Great Tang princess

Chapter 848 Business
Although the motorcycle has been successfully developed, according to the current road conditions in Datang, once its off-road performance is weakened, it will be difficult to use it on the battlefield.

So the civilian version of the motorcycle is essentially an expensive toy, which is sold exclusively to rich people.

Li Yuechen asked them to replace the tires with ordinary road tires, and then sell them to those dudes.

As for the motorcycles used in the military in the future, the adjustment of the shock absorbers still needs more work.

After Li Yuechen went to the mountain for a ride, although he felt that it was already good, there was still a lot of room for improvement in the adjustment of the engine and shock absorbers.

At the same time, be prepared to upgrade the driving school and join the motorcycle driving course.

Moreover, two places have to be separated for soldiers in the army and ordinary people outside to study respectively.

As for the specific course, considering that it is far faster than a horse, and for the sake of traffic safety, Li Yuechen decided to copy the test content of the Japanese large two-wheeled motorcycle in the future.

In Japan in the future, the assessment of large two-wheeled motorcycles will be very difficult.

Theory aside, the exam covers a variety of road conditions.

Including winding pillars, serpentine turns, rough road sections, and a road... Bah!Different road conditions such as a bridge.

Take this bridge as an example. The five-meter-long single-plank bridge cannot be rushed across at high speed. Instead, it must take more than ten seconds to pass, and points will be deducted if it is not enough.

For rough road sections, it is required to stand on the motorcycle and spend more than five seconds to pass slowly.

It may seem troublesome, but this method allows students to practice good car control skills in the driving school, and try to ensure the safety of themselves and others on the road.

At that time, a traffic management department must also be established to prevent people from driving without a license.

Now that there are cameras, it is not difficult to make a driver's license. Although the cost is somewhat higher, at present this thing is originally sold to dudes.

For this group of people, problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

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After finalizing the plan for the motorcycle, the Engineering Institute immediately began to implement it. At the same time, they planned to build a factory and asked Li Yuechen for his opinion when choosing a site.

Considering that the emperor will return to Chang'an three years later, it is necessary to leave some economic pillar industries here.

So in the end, it was decided to leave the motorcycle factory in Dongdu. In the future, someone in Chang'an will buy it, and just use a scooter to pull it over for him.

The military motorcycle factory is also placed here, anyway, it is not difficult to transport this thing.

What's more, the distance between the two places is only a few hundred kilometers. If you have a car in the future, you can go back and forth several times in a day.

After confirming this plan, Li Yuechen wrote the plan and asked the Ministry of Industry to help with the construction.

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The motorcycle experiment was unknown to outsiders, so it did not cause any discussion in the court, nor was it published in the newspaper.

However, some people began to wonder what the factories built outside the eastern capital were used for.

After the reform of the imperial court, the plan was implemented very quickly.

It took the Ministry of Industry a month to produce the design drawings, and then handed them over to the engineering department in charge of the construction.

The Academy of Engineering acts as a consultant and is responsible for the construction of the production line, including various machine tools and equipment.

Then there is the issue of recruiting workers. These are easy, just arrange veterans directly.

By October, the preliminary construction of the factory has been completed. Although there are still many details that have not been dealt with, the preliminary production work can already be carried out.

It's just that the speed must be very slow. Nowadays, welding workers need to be specially trained.

These veterans have never done this kind of work before, and they still need to learn a little bit like a student.

Fortunately, they all knew that it would be very difficult to arrange jobs after retiring from the army, so they all studied very seriously.

So at the beginning of December, the first assembly line officially started working. I think the first motorcycle should be produced before the Chinese New Year.

But at this time, Li Yuechen had no time to pay attention to this. On the fifth day of December, he was called to the Ministry of Rites.

Because the envoys from all over the world have received replies, and they came here this time to discuss the specific matters of purchasing the airship.

Silla plans to buy a finished airship first, as the king's car.

Li Yuechen said that it has nothing to do with me what you want to use it for, anyway, all you need to do is give me money.

However, Japan is rich and powerful, directly expressing the need for technology and finished products.

Not only did he buy the technology of the airship, but he also bought two more finished products by the way, and he paid the full amount in one lump sum!
Since finding the gold and silver mountains on the Japanese island, it can be said that the atmosphere of local tyrants is full.

If you have money, you have to make money. Li Yuechen immediately said that there is no problem, and he will put their orders at the top and make them for them first.

Then it was Dashiguo's turn, and he also said that he needed technology and finished products. The only problem was that he didn't have enough cash, so he hoped to pay in installments.

Dashi is rich in precious stones. Although it is not as good as hard currency like gold and silver, it can also be used as currency.

But the problem now is that the technology of the airship is indeed quite expensive, the price of 400 million is very high, plus two finished products, that is 500 million.

With such a large amount of money, it would not be enough even if all the gemstones in Dashi Kingdom's current inventory were exhausted.

What's more, the one-time influx of a large number of gemstones can easily cause depreciation, so I want to pay in installments and pay it off in ten years.

Li Yuechen thought for a while, and said to the envoy of the Great Food Kingdom: "How about this, didn't you give me a piece of land in Datang before? This time, apart from goods such as gems and spices, how about expanding the land a little?"

It is actually normal for land to be sold, and there will be similar things in the future.

The envoy was a little curious: "I don't know how big your Highness wants?"

To be honest, that piece of land is really not of much use to them now, it's nothing more than a lot of water, so it's sold as soon as it's sold.

But if the request is too big, as a messenger, it is not easy to explain to the king when he goes back.

So Li Yuechen took out the map and drew a semicircle: "How about such a piece?"

The area drawn by Li Yuechen basically expanded the original land by half and lengthened the coastline, which is truly equal to the future Kuwait.

After looking at it, the envoy nodded: "At this time, please allow me to go back, Your Highness..."

"Well, it's okay." Li Yuechen nodded.

For such a big matter, the envoys naturally couldn't make decisions casually. It's better to let their king go back and discuss it first.

In addition, some small countries in the Western Regions and the South cannot afford technology, but basically every country has bought at least one finished product.

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After the business was negotiated, Li Yuechen didn't care about it. The follow-up funds came in, and that was what the household department should manage.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, Li Yuechen was thinking about another matter.

Now that the school system is relatively mature, with basically everything from elementary school to university, should we consider promoting Mandarin?
There is a reason for this, because with the use of various mathematical and physical formulas, the use of English letters will become more and more frequent.

And because of the country's vast land and abundant resources, and the differences in local dialects, it is easy to form some differences in spoken language.

Therefore, just like Qin Shihuang's books and Wenche were on the same track, it is necessary to consider the promotion of Mandarin.

There is also a reason for choosing Mandarin over Xi'an or Luoyang dialects.

First of all, Tang poetry. Although Li Yuechen didn't remember much, he vaguely remembered that when he was in school, the Tang poetry he had learned could basically rhyme when read in Mandarin.

This can show that the finals of Middle Chinese at this time are not much different from future Mandarin.

The promotion of Mandarin can also enable people from different places to communicate verbally without barriers.

So Li Yuechen felt that he should try it in school first.

Of course, dialect is one of the indispensable symbols of a place, and if possible, it is best to preserve it.

However, this still needs to be discussed with other people, but it can be used as one of the future follow-up plans.

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Time always goes by unconsciously, and after the new year, the time has come to the second year of Guangshun.

From the beginning of the official work after the Chinese New Year, the motorcycle factory has officially put into work.

An average of ten motorcycles can be produced every month, which is quite a terrifying output in this era.

At the same time, beside the driving school at the foot of Mang Mountain, a motorcycle driving teaching site has also been added.

Li Chongrun, Minister of the Ministry of War, sent a notice to the commanders of each military region that motorcycles would be added to the equipment of scouts in the future.

All military regions are required to select some soldiers and send them to Dongdu to receive motorcycle driving skills training.

The soldiers sent here must be under the age of 20 first, and secondly, they must be quick-witted and quick-responsive...

So Li Yuechen also served as a motorcycle instructor to provide teaching for the first batch of student soldiers.

After they are familiar with it, they can train motorcycle drivers themselves in various military regions.

Nowadays, most soldiers do not know how to balance two-wheeled vehicles, so Li Yuechen let them ride bicycles first.

After you can master the balance on the bicycle, you can start a series of training on the motorcycle.

At the same time, the personal guards around him were also thrown in, and they were trained and studied together.

After all, there will be more and more driving time in the future, and the guards can no longer keep up with the speed of the car on horseback, so they must learn to ride motorcycles.

In the future, motorcycles will be the common means of transportation for these guards, and horses will be gradually eliminated.

However, in order to prevent economic problems caused by the elimination of horses, Li Yuechen has recently been thinking about whether to build racecourses in first-tier cities such as Chang'an, Dongdu, and Taiyuan.

On the one hand, it can allow people who now make a living by raising horses to continue to live on this, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as stabilizing the economy and providing several jobs.

After all, you don't have to gamble when you come to the racetrack. It is also possible to simply buy a ticket and come in to watch the race.

And there are many staff members in the racecourse, which can be used as a post to improve economic efficiency.

Nowadays, with the increase in food production, the number of off-duty people in first-tier cities is gradually increasing.

Coupled with the soldiers who will be discharged every year in the future... All these must be solved.

Now that the industrial revolution has begun, creating more jobs has become the top priority of national development.

Fortunately, as places like motorcycle factories began to appear, the balance could be guaranteed to a certain extent.

In the future, we can consider building more industrial factories in other places.

And Li Yuechen's primary goal is Shandong.

Because of its unique geographical location, Shandong Province is destined to play a pivotal role in the future.

Another place is the northeast. As the national border is pushed forward, Sakhalin Island will also be included in the territory.

In other words, the future capital of Heilongjiang will be a large coastal province.

With the development of the country, the main enemy to face is no longer the nomads, and more crises are at sea.

Therefore, the two large coastal provinces of Heilongjiang and Shandong in the future must be used as strategic bases, focusing on the development of industries.

If there are any large factories in the future, they can be opened in these two places first.

It is very important to ensure that these two large provinces have a comprehensive industrial and agricultural system!
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In February of the second year of Guangshun, each military region sent its carefully selected scouts to Dongdu to learn how to drive motorcycles.

These young boys and girls are looking forward to getting in touch with this mechanical monster that is completely different from horses.

In the next three months, Li Yuechen began to train them systematically and efficiently in motorcycle driving.

On the factory side, the first batch of motorcycles were first equipped with Qianniuwei.

Qianniuwei is the most important force in the Tang Dynasty today, guarding the central area of ​​the country, no matter which direction there is a war, they can provide immediate support.

As for the follow-up plan, Li Yuechen gave Li Chongrun to think about it, and asked him to write a plan for himself.

Li Chongrun also knew that this was a test from his aunt, and a month later, he handed in his own answer.

His idea is that the second batch of motorcycles can be handed over to the Northeast Military Region. They often have conflicts with foreigners, and they can be used immediately in the past.

Then there is the border garrison in Tubo Province, who can patrol on this thing.

But here was interrupted by Li Yuechen: "Before you give the order, you should send one over to see if it is suitable for use at the border."

According to Li Yuechen's understanding, after more than 1000 years in the future, many soldiers in plateau areas will still mainly ride horses.

So if off-road motorcycles are really suitable for use in that kind of place, why not with motorcycles?
Therefore, whether the local terrain is suitable for motorcycles really needs to be judged after experiments.

After hearing this, Li Chongrun immediately admitted his mistake: "Yes, this is my nephew's lack of consideration!"

"It's okay, there are many things, you have to listen more, watch more and try more, so as to reduce the chance of making mistakes." Li Yuechen comforted.

Then Li Chongrun went back to rewrite his plan.

And during this period of time, because Li Yuechen rode a motorcycle to wander the streets almost every day, it naturally attracted the attention of many people.

In addition, this matter was not kept secret, so it was easy to find out. The eldest princess invented a new gadget called a motorcycle, which was much more exciting than riding a horse.

Hearing the news, the court ministers were not too interested, just curious.

But the dandies are different. As soon as they hear that it is an exciting thing, they immediately start asking if they can buy it with money.

　I asked for leave yesterday, I've been really busy lately

　　
　
(End of this chapter)