Chapter Five Hundred and Five Ride a Bicycle to Send "Magazine"
Ding ~
Ding ~
A few crisp and pleasant ringtones rang.
On the General Tai Street in Beicheng, Kang Liu skillfully pedaled the bicycle under him. With the stunned expressions of pedestrians around him, he quickly galloped on the street, and was shouting words to remind the passing pedestrians.
"Law, the magazine is sent to you, you will let you..."
The pedestrians dodged one after another, but their eyes seemed to be stuck to Kang Liu and the bicycle under his butt, and they were in a hurry.
Kang Liu was young and loved to show off. Seeing that he was being watched by pedestrians, he became tempted to show off. He moved his legs and stepped on the bicycle's pedals. The speed under him suddenly increased.
After a while, he actually surpassed a carriage in front of him, which made the driver look at his back as he rode his bike away. He was stunned for dozens of breaths and almost drove the carriage to the vegetable stall next to him.
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"Introduction, then...what is that thing?"
A merchant who had just come to Beijing from Tianjin, looked at Kang Liu's back riding a bicycle and couldn't help but feel curious and asked a young woman holding a child beside her.
"You ask me, who will I ask, and you see, your face is full of pleats, who do you mean sister?"
The young woman's face sank, giving the merchant no face at all, and the merchant covered her face and ran away.
"It's really a skillful thing to ride without animal pulling and carriages with only two wheels."
An old man who looked like an old master shook his head and commented, which attracted the people next to him to nod, and then began to discuss around the bicycle.
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Right General's Mansion
squeak
The sound of brakes started, and the bicycle stopped steadily in the square at the gate of the General's Mansion. Kang Liu slid his right leg, lowered the rear wheel rack and lifted up the car, and took out several new "Magazine" from the large cloth bag behind him.
Kang Liu ran happily to the General's Mansion guard who was staring at the bicycle parked behind him in a daze, with a flattering smile on his face.
"June, I'm here to send your mansion to the "Magazine" that was decided by our Xinhua. Let's see who will accept it."
"Ah...ah, give it to me."
The guard came back to his senses, took the "Magazine" from Kang Liu's hand, and then couldn't help but point his hand at the bicycle, asking in a hesitant tone.
"Is this a car?"
Kang Liu looked back along the guard's finger, and knew it, and smiled apologized: "If you want to Jun Ye, this is called a bicycle. It is specially used by our bookstore to deliver publications to us. You can drive without a donkey or horse, and you can pedal it by foot. If you have more strength, it will not be slower than an ordinary carriage."
The guard became interested and asked a subordinate to send the magazine to the mansion. He and several other guards guarding the generals who were guarding the gate pulled Kang Liu to the bicycle.
Surrounding this strange-looking car, several guards were eager to try in their eyes, gestured with their hands, and asked Kang Liu.
"How did this thing... run."
When Kang Liu saw this attitude, he realized that it was a big problem for him to leave now. When he sent "Magazine" to other houses, he encountered two similar situations and had already gained experience.
Fortunately, there are many people delivering goods today, and he has few jobs. Thinking about the extra tasks his shopkeeper mentioned when he came before, Kang Liu was worried and simply accompanied the soldiers to play with them.
Well, there is nothing to do if you don’t accompany you, and he can’t afford to offend others……
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"Several military lords, look at me, first sit on it, then hold the car with both feet, hold the handlebars in your hands, and give force to the ground. While the car moves forward, then pedal the pedals back and forth with both feet, grasp the direction, grasp the balance, and then follow this step to ride forward."
Recalling what someone taught him when he was learning to drive, Kang Liu explained to several guards in a very good manner. Seeing that the few people were still confused, Kang Liu simply rode his bike around in front of the general's mansion to demonstrate.
After this, the guards finally understood the key points, so the few people began to experience it personally.
"this………"
When the few people said they wanted to get started, Kang Liu hesitated: "Several military officials, don't look at me riding lightly, and think this car is easy to ride, but in fact it's hard to ride.
I couldn't ride it in just two or three days. When I was learning this car before, I fell on it. It took me more than a hundred times before I learned how to ride this car.
You are noble and if you are accidentally injured, the villain will not be able to afford to be guilty."
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Several guards looked at each other and laughed: "Boy, don't you see what the man does? You have never suffered any injuries in the forest of swords and guns. Don't worry, if you fall, you won't blame you, we will be unlucky."
Bah, I really think I'm worried about you, I'm a baby, my bike...
Kang Liu was in his heart, but he smiled and handed the car in his hand to the guards and allowed them to study.
The baby is baby, Kang Liu is very confident about the quality of the bicycle. When he was learning to drive, he fell so many times and almost injured himself. The car had no problems except for some scratches. The master who taught the car said that this car was made of iron wood.
Very durable!
As long as these guards did not intentionally damage or injured any important parts, Kang Liu believed that he would ride the car home for lunch soon.
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"Ah...fucking..."
After two incense sticks, a red-faced guard fell down his butt again. Kang Liu took off the smile in his eyes, ran to the guard, helped him up, and then went to check the bicycle that also fell to the ground.
Well, very good, nothing wrong!
"June, are you still practicing?" Kang Liu asked with an "innocent" look on his face.
"Practice, I don't believe it anymore. I can even convince the wild horses on the grassland, and I can't cure this thing."
The red-faced guard looked dissatisfied and took the bicycle from Kang Liu and had to fight again.
"You're just a fool, I can ride it slowly. You can't even hold the handlebars well, get out of here."
Another short-bearded guard scolded without giving him any face, then grabbed the bicycle, rode it on it, tapped his feet and moved forward little by little.
"Pooh."
The red-faced guard looked at the short-bearded guard "riding" the bike, and looked contemptuous: "You still have the fucking face to say that this is called riding a bike, and I crawl faster than you."
"Get out."
The short beard carefully controlled the handlebars and did not forget to respond.
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The two of them cursed happily, and several other guards surrounded Kang Liu and wanted to pay for his bicycle.
During these two incense sticks, these guards were not killed by Guangbai. After learning a few times and witnessing Kang Liu's ease of riding a bicycle, the few people really fell in love with this two-wheeled bike that could roam.
Novelty is one aspect. The key is that several people are attracted by the convenience and labor saving of this car. In addition, it is fast, small in size, and has strong controllability. It is very easy to walk through the streets and alleys. If you just drive in the city, some characteristics are better than livestock such as donkeys and horses.
Moreover, the most important thing is that Daqian’s donkeys are very expensive. Any donkey that can pull a cart is less than ten taels of silver. Don’t even think about it if you ride a galloping horse, it will be even more expensive. A horse can be worth more than a dozen ordinary people in a year.
That's all, it's not about the money for forage and the effort of serving these livestock.
Therefore, horses are definitely a luxury for ordinary people. Even if an ordinary family has a donkey cart, it is a small wealthy family. Ordinary people can only walk on foot. It is amazing to hire a rental car, and it is also expensive.
So when several guards couldn't help but think about the "magic car" that was not dependent on livestock, but was strong and durable, and flexible in operation.
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"Several military officials, this car is not mine, it is a delivery shipment sent to us by Xinhua. I don't dare to make a decision whether to sell it or not. However, you are a few of you.
If I really want to buy it, I will give it my best to ask you some people.”
Kang Liu remembered the sales commission mentioned by Manager An before. Looking at the guards in front of him, his eyes lit up slightly, and his tone changed, and his tone was full of sincerity.
"Thank you little brother."
The guards were all honest men. Seeing that Kang Liu taught them to ride a bicycle and helped inquire, they were very moved.
So, after Kangliu got off work at night, he had free money to go to the butcher shop to cut a few kilograms of pork and went home to make dumplings.
Chapter completed!