Chapter 23: The Times Change and New Opportunities
readx; On the third day of December, the recruits' training for more than ten days went smoothly, except for the queue! I also trained for basic shooting and fighting for a few days. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info Prisoners of War Chen Feng and Chen Chun decided that most of them were cold weapons. Therefore, the training is better than that of the recruits! These prisoners of war were divided into spears, knives, cavalry, and a small number of musketeers and gunners.
Training is hard. In order to solve the needs of the soldiers' monotonous life and political skills, in addition to eating well on weekdays and often going to the barracks for shows. Chen Feng and the others began to instill nationalism and militarism in the team. The newly established art troupe has become an important propaganda tool, and as soon as "Bloodstained Style" was performed on the stage, the soldiers reacted strongly. Except for the prisoners of war. Another play, "Tears of Liaodong", also reacted strongly, and some soldiers from the north shared their personal experiences in the team! Let the whole team be filled with hatred for Jianfu, those Annan and Tusi prisoners saw it, and their reactions were quite strong! Of course, Chen Feng and the others are happy to see it happen!
On this day, the Shajing Port was completed, and at the same time, the road from Qinzhou to the Shajing Port was also completed. The completion ceremony began a few days ago. Nearly 100 domestic and foreign businessmen doing business in Qinzhou have received invitations! The local Xiangshen nobles were also invited. This ceremony is very big and there are many business opportunities. The Pacific Company certainly won't let it go.
In the morning, twelve brand-new carriages were waiting outside the city, which Chen Feng had built on the basis of Western four-wheeled carriages and later generations. The main skeleton of the frame is made of steel, which is very strong, and the car is supported by a strong spring to make the car more comfortable to sit on. At the same time, the wheels are also enlarged and covered with five layers of pigskin, and there are three layers of wear-resistant sisal cloth on the outside, so that the shock absorption effect of the car is better. The wheels are made of all-steel. The connecting part with the axle is a bearing developed by Chen Feng, and the whole bearing is sealed with an iron box, leaving a lubricating hole to fill with lubricating oil. As for lubricating oil, Chen Feng chooses castor oil and tea oil. The front wheels are made slightly smaller according to the Western carriage, which makes it easier to steer. The entire carriage is two meters wide and four meters long. A total of four doors. The whole trunk is equivalent to the van of later generations. The whole car weighs 700 pounds, pulled by two horses, and can seat 12 people. Among them, there are two millihua versions, each of which seats four people, with beds and tea tables.
Those powerful businessmen and nobles were warmly invited by Chen Feng and the others to get on the bus. After they got into the car, the convoy slowly set off. Smooth roads and good shock absorption, these magnates didn't feel a little bit of dianbo, and everyone was amazed! Chen Feng and a Dutchman and a Spaniard sat in a horse-drawn carriage! The two of them only praised the carriage excitedly. The convoy quickly accelerated, and the horses effortlessly accelerated to a speed of about forty kilometers per hour, and the passengers inside only felt a slight movement and no discomfort, and this up and down vibration was slowly undulating under the action of the spring, which seemed comfortable, unlike the carriage at that time threw the whole person up and down, and everyone was amazed, and the thoughts of owning this kind of carriage began to flood.
"My lord, if this kind of car is transported to Europe, it will be a best-selling trendy product! I don't know if adults sell it or not? The Dutchman asked.
Chen Chun took the words of the Dutch merchant and said: "Mr. Lauren really has a vision, of course this carriage is to be sold. However, now that the factory is under construction, it will be necessary to buy it in batches until after the Chinese New Year. But we can sign the contract now. ”
"And how much does it cost?"
"That's right, if you count a hundred carriages according to the number of three hundred taels of silver each, this is a milli model! The ordinary multi-person car is two hundred taels each, and there is a two-person milli car that is one hundred taels. Thirty taels of ordinary self-driving three-person cars. If the supplier contract is signed, 500,000 taels of silver will be paid, and the supply price will only be half of the above. ”
"Well, let's think about it."
"It's okay, you think about it. However, as an attempt, I only chose three businessmen to cooperate with in Europe. We won't be looking for new businessmen until three years later! ”
Chen Feng and the others also wanted to do it as a regional agent in later generations, but their fame did not go out, and it was unrealistic to sell the agency at a good price, not to mention that the rich Venetians in Europe and the Genoese did not appear!
In less than half an hour, the convoy entered the suburbs of Shajing Port, on the west side of the road, factories are being built, and on the wharf, 20 warehouses have been completed. The whole port is one kilometer long, and there is a thirty meters wide and one kilometer long moon harbor that stretches into the sea, and each berth has two rails paved with rails leading to the neat warehouse, these rails are one and a half meters wide, and an eight-meter-long horse-drawn cart is parked at each berth. On the right are two tungsten ships and a slipway 500 meters long. A large number of logs are piled up near the slipway. There are also several flat areas where foundations are being laid. Entering the port, the carriage stopped slowly, the coachmen drank the horses, and slowly tightened the brakes with their right hands, and the carriage came to a steady stop! And the magnates got out of the car while being amazed. All of them are full of praise.