The production of these ten school buses has cost a huge price, each carriage plus two horses, more than 10,000 yuan of investment, and each coachman has three stone of grain per month, which is more than 100 yuan, if it is only used to pick up and drop off students most of the time is parked at the school, it is really a huge waste, so these cars can still be open to the public during the day, according to Chen Xu's calculations, not to mention how much profit is made in a month, but at least to ensure that the expenses of these coachmen and horses and the maintenance costs of the carriage are not too problematic.

Moreover, the carriage construction and repair plant prepared outside the city is also working overtime to build buses, and it will take at least seven or eight days to provide the next batch of ten buses, during which time you can calculate the income and expenses and various situations encountered in the operation through the external operation of the school bus, and provide enough experience for the operation of a large number of buses of the bus company at one time, and you can also rectify some places where the planning is not in place.

The ancients believed in immortals, ghosts and various celestial phenomena, so the pattern of Xianyang City was built according to the stars and stars in the sky, and each palace had its own location, and the shape was also consistent with the stars in the sky.

Xianyang Palace, that is, the location of the imperial palace, is the middle palace, where Ziweixing is located, and the place where the emperor usually governs is also called Zichen Palace.

And the Wei River through the south, is for the Xinghan, that is, corresponding to the Milky Way in the sky, the Xianyang City is firmly isolated on the north bank of the Wei River, although the terrain looks safe, but in fact it is not good for travel, because the Central Plains is on the other side of the river, almost everything has to cross the river, very inconvenient, which is also the reason why the Han Dynasty wanted to move the capital to the other side after the collapse of the Great Qin.

At present, Xianyang is overcrowded, Xianyang City is almost unloaded, more and more people can only live on the other side, office and business affairs are carried out every day through the wooden bridge to and from both sides of the Wei River, so once the bus is opened, in fact, the most convenient should be the group that comes and goes between the two sides of the river every day, but now it needs to wait until the Wei River cement bridge is repaired before it can be opened.

"All the way to the bus, from the north gate to the south gate, you can take it for a penny, easy and fast,......"

"Two roads and two roads, from the east gate to the west gate, one money for half a trip, two dollars for the whole journey......"

"The opening of the No. 3 bus, today's experience, you can take eight stops for only one dollar......"

With the departure of ten school buses, soon employees of the bus company began to sit on the carriage and open the door and shout loudly at various stations in the southeast, northwest and northwest, just like the buses of the small county town in later generations, and the atmosphere was quite warm.

The private line of ten school buses is not the line to pick up and drop off students, but the first batch of ten lines planned by the bus company, passing through densely populated areas, the short seven or eight stations, and the long one from the east gate to the west gate has twenty stations.

Many people in Xianyang have seen these strange four-wheeled carriages in the morning, and at this time they actually saw the people of the bus company shouting and shouting, and many people came forward to inquire after being curious, and learned that this spacious and huge carriage is used to carry passengers, and it can be done for at least seven or eight miles for a penny on the bus, and it is a lively and prosperous place.

"Is it really just a penny to get to the South Gate?" A middle-aged man with good clothes asked in surprise.

"What are you lying to? The bus is specially used by Qinghehou to facilitate the people to come and go, not to make money, but to make it convenient for everyone to travel, and when they come up, they will arrive at the south ......gate in half an hour," said a man in the uniform of the bus company sitting on an exclusive seat next to the driver.

"Half an hour? It's really much faster than walking, so I'll believe you! The middle-aged man climbed into the car, took out a piece of money and handed it to the man, but the man pointed to a small hole in a closed and locked wooden box next to the car door and said, "Just put the coin in the cash box!" ”

"Uh, this way of collecting money is new!" Although the middle-aged man was surprised, he still obediently threw a copper coin in his hand into the small hole, and there was a snapping sound from inside, obviously the cash box was still empty!

"After the coin insertion, please find a place to sit and don't move!" The man admonished, then began to shout to the curious crowd around the platform.

"I don't go to the south gate, it's a little expensive to sit for three miles for a penny, but the weather is hot, so I can go up and experience it!" A well-dressed scribe, who was clearly literate and well-dressed, climbed into the car, threw a copper coin into the coin box under the man's direction, and quickly found a window seat and sat down, with a wooden sign nailed to his head stating that spitting was prohibited in the carriage.

"Clean and comfortable, seems to be good value for money!" The scribe was amazed as he looked at the interior of the car.

Under the man's shouting, a total of four people came up from this platform, basically all of them were curious, and saw that the others had no intention of taking the car, so they ordered the coachman to set off, and the burly coachman flicked his horsewhip, and the carriage quickly started and went down the street.

"Yes, this car is not only spacious, but also smooth and fast!"

"It's amazing, it's like walking on the ground when you turn on the ground, and it's not stuck at all!"

The four first bus experiencers were very excited, and they couldn't help but talk loudly as they looked out the window at the street scene and the crowd.

"Cut, this is nature, this car was invented and made by Qinghe Hou!" The man from the bus company replied triumphantly.

"No wonder, but dare to ask Brother Tai, what kind of government is your bus company?"

"Yes, yes, one money and one person, I'm afraid you can't even earn back the horse feed money after a busy day!"

"This car can turn flexibly, I'm afraid that the two-wheeled carriage will be eliminated in the future!"

The car went all the way, the people on the bus asked, the man of the bus company also roughly introduced the bus company briefly, and avoided talking about whether to make money, or to facilitate the people's travel to provide convenience, and naturally no one doubted, after all, this car is a lot of investment, such a big car, but also need two horses and a groom and a steward responsible for greeting passengers, the daily expenses must be not small, and the income of a penny is definitely not able to earn money in the eyes of ordinary people.

"Yu~" A few minutes later, the carriage stopped at the next platform, and the man from the bus company opened the door and began to shout and promote, and then two more people came up and went to the next stop.

This car along from the north gate to the south gate, a total of more than ten miles, along the way in the downtown area set up ten bus stops, all the way to stop and go, the man on the car shouted all the way, constantly people get on and off the bus, and even in a few more lively stations up too many people can only stand in the carriage, fortunately in the middle of the carriage is also provided with wooden crossbars and handrails, and according to the original test of the number of people to take as many people as possible, but also to test the maximum passenger capacity of the four-wheeled carriage, in order to collect more data.

In less than an hour, the carriage stopped at the last bus stop near the South Gate, and all the people who were still on the bus got off the bus, officially ending the first public transportation experience in human history.

"Yes, yes, it's worth it!" The first middle-aged man to get on the bus was very happy when he got off the bus and kept praising him.

More than ten miles cost a penny, in the poor that is not worth it, they would rather walk for an hour, but for the rich, time and comfort are far more important than money, this bus is very stable, and you can hear a lot of passengers from the north and south talking about various interesting topics, it is really a very happy journey.

"Slow down, welcome to take a bus next time!"

In the man's greeting, a group of people scattered in all directions, so the man began to shout loudly again: "All the way to the bus, one bus all the way, from the south gate to the north gate, it is convenient and fast, only one penny ......"

And the south gate is the place where businessmen gather, but also the most prosperous place in Xianyang, this bus stop sign has been standing here for several days, every day someone asks to inquire, but I don't know what the bus is, so with the man's shouting, a large group of people gathered around in an instant to ask, plus the explanation of a group of people who just got off the bus, soon more than ten people got on the bus, many people are curious to experience the mystery of this bus.

"Enough is enough, can't go on again!" The man saw that the carriage was already crowded with nearly 20 people, and he was also afraid of crushing the carriage, so he quickly stopped the people behind him and closed the door, and the carriage quickly set off to return the same way.

Ten school buses of the women's college turned into buses were tested on ten routes, just one hour, and the enthusiasm of the people of Xianyang was completely detonated, and the passengers were businessmen and civilians, scribes and officials, many people were not happy to take a trip, and then brushed the bus back and forth, and after two or three trips, the location of the station on the line was firmly remembered, and among these passengers, there were many peripheral reporters of the newspaper, and they began to plan press releases excitedly. There are also flexible minds, so they go directly to the office of the bus company and the bus manufacturing and repair shop outside the city to inquire about the situation.

And this lively situation was soon reported into the Zichen Hall of Xianyang Palace.

In the morning, Chen Xu stayed at the women's college for an hour, and then went to the newspaper to let Chen Ping and Yang Kun get in touch, and prepare to make a detailed advertisement for the bus company in the next issue of the newspaper, and publish the running line.

"Master Hou, someone from the palace has come to deliver the decree!" A steward of the newspaper office walked into the general affairs office of the newspaper office with a palace servant.

"Marquis Qinghe, Your Majesty invites you to participate in the afternoon court meeting!" The palace people respectfully handed a silk book to Chen Xu, Chen Xu opened it and glanced at it, and roughly guessed that it was because of the bus, so he put the silk book away.

Before then, Chen Xu took a car to the court, and the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty discussed all about the bus company and the four-wheeled carriage, and sure enough, the first thing after the court, the emperor asked about this matter.

Regarding the matter of the bus company, Chen Xu had already made a special performance in the court a few days ago, and the emperor had agreed, and Feng Quji also proposed to reduce the tax of the bus company, and the Inner History Mansion also agreed to this proposal, but everyone did not expect that Chen Xu would suddenly make such a big battle and set off such a big wave in Xianyang.

If the bus company used only ordinary carriages, perhaps the civil and military officials and the emperor would not have made such a big move, but it was this super large and flexible four-wheeled carriage that turned out to be uncontrollable and excited at once.

On weekdays, there are only three or five people in the two-wheeled carriage, because of the limitation of the balance of the carriage, and also because of the bearing capacity of the horse, because the weight of the carriage will be pressed on the horse's back through the wheels in addition to the horse's carriage.

But the four-wheeled carriage is different, it is balanced in itself, so after the four-wheeled carriage of the bus company solved the problem of flexible turning, it suddenly increased the cargo capacity of the carriage several times, and the news obtained from different channels came to drive, and the bus could carry nearly twenty people at most, which shocked the emperor and pulled off several beards, so although he knew that Chen Xu founded the bus company, he still couldn't wait to let him go to the court to solve the doubts of the Manchu Dynasty.

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