In the Imperial Palace of Jinling City, a car was driving slowly on the palace road. What was strange was that this seemingly ordinary car was flanked by a large group of guards trotting behind it.
In the car, Prince Li Hao was driving the car carefully, not daring to drive too fast, only about seven or eight kilometers per hour. Occasionally, he would turn his head to look at his father sitting in the back seat.
At this time, Li Xuan was sitting on the right side of the back seat. With his eyes slightly closed, he felt the slight bumps of the car while driving, but a scene that he had not recalled for a long time appeared in his mind.
There are busy traffic, high-rise buildings, and a modern atmosphere amidst the hustle and bustle.
In fact, Li Xuan has never forgotten many people and events in his previous life.
It's just that over the long years, memories begin to blur. Some people still have memories of certain things, but they can't remember them well.
However, he has never forgotten many scenes in later generations.
And the longer time passes, the more Li Xuan misses many people or things in his previous life and even the entire modern society.
So over the years, Li Xuan has actually pushed many things in the direction of future generations, intentionally or unintentionally.
The promotion of the automobile industry is the most obvious example.
In Li Xuan's view, the popularization of cars is a typical feature of modern civilized society. He hopes to see the grand traffic jam on the streets of Jinling in his lifetime!
This is why when I heard that Qixiang Automobile Company had launched a car that was claimed to be affordable to middle-class families, I immediately ordered one to come and ride it for myself.
In Li Xuan's opinion, although this Qixiang car is not as luxurious as the West Lake car in terms of details, this car is more in line with Li Xuan's influence on private cars.
This car has adopted a special car chassis instead of the previous carriage chassis. It also uses a box-type carriage. Although in order to control the weight, the carriage still uses a wooden frame and a soft canopy roof structure, but overall Look, it’s quite similar to the vehicle in Li Xuan’s memory.
And he also heard that when Qixiang Automobile Company produced this car, it had already adopted comprehensive mechanized production. All core parts were processed by mechanical assembly, and followed the example of the textile industry and other industries, using assembly line production. model.
This is a good thing, because only in this way can the cost be greatly reduced and private cars can enter more middle-class families. Only in this way can a large-scale automobile industry be established and further economic development be driven.
As before, cars are just toys for the rich. There are only a few companies in the automobile industry, and they still adopt a semi-manual production model.
After walking around in a circle, Prince Li Hao stopped the car steadily. At this time, Li Xuan also opened his eyes: "How do you feel?"
Prince Li Hao said: "It is relatively smooth to drive, even smoother than West Lake Car. However, the comfort is still not as good as West Lake Car, and other details are also slightly flawed, but it can be done at a price of more than 2,000 yuan." This level is already quite remarkable!”
Li Xuandao: "It's amazing!"
"I'm afraid other automobile companies will follow suit. There will be a wave of rapid growth in the automobile industry JAC. You should pay more attention to it later."
Prince Li Haodao said: "I know it, and people from the Ministry of Commerce have also said that the cost of current automobiles is expected to be reduced on a large scale, and it should form a larger industrial scale in the future and become one of the driving forces for economic growth in the following years!"
Li Xuandao: "Now that you know, let's go back!"
Li Hao immediately resigned and got out of the car, but Li Xuan did not get out of the car. Instead, he stepped forward and drove for a short distance. However, he was really not used to driving this car. He only tried briefly and drove a few hundred meters before stopping. After getting down and waving, a dedicated driver accompanying him immediately got in the car and continued to drive Li Xuan around...
Although this car already has a steering wheel and can shift gears, it is not easy to drive at all. Problems can occur if you are not careful, and steering requires a lot of effort.
Li Xuan has no interest in driving such primitive vehicles himself!
This Qixiang car was spinning around and around on the road inside the palace, and the news soon spread outside the palace.
Li Yubo, who had been waiting for news outside the palace, was already very excited when he learned that the prince drove the car himself and took Sheng Tianzi for a test drive. But when he heard someone say that both Sheng Tianzi and the prince commented personally. When he saw this car was "amazing", he almost fainted.
This is not because his political consciousness is so high that he doesn't know why after being praised by the Holy Emperor, but because he knows what the Holy Emperor means behind his words.
This will represent a series of subsequent policy support, and also mean widespread recognition by the market.
The Holy Emperor said that this car was amazing, but the officials heard it, but they couldn't give him all the preferential policies they could give him. After the vast number of consumers heard it, they couldn't rush to buy it.
Oh my god, this is all money!
However, Li Yubo is now very rich. His personal assets are now more than the entire Li family's family assets.
However, no one would mind having more money!
What's more, Li Yubo is also an ambitious person. He still has a lot of research projects to carry out. Research is very expensive, and research cannot be carried out without sufficient profit support.
In addition to money, there is also a sense of identity!
Having built such an awesome car, in addition to making money, I naturally hope to gain recognition from others.
And no one's approval is more weighty than the approval of the Holy Emperor.
Li Yubo, who was in a good mood, mentioned on the spot to several accompanying officials from the Palace Affairs Department that Qixiang Automobile Company was willing to donate a batch of Qixiang cars to the Palace Affairs Department for official use.
After hearing this, the officials from the Palace Affairs Department naturally smiled and called Manager Li, you are too polite...
The reason why they were all smiling was because this car was not intended for use by the royal family, but was intended to be used as an official vehicle by officials in the Palace Affairs Department. To put it bluntly, it was for them to ride in.
Naturally, it is impossible for the royal family to use ordinary Qixiang cars, or even Xihu cars or Zhongyuan cars.
The vehicles used by the royal family are still mainly horse-drawn carriages, but there are also cars. Not to mention the vehicles used by other members of the royal family, only the vehicles used by Li Xuan himself.
Horse-drawn carriages are still the main ones, and there are also cars, but there are only two of them, and they are rarely used.
Both cars are exactly the same special cars. The chassis and mechanical parts are personally designed by professors from the Royal Institute of Technology. The parts produced and assembled by the laboratories within the Royal Institute of Technology are assembled by the royal carriage. The bureau is responsible for the decoration. These two royal cars are gifts to the Holy Emperor from the teachers and students of the Royal Institute of Technology.