Fiona had just ordered the purchase of herbs, and in the blink of an eye, the first buses had been delivered, and Ellington, who had already reserved the location of motor lanes and traffic lights in the city planning a long time ago, saved a lot of time in urban traffic transformation, and the buses were ready to go on the road by installing signal lights and separation fences. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The advent of buses will completely change the way people travel in the Illus Empire, and of course such a huge change cannot wait for the buses to be fully produced before starting, it is a gradual process, and it may take a lot of time for people to become familiar with traffic laws and regulations.

The first batch of 400 buses, 200 in Ellington and 200 in Alinks, although the transportation transformation of Alinks has not yet been completely completed, it can already allow people to adapt to life with buses in advance.

Although Nicole Peters lives in Alink, he is a merchant from Ronitant, and of course, he is not only a businessman, he is also a spy of Ronnitant, collecting information about Alinks for King Oscar.

Once one of the outsiders, his business in Alinks was oppressed by the Business Alliance, but after the Business Alliance was single-handedly killed by Donn, his spring came, and Nichol's business in Alinks became more and more prosperous, and sometimes the money he made even forgot his real job.

The means of subsistence he used to disguise his identity were mainly carriage and horse dealers, that is, the production of horse-drawn carriages, and incidentally the sale of cheap horses of Ronitant, which made him a lot of money, which allowed him to return to China and live the life of a top nobleman in the future.

A while ago, the Harley-Datang Chamber of Commerce suddenly introduced to the market aroused Nicole's vigilance, the kind of light and compact single vehicle has very superior performance, much more powerful than horseback riding, and the efficiency is completely different.

The only fortunate thing is that this Harley-Davidson motorcycle can carry at most one passenger in addition to riding, and there is no way to pull goods, so the carriage is still the first choice for merchants.

Even so, Nichol was curious to get his hands on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a two-star member of the Datang Chamber of Commerce.

After a day of simple practice, Nicol was able to ride a Harley-Davidson bike very well.

The convenience of the Harley-Davidson almost completely conquered Nicole.

He couldn't help but sigh - fortunately, this Harley-Davidson motorcycle could only carry one person, and if he could pull a few more people, I am afraid that the carriage would not be sold at all.

Not long after transmitting the information to His Majesty Oscar, he heard new news these days.

"Traffic laws? Temporary route plan for city buses? Does this have anything to do with urban transport upgrading? ”

Nicole, who was sitting on the balcony, looked down at the Datang Daily in his hand, and then looked up at the tinkling construction team not far away, and the corners of his eyes jumped.

The construction team hadn't been quiet since it was said that it was going to be renovated a while ago, and it was so busy all day that Nichole couldn't believe that this was the closest street to the aristocratic district.

If it weren't for the fact that the road had become smooth and wide after the construction of those people, I am afraid that the sound of protest alone would have pierced the palace.

But the noise wasn't the real cause of Nichole's irritability, and what he cared about was the city buses as the newspapers said.

On one side of the text, a beautiful bus illustration stands out, with an elven art style that draws everyone's attention.

"City buses...... Follow a fixed route...... Wait at the stop sign...... With just a few copper coins, you can easily and quickly reach every corner of the city...... Each car can carry 60 people......"

Nichole stared at the newspaper and read it subconsciously, he didn't react at first, but after a moment, his face suddenly changed.

Each bus can carry 60 people!?

Damn, even the largest troika can only carry a dozen people, and not everyone is capable of handling it!

What the hell can a city bus carry sixty people!?

Are you kidding!

It's simply impossible!

If it is used to transport soldiers, wouldn't it be invincible!?

But - this is a product of the Datang Chamber of Commerce!

Since the birth of the Datang Chamber of Commerce, there has never been a time when it has promised but has not been fulfilled!

In other words, the city bus is likely to replace the horse-drawn carriage as a means of transportation for people!

At this time, an employee ran into the room in a panic: "Oh no! Grow up! Big things are not good! ”

Nichol's face was full of impatience: "What a panic! Say something! ”

The employee stammered: "Guest, guest, guest wants, wants to return ......"

Nichol's face changed drastically: "What did you say!?" ”

"Customers who have placed orders before...... Suddenly I want to return the order! ”

The employee's voice became fluent: "It's not one or two, it's a lot of people who come together and ask for a refund!" ”

"It can't be!"

Nicol was furious: "They have already arranged production after placing an order and paying a deposit, and we will lose all our money if we suddenly return the goods!" ”

"But they're already stuck in the front storefront," the employee swallowed, "and some of them came to return the goods, and they said they were threatening to smash our store if they didn't." ”

"They dare! Next to it is the guard's outpost, you go and call the guards immediately! ”

After Nicol finished speaking, he hurried down to reassure the customers.

"Boy, my friend, your carriage will be ready tomorrow, and I swear in the name of Peters that you will love it, it will be newer and more beautiful, faster and more stable than the old models!"

Bodi said with a depressed face: "Nicole, it's too late to say anything now, haven't you seen the Datang Daily?" It's over, it's all over, and I don't have to do my business. ”

Damn city buses!

Nicol remained silent and said to the other person with a smile on his face, "Linde, we've been working together for a long time, haven't we?" You should be very confident in the quality of my carriage, why should you return the order? ”

Linde is a businessman, and there are more opportunities to pull goods, so it should have nothing to do with city buses, right?

"Nicole, needless to say, return the order."

Linde smiled and said, "I don't need a carriage anymore. ”

"But how do you transport goods between those towns and villages......

"Don't you know?"

Lind looked at Nicol in surprise.

"Know what?"

"Intercity buses."

Linde patted his head after speaking: "Look at me, I forgot that this news has not been made public......

The group of people around suddenly quieted down when they heard this, and they all stared at him.

"Linde, we're old friends, aren't we? What's the news you don't want to share with us? It's just not interesting, right? ”

Being stared at by a group of people, Lin De smiled proudly and said, "Since everyone wants to know so much, then I'll share it with you." ”

"I have a friend in Ellington—"

"We don't care what your friend does! We're going to hear the news! ”

Linde said helplessly: "Okay, that's the case, the traffic transformation is to pave the way for the city bus, the city bus is a large-scale multi-person public transportation launched by the Datang Chamber of Commerce, you should have known about this from the Datang Daily, but you don't know, the city bus is actually another bigger plan to pave the way." ”

"After the official operation of the city bus at the end of the month, it will be necessary to select the site around the major cities to build the urban passenger transport center, and connect other cities around it through the urban passenger transport center, and the intercity bus will start from the passenger transport center, pass through the surrounding villages and towns along the way, and arrive at the passenger transport center of another city."

"It's said that this plan is called the one-day transportation network plan."

"I heard my friend say that because the passenger flow will be relatively small in the early stage, the goods that everyone is allowed to carry will be appropriately relaxed, which means that I can use intercity buses to replace the role of horse-drawn carriages in the early stage."

"You probably don't know how fast the bus is, do you? Let me tell you, a bus can run at full speed four or five times faster than a horse-drawn carriage! ”

"You say, now that I have such a convenient means of transportation, why should I order a carriage?"

"But," Nichole tried to make a comeback for himself, "you don't know how much you charge for carrying cargo, do you?" What if that price is expensive? ”

"No, quite the opposite, I know how to charge."

Linde smiled proudly: "According to the new weight standard promulgated by the Empire, carry-on items not exceeding twenty kilograms are free, and those exceeding twenty kilograms to fifty kilograms are pressed. I can buy one ticket for every fifty kilograms of goods, which means that I only need to issue one ticket according to my own standard, which is much more cost-effective than a horse-drawn carriage! ”

"It's the ticket price that's all about it! We had no idea what the ticket price would be! ”

"Don't worry, since His Majesty Tang En has decided to promote this, and it is also through villages and towns, then the price of this intercity bus will definitely not be too expensive, at least the ordinary residents in those villages and towns can afford to consume, otherwise who will take it?"

Lin De spread his hands and said: "I heard from a friend that the bus is only the first step in the implementation in advance, and after people get used to the bus and the traffic law, the Datang Chamber of Commerce will launch a new personal means of transportation, not only to take more passengers than Harley-Davidson motorcycles, but also to choose the type of goods that can be pulled, at that time, I am afraid that your carriage business is really not able to do." ”

When Nicol heard this, he couldn't help but feel cold and cold.

At first, he also laughed at the new king named Donn, stupidly suppressed the domestic aristocratic forces, opened up market competition, and made them Ronitant merchants make a lot of money, but now he found out that it was this new king who was the most ruthless.

Others are bankrupt due to the failure of business competition, but he is good, and he quietly destroys the entire market!

Predictably, with the advent of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and city buses, the market for horse-drawn carriages will shrink rapidly, and Ronitant's cheap horse business will also be greatly affected.

Obviously, His Majesty Oscar would not like to hear the news. (To be continued.) )