Take the mall to Datang

They have been doing business in the southern area for a long time, and they don't know much about the changes in the Chang'an business district.

After Su Peishan came back with Su Rong, Su Zhennan knew to Zheng Qi and Zhang Xing: "Su has to go on his way, so I will leave first. I will return to Chang'an some other day to meet you all."

"Brother Su is rare to have such excitement, and then I would like to introduce you to Chairman Yuan. Don't you need a carriage for your timber business? If so, you can just talk to him." Zheng Qi said.

Zhang Xingzhi said from the side: "Master Su heard that the bearing will drop a little in the near future. If we can catch up, it will save a lot of money."

The first thing a businessman cares about in business is naturally money.

Chapter 430 Here Comes

When the Weishui River became lively, flower boats would come over soon. Usually, this kind of flower boats would not pick up customers during the day, and soon attracted the attention of everyone. When a group of people watched the excitement, a bicycle team was approaching quickly on the road. Soon everyone's eyes were on the road again.

If you want to talk about why this bicycle team is more eye-catching than the flower boats, it’s actually as simple as you because the current bicycles are all equipped with bells, which are the kind of hand-ring bells used by Taoist priests. This bicycle is riding It will naturally make a sound when it is running, if it is a bicycle, it will be fine, but suddenly a convoy of hundreds of people comes, which is very surprising.

From the west of Chang'an City, this bicycle team is very eye-catching. If Yuan Shan sees it, he will definitely recognize that the leader is not the prince Li Chengqian and others, and there are Li Jingheng, Du He and others beside him.

After the bicycle team came over, they all stopped in one place, and the bicycles were placed in an orderly manner, which immediately attracted the attention of the crowd. Most of these bicycles were produced by the Yuan family, especially the bicycles of the prince and other royal relatives. The material is even more different.

Li Chengqian took off the head made of wood, and his head was covered with sweat. He gasped and said, "Whoever proposed to ride today is really exhausted."

Du He on the one side stepped back and didn't make a sound. Looking at Du He again, it seemed that nothing happened. There are more than ten people in this group who are all descendants of the Li family, and some others are the sons of officials like Du He. , the rest of the people have the Xishan Bicycle Club to join in the fun, and there are a lot of guards.

This large group of people stopped to see that there were nearly a hundred people, and there were all kinds of bicycles, and some large and small packages were carried on the bicycles, which carried some supplies for the dinner party, such as meat seasoning and so on.

Li Chengqian doesn't need to worry about things like camping together. He felt his ass was almost bumped in half during the bumpy road. Today, the princes are all here. Li Ke, Li Tai, and Li You are all here, and the unexpected thing is Li Lizhi. Followed, but what she did was that the carriage followed the princes all the time.

There are a lot of dandies here today, not to mention Du He, Chang Sun Chong and others also came.

These people can be regarded as ostentatious. A group of people watched these people visit. Court officials like Guo Shouyi and Zhang Baojun immediately ran over to say hello to the princes. will also be impeached.

The prince and the others let Cheng Zhijie face to face, and Qin Qiong and the others went over as soon as they sat like this. Soon the prince and the group were "surrounded".

"His Royal Highness." Cheng Zhijie came over and said.

"General Cheng, General Qin Qiong, General Yuchi..." The generals greeted the prince and others, and then it was the turn of these boys to salute them. There is no way to make this group of bosses Li Shimin's right-hand man. They alone The prince and others must also respect the contributions they have made to the Tang Dynasty, and a kind of boy began to say hello to the generals.

The crown prince and others called the generals generals, but Du He and the others were even more humble and began to call uncles. Cheng Zhijie looked at it and said with a smile: "Hahaha, Du He, you are very disturbed. Hey, isn't this the son of the eldest grandson's family?"

"Changsun Chong sees Uncle Cheng." Then the eldest grandson rushed out and saluted the crowd. Qin Qiong and others felt that today was the right time to see this group of juniors giving them luggage over and over again.

Then there was another carriage coming over. When Gao Chunxing came just now, he already knew that Du He and the others were coming by bicycle. Now that the carriage stopped, it was like coming to say hi There were obviously more people, then Gao Chunxing, like Chang Sun Chong, began to salute the generals one by one, and then stood quietly in the crowd.

"Gao Chunxing sees that there are no princes who are here today, and the cheering general is interesting, so don't be shy when you come in." Du He whispered from the side.

Gao Chunxing didn't respond to him and said whoever is stupid at this time, Chang Sun Chong is actually related to Gao Chunxing, Gao Chunxing is Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji's uncle, so Changsun Wuji wants to call Gao Shilian uncle, He is called Gao Chunxing's cousin, but the good relationship is because Gao Shilian, his eldest grandson Wuji and his eldest grandson empress are very unfamiliar with their children.

It's just that they are all dandies who care about who when the tip of the needle is facing the wheat. At this time, Li Zhi came down from the carriage and was accompanied by two maids and a group of female guards. This protection is very comprehensive. After all, Li Lizhi is now a princess. Empress Changsun's caring little padded jacket naturally can't go out like Li Chengqian and the others.

"Princess Changle." Everyone began to salute.

Lizhi didn't think that being a girl like Li Chengqian was a bit superior, so Lizhi asked as soon as she appeared, "Hey, we didn't see Yuanshan."

He completely ignored the crowd. At this time, Changsun Chong saw Lizhi in the crowd and thought that the princess was quite delicate. He didn't know that Princess Changle was going to marry him in the future, but looking at it now, he will be married in the future. How it will be is unpredictable.

At this time Li Chengqian also said: "That's right, why didn't the prince see Yuan Shan?"

How can everyone answer? Because they haven't seen it, this person just can't talk about it. Just when they were thinking about perfection, a carriage from the Yuan family rushed over in the distance. After the people on the carriage came over, they started to shout: "Everyone, please make way."

After getting off the carriage, many people began to separate the roads, and everyone was even more curious, but it was not an easy task to transport the ship. After a while, the outline of the big ship was seen, and the closer the distance, the clearer it was. .

A medium-sized wooden boat was pulled by hundreds of horses, and a large group of people followed on both sides. The scene was very spectacular. There were no less than a thousand people around. This is the construction team and several people from Zhuangzi.

Seeing the boat being transported in a carriage, Cheng Zhijie yelled out: "This Yuan Shan is really messing around, why isn't such a big boat built by the river?"

Many people are also puzzled, Yuanshan also wants to build such a boat by the water, but doesn't it need to invest in a dock, and where there is sea in Chang'an, there are all small rivers, even if it is not very practical to build a boat, let alone install and debug the steam engine It's not that easy.

"It's finally here. I really didn't expect it to be so troublesome. Ruolan Qianyu, organize the female workers together and try to keep activities together. There are too many people here and try to avoid trouble." Yuan Shan is still thinking about finding the female workers. Appropriate object yet.

"Husband, don't worry, with Sister Qianyu here, she will organize it well." Dugu Ruolan said.

Chapter 431

When the convoy arrived at the bank of the Weishui River, Yuan Shan couldn't handle the next thing. Naturally, someone would take over the next thing.

"I'm really sorry, because it took a lot of time to transport this ship." Yuan Shan clasped his fists to everyone after getting off the car.

A group of businessmen and officials also clasped their fists together, and Yuan Shan just wanted to express his opinion, and then he heard a pleasant voice shouting: "Yuan Shan, you are here, tell Li Zhi what to see today, I want to ask you The queen mother begged for a long time to come out, so don't let people down."

Yuan Shan turned his head and looked at it and thought, is this Li Zhi? This cute and cute girl is a bit taller. Thinking about it, it has been more than a year since I saw this Li Zhi. The appearance of this Li Zhi is also slightly longer, but it is still the same. I went with the embryo of a beauty.

"It turned out to be Lizhi. Today I will bring you a boat that can slide on its own in the water. This kind of boat does not require manual paddling and is not affected by the weather. It has a large load and can be used to load a lot of goods. It's time for Lizhi to experience it for herself." Yuan Shan said.

"How about taking a boat? Lizhi hasn't been on a boat for a long time." Lizhi said.

She is usually in the palace and has almost no chance of taking a boat. When she heard that she was going to take a boat, Li Zhi was also very curious. Although she was a year older, her curiosity was still as strong.

"Okay, Lizhi wants to take a boat." Lizhi shouted happily in an instant.

A child's mood can change in an instant. At this moment, everyone is still waiting for Yuan Shan to say something.

"Yuanshan, the steamboat looks no different from an ordinary boat." At this moment, Li Chengqian came over and said.

"There is still a difference. The hull is specially reinforced and looks the same as an ordinary ship. It's just the appearance. This ship has a deeper draft than ordinary ships." Yuan Shan said.

"I can't wait to go up and see how the clothes without paddles can be worn automatically without wind." Li Chengqian said.

Bringing everyone to the river, Yuan's carriage directly pulled the boat to the water's edge. After the crowd set up logs and rolled them, they pushed the boat into the water. When it was first launched, the hull was slapped instantly because it was too heavy and the draft was deep. The splash of water wet the whole body of many people, and everyone was screaming in this state of excitement.

After the boat was launched, the workers felt relieved. It was really not easy to transport such a huge thing along the way. The forage had already been prepared and the horse team was immediately led by Yan Bei to leave the river.

The water by the river is very deep. The boat that has just been pushed down slowly finds its balance while shaking. After the anchor is dropped, a group of people start to board the boat again and start to untie the rope. After doing these things, the boat is truly launched. .

Li Dejian and Li Deju also boarded the boat with people. They are the chief engineer and people immediately started to inspect the steam engine, and the coal lumps began to be transported to the riverside. The coal lumps were reproduced in wooden boxes. Yes, the spectators around saw that these people were only on the side and did not move up, which made many people feel strange.

Then the hook on the ship came down from the ship, and then saw that the goods were slowly moved to the ship after the gears were shaken by several people. Some wealthy businessmen's eyes lit up. This crane is very practical. Zheng Zheng Man Yi was already not too far away from Yuan Shan, and squeezed closer to him: "President Yuan, this crane looks very similar to the tower crane of the construction team. It looks even more flexible."

"That's right, this is the latest hull tower crane of Yuanjia Workshop, which can load and unload a lot more than the tower cranes of the construction team. It is only in the trial stage and its true practicability cannot be determined yet," Yuan Shan said.

Zheng Yiman agrees with Yuanshan's pragmatic approach very much. He also feels that only with an attitude of excellence can he develop his career better, but he is still very interested in this new type of tower crane.

The fly in the ointment is that the hull is not too big. The boat crane basically takes up one-third of the space on it. The location of the ship building behind is actually empty because the steam engine is installed, so this part of the pavilion is omitted. In order not to affect the appearance, I just made a simple appearance. In fact, when you open the door of the ship building, you can directly see the steam power room, just like looking at the ground from the second floor.

After the boom moved, the coal was put directly into the hull from the cargo compartment on the deck, and then transported from the middle to the steam-powered boiler room. After working for a long time, Lizhi suddenly said: "Look, this ship is on fire. "

What Li Zhi said was quite serious. In fact, it wasn't a fire, but the chimney above the hull was smoking, which meant that the boiler had started to run, and the thick smoke was dense. At the beginning, some people really thought it was a fire.

Especially for Su Zhennan who saw the chimney for the first time, the kang is not a new and unusual thing in Chang'an. To put it bluntly, it is no different from the chimney on the water jacket stove being magnified many times. Most people are surprised that the fire is lit on a wooden boat. , They couldn't think of what else they could do with the coals and chimneys other than lighting a fire for warmth.