 2 hours to reach Tianjin. If you take a four-wheel carriage, you may have to go in this summer.
Just one day."
"It's just that this ticket is too expensive. A 500-wen ticket is too expensive."
"It's more expensive, but it's worth taking a car once. This car is really too expensive now. A small car like that costs more than 6,000 taels of silver. Only those who are truly rich can afford it.
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"Isn't that right? How can ordinary people afford it? How many houses are there on the road?"
"If you calculate it this way, the ticket price of 500 yuan is not too expensive."
"It's expensive for us, but for rich people who are in a hurry, it's not expensive at all."
"I can't bear to spend 500 yuan to ride in that car. It's too expensive. With this money, it's better to buy some delicious food."
"Don't you understand this? This is called trend and fashion. Everyone is riding in this car. If you don't try it, there won't even be anything to talk about."
"That's true. Wherever I go now, everyone seems to be discussing this car."
"Isn't that right? Cars are so popular now. Everyone is talking about it."
"A few days ago, Mr. Wang's daughter got married, and she bought a car as a dowry. The car was driving in front. Not to mention how grand the scene was."
"Oh, my dear, a car worth 6,000 taels is used as a dowry. How many houses does this cost?"
"What is this? This car is just part of the dowry. I heard that the dowry includes a thousand taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, one hundred thousand copper coins, six houses, eight shops, other gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, jade and agate
, there are a dozen big boxes of pearls, jade and the like.”
"Tsk, tsk, this is a wealthy family. If anyone marries her, won't they have nothing to worry about for the rest of their lives?"
"What do you think? It is said that the groom is also a son of an official. Ordinary people should not even think about it."
"There are so many rich people in this capital. They are so rich."
"That's right, don't look at it. This place is at the feet of the emperor, in the capital. There are countless rich and powerful people."
In the streets and alleys of Beijing, with the opening of long-distance buses between Beijing and Tianjin by Daming Long-distance Bus Company, more and more people are able to experience the speed and convenience of cars.
In addition, there are gradually more and more cars, which makes young and old men in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area talk about cars again. Cars have suddenly become the hottest topic again.
BMW automobile factory in Beijing.
Zhang Maozheng is taking his grandson Zhang Lun to inspect the progress of the automobile factory.
Zhang Mao followed Liu Jin's suggestion and used the name BMW, which he also thought was a good name.
"Isn't this progress too slow?"
"I think the Mercedes-Benz car factory seems to be very simple, not too complicated. Their new factory has almost been built, and it is estimated that it will be put into production in a month or two."
"Why is our factory so slow?"
"And not a single car has been built yet?"
Zhang Mao looked at his automobile factory and was extremely dissatisfied with the progress of the factory.
It has been half a year, but the factory still has not been able to start production. The key is that up to now, not a single car has been built.
"My boss, it's not that we are slow, it's that the Mercedes-Benz car factory is too fast."
"The Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory and the Jingcheng Machinery Factory are both industries under the command of Liu Jin and Liu Gong. One originally manufactured bicycles and the other manufactured machinery."
"They are all old experts in mechanics, and they developed cars. They know very well about cars, so they naturally set up factories and build cars much faster."
"We are different. We have to start everything from scratch, researching internal combustion engines and cars. Let alone half a year, even in another half a year, we will not be able to build a qualified car."
Xu De, the director of the BMW automobile factory, seemed very helpless and replied that he was from the Xu family of Dingguo Palace.
"Is it so difficult to build a car?"
Gu Lu
Zhang Mao said dissatisfied: "Did you know that a car can be sold for more than 6,000 taels of silver now? This is real money. The sooner we build a car, the sooner we can make a lot of money."
"When I visited the Mercedes-Benz car factory, I saw that it was not difficult to build a car."
"Mr. Zhang, building a car is really not an easy task. It has thousands of parts, large and small. We need to design and manufacture each part ourselves, and we also have to specialize in the study of internal combustion engines and automobiles.
So many ways to operate.”
"This really can't be built in one or two days. The gap between us and the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory is here. We are far inferior to them in many mechanical aspects."
Xu De was speechless immediately. Can it be compared with a Mercedes-Benz auto repair shop?
They are the ancestors who play with machinery and specialize in all kinds of machines.
Moreover, the Jingcheng Machinery Factory originally specialized in manufacturing various machines, including steam harvesters, steam cultivators, rice mills, threshing machines, looms, textile machines, gravel crushers, mixers, crushers, clocks, etc.
More than 90% of the various machines and machinery in the Ming Dynasty were invented and manufactured by the Jingcheng Machinery Factory, which is also the largest machinery and machine manufacturer.
The machinery they manufacture has good quality, reliable performance and practicality, and has long been famous both inside and outside the Ming Dynasty. There is also the Beijing Mechanical Institute that specializes in studying various machinery and machines.
How do you want us to compare with them?
And when it comes to bicycles, the quality of Mercedes-Benz bicycles is better than that of Sangong bicycles, and they are more durable. Even if they are more expensive, they are still popular. The key is that their output is much higher than yours. You can't accept it even if you don't accept it.
It's even more difficult to build a car. It's only this year, so it can't be that easy.
"We are all human beings, carrying one head on two shoulders."
"They can do it, but we can't?"
"Tell everyone, get this car out as soon as possible, and then I will give you big prizes."
Zhang Mao was so angry that his beard almost fell off.
My health was getting worse day by day, so I just wanted to leave some property for my grandson Zhang Lun. I didn't expect that this car wouldn't be built for a while.
"Grandpa, don't be too impatient."
"Now it's not just us. The car factories of Sihai Commercial Bank are also similar to us. The progress is very slow and they can't even build a single car."
"There are also Zhang's Automobile Factory, Ping'an Automobile Factory, Fengxing Automobile Factory and so on. They are all the same. This car looks very easy, but after careful study, everyone realizes that this car is not that easy. It is simple.
s things."
Zhang Lun on the side also quickly persuaded.
"You also know that there are many people making cars nowadays."
"In Beijing alone, there are now more than a dozen large and small car factories, and there are also more than a dozen here in Tianjin. They are all rushing to build cars."
"By then, the competition will definitely be very fierce. If we don't create it early, we will suffer a lot."
"The earlier you go, the sooner you can dig for gold. It's like those who went to the Golden Continent to look for gold in the early years and got rich. Now it's much more difficult for those who go there to find gold."
"The principle is the same. Look at the Mercedes-Benz car factory. A car sells for 6,000 taels of silver. This is all silver, and all the profit is money."
"When everyone's cars are built, will they still be able to sell for 6,000 taels of silver?"
"We can only drink some soup. That brat Liu Jin has eaten all the meat."
The more Zhang Mao thought about it, the angrier he became, and he couldn't help coughing.
Now there is a car craze in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and even in the entire Ming Dynasty. Ordinary people are discussing cars, and powerful capitalists have joined together to spend money to build cars, hoping to get a piece of the car cake.
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The investment in my BMW car factory was huge, and the three princes poured in real money. Naturally, they hoped to make money as soon as possible.
Hearing Zhang Mao's words, Zhang Lun and Xu De were also speechless. You are the only one who dares to talk about Liu Jin like this.
"Well, I am getting worse every day. This huge family fortune will be handed over to you sooner or later. You have to pay attention and learn more from Liu Jin."
Zhang Mao looked at his grandson. His son died early, leaving Zhang Lun alone. He was getting worse and worse. Thinking about it in the future, he also gave a serious warning.
"Yes, I know, Grandpa."
Zhang Lun quickly replied.
"Well, I'll go to Liu Jin later and ask him to get me some car builders, otherwise I won't leave and will stay at his house~"