Xiao Er and Wang Zheng wanted to organize twenty good friends of the year to have a party, but they didn't organize it until the Spring Festival.

It's not that the friendship between the partners has faded, but everyone is too busy, and even the laziest Minister of Customs and Commerce, Guo Ziren, has no time to receive them, and this is still when everyone has a lot of assistants.

Xiao Er and Wang Zheng sighed, the times are really different, where is there a winter leisure now------ the two of them simply don't mention the party, and they are busy looking for some suitable assistants, and they can no longer rely on themselves to fight alone.

In the entire Liuqiu Island, from the one river area to the ten river areas, there is no place to spend the winter at all.

Winter is the season of gestation, so it is a season of careful preparation.

At present, the import of coal, coke, petroleum, iron ore and pig iron, cotton and cotton yarn, which has doubled year after year, still seems to be unable to meet the demand, and even the winter cannot stop the upsurge of imports.

At the same time, everything from daily necessities such as cotton cloth and cotton clothing products, steel tools, kerosene, and grain products to various sea vessels and large machinery are continuously shipped out and sold all over the world.

In this out-in-and-out, no one suffers, everyone gains------ of course, but the profit is more or less.

After letting go of the production and processing technology of the pot camel machine, the output has increased significantly, and in less than three months, the number of horsepower produced has reached twice as much as in the past, but because the demand is still large, the price is still maintained in the same position.

Many big businessmen who have just joined the machining industry suddenly became red-eyed, why did they find out this kind of profiteering?

This is far safer and less troublesome than sea trade, and it is simply sitting at home to earn money.

The driving force of interests is infinite------ even Vice Minister Hu Zhenbei feels the pressure, and he often warns his factory directors that if they don't do it again, they will let the latecomers catch up and be eliminated sooner or later.

In the evening of this day, Wang Defa's family rode a bicycle to find King Zhang Guoan.

The king was still living in place for the time being, and a new royal palace was being built, and the current house was a bit shabby compared to his status.

Many citizens think that the palace of the king of the Great Shang Federation is at least better than the palace of the Goryeo Kingdom, if not comparable to the scale of the Great Song Palace.

King Zhang Guoan and Wang Defa's family squatted in the courtyard and began to study this bicycle, which cannot be taken lightly, this is the first human one.

More importantly, it was jointly manufactured by Wang Defa's family with more than a dozen machining factories.

Rims, frames, tiles, axles, bars, seats, chains, etc. are all subcontracted to various small manufacturers or workshops, and then Wang Defa's family arranges assembly.

The machining of this bicycle has successfully tested the ability to standardize in the machining technology of the island of Liuqiu.

Wang Defa said: "It's okay, the error is within the range that can be corrected with a frustration knife." ”

King Zhang Guoan rode on the car and walked around the courtyard.

The yard is full of cement floors, very flat, he feels that the shock absorption effect of the saddle is okay, and the whole car is solid enough, carrying a hundred and eighty pounds of things, there should be no problem.

He jumped out of the car briskly and said, "These seamed steel pipes and chains are all hand-forged by today's craftsmen?" Wang Defa shook his head and said: "Half-handmade, we gave them a pot camel machine air hammer, and they can now."

I operated with proficiency. ”

"That's a good thing! Unfortunately, the tires are solid, and the road can be very bumpy if it is uneven. ”

Wang Defa said: "Don't worry, wait until I slowly solve the inner tube mold and processing technology, the output of silver gum chrysanthemum has begun to increase significantly, I don't want to only use it to make rubber gloves and rubber bands." ”

Later it turned out that they underestimated the ability of people of this era to resist bumps.

As soon as the bicycle was launched, it immediately sparked a buying boom, and from the One River area to the Ten River area, no matter which shop it was, it could be sold quickly.

Without much publicity, the concrete roads of the city of Liuqiu Island have made this solid-tire bicycle more practical, and many people have begun to learn to ride, and the traffic patrol police have been the first to introduce traffic laws about bicycles.

Some farmers also bought it after seeing it, for the simple reason that it was very convenient to carry something on the back shelf, and people could ride on it.

The price of this bicycle is 40 yuan, which is about the same price as a donkey, and cheaper than a horse.

As a result, the three major civilian products on the island were born------ bicycles, sewing machines, and cameras!

Ordinary people are very proud to have these three things at the same time------ of course, such people are just ordinary families, not comparable to big businessmen.

The profits of these three pieces are very considerable, and there is no need to worry about their sales at all.

Now it is only to meet the market on Liuqiu Island, and the volume of more than 100 million people in the Great Song Market is still waiting for them.

The future is bright.

However, they still have to take precautions, and the great trouble lurking in the north of the continent is still in their hearts, and they also have to open up all kinds of material resources for future generations.

Wang Zheng set off first, and Wang Defa's family went to the dock with Xiao Er to see him off.

Wang Zheng's fleet consisted of five three-thousand-ton five-masted ships and three three-masted naval warships.

Not counting the Imperial Navy, there were 3,000 personnel this time, basically including technicians and workers who could serve the mining industry.

In the middle of February 1282, the weather was still a little cold, and the northeast monsoon of level 6 blew and made people's faces ache.

Wang Zheng briefly explained a few words to Wang Defa's family, hugged Xiao Er, and strode onto the springboard.

In this era, what is it for men to go on a voyage to the sea?!

He doesn't like to grind and shout and wave his hands------

The Governor of Gnawing Dog, who was far away in Best City in Western Australia, had already received the relevant documents, and he knew how to cooperate with Wang Zheng.

He counted the time, and it would be about twenty days before they could get here.

It was the first day of the rest day, and he got up on time at half past five------- no way, a habit he had developed over the years.

He gently kissed Nana, who was still asleep, and quietly walked out of the bedroom.

When he went down to the first floor, he saw that the cook had already begun to prepare breakfast.

The cook smiled and asked what he wanted for breakfast, and the Governor waved his hand to indicate that it was normal.

He got up so early to go and sneak his three dogs: Xiaobai, Xiaohei, and Xiaohuang.

They come from the Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo and Japan, and the breeds are not the same, but they get along well.

He walked to the kennel not far away, whistled lightly, and three large dogs with chains sprang out of the three kennels!

The Governor of Dog Gnawing once ordered that dogs longer than their feet must be kept on a leash unless they were hunting, or in the walls of their own yards!

Governor Gnawing Dog was particularly fond of living in two-story plank housing, despite the fact that Best City was mostly built with brick and tiles.

He thinks that the plank house is very nurturing------- otherwise why would his children be so healthy when they come?

He just planted a wooden fence around his house, which was not a closed courtyard wall, so the three big dogs were sorry and had to be kept on a leash.

The three big dogs knew that they were going to the bank of the Black Swan River again, so they took the initiative to pull the dog governor and run away!

When they reached the shore they ran up and down, barking incessantly------ but the governor kept the chains longer, and refused to let them go.

At this time, a fishing boat rowed down the upper reaches of the river.

The man above clearly knew the Governor Gnawing Dog.

He shouted, "Your Excellency, I have a live crucian carp here, do you want it?!" ”

The Governor of the Dog Gnawing looked up, and it turned out to be someone from Gaojiazhuang in the upper reaches of the river.

The crucian carp stew was delicious, of course he wanted it!

The man rowed the boat over and pulled a wet fish basket out of the tank in the trap cabin.

The Governor of the Dog Gnawing took it and saw that there were four crucian carp struggling with their heads and tails, all of them the size of a palm.

He said, "Two hundred words." ”

"I don't need that much, a hundred wen is enough!"

"No, no, or I won't buy it!"

"Really! The fresh fish stall in Best City gives me a maximum of eighty cents, those vampires! ”

"You wait------ I'll go back and get the money."

The Governor of Dog Gnawing was just about to turn around and leave, when the man from Gaojiazhuang said: "I heard a few days ago that the patrol police and the army were catching rabbits everywhere------- is this a joke or is it true?!" I actually saw a ------- just now."

The Governor of the Dog Gnawing was red-eyed and said, "Did you really see that?!" Where is it!!! ”