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Chapter 369 The Spring of the "Taxi" in Jiaozhi

"Riding a donkey upside down" is a very common and characteristic means of transportation in Jiaozhi. Of course, needless to say, it is a human-powered cargo transportation tool for pulling goods. The passenger version is more interesting. The owner pedals at the back, and the guests sit in front in a half-lying manner.

The biggest advantage of this design is that it doesn’t need to be like the traditional three-wheeler. The guests sitting in the back have to watch the owner poking his butt, gnashing his teeth, sweating, and pedaling in front. The guests only need to sit in the front and enjoy the scenery. That's it.

And "thanks to" Cochin's almost non-existent industrial base, this kind of "riding a donkey" has become the most important "taxi" in Cochin, but the passenger type "riding a donkey" and the freight type "riding a donkey" Donkeys are actually not so strictly divided, because the "riding donkeys" in Cochin are mainly for passenger transport, but you can often see a passenger-carrying "riding donkey" tricycle in front of a package of goods on the streets of Hanoi , Temporarily act as a three-wheeler for freight, or someone sits on the "riding donkey" with a large package of goods at the same time, and a "passenger and cargo mixed load" is brought to you.

Ruan Pingming is of course very familiar with this kind of "riding a donkey upside down" in Cochin, and the person talking to him is also a frequent customer who occasionally comes to his place to repair and maintain cars. He knows each other, so he was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded quickly Said: "Yes, yes, of course there is no problem, what? Ruan Daming, do you want to install one for your car?"

Ruan Daming nodded, but there was some hesitation in his expression: "I want to install one, but I am worried that the guests will think the engine is too noisy."

Ruan Daming's worry is normal: what if the guests think it's too noisy and won't take my car after I install the engine?Isn't that a waste of money and a delay in business?
Ruan Pingming also felt that Ruan Daming's worry was justified: Yes, after all, there has never been such a thing as installing an engine on a tricycle before, and no one knows what kind of reaction the customer will have...

But Ruan Pingming was unwilling to give up such a business that he took the initiative to deliver to his door: he could buy 5 sets of this modification kit at a time. If he could take this opportunity to open up the tricycle market, wouldn't he be able to sell it? Dozens of sets?I can earn 30 Cochin Shields for one set, and if I can sell thirty or forty sets, then I will make a lot of money!
Thinking of this, Ruan Pingming thought quickly, recalling the words he learned from the general agent, and said to Ruan Daming: "Ruan Daming, your worry is not unreasonable, but I think that after your tricycle is equipped with an engine, it must be It will help you make more money, if you don’t believe me, listen to me.”

When Ruan Daming heard what Ruan Pingming said, he was really curious: Why do you say that I can make more money after installing the engine?He nodded and said, "Okay, tell me."

Ruan Pingming immediately said: "First of all, the engine is more powerful than a human. If you install this engine, your tricycle will become a motorized tricycle. People will not talk about it. Let's talk about loading first. You can ship one pack of goods, but you can ship two or three packs at a time, and you can earn other people's money two or three times at a time.

And the most important thing is that people get tired, but machines don't. Your current three-wheeler may only work for four hours a day, but after installing the engine, it can work for seven or eight hours, earning five or six hours a day. Double the money, but people will not be tired, because you only need to sit in the car and control the direction, and you don’t need to pedal at all. Do you think what I said makes sense? "

Huh... that's really the case!
Ruan Daming thought for a while, and felt that it was true: With an engine, even if he was transporting goods, he would transport more and take longer than others.

Thinking of this, he was immediately moved, but he still hesitated: "That's true, but what if it's transporting guests?"

"You are stupid," Ruan Pingming said: "Those customers who need to take a taxi, except for foreign tourists who come to our cochin tour, who don't have a lot of big and small bags? Maybe there will be two people, you pedal slowly. I hate you for being lazy, who would hate the noisy engine? But if you install the engine, you can not only transport the guests and goods to the destination quickly and well, maybe the guests think that your car has an engine, loads a lot of things, or even I will also take the initiative to find you."

Is that so?
Ruan Daming felt that Ruan Pingming's words seemed reasonable, but he was still a little worried: "What if the customer thinks my car's engine is too noisy?"

"Do you think we Cochin people think your engine is too noisy?" Ruan Pingming asked back: "You are not familiar with us Cochin people? They only think that you are pedaling too slowly, that you are lazy, and they only think that you are moving towards you. Too little stuff on the car, you take advantage of them, the engine is too loud? How could they have such a crazy idea?
As for the foreign guests who may think you are too noisy... The big deal is that you don’t do their business. Is the business of domestic customers in Cochin not enough for you? "

Thinking of the support policy given by the general agent, Ruan Pingming hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth: "Well, if you install the engine and find that it delays your business, you can come to me to return the product within a week. How about I return you 150 million cochin shields?"

If you return the product within a week, you can get 150 million Cochin Shields?

Now, Ruan Daming no longer hesitated: "Deal!"

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Riding a tricycle that doesn't require any effort to pedal, it feels really cool, but when he thinks that what is burning is oil, Ruan Daming feels distressed: Gasoline is not cheap...

Just when Ruan Daming was hesitating whether to turn off the engine first to save fuel, and then start the engine again when guests came, he suddenly saw someone waving at the side of the road: "Tricycle! Tricycle!"

Next to this person, there is a large pile of goods.

Ruan Daming immediately leaned over and said with a smile on his face, "Comrade, where are you going to send these goods?"

The person who waved his hand didn't answer right away, but looked at Ruan Daming's "chug..." tricycle with some curiosity, and said in surprise, "Your car..."

Although he was uneasy, Ruan Daming patted the handlebar vigorously according to what Ruan Pingming taught himself, and said proudly: "I asked someone to install a special engine for my car. With this engine, I am not only better than others. It has a lot of three-wheelers, and it runs fast, and can send guests to their destinations quickly and well... Comrade, where are you going?"

(End of this chapter)