"Your Majesty, this bicycle is really interesting, you will go out more than ten meters as soon as you pedal it under your feet, and even if you ride for several miles, you won't feel tired, and it is the first time that Lao Chen has lived for so long to see such a magical thing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

In the imperial study, Pang Yukun and Fiji stood in front of Xiao Ming, and after reporting some government affairs, they began to praise the wonders of bicycles.

Fiji is even more direct, "Lao Chen is old now, and he still walks every time he goes up and down, and it would be wonderful if there was a bicycle to travel." ”

Xiao Ming reviewed the folds sent by the two, today are some small things, he picked up the pen and ticked it casually and returned it to the two.

At this time, he looked at the two of them and felt a little funny, this Niu Ben had only left the imperial study for twenty minutes, and the two of them arrived before he returned to the harem, which could be described as extremely punctual.

"Didn't Fei Ge always say that walking can exercise your body? Why are you tired of this time? Xiao Ming teased, he already understood what the two meant.

Fiji sighed, "Your Majesty, after all, the old minister's age is getting older day by day, and this body is not good enough, and this walking fitness thing is still suitable for Pang Shoufu." ”

Pang Yukun's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said in his heart, You can't use me as a backstop, so he said: "Your Majesty, the minister's age is not young, although he is younger than Feige, but this eating and drinking degree is not comparable, and this body does not have to be strong for him." ”

Xiao Ming had long been accustomed to the two of them making fun of each other, so he said: "Okay, I understand what you mean, but the number of bicycles is limited, I can't send one to every official, you go back and tell the officials not to be blushing, if you want to get a bicycle, you can do things for me in a down-to-earth manner, and only after passing the year-end assessment can I have the opportunity to get it, of course, there is a way, that is, I buy it with silver, but the price of this bicycle is not expensive, I wonder how to get a hundred gold dragons." “

"One hundred gold dragon coins?" Pang Yukun and Fiji were taken aback.

Since the currency reform, the Great Chongqing Kingdom began to use a new currency from top to bottom, because the dragon coins are all real money and silver minting, coupled with the Confucian propaganda in the people, this dragon coin is implemented well, and now the new currency has been circulated in the market.

According to the previous standard, a first-class man's annual salary was three hundred taels of silver, and when converted into a new currency, it was two thousand silver dragon coins and two hundred gold dragon coins.

This bicycle is basically their half a year's money, how can they not be surprised, and for an ordinary official's eighty gold dragon coins a year, they have to pay more than a year to buy one.

"The price is already very low, this bicycle manufacturing is very troublesome, just spare parts need different lathe manufacturing, but after all, this is the initial stage, and after the industrial capacity is improved, the price of the bicycle will naturally come down."

Xiao Ming still remembers that in the contemporary 70s, the price of a bicycle was about 120 yuan, and at that time, factory workers were only paid 20 yuan, and they had to pay half a year's salary to buy a bicycle.

Therefore, the price and wage level in Dayu is somewhat similar to that time, but because the industrial base is relatively poor, the price will be higher.

"I see, so this bike is precious." Pang Yukun said.

"Of course, otherwise how could I be a reward." Xiao Ming laughed, he said: "But you are cabinet ministers, this bicycle will have your share, but with a bicycle, you also have to learn from Niu Ben to promote bicycles, if the demand for private bicycles is high, I can build a few more factories." Xiao Ming looked forward to it.

Now that the people in the north are rich, Xiao Ming has to think about promoting consumption, so that Dayu can have enough taxes, and with taxes, he can do more things.

"Your Majesty." Pang Yukun and Fiji immediately became happy when they heard this.

While the three of them were talking, Niu Ben rode his bicycle all the way to his mansion, and his own soldiers behind him ran behind breathlessly.

The people of Qingzhou along the road were shocked, they stopped one by one and looked at the bicycle that Niu Ben sat on and were dumbfounded, if it weren't for the fact that there are more kinds of machinery in Qingzhou now, they would definitely think that they had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

Niu Ben had a smug look on his face, he was in a happy mood, this thing was really amazing.

And not long after Niu Ben passed by, the people on the street saw Fiji and Pang Yukun also riding this thing towards their mansions.

"The magical country of Chongqing."

A pair of blonde Dutch merchants in the crowd grew their mouths in surprise, and Brandon triumphed among the merchants, and said to them, "I told you that you will not regret coming here, this is a magical country." ”

"Hopefully, this time we can reach more trade with Dayu, and the opportunity for the revival of the Netherlands is just around the corner." A businessman said that they were all big businessmen from the Netherlands.

"Believe me, I won't let you down, it's time for us to take a look at the steam locomotive in Qingzhou." Brandon couldn't wait.

As soon as he arrived in Qingzhou, the Dutch negotiating team stationed in Qingzhou told him about the changes in Qingzhou in the past two years, which made him excited for a while.

Now that the English and the Portuguese are at sea against the Dutch merchant ships, their maritime trade has been further curtailed, and now they need a strong friend to face the enemy together, which is one of the purposes of his visit, and of course it would be even more wonderful to be able to buy some precious goods and go back.

A group of thirty-six people walked along the street to the station in the north of the city, along the way Brandon was a little dumbfounded, and the layout of the city two years ago was different, and now the Qingzhou Neimin Square was demolished a lot.

In place of Minfang, there are exquisite brick and stone buildings, and some tall buildings even use steel and concrete, but these buildings retain the traditional architectural image of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and still have the appearance of carved beams and painted buildings.

In the past, the East and West Market of Dayu has now become a farmers' market selling chickens, ducks, fish, meat, vegetables, etc., and shops such as clothes and clocks have been arranged in a special area, and merchants call this regional commercial street.

In addition to the shops, many commercial houses in Dayu have also settled here, which makes Brandon sigh, and in his opinion, the urban construction of Dayu has finally improved.

The group soon arrived at the station, where a steam locomotive began to move slowly forward with a loud whistle.

At the back of the steam locomotive are fifty carriages, each twelve meters long, like a long dragon.