"Tony, how fast can this kind of bicycle reach?" While everyone was watching Maxi's funny learning process of riding a bicycle, Jonathan asked Tangning with a serious face.
Tangning thought for a moment and then replied: "I haven't tested this yet, but six or seven miles per hour should be no problem. If your physical endurance is good, ten miles is not impossible!"
Hearing this number, Maxi's eyes lit up: "In other words, this kind of bicycle is two or three times faster than walking, and compared to a horse-drawn carriage, it is smaller and requires no feed, and it can't poop.
At least in a city like New York, there will be quite a market!” (The horse manure crisis was mentioned earlier, so this is a very important direction to consider.)
Then Maxi asked: "What about the cost?"
"Because these two samples have been tried many times during the experiment, the cost is not easy to calculate. It is estimated that one unit costs about fifty pounds. In addition, this is the price of individual manufacturing. If you want to manufacture it on a large scale,
To sell it, we will definitely need to design corresponding lathes and tools, and the specific cost will only be known when we get it!" Tang Ning explained.
"Actually, if you sell it on a small scale, fifty pounds is fine. But as you said, it is still more profitable to manufacture and sell it on a large scale. I believe John will be very interested. In fact, if I have this capital
If so, I want to vote too!" Jonathan suggested.
In fact, even if Jonathan didn't say anything, Tangning also knew that Morgan was the best partner. Even though he had been unwilling to invest in a power plant, it was because the investment was too high and he was not very confident in the popularization of electric lights. But in other words,
Bicycles are completely different. The market for this thing is almost predictable, and the investment is much smaller compared to a power plant.
But to be honest, Tang Ning didn't really want to cooperate with Morgan. It wasn't because there was something wrong with the relationship between the two, but because one of Tang Ning's initial purposes for improving the bicycle was to increase the combat effectiveness of the southern army. But if she cooperated with Morgan from the north,
, how could it be possible to supply supplies to the Southern Army at that time? It is even possible that the Northern Army took the lead in enjoying the military achievements of bicycles, which would violate its original intention.
But it was not convenient for him to say this to Jonathan, so he said perfunctorily: "Actually, I think so too. Once the patent application is approved, I will go to New York to talk to John about it!"
After the reception, normally Tang Ning would have paid Zena and Maxim, and the cooperation would have ended here. But how could Tang Ning watch a great god leave before her eyes, so she asked Maxim: "Stevie
Vince, do you want to stay and help me?"
Maxim turned to look at his cousin first, because he was a little curious as to why Tangning only asked him but not his cousin, so he asked, "First of all, what do you want me to help you with?"
"Of course it's a bicycle!"
"Do you have any other ways to improve?" Maxim asked with eyes brightening.
Tangning thought that even if there was one, it wouldn't be possible with today's technology, so she shook her head and replied, "That's not true!"
Just when Maxim was disappointed, Tangning said: "Although we have now produced a relatively ideal bicycle, it is only manufactured individually. How can we produce it in large quantities so that more people can afford it?"
, there are still many things that we need to study to use this convenient and labor-saving bicycle, so Stevens, I still need your help here!"
Hearing Tang Ning's explanation, Maxim suddenly realized, because as a craftsman, he naturally knew very well that manufacturing one bicycle and manufacturing a hundred bicycles were completely different things. There were many technical problems that needed to be overcome just by thinking about it.
A lot, but he doesn't think this is a trouble, because he likes to study this kind of thing. Compared with opening a flour mill, it is more in line with his interests to study manufacturing things.
So Maxim nodded and agreed without hesitation: "Okay, sir, I am willing to stay!"
Seeing that he agreed so quickly, his cousin Zena on the side gave him an anxious look. After all, the salary has not been negotiated yet. Why are you so anxious to agree? Fortunately, Tangning seemed to see what he was thinking, so she offered
An amount that Maxim couldn't refuse. Then he hesitated a little and used two-thirds of his salary to keep Zena. After all, if Maxim was alone, Tangning was worried that he would be too busy, so she had a helper.
Always a good thing.
Just when Tangning was busy going through the patent procedures for the bicycle, to his surprise, Heidi's brother Brian found him and came riding a bicycle. As soon as they met, he praised him: "Tony, you
It's so smart. In fact, I have had this Macmillan bicycle at home for a long time, but I disliked it because it was too heavy, so I stopped moving after riding it twice. I didn't expect that after Tony's modification, it was not only much lighter, but also became lighter.
And it is so comfortable and fast to ride. With it, I don’t want to ride a horse now!” (Because this bicycle was improved by the British blacksmith Macmillan, it is generally called Macmillan bicycle.)
"As long as you like it!" Tang Ning replied with a smile.
"I heard that you are planning to open a bicycle factory with your friends in New York?" Brian asked again.
Tang Ning explained: "I just have this idea temporarily. After all, I can't open a factory like this on my own. Besides, John and I are quite familiar with each other. My electric lighting company is now co-founded with him! It's just that the technology of bicycles is still limited.
It’s not perfect and hasn’t met the conditions for mass production, so I haven’t gone to New York to talk to John about it yet!”
"Since we haven't discussed this matter with the Morgan family yet, how about changing a partner?" Brian suggested.
"Then who should I replace?" Tangning asked, looking at Brian knowingly.
Brian pointed to himself without hesitation and replied: "Of course it is our Clark family. You should have confidence in the strength of my family, Tony. There is absolutely no problem in opening a bicycle factory, and it belongs to us southerners.
Invention, why should we cheapen those Yankees? Let’s also open a big factory and sell bicycles to New York, so as to save those Yankees from saying all day long that we don’t have factories in the south and only grow cotton!”
PS: Thank you to the book friend "Dimension Storehouse" for your support. In addition, sometimes the fan reward weekly list is not timely and comprehensive enough, so I may have missed some supporting book friends. Please forgive me and thank you again for your support.