Chapter 117: Bicycles

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Linbei District, Mingjing City, Mingzhu Avenue Immigrant New Street, the fourth car shop.

In order to develop Linbei District and solve the current situation of unbalanced development among the districts of Meikyo City. Daming intends to relocate some factories and commercial houses here.

At this time, a group of people gathered in front of the car dealership, pointing at the things under the red cloth, and talking about it.

"I heard what kind of bicycle this is? Have you seen that? ”,

"Bikes? Why haven't I heard of it? ”,

"Hey, you definitely haven't read today's "Mingjing Morning Post", which is highlighted.".

Listening to the discussions of others, Zhao Guangyi, the director of the factory, was overjoyed.

This fourth car dealer is a state-owned car dealer in the Ming Dynasty.

In Daming, there are one, two, three, four, and five car dealers. One or two of them are responsible for the production of new horse-drawn carriages. Three-car dealership, then develop automatic cars. The four-car shop is responsible for the bicycles. Five-car line, it's a steam train.

Nowadays, in addition to the name of one or two car dealers, business is booming. Many people have never heard of three, four, or five car dealers.

But that will soon change. When the third and fifth car shops were still working on the motor steam engine, the fourth car company was developed in advance because the bicycle was relatively simple.

According to the original history, the bicycle was first invented in 1791 by the Frenchman Sifrak.

Its bicycle has two wheels, front and rear, with a beam attached to it and a bench on it. The whole car is made of wood, there is no drive, no steering. It looks like a toy.

If a person sits on it, he has to push the ground very hard to move forward very slowly.

If you hit a corner, you have to turn the car hard.

In 1801, the Russian Artamanov designed the first bicycle that could be pedaled.

Then, in 1817, the German Drèress equipped the bicycle with a rudder that could change direction. However, his bike is similar in shape to Sifrak's, still with wooden wheels. When moving forward, you should push your feet firmly on the ground.

At that time, he invented it in Paris, France, and as soon as it appeared, it aroused the interest of the French. After a large number of imitations, hundreds of bicycles appeared on the streets of Paris.

This is also the first practical bicycle, and its appearance marks the official entry of the bicycle into the historical stage.

With continuous improvement, in 1839, Macmillan invented the pedal pedal bicycle, which can run on its own without pedaling when riding.

And it is equipped with solid rubber tires, small front wheels, large rear wheels, low seat cushions, and a foot pedal and crank linkage.

Or a completely iron bike!

However, the arrival of the Ming Dynasty changed the original historical trajectory.

Like Sifrak, shortly after the invention of the bicycle, he tragically contracted a cold and fell ill and died.

But in order to recruit talents, Daming specially sent agents to Paris to find him.

He was lying in bed, dying. As a result, Da Ming took out the precious antibiotic, shined on his arm, and pricked a needle.

It didn't take long for his wind chill to heal. And under the careful care of the agents, the body quickly returned to its best condition.

When Da Mingluo listed a bunch of favorable conditions to recruit him.

didn't even hesitate, just took an ocean-going merchant ship and went to Daming.

Here, he combined Daming's forward-looking professional information and talent in bicycles, which greatly promoted the development and production of bicycles.

After all, the traversers of the Ming Dynasty came unprepared. The talents in all aspects are not complete. Zhao Guangyi, the director of this bicycle factory, was originally just an amateur mountaineering enthusiast.

Although he has a clear understanding of the parts of the bicycle, it is difficult for him to make it to the sky.

So when it comes to the practical ability of cycling, no one can really catch up with Sifrak.

Nowadays, there are four parts of the bicycle produced by Daming, which are the body part, the transmission part, the action part, and the safety device.

The body part includes: frame, fork, handlebar, saddle, fork fitting, etc., which is the main body of the bicycle.

The transmission part includes: pedals, cranks, sprockets, chains, bottom shafts, flywheels, etc.

The action parts are: front and rear wheels, front and rear axle parts, spokes, rims, tires, etc.

Safety devices include: brakes, lights, bells, reflectors, etc.

Some of these parts are not available in the Ming Dynasty at the moment. For example, the headlights don't even have electricity, let alone batteries. Even if it's installed, it's still scratching and blinding!

And tires, from Columbus from 1493 to 1496, after the discovery of rubber on the island of Haiti. This thing has been widely used.

The Ming Dynasty also planted a lot of rubber trees on the tropical islands in the South Sea.

It's just limited by the technical level, the craftsmanship is not very exquisite, and the application also faces many difficulties.

But new carriages and bicycles must use rubber tires.

Therefore, after a long period of technical research, Daming finally applied rubber to the wheels. However, these are solid hard rubber tires, which are uncomfortable to walk on and noisy.

Compared with the later generations, of course, it is a heaven and a place.

But in this day and age, it's good to have it. After all, compared with wooden wheels, hard rubber tires are too much progress.

Under the eager expectation of everyone, Zhao Guangyi proudly lifted the red hijab, revealing two shiny Phoenix brand bicycles.

One is slightly larger and the other is slightly shorter, and there are two types: male and female.

The men's frame is 17 inches long and 173 mm high. The color is mainly black and white, which is relatively dull and plain.

The women's frame is 15 inches long and 164mm high. The color is mainly pink and red, which is more vivid and bright.

The frame is made of chromium-molybdenum steel, which is mainly composed of chromium, molybdenum, iron, and carbon, which is an alloy. It has good twisting and stretching, and the high temperature generated during welding will not affect the material. It's just light in weight and prone to oxidation. If you don't take care of it well, it will rust into a pile of iron lumps.

It's the biggest drawback!

But it is a happy thing to be able to develop it. And there is no peer competition, so this shortcoming is not in the way for the time being.

In order to promote the bicycles of his own factory, he also put in blood. Deliberately took the budget saved in the factory to the newspaper office of the "Mingjing Morning Post". I bought a full page of advertising space, and I bought it for three days in a row.

Looking at the effect, it's obviously good.

"Director, Mr. Sifrak is here!" , a worker pressed against Zhao Guangyi's ear and reminded loudly.

There are too many people here, and Zhao Guangyi can't hear it if he doesn't say a loud voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, a white man with fluffy yellow hair and a mustache squeezed in from the crowd. Seeing that he was wearing new-style Daming cloth shoes on his feet, he obviously deliberately freshened up.

It's a pity that when I came in, my cloth shoes were stepped on a few times. The fluffy hair is also more disheveled. makes the whole person look a little sloppy.

Zhao Guangyi immediately greeted him and said with a smile: "Sifrak, we are just waiting for you, the big engineer!" ”。

Speaking of firecrackers, the lion dance team, which had been prepared for a long time, also followed the field.

It makes the atmosphere of the scene more lively.

Zhao Teng was in the midst of the noise of gongs and drums, holding the handlebars of men's bicycles, a little struggling.

Soon he will be fifteen years old and 1.64mm tall. It's half a head shorter than a bicycle.

His father is Zhao Guangyi, who originally wanted him to get on a women's bicycle. But he thinks it's too shameful to get on a men's bike.

Listening to his father's rambling introduction, he fell asleep. It was only in order to be the first to ride a bicycle that he kept his mind and ears pricked up.

As a result, he finally waited for his dad to finish. The representative of the Department of Transportation talked a lot about it.

An hour and a half later, Zhao Teng finally got the answer and got on the bicycle.

It made him so happy!

I didn't want to think about it, so I stepped on the pedal. With a tiptoe and a jump, I sat firmly on the bicycle. Then he pedaled hard with both legs and rushed out of the crowd.

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