Chapter 4 Chang'an Bicycle Competition

A colorful glow welcomes the dawn, and 10,000 spring candles move spring.

Chang'an, an ancient city, ushered in a new year, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, the crowd of people who drive the people are already busy preparing for the night of the festival, hanging peach charms, sticking spring couplets, just waiting for the evening to indulge in joy.

People come and go on Chang'an Street, the east and west cities are bustling and lively, to say that the most noisy now is the polo field in Xinghuafang, north of the West City.

The original stands for thousands of people to watch polo have been changed into a circular square, and now the square is full of people standing or sitting, only to see people holding back the red company from time to time, shouting: "Quick! Fast! Come on! ”

The scholars rolled up their sleeves, haha billowing white, no longer have an elegant demeanor, clenched their fists and gritted their teeth and kept shouting, eager to go up to the game is themselves, and those ladies show extraordinary enthusiasm in this rare day to go out, and the shrill shouts of women have stimulated the nerves of all the men present.

Following everyone's gaze, you can see that the focus of the whole audience is focused on the field of more than a dozen big men riding bicycles, only to see the cyclists of the racers, wearing simple and light protective gear, bent like a cheetah running at high speed, two legs at the feet of the tiger and tiger, stepping on like hot wheels, from time to time there are players pushing the surrounding competitors, taking the opportunity to let the other party fall, this is now by the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce launched by the famous Chang'an 'bicycle competition'.

When the bicycle appeared in Chang'an, it was immediately loved by the royal family and nobles, and this complex mechanical mechanism vehicle was shocked by the Mo family's machine technique, which made Xu Yang cry and laugh, and later generations never said that this thing was invented by the Mo family.

But since this name, the sale of bicycles has become more popular, the nobles of Chang'an are much richer than those little lords in Youzhou, and the price of a daughter is also envious of everyone, which also makes Xu Yang speechless for a while, no wonder there is a class in any era, in later generations, some people can spend tens of millions to buy Audi, and some people save money to buy Alto, this situation is exactly the same in the Tang Dynasty.

In order to promote the bicycle, Xu Yang specially launched a small bicycle with a relatively affordable price, in addition to the chain, a qiē from the simple, so sold a hundred times a is always out of stock, the entire Chang'an general nobles who can have a bicycle now, that is a symbol of status.

Although the bicycle has such and such shortcomings, but it is simple to operate, and it is also more convenient than riding a horse, the cost is much cheaper than a horse, and the main thing is that once it becomes a status symbol, its value will rise exponentially, which is better than anyone else in the future Apple company.

Some people spend money to eat and drink, some people spend money to order songs, some people spend money on beauty, some people spend money on massage, this kind of capitalist hedonism brought by Xu Yang, so that the nobles who originally liked to save money can no longer control their money bags, Chang'an Business Club is now just singing K every day The income is more than 2,000 yuan, not to mention the two big heads of mahjong and catering, plus the launch of bicycles, so that all shareholders can earn a lot of money.

Cheng Chumo, Yu Chi Baolin, Li Chongyi, Li Dejian have now become a typical case of a rare teenager in Chang'an City, the worth of the four of them has been heard to have been over 10,000, and in the continuous rise, even their father was shocked by them, originally thought that it was a few children together with pocket money to mess around, but I didn't expect to make money all of a sudden and become the 'five richest sons of Chang'an', even His Majesty Xià has heard of it, and last time he ridiculed this matter at the court meeting.

Engaging in business is not a profession with status, but there are not a few nobles who participate in business activities, such as Chu Mo and Baolin, who are businessmen who sit and wait to collect money, are all the nobles are willing to accept.

If the young man is ambitious, then he must be arrogant and uninhibited, squandering his daughter, which is worthy of the identity of several of them as a 'local tyrant', this is Xu Yang's original words to Cheng Chumo, Baolin and a few of them think so, and they also particularly like the title of 'local tyrant', since the last time Xu Yang sued them that they are a kind of wealthy high-end people, the four of them now like to call themselves 'local tyrants' at every turn.

Chang'an Xinghua Fang, velodrome.

"Ouch, which grandson dragged Lao Tzu's back seat!" I saw Yu Chi Baolin's face flushed and shouted, and I saw that his feet were originally kicking fast, but as a result, the back seat was pulled by someone, and the speed slowed down suddenly.

As a result, before he could finish complaining, he was kicked out of the track, Yu Chi Baolin did not have the good temper of his father Yu Chi Gong, he suddenly turned red, and rushed up on a bicycle, with a desperate posture.

"Tell your grandsons to pull me." , Yu Chi Baolin rode fast, overtook the last place, and kicked the guy out of the arena with one kick, causing the audience to laugh.

Pauline's revenge continued, and he saw the wind under his feet, and he took the penultimate place in two or three breaths, and then saw him swing his free hand at the back seat of the guy, and the planks were about to break, and the guy also fell off the track with an unstable center of gravity, which attracted bursts of applause.

By this time, it was the last lap, and there were less than eight runners left in the field, and the rest of the runners were unable to continue the race due to the destruction of their bikes.

The more to the end, the more intense the game, the last Yu Chi Baolin followed up with a player, the player was like encountering a ghost, desperately pedaling, but the body was not supported, and finally was about to be caught up by Yu Chi Baolin, the player had seen the treacherous smile on Baolin's face, and was so frightened that his face was pale, and he heard Yu Chi Baolin's 'ouch', and saw him quickly retreat, it turned out that the car chain was too fierce because of the pedal, and the chain fell off.

This player looked up to the sky haha, but one of them didn't pay attention to himself and hit the stands, causing the audience to laugh.

The competition has entered the final stage, the first place Cheng Chumo played extremely steady, far more than the second place, but the competition for the second place is particularly fierce, I saw five players crowded together, you chase me, you kick me to fight, just want to get the second place, which also made the atmosphere of the audience fire, everyone shouted the names of the players, but also stimulated everyone's nerves.

At this time, I saw that Cheng Chumo's speed also slowed down suddenly, and then I heard people around the arena shouting, "The chain of the first place car has fallen!" ”

It was as if the hosts were shouting, 'The Lord will be defeated.' All the people in the audience suddenly had bloodshot eyes, and now that the chain of the first place has been dropped, who can win the first place?!

When the final breakthrough of the finish line, Changsun Chong was the first to cross the ribbon, as a gentleman, it is instinct to love to be in the limelight, only to see Changsun Chong haha white gas, wearing a small long shirt, his back has been soaked with sweat, but he is still happy, running to the middle of the horse factory, holding the silver quilt, enjoying the cheers of the audience.

The audience applauded thunderously, and an old man personally brought the gold medal to Changsun Chong, announcing that he was the champion of the third bicycle competition.

"Alas, this garbage truck drops its chain at a critical moment every time." Bao Lin scolded and walked over, complaining about the unhappiness in his heart.

"I'm rubbing, I'm too, I was the first." Cheng Chumo also had a helpless look, his car finally fell off the chain, and he didn't even get a ranking.

"Two elder brothers, I heard that Xujia Zhuangzi has recently been renovating a new steam locomotive, let's go to the eldest brother's fiefdom in a few days to ask for two to come out to play, wouldn't it be more beautiful than this bicycle race?" Li Dejian and Li Chongyi also wiped their sweat and got off the field, the two of them were third in one place, and they were very lucky.

When Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin heard this, they applauded in unison, Brother Xu's steam engine in his fiefdom is becoming more and more proficient, and he heard that he is starting to build a magical tool called a steam train. RS