Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 197 Bicycle Conditions
In the next few days, Xiong Wencan really handed over two hundred soldiers to Zhu Changyuan as he said before.

Most of these 15 soldiers were between the ages of 40 and [-]. Although they didn't look very effective in combat and had no military discipline at all, they were already the most elite soldiers Xiong Dadu could bring out.

It is said that the other thousand or so people are not as good as these 200 people. They are either children or old people, with missing arms and legs. Many of them have no weapons and equipment, and they can go to the battlefield with a hoe.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, soldiers were paid wages as soldiers, but they had to bring their own weapons.

For the two hundred soldiers, Zhu Changyuan didn't bother to train them. After handing them over to Polu, he ran to Xiangyang City to see the surrounding mountains, rivers, geography, people and customs.

I have to say that Xiangyang is a good place, not only with mountains and rivers, but also with a beautiful environment. The only bad thing is that the age seems to be bad.

Don't think that Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and others are the only ones in the noisy peasant army.They are relatively big, and they are also world-renowned companies with relatively large business management and good management, but those small companies hidden in the private sector are also fatal. For example, around Xiangyang City, there are constant bandits.

Uncle farmers can't help it, and they have to pull the pole to grab big households if they don't have enough to eat.

If it lasted for several days, two people came from the northern capital to look for Zhu Changyuan.

One of the two is Xu Ermo, the grandson of the former cabinet secretary, and the other is Li Baohe, the imperial physician whom I met during the last round lecture.

For Xu Ermo's arrival, Zhu Changyuan was still expecting it. After all, he was dismissed and dispatched before the goods promised to Gu Changzuo were fulfilled. It is normal for people to come and chase after him, but Li Baohe and he couldn't understand it.

Could it be that this guy also wants to go into business, and get something from me to start a small business?

Seeming to see Zhu Changyuan's doubts, Xu Ermo pointed to Li Baohe and said, "Brother Li is my best friend. He was originally an imperial doctor in the Taiyuan Hospital. When I heard that you joined the army again, General, Brother Li followed you with unwavering enthusiasm. Come here, hoping to serve at the general's side, kill the enemy, serve the country, and make great achievements."

Zhu Changyuan smiled wryly, and said: "The situation is peaceful this year, there will be no chance for you to serve the country." Then he said to Li Baohe: "If you don't work as a good imperial doctor, you come out to serve as a soldier. Brother Li, isn't it just a matter of hanging the pot to help the world?" Is it a job?"

Li Baohe said: "The wish of my whole life is to fight on the battlefield. I really don't like this kind of medicine." Looking at Zhu Changyuan, he said cautiously: "General, don't deceive me. There is no harvest in autumn right now. The people in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan I have no rations for the winter, and I speculate that there will be a great chaos in the Central Plains in the spring of next year, so general, please take me in."

After hearing Li Baohe's words, Zhu Changyuan immediately looked at him with admiration.

Xu Ermo also helped him speak, saying: "Physician Li longed for the military since he was a child, but he is a descendant of Li Shizhen, and he couldn't bear to discard the unique skills passed down from his ancestors, so he went to the hospital."

"Ah?" After hearing this, Zhu Changyuan was in awe and said, "It's really disrespectful."

Disrespect is disrespect, but I really don't want to take in an imperial physician to fight by my side, so I shirked and said: "Emperor Li, you are an imperial physician, I dare not use it, if His Majesty the Emperor finds out, why don't you kill me with one knife?" .”

"My lord, don't worry." Li Baohe bowed to Zhu Changyuan with a wry smile, and said, "I have resigned from the official position before coming down, I hope you will stay with me, my lord."

Zhu Changyuan was also drunk. Forget it. He was fighting anyway. Wouldn’t it be good to have one more person? Seeing that Li Baohe was in his 30s, he was quite mighty and majestic. He said: "I am a soldier now, follow me I, too, can only serve as a soldier."

"No problem, thank you General!"

Even if you say that, the old monk is not polite.

Zhu Changyuan directly threw Li Baohe to Polu for training, and then had a secret talk with Xu Ermo.

"Mr. Xu is looking for you this time. Is it Mr. Gu who wants the goods?" Apart from this reason, Zhu Changyuan really couldn't think of why Xu Ermo, a master, came all the way to Xiangyang to look for him.

"Yes, of course, that's just one of the reasons." Xu Ermo spread his hands and said, "After working hard for a period of time, my grandfather has already made complete preparations, and the market is almost explored."

"Yes!" Zhu Changyuan nodded, and said, "I have already prepared the goods, and your grandfather can deliver them anytime he wants."

Xu Ermo's eyes lit up, what he wanted was Zhu Changyuan's words.

"However, the journey is a bit far away. Since I was dismissed and exiled, the incident happened suddenly, so the original delivery location in the capital may not work. You have to go to my island to pick up the goods."

"Island." Xu Ermo thought for a while and said, "It's not your fiefdom, Sun Moon Island?"

"It's not my fief." Zhu Changyuan corrected: "My wife's!"

"Cut!" Xu Ermo and Zhu Changyuan have dealt with each other many times, and they are not very polite people, and they speak naturally, "Your wife's is yours, but it doesn't matter, the journey is a bit far, but we Grandpa is also very capable, so transporting things from your island is naturally not a problem, I will tell him when I get back."

Zhu Changyuan said: "You just said that you want goods is only one of the reasons, what else?"

"Hey." Xu Ermo smiled slyly, and said, "That, general." He suddenly stood up and gave a military salute, and said, "Actually, my Zhongshu Sheren from the seventh rank has also resigned, look, isn't it? Take me into your account."

"puff!"

Zhu Changyuan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, what the hell is going on?
It's fine to say that Li Baohe had the desire to join the army since he was a child, but you, a master, are you here to join in the fun and be bored?Are you talking nonsense?

"No, I think you should go back!" Zhu Changyuan refused.

Xu Ermo shook his head and said, "Impossible, I have been replaced by my younger brother in the position of Zhongshu Sheren."

Grass!
Zhu Changyuan secretly cursed the evil Ming Dynasty, can this f*cking official be replaced?
Well, I don't want to think about it so much, let's get rid of this headache in front of me first.

If it was nothing to do in the past when I was doing it myself, but now I am a soldier bestowed by Emperor Chongzhen, you all go to Lao Tzu to make a living, does your mother know?Did Emperor Chongzhen know?
Besides, now that he and the Xu family have just started a joint business to attract money, what if Xu Ermo has some problems under his own hands?This is a battlefield. I can only guarantee that I am fine, but I can't guarantee that others will not die.

Not to mention dead, even if you turn around and make the young master of the Xu family lack arms and legs, it will be hard to explain, right?

No, absolutely not.

Facing Zhu Changyuan's attitude of refusing to agree until his death, Xu Ermo didn't agree at all, so he could only smile bitterly and said, "I've lost my official position now, and you don't want me here, since feelings are so big in the world, I have nowhere to go?"

Zhu Changyuan thought for a while, why don't we take this guy to Sun Moon Island?Forget it after thinking about it, in case this guy cooperates with him a few kilometers away, it will be troublesome.

"How can it be useless? Isn't it good for you to do business with your grandfather?" Zhu Changyuan didn't have the mentality of despising businessmen, "It's okay to be rich and famous, compared to your seventh-rank man Zhongshu Sheren is much better."

"Well, if you don't take me in, I have nowhere to go anyway." Xu Ermo spread his hands and lay down on Zhu Changyuan's bed like a rascal. When he saw a strange thing beside the bed, he pointed and asked, "Where is this?" What is it?"

"Bicycle." Zhu Changyuan said with a smile.

This small and exquisite bicycle is a big killer that he brought to the ancient society.

"Bicycle?" Xu Ermo looked around the bicycle, pouted, shook his head, and finally said with a smile: "What is a bicycle?"

Zhu Changyuan said: "You don't need an ox or a horse to ride a car that can walk by itself!"

"No way." Xu Ermo said with a look of disbelief, "If I'm not mistaken, your car only has two wheels. Even if you don't need a horse or a cow, it can walk, but won't it fall over?"

When he asked this question, Zhu Changyuan was stumped by the question. He thought that I have been riding a bicycle since I was a child, and I have never thought about this question. Yes, a bicycle has only two wheels, and there is no third fulcrum when it is in contact with the ground. It stands to reason that there is no lateral stability at all, why won't it turn over.

After thinking for a while, I couldn't think of a reason.Simply do not want to.

"Of course it won't fall over, come here, let me show you." Pushing the bicycle outside the barracks, turning over and riding on it, with a little effort, he "sprinted" in front of the barracks.

"Hey? Strange! Weird!" Xu Ermo became very interested and insisted on trying it.

Zhu Changyuan told him the essentials of riding a bicycle, and then the guy rolled over gorgeously, as if on a horse, and almost fell a big somersault.

Fortunately, he has long legs and quick reflexes, so it's okay.

Because the bicycle Zhu Changyuan bought is extremely small and easy to handle, and Xu Ermo has long legs and big feet, he can ride it crookedly for two laps in a short while.

"Ha!" Although tired and out of breath, Xu Ermo's interest remained undiminished. Xu Ermo played for a long time, and finally became proficient in this bicycle. "Good thing, this thing must be more precious than that watch. Tsk tsk!" Looking at Zhu Changyuan, he said, "This thing can sell for a lot of money, right?"

Zhu Changyuan pretended to think for a while, shook his head, and said, "I'm not sure, you should ask your grandfather about this, he can tell how much it's worth just by looking at it."

"How much of this kind of product do you have?" Xu Ermo hurriedly asked, although he is not a businessman, but judging from the style and function of the car, if it can be sold to nobles, the popularity of this thing is guaranteed to be no worse than a watch .

"There are quite a few!" Zhu Changyuan smiled slightly and said, "However, I don't plan to sell this kind of car to your grandfather. The main items I sell to him are watches and some daily sundries."

"Why?" Xu Ermo asked excitedly.

"There is no reason." Zhu Changyuan said indifferently: "If Mr. Gu insists on consignment selling my bicycles, it is not impossible. In addition to the price and profit sharing as originally agreed, he has to promise me an additional condition."

(End of this chapter)