On the eighth day of August in the twenty-seventh year of Chongzhen, the streets of Fanjiazhuang were deserted, and the people crowded onto the city wall to watch the car parade organized by King Li Zhi of Qi.
After five months of improvements, the first batch of cars have been produced and have practical value.
Li Zhi showed these cars to the people of Fanjiazhuang.
At this time, Fanjiazhuang had been expanded for countless times and had long expanded outside the original city wall. The original city wall had become a purely decorative urban landscape. Below the city wall was Fanjiazhuang's "inner ring road". The inner ring road was the original
The Fanjiazhuang moat was filled in and then paved with cement. It is very spacious.
The inner ring road that circles the center of Fanjiazhuang now marks the location of the old town of Fanjiazhuang. Although the villas inside the inner ring road are old, they are particularly expensive.
For today's grand event, this city wall seems to be an auditorium, which is just right.
Gu Laoer stood on the eastern section of the city wall, trying his best to push his way forward in the crowded crowd, hoping to get a closer look at the inner ring road.
Standing next to him was his eldest son Gu Weisheng, who was already a young man. Gu Weisheng did not push forward like his father, but stretched his head to look under the city wall, seemingly not caring whether he could see the crucial car parade.
Gu Laoer squeezed out a space in the crowded crowd and called to his son: "Weisheng! Come here quickly! Don't miss the performance and come here in vain."
Gu Weisheng looked at the crowded crowd and blinked.
He suddenly cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Everyone, please stop crowding. Show your public morality and let the little people and children go to the city wall to watch carefully. The big people and adults can take a few steps back and see the performance from behind!"
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The crowd of spectators on the city wall were stunned when they heard this shout.
After all, Fanjiazhuang is the best place in one town and nine provinces. Everyone has been immersed in Li Zhi's culture of public morality for a long time, and they were all a little embarrassed to hear Gu Weisheng's loud roar.
What's the appearance of this crowding around?
Everyone looked at the handsome Gu Weisheng and felt that he must be a top student. Everyone stopped crowding as he said and asked the smaller ones to stand outside and the bigger ones to stand inside, so that the maximum number of people could see the inner ring road under the city wall.
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Gu Lao Er was short and was given a good position near the outside of the city wall. He did not expect that his son had such organizational skills and looked at his son in surprise.
Gu Weisheng walked up to Gu Laoer calmly and said, "Dad, what's so good about this car?"
Gu Laoer frowned and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about! The biggest advantage of living in Fanjiazhuang is that you have knowledge. We will be the first to know if anything new about the prince comes out. If you live in Fanjiazhuang and don't open your eyes to see the new things about the prince, you
It would be a waste to live in Fanjiazhuang."
Gu Weisheng blinked and said nothing.
Gu Laoer took a breath and said, "My son, have you really applied to be an assistant judge in Siam?"
Gu Weisheng nodded and said: "Dad! Siam is an overseas territory and is in urgent need of talents. Middle school students like me can only work as a judge's assistant in the mainland, and it takes five years to become an assistant judge. Then I can do it again."
Only those who pass the examination in five years can become a junior judge. If you go to Siam, you can directly become an assistant judge, and you can become a junior judge in three years."
Gu Laoer sighed and said: "My son, you are not young anymore. If you go to that far south, what will happen to your marriage?"
Gu Weisheng said: "I'm not in a hurry..."
Before Gu Weisheng could finish his sentence, the crowd on the city wall started to boil.
"The car is coming!"
"Look! The car!"
Gu Laoer stopped listening to his son's words and turned around suddenly to look at the inner ring road under the city wall.
On the cement road under the city wall, behind a company of cavalry, an incredible group of cars slowly drove over.
The car was about four meters long and two or three meters wide, all painted black. Under the car were four large rubber wheels mounted on steel pulleys. Bearings were obviously installed inside the steel pulleys, and the wheels rotated very smoothly.
Each car has a long front. There are seats in the middle of the car, all of which are open-top, and can accommodate four people.
Li Xing was sitting in the passenger seat of the first car, wearing a pair of black sunglasses.
The principle of sunglasses is very simple, that is, some compounds are added to absorb light during the production process of glass lenses. Today, Fanjiazhuang has long been able to produce various sunglasses, and they are already a common export commodity.
Behind Li Xing, some famous craftsmen from Fanjiazhuang were sitting happily in convertibles, enjoying the gaze of the people on the city wall.
Without oxen or horse-drawn horses, the five cars drove smoothly on the inner ring road of Fanjiazhuang, as if by magic, they received a surge of power from the devil.
If the people of Fanjiazhuang can see the power of a steam engine from the tank's huge body and the continuously steaming chimney, then this seemingly very compact and compact car really doesn't know where it came from.
Strength, able to move on its own without wind or horse.
Gu Laoer was dumbfounded and opened his mouth wide.
He yanked Gu Weisheng's sleeve and shouted: "Weisheng! Look at that car! It doesn't use horses or oxen! It drives so fast and smoothly!"
Gu Weisheng smiled and said, "Dad, I'm watching!"
However, Gu Laoer couldn't control his excitement and started running after the car on the city wall.
Gu Weisheng ran after his father helplessly and shouted: "Dad! Run slower, don't fall!"
Gu Laoer chased the car team all the way, and finally ran to a city gate.
The cavalry and car convoy leading the way stopped, preparing to enter the inner city to end the parade.
Li Xing took off his sunglasses, stood up in the passenger seat, and waved to the people at the city gate and on both sides of the road.
The people suddenly burst into cheers and shouted in unison: "Dingxing Bo!"
"Dingxingbo!"
Li Xing cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Brother Wang has something to say! This car is built for the people of one town and nine provinces!"
"Within five years, this car will be mass-produced and the price will be greatly reduced! Brother Wang said it! From now on, people in one town and nine provinces will be able to afford cars."
"Brother Wang said! In the future, if you have a car, you won't have to crowd in Fanjiazhuang City. You can go to the suburbs dozens of miles away to buy a large villa with a garden. From now on, everyone will drive to work in the factory! It's dozens of miles away.
It drove by in half an hour! "
Hearing Li Xing's words, the people at the city gate were stunned.
Will every household have to own this magical car in the future?
Isn’t this incredible?
But Gu Laoer at the city gate immediately believed Li Xing's words.
As an old resident of Fanjiazhuang for more than ten years, Gu Laoer has personally experienced countless incredible things. Now even if Li Zhi said he wanted to go to the moon, I am afraid Gu Laoer would believe it. Since the prince's brother Dingxing Bo Li Xing said that cars can
If every family has one, then this will definitely come true!
Gu Laoer raised his hands high and cheered as hard as he could.
"Long live the prince!"
Everyone looked at Gu Laoer.
But soon, everyone, like Gu Laoer, believed in the bright future described by Li Xing. They all raised their hands and cheered at the city gate.
The nearby people suddenly turned into a boiling ocean, a roaring tsunami.
Li Xing laughed loudly, put on his sunglasses, and waved his hand to let the convoy enter the city. 19
