Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 284 It's broken, it's a trap of consumerism (please subscribe!)
Zhu Kezang stepped on his bicycle and got off in front of the crowd, put on the kickstand, and parked the car neatly.

He took a closer look at this 1683 Daming bicycle, and it was not much different from the bicycles of the era before his arrival. It had a frame, tires, pedals, brakes, and chains, and everything was complete, and the functions were perfect.

The sturdy frame allows the car to carry goods and people, which is very practical.

I tried it just now, the pedal is strong, and I can walk when I step on it.

Brand new chain, well oiled and very sprightly.

The handlebars are very sensitive, and it doesn't seem to be hard to push left and right, obviously it's enough oil.

The brakes are stable and stop when you say stop.

The only downside is that the tires are not pneumatic tires, they are solid tires.

This point can only be compromised. The production cost of pneumatic tires is high, and corresponding inflation tools need to be developed, which is not cost-effective.

Moreover, this rubber solid tire is not simple.

The layman watched the excitement, and the insider talked about the way. Mr. Su, who presided over the development of bicycles, knew it well. If the emperor hadn't told him that Shenshu rubber could be used for tires, otherwise the tires made of wood would be useless for bicycles.

However, tires made of pure rubber will wear out quickly. Only by adding high-purity carbon black can the tires be more wear-resistant, otherwise they will not run far!
Zhu Kezang did not keep this point, and told Su Laocheng before.

Zhu Kezang greeted everyone: "Come and try it!"

It is better to be happy alone than to be happy together. Soon, the younger ministers came forward one after another and took the bicycles. Su Laocheng, who had been prepared for a long time, asked the experienced drivers to teach them.

The first person to learn to ride a bicycle was Lu Fan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, because he had the highest official position among the officials present, and everyone was very good at life.

After a while, several ministers followed Lu Fan and stepped up.

Everyone walked around in circles in the factory area, stepping on circle after circle, reluctant to get down.

The bike was a big success!
Ma Hetai, a Luzon businessman, smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the bicycle has been successful, how will you develop its sales?"

A group of people pricked up their ears to listen, this is a big deal!

As a newcomer, Zhu Kezang definitely knows the value of bicycles.

In this era, there is no need to talk about patent rights. Without this rule, Zhu Kezang directly built a state-owned bicycle factory in Ming Dynasty, and then he could monopolize it.

As for the bicycle factory, the people present dare not get involved, but they can help the emperor sell it!

"Your Majesty, if the villain wants to sell bicycles and get the goods from the factory, what is the approximate purchase price?"

Ma and Tai asked impatiently.

"Old Ma, the price is naturally not cheap. After all, bicycles are the most advanced technology of Ming Dynasty, and the purchase price needs twenty Shenwu Tongbao!"

That is 20 taels of silver for a car, which is a little expensive, but there are many people in Chengtian Mansion who can afford it, such as civil servants and soldiers in Ming Dynasty.

Even ordinary workers in the Chengtianfu factory earn nearly 20 taels of silver a year, so they can afford it!
However, it is impossible to give the sales rights of Chengtianfu to merchants, and the factory direct sales are enough.

"Old Ma, because of my personal friendship with you, I can hand over the sales rights of Luzon to you." Zhu Kezang knew that the Ming Dynasty officials could not take care of everything, and they could decentralize power appropriately.

But it is not without cost. On the premise of paying 10% of the sales, Ma Hetai obtained the agency sales right of Luzon Islands as he wished.

And the public sale of bicycles in Chengtian Mansion caused a big commotion, those young and rich generation of Chengtian Mansion stared at the bicycles as if they were staring at the oiran in Yihong Courtyard.

Since it takes an ordinary person's annual salary to buy a bicycle, everyone will think carefully.

In addition, twenty Zhu Datou's are ordinary bicycles, and there are as many as fifty Zhu Datou's more beautiful bicycles.

As long as the dignitaries of Chengtian Mansion ride "Da Ming Eternal" bicycles to the street, they will definitely be the most beautiful boys. If there is a girl behind them, they will face the envious eyes of the whole prefecture.

Not long after bicycles became popular, there was a saying in Chengtianfu: I would rather cry on a bicycle than laugh on a horse.

But they didn't stay cool for long, as if overnight, the streets and alleys of Chengtianfu City were full of bicycles!

Can't afford a bike?

How could Zhu Kezang, who is so good at making money, let go of this business opportunity.

Immediately, the two preferential policies of "buying a car with a loan" and "high-priced leasing" will appear!

With these two tricks, the bicycle company and Daming Bank made a lot of money.

The people of New Daming, they are easy to accept new things, as long as they feel good, really good, they will accept it.

In addition to the saying that you would rather cry on a bicycle than laugh on a horse, which is full of consumerism traps, these young people in Ming Dynasty will buy one even if they don’t sell their iron?
It may even become a must-have item for a Ming marriage!
The young people in Daming have the same opinion: buy a bicycle and take a girl to go.

Chengtian Mansion is now at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the most benevolent place, where all the resources of the Ming Dynasty are piled up, and some are rich in money!
The younger boys in Chengtianfu are all proud of owning a bicycle. They use it to carry things, fight, compete, and the most important use is to pick up girls!
There was an old scholar who came from Guangzhou. He just arrived in Rising Sun City. As soon as he got out of the pier, he saw a group of young people passing by on bicycles.

There is a young and beautiful girl on the back of each bicycle. They show their arms and calves. Some bold girls wear short skirts. When the wind blows, they even show their white thighs.

I was so shocked that the old scholar's jaw dropped to the ground, and he was sent to the barefoot doctor for treatment due to excessive excitement!

The bicycle market is booming, and everywhere is following suit. Everyone comes to buy bicycles and ride bicycles!

It became popular in Yizhou Island, then in Luzon, then Nanyang, and then from east to west. Except for Daqing, businessmen all over the world want Ming's bicycles!

Especially the British, they are begging for bicycles like crazy.

A bicycle costs at least five hundred pounds in London.

In order to obtain the goods, Viscount Thomas promised Zhu Kezang that while paying [-] tons of free American cotton to Daming every year, he would give priority to supplying [-] tons of low-priced cotton to Daming.

Daming won this wave!
High-priced industrial products, replaced by low-priced raw materials, comfortable!

Of course, when selling bicycles to Westerners, the price would naturally be several times higher. Zhu Kezang’s price for Thomas was two hundred silver dollars for an ordinary bicycle, while it was more expensive for others in other countries.

Thanks to the boom in the bicycle market, Daming has established a number of state-owned bicycle factories, producing five major brands: Eternal, Phoenix, Wuyang, Jinlu and Yutu. There are more than 20 bicycle factories and more than 100 bicycle parts factories. A complete production system has been formed, providing countless jobs for Daming workers.

Later historians of the Ming Dynasty wrote: the memories of Ming Dynasty carried by bicycles flow on the surface and depth of daily life, those sturdy bicycles bumped on the country roads, rubbing each other with every laborer of the Ming Dynasty, in Chengtianfu during the rush hour The road junction, the black head and the shiny handlebar are smooth and neat.

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