Zhou Xian immediately taught everyone the technology of making four-wheeled spring carriages and bicycles.

The bicycle is more than enough to be manufactured by the current machine tool, and the bicycle is a chain with a little technical content, and nothing else has technical content.

There is also the production of tires, through the collection of this time, Xingjing also collected a lot of rubber, of course, it is impossible to manufacture tires on a large scale.

So the number of bicycles will definitely not be too much, and the price will definitely be more expensive.

In fact, after having a new machine tool, Zhou Xian already plans to start manufacturing internal combustion engines, but he also needs some rubber as sealing materials, and he also needs to refine base oils such as gasoline, diesel, and engine oil.

It is best to wait until the power station generates electricity, and after Xingjing enters the electricity age, it can use electric motors instead of some steam engines to drive lathes and assembly lines.

The electric motor is much more stable than the steam engine and can process various components better.

At that time, it will be easier to produce internal combustion engines, and it seems that it is still necessary to make a trip to the sea for their own steam ships, and only by buying enough rubber can their own development speed be accelerated.

Not to mention the layer of rubber outside the wire, it needs a lot of rubber, in short, what Zhou Xian lacks now is rubber, Zhou Xian has sent a notice to the members of the Zhou Chamber of Commerce, so that they can provide themselves with as much rubber as possible.

A month later, Xingjing's bicycle was manufactured, and at the same time, a large car dealership called BMW Motors also opened next to Xingjing Plaza.

It was Zhou Xian's ribbon cutting, when Zhou Xian rode the first bicycle made in Xingjing and rode in Xingjing Square, it attracted hundreds of onlookers and exclamations.

After Zhou Xian rode a few laps, he stopped, and when Zhou Xian stopped, everyone stepped forward to watch the world's first bicycle.

"It's amazing that you can run with only two wheels!"

"yes, it's still fast!"

"The president is so handsome on this bike, I really want to own one."

"yes, I don't know how much it costs, I think it's definitely expensive."

The people gathered around the bicycle and started talking.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the BMW dealership announced loudly: "This BMW bicycle costs 2,000 Xingjing, and the four-wheeled spring-loaded carriage costs 10000Xingjing. ”

"It's so expensive, it's my year's salary, I can't afford it!"

"yes, it's too expensive!"

"Don't worry, the price will come down in the future!"

Most people are disappointed when they hear the price of the bicycle, but there are still some young people who take a fancy to this bicycle, and this bicycle is simply the most beautiful boy in the village when they ride it home.

Such things that can improve the quality of the compulsion, naturally have to be bought, a year of money is a year of money, a big deal to work for an extra year.

Some wealthy people fell in love with the four-wheeled spring carriage, and people sat on it without feeling the bumps at all, which was really a sharp weapon for going out for a long journey.

Soon BMW received an order for 200 four-wheel spring carriages and only 50 bicycles.

However, Zhou Xian is not in a hurry, judging from the experience of his previous life, bicycles will definitely become the mainstream in the future.

Zhou Xian also customized a batch of bicycles for each official, so that everyone can ride bicycles to and from work in the future, and also set an example for the people of Xingjing.

Seduce the people of Xingjing to be eager for bicycles, and lay the groundwork for them to buy bicycles in the future.

The police of the Public Security Bureau should also be equipped with a bicycle, so that the mobility ability can be improved a lot in the future.

After all, Xingjing is getting bigger and bigger, and it takes a long time to get from one side to the other.

After the test car, Zhou Xian rode the bicycle directly to the mansion, and now the roads in Xingjing are all cement roads, wide and smooth, just suitable for cycling.

Along the way, there were countless exclamations from the people of Xingjing, and they all became interested in bicycles.

Zhou Xian rode in front, Zhang Dabiao chased behind, Zhou Xian found that there were still too many people in Xingjing, and they couldn't ride fast, it seems that a traffic police department will be set up in the future to standardize everyone's travel.

Otherwise, it will not be good for the bicycle to hit people, as in the previous life, separate the motorway and the sidewalk, and have a pedestrian crossing zebra crossing.

Xingjing also has a health problem, that is, horse manure, because there are too many carriages, although some horses have a bag of horse manure installed behind the buttocks.

But there is still a lot of horse manure left in Xingjing every day, and if it weren't for the constant cleaning by cleaners, Xingjing might have become a city surrounded by horse manure.

In the future, the tricycle will also be used to load goods on the streets of Xingjing, so as to reduce the number of horses entering the city and leave a lot of horse manure for Xingjing.

The next day, Zhou Xian asked Sun Wu to divide a battalion of police officers and set up traffic police, who were specifically responsible for the road management in Xingjing.

On their first day on duty, the traffic police separated the 20-meter-wide avenue in the middle with white paint, and then drew a line 3 meters on both sides of the road.

The 3-meter road on the side is called a sidewalk, which is specially used for pedestrians, and the middle is divided into left and right lanes according to the line, and all carriages and bicycles are on the right.

This will greatly alleviate the problem of congestion, and there will be no situation where the carriage meets the carriage and you have to look at the opposite side from that side.

After this design, the horses can also run quickly in Xingjing City without worrying about hitting people, which greatly speeds up the speed of entering and exiting the city.

Zebra crossings were also drawn at intersections to allow pedestrians to cross the road.

This is also a sign that Xingjing has entered a modern society.

At the same time, the Xingjing Daily also published a lot of news about bicycles and four-wheeled spring carriages.

Since the whole of Shanxi is Zhou Xian's territory, all the current Xingjing Daily can reach every state capital in Shanxi.

In addition, post and telecommunications offices were set up in each state capital, which was specially used to sell newspapers, and there was also a business to help people deliver letters, that is, post stations and post posts in the Ming Dynasty.

However, the efficiency of the post and telecommunications office in Xingjing is much higher than that of the post station and post post in the Ming Dynasty, and basically the whole of Shanxi can be delivered in just one or two days, after all, newspapers are issued and sent to various places every day.

As long as you hand over the letter to the post and telecommunications office, the letter should specify the address and name, and the post and telecommunications bureau will find the recipient according to the above address and hand over the letter to him.

Of course, the price of this letter is still a bit high, after all, it is very troublesome to find someone now, they don't have a mobile phone, and it is very time-consuming and laborious to ask the postman to find them one by one.

After the publicity of Xingjing Daily, more and more people know about four-wheeled spring carriages and bicycles, and more and more people come to Xingjing to buy, and the car factory is already a little busy.

I had to recruit another 1,000 workers to join the car factory and work overtime to barely meet the needs of the market.

When Zhou Xian rode his bicycle back to the mansion, he found Chen Lufeng waiting for him outside the mansion.

Chen Lufeng saw Zhou Xian riding a strange thing back, and looked at the bicycle with some curiosity.

"President, what is this? It looks like you can still run on it. ”

Chen Lufeng suddenly forgot the reason why he came to Zhou Xian, and asked directly about the bicycle.

"This is the latest bike from our factory, why don't you give it a try?"

Zhou Xian smiled and invited Chen Lufeng to give it a try.

"Okay!"

Chen Lufeng just likes this kind of new thing, so he didn't care about any superiority and humility, and agreed directly.

Zhou Xian laughed and taught Chen Lufeng about the riding method of bicycles and other knowledge.

After Chen Lufeng learned it, he was able to flexibly control the bicycle after only a few minutes of familiarization.

Chen Lufeng rode a lap, stopped, and liked the bike more and more, staring at the bicycle all the time.

Zhou Xian looked at him like this and smiled, "Haven't you taken a fancy to my bicycle?" ”

"I've got you!"

"Really? Thank you, President! ”

Chen Lufeng almost jumped up excitedly.

Looking at Chen Lufeng's happy appearance, Zhou Xian felt funny in his heart, isn't it just a bicycle?

In the future, if he makes motorcycles, cars, and airplanes, then Chen Lufeng will faint with excitement.