After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 648
"The bicycle invented by Mr. Qin is really a great invention!" The ministers sighed after hearing this.

"The bicycle invented by Mr. Qin is much more advanced than the wooden cow and horse invented by Zhuge Liang." Another person said. "Wooden cattle and horses, there is absolutely no such fast speed, nor is it so convenient."

This group of people likes to praise one and demote the other.

Praise Qin Yu, demote Zhuge Liang, compare Zhuge Liang and Qin Yu.

However, comparing the two, Zhuge Liang was indeed weaker than Qin Yu.Because wooden cows and horses are not as good as bicycles in any aspect.

"It's really convenient to ride a bicycle." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "A road as wide as a palm can be passed." Now that he has learned how to ride a bicycle, he has actually started to practice his skills, riding directly on a line.

"Your Majesty, the bicycle is definitely an incomparably great invention!" At this time, Li Shanchang stood out of the train and said excitedly, "Compared with war horses, bicycles have countless advantages."

"For one thing, horses need fodder, but bicycles don't."

"Secondly, war horses have requirements for roads, but bicycles have no requirements for roads at all."

"Thirdly, the neighing of war horses can easily arouse local vigilance, so when the ancients went on a raid, they would hold a horse with hooves in their hands. Bicycles, on the other hand, do not make any sound at all."

"Fourth: Expeditions against the Huns are often dominated by cavalry!"

"Fifth, war horses are expensive to feed, while bicycles are cheap to manufacture."

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"What do you mean by being good..." Zhu Yuanzhang slowed down and asked while riding slowly to master more skills.

"What the old minister means is that if we can replace the war horses of all the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty with bicycles..." Li Shan said long, "Let the former cavalry be transformed into a bicycle commando..."

The rest of the ministers trembled when they heard the words:
If that's the case, then the invention of the bicycle is enough to make a big difference in Ming's army.

"Your Majesty, what Li Xiang said is very reasonable. Bicycles definitely have extremely great strategic value." Yang Xiandao, "If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had bicycles back then, he would have made two expeditions to the Xiongnu without wasting money and people."

"We must know that the biggest problem of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the Xiongnu was the shortage of war horses, and too much money and food were spent on buying war horses. The main force of the expedition to the Xiongnu was cavalry, and the practice of the Han Dynasty was to protect one cavalry with ten infantry."

"Just imagine, if Wei Qinghuo Qubing had a bicycle back then... he didn't need to worry about fodder for horses on the road, he didn't need to buy horses from the Western Regions, and he didn't need ten people to protect a cavalry. I'm afraid they would have gone to the Huns' lair long ago."

"That's right," Liu Bowen said, "If the Han Dynasty had bicycle rangers, wouldn't it be easy to defeat the Xiongnu? Any general can defeat them, and there is no need for a military genius like Wei Qinghuo Qubing."

"It makes sense," Zhu Yuanzhang said.

In fact, with his ability, he has long seen the strategic value of bicycles.

And now Daming has already used muskets.

A group of Ming soldiers rode bicycles and held magic guns.To attack others is probably more powerful than any cavalry in the world. "Come here, order the weaving department to hurry up and make bicycles."

"In addition to being used in the military, bicycles can also be used in civilians."

"After all, the roads between the various counties and villages in the Ming Dynasty have not yet been connected to each village." Zhu Yuanzhang said again, "The small roads between the various villages and communities are still the same as before."

"Dongfang Tielong can't pass, but bicycles can pass."

"Besides, Dongfang Tielong is a big guy, and it is impossible to popularize among the people in a short period of time. However, bicycles are simple to make and easy to ride, so it is much easier to popularize among the people."

"Emperor Shengming!"

"Long live the emperor!"

The ministers said in succession.

"Your Majesty, do you want to vigorously manufacture bicycles and make them popular in the Ming Dynasty?" Liu Bowen said, "Then, it will consume a lot of steel."

"In addition, there is a bicycle factory..."

"We plan to build a few bicycle factories run by the imperial court." Zhu Yuanzhang also saw the huge commercial value of them, and said, "After all, the imperial court still has to send money to the people frequently, and there are few profitable projects. not come out."

"Emperor Shengming!"

"Your Majesty, what is the name of this bicycle?" Yang Xian asked.

"Mr. Qin named it Phoenix Brand." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Great!" The ministers became excited, "Daming's tractor is called Dongfang Iron Dragon, and its bicycle is called Phoenix. Dragon and phoenix are both symbols of our Chinese civilization."

"Let's ride for a while longer," Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Now he is already riding very well, after all, he used to ride a lot.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang is like a duck to water on a bicycle, and sometimes he can even ride with one hand.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang riding on it like a gust of wind, the eyes of all the officials were full of envy.

The emperor has allowed bicycles to be used among the people.

It won't be long before bicycles will soon become popular in Ming Dynasty.

It is a symbol of people's noble status and strength.

Seeing the officials looking at him enviously, Zhu Yuanzhang got off the bicycle: "Ministers, do you want to try it?" "But you must remember that if you want to learn how to ride a bicycle, you must first fall a few only once."

The officials were overjoyed when they heard the words. "Can we really do that?"

"Your Majesty, you were born in the army, and the ministers are scholars, and the ministers probably won't be able to learn it." Yang Xian said.

"Try it." Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to hand over the bicycle to Yang Xian. "Riding a bicycle depends on skill, not strength. You will know it after you ride it and experience it yourself."

"I obey the order!" Yang Xian heard the words, and then he took the courage to try.

But after studying for a long time, he still didn't learn it. Instead, he fell several times, but he still enjoyed it.After all, this thing is a new thing, something more advanced than wooden cows and horses.

Of course, Yang Xian did not dare to learn too quickly, surpassing Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the past, this group of scholars would have regarded bicycles as ingenious skills, dismissed them, and would not bother to learn them.But now the wind has changed, and everyone is willing to try high-tech things.

"You guys learn slowly." Old Zhu didn't bother to watch them learn how to bike, and said, "You won't be paid next month, and each person will get a bike."

"Long live the emperor!!" The officials cheered when they heard the words.

a few days later.

Wearing a red official uniform, Yang Xian rode a bicycle through the streets of Yingtianfu, attracting tens of thousands of people to watch.The crowd were amazed and pointed at the side.

Yang Xian, the Ming Dynasty, was the second to own a bicycle.

(End of this chapter)