Chapter 629: Take Off, Datang (I)
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The operation of the train is unexpectedly good, and there is an endless stream of passengers sitting every day, and some people even queue up at the train station in the middle of the night in order to take the train.
Of course, there are people who want to go to Luoyang or Taiyuan, but don't want to waste time and money on the road, so they choose to take the train, but more of them are for long-term knowledge.
To put it bluntly, it's a hunting mentality.
It's like a lot of people who have never been on a plane in modern society, if they always listen to others boast about how fast the plane is and how comfortable it is to sit up, they will have the idea of going to sit after listening to it for a long time.
The same is true for the people of Datang.
Now there are thousands of people in Chang'an who have taken the train, and through their word of mouth, many people in Chang'an City or the surrounding areas have also poured into Chang'an, intending to see for a long time.
In such a situation, the train is naturally full every day.
And the most important thing in Chang'an City is the noble or rich children, these guys are not short of money, and they have nothing to do all day long, so they come to take the train every day to play.
After sitting, he still shows his face in a black circle or black cross.
"See, I've been on the train, this is proof!"
In this way, I naturally felt inferior when I had never been on it, and I ran to squeeze the train.
Because these guys ran to join the excitement of the train, the three places of Datang Royal Club, Rugby Stadium and Datang Royal Racecourse are not as crowded as before, and the money they make is naturally a lot less.
After Gao Ming found out about this, he was immediately unhappy.
"No, it's okay if these guys don't come to consume, anyway, I don't expect to earn their money to live, but let them always compete with the people for cars and seats, and it's not okay to occupy social resources indiscriminately, I have to think of a way!"
For this matter, Gao Ming also went to find Cheng Yanjin, but as soon as he heard his words, Cheng Yanjin immediately laughed.
"Haha, what is this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rest assured, I will solve this matter for you immediately!"
Seeing Cheng Biting Jin agreeing, Gao Ming naturally couldn't help but be a little skeptical, but to his surprise, Cheng Biting Jin really solved the matter, and he used an extremely simple method.
Change the ink!
In the past, the faces of passengers on the train were crossed out in circles, and ordinary ink was used, which was washed off with water.
However, this time, with Cheng Bitingjin's order, the officials who charged the fee directly changed the ink and used lacquer juice instead.
Also paint.
Lacquerware is prevalent in Datang, and the paint technology is relatively mature, and the biggest feature of paint is that it is difficult to wash after sticking.
Very hard to wash!
In this Datang, which is still cleaning with soaphorn and pig pancreas, once the paint is sticky, don't think about getting it off for ten days and half a month.
However, paint is not cheap in Datang, so Cheng Yanjin is not for everyone, but to instruct the officials below to use it for those noble children who get priority as scholars and come to take the car every day!
And the arguments given are also quite reasonable.
"As the privileged class of the Tang Dynasty, it is too cheap to use ordinary ink, only with more expensive paint can you be worthy of your identity, if you are not willing to line up like ordinary people, you can squeeze it, you can't squeeze it!"
As soon as these words came out, these noble children naturally had no choice, but they were not happy to let them not sit or squeeze with ordinary people, so they could only make a bitter face and let people draw circles and forks on their faces with household paint.
Draw one when you go and another when you go back, and it overlaps like a roadside sign prohibiting parking, but it can't be washed off all at once!
Although they really want to play on the train, the paint on their faces hasn't fallen off yet, and if they apply a few more layers, it won't become humanoid lacquerware?
This kind of thing is scary to think about, so forget it, as for the train, it's better to take it once a month!
In this way, within a few days, the group disappeared from the train station.
After they couldn't take the train anymore, they gathered at the Datang Royal Club, the Rugby Stadium and the Datang Royal Racecourse, which ushered in another wave of consumption fever in the three places.
Although there is no place for the children of Xungui, the train transportation has always been in short supply, so Cheng Cheng asked for a doubling of the price of the train, but Gao Ming refused.
"We don't need to use high prices to prevent people from taking the train, but to find a way to provide more riding space, Cheng Guogong, don't worry, the second train will be put into use in three months, and the pressure will be reduced a lot by then."
The idea was good, but Gao Ming soon understood that his idea was still too naïve.
Half a year later, when the second train was put into operation, the fullness was not reduced, but worsened.
The reason is very simple, after half a year, too many people have known about the artifact of the train, and many people even came from Jingzhao Mansion to take the train.
The explosion of passengers has made the pressure on the car a lot greater, and there are even people lying on the outside of the fire car or on the roof of the car, which makes Gao Ming very helpless.
"How can you make it like Ah Sanguo, it seems that you can only get some emergency measures first!"
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered to remove half of the seats of the two running trains in order to load more passengers.
At the same time, Liu Tao was told to pay the craftsmen double the salary, and let them work overtime to build the third train, and the carriage did not need to set up seats, but only asked to build it as soon as possible.
Under such an order, it took only three months, and the third train was also freshly baked, which finally relieved some of the pressure on the railway.
Because of the "boom" in the operation of trains, the reform of paper money has also been very smooth, and now Datang has collected almost all the treasury bills, and then issued more exquisite new coins.
The main materials of the new coin are bamboo and cotton and linen, and lacquer dyeing technology is used to make it more durable.
And the face value is also divided into five types, printed with Li Shimin's ten money, printed with the eldest grandson's five money, printed with the wise consistent money, printed with the courtiers' five hundred dollars, and printed with the generals' one hundred dollars.
Before, in order to compete for the denominations of 100 and 500 yuan, the ministers and generals almost fought in the court.
Facts have proved that the ministers can really give up their lives for the sake of fame, especially the reputation of celebrities through the ages!
Because of the banknote denomination, Fang Xuanling and several other old ministers almost hit the court pillar, Gao Ming couldn't bear it, so he had to give them the right to the face value of five hundred.
After getting the 500 face value right, the officials celebrated like the New Year, and even the work efficiency was improved a lot, and new banknotes were made like flowing water.
With the new currency, it is natural to have an institution to manage the new currency, so Gao Ming made a suggestion again, and Li Shimin agreed with the clapper, and a new institution appeared - Datang Royal Bank!
The appearance of the bank made Gao Ming inexplicably excited.
"With the bank, Datang is equivalent to 'plugging' the wings of take-off, and it is about to soar into the sky!"
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