Walking out of the old distance, Chunquan's face was still red, Shumin looked at him puzzled, he rubbed his cheeks vigorously, and said, "It's going to change."

There is a saying in the countryside that if the face or ears suddenly turn red and hot, it may be a change of weather.

"Then I'll have to buy a few more clothes, if it's colder, the kids won't have anything to change into. ”

Chunquan nodded and said okay.

The two went to the ready-to-wear store again and bought a new set of cotton clothes for each of the children. After shopping, they met the ox cart that delivered tofu in the village, so they took a hitchhike back.

In the next few days, Shumin and Lao Li were discussing how to use the advantages of the east to carry out complementary trade models with the west. Sometimes people from other villages will participate, and sometimes Jeongmin will come and negotiate with everyone on behalf of the prefectural magistrate.

After several days of hard work, the eastern and western ministers finally signed a grain and bean trade agreement for the coming year under the instruction of the prefectural magistrate: the eastern part will give 50,000 quintals of grain to the western region every year, and the western part will provide 100,000 quintals of beans free of charge. Excess beans can be freely exchanged or traded with anyone.

In this way, it not only solved the grain problem in the west, but also promoted the economic development of the entire Linjiang Town.

On the second day of the signing of the grain and bean trade agreement, counties other than Linjiang Town also sent representatives to study, and the county magistrate didn't think about it, and directly let them go to Baili Village to visit the tofu workshop, which is called learning and exchange.

Shumin had to be assigned the job of explaining the professor.

Since then, the fame of Baili Village has resounded throughout Shuntianfu, and it was later named the hometown of tofu by others.

Just like Shumin said before, the tofu market is very huge, similar to the tofu workshops in Baili Village have also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, but the reputation of Baili Village has been beaten, no matter how much they compete, they can't compete with Baili Village, on the contrary, as long as people hear that it is not the tofu of Baili Village, they feel that it is fake, and even there is an inauthentic feeling in their mouths, which makes other villages cry and laugh.

So Shumin mentioned yì again, and named all the tofu workshops in Linjiang Town the title of Baili Village, and promised that if any new products are born, they will not hide their private interests and benefit everyone, but Baili Village enjoys more than 20% of the shares of other tofu workshops and established a shareholders' committee. Zhang Lizheng served as the president, Li Lizheng and other large villages served as vice presidents, and Shumin served as honorary presidents.

Since then, Baili Village is no longer just a village, but a brand.

As everyone began to make tofu, tofu was soon in a saturated state in Linjiang County, but fortunately, after the fame of Baili Village began, many businessmen from other places came to visit, and most of their purposes were the same as the Liu family, focusing on the tofu in Baili Village in processing products.

Because Shumin signed a special supply agreement with the Liu family before, the moldy tofu is still only in cooperation with the Liu family, and the rest such as dried tofu, yuba, fried tofu, yuba, etc., can be sold to foreign businessmen, so that the tofu industry in Baili Village is still unlimited.

The Liu family's grocery store gained higher prestige because of the tofu in Baili Village, so Liu Zikai's second order directly tripled on the original basis.

In this way, the biggest problem faced by the tofu in Baili Village is transportation, Li Zheng once wanted to buy more animals back, but at this time, the sale of cattle and horses must be recorded by the government, and there is a strict quantity control. To borrow, who is willing to lend out the precious cow to pull coolies all day long.

Seeing the orders flying like snowflakes, Li Zheng had a lot of gray hair.

Fortunately, Shumin designed a human-powered bicycle, which is said to be fully assembled today, and Lizheng's heart is like a bee living in it, and he is excited.

"Haven't they come back yet?"

"Not yet, where is that thing so easy to make, Hui'er Niang and Chunquan must be careful to do it. The aunt looked at the anxious Li Zheng, covered her mouth and smiled.

Li Zheng glared at him, and sent another person to say, "You go and have a look, run away and take a look, have they come back!"

"Lizheng, Jeongmin hasn't come back even when he ran out! I'll see something when I run again! If they come back, they will be seen as soon as they enter the village. The man who was called said. He had been called out several times, and he didn't wait for anything.

"It's coming, it's coming!" "At this time, Masaaki ran over out of breath, "Here they are." ”

Li Zheng hurriedly ran out when he heard this, and the aunt was worried that he would not be able to run steadily, so she hurriedly followed behind, shouting, "Yo, you slow down!"

Chunquan is in a very happy mood at the moment, he has been assembling this three-wheeled bicycle since last night, and with the help of Lao Li Tou and Shumin, it has finally been completed perfectly.

Considering the windy, rainy and sun, this three-wheeled bicycle also specially added a blue rainproof cloth, which is stuffed with bamboo strips, propped into an oval, and topped above the car.

The wheels are coated with a layer of rubber, and the axles are supported by four springs where they connect with the body, so that they can be shockproof. In front of the driving place, Shumin Jiaduo designed a manual brake lever, even if it is fast, as long as you pull the brake lever hard, the car can stop immediately.

Chunquan sat on the driver's seat, pedaling the pedals below.

The car looked extremely light, and Shumin deliberately added two more weight-reducing pulleys, so it was extremely easy for him to step on it. From the city to the village, more than ten miles, he didn't feel tired at all.

"Look, that's Brother Chunquan, the car is really moving by itself. One of the children exclaimed, and thought it was very strange.

"The car is so pretty. The woman who said this thought that the red car with the oval roof was too beautiful.

"There's also a curtain above the ceiling, which can be put away in normal times, and when it's windy and rainy, it's like a carriage. Masaaki said. He listened to what Chunquan said.

People were even more envious and excited when they heard it, such a good car will be in the village in the future.

Chunquan was still a few hundred meters away just now, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived in front of everyone, and as soon as he pulled the brakes, the car stopped steadily. When the car stopped, he got down from it and said to Li Zheng, "Uncle Lizheng, look, this is a three-wheeled bicycle!"

"Okay, good" is the one who has seen the design drawing, but he can't connect the car in front of him with the complex design drawing.

"How much does it cost?" asked Li Zheng, thinking that it didn't matter if it was more expensive, anyway, there was no shortage of money in the village now.

"It's not much, it cost a total of seven taels of silver. Hui'er Niang has another one there!" Chunquan replied.

Seven taels of silver and two carts are not expensive, and a cow will catch up with seven or eight taels.

"What about Hui'er Niang?" Uncle Niang heard him mention Shumin, but she hadn't seen her for a long time, so she couldn't help but ask curiously.

"This one she's in the back. Chunquan didn't know what to say. Shumin her

Saying that Cao Cao Cao had arrived, Shumin rode a two-wheeled bicycle and drove cautiously on the somewhat bumpy road.

This time to make a tricycle, Shumin suddenly asked for a two-wheeled one. Chunquan said, "The two wheels can't stand steadily, how can they go?"

Shumin said, "You'll know when you do it." ”

So when the two-wheeled bicycle was ready, at Chunquan's strong request, Shumin rode on it, and as a result, he fell gorgeously.

This is not to blame on the bicycle, because Shumin himself does not know how to ride a bicycle in the first place.

was teased by Chunquan, and finally with his help, she gradually mastered her balance, because the road surface is not as smooth as modern cement roads, so she rode very slowly, and was gradually overtaken by Chunquan's stable tricycle.

"Ah" When people saw Shu Min riding a two-wheeled bicycle, their eyes widened in surprise. "Oh my God, why doesn't that wheel fall?"

Shumin cautiously rode to everyone's side, and turned around twice in front of everyone before stopping the car. As soon as she parked her car, people came up. It is clear that the curiosity of the two wheels completely exceeds the three-wheeled ones.

"Uncle, do you want to sit on me and give you a ride?" Shumin patted the back seat of the bicycle and said to Uncle. She is the typical person who wants to run before she learns to walk, forgetting that she is just a beginner.

"I am afraid of the shaking of your two wheels, so I don't sit down, but I want to do the three wheels. Uncle didn't give her any face, and Shumin's whole face collapsed.

The people around laughed.

The car stopped at the door of the tofu workshop, Li Zhengzai looked at the car carefully, and went up to feel it, and really felt that it was better than the ox cart, so he said to Shumin: "Let's make more such cars in the future." ”

Shumin just had an idea, so he and Li Zheng went to the inside of the workshop, a place for rest and conversation.

As soon as Shumin and the others left, the children in the village couldn't sit still, and climbed onto the car one after another under the watchful eye of the adults. Seeing that they were happy, Chunquan drove the car again and pulled a group of children around the village.

"Uncle Lizheng, how about we set up a car dealership?" After entering the rest place, someone immediately brought tea, and Shumin said with the hot tea in his arms.

"What is a car dealership?" is feeling fresh at the words that Shu Min popped up.

"It's that we specially hired someone to make this car, and the car can be sold outside or rented. In addition, you can also ask a group of people to specialize in such an industry as pulling a cart. For example, helping people pull things, transporting things, or even pulling people, and so on. Shumin patiently explained.

Ri was touching his beard, wondering about the feasibility of this thing. (To be continued.) )