The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Will the new wheels made in Chapter 53 make Wuying's trade route prosperous?

A pair of vertical wheels, Wang Jinxiong pulled hard with his hands, and then there was a sound of dada, and the wheels began to rotate.After about ten laps, it stopped.

"Master Wang, do you think the wheels are the ones I installed for you now, or are you replacing them with the usual wheels?" Seeing Wang Jinxiong's surprised expression, Song Yingkui became a fisherman, cast such a big bait, still don't believe you won't take the bait?
"Hey! How easy is it to pull the car with this kind of wheel? Brother Song, how can you make such a good wheel? Such a wheel, not to mention our craftsmen in Xisu Province, even the craftsmen in Hanzhong and Xishu, have no such ability." Wang Jinxiong said a bit exaggerated. Bearings appeared not too late, but they are usually made of copper and used on high-end objects.

"Looking at what Brother Wang means, my wheels should fit properly?"

"It's appropriate, of course it's appropriate! I'll call the rest of the money to you brother. For the car in our dealership, I made my brother bother. You see, after three days, I will bring my brothers to your place to pick up the car?" Anyone with a discerning eye can see that such a wheel can't be done with an extra two hundred yuan.

"Okay! The cars are basically ready, and I'm just waiting for you to pick them up! So many cars are too much space for me. By the way, when Brother Wang comes, don't forget the good wine from Hengchuan that you promised me."

"That's what I said. When I came here, I brought two jars of ten-jin Hengchuan wine for our brother Song, and let the brothers drink it well, so as not to say that I, Mr. Wang, is not open." Hengchuan is the best place for wine production in Xisu, and it is also a place that businessmen who travel on mountain roads must pass. Bringing good Hengchuan wine as a gift is a high-standard treatment for distinguished guests.

"Thank you, Brother Wang. By the way, my shop will sell a lot of these wheels in the future. If you are interested in this kind of wheels, please recommend one or two to me. Such wheels are not only regulated by shelf carts, but also by horse-drawn carts and ox carts. If you guys want to transport them to other places for sale, you can also sell them in other places. The shipping price here is uniform, 750 yuan for a pair of wheels. In a few days, my home will be in Wuying Town. The shop opened in the shop, and if any brothers want to buy goods, they can go directly to the shop in Wuying Town to order it, and there is no need to make a special detour here.” Wheels are a product to be mass-produced, and Song Yingkui’s price is relatively cheap. A pair of wheels only earns more than 200 yuan. Whether you can make money in the future depends on how much you buy.

"Are you only selling wheels?" Wang Jinxiong's eyes lit up when he heard this.If selling the whole car, Song Yingkui's business has nothing to do with their account, but if selling individual wheels, the business will be done.

"Usually they are sold in sets. After transporting them, the carpenter who makes the car can install them better. Of course, they can also be sold individually. There is no guarantee that there will be broken wheels that need to be replaced."

"I'm afraid it's unlucky to sell as a deputy!" As a merchant, Wang Jinxiong first thinks about transportation. No matter how good things are, transportation is inconvenient and idle.

"It's not difficult to install the wheels. I have a special wrench here, and the people on the feet can learn it by looking at them. They are disassembled when they are transported, and they can be assembled by others when they arrive at the place." The nearby places sell the assembled ones, and the far places can only let the transport personnel learn to load and unload them.

"Okay, I'll discuss this matter with my brothers in the gang. When we return the goods from Wazhou City, we will bring a few pairs to test the waters. Brother, see if you can prepare twenty or thirty sets of wheels for carriages. You know, the shelf cars made by your family in other places are not in fashion yet." The footsteps who have traveled all over the country can think of what kind of products are suitable for the market and what kind of products are easy to promote.

"I don't know when your business gang will return to Wuying Town? I don't think it can be done!" I missed a trick and didn't prepare the wheels suitable for the carriage in advance. The main reason is that there are too few carriages running in Wuying Town.

"Three days later, everyone will arrive at Wuying Town. If we go to Wazhou City and turn back, it will take six days, and it will only take nine or ten days in total. I wonder if you can drive them out?"

"It can be driven out! Brother Wang, when the time comes, Zhiguan will come to pick up the goods." The size of the bearings of the carriage wheels and frame wheels made by Song Yingkui remains the same, but the wheels are enlarged and the axles are elongated. There is not much work to be changed.In ten days, if you can't make thirty sets of wheels, how can you make the amount?

This is just the beginning. After the production conditions are improved and matured, so many wheels will have to be produced in one day.Only in this way can the business really expand.Doing so many wheels a day requires the design of many special tools to improve efficiency.Now it depends on the reaction speed of the market, whether it can support its own ambition to build a special wheel production plant!

Ten days later, Wang Jinxiong came to the mouth of the Yanchuan Gorge again with No. 60 households. This time, the members of the Huichuan Foot Gang were all carrying rack carts, with mules pulling the carts hanging in front of them!
"Brother Wang, why did you pack so much stuff? Can you go uphill when you're walking on a mountain road?" Song Yingkui couldn't help but worry for them when he saw that there was a lot of stuff on the rack cart on the legs. What would they do if they went uphill with another [-] sets of wheels?
"As long as the mule can pull it on the flat road, we can pull it up with two mules when we go uphill!" Wang Jinxiong didn't care about Song Yingkui's worry!

"Wouldn't it delay the speed of the journey?" Generally, a car is equipped with a mule, and if two mules are used to pull uphill, the mules can only turn back and forth. Isn't this a solution?
"There won't be much delay, there will be a downhill if you go uphill! Use two mules to pull uphill. When you go downhill, you don't need mules, and the speed is too fast. Calculated, the time is about the same. We have tried it when we went to Wazhou this time. Brother, let me tell you, this time we went to Wazhou City, and we won people. Usually, our pack team on the mountain road is always disliked by the big businessmen in Wazhou City. They think we don’t buy much. Lu's car helped. Those businessmen are trying to curry favor with us."

Traveling on mountain roads saves distance, but now that the traffic volume has increased, at least Wang Jinxiong's feet will not be looked down upon by ordinary businessmen in the future!Therefore, when the footmen saw Song Yingkui, it was like seeing one of their own!
Because of the wheels and car samples I made, will this mountain-traveling business road through Wuying Town be more prosperous than before?After Song Yingkui heard Wang Jinxiong's show off, he couldn't help thinking about it.If the traffic volume on this road increases, not to mention his own business, even Wuying Town will benefit.Although the business route in Wuying Town may seem inconspicuous, from a large perspective, it is also a small branch of the entire Great Silk Road.From Wazhou to Wuying to Guanying and then to Huichuan, along the mountain road, you can go to Hanzhong Mansion in Xishan or Guangyuan Mansion in Shu.Tea and silk from Shu and Hanzhong go to Wazhou through this mountain road, and then cross Hexi to reach the Western Regions. Hu goods from the Western Regions can also reach the hinterland of Dazheng through this road!

　Some readers said that until now they have not seen any connection with Silk Road!In fact, the trade route in Wuying Town is a small branch of the Silk Road.It connects Qinzhou and Longnan to Hanzhong and Guangyuan in the east, passes Didao in the southeast to Hehuang, and passes through the Yellow River Valley in the northwest to the Hexi Corridor.

　　
　
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