In the past two years, life has become more and more prosperous. Wang Ben and others have become accustomed to spending money like water, and they seem to have forgotten that their annual salary is only about one thousand gold.
In the past, let alone taking out 50,000 gold at once, even 5,000 gold would have been a struggle! It doesn’t even feel cheap!
"Five thousand gold!"
Several old guys guessed twice but failed to get it right, so Ying Feiyu simply said it directly.
"Five thousand gold? This steam tractor only sells for five thousand gold? No way?"
The veterans were really shocked.
Both use steam engines as power, so why does the steamship cost 1.5 million gold, while the steam tractor only costs 5,000 gold?
Isn't this too big of a difference? There is simply no comparison!
"You heard it right, the steam tractor only sells for five thousand gold!"
Ying Feiyu nodded firmly.
Tractors will be sold in large quantities in the future, and most of the buyers will be ordinary people, so as long as you make a little profit, you can't sell them for too high a price!
After the steam tractor was built, Huang Yuan calculated the cost in detail, which was about four thousand gold.
If there is a special production line, the cost will be slightly reduced after the craftsmen become proficient!
The price is five thousand gold, and you can earn one thousand gold per unit, which is not bad!
"Okay, I'll order one!"
"Me too!"
"I want it too! It's a pity that for such a cheap thing, I can only buy one...!"
After learning the price, everyone raised their hands again to report the price, fearing that they would not get their share.
"Humph! Only a hundred vehicles were produced in total. If you all bought them all at once, what would the people do?"
Ying Feiyu rolled his eyes.
These guys are very rich, even if they buy all these tractors, it will definitely not be a problem!
Just to prevent this situation from happening, he decided to limit purchases!
People who buy steam tractors must register their real names. If anyone is found to be making fake or repeated purchases, the government will punish them!
"Yes! Feiyu is right! The purpose of steam tractors is to help people with spring plowing. The number is too small now. It would be great if everyone can have one!"
Ying Zheng said in agreement.
As a result, everyone gave up the idea of buying more!
"Although His Highness the Prince's price has been set very low, it is still too expensive for ordinary people, especially those in remote areas!"
Feng Quji held up his hands and reported.
Nowadays, the people near Xianyang and along the railway line have become rich, but they still can't afford five thousand gold, let alone those in remote areas, where they can't afford so much money!
"Don't worry, Lord Feng. This prince has naturally thought of it too!"
"Oh? Your Highness, the Crown Prince, has even thought of this?"
Feng Quji was stunned.
I knew this kid was thoughtful, but I didn't expect him to be so thoughtful?
"Is there any solution?"
Ying Zheng also stared at Ying Feiyu with burning eyes.
Tractors were originally developed to facilitate people's farming. They are expensive and cannot cost a few cents each like paper.
If the people can't afford it, they can't let the court give it away for free, right?
As a result, even the richest court cannot afford it!
"Of course there is a solution...!"
Ying Feiyu opened his mouth and smiled slightly, and continued: "The imperial court bought it!"
"What?"
Ying Zheng and Zhang Han were shocked.
Good guy, you can get whatever you want. Just when you were thinking that the imperial court couldn't afford it, this guy just offered to let the imperial court buy it.
"What a bad idea are you kid? Our Daqin now has a population of at least 30 million. If every household has one tractor, the court will go bankrupt immediately! You kid can be very rich, or I can just give you the treasury! Or should I just give you the throne?"
Ying Zheng's anger suddenly rose, he scolded him, and then he was about to walk away.
Ying Feiyu leaned on the tractor calmly, fidgeting with his fingernails, and said leisurely: "Since my father doesn't want to make money, then forget it, just treat it as your master!"
"What? You have the nerve to say that you are making money by asking the imperial court to buy your scraps of metal? I think you want to deceive me because I still have enough money...!"
Ying Zheng was so angry that he said, "You talk about benefiting the country and the people. In my opinion, this tractor does benefit the people, but it is definitely not good for the country!"
At the beginning, we were counting on the popularization of tractors to achieve immigration.
Now that tractors have been produced, the imperial court has to buy them all. What a cheating brat!
No wonder Zhang Han and others wanted to ask about the price first. It turns out that this guy is used to cheating people!
This time, all the ideas were directed at his father!
"Although ordinary people have a surplus of food, they definitely don't have much money left. Apart from daily expenses, they don't have much money at all. Let alone five thousand gold, even fifty gold, there is not much that can be spent!"
Ying Feiyu has many businesses under his control, and all his contacts are ordinary people.
He knows how much money the people have now than the officials present!
"Now that you know the situation of the people, what else can you say about benefiting the country and the people? If you use all the money from the court to buy steam tractors, what will be used to pay salaries to officials? What will be used to build bridges and embankments? How to deal with floods and droughts? The arsenal doesn’t want money anymore?”
Ying Zheng's cheeks hurt from anger.
I just went out after losing a lot of money in the morning, and this guy actually tried to trick him in the afternoon!
"Father, you can't change your temper. If it continues like this for a long time, it will not be good for your health. I don't have the Yijin Marrow Cleansing Pill anymore...!"
Ying Feiyu said jokingly: "Before my son finished speaking, my father became furious and anxious. Even if Bian Que were alive, he couldn't save him!"
"Although people can't afford steam tractors, they can rent them!"
"The imperial court purchased steam tractors and distributed them to the governments of various counties and counties. A special department was established so that ordinary people who are interested can rent tractors for work!"
"Set a reasonable price based on the amount of land, and the people will submit the money, and then specialized personnel will come to plow the land. Not only is it convenient, but it can also make money for the court!"
"It's just that the return on capital will be a little slower, but in the end, it will definitely make money, and it will also solve the problem of farmland for the people! It will free up more labor force!"
Ying Feiyu simply expressed his thoughts.
Even in later generations, many people did not have tractors, so this method was used!
Establish a special cooperative and people can rent tractors to cultivate land at will!
"In addition, each tractor is equipped with a trailer. After spring plowing, it can replace cattle and horses to pull goods. During the autumn harvest, it can also load corn, potatoes, rice and other grains! These are all chargeable!"
"As long as it is properly maintained, a tractor can be used for twenty or thirty years. Even if it can no longer be used, it can still be used as scrap iron, sold to a steel mill, and remanufactured! Does your father still think this is a loss-making business?"
After saying that, Ying Feiyu raised his chin towards Ying Zheng.
"Um……?"
Hearing this, Ying Zheng and several important ministers' eyes suddenly lit up, "So, not only will this steam tractor not lose money, it is really a profitable business!"
"That's natural! Tractors are widely used and will most likely replace horse-drawn carriages in pulling goods in the future!"
Ying Feiyu nodded firmly.
"In this case, the imperial court wants this batch of steam tractors, haha!"
After understanding, Ying Zheng waved his hand and said immediately.
Only one hundred cars were produced in the first batch, which is calculated as five thousand gold per car, which is half a million gold!
This amount of money is just a drop in the bucket for the current court!
"Your Majesty, this is not possible! We have already ordered it!"
"Yes! Your Majesty, we spoke first. If we hadn't come out today in a hurry and didn't bring any money, we would have driven the tractor away now!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already said before, first come first served, we order first, you have to give each of us one car first, right...?"
As soon as they heard that His Majesty wanted to wrap up all the tractors, a few old guys immediately stopped working.
There are only a few tractors. If the court buys them all, what will happen to their land?
"Okay, okay, okay, for the sake of your loyalty, I will give you a few cars, and I will take the rest!"
Ying Zheng knew that he was being unreasonable, so he pretended to be very generous and agreed to let a few people buy it.
But it’s limited to a few people present, and don’t even think about it for others!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Obviously they were the first to place the order, but now the good guy has become His Majesty.
But there is no way, who is the boss? They can only hand it over and say thank you!
"Father, you can put all these tractors in Xianyang first, test the results, and then gradually put them into other counties when the output of tractors increases in the future!"
Ying Feiyu made suggestions.
After excluding a few old ones, there are only more than 90 tractors left. If they are evenly distributed, there will only be two tractors in each county, which is not enough.
It is better to concentrate them all in Xianyang and let the people experience the convenience of tractors first. When other counties and counties put them on the market, more people will come to rent them!
