Chapter 1553: The Madness of the Merchants (I)

Li Chengqian's arrogance, Li Ke's heart also calmed down after listening to it, and he pondered for a moment and said: "Since the eldest brother believes in the younger brother, then the younger brother will take this errand." Vertex Fastest Update"

"This is the son of my royal family, be brave, don't always listen to those messy people chew their tongues." Seeing that Li Ke agreed, Li Chengqian stood up with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and said encouragingly: "Work hard, make some achievements, and teach those old people a good lesson." ”

"Brother Chen, I understand!" Li Ke has been cautious since he was sensible, and Concubine Yang has always reminded him to pay attention to his identity, so don't look at him usually being arrogant, but in fact he is very sensitive.

This time, Li Chengqian generously handed over all the errands related to transportation in Datang to him, and personally cheered him on, which also aroused his competitive spirit, and planned to show his hand.

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Two days later, the railway station in the east of Chang'an City was full of wealthy businessmen, and those who had a better relationship with each other gathered in a small circle to discuss the train.

Since Li Chengqian returned from Luoyang, His Majesty Li Er also put the train back to Chang'an from Luoyang, and during this period of time when Xiao Li was in charge of the country, the train that was put back to Chang'an carried a large amount of timber back and forth between Chang'an and Luoyang every day for reliability experiments.

Now, the wagons with timber have all been unloaded and replaced with sections of green wagons that look like rectangular boxes from the outside.

"Hey, I said Lao Wang, why are you here too? Haven't you always been in the water transport business? How are you interested in this train? "A wealthy businessman surnamed Jiang has a big round belly, like a pregnant woman who has been pregnant for several months.

"Old Jiang, we have to do the water transportation business, we have to care about the things on the railway, after all, this is the brainchild of His Royal Highness King Qin for several years, how can my old king go up and sit down, open his eyes." The rich businessman surnamed Wang was a tall and thin man, and when he stood beside the fat man, the two of them were a copy of the fat and thin head.

"Lao Wang, don't come to bluff me, I heard that the speed of this train is much faster than your water transport, one day is enough to make a round trip from Chang'an to Luoyang, and your water transport business is only afraid that it has not reached Tongguan in one day!" Another guy in the cloth business squeezed over from the side and came to the two of them to fight haha.

"Do you need to hear about this?" The rich businessman surnamed Jiang glanced at the newcomer with disdain, first pursed his lips, and then said mysteriously: "Do you know? I was here half a month ago, just in time for a train to depart, you know what I did? ”

"What did you do? You're not going to climb up, are you? The skinny businessman surnamed Wang teased.

", do you think I can get up to this size?" The surnamed Jiang snorted, rolled his eyes and continued: "I made a mark on a piece of wood on the car with a stone I picked up from the ground, and then I waited here, and guess what! ”

"What's wrong?"

"Hey, hurry up, what's the sale?"

"That's it, talk about it quickly, don't whet our appetite."

The conversation between Jiang Fatzi and Wang Slender quickly attracted several businessmen, who gathered around them, and when they saw Jiang Fatzi halfway through his words, they immediately urged.

"Six hours, I waited here for six hours, and then the train came back here, and then I saw the mark I made again." Jiang Fatzi glanced at the people around him: "Do you know what this represents?" ”

"Six hours? So fast? There is no need for Jiang Fatzi to explain, everyone around him understands, and the meaning of his words is that the train can go from Chang'an to Luoyang in six hours, and then return to Chang'an from Luoyang.

"yes, it's that fast, and you should have sent someone to see it, right? The wood on the car added up to 100,000 catties. Jiang Fat looked a little proud, as if he had discovered some great secret.

"If that's the case, it seems a bit wasteful, and all the goods in my house don't add up to 10,000 catties." A shrill voice suddenly interjected, a little hesitant.

"Phew, do you really think that a train is just for you? Even if it's really just your family's stuff, you have to be able to afford this car. The businessman surnamed Li rolled his eyes and said with disgust.

"That's right, we can cooperate with several companies, anyway, the capacity of the train is there, even if it is to load all of our goods into it." Someone took over the words of the businessman surnamed Li and said with some excitement.

At this moment, someone spotted Li Ke's whereabouts and immediately stopped everyone's discussion: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, His Royal Highness King Wu is down over there, let's go over quickly." ”

"Hula", the merchants gathered around all crowded in one direction and surrounded Li Ke, who was striding over.

The guards who followed Li Ke dutifully protected him in the middle, separating him from the merchants who crowded over, and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, Your Highness has something to say to everyone." The guard's voice was very loud, and after a sentence was shouted, the noisy voices in the station were instantly quiet, and the silence was almost audible.

And Li Ke took this opportunity to separate the crowd, came to the side of the train, boarded a carriage, stood at the door of the carriage and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king came to you today for two purposes, one is to let everyone experience the convenience of the train, after all, this is something that everyone has been looking forward to for a long time. ”

"Thank you, His Royal Highness King Wu!" Several businessmen crowded in front of Li Ke shouted loudly, competing to make a good impression in front of him.

"As for the second thing, let's get in the car first, and we'll talk about it when we get to the car." Li Ke had a spoofed smile on his face, and he seemed to like this kind of appetizing feeling.

The businessmen were very helpless about Li Ke's bad taste, but they were princes, they were just low-status businessmen, and they didn't dare to say it even if they were dissatisfied.

According to Li Ke's explanation, this is a business car, and the comfort is much stronger than that of ordinary cars, and of course, its price will be much more expensive.

Speaking of the businessmen here, they naturally want to ask how much money they will charge, but Li Ke just smiled and said after a while: "The specific price depends on the results of this trip, if you are satisfied, you can negotiate a price that satisfies you, now find a place to sit down." ”