Chapter 342: The prettiest cubs in the whole of Beijing
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Shi Qingluo could understand why they couldn’t wait any longer.
After all, it was rare for guys not to be interested in a bicycle.
A bicycle was also a vehicle.
When she first rode a bicycle back then, she also quite liked it.
“If you guys are confident that the bicycle making process won’t be revealed, go ahead and find more craftsmen to make it.!!
“In that case, all of your bicycles can be made together in the next few days.”
The reason why this bicycle took more than ten days was mainly because it was the first one.
It had to be modified many times before it was finalized.
With prior experience to build the next one, the craftsmen would be able to speed up.
Liang Youxiao said, “We agreed before that I will be opening a mechanics workshop, so I’ll find more reliable craftsmen to learn this.”
This bicycle was more useful than he had previously thought.
As long as a family was not that short on cash, they would most likely want to buy one.
Especially if they did not have a horse carriage or ox-cart at home, it was too convenient to commute with this.
Unless the horse carriage ran fast, a bicycle would be faster than a horse carriage, let alone an ox-cart.
Shi Qingluo did not have any objections. “Alright, go look for it.”
Liang Youxiao had made a deal with her.
This time, it would be the same as before.
He would give her a monthly payout.
Xi Rui reached out and put his hand on Liang Youxiao’s shoulder. “Old Liang, I will also invest in your mechanics workshop.”
The word “invest” came from Shi Qingluo.
It meant putting money in or taking out a formula to get a monthly payout.
He felt that this bicycle would definitely be a hot seller, and the initial supply would fall short.
Although he had recently obtained a lot of money and good things from his grandmother and mother, his cousins at home were extremely sour behind his back and complained a lot.
Even his two biological sisters-in-law had some complaints.
He wasn’t happy either, so he wanted to earn some silver to save himself some trouble.
Xi Rong also said, “Yes, yes, I want to buy a share too.”
Fei Yuzhe and Qi Yiyang also said hurriedly, “We want to buy a share too.”
Among them, only Liang Youxiao, Shi Qingluo, and Xi Rong were not short of money.
They were all poor.
Liang Youxiao rolled his eyes. “You guys are targeting me!
“What are you guys going to buy a share for? I’ve already set up the stall in the early stages, and all of you are too lazy to do anything. In the end, I still have to manage everything myself.”
Xi Rui thought for a moment and said, “We have rubber in our hands!
“What can you do with the rubber your family gives you? It’s not enough. I can take my share from home and give it to you to build a bicycle.
“My uncle’s family is a big family in Jiangnan. If we sell our bicycles to Jiangnan, my uncle’s family can help us.”
Hearing this, Liang Youxiao was moved.
After all, there was definitely not enough rubber in the beginning.
Just the amount he could get from his family was probably a drop in the ocean.
“Alright, then we’ll do as you say. You’ll get all the rubber you can get for me to build bicycles.
“Each of you will provide a few other places that can expand the bicycle business. When my family opens a branch, I’ll give each of you a share.
“You don’t have to worry about it. I will take full responsibility and give you a share every month.”
He could not afford such a big market and profit.
When the people at home saw that the business was booming, they would definitely be jealous.
There were also other big families outside.
What if they wanted to steal the business?
He naturally could not contend with them alone.
If he let the public administrative house help him, he would definitely be forced to give out the shares to his relatives.
He was not willing.
He can’t stand talking about business and money with his family the most.
Since that was the case, he might as well agree to Xi Rui and the others taking the shares.
After all, these people all had big backgrounds.
They worked together on this mechanics workshop.
Apart from the emperor, they wondered who would dare to move against them.
Whoever took a move would have their claws cut off.
When Xi Rui and the others heard Liang Youxiao’s agreement, they also showed a satisfied smile. “Old Liang, that’s right.
“We won’t take our dividends for free. We’ll make sure that no one else dares to touch this mechanics workshop.”
In big aristocratic families, as long as they were not that kind of useless dandies, it was really stupid not to be a good-for-nothing.
Xi Rui and the others naturally knew the reason for Liang Youxiao’s agreement.
It had something to do with their family background.
This was also the condition for them to chip in with their shares.
They were already on good terms with each other, and now they had directly boarded this ship.
As for Qi Yiyang, he had just been thick-skinned recently and followed them onto the boat.
He was very excited in his heart.
In the future, he would no longer have to be restricted by his family when it came to money.
Moreover, when they saw that their car dealership was so popular, his relatives staying in other houses in the manors would probably die of envy and jealousy.
Previously, they had even deliberately ridiculed him that he was becoming more and more useless to actually follow Xi Rui and the other good-for-nothings.
After that, he took a good look at how those people changed their impression of him.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt good.
He wanted nothing more than to immediately start his mechanics workshop.
Only when Xiao Hanzheng returned from the town office, the few of them reluctantly looked at the bicycles again and again before leaving.
Who knew how many times they looked at it before leaving.
They even insisted that they would come back tomorrow to ride it.
Xiao Hanzheng had a lot of things to do at the Imperial Academy, so he had to reach the town office on time.
Qi Yiyang was in charge of a more leisurely job, so he could occasionally take a break in the afternoon.
The main thing was that he was the young master of a public administration house, so his superior also turned a blind eye to him.
After dinner, Shi Qingluo pushed the bicycle out.
“Old Xiao, try it. After they finish building their bikes and taking them away, I’ll get one for you to ride to the yamen.”
Xiao Hanzheng was naturally interested in the bicycle. “Okay!”
Thus, after Shi Qingluo demonstrated once, he got the hang of it.
He learned faster than Xi Rui.
This made Shi Qingluo sigh again.
A big shot was indeed a big shot.
Xiao Hanzheng stopped after a few laps and pointed behind him. “Can I put someone behind me?”
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, “Smart!
“In the future, when you go out and don’t sit in a carriage, you can take me with you on the bike.”
In the future, she would also be a girl who was laughing on a bicycle…
Xiao Hanzheng nodded with a smile. “Okay!”
The two of them rode the bicycle for a while.
They only returned to the courtyard when it was almost dark.
In the next few days, Xi Rui and the others came to the Xiao residence to ride the bicycle every day.
Liang Youxiao sent over a dozen craftsmen over. Shi Qingluo arranged for them to be in charge of manufacturing and processing individual parts.
Finally, the first batch of craftsmen at the Xiao residence would assemble it.
The first batch of craftsmen were those from the various manors who had signed a death contract.
Their family members were also working in various manors, so it was not easy to bribe and betray them.
Those who were invited later on only signed a contract, so they could not be allowed to participate in the entire process for the time being.
After a few days, the bicycles for Xi Rui and the others were all ready.
The few of them could not wait any longer.
They changed their clothes and rode on the streets together to show off.
Xi Rong also liked to show off, so she rode on one as well.
Shi Qingluo did not go.
She was married, so she did not like to show off.
Sure enough, when Xi Rui and the others rode on their bikes, it was a beautiful scene on the street.
Everywhere they passed, everyone would look at them in surprise and curiosity.
The passers-by even asked each other, “What is this?”
Sure enough, they were the prettiest cubs in the city today.