Chapter 58 The World Merchants Conference (5)
This monster piece is mainly composed of two wooden round wheels, the front wheel is slightly larger, the rear wheel is slightly smaller, the middle is connected by a wooden plank, there is a saddle above, and an additional set of wooden frames are added to the front wheel axle, the upper end is a fork, and the lower end is connected to the middle frame with an iron chain.
This is the original bicycle that Lin Feng and Gazi jointly drummed up when they were at sea! Lin Feng fused the original bicycle types that appeared in history, combined with the current industrial conditions, drew the pattern, and Gazi was responsible for the hands-on processing, and jointly organized the first relatively mature bicycle in history!
Later, in 1791, the Frenchman Sifrak had a whim, cut the four-wheeled horse wheel in half, and the four wheels became two wheels at the front and rear, and designed the first "wooden horse wheel" car, of course, this toy-like bicycle has neither a transmission chain nor a steering device. In 1818, a German forester, Dres, added a handlebar to control the direction of the wooden horse wheel, and then he pedaled the ground with two feet, and the person took advantage of the inertia of the car to sit on the car and move forward.
In 1840, the English blacksmith Macmillan, on the basis of the "pony cub" invented by Dereis, installed a crank on the axle of the rear wheel, and then connected the crank with the front pedal with a connecting rod, and the front and rear wheels were made of iron, with the front wheel large and the rear wheel small. At this point, the human feet really leave the ground, and the alternating movement of the feet becomes the rolling of the wheels. In 1842, Macmillan rode on one of these bikes and ran twenty kilometers in one day.
In 1861, the French Michaud father and son installed rotating pedals on the front wheels, and the saddle of the car rested on the front wheels. They gave the car the nickname "bicycle" and exhibited it at the Paris Exposition in 1867, which was an eye-opener for the audience.
Lin Feng took the car from Gazi's hand and explained to the wealthy businessmen: "I named this design invention that can make people's feet off the ground and move forward at a high speed, everyone, please take a look!" ”
Lin Feng tightly grasped the forked wooden handle with both hands, and the whole person quickly stepped onto the wheel in the middle, leaned forward with his whole body, and stepped on the pedals hard, and the bicycle was swaying and turning forward.
"Lord Lin be careful!" Many people exclaimed.
Lin Feng folded two times in the hall, found the feeling, and then moved the bicycle to the open courtyard in front of the hall, gradually speeding up, and deliberately let go of his hands for a short time, causing an exclamation. In later generations, cycling is almost everyone's basic skill, and Lin Feng, who has been riding a bicycle since elementary school, is no problem.
Lin Feng got out of the car, pushed back to the main hall under the horrified gaze of the crowd, pointed to the car and said, "When some key small objects are well designed, this car can easily travel fifty miles in an hour!" Of course, this is still Lin Feng's very conservative speed estimate.
"Phew!" There was a gasp in the room, and although this speed could not keep up with the speed of the horses, it was scary enough! In the silence of the scene, Lin Feng continued: "Relatively speaking, horses are too expensive, and it is inconvenient to raise and care, and the cost is huge. However, if you walk on two feet alone, it is not easy to last, and the speed is too slow. The bicycle is a magic tool in between! ”
"Lord Lin, the old man asks this item not to be auctioned, and the old man is willing to bear all the research, design, and promotion costs!" Huang Zongwang raised his hands and said loudly.
"Lao Huang, your Chu land is full of mountains, and it doesn't matter much to transport it! Of course, it's up to us people in the plains to do this! Fang Hongxing shouted loudly, and a little star appeared in his eyes. Such a divine object, if the research is successful, it will definitely be a profitable thing to sell to foreign countries through the Fang family's overseas channels.
Lin Feng raised his hands, stopped the argument between the two people, pointed to the bicycle and said: "This is not a very mature product, in Lin's vision, it will eventually be made of steel, which can fly as fast as a fly, but it will require a long research process; At the same time, bicycles have high requirements for raw materials and auxiliary equipment, and a large amount of investment is required in the early stage, and the product return cycle is long, so please consider carefully! ”
The scene was cold for a while, and Huang Zongwang, Fang Hongxing, and Pei Songlin all raised their hands.
This time, Lin Feng directly ordered the general and became the major shareholder of the bicycle design research together with these three people.
Next, Ghazi appeared again, leading two soldiers to push up a huge object, this object was even more strange, it was full of large and small wheels one by one, and at the top was a large disc with two pointers, one long and one short, which immediately confused the rich man on the scene again.
"This is the same as the bicycle just now, it is also a kind of venture capital, please take a look!" Lin Feng waved his hand at Gazi, Gazi turned a rotating handle on the far right, and quickly turned five or six times, and a large number of gears made a sound of "Gezhi Gezhi", turning one after another, and after a long time, the long hand of the middle dial was moved.
Lin Feng looked at the inexplicable eyes at the scene and explained loudly: "This object, which I call a clock, is used to keep accurate time!" We calculate time every day, an hour, an hour, a blink of an eye, an instant, either it seems that the calculation time is too long, or it seems too vague, which is not conducive to daily timekeeping.
After discussing with Master Gazi, Lin decided to divide the day into 24 hours on the basis of 12 hours a day, and divide each hour into 60 minutes, and through the continuous rotation of mechanical gears, the most magical time in this world will be timed more accurately, which will undoubtedly have an incomparably huge impact on the manual production, military wars and even daily life of the whole world!
Of course, in the future, the various parts of this clock will be further reduced until they are small enough to be placed on a table, until they can be held in their hands, carried on their bodies, and at the last time, each minute will be further divided into sixty seconds, so that they can completely control time and control the entire world! ”
This will be another great invention that will change the world! There was no sound at the scene, only the sound of heavy breathing remained, and everyone's eyes looking at Lin Feng were full of respect and admiration.
The shock that this merchant conference brought to them was too strong, and in this short period of more than an hour, what they came into contact with and saw was completely a magical New World realm, and the initiator of all this was this thorny master who looked amiable and inconspicuous.
"The old man is willing to bear all the costs of the clock!" After a long time, Shi Zhizhi said solemnly and loudly.
As soon as this foreigner spoke, all the rich businessmen woke up, raised their hands one after another, and shouted, there is no reason for the invention that can change the entire world without making money!
As soon as Lin Feng saw the situation on the scene, he immediately took the initiative to attack, still leaving 10% of the patent fees and research fees first, and grabbed 10% of the shares himself, and the rest of the shares were divided equally by everyone. This risk-sharing approach was naturally accepted by everyone, and the auction was successfully completed.
"Alright, that's the end of the auction, now, let's all have lunch, and after the meal, we'll talk about what everyone is really worried about and really concerned about!" Lin Feng applauded, attracting everyone's attention again.