Old man Ye, a farmer in the suburbs of Fanjiazhuang, struggled to put the trolley at the gate of the city, wiped his sweat with the towel hanging on his shoulder, and then showed his resident waist card to the guards of Fanjiazhuang.

Old man Ye came to the city to sell grain, and by the way, he came to buy some groceries.

Of course, with the increasing industrialization of Fanjiazhuang, grain trading has now basically taken place in the towns and villages outside the city. The county king set up cheap grain stores in various towns and towns to purchase grain from the peasants at the state's protective price. However, Old Man Ye is a native near Fanjiazhuang, and he has developed the habit of going to the city to sell grain over the years.

First, you can find the owner of the old grain store nagging, and second, you can go into the city to see the prosperity of Fanjiazhuang today.

After Old Man Ye walked into the city, he couldn't help but admire: "It's more lively than three months ago, the prosperity of this Fanjiazhuang is really inexhaustible." ”

Old man Ye used a two-wheeled cart to push a cart of wheat on the road of Fanjiazhuang, which attracted the attention of many people.

In these years, Fanjiazhuang was a city, and the city was either a factory or a restaurant, and the people in the city were all wearing decent new clothes, and even several percent of them were wearing silk clothes. An old farmer in linen like Old Man Ye is generally difficult to see in Fanjiazhuang.

Old man Ye was not afraid of the eyes of passers-by at all, he was very calm, and only pushed his grain cart forward.

After walking a few steps, Old Man Ye saw a person on the road riding a two-wheeled car moving quickly.

Old man Ye stopped the trolley, his eyes straightened, and it took a long time to come to his senses.

Shaking his head, Old Man Ye praised: "It must be a new thing invented by the prince, it is really magical, and the two wheels can not fall..."

However, Old Man Ye is used to Fanjiazhuang's new gadgets, what is a boat that doesn't use sails, a cart that doesn't use horses, or even a lamp that doesn't use oil, which one is not shocking? And which one is not gradually accustomed to by the people? A car that goes forward on two wheels without falling over is nothing.

Old man Ye wiped his sweat and continued to push the cart forward.

Walking in front of the Mazihao Affordable Grain Village, Old Man Ye stopped and looked at a large shop opposite.

The entrance of the big shop was full of people watching the excitement, and looking at the clothes of those people, it seemed that they were doing manual work. These people crowded the large shop, as if they were watching a rare bustle, and as if they were snapping up a hot product.

Old man Ye was looking to the opposite side, and the shopkeeper of the grain store shouted: "Old man Ye, are you here to sell grain again?" ”

Old man Ye agreed, and then pointed to the opposite shop and asked, "Horse shopkeeper, what is the other side doing?" How can it be so lively? ”

Before the shopkeeper could answer, a scholar at the door of the store rushed to say: "Old man, the other side is selling three-wheeled bicycles!" The tricycle is ridden like a bicycle, can carry hundreds of pounds of goods, and it is very labor-saving to ride on cement roads and flat dirt roads. These days, the newspapers are introducing miles every day! ”

The scholars under Li Zhi's rule were different from those in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, they were very easy to talk and did not discriminate against working people. This scholar's enthusiasm towards Old Man Ye is also a common thing.

"Tricycle..."Old man Ye read suspiciously.

The scholar smiled and said, "Old man, if you had a tricycle, you wouldn't have to sweat so hard to transport grain." ”

couldn't help but be curious, Old Man Ye put the cart on the ground and said, "Horse shopkeeper, you can help me look at my cart of grain, I'll go see the novelty!" ”

The prince's cheap grain store is not deceived and has an excellent reputation, and Old Man Ye is not afraid of the people in the grain store stealing his own grain at all. Without waiting for the shopkeeper to agree, Old Man Ye strode towards the opposite store.

The shopkeeper snorted a few times, and reluctantly let his little two push the cart of grain into the store and stop it in the corner.

Old man Ye walked to the crowd opposite, squeezed into the front one by one, and saw the situation in the store clearly.

This was originally a bicycle shop, and there was a bicycle in the store, which was the car that Old Man Ye saw on the road just now. But apparently the bike is out of stock and completely sold out. Now in the store are tricycles for sale.

The tricycle looked similar to a bicycle, but had three wheels. There is a large cargo compartment in the back, which can obviously carry quite a lot of cargo.

However, this tricycle is a new thing, although there are many people around the door of the store to watch the excitement, and there are many people who are eager to try it, but there are no people who really pay for it for the time being.

Old man Ye looked the bicycle up and down, and asked loudly, "Is this a tricycle?" ”

The owner of the bicycle shop looked at Old Man Ye and his eyes lit up.

"This old folk, this is a tricycle here. Folks, the grain you grow has to be sold to the town, and it takes hundreds of times to push the wheelbarrow, and it is very difficult to push the cart, and you are busy transporting food all winter! If you have one of these tricycles, folks, you're in luck! ”

"This tricycle can carry 300 pounds of cargo at a time. And you can move forward with your feet on the pedals, not by your hands. People sit in the car instead of walking on two legs, which is very labor-saving. Even if you grow 60 acres of dry land and harvest 80 stone of grain a year, you can transport it all to the grain store in the town in ten days by tricycle! ”

Old man Ye blinked his eyes and said, "Is it so good?" ”

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Fellow countryman, if you don't believe me, try the tricycle with three hundred catties of wheat." ”

Old man Ye followed the shopkeeper and walked to a tricycle full of grain.

The crowd at the door of the store saw that Old Man Ye was about to test ride, and they looked at Old Man Ye with wide eyes one by one. Old man Ye was not stage frightened under the gaze of everyone, and first carried the two baskets of grain behind the tricycle.

"Shen! It's really three hundred pounds. ”

After trying the grain, Old Man Ye stepped on the pedal of the tricycle and sat on it, and tried the handle of the tricycle left and right.

"Shopkeeper, you let me ride this! You can't make me lose money if I break the ride! ”

"It's not bad to ride, you can ride boldly, and if you ride bad, our store will smash the signboard!"

Under the guidance of the shopkeeper, Old Man Ye quickly mastered the key points of the operation of the tricycle. He began to press the pedals and drive the tricycle up.

The spectators at the gate hurriedly got out of the way and asked Old Man Ye to ride the tricycle out of the store.

Old man Ye stepped on the pedal, riding faster and faster on the alley, and finally rode far faster than walking, similar to the speed that ordinary people can only run and move forward.

The crowd of people watching the excitement suddenly burst into applause.

After making a circle in the alley, Old Man Ye rode the tricycle back to the bicycle shop.

The shopkeeper went up and asked, "How is it, fellow countryman?" ”

The onlookers asked coaxily: "Old man, is it good to ride?" ”

"Is it good or not?"

Old man Ye said loudly to the customers around him: "Save effort! What a effort! It's so much less effort than my two-wheeled trolley! You see that I rode this hundreds of feet back and forth, and I didn't sweat! ”

When the onlookers saw Old Man Ye say this, someone began to inquire: "Shopkeeper's, how much is it?" ”

"Twenty-five taels and one planes, no counteroffer."

Old man Ye jumped off the tricycle and shook the towel off his shoulder.

The shopkeeper of the grain store opposite didn't know when he also squeezed in, and when he saw Old Man Ye's posture, he shouted with a smile: "Old Man Ye, if you buy this car, the head of your family will kill you!" ”

"You really think I'm afraid of her!" Old man Ye muttered and said loudly: "Shopkeeper, bring me one of your tricycles!" ”

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