The car...... It's silky and smooth.

The eldest grandson Wuji stared at the car, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help laughing: "This car must be very expensive." ”

Chen Zhengtai on the side said coldly: "It's not expensive, it's only thirty times." ”

"How do you know?" The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but be curious.

The conversation between the two attracted a lot of attention, and many people looked at Chen Zhengtai.

I saw Chen Zhengtai calmly spit out four words: "My family made it." ”

“……”

Obviously, Chen Zhengtai has been talking to death again.

However, the eldest grandson Wuji's body was shocked, he seemed to be in good spirits, and there was a trace of greed in his eyes.

The eldest grandson Wuji was by no means uninformed, and in some respects even connoisseurs, he had seen that between the wheels and bearings of this car, it was by no means old-fashioned wood, but made of stainless steel.

What does this mean?

It means that steel is needed to build a car!

With the ability of the Chen family all along, I can't say for sure...... This Chen Jiazhen can sell the car, and it can be sold big, so the demand for steel will only increase dramatically.

Nowadays, the vast majority of the shares of the eldest grandson's steel have actually been divided between the Chen family and other families.

But only by forming an alliance with the Chen family, can the eldest grandson Wuji continue to be in charge of the eldest grandson iron industry! At first, he was very angry!

But soon, he gradually accepted the reality, on the one hand, because of Changsun Chong, on the other hand, he found that although most of the equity was divided by Chen Zhengtai and others, Changsun Tieye also began to grow because of cooperation!

After absorbing the new process of Chen's smelting, building a new blast furnace, and using gunpowder to collect iron ore, coupled with the Erpigou area, the demand for steel in many workshops increased greatly, Changsun Wuji found that although the equity in his hands was greatly reduced, the profit was higher than when the Changsun family completely controlled the Changsun Iron Industry.

There is money to earn, so what else is there to say? Now that Changsun Iron Industry is constantly expanding, especially after the increasing demand for steel, he is now full of confidence.

"Thirty runs? So expensive? ”

Finally, someone couldn't help but come up.

Chen Zhengtai said coldly: "This is still expensive? This is the same style as His Majesty...... Chassis. ”

The carriage must not be the same as in the palace, so Chen Zhengtai was confused, and the chassis was at least the same model.

But when the people saw that the carriage was gone, and many were drunk, the carriage passed in their hearts, leaving an impression, but they did not think much about it, and they dispersed.

…………

On the other side, Cheng Yanjin returned to his house drunk, and a disciple had already greeted him and helped him in.

The Cheng family, who was blind in the black light, heard that Ah Lang was back, and immediately lit a lamp, and after a while, Cheng Yanjin saw Cheng come out silently, and said happily: "Dad, Dad...... You know, I'm in the middle of the lift, and the entire Kannai Dao is ranked one hundred and seventeen ......"

Cheng Chu looked excited, he couldn't close his mouth happily, he had been waiting for Cheng Yanjin to come back, just looking forward to the first time, and Cheng Yanjin reported the good news.

Cheng Biting Jin's footsteps swayed, Fang Cai did drink a little too much, opened his eyes, and saw Cheng Chu's mole look.

I saw that he didn't say a word, raised his hand suddenly, snapped down, and gave Cheng Chumo a crisp slap.

Cheng Chu snorted silently, opened his eyes in disbelief, covered his face, and wailed: "Dad......"

"Little brute!" Cheng Yanjin's face was annoyed, and he looked like he was about to jump up and scold him: "That's it, you are embarrassed to say it?" The old man's face has been lost by you, what if you are lifted, in the university hall, who is not lifted, one hundred and seventeen, no matter how bad it is, it will fall off the list. That's it...... It can be seen that in school, you are almost hanging the back of the car. Little brute, little brute, how much thought did the old man spend when he went to study for you, but you, little brute, where did you have half the heart to learn? ”

"Look at Fang Xuanling's son, he is such a bastard, he is only ten years old, and he is late in school, but he took the exam thirty-five, what about you, you are not worthy of lifting shoes for the Fang family. Today in the palace, I listened to the list, I was really ashamed, in front of the brothers, I really couldn't even raise my head, I only hated Lao Tzu for giving birth to such a fool as you. Look at that eldest grandson Chong, such a dog thing, he can be third in high school, not to mention Deng Jian, look at other people, people's fathers work for people. ”

Cheng Chumo's mind was blank, but he suddenly felt that what his father said was actually very reasonable, and he didn't dare to refute it even in half a sentence.

"You don't buy oil and salt, if you lower your eyebrows and pleasing your eyes, you dare to come to the old man to ask for credit. Ahh Your face is eight feet thick, and you are so embarrassed that you can't study, and you don't know shame, you say, should you be beaten? ”

Cheng Chu nodded silently and pecked the rice: "It should be beaten." ”

Cheng Yanjin was a little more angry.

The middle move is certainly a gratifying thing.

Merely......

That's it?

What is there to rejoice about!

Today in the palace, I saw Deng Jian's performance, that is the real talent, what does someone's father do, what about himself...... I am also the founding father of the country, and then think about my son.

So with the strength of the wine, Cheng Biting Jin sighed: "Let's go, don't talk about it, go to sleep, go to sleep." ”

With a wave of his hand, under the full moon, there was an indescribable loneliness in his heart.

…………

Early the next morning, just after dawn, in the Erpigou, the third uncle was busy, and there were people running to inquire about the entrance to the school, and the alleys were empty.

The third uncle couldn't help but be speechless.

But that's understandable.

After all, now that His Majesty has taken the imperial examination, it is impossible to compete with the university hall in clan studies.

There are funds in the teaching and research group, how much money has been spent! In addition, there is a strong teaching force, which is not comparable to ordinary families.

Obviously, the ethnography of the world will only get bigger and bigger in the future.

For this matter, the third uncle did not dare to slack off, and was busy reiterating the conditions for admission, of course, there are many people who go through the back door, and they all want to have a little relationship with the third uncle.

Of course, the third uncle refuses to let people easily get in touch with each other, just kidding! If you want to enroll, you have to follow the rules of Erpigou, and if you follow the rules, it will be good for the Chen family. If you want to get married to the old man, isn't this just detrimental to the interests of my Chen family? How old are you?

His attitude is very domineering, he looks like he doesn't recognize his six relatives, although he is cursed, he can't close his mouth with a smile.

After a day off, the students continued to enroll in school and sprinted for the next entrance exam.

In the teaching and research group, Li Yifu's worth suddenly doubled, and Chen Zhengtai promised to give the teaching and research group a three-year salary as a bonus at the end of the year.

The gentlemen in the department are also full of enthusiasm now, which shows that they are going in the right direction, and the next ...... Since then, he has continued to research and teach. Here, it is increasingly respected, both decent, well-paid, and those who work here, their children can enroll in the university hall at any time, and many hidden benefits cannot be given from outside.

There was a lot of joy in this university hall, and after only a few days, it was time to start recruiting students.

Of course, the early recruitment of students can not be too many, otherwise, the teachers are not enough, the teachers need to be cultivated slowly, because the reputation of the university hall rises, students need to recruit, Mr. also needs to recruit, but the gentleman of the university hall is the fat difference in the fat difference, and the people who come to recruit are also countless, everyone flocks to the school, in order to select talents, it is also a headache.

Chen Zhengtai didn't dare to care about the affairs of the university hall at this time, after all, it was too cumbersome, and there were often people who wanted to have a relationship with him, and if he didn't refuse, he would break the rules, but if he followed the rules, his face would not look good after all.

Chen Zhengtai is a soft-hearted person after all, and it is better to leave this matter to the third uncle, Li Yifu, Hao Chujun and others to deal with.

For Chen, the ...... The biggest thing for the Chen family is to build a carriage workshop.

After several improvements, after improving the chassis, tossing out the differential, rolling bearings, this mass-produced carriage can probably be mass-produced.

Of course, the differentials and chassis and rolling shafts of this era were still relatively primitive after all, and they could be applied to horse-drawn carriages, but they were completely sufficient.

For the carriage, Chen Zhengtai is very concerned, after all, the improvement of the means of transportation means the reduction of the distance, and it is conducive to the improvement of the road in the future!

Let alone...... For this era, a carriage still involves the integration of many parts, which is more than the production of relatively simple white salt, porcelain, tea, swords and other things, the production of the carriage is a systematic project, involving carpenters, leathermen, blacksmiths and various production components dozens or hundreds of kinds.

To a certain extent, this kind of production has really begun to reluctantly enter the production mode of the early stage of industry.

The advantage of this is that in the process of production, a large number of personnel can be trained in management, production, research and improvement, and finally from quantitative change to qualitative change.

The twenty carriages in the palace have been delivered, all of which are made of fine workmanship, and the mighty convoy has been sent directly into the palace, and this strange carriage has also attracted a lot of attention.

Thereafter...... Began to release the wind and carry out customized production.

The carriage naturally needs to be customized, after all, this thing is a high-end luxury for the time being, on this carriage, whether you want to carve your name and your family's valve reading, whether to use leather or other materials inside, what paint to use outside, can be discussed.

I heard that it was a royal thing in the palace, and many people wanted to give it a try.

After all, the emperor sits on this, and he must not be far behind.

Therefore, there are many people who customize, and with orders, then there is only the problem of production.

And at this time, the Chen family began to gather important people in the family and started a jaw-dropping plan.

Chen Zhengtai had already called his third uncle and his father Chen Jiye to discuss it first.

This matter is too big, even if it is Chen Zhengtai's family now, but without their nod and support, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Chen family to reach an agreement.

"Lay the track, from Shuofang to Erpigou?" The third uncle was a little dazed, and his eyes were about to fall: "From here to Shuofang, it's a thousand miles away, Zhengtai, you...... Taking the wrong medicine? ”

Chen Jiye sat and thought hard about Chen Zhengtai's words, and he also felt that this was a bit of a fantasy.

"Uncle, these days, I've been thinking about this all the time, originally...... The best way to do this is to transport the canal, but if you think about it, if you dig the canal, the project is too big......"

When the third uncle heard that the canal was being dug, his face turned green...... But when Chen Zhengtai said that the project was too huge, his face was a little better, and he said in his heart, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, I won't dig the canal. Thinking about it like this, I suddenly found that the plan proposed by Chen Zhengtai now would not be so unacceptable.

Chen Zhengtai continued: "But if you don't dig the canal, how can you join Shuofang, Third Uncle, although Shuofang is just a city, it is ...... Shuofang is just a city on the surface, but in fact, it is the hinterland of the entire prairie, if such a place can be connected, what is the future prospect? Since you can't use the canal, you might as well lay the tracks. In fact, I have already ordered someone to conduct an experiment, laying a wooden rail, using treated wood, inlaid on the road surface, and the wooden rail needs to fit the wheels, so that the use of special wheels, plus this wooden rail, can reduce the friction to a minimum, can greatly improve the ability of transportation, I have calculated, the same car, if it is on the ordinary road surface, if it is feasible for an hour and 30 miles, but if it is on the track, the speed can be increased to more than double, or even more. If it is an ordinary road surface, the carriage carrying people is fine, but once you want to carry heavy goods, it is difficult for the horse to pull, but if the track is laid, it is completely different. ”

"If this Shuofang wants to grow, it will be indispensable to transport a steady stream of leather goods and cattle and sheep to Guanzhong in the future, and Guanzhong, it is also necessary to send countless goods to Shuofang, only by communicating with each other, can we further strengthen Shuofang, strengthen Shuofang, and only then can we take Shuofang as a foothold to penetrate and radiate the entire grassland."

"The cost of wooden tracks is certainly higher, but compared to the benefits that can be obtained in the future, it is not worth mentioning."

Wooden tracks actually appeared in history, before the advent of steam locomotives, people once used horse-drawn carts to run on wooden tracks, and even once, after the Industrial Revolution, used in a large number of coal mines.

If the steam locomotive wants to mature, I'm afraid it's still early.

Wooden tracks, on the other hand, are obviously a feasible and affordable solution.

You must know that the transportation of a large number of goods, if only on the road, the schedule and cost of transportation are too high, if you want to truly make Shuofang completely connected with Guanzhong, you must have a faster and lower transportation cost plan.