Chapter 283

The development of bicycle is much smoother than expected.

What bothered Donne most before was the production technology of tires and bearings. However, one of these two technical problems was solved long ago, and the other was successfully solved by the technical team led by Nokia.

The bearing processing technology has long been applied in dwarf engineering. Ball bearings have been widely used in their previously restored semi-finished steam battle tanks. The production technology has been available, but the processing technology is not high.

The problem of processing technology has also been successfully solved with the addition of Donne. The original millimeter level processing technology has been instantly improved to the micron level, and the precision has been improved by nearly a thousand times, which has increased the service life and efficiency of the bearing many times.

The tire production process has also been successfully completed by the witty dwarfs. These little guys who love to study are always full of extremely positive attitudes towards new technologies and new things. I'm afraid they are at least big cattle with the title of academicians on the earth.

Of course, the appearance of tires is not just for bicycles. The first benefit is Ellington's carriage. After they saw the stability and speed of the carriage in the Lord's house after refitting the tires, the door of Datang Engineering Research Institute was crowded with people who asked to refit the carriage the next day.

The refitted carriage did not disappoint them, whether it was shock-absorbing spring or rubber cushion, or new bearings and tires. After these things were installed, the carriage was like a new look and completely changed.

The original stiff trembling became soft and gentle. Even the pothole gravel road was comfortable. I don't know how many times. What excited them most was running on the asphalt road, and the speed was at least 50% higher than before! Due to the improvement of bearing technology, the friction and resistance become smaller, and the consumption of horses becomes smaller. Therefore, the transportation speed and distance per unit time have been greatly improved, and the forage consumed by horses has been greatly reduced!

It means that the cost of refitting the carriage can be recovered after several transportation, and the rest is to enjoy various benefits brought by the new technology.

Under this stimulus, Ellington has a trend of chasing new technology.

A few days later, bicycles began to appear in the streets of Ellington.

The first batch of bicycles were not sold, but directly digested internally. They were allocated to personnel who needed to run back and forth to convey messages and transport light objects - of course, it was not easy to teach them to ride bicycles.

It's OK for adults to say that they have a strong sense of autonomy. With a little training, they can quickly master the secrets, but children

"Woo - big brother, don't let go -"

Elia clung to the car handle and begged Donne not to let go.

"Trust me, I've been holding on behind you. Just ride."

Donne constantly encourages Elia to use the same set of bicycles that parents on earth use to teach bicycles

"I, I know... I'll try..."

Fiona, who was riding by not far away, saw this scene with a complex face.

If I had known this, I might as well pretend to be stupid

After the first bike went offline, Donne tried it, and then Fiona wanted to try it. Donne laughed at her that she couldn't. as a result, Fiona was angry, learned to ride in minutes, and proudly showed off to Elsa and Tina.

Now after seeing Donne teach Elia to ride a bike, Fiona finds herself a complete fool.

Win face and lose life

The emergence of bicycles has greatly ignited the enthusiasm of Ellington residents. It is the first time for them to see this purely mechanical transportation tool - what? carriage? Sorry, the carriage also needs to be pulled by horses

Just two wheels, chains and pedals, after ingenious combination, can move forward at a very fast speed, and can master the direction by themselves. It's not too convenient to travel in a short distance!

Especially when the tire is moving forward on the asphalt road, it's so smooth and comfortable that you can control it yourself. It's really cool!

Therefore, after the second batch of bicycles went offline, there was a rush to buy them in Ellington immediately.

The price of a bicycle is only ten gold coins.

what? Too expensive!?

Then you must be a slacker!

Even in Hogg's period, ten gold coins were just three months' savings, not to mention the drastic reforms since Lord Donne took office, which have greatly increased everyone's income. Now you can earn several gold coins every month. If you work harder, you can plant some cash crops for Lord Donne, Or go to some part-time jobs and have a monthly income of more than ten gold coins!

Isn't it worth using a month's income to buy something developed by a lord that even those nobles in the imperial capital don't have?

It's worth it!

In the three months since Donne took office, the income of Ellington residents has doubled or tripled in three months, but after the sharp increase in income, the residents have no corresponding consumption mode, making it impossible for the Lord's house to recover gold coins, which has been criticized by Fiona. It was not until the introduction of comics and xiaoshuo a few days ago that a small part of gold coins were successfully recovered.

Then now, the appearance of bicycles finally gave them a chance to spend money freely, so the salary just paid by Donne splashed back to the Treasury of the Lord's house, and Fiona smiled again.

Fiona, such a financial fan, made Donne shake his head and even talk to her: "Don't care too much about gold coins and wealth. Frankly speaking, we are the ruling class, and the economy is the tool in our hands. The real purpose is to use wealth to stimulate residents to produce and create. The increase of income brings them a rich life is an illusion. What really makes them rich is the increase of productivity after active work."

"I understand everything, but I just like watching the number of gold coins increase."

Fiona's face said "you can fire me if you're unhappy", and her eyes clearly felt that Donne was lying with his eyes open - who doesn't love gold coins in the world?

As soon as Tang en patted his forehead, it was too early to tell a former aristocrat, who was also a businessman.

He can't tell Fiona that because productivity determines production relations, and economic foundation determines superstructure, the contradiction between productivity and production relations, and the contradiction between economic foundation and superstructure must be solved, because his ultimate goal is to prepare all the people for chaos, so he makes money in order to better drive the economic situation to develop in the direction he expects …

Of course she won't listen. After all, she is a woman. She only listens to what she wants to hear - even if Fiona is the smarter one, she is also a woman.

I'm afraid in her eyes, the ultimate goal of making money should be to enjoy the life of local tyrants. Oh, no, she knows she is a mage... So in her eyes, making money is to build a mage tower?

Donne couldn't help sighing. Was he so ambitious in her eyes?

——Anyway, we need to build a Babel Tower?

When the economy is active to a certain extent, the emergence of new things always takes a trend. For example, this trend is led by the small newspaper sellers of Datang daily.

With the gradual expansion of the influence of Datang daily, the income of Ellington residents has increased day by day. Half a month after its birth, Datang Daily has opened a subscription service and delivered newspapers to the door every day. What it needs to pay every month is only an additional ten silver coins - although it is a little expensive, some people have begun to enjoy the life of paying for services.

It used to be newspaper sellers who ran door-to-door in the morning, but the situation has changed since the emergence of bicycles.

"Jingling bell ~"

A crisp bell sounded, followed by a "click", and a new Datang daily was put into the mailbox at the door. When the owner heard the sound went out, the newspaper seller had gone away by bike.

After breakfast, people who need to go to work push their bicycles out.

"I'm going to work. Jingling ~"

After saying hello, I met with other workers on the road and rode my bike to the factory area where I worked. It has become a new daily life for many people in just a few days.

If other earth walkers come to Ellington at this time, I'm afraid they will think they have crossed to the modern. There's no way. Except for the clothing and architectural style, Ellington is too similar to the modern urban style.

Whether it's a clean and tidy street layout, a flat asphalt highway, or street lamps erected on both sides of the street - it's worth mentioning that these street lamps are crystal balls of constant lighting, not electric lamps.

On the one hand, don can't get the filament material. He doesn't know how to refine tungsten. He only knows that bamboo charcoal can be used - but it's obviously not easy to use. Instead of trying so hard to climb earth technology, he might as well directly and happily solve the problem with magic and simple violence.

Constant lighting is the solution he found temporarily, because Ellington is still small, and the number of street lamps is barely acceptable. If he continues to expand, he must find a new way to solve the lighting problem - he can't squat in the warehouse all the time to give constant lighting to street lamps. Maybe the fluorescent grass of the elves is a good solution, the Environmental Protection Festival Can

If the previous things have only imperceptibly affected the lives of Ellington residents, the emergence of bicycles has directly changed their lives. The change of travel mode has led to the acceleration of information transmission, the indirect improvement of work efficiency and the acceleration of life rhythm.

Ellington residents who have lived in depression for a long time, after holding back for so many years, the depressed energy finally broke out in the month of celebration in 849 through the birth of bicycle.

This explosive force shocked all the spies who had recently come to Ellington to inquire about the news.