She is a manufacturer and a supplier, but she is also a seller. The market is driven by demand, and demand is the basis of the market. Once the market demand for her goods is low and the supply of the fourth-name merchant exceeds demand, it will be difficult for her to sell it.
But she has thought about the journey of trucks. First of all, their local supply exceeds demand. After making these fifteen trucks, she will know the follow-up response.
Speaking of trucks, transportation vehicles in ancient times were all carried, shouldered, carried, and pried. However, with the development of production, social progress, and product transactions increasing, there was a demand for transportation tools, so today's creation Land transport vehicles such as rolling logs, wheels and axles were invented.
Zheng Quchi flipped through books such as "Kao Gong Ji", "Gongshu Tiangong", and "Drawing Classics Craftsman" in her hands, and realized her current works by understanding today's scientific and technological works.
These books were all borrowed from her and were not sold on the market at all. They were basic knowledge that craftsmen were familiar with and business books for craftsmen.
After taking some time to read them, she gained a relevant understanding of the professional level, ideas, and overall techniques of the folk craftsmen.
But the books above only recorded the simplest things (for her), and there were no real core technologies at all.
For example, in the first volume, there is no summary of technical difficulties and problems from logging and preparing materials, starting construction, breaking ground and leveling the foundation, erecting the foundation, drawing the house pattern, etc.
The result of this is that they can only proceed step by step, and it is difficult to make breakthroughs and innovations in creation through this book.
Of course, practice makes perfect. As long as time accumulates and skills are repeatedly tempered, people can also be inspired to create and innovate.
But this is undoubtedly a long distance. It obviously only needs some advice from experienced people to save a novice from spending ten years of effort, but everyone will just do it behind closed doors.
Even if they accept apprentices to teach a major, many people are worried that teaching the apprentices will starve the master to death, and they have to grind slowly.
This is the lack of education, and it is also the protection of the patented knowledge that everyone has acquired in this world.
Because it is very difficult to acquire knowledge in this era, let alone something that has never been innovated by anyone before. Precisely because the acquisition process is too difficult and the process is too hard, no one is willing to sacrifice their own interests in vain to contribute. give others.
This is Zheng Quchi’s understanding of the psychology of all craftsmen after working as a craftsman in Fu County for so long.
Even sometimes when she contributes a little professional knowledge, they will be very surprised and grateful. They either think she is a selfless person or think she is a weirdo because they can't do it.
But social progress is not something she can achieve alone, but is achieved by the entire society. For example, right now, she does not have the conditions to manufacture engines, electric vehicles, etc. (mainly because she has no money), but if others do, she can go Purchasing some spare parts for the overall transformation of the transport vehicle will greatly reduce time and energy, right?
If she had to develop and organize everything, she wouldn't be able to do it even if she had to work alone.
"How about I publish a book too?"
She looked at the books in her hands, and her heart began to stir.
The purpose of publishing a book is, first of all, to spread knowledge, and incidentally... it is also to obtain substantial benefits.
When she was borrowing books, she heard Shi Heneng and others saying that there were many bookshops appearing in Qiuci and Xize Kingdoms.
The so-called bookstore is equivalent to today's book publishing company and bookstore. For countries like Kucha, a major overseas trade country, and Xize, an ancient country with a long cultural history, basically a street is dedicated to book shops.
There are book sellers called merchants, and there are also book buyers who travel from door to door. There are regular book markets, and there are book trucks and book boats for transportation. In short, the promotion of culture and knowledge is very developed.
When Shi Hetong, Mu Gaoyi and others said this, they regretted that they did not have the opportunity to visit these two countries and successfully buy some useful professional books.
"Why didn't you go?" She didn't quite understand.
The two of them said helplessly: "With the current situation in Ye country, we
You are not welcome in any country you go to, so why bother to provoke the eyes of others? "
Zheng Quchi: "..." Before, she only thought that craftsmen from Ye State were treated like this outside. So are all Ye people so unpopular in foreign countries?
Of course, publishing a book is a matter of course, but the main task now is to free up her freight truck.
Her cargo van transformation is roughly divided into two parts.
One is power, and the other is carrying capacity.
Piggyback transport is by far the most widespread form of transportation.
There are unicycles, two-wheeled vehicles, human power, and animal power. This kind of unicycle is very popular in some rural towns because it is more labor-saving than two-wheeled vehicles. You must know that not everyone can afford a cow or a horse. A type of animal-drawn cart.
She had seen it in "Tiangong Kaiwu": In the north, people push wheelbarrows behind them, while donkeys drag them in front of them; in the south, wheelbarrows are pushed only by the strength of one person.
The unicycle has more advantages on rough roads. This is actually the use of Newton's law and the law of inertia. The lower the center of gravity, the less effort. The unicycle and the center of gravity are at one point, so the force is not dispersed and concentrated. Coupled with the law of inertia, walking uphill on rugged mountain roads, This wheelbarrow is easy to push up.
The only disadvantage of the unicycle is that it is easy to roll over, but if two pillars are added in front of the unicycle, it can be ensured that it does not roll over when it stops.
If she wanted to benefit the people, she had to start with people doing heavy work, so Zheng Quchi first designed her unicycle on paper.
"This vehicle can be used by Fu County Construction's construction teams and farmers to move goods. Since its structure is relatively simple, it can also be mass-produced."
Later, she designed a heavy car.
If a unicycle is about being able to lift a thousand pounds with one stroke, then a gravity bike has a particularly strong load-bearing capacity.
She now plans to combine the two into one.
It is light and easy to travel, can carry heavy objects, and is suitable for long-distance transportation... She settled on a tricycle.
Her tricycle is called "Black Bear". Its "hands and legs" are flexible and strong, and its "performance" is fierce.
It uses a power-assisted mechanism with a flywheel mechanism inside. In terms of operation, it uses a gear mechanism and a crank-link mechanism. When the animal is dragged, the crank-link mechanism inside drives the flywheel through the gear. After the flywheel runs, And because of the inertia of the flywheel, the vehicle body moves forward to assist, which can reduce the pressure on the animal power.
The body of a traditional two-wheeled carriage and the horse are connected by a "couple". The length of the "couple" determines the turning radius of the carriage, which is not suitable for walking on narrow mountain roads, while a three-wheeled carriage has a gap between the front wheels and the rear carriage. There is a "steering gear" in the middle, which is suitable for turning on narrow mountain roads. .z.
Also, this car can be used for multiple purposes. Its carriage can be removed and the frame is placed on the fork to turn it into a unicycle. It can be disassembled and combined into a unicycle and a two-wheeled vehicle according to the conditions of the driving road... …
Zheng Quchi borrowed some of the excellent wooden instruments she knew and added her own ideas and concepts. After another long night and several large cups of wolfberry and red dates, Zheng Quchi finally drew the first draft of "Black Bear" .
When the sky was slightly bright, she lay on the table and fell asleep at some point, but was suddenly awakened again. Looking at it, the sunlight outside the window reached the center of the tent. It was clearly noon.
She saw the already cold breakfast lying next to the table, blinked her eyes, took a cornmeal bun and took a bite.
Just as he stretched, he heard someone outside the tent report: "Madam, Mei Ruoling has come to see me, will she be allowed in?"
"Aunt Mei?" She stood up immediately with the steamed bun in her mouth, her eyes shining, she quickly finished the bite and swallowed it, and walked out quickly: "She found someone so quickly? How fast."
Zheng Quchi wiped the corner of his mouth, opened the curtain, and saw Aunt Mei standing in front of the tent with a cold temperament, followed by a young man with an elegant temperament.
The camp was all guarded by sergeants, especially around the main army tent. They were stationed with cold faces. An invisible pressure formed an inviolable barrier.
Mei Ruoling met Zheng Quchi. Although there was no distinction between them in private, it was different here.
Zheng Quchi represents Yu Wensheng and is also the face of Changxunpo Yingzhai.
"Mei Ruoling has met the general's wife."
Mei Ruoling greeted him respectfully.
The young man beside her also saluted: "Zhang Qinan has met the general's wife."
Zheng Quchi stepped forward and helped Mei Ruoling up: "No need to be polite, just come in with me."
After entering the main tent, there were not many eyes around them. Zheng Quchi looked at the person named "Zhang Qinan" and asked curiously: "Aunt Mei, he is..."
Aunt Mei raised her chin and said proudly, "Yes, he is Zhang Qinan."
Uh-huh, Zheng Quchi waited for a long time, thinking that Aunt Mei would introduce a few more words to the other party, but... "No?"
Mei Ruoling was stunned when she heard her question and looked at her confused look: "You don't know Zhang Qinan?"
She felt baffled: "...He is famous?"
"You really don't know him? Even if you haven't heard of this name, you don't even know the surname Zhang? Then you are really ignorant." Mei Ruoleng shook his head.
Zheng (uninformed) Qi Chi smiled apologetically at Zhang Qinan on the other end, then pulled Aunt Mei aside and whispered: "Aunt Mei, I don't want to lose face, I am inexperienced, please tell me quickly Tell me, who is he and what are his abilities?"
Mei Ruoling asked her, "You've always heard of Nan Zhang Bei Wei, right?"
Sorry, her bottom line of "ignorance" is far beyond Aunt Mei's imagination: "...No."
At this time, Mei Ruoling was completely speechless.
"Forget it, let me tell you directly. In Ye State, businessmen named Zhang occupy half of the territory in the south. Most of the business in Ye State is supported by them. They are the bulk of the tax revenue of our Ye State, while in the north Half of them are military attaches with the surname Wei, and most of the generals in the court are either surnamed Wei or are related to people with the surname Wei."
Zheng Quchi's eyes widened, he was really enlightened.
She hurriedly asked: "It turns out that Zhang's people are so powerful. As expected, Aunt Mei just didn't take action. As soon as she took action, she introduced me to such a powerful person. I don't know which store he is currently employed in. He is a graduate." without?"
Isn't it a coincidence? She is so short of business management talents in marketing, and he happens to be a professional in this field. She decided that if the conditions were right, she would hire him with a high salary to be her "strategist"!
"You are just a fool. You usually look so smart. No, you look quite stupid at ordinary times. You can only be relied upon at critical moments." Mei Ruo nodded her forehead and sighed silently.
Why is she so "idiotic"?
Zheng Quchi felt that she was very wronged. She rubbed her forehead: "What do you mean?"
Mei Ruoling glared at her: "Zhang Qinan, the eldest son of the direct line of the Zhang family, started doing business with his father at the age of thirteen. Now ten years later, I don't know the orders he has taken and the high-value deals he has negotiated. A long time ago, I have been on my own for a long time, and now I am the true Young Master of the Zhang Family Trading Company."
Zheng Quchi's eyes widened after hearing this.
Zhang's young master's family? !
She took a deep breath and quickly patted her frightened little heart: "Aunt Mei, I just want to find someone who knows business to run errands and apply for articles of association. As soon as you come, bring me a bottle of God. I will , I'm a little flattered now... Please let me calm down first."
"Go out." Mei Ruoling said with a smile.
"I wonder if you two have reached an agreement?"
Behind them, a refreshing voice sounded like a spring breeze.
Zheng Quchi turned around and saw Zhang Qinan's smiling business face again. I hadn't noticed it before, but now that I looked at him, he looked so different, shining like a gold mine.
"Zhang... Shaodong's family?" Zheng Quchi greeted him with a smile again.
Zhang Qinan responded with a bow: "The general's wife is too polite, just call me by your name."
"He admires you very much. He took the initiative to invite you here to see you this time. You..." Mei Ruoling glared at Zheng Quchi who forced a friendly smile, and whispered in her ear: " Don't show your timidity
, you have to conquer him, show some momentum and posture! "
When Zheng Quchi heard this, he immediately stopped smiling, puffed up his chest, and said with angry eyes, "Zhang Qinan!"
Zhang Qinan was shocked: "..."
Mei Ruoling: "..." What a conspicuous bag!
As soon as Zheng Quchi saw that Aunt Mei's teachings were really effective, he opened his mouth again, but was quickly interrupted by Mei Ruoling the next second: "Zhang Shaodong's family already knows that Madam is the designer of the Panlong Carriage, so this time Zhang Shaodong's family will I begged the peasant woman to bring him to meet with my wife, saying that we have something to discuss."
Zheng Quchi's words were choked in his throat.
She wasn't really stupid. After hearing Aunt Mei's words, she realized that Aunt Mei was hinting to her that if Zhang Qinan came to see her with a request or a purpose, she might as well turn her back. It would be better to stay put. Don't let him see through what you think of him.
She then looked at Zhang Qinan coldly: "You want to see me?"
Zhang Qinan's smile was slightly stagnant. He figured out from the bottom of his heart that this general's wife seemed honest and kind, but in fact her temperament was unstable and her expression was terrifying. She might be the same person as the "Living Yama" Yu Wensheng, so he still needed to deal with it carefully. .
