I, the patron saint of the frontier of the Tang Dynasty, was forced to rebel

Chapter 106 steam locomotive
The bustling Lingzhou City includes several surrounding states, and the population is getting denser and denser.

The city walls have been directly demolished, and the development area has become larger and larger, and small buildings with the lowest three floors can be seen everywhere.

The most peculiar thing is that on the street, there are three-wheeled vehicles without horses!

This kind of car is called a three-wheeled steam car.

A triangular structure with a miniaturized steam engine at the back and a bicycle-like handlebar steering control at the front.

Technically, the newly developed cylindrical pulley is used, which is driven by a chain.

"This thing can't even be used to pull a few grains. Is there a fart for buying this?"

"Who knows, I heard that it is a test product developed by Lingzhou Manufacturing Plant."

"I heard this. The steam engine has a pitifully small horsepower, and its maximum speed is about the same as a human trot."

"Besides, the price is very expensive. Just such a car costs a thousand taels of silver!"

hiss!
The surrounding workers gasped.

This car is ugly, slow, and poorly loaded. I really don't know where the manufacturer got the courage to charge such a price.

"Hey, no one will buy it."

"That is, which boss will buy this thing if his brain is flooded."

There were more and more people watching the excitement around, but the research institute ignored it and continued to test.

"It seems that the lubricating effect is still not enough. This pig suet is not good. We need to find a new kind of grease, and the precision of the gears is not enough. The bite force is too poor, and the wear is serious."

After some inspection, more and more problems.

Finally, their main focus is the word 'stability'!
"The front is light and the rear is heavy. Adding a counterweight is useless. As long as the road surface is uneven and the car overturns, and the counterweight is balanced, then the car is meaningless, and it cannot carry people at all."

"How about this, go back to the academy to brainstorm."

Not long after, the vehicle was dragged back to the academy by a carriage, and the crowd of spectators dispersed.

In fact, Qin Mu had taught them the stabilization device long ago, and no one had discovered this thing at all.

After many days of modification, coupled with continuous testing.

Finally, I found a way that is cheap and stable.

"Water suspension!"

New devices were produced quickly, but were slightly larger.

Therefore, in the end, the three-wheeled vehicle was also changed, and it became a four-wheeled vehicle directly, which was manufactured according to the structure of the carriage, but the height was reduced.

Not to mention, once the water suspension was added, it immediately became much more stable.

In terms of cooperation with simple shock absorbers, etc., it can be used on the road.

The next day the college announced that the college would hold 40.00% of the shares, the military would hold 30.00% of the shares, and the rest would be held by the central government. A company named 'Lingzhou Locomotive Manufacturing Factory' would be established.

The newspaper news has been sent out, which immediately attracted the attention of all entrepreneurs.

Many people are still worrying about which industry to choose, and some even have chosen an industry and are waiting for financing and loans.

Now, most people have changed their minds!
The appearance of locomotives will definitely eliminate horse-drawn carriages in the future, and rumors spread that Lingzhou Institute of Technology is researching an 'electric technology'.

It's not clear exactly, but this technology could solve power replacement.

The eyes of all businessmen and rich people immediately focused on this company. Since they couldn't buy shares, they chose to drink some soup.

A large number of people purchase basic parts production technology from polytechnic institutes, and purchase technology authorization through patent management institutions.

A large number of factories have begun to be established, and the future of locomotives is limitless!

It wasn't until a month later that everyone realized that the traffic was about to change again!

Large-scale public transport vehicles, military tricycles, and large transport vehicles all have basic experimental models.

The carriage dealers felt desperate, and many of the richer ones began to change careers.

Copycat companies also sprouted from here.
Qin Mu also felt very speechless, there are so many industries you don't want to go to the cottage, but choose the most difficult one!

The manufacture of a power car is not so easy. Thousands of parts require high enough precision and various high-end technologies.

Of course, these are the high-end technology collections of the current era.

However, he also discovered a problem.

These so-called car factories are very smart. They don't do research and development by themselves at all, but assemble them.

Buy them from parts wholesalers in various places, then get them assembled in your own car factory, and sell them in large quantities to commercial firms.

The profit is extremely high. A car was originally priced at 1000 taels of silver, which is 2000 yuan for banknotes issued by Lingzhou Bank.

After all the hype, it was directly promoted to tens of thousands of cars!

The people complained that they couldn't afford it, and many even started to complain to the government, saying that there was malicious competition.

The government was very helpless and could only find the Wangfu to deal with it.

The final result was puzzling, and the palace issued a rule that day.

'All assembly plants can sell OEMs on their own, but they must explain the source of vehicle parts and complete guarantee services. At the same time, all government-supervised manufacturers, technology authorization, patent technology protection, innovative technology subsidies, and job creation'.

This is not over yet, another decree was promulgated that day, the "Traffic Law"!
It appeared in people's field of vision for the first time, and I felt very novel.

After reading it, the hearts of people who buy cars are cold!
To drive a car, you need to obtain the approval of the transportation department and take the license test. Then you need to file for the record when you buy a car, and purchase various insurances at the same time. If something goes wrong, you must bear relevant legal responsibilities.

Even if this is the case, rich businessmen want to save face, so they will naturally snap up them.

Those who have no money to watch the fun, but the people in the manufacturing plant fell in love with the big trucks for transporting goods. They only need to add water and coal to run, and they don't tire, which is much cheaper than horses.

Once, sales exploded!
But the problem also came one after another
It was already dusk in the palace, and almost everyone was off work.

Qin Mu was also planning to talk to Zhuge Liang about government reform, but was approached by the Turkic Governor Nai He.

He knelt on the ground with a sad face.

"Your Majesty, you can't go on like this, that locomotive has seriously threatened the horse sales of the Turks and Khitans!"

That's right, because of the soaring sales of locomotives, horses are gradually being abandoned.

After the merger of Khitan and Turks, they relied on animal husbandry and agriculture, and the most profitable thing besides minerals was horses.

Now, this cake was trampled to pieces, how could he bear it.

"Oh, you have to look forward."

"My lord, I really can't stand the pressure anymore. Countless people have appealed to ban the sale of locomotives within their jurisdiction. Many people have even sold their assets to set up locomotive factories. It's a mess!"

Qin Mu shook his head with a smile, and looked at Zhuge Kongming beside him.

"About this matter, Prime Minister, what do you think?"

"I think this is a good thing. The emergence of new things naturally has its advantages, but the troubles of the governor are in the final analysis tax and money. How about developing new industries?"

(End of this chapter)