Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1393, Mercedes-Benz Bicycle Factory
In the factory area of ​​the southern district of Beijing, a brand new factory is under vigorous construction.

At the huge city gate, a luxurious four-wheeled carriage stopped.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to jump down, and at the same time shouted hurriedly: "Old Liu, hurry up, hurry up, I can't wait to see this new two-legged bicycle."

Liu Jin got out of the carriage, felt the cold wind, couldn't help wrapping his mink fur coat tightly, and looked at the factory gate in front of him. The Nagato was very big and atmospheric, and there was a wooden board next to it that said 'Mercedes-Benz' Bicycle Factory'.

Seeing the word 'Benz', Liu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

The name Mercedes-Benz is good. When internal gas is invented and used to make motorcycles and cars in the future, this name is really suitable. As for now, it seems that it can be used with bicycles.

"His Royal Highness, Mr. Liu~"

At the gate of the factory, Duan Hai, the director of the Benz Bicycle Factory, Huang Zhiyuan, the chief technical engineer, and other management staff were already waiting. Seeing Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin, they hurried forward.

"Where's the new Mercedes-Benz two-legged car?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, and then began to care about his two-legged car.

"Your Highness, we have rethought a name for the two-legged vehicle, called Bicycle, the name of the two-legged vehicle is not very nice."

Huang Zhiyuan smiled and said quickly.

"bike?"

"It's okay, it feels the same."

Zhu Houzhao heard it, and after thinking about it, he didn't care.

"Your Highness, this way please, after working overtime on the design during this period, we have also redesigned this bicycle. You must be satisfied after seeing it."

Duan Hai led the crowd to the bicycle factory.

The factory buildings in this factory are rented, and these lands are owned by Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao.

The land in the capital is very expensive. Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao did not sell almost an acre of land. All the land was planned neatly. Large-scale construction was carried out in commercial housing areas, industrial areas, entertainment and leisure areas, etc., and commercial housing If it is sold, the store will be kept for rent to collect rent.

There are also a large number of factory buildings built here in the factory area, which are specially used for renting out to those factories, workshops and the like. The roads are repaired, the factory buildings are repaired, and the supporting facilities are completed. The rent is not expensive, so it also attracts a large number of factories, workshops, etc. Workshops come here to settle down.

With factories and workshops, a large number of people will naturally gather here, bringing a large number of jobs, promoting the business of commercial housing and merchants here, plus other supporting facilities.

The southern area of ​​the entire capital is currently the busiest and most prosperous area in the entire capital, and it is also the most densely populated area.

The workshops of the Mercedes-Benz Bicycle Factory are all rented, so the establishment can be completed in a short period of time, and even now the training of workers and trial production are already in progress.

Just wait for the bicycle to be finalized, and then it can be produced, and it is guaranteed that the bicycle will be put on the market before the end of the year, during the Chinese New Year.

Under the leadership of Duan Hai, the crowd soon came to a factory building, and a worker pushed out a brand new Mercedes-Benz bicycle.

Seeing this bicycle, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurried over, holding the bicycle, and looked it over carefully.

Liu Jin also looked at the past, and there is no difference between the Mercedes-Benz bicycle in front of him and the bicycles of later generations, because Liu Jin put forward a lot of opinions on the design.

The reference is the later generations of the Phoenix [-]. There is a triangular bracket in the middle. The tires are made of rubber tires, and the tire brackets are also supported by small steel bars.

At the same time, a basket is designed on the front, and there is a big Mercedes-Benz triangle logo on it. The seat also uses a spring seat, and there is a seat behind the buttocks, which can be used for carrying people or objects.

In general, this bike is not good-looking, but the most important thing is its practicality.

Children can sit on the front bars, and people or one or two hundred catties can be carried on the rear seats without any problems.

"Your Highness, after the advice of Your Highness and Mr. Liu, we have made many improvements to this Mercedes-Benz bicycle. We have used rubber tires, added a brake system, and a shock absorption system. At the same time, we have also installed bearings. In addition, we also use triangular bicycles. The bracket design is more stable."

"The seat at the back has also been reinforced, so it can carry two hundred kilograms of cargo."

Huang Zhiyuan smiled and introduced the many functions of the bicycle in front of Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin in detail.

"Good, good~"

The more Zhu Houzhao looked at it, the more he liked it. He took the bicycle, turned over and rode on it. It was a little crooked at first, but soon he pedaled the bicycle very easily and began to ride around the factory.

"Haha, really good~"

"It's much easier than the last time I rode. It feels much lighter and the same. It's very easy. You can easily go a long way with just a push."

"Also, this steering is also very easy, unlike the original one, which is very blunt and difficult to turn."

Zhu Houzhao made a comparison while riding a bicycle.

The bicycle in front of me is the real constraint. It is very easy to ride. When you want to slow down, you can just grab the brake, which is simple and easy.

"I'll try it too~"

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was having fun, Liu Jin asked Duan Hai to push another one, and he rode it easily. He immediately knew that the bicycle in front of him was no different from the bicycles of later generations.

This made Liu Jin also have to sigh. The industrial level of Daming has indeed developed to a certain level. Things with high technical content such as bearings can already be manufactured, and other things are not difficult.

"Good, good~"

"This bike really does work."

"However, we need to add another bell. When riding a bicycle, once the speed is fast and someone is blocking the front, the bell can be used to remind the front to pay attention to avoiding."

"There should also be an eye-catching sign at the back, such as a red thing, to remind people behind to keep a distance."

"In addition, some other styles of bicycles can be developed, such as those for children."

Liu Jin put down his bicycle. To be honest, he doesn't like bicycles very much. If he can get a car sometime, Liu Jin thinks that he will be really excited and will definitely buy one as a souvenir.

After thinking about it, he also explained to Duan Hai and Huang Zhiyuan.

"Yes~"

The two listened carefully, and hurriedly ordered someone to write it down and make improvements later.

"Can the first batch of bicycles be produced before the end of the year?"

Zhu Houzhao was riding a bicycle and playing, but Liu Jin was patrolling the factory.

Looking at the busy factory in front of him, Liu Jin also nodded slightly. Duan Hai is also an old man with rich experience in production management, and he was specially transferred from the machinery factory.

"No problem, but the number will not be too many. It is estimated that there will be less than [-] vehicles."

"Currently our workers are still training, and they are not very familiar with this aspect, and they are very slow to assemble."

Duan Hai thought for a while and nodded.

"Try to use the flow production method to produce, unimportant parts can be outsourced, there is no need to produce everything by yourself."

Liu Jin nodded, looking at the busy workers in front of him, he knew that many of them were still unfamiliar, and they were all studying and producing at the same time.

Fortunately, these are the people Liu Jin recruited from the graduates of the new school. Many of them are still very young. It can be seen that these talents are only in their teens, but each of them has undergone the systematic training of the new school. educational.

In addition to coming out, some skills training will be carried out, and you will be able to work soon.

If there is no new school, recruiting illiterate people who don't understand anything as workers, it is impossible to complete the task assigned by Liu Jin in such a short period of time.

"Yes~"

Duan Hai nodded repeatedly.

"A few thousand bikes will be produced and put on the market first, and our bicycles will be rolled out to see the situation. By this time next year, I hope your production will reach an annual output of [-] bicycles!"

"In the next year, you will start to build branch factories in various parts of Daming to further increase production and meet the huge market of our Daming."

Bicycles still play a very important role. Daming now has a vast land and few people, so it needs all kinds of means of transportation. Although bicycles are not as fast as horses, they are still an important means of transportation with strong adaptability. Liu Jin believes that It will definitely explode quickly.

"Hmm~"

"Liu Gong, regarding the pricing of this bicycle, our current pricing is that a bicycle sells for 12 taels of silver, what do you think?"

Duan Hai reported the sales to Liu Jin.

"What's our cost?"

Liu Jin thought for a while and asked.

"Currently our cost is around five taels of silver. After mass production and proficiency, our cost can be reduced to less than four taels of silver."

Duan Hai quickly replied.

"It's too cheap to sell. Now that our output is low, the price can be higher, at least 24 taels of silver."

Liu Jin said as soon as he heard it.

"Is this price too expensive?"

"The monthly salary of our workers in the capital is only six taels of silver. Doesn't it take four months to buy a bicycle?"

Duan Hai opened his eyes slightly, feeling that it was too expensive.

"It just needs to be more expensive, so that it looks precious."

"Just follow my price, and you will understand in the future. Besides, the output is low now, so let's set up direct store sales in Beijing and Tianjin first."

"In addition, the most important thing about this bicycle is the quality and after-sales issues. The quality must be guaranteed and the after-sales must be perfect. Otherwise, it is easy to smash our brand and give others a chance."

"Liu Gong, please don't worry about this. I used to work in a machinery factory. I understand all these things, and I will definitely not make mistakes."

"..."

(End of this chapter)