Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1809, Hot motorcycle 2
Ganzhou, Jiangxi, along with the construction of the railway connecting the north and south of Jiangxi, arrived here in Ganzhou. At the same time, Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River are also being dredged and cleaned up at this moment.

As the only tributary of the Yangtze River, the Ganjiang River also benefited from this. The river channel was dredged, and a large number of hidden reefs were cleaned up by explosives, which also greatly facilitated the communication between Ganzhou and the outside world.

Now Ganzhou's external transportation can rely on railways or waterways, which has become extremely convenient. This has also greatly deepened the exchanges and exchanges between Ganzhou and the outside world, and brought a lot of new things to this hilly and mountainous area.

Despite the railway and the river transportation of the Ganjiang River, the land transportation in Ganzhou is still very inconvenient.

Although it is not as steep as the Yunguichuan area, nor as undulating as the Qinling Mountains, it is a hilly area with little ups and downs, but the traffic in the hilly area has always been a problem.

No, Xiong Laosan rode a bicycle with two baskets of mountain goods and walked for dozens of miles on the mountain road before arriving here in Gan County, planning to sell these mountain goods for some silver taels.

Since the completion of the railway, the mountain products here in Ganzhou have become easier to sell. Winter bamboo shoots, dried bamboo shoots, herbs, ganoderma lucidum, dried powder, glutinous rice, etc. can also be exported in large quantities.

Xiong Laosan is a small rural businessman who specializes in visiting villages and households. He buys grasslands, ganoderma lucidum, dried bamboo shoots and other mountain products from the villagers, and then picks them up for sale here in Ganzhou.

"Hoohoo~hoohoo~"

"It's really tiring. I may not be able to do it in a few years."

When he came to Gan County, Xiong Laosan breathed a sigh of relief and found a place to sit down and rest.

The southern Jiangxi area is mountainous and hilly, and the mountain roads are winding and winding, which is very difficult to walk. Even though the imperial court is now carrying out large-scale infrastructure construction, Ganzhou is also building cement roads leading to Guangdong and Fujian, but most of them The area is still a mountain road.

In the past, there were many mountain bandits in the southern Jiangxi area, which caused disasters. Later, the imperial court vigorously suppressed them, and then gradually cleaned up the banditry in the southern Jiangxi area.

The reason why there are so many bandits here has a lot to do with the natural and geographical conditions in southern Jiangxi. The hilly area is full of mountains, which may not be as steep as the Shu Road and the Qinling Mountains, but under ancient conditions, bandits are still very easy to survive.

After taking a short rest, Xiong Laosan continued to ride his bicycle and brought his mountain goods to a familiar store to sell them at a good price.

The transportation is convenient, and the mountain products are better sold, and the prices have risen a lot.

"Old Bear~"

"I see that you carry this burden every time you go to the city. If you are tired and can't carry much, in my opinion, you might as well buy a motorcycle."

"With this motorcycle, it's much more convenient for you to go everywhere, and you won't be so tired."

Boss Li, who bought Shanhuo, looked at the tired and half-dead Xiong Laosan, and also kindly suggested.

"motorcycle?"

When Xiong Laosan heard it, he also asked suspiciously: "What is this motorcycle?"

"Motorcycles are something that just appeared in the capital before the Chinese New Year. Like cars, they use internal combustion engines, but motorcycles only have two wheels, similar to bicycles."

"But this trailer, it doesn't need you to use your feet to push it. When going uphill, you can push the accelerator and you can go up easily. It's very powerful."

"A few days ago, I saw someone bought that motorcycle, carrying a few hundred kilograms of things, the speed is very fast, and it goes uphill very quickly."

Boss Li also took out a newspaper, which introduced the motorcycle information in detail.

"Is there really such a motorcycle?"

When Xiong Laosan heard this, he immediately regained his energy.

As a small trader who travels from village to household, in the past, he used to walk around and carry a load to sell some things and buy some mountain products.

Later, he got a bicycle, which made it easier for him. He bought a bicycle and traveled around the village. It was easier and at the same time, he could carry more goods every time.

But a bicycle is a bicycle after all, and you need to push it uphill, and when you have a lot of goods, you can be exhausted when you go uphill. However, there are mountains everywhere in the southern Jiangxi area, and it is not easy to go from village to household to do small business Things, every time I am exhausted, my feet are sore and my legs are numb.

As he got older, Xiong Laosan felt that it was becoming more and more unbearable. He often needed someone to help push him up a slope, or to separate the goods and transport them up.

"Of course~"

"There is a newly opened motorcycle shop not far ahead, you can go and have a look."

Boss Li nodded solemnly and said.

After Xiong Laosan heard it, he also hurriedly rode his bicycle to the motorcycle shop.

Soon, Xiong Laosan arrived at the motorcycle shop. The whole motorcycle shop was well decorated, and a dozen motorcycles were placed there.

However, contrary to the troubles in other places, the business here is surprisingly deserted, and there are not many people who come to see it. People here are not able to accept such a new thing as motorcycles all at once.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the economic level of the Ganzhou area. This southern Ganzhou area has been a poor area since ancient times, with poor mountainous areas, inconvenient transportation, and poor information. People's consumption power and consumption level are far inferior to those in Liaodong and Hezhong. , Beijing and Tianjin areas.

When many people heard that this motorcycle cost more than 200 taels, they were immediately frightened.

Although many people now go out to work and earn a lot of money back, but this motorcycle sells for more than 200 taels, and its price is still too expensive.

The common people have some silver in their hands, but there are still too few people who take out 200 taels of silver at once, so there are only a dozen motorcycles in the store, from the purchase to the store, that is only sold for 2 taels. This can drive the owner of the motorcycle shop, Boss Lai, to death.

When he saw Xiong Laosan riding a bicycle with two big baskets on the back of the bicycle, Boss Lai suddenly regained his energy, and hurriedly stepped forward to entertain him.

"Is the boss coming to see the car?"

"Yes, I heard that your motorcycle is very powerful, you don't need to pedal uphill, do you?"

Xiong Laosan stopped his bicycle and looked at the two motorcycles displayed in the store with great interest, two-wheeled motorcycles and three-wheeled motorcycles. He immediately fell in love with three-wheeled motorcycles. These three-wheeled motorcycles have A big carriage, which is very helpful for Xiong Laosan to do business between villages and households, and it can hold more things.

"Of course~"

"Let me tell you, this motorcycle is driven by an internal combustion engine. This internal combustion engine is the internal combustion engine on a car. You only need to add gasoline to it. It doesn't require you to pedal as hard as a bicycle. Just control the direction, gear and throttle and that's it."

Boss Lai nodded quickly, and then said enthusiastically: "Come, come, let me show you to experience it."

After finishing speaking, Xiong Laosan was asked to sit in the rear compartment of a three-wheeled motorcycle, and he drove the three-wheeled motorcycle on the road in a hurry.

After a casual stroll or two, Boss Lai also patiently taught Xiong Laosan to drive this motorcycle.

Driving a motorcycle is not difficult, and it is a three-wheeled motorcycle, so it only took ten minutes for Xiong Laosan to learn to drive a motorcycle, and he drove it in style.

After driving the motorcycle around for a few laps, I came to a steep slope again. I shifted into first gear, pushed the accelerator, and the three-wheeled motorcycle took the two adults up immediately.

"This thing is really useful!"

After parking the three-wheeled motorcycle, Xiong Laosan couldn't help admiring it.

With this thing, it will be really convenient and much easier for me to go to the village to do business in the future. The key is that there is a windshield in front of it, so winter will not be so cold in the future.

"Haha, of course~"

"Let me tell you, this motorcycle is very popular in the north now, and the supply is in short supply. Our south is relatively backward and a little later. In addition, people don't know enough about it, so not many people buy it. .”

"However, it has superior performance and is very suitable for our southern mountain roads. In the future, it will definitely sell well and become popular."

"If you buy it now, it is in stock. If you are in the northern region, you have to pay first before waiting for the goods."

Seeing that Xiong Laosan liked it, Boss Lai began to talk about the benefits and conditions of this motorcycle.

"How much silver does this motorcycle cost?"

Xiong Laosan nodded while listening. Only by trying this motorcycle for himself can he know its benefits. After thinking about it, he decided to buy one.

"If you buy it now, it only costs 210 taels of silver~"

Boss Lai saw that Xiong Laosan wanted to buy it, and he was also a small businessman, so he should have some money.

"210 taels of silver, isn't that too expensive?"

When Xiong Laosan heard it, he couldn't help crying.

"It's very expensive. That's because my purchase price is very expensive. My purchase price is 200 taels of silver. I only earn a little."

Boss Lai smiled and said: "That is to say, everyone is not familiar with it now. When everyone is familiar with and likes it, they will have to wait for money at that time."

"210 taels of silver, let's make it cheaper, how about a round number?"

Xiong Laosan thought about it carefully, and he still has to buy it. With this thing, it will be much more convenient to do business in the future. As for money, it is not a big problem. He has accumulated some money in business for many years. The two sons also went to work in Nanchang early and sent a lot of money back home.

"No, no, I won't earn a tael of silver in that case, you should let me earn a few taels of silver anyway."

"They're all in business. Everyone knows in their hearts that 200 taels of silver won't be sold."

"Okay, okay, sell you one, sell you one, it's true that you haven't earned any money from you, and you are too good at bargaining."

After some bargaining, Xiong Laosan finally bought a three-wheeled motorcycle for 200 taels of silver and went back.

(End of this chapter)