Chapter 866

"Emperor, this bicycle is really interesting. When you step on it, you can go out for more than ten meters. Even if you ride it for several miles, you won't feel tired. It's the first time that I've seen such a magical thing after I've lived so long."

In the imperial library, Pang Yukun and Fijian stood in front of Xiao Ming. After reporting some government affairs, they began to praise the beauty of bicycles.

Fiji is even more direct, "I'm old now, and I walk up and down every time. If I have a bicycle to walk on, it's really wonderful."

Xiao Ming reviews the memorials sent by them. Today, they are all small things. He picks up his pen and gives it back to them.

At this time, he looked at them and felt a little funny. It was only 20 minutes since Niu Zhen left the imperial study, and they arrived before he went back to the harem. They were very punctual.

"Don't you always say that walking can exercise? Why are you tired today? " Xiao Ming joked that he had understood what they meant.

Fijian sighed, "emperor, after all, the old minister's age is getting older day by day, and his body is no longer able to follow him. This walking fitness thing is suitable for Pang Shoufu."

Pang Yukun's eyes widened when he heard the words. He thought that you can't take me as a cushion, so he said, "Your Majesty, I'm not young. Although I'm younger than Feige, I can't eat and drink as much as I am. I don't need him to be strong."

Xiao Ming was used to sarcasm between them, so he said: "OK, I know 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 jealous. If you want to get a bicycle, do it for me. Only when you pass the year-end assessment can you have a chance to get it. Of course, there's another way, that is to say I bought the bike with my own money, but it's expensive. I thought I'd get a hundred golden dragons. "

" one hundred gold dragon coins? " Pang Yukun and Fiji were surprised.

Since the currency reform, the state of Dayu has started to use brand-new currency from top to bottom, because the Dragon coin is made of real gold and silver, coupled with the Confucian propaganda in the folk, the Dragon coin is well implemented, and now the new currency has been in circulation in the market.

According to the previous standard, the annual salary of a senior official is 300 taels of silver, and the new currency is 2000 Silver Dragon coins and 200 gold dragon coins.

This bicycle is basically their salary for half a year. How can they not be surprised? As for the salary of ordinary officials, which is 80 Jin Long Yuan a year, they have to pay more than one year to buy one.

"The price is already very low. It's very troublesome to make the bicycle. It's just that the spare parts need to be made by different lathes. But after all, this is the initial stage. When the industrial capacity improves, the price of the bicycle will naturally come down. "

Xiao Ming still remembers that in the 1970s, the price of a bicycle was about 120 yuan. At that time, factory workers were paid 20 yuan, and they were paid half a year to buy a bicycle.

Therefore, the prices and wage levels in Dayu are similar to those at that time, but because the industrial base is relatively poor, the prices will be higher.

"I see. So this bicycle is very precious." Said Pang.

"Of course, otherwise I will not be regarded as a reward." Xiao Ming laughed and said, "but you are cabinet ministers. You have a share of this bicycle. But with bicycles, you have to learn from Niu Zhen to publicize bicycles. If there is a high demand for bicycles among the people, I can build more factories. "Xiao Ming is looking forward to it.

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

"Thank you, Emperor." Pang Yukun and Fijian were happy when they heard the speech.

While the three were talking, Niu Zhen rode his bicycle all the way to his residence, and his private soldiers panted behind him.

The people along the road in Qingzhou were shocked. They stopped one by one and looked at the bicycles sitting down by Niu Zhen. If there were not more machines in Qingzhou nowadays, they would have thought that they had seen ghosts in broad daylight.

Niu Zhen's face showed a proud look. He was in a happy mood. This thing is really amazing.

Not long after Niu Zhen was dashing, people on the street saw Fijian and Pang Yukun riding the same thing to their own residence.

"The magical state of Dayu."

A pair of blue eyed and blonde dutch businessmen in the crowd grew up in surprise. Among the businessmen, Brandon was elated. He said to the businessmen, "I said that you will not regret coming here. This is a magical country."

"I hope we can reach more trade with Chongqing this time. The opportunity for Holland's revival is just around the corner." A businessman said that they are all big businessmen from Holland.

"Believe me, I won't let you down. Next we should go to see the steam locomotives in Qingzhou. "Brandon can't wait.

As soon as he arrived in Qingzhou, the Dutch negotiation mission resident in Qingzhou told him about the changes in Qingzhou in the past two years, which made him excited for a long time.Nowadays, the British and Portuguese are targeting Dutch merchant ships everywhere at sea, and their maritime trade has been further compressed. Now they need a strong friend to face the enemy together, which is one of the purposes for them to come here. Of course, it would be more wonderful to buy some precious goods back.

A group of 36 people walked along the street to the station in the north of the city. Along the way, Brandon was a bit silly. The layout of the city was different from that of two years ago. Now the Neimin square in Qingzhou has been demolished.

Instead of Minfang, there are exquisite brick and stone buildings. Some tall buildings even use steel and concrete. However, these buildings retain the traditional architectural image of the state of Chongqing and are still carved beams and painted buildings.

In the past, the East and West markets of Dayu have become farmers' markets selling chicken, duck, fish, vegetables, and so on. Shops such as clothes, clocks and watches have been arranged in a special area, which is called the regional commercial street by businessmen.

In addition to shops, many big Chongqing businesses also settled here, which made Brandon sigh. In his view, the city construction of big Chongqing has finally made progress.

The party soon arrived at the station, when a steam engine engine engine made a loud whistle and began to move forward slowly.

At the back of the steam locomotive, there are 50 cars, each of which is 12 meters long, just like a long dragon.

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