The Adventures of the Mad County King on the Domain [Infrastructure]

On the third day, the Flying Eagle Army and the convoy embarked on a journey.The strange thing is that the vehicles that used to be dragged and dragged smoothly passed the rougher road conditions than before.Encountered a narrower slope than before, the driver mistakenly thought it was not so steep, and the vehicle actually passed it just like that.When it was time for the lunch break, everyone suddenly realized that the speed of the vehicle was not much slower than that of the horse!

Everyone was shocked, and those who experienced it first-hand were doubly shocked.Everyone knows that there is a small part researched by the workshop, and many people have seen the master install it on the car bearing, but no one can think or understand that it only takes a moment to install this part, why is the carriage bigger than the car? Is it better to get a new one? !

This obviously... obviously came all the way from Chang'an, these few carriages are getting older and older!

During the lunch break, no one was not curious, no one was not talking.Usually mixed with the crowd, the inconspicuous workshop masters suddenly became everyone's sweet pastry, and everyone rushed to invite them to eat at their ten-person pot, just to find out what the mysterious little parts are. What kind of magic.

The result is obvious, some people are silent, some people talk about the theory for less than half an hour, but it doesn't make any difference whether they say it or not, everyone's eyes are like mosquito coils, and they are like a book in the sky.

At this time, Xie Qian was sitting cross-legged on the rafters of the car, holding a piece of hot-boiled mutton that Xiao Tao had just picked up, and said triumphantly: "It's always enough to eat three meals a day, and you can harvest it with a smooth sail. Xiao Taozi, tell me, How much can we sell our special shock-absorbing carriage for mountain roads in Chang'an Jingzhong?"

Xiaotao shook his hand holding the long chopsticks, and a piece of meat that was about to go into the bowl was shaken back into the boiling pot. He sighed helplessly, and said, "How much more can we sell for? We don't use red sandalwood, seaweed for this carriage. Made by Huang, the carvings on the outside are even more ordinary, but the broken camphor wood that can be seen everywhere can barely sit on it. Even if you count the poor horse who has been familiar with the mountain road, it can be sold for 20 taels of silver! Why did the king suddenly think Get up and ask this?"

Xie Qian smiled meaningfully, raised his index finger and shook Xiaotao, and said, "The appearance of the carriage and horse is certainly important, but the comfort and practicality are also very important. Even a carriage with an ordinary appearance, if it can run smoothly The road is still, the official road is like flat land, and the mountain road is like an official road, this value can also be estimated.”

Xiaoxiu took out two bowls of steaming hot vegetables from the other side, kept the vegetarian ones for himself, and gave the other to Xie Qian, saying: "Gorgeous people want to look good when they go out, but every family will inevitably have someone who is afraid of bumps." If you don’t have one, if you meet someone who is motion sick, sick, or happy, the comfort of the ride is more important than the appearance. Counting this item, 40 taels of silver will definitely buy it.”

Xie Qian: "The first half of the sentence is correct, but the second half is a bit lacking in courage. Guess again."

Xiaotao asked in surprise, "Could it be possible that the county king wants to sell it for 50 taels?"

Xie Qian snorted: "100 taels, if you don't bargain, it doesn't count as a horse."

At the same time, Xiaotao Xiaoshou widened her eyes in shock, and said in unison: "Are you crazy?"

"How can this be considered crazy?" Xie Qian drank the soup in the bowl, leaned back and leaned on the high-back pillow, and said, "Why do you need to be careful? The one who can afford 100 taels to buy a carriage People, is there a lack of this dull and ugly horse? And how can a person who only has enough to buy 20 two carriages pay twice the price for comfort?"

Xiaotao: "..." There seems to be some truth.

Xiaoxiu: "..." Is this just sophistry?

Seeing the two people's expressions of disbelief, Xie Qian said, "I have my own plan."

Xiaotao comforted gently: "It's okay, even if the strategy is not clever at all, we two brothers will help the county king at ease."

Xiaoxiu comforted softly: "Yes, the king of the county can raise the price a bit more (anyway, no one will buy it)."

Xie Qian shook his head with a smile, and said: "That can't work. After all, we are not in Chang'an, and we must leave a little profit margin for the caravan going to Chang'an. What's more, the curved pole is not a very great innovation. Chang'an is so There are many craftsmen, and there are always those who understand and learn to imitate. If the price is too high, it will not be kind enough, and it will not be conducive to long-term business exchanges.”

Xiaoxiu: "The king of the county is very ingenious, but I don't know where to find a knowledgeable merchant in the county, willing to cooperate with the king of reselling?"

Xie Qian: "No."

Xiaotao Xiaoxiu: "?" Of course not, how could it be possible.The Prince of Emotions has said so many crazy things, is it just for chatting?

Xie Qian: "You will know when you arrive in Jinyang City."

Xiaotao Xiaoxiu: "Oh..."

Xie Qian: "Sell all the carriages."

"No?" Xiaoxiu was shocked, "All the carriages are sold, what about the things on the carriage? What about the journey after that? You can't walk on your feet, you have to rely on manpower to carry your luggage?!"

Xiaotao: "Let's toss one or two horses, ah, my good county king, at worst, I can buy two horses with Kuyin..."

Xie Qian waved his hands, completely ignored the protests of the two, and counted with his fingers: "For the four lonely carriages, one is 150 taels, and each of the remaining carriages is 100 taels. There is a discount for the baggage carriages, and ten are 900 taels." Two, it can be sold for around 2000 taels in total.”

Xiaotao: "...and then?"

Xie Qian: "Of course, I will buy another 1000 carriages and set off. Once you come and go, you can earn more than [-] taels, which can cover your expenses for a period of time."

Come on, today's madness is quite enough.

Xiaotao Xiaoxiu was speechless, but she didn't dare to provoke the patient too much, so she could only follow along: "Okay. It's fine. You just need to be happy."

The two bookboys sighed, worrying about the health of their boss, while lowering their heads to clean up the pot.At this moment, Colonel Wang Wu rode over from a distance, cupped his hands as he approached the horse, and said, "Your Majesty."

Xie Qian immediately put away his longing smile for wealth, and said indifferently: "Huh? Is Captain Wang looking for an orphan?"

Wang Xiaowei said: "My general sent me to ask the county king: Is there any new progress in the spring bar?" What is the reason for the speed of the car?

Xiaotao: "..." Did I hear correctly? ?

Xiaoxiu: "..." Why did General He send someone to ask this?

Now that the Flying Eagle Army has popularized the spring bar, it is not an important matter at all, can't we wait for Xie Qian to ask when he passes by?

The two looked at each other with question marks on their heads.

Xie Qian put his hands into his sleeves, squinted his eyes like a bodhisattva in the temple, and said, "Go and tell your generals: when necessary, progress will naturally be made."

Wang Wu: "???"

Wang Wu: "Your Majesty, General Redemption is so dull that he didn't understand what you mean..."

Xie Qian: "You don't need to understand it, just retell it as it is."

Lieutenant Wang said "Oh", swallowed his plan to ask about the speed of the carriage, stroked his head, which was also full of question marks, and drove back.

Before the person had gone far, Xiaotao couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, why don't you say nothing?"

Xiaoxiu frowned: "Is there something wrong with the spring lever? But I read the summary of the last meeting, it seems to be going well, there is no problem."

Xie Qian gave each of them a big roll of his eyes, and reprimanded: "You know nothing!" He twisted himself into the carriage, and went to take a nap—even closed the curtain from the inside for the first time.

Xiaotao: "..." Did the Duke take the wrong medicine?

Xiaoxiu: "..." So, the king of the county seems to have been acting strangely for the past few days...

An ominous premonition arose between the two of them. When they came to their senses, they quickly shut their mouths and went to work separately.Unfortunately, it was too late, and soon, the ominous premonition came true.

In the last two days in the town, everyone was very busy, and Xie Qian's soaking in the blacksmith's shop made sense.But on the way, he originally went to the Flying Eagle Army to report at the frequency of three meals, until it was getting late, Xie Qian not only had no intention of going, but also didn't mention He Feiyun at all.

This... is a bad rhythm.Xiaotao and Xiaoxiu were anxious, but Xie Qian refused to mention it, the two of them didn't even have a chance to make indirect remarks, and had no choice but to wait until they set up camp, and finally saw a suitable opportunity.Xiaotao held out the cowhide notebook that recorded the data, and Xiaoxiu held out the snack box used to accompany the meal. The two of them swayed around Xie Qian, their eyes hinted, their movements hinted, but Xie Qian pretended not to see it at all, and focused on looking at Gou Yujiao of Chen.

Seeing that the camp had settled down and dinner was about to be ready, Xie Qian still had no intention of getting up, Xiao Tao was so anxious that she finally couldn't help asking: "Well, did the Duke forget something today?"

Xie Qian: "Huh? What's the matter with Gu Neng?"

Xiaoxiu didn't have time to stop Xiaotao, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "That... the data of the spring bar, should we continue to record it?"

Xie Qian: "The test is over, I won't record it."

Xiaotao: "But isn't the cowhide notebook not full yet——"

Xie Qian glanced at Xiaotao coldly, and when Xiaoxiu saw it, his heart felt inexplicably cold, but he heard Xie Qian coolly said: "Xiaotao, the spring bar of this machine was improved for the convenience of the Flying Eagle Army's camping. Now that Everyone around here has used the improved version, so what's the point of retesting?"

Xiaotao: "What the king of the county said before, the individual data of the single wooden pole and the machine spring pole, and the comparison of the two schemes under the same situation, and recording the data for a period of time, can get the optimal result, isn't it? Is it?" He was annoyed by Xiaoxiu's tugging, so he shook off the other party and said, "How come the Flying Eagle Army has just become popular, and the county king refuses to insist?"

Xiaoxiu had no choice but to make amends: "Don't talk about it, the king of the county is busy with business, such as the spring bar, so naturally he will have time to pay attention to it when he is done!"

Xie Qian's gaze drifted from Xiaotao to Xiaoxiu, and then back again. He smiled suddenly and said, "You two... have been too loose lately. Since you are free, it's good to write two travel notes to enrich yourself. One The article is about the conjecture that the iron bellows are used for cooking, and the article is about the vegetation of the northwest field. I will see the finished draft tomorrow morning."

Xiaotao: "???"

Xiaoxiu: "!!!"

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The author has something to say:

Xie Qian: "Do you two have something to hide from Gu?"

Xiaotao: "..." What can we hide from him?

Xiaoxiu: "..." Who knows, maybe she fell ill again.

Xie Qian: "I just think you two have something to hide! Tell me, is there any communication channel that the twins don't know about?!"

Xiaotao: "No." I can't tell you if there is.

Xiaoxiu: "Who is the one who started the slander?" Let me, Kangkang, who dares, the book boy is the closest position to the master!

Xie Qian: "Well, it was General He who reminded Gu."

Xiao Tao Xiaoxiu: "..."