It seems that the Fucha family really regards this rickshaw business as an eyeball, and all the connections they can mobilize have been exhausted!
The one hundred sample parts specially approved by the head of state began to be assembled as soon as they arrived in the capital. Now there are more than fifty vehicles ready to run on the streets!
The men of the Fucha family went in and out of various yamen, and even Fuqing's connections went to the little emperor. With the special approval of many forces, the Shuntian Mansion even specially numbered these rickshaws!
Empress Dowager Ci'an of the East felt sorry for her sweetheart, so she directly gave the franchise of the Qing Dynasty's rickshaw shop to Fu Qing!
At this moment, Zai Chun was relying on Westernizers like Fu Qing, and there was no way he could get in the way. He only wanted to help add firewood. Not only did he allow Fu Qing's franchise, he even ordered sixty passes to the Forbidden City!
In other words, as long as the Qing Dynasty exists, there will be sixty rickshaws that can freely enter Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate!
However, they were not allowed to enter the three main halls. They could only wait in the empty space outside the Nanxun Hall of the Xihua Gate and the Luan Yi Guard inside the Donghua Gate, all under the supervision of the Forbidden City guards!
These sixty rickshaws are specially prepared for officials who do not want to ride in sedan chairs!
In the capital city, not all officials are fat and big-eared. Many officials live a very miserable life in Qingshui Yamen, and they even have to pay their rent in arrears!
For example, the scholars in the Hanlin Academy, some Bingbi Zhangjing in the Military Aircraft Department, and even some guards from ordinary families cannot afford to raise sedans, let alone horses!
These people usually walk on two legs, or there are some live caravans outside the Meridian Gate specially for the use of these poor officials!
Now that rickshaws have entered the Forbidden City, they are cheap, good quality and fast. These officials have become a die-hard user group!
Even some royal aristocrats would try to take a ride in this rickshaw just to try something new. Isn't this a natural advertisement?
As the saying goes, if something is good from above, then everyone must follow it! The emperor's preferences will affect the officials, and the officials' preferences will affect the people. When the middle class in society accepts this new thing, then the people will naturally follow suit!
There is still no problem with the high-level connections of the Fucha family. These things are handled so smoothly!
After straightening out the top management, it would still take some time for the people below to accept it. In order to let more people accept this new thing, Fuqing simply assembled fifty newly assembled rickshaws into several teams and inserted propaganda. The flag was running back and forth in the capital!
Rickshaw drivers are so easy to find. Nowadays, floods and droughts do not change every year, and there are more refugees everywhere. Even in the villages of the Fucha family, there are many idle people who can't live a good life!
Moreover, wars and famines caused many refugees to flock to the capital. The Fucha family was kind-hearted and raised many refugees in Zhuangzi outside the city!
It is so easy to select some young men who are in good health and can run from among these people. Pulling a rickshaw does not require any skills, and you can run with a little proficiency in half a day!
As soon as these fifty Shenxing Taibao rickshaws appeared on the streets of the capital, the whole capital was in a sensation!
Life in ancient times was actually very boring, and the people's spiritual life was very empty. Just watch those operas. Many of them have been sung for hundreds of years, but the people still don't get tired of listening to them!
It’s not that the ancient people were very conservative, it’s just that there weren’t many new things coming out in those days, so they could only stick to the traditional things!
If something new and interesting comes out, in fact, people in ancient times also gossiped, were curious, and followed to see the excitement!
Strange to say, it was precisely because there were so many rickshaws with dioramas that attracted the attention of the people that the atmosphere of terror caused by the factory slaves in the capital was diluted a lot!
No, right in front of Simpson and Liu Peiqi, the people in the entire commercial street of Nancheng were in a stir. Adults rushed forward, children ran all over the floor, and their noses started to fly with laughter and shouts as they chased the rickshaw!
"Shenxing Taibao... Shenxing Taibao... Ring the bell, ring the bell..." The children chased to hear the bell ring.
The driver at the head of the car smiled innocently, reached out and patted the bell on the handlebar. The clear metal clanging sound of the bell was met with excited screams from the children!
Simpson finally figured it out through the introduction by Liu Peiqi and the guys next to him. He repeatedly exclaimed, "Oh God! What a genius business idea, what a great invention!"
"Just by introducing some new Western technologies and new parts, a new industry can appear out of thin air, and it seems that the Fucha family will definitely make a fortune!"
"This is a monopoly!"
"Ouch... Mr. Simpson, don't tell me your compliments. This Fucha family is the natal family of Mrs. Fucha you are about to interview!"
"This business is half as good as that of the head of state's wife!"
"Oh! So that's it, they are the same family! No wonder, no wonder, I said that the whole business promotion model has a Western flavor, so it makes sense!"
"By the way, I'm very surprised. Why hasn't anyone come to take the bus for a long time? Is a dime for two miles expensive?"
The guys on the side are really nice. They are not afraid when they see foreign devils. On the contrary, they are a little bit crazy. "I don’t know, foreigners. What do they call this... what kind of hunger marketing! It’s still a term passed down from the Chinese!"
"They just run on empty and do no work... These coachmen's daily wages are paid by their bosses! What they want is this spectacular and sensational energy!"
"First, whet the appetite of the people and publicize the price... It's only a dime for two miles. It's expensive even if it's not expensive, but it's cheap even if it's not expensive!"
"For an official, the price is the same as hiring a sedan, but a little more expensive than an ox cart... This is understandable, after all, it can run faster than an ox cart!"
"So being an official can still accept it. It's cheaper than raising a sedan chair and bearers at home, isn't it! As for the common people, that doesn't matter!"
"I asked the driver who pulled the job, and he said that ten cents for these two miles is the guide price, and it can be negotiated when the actual job is being done!"
"Can fat people and thin people have the same price? Sunny days and rainy days can't have the same price! So when the time comes, people will still be able to ride a car at a slightly cheaper price!"
"Besides, the price of rice in the capital has never been expensive nowadays, and the people can still have enough to eat. You can earn one or two silver dollars by doing some odd jobs when you go out. I still don't care about the small amount of money you have to pay for a car ride!"
"The ones who really can't afford to spend are the farmers in the countryside who are digging in the soil. They really have no money! But what to do? Who told them to have no skills? Anyone with some skills can live well in the city... "
"I have also figured it out. I have been practicing talking in the capital for a few years and learning how to do business... When I leave the profession, I will also go to the Chinese special zone. I can make more money as a boy there than as the second shopkeeper in the capital. There are so many!”
"The world is like this! People have to adapt to changes and cannot stick to old rules. Do you think this is... a foreigner?"
This little guy was still a talker, and Simpson laughed when he said it, but at this moment Liu Peiqi suddenly pointed in front and shouted with a look of horror, "Ouch! How did they get into trouble with that overlord?"
