Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 958 The great achievements of His Royal Highness

  More and more merchants began to settle in.

   And the shopfront of Jiajia is immediately enviable. This is the entrance of the trading market, which is very conspicuous. Not only that, but opposite is the Xishan Chariot and Horse Shop and the Bank.

  This place... is blessed by nature.

  Thus, Chen Xin not only has a good business, but also many people come to order silk. What's more ridiculous is that there are many people who want to rent his shop. These people are often rich and powerful, and the price has reached tens of thousands.

  Chen Xin refused one by one, wanting his own shop... Don't even think about it, hum! Anyway, he is also Mr. Liu's chief disciple, a future leader in the business world, and the first person to study the Wealth of Nations. I care about these tens of thousands of taels of silver.

  Chen Xin's business was done extremely well within a few days.

  Because of his silk, it only sells for two or five taels of silver now.

  You know, not long ago, even if the color of the silk he sold was not good, it cost three taels, but in a blink of an eye, the price dropped by a tael.

  Small profits but quick turnover, which was impossible in the past.

   But now, it has become possible.

  Because the sales volume is too large, countless orders come one after another. In addition to raw silk and textiles, the biggest cost in the Jingshi silk market is the cost of transportation and storage.

  But now, the cost of warehousing is almost zero, because as long as his goods arrive, they can be traded directly without being sent to the warehouse.

   After saving this joint, coupled with the reduction of transportation costs and transaction costs, now, he doesn't even need to deal with anyone, and can directly complete the transaction.

  The transaction process is especially simple.

   Such a business is really comfortable.

  Many merchants here have begun to look at it with the theory of the Wealth of Nations.

   Someone heard that Chen Xin had joined Liu Wenshan's sect, and immediately became envious.

  The Theory of the Wealth of Nations is really a holy book for merchants.

   Not only that, the house price outside the trading market, after skyrocketing to 25,000 taels, actually has an upward trend.

  People who were waiting to see the currency were surprised to find that the price had skyrocketed by another three thousand taels.

  Three thousand taels, that dog-like thing surnamed Fang... Is he still human?

   But what is even more surprising is that even at this price, it was sold out in the blink of an eye.

As more and more merchants settled in, countless merchants began to realize that if they want to buy goods, in this trade market, not only the price of purchases is low, but also silk, which costs at least three taels of silver a piece, but here, unexpectedly It only costs two or five dollars, but what's even more frightening is that no matter what you want to buy here, you can find everything you need. There are more than a dozen silk shops alone, and the supply of goods is sufficient, and the transaction is simple, which makes people feel at ease.

  As a result, countless businessmen came here admiringly. The original well-known business relationship has begun to collapse, and the partners who used to cooperate are now beginning to become unstable.

  In less than half a month, the flow of people here has become more and more, even some shopkeepers are willing to come here to buy goods, and merchants from nearby counties and counties have also begun to come here especially.

  …

  The business school was established, and countless businessmen with tears in their eyes came one after another.

   Any businessman who reads The Wealth of Nations, there is no one who does not feel admiration. Hearing that he can learn from a teacher, no one can sit still.

  Fang Jifan never refuses anyone who comes, anyway... this is not his disciple, if you want to enter the teacher's school, just join the teacher's school.

  Countless gold bars almost had to be transported to the Xishan Bank by car.

   This made Fang Jifan feel very emotional, it is better to be older, it is easier to give birth, the ancients do not deceive me.

  …

  It was just at this time... Suddenly, the entire West Mountain was shaken.

  Boom...boom...

  Fang Jifan felt that on his mansion, tile ash started to fall down.

  Earth...the earth collapsed.

  Fang Jifan's complexion changed.

  He subconsciously wanted to hide under the table.

  But before the person got in, Wang Jinyuan had already walked quickly: "Master, master, go and see, the car will go, the car will go."

  Fang Jifan suddenly... suddenly realized.

  The car will go?

   Steam car?

  He looked astonished, and he was a little dazed.

   I was really tossed out by that fellow Zhu Houzhao....

  Fang Jifan stood there, and glanced at Wang Ao, who had a strange expression on his side.

  Wang Ao's face was pale, and he seemed to think that the ground had collapsed. He subconsciously wanted to squat down and hug his head.

  This is a human instinct.

  Fang Jifan took a deep breath, and looked at Wang Ao contemptuously: "My lord, I will be the one to support the sky falling, so don't be afraid."

  Wang Ao was still in shock: "What happened?"

  Fang Jifan folded his hands behind his back, calmly said, "This force of earth-shattering, although I also feel bad, but...I...not...afraid! Let's go out and have a look."

  Fang Jifan hurried out of the mansion, and Wang Ao, still in shock, followed him.

The two are in front of each other, and this square house is built on the hillside. From here, you can overlook the mountain... However, you can't see anything famous, because there is a thick work shed on the top of the Xishan Steam Vehicle Research Institute. The huge work shed Underneath, today, there is billowing thick smoke rising from the gaps in the shed. Looks like...it might really be a steam car.

  Fang Jifan settled down, that thing can really walk?

   You won't lie to me, will you?

  He cheered up, but saw that in the courtyard, the children of the elite class seemed to be frightened, all the children and many aunts and mothers looked pale.

  Fang Jifan crossed his hands: "Everyone, don't be afraid. As a teacher, I will protect you. As a teacher, even though I am flesh and blood, if anything happens, I will stand in front of you. Now everyone, go back to your bedroom!"

  The children felt relieved after hearing what their teacher said.

   Pairs of small eyes stared at Fang Jifan, and there was a look of admiration in the eyes.

  There is no way... This young master is so bright and outstanding, Fang Jifan said, he had already left the courtyard, asked someone to prepare the car, got in the car, and hurried down the mountain.

  …

  In Xishan Research Institute.

   Zhu Houzhao stood on the steam engine.

  The huge research institute covered by work sheds still has a section of several hundred meters of rails laid.

   And above the railway track, there is a huge monster.

   The behemoth is black all over.

   There is actually a huge chimney on this giant.

  Under the steam locomotive, there are rows of wheels. On this rail, it stands still.

However, Zhu Houzhao jumped out of the car with a face full of soot, as if he was choked by the smoke in the boiler room. He coughed desperately, and when he saw Fang Jifan, his smoked eyes opened, revealing the whites of his eyes, and the pupils flickered : "Old Fang, moved, moved, really moved, haha..."

  Fang Jifan looked at this steam locomotive, which was completely different from the later generations. How should I put it, first of all, it was ugly, and its structure was much simpler than that of later generations of steam locomotives.

   As for the others, I can't see why.

  Anyway... just like this, piled up in front of myself.

  Fang Jifan glanced at Zhu Houzhao: "Did it really move?"

"It's moving." Zhu Houzhao said excitedly: "It's been more than a hundred feet. I was afraid that the car would go off the railroad track, so I asked someone to stop the car. Wait a minute, I need to order people to continue to build the railroad track, and make it complete." A ring, in this way, the steam locomotive can rotate around the ring."

   "Go up and drive me to see."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Okay, come on, you come up too."

  Fang Jifan was busy shaking his head like a rattle: "I'm motion sick."

   "What are you afraid of? No one will die." Zhu Houzhao glared at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan shuddered when he heard it. Xiao Zhu's words had never been very reliable. He continued to shake his head: "Oh, my head hurts, it can't be done, it can't be done, my head hurts badly, Your Highness, I have an old illness. ...quick, get someone to carry the stretcher."

   Zhu Houzhao dragged Fang Jifan into the car.

  Fang Jifan yelled in the car: "Help, Master Wang, take care of my son... If there is an emergency, remember to tell your majesty that I, Fang Jifan, are here for my Ming Dynasty..."

   The dead word was about to be exported, but it seemed to be unlucky, so he simply stopped talking.

  Zhu Houzhao's eyes sparkled.

   On the front of the steam car, there is also a group of excited students.

  The faces of the health workers were all covered in soot, but they all looked extremely excited.

Countless days and nights of fighting, countless solitary figures under the solitary lamp, and some people, who have not been home for several months, have seen their daughter-in-law and children, and some people... dragging their sick bodies, still thinking about how to overcome difficulties.

  They hold the journal of "Quest" and look at it. The articles on engineering and mechanics published in it can always find inspiration for solving problems in it.

  In the past year of exploration, although the steam locomotive is theoretically feasible, but after spending countless money and energy, finally...the dawn is revealed.

  When they saw Fang Jifan, they all saluted: "I have met Master."

  Fang Jifan glared at them, and hummed, even though he had a thick skin, at this moment, he couldn't get out of the car yelling.

   "Let's start."

  Fang Jifan held on to the iron railing, ready to jump off the car at any time.

   The blame is only on myself for not exercising less, but I don't know whether my skills are agile.

   "I'll come." Zhu Houzhao spat in the palm of his hand without any image, rubbed his hands, and grabbed a shovel.

   Then, someone turned on the furnace and started raising the furnace.

  Hoohoo...the chimney on the locomotive started to smoke.

   A large number of neat, quickly entered the stuffing into the steam engine, and the piston began to move slowly.

  Boom... The ground began to tremble, Fang Jifan took a deep breath, his eyes began to light up slightly, and for a moment, he forgot his fear.

  Zhu Houzhao began to add coal desperately, the chimney on the train, thick smoke billowed, and with a roar, finally, the body shook... Then, the train began to slowly start moving.

  Under this car... Wang Ao looked at the scene in front of him in astonishment.

  He saw with his own eyes that this lump of iron, which weighed tens of thousands of kilograms, actually began to move slowly under his gaze.

  ...

   Ask for a monthly pass, ask for some support, this month's monthly pass is really hard to describe.

  (end of this chapter)