Chapter Ninety-Seven: Showing Up
Shumin is going to use manpower to replace the rhythm of animals, but the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, and things have to come step by step, she is now on the rise, so it is inevitable that her thinking is a little more avant-garde, but after all, Lao Lizheng has rich life experience, although he is also very excited, but he knows that it is not a simple matter.
"Hui'er Niang, it's too early for us to set up a car dealership, but we can try to do some sales, it's okay." Rizheng said. "Let's make ten of these cars for the time being, and eight should be able to solve our current problems. The other two cars will be pulled to the town, who takes a fancy and wants to buy them, it's not too late for us to do it. ”
Shumin also knew that it was too early to set up a car dealership, not to mention the huge financial problem, how to operate and manage it was also a big problem. She also had to take into account the receptivity of the ancients to bicycles.
"I listen to Uncle Lizheng." Shumin replied obediently.
At first, Chunquan dragged the children around the village, but later the adults couldn't sit still and asked to sit for a while. Chunquan agreed.
People saw more than a dozen adults sitting on it, and Chunquan was still very relaxed, and they all sighed and praised.
"Don't think that I have a lot of strength, but another person can still pull you." Chunquan said with a smile. Shu Min had explained to him the role of the sliding wheel under the axle before, more than a dozen people weighed more than a thousand catties, but his real strength was only a few dozen catties, and it was easy to change to an ordinary adult.
People didn't believe it, but they all felt very relaxed when they changed a few people. Even the big fat **-year-old child can pull a while with the strength of breastfeeding, which can make people even more surprised. "Chunquan, our village will use this to pull tofu in the future, right? Have you figured out who to come? Masaaki touched the bicycle, his eyes full of envy. I thought it would be nice if I was the first person to pull.
There are many young people who have the same idea as him, and when they hear him say this, they all look at Chunquan expectantly.
"What are you all looking at me for, this matter has to be corrected." Chunquan said with an innocent face. Everyone laughed. Those who are fast have already run to the tofu factory.
Shumin and Li Zhengcai were talking, and all the young people in the village ran over and asked to ride a tricycle to deliver tofu.
Looking at those people, Li Zheng couldn't cry or laugh, and finally decided to draw lots. He folded more than a dozen bamboo sticks of different lengths and held them in his hands, and asked them to smoke them themselves, and the shortest ones could be used to deliver tofu.
People scrambled to be the first, and in the end, it turned out to be the shortest one.
He was so happy that he went to fill the tofu with joy. Blessed and Lulu also stained it, and followed Zhengming into the city in a new car.
Qiao's also wanted to sit, but she still had to grind tofu at home, so she told the two brothers to be obedient when they entered the city later.
A tricycle loaded with thirty tofu, plus two children, set off with Uncle Niu's ox cart. But the tricycle left Uncle Niu behind, and Uncle Niu was not annoyed, and said to Lao Niu with a smile: "Old man, it won't be long before you can have a good rest." ”
The old cow seemed to understand his words, and he screamed, and walked very vigorously.
There are three restaurants to be sent by Zhengming, namely Ke Zailai, Weiyuanju and Taibaiju, all of which belong to small restaurants in the west of the city.
Along the way, Zhengming earned the attention of passers-by, and some people even heard that there was a tricycle that could move themselves in the city, and they ran from their homes to the street to watch.
"Shopkeeper, send tofu!" Taibai lived outside, shouting inside the Ming Dynasty.
The shopkeeper had seen this strange car a long time ago, but they didn't expect it to be the car that was delivered by the people of Baili Village, so they hurriedly greeted it.
The clerk in the store looked curiously while helping Zhengming unload the tofu. The two brothers in the car, Fu Youlu, were still young, so they could only stand aside and watch.
"Brother, what do you call it? What about Uncle Niu who drove the ox cart? The shopkeeper asked when he saw Masaaki for the first time.
"In Xia Zhang Zhengming, the two little ones are my sons, and today the village made a new car, and I took them to sit." Seeing the shopkeeper's question, Zhengming hurriedly said, "I am in charge of the west today, and Uncle Niu has gone to the east." ”
The shopkeeper listened, nodded, and stared at the tricycle with interest.
"The shopkeeper likes this car?" Masaaki asked.
"It's a novelty to watch." The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's quite heavy to look at, aren't you tired of pulling?" ”
The body is made of wood, and Chunquan also specially carved some auspicious beasts, and put on red paint, which looks beautiful, but it is also quite heavy.
With such a heavy body and more than 30 tofu, plus two children, even a strong man can't pull it, looking at Zhengming's relaxed appearance, the shopkeeper feels strange.
"Don't look at it and look heavy, but it's really not tiring to pull up, and I also pulled more than a dozen adults in the morning, and I feel very relaxed." Masaaki replied proudly.
The shopkeeper's heart moved, and he thought, if Taibaiju also has such a car, then it will be much more convenient to send wine to guests, Taibaiju is not like upstairs and drunken wind building is famous for its dishes, and his family is most famous for wine. Many of the big families in the town are directly booked with them one by one.
"Little brother Zhengming, can you take a step to speak." The shopkeeper decided to buy such a car, so he pulled Zhengming again. Be careful.
Zhengming was in trouble, this car belonged to the village, and he didn't know the village's decision-making, and he didn't know how to price the car, so he had to say, "I don't know about this, but if you want it, you can go directly to our Lizheng and say." ”
When the shopkeeper heard this, he had no choice but to give up, thinking about how to get such a car when he had to go to Baili Village one day.
After unloading the tofu for a while, the gate of Taibaiju was full of spectators, who were curious about this novel car, and they were more bold to come forward to observe and caress it.
"Why is it so noisy outside?" Zhao Wenjie's injuries have improved a lot after a few days of recuperation, and at this time, she was changing the medicine in the house when she heard a noisy sound outside.
"Back to my lord, there is a novel car with three wheels outside, and everyone is gathered around the door to watch." A subordinate replied.
"Oh? How to novelty method? Zhao Wenjie also became interested.
"It is said that you can move yourself without livestock." He also heard what people said, and he didn't see it with his own eyes, so he wasn't very sure.
"Hehe, it's rare to be able to move without a cart pulled by livestock, Yuwen, let's go out and have a look." Zhao Wenjie looked at Yuwen and said.
In the past few days, he has been seriously injured, and Yuwen has never let himself out of the room, and Rao is a cold-faced guy like Zhao Wenjie can't help being patient, and he begins to like to join in the fun.
"Then go check it out." Yuwen knew that he was bored, so he agreed, motioned for two subordinates to help him, and slowly walked out.
"Don't touch it, we're leaving." Zhengming far underestimated people's curiosity, and he was blocked at the door of Taibai Ju at this time, unable to move.
While pushing away the people around him, Zhengming carried the two brothers into the car, got into the driver's seat himself, stepped on the pedal slightly, and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, a large hand pressed the front of the car, and a man in a black robe blocked his way.
"Get down!" He said with a blank face, glaring at Masaaki.
Behind the black-robed man were several companions, all of them burly and with cold faces. Where had Zhengming seen this battle, so he quickly got out of the car and looked at him cautiously and suspiciously.
"Where did you make this car?" The other black-robed man who spoke seemed to be injured, a little less fierce and a little more weak than the others.
"I don't know if it's small, it's made by people in the village, and it should be made of iron." Looking at the sick man, Masaaki replied unconsciously.
"Which blacksmith's shop? Is it an iron crutch and an iron shop? As soon as Yuwen heard that it was an iron shop, he immediately became vigilant, and watched the iron shop for many days, but he had seen a young man who often came to the door to fight some strange things, although it was suspicious, but there was no way to find out.
"yes!" Zhengming didn't know which blacksmith it was, but he still knew a little about Chunquan's relationship with Lao Li Tou, so he replied.
Zhao Wenjie glanced at Yuwen, he knew that this guy had been investigating the murderer who attacked him recently, and the murderer seemed to have something to do with the blacksmith, so he said to Yuwen
"I've been injured recently, and it's boring to stay in the room, so let's go for a walk outside."
Yuwen understood, but was still worried about his body, and said, "My lord, your injury"
Zhao Wenjie waved his hand to stop him, and said to Zhengming, "Brother, I'm not in good health, are you willing to give me a ride!" ”
"But I'm going back to the village." Masaaki instinctively sensed that this group of people was dangerous and didn't want to get too close to them, so he said.
"Really? Let's go together, let's also go to the famous Baili Village. A man with a scar on his face smiled and picked up Youlu in the car, Youlu wanted to struggle, but found that he couldn't move, so he looked at Masaaki in fear and shouted, "Father!"
"Youlu, you put down my son." Zhengming looked at Scarface's smile, and a chill came out of his heart, and he regretted being in the limelight a little and rushed to pull the car.
"Okay, then sit down, I'll pull you there." Seeing that Scarface didn't let go of his plans at all, and the other black-robed people had no intention of persuading, Zhengming had no choice but to compromise.
Seeing that Zhao Wenjie was going out, Xiao'er hurriedly went to hug a thick mattress in the carriage, and helped him get into the car, and then went back. Zhao Wenjie was very satisfied with his service, and threw a small piece of silver to him, he didn't dare to ask for it, he looked at the shopkeeper, and when he saw the shopkeeper nodded, he carefully put it away and slipped to the kitchen to help.
Although this group of officials didn't feel sorry for him, why did they feel creepy every time they saw them! (To be continued.) )