Chapter 158: Scramble

On the side of Baifu, when the businessmen who heard the news came to visit one by one, Gu Bei simply sent people to squat in the gatehouse, stop these businessmen, and guide them to Luobei Port.

The previous advertisement was good, it was better to let them go to Luobei Port to experience it on their own, and he was very confident in the Luobei Port he had built.

With these businessmen doing publicity for free, Luobei Port doesn't need to attract investment.

Just sit and wait for the family to count the silver, not to mention, he has a second, third, and fourth step...... Plan. After the shops are sold, the second step is to expand the glass workshop, and Luobei Construction can be officially launched.

After you have a shop, don't you want a place for the shopkeeper to live? Then his apartment building can also be launched.

The sale of his shops alone is a sky-high price, and of course, he has invested a lot in the early stage, and the warehouse is about to be emptied.

As long as the shopkeeper comes back, he can start his 'big plan'.

Gu Bei had already thought about the future development, but it was a little difficult in the early stage, but as long as he survived, then he was really the veritable God of Wealth in Ying Tianfu.

At this time, the future 'God of Wealth' was lying on the rocking chair, blowing the air conditioner, enjoying Qing'er's massage, holding the lady's plain hand and pinching the peeled grapes, and by the way, holding the white and tender little hand, which aroused the lady's charming eyes.

It would be even more wonderful if there was a dream of mercy and Mrs. Liu by the side...... Of course, these Gu Bei can only think about it.

"Husband, what do you want?" Bai Luoshi blushed and interrupted his crookedness.

"Oh, didn't think about anything." Gu Bei sucked hard, and found that the grapes in his mouth were not right, and the shape was a little ...... Long, looking down, I saw a green onion white finger in my mouth, looked up at the owner of the finger, quickly loosened my mouth, and said: "Oh, tired and tired." ”

Bai Luoshi's face was flushed, and her beautiful eyes glared at him.

This guy still said he didn't think about anything, but ...... It's weird and uncomfortable.

took out a silk scarf to wipe his saliva stained hands, and said: "The drawings of the four-wheeled carriage, I have handed them over to my grandfather, and my grandfather is full of praise for you." ”

"Oh."

Gu Bei nodded, not caring. For him, the four-wheeled carriage was built just to make it more convenient to transport goods, and of course to earn a sum of silver.

If the country is in need, just take it, and the drawings don't make much sense in his hands. When there are more four-wheeled carriages in the city, the knock-off version of the carriage will also come out.

As for the merchant who came to order a carriage, she also heard about being instructed by her husband to go to Luobeigang to buy a shop, although she didn't know how much she could earn, but she still wanted to come to 100,000 taels.

Bai Luoshi lightly picked the corners of her lips, our husband's head is different, inventing a four-wheeled carriage, and a businessman will come up to deliver money.

It's not that I haven't seen 100,000 taels of Bai Luoshi, and the Guogong Mansion can also come up with more than 100,000 taels in the past, and I have seen a lot of huge amounts of money and money, but the ability to get back 100,000 taels with just one idea is really too scary......

Ordinary people are worried about their livelihoods, and when businessmen bargain with Li, Gu Bei's thought is to get 100,000 taels.

Gu Bei sat on the rocking chair, thinking about whether to get the Daxia Express in advance, after all, taking advantage of the fact that there are few four-wheeled carriages now, he can quickly seize the market, and after those four-wheeled carriages are delivered, there will be a businessman who will find business opportunities from them, which is not good.

The express delivery business, in an era of low transportation capacity like Daxia, is definitely promising.

Gu Bei felt that if he took the lead in pulling up a four-wheeled carriage transportation team, he would definitely be able to make a lot of money.

At that time, Ying Tianfu will be the center to help the merchants who come and go to transport goods, and they can be transported within a distance of 1,000 miles.

As long as it can be rolled out quickly, the transportation industry will be monopolized by us again, and it will be difficult for the monopolized industry to make money.

It's just that who should be handed over to take care of it, there are really too few people available at present, and Gu Bei doesn't dare to take big steps, for fear of getting an egg.

Hey, I haven't seen Gu Cheng for a few days, why don't you leave it to him to be in charge? He also studied with Lao Chen for so long, and he also ran an ice shop, but in the end, the ice-making method was taken away by the third prince.

There were a lot of ice shops in the city overnight, and they were in a better location than his shop, so he closed them.

He asked someone to find Gu Cheng, pulled him into the study, and recounted what had just happened.

Gu Cheng closed the shop and was doing nothing, and he was addicted to drunkenness and gold, either in the Qingguan or on the way to the Qingguan, when he heard that Beidi was willing to hand over the courier to him to take care of, his face was full of smiles.

He had heard all the news of the new four-wheeled carts loaded with grain yesterday in the city, and the merchants came to his door early this morning.

Just when I entered the mansion, there were many businessmen who came to visit him, but unfortunately they were all stopped at the door.

You must know that the things that Beidi wants to do are generally big things, such as Tianxianglu, Taozuiju, Luobeigang, and Huajiu...... It's not all the after-dinner talk of the whole city.

Including the express car company established by Beidi, the scale must not be small, if it is small, it can monopolize the entire Yingtianfu?

Thinking of this, Gu Cheng was extremely excited, he might counterattack and become the second Chen Jinwang!

When the time comes, you can't have unlimited scenery, phew, bah, you have to be the boss, never the second.

Gu Bei asked, "Cousin, what do you think?" ”

"Oh, how's that?"

"Can you handle this cargo deal?"

Gu Cheng patted his chest and said: "Naturally, I can do it, Brother Bei's express delivery business is simply picking up money!" Is it just a carriage ordered by a merchant? And how many horses and four-wheeled bikes? "If you don't have enough, you build it, and if you don't have a horse, you buy it." Gu Bei smiled: "As for those merchants' orders, let's wait first." ”

"Brother Bei is arrogant, haha, when the car dealership is established, those businessmen will get the horses, this idea is simply too ......"

"Cousin, you go to find a good place first, the carriage will be in place within a few days, and the preparations will be done, and as for Yinliang, I will let someone send you to the place where you live."

Gu Cheng immediately nodded: "Brother Bei, I'll do it for my brother." ”

After determining this, Gu Cheng left Baifu with enthusiasm and began his counterattack.

The next day, a news of recruiting carpenters circulated in the city, and when the carpenters learned that it was Luobei Port recruiting, they rushed to Luobei Port.

The people of Yingtian all know that working with Gu County men has the best salary and treatment.

Everyone thinks that Gu County men are proud of their part-time jobs, but they have heard that all Gu County men recruit skilled craftsmen, and the treatment given is the best, I heard that those with flexible brains have invented new things, as long as Gu County men take a fancy to them, they can also get a large amount of silver.

When the merchants heard about it, they all laughed, because they knew that this was Gu Xiannan's preparation to build a workshop to build a carriage.

Gu Cheng also ran around the city, and finally found a yard, the yard is not only big enough, the geographical location is also good, the key is that the price is also one or two percent cheaper than the market, Gu Cheng did not hesitate to determine it.

The contract is signed, the silver taels are delivered, and the next step is to recruit a partner, handlebar type. According to Brother Bei's suggestion, the guys recruited are all able to speak well, so that they can get started quickly.

As for the handlebar style, they are all found from the countryside, and they are honest and honest, and they don't pick and choose. What's more, Gu Cheng's salary is higher than that of everyone else, and those handlebar styles are quickly recruited.

Of course, Gu Bei was not idle, sitting in Baifu, and letting the family go to various places to buy horses.

The cost of purchasing a horse is not low, just a horse is ten taels of silver, but Gu Bei was not stingy, and with a wave of his hand, he allocated 10,000 taels of silver to buy a thousand horses in the early stage.

In the whole of Great Xia, and even the richest city in the whole world, there are thousands of merchants, how many carriages are needed to meet this?

A thousand horses seems to be a lot, but in fact it is only more than two hundred carriages, and one carriage is equipped with four horses, and it is far from enough to monopolize it.

It is estimated that the monopoly of Ying Tiancheng is not enough, but Gu Bei can only establish the car dealership first and make a reputation.

It is only a matter of time before the whole world monopolizes the courier business.

Thinking of this, Gu Bei wanted to laugh.

In the future, you can make a lot of money just by selling horse-drawn carriages, and a four-wheeled carriage can earn more than ten taels a year, or a thousand carriages? What about 10,000?

Although the money is a little slower than other businesses, it is at least stable. Gu Bei only felt that a good day was beckoning to him.

As for the carriage workshop, which had already started under the leadership of Carpenter Wang, he also won the title of chief engineer of the workshop, and made Carpenter Wang, who had never read a book in his life, very happy.

Every day when he came to the workshop, a large number of old carpenters and young apprentices circled around him, and they were quite dispatched by him.

Of course, the carriage they built was not a temporary transformation, it was all rebuilt, and some parts and parts were not saved at all.

After the carriage has been used for a long time, if the axle is broken during transportation, the things are damaged, and the delivery time is delayed, this is a large number of losses, which is also the purpose of Gu Bei's authorization to the chief engineer of Wang Carpenter.

Make sure that the parts made of wood and iron are not very beautiful and gorgeous, but must be strong and durable.

He also had the task of leading a few of the oldest carpenters to build a four-wheeled car by himself, which was not for pulling goods, but for sitting people.

The most special thing about the four-wheeled carriage is its unique steering device, but now the steering device is solved, and there is also a shock-proof spring to be solved.

This is a special explanation from my uncle, so that people can sit in the carriage and not feel the vibration.

After discussing it with a few old carpenters, they tried to use a set of thin pieces of steel tied together as a shock absorption system, but they didn't expect it to really work. It can't be completely dampened, but at least it's dampened.

The bearings of the carriage are all made of wood, and the bearings are made of high-carbon steel according to Gu Bei's requirements. Iron cast bearings are OK, and they are very easy to break if they are slightly bumpy, and there is no lubricating oil in Daxia, resulting in extremely poor anti-wear performance.

However, Ying Tianfu's military iron-making furnace can still refine high-carbon steel, and with Gu Bei's relationship, it is not a big problem to buy some of them.

A few days later, when Gu Bei was inspecting Luobei Port, Carpenter Wang sent someone to ask him to inspect the goods.

Looking at the three carriages in front of him that were built according to the drawings drawn by the Queen of the Sunset, Gu Bei's eyes lit up.

Carriages made of wood, wheels forged from steel made from military ironworks, curtains made of splendid brocade, crystal clear glass inlaid on the windows, and Western gemstones......

But whatever he could buy, Gu Bei almost tried his best to get it to decorate the carriage.

Carpenter Wang was proud to see his uncle's joy, not only presided over the entire carriage workshop, but also led people to build these three luxurious four-wheeled carriages by hand. I thought in my heart, Li Laosan, you build a high-rise building for your uncle, and we will build a car for your uncle.

"Uncle, are you still satisfied?"

"Satisfied!"

I'm so satisfied!

Gu Bei didn't care about patrolling, and instructed the generals around him: "Choose twelve pure white horses to put on." ”

What? No?

Then go to the horse dealer, if there are no pure white horses, then black, as long as the coat color is similar.

After waiting for the horses to be set, Gu Bei was impatient and wanted to drive his new car to the city for a walk. Presumably, those noble sons and sons of families must not envy to death when they see these carriages.

In this way, not only can he pretend to be forced, but he can also bring back a large number of orders, and the price of the order is not a little bit at that time, Gu Bei will definitely be a big deal.

When three horses with unique shapes, luxurious decorations, and the same color and fur color pulled four-wheeled carriages on the streets of Yingtianfu, it was another sensation.

Cheng Wushu recently got a good white horse in the Western Regions, and walked on the street with his son to swagger through the market. When he saw three gorgeous four-wheeled carriages swaggering through the city, he attracted the attention of a place that should have been on him along the way.

For being robbed of the limelight, Cheng Wudi had a dark face and pointed to the carriageway: "Whose carriage is that?" ”

The ten Cheng Jiaerlang beside him looked at the three carriages with a look of envy. Hearing his father's question, Cheng Dalang had the best eyesight, and just caught a glimpse of his face inside the transparent glass window, and shouted loudly: "Father, it seems to be Gu Bei." ”

"Let's go, go with my father and grab it."

Cheng Wushu is a person who knows goods, and he has never seen a luxurious carriage, and when he sees the carriage running to a turn, he knows that it is not just a decoration. And Gu Bei took out the things that stole his limelight, can it be bad? When I saw that there were three, my mind was lively.

The ten brothers of the Cheng family didn't think much about it, since their father said to rob, they naturally went to rob. What's more, their brothers also knocked on the door together, so naturally they are not afraid of heaven and earth, but they are afraid of their own Lao Tzu.

When Gu Bei's luxury carriage slipped around the city, those gentlemen who were lucky enough to see the carriage were so greedy that their saliva flowed!

Owning such a carriage is simply the pinnacle achievement of the gentleman!

When Gu Bei's car swayed around and returned to the house, Cheng Wushu came to the door with his son and a few anxious gentlemen and asked for a customized one.

Gu Bei waved his hand, no problem.

When he heard Cheng Wudi say that he wanted one of them, Gu Bei waved his hand again, it was impossible.

The three carriages have already arrived in the house, and the old man and the lady must also know that one was snatched away by you, do you want to be faced?

"Gu boy, you are also stingy, the old man just wants to buy one of the carriages, and it is not that he does not pay."

"That's it, it's ......"

As soon as Cheng Wushu spoke, the ten brothers of the Cheng family also shouted and echoed, startling Gu Bei.

"Shibo, it's not a matter of money or not, it's okay if you want to order, but don't make up your mind about these three carriages. One is the old man's, and the other is the lady's car. ”

We can't rob the old man, and we don't dare to rob it, it's not easy for Luo Shi's niece to have a big belly, and it's not convenient to have a good car, so you can't grab it.

It's not good to spread out, and I can't let those sour Confucians joke that he grabbed the carriage of his boss and pregnant women, and he can't afford to lose this person. But there's another one......

"Gu boy, there is no more here, sons, fence the carriage first." Cheng Wushu shouted loudly.

Seeing his father speak, Cheng Shilang immediately surrounded the three carriages, and the angry Cheng Wushu scolded for a while.

Before Gu Bei could react, he saw that his car was surrounded by ten big men.

I only heard Cheng Wushu laugh and said, "Gu boy, give you one last chance, to sell or not to sell?" If you don't sell it, Lao Tzu will take it away. ”

Nima, can you still play like this?

Seeing that Cheng Wuving, the old man, was a scoundrel, the corner of Gu Bei's mouth twitched, "Fifty thousand taels of silver, not a single copper can be missing!"

Cheng Wudi has a big mouth, Nima, it's too dark!

This broken car decoration is good, but it won't be so expensive! Even the sons next to him were surprised. It's a money grab.

That's right, Gu Bei is just robbing money, and now he is very unhappy.

However, Cheng Wushu didn't buy it, and said with a dark face: "The sons and daughters will go home first." After speaking, he walked to the door first, and after walking a few steps, his conscience found and said, "Gu boy, just 10,000 taels of silver, and let someone send it later." ”

The Bai Mansion family will not dare to stop without an uncle's words, and watch them snatch the car. Of course, even if my uncle speaks, they will not see it.

As far as the Cheng family is concerned, they are either marquis or sons, and their family will have small arms and legs, so dare to do it, even if they do it, the outcome is unknown.

After Cheng Wushu left, a group of sons surrounded Gu Bei and said:

"Gu Xiannan, 10,000 taels of silver, I also want one."

"I'll order one too."

"Me ...... too"

Seeing so many people rushing to ask for it, the corners of Gu Bei's mouth twitched, and he hated the old man in his heart.

I still wanted to kill people, but you make such a fuss, how can you kill people? Even if you really want to, it's not that you can't negotiate in private.

However, Gu Bei didn't want to think about it, he didn't think like this at first, a mouth is a lion's big mouth.

Gu Bei was a little unwilling, and said angrily: "Do you want to buy 10,000 taels?" Hmph, there are no fifteen thousand thoughts. ”

Why did you increase the price?

Several sons looked at Gu Bei with blank eyes, hoping to come down.

Gu Bei's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "What, do you think this carriage is not worth the price?" ”

Gu Bei walked in front of a four-wheeled carriage, stretched out his hand and patted the carriage, and said, "This is Jin Si Nanmu, Jin Si Nanmu should know, right?" ”

Several sons nodded.

Gu Bei patted the door of the carriage again and pointed to the glass window: "This is Western glass, look at the transparency, flatness, and one piece is installed on the front and back, left and right heads, is it worth it?" ”

The sons nodded again.