Xiao Tian pointed at the chairs they were sitting on and introduced them,""This is called a reclining chair. If the carriage is moving fast, you can sit like this. If the carriage is moving slowly and the road conditions are good, you can pull this railing and the back of the chair will lower. You can change from sitting to lying down."
Then, the carriage ran a few rounds around the courtyard. The people outside did not feel anything, but Empress Zhangsun and Consort Yang Shu, who were sitting in the carriage, immediately fell in love with this kind of carriage. It was simply too comfortable to sit on, and there was almost no obvious jolt.
After getting off the carriage, Gao Yang and the other girls took turns to experience the new carriage. Empress Zhangsun asked Xiao Tian,"Although this carriage is novel, do you want to earn hundreds of thousands of strings with this carriage? This was definitely impossible! If money was so easy to earn, there would be no poor people in the world.”
Consort Yang Shu also nodded. Unlike Empress Zhangsun, Consort Yang Shu's eyes were filled with worry.
Xiao Tian smiled and said,"Next is the main point." First of all, I think that the traffic in Chang 'an is not good. Chang' an is the face of the Tang Empire, so we should put in more effort to govern it. Among them, the most important thing was to divide the road into roadways and sidewalks. The road was in the middle, and the sidewalks were on both sides. The vehicles could only walk on the road, and the people could only walk on the sidewalks. In this way, many accidents could be reduced.”
Empress Zhangsun thought for a moment and said,""Your suggestion is not bad. I think His Majesty will accept it. There were more and more people in Chang 'an. A few days ago, a four-year-old child was hit by a horse. But what does this have to do with your carriage?”
" We have to start from what you just said about the child being hit by the carriage. Through my observation over the past few days, there are at least hundreds of carriages in Chang 'an. The shape of the carriages is almost the same. It is difficult to distinguish them from the descriptions of pedestrians. If the car owner drove away after hitting someone, it would definitely be troublesome to arrest him. In that case, why don't we give each carriage a number? The number was written on the back of the carriage. This way, even if the coachman drove away, the pedestrians could identify who had added the carriage by the number on the back of the carriage. At that time, they could directly ask the capital governor to find them.”
"This is a good idea. After I return, I will immediately tell His Majesty!”"But this has nothing to do with selling carriages, right?" Empress Zhangsun said.”
Xiao Tian shook his head speechlessly and could only continue to patiently explain to Empress Zhangsun,""Our four-wheeled carriage naturally cannot be used by just anyone. This is a product of the Imperial Family, so only those who have contributed to the Great Tang and the Imperial Family can use it and be given a number plate! Needless to say, the Princes and Dukes had all contributed greatly to the Great Tang. As long as they paid five hundred taels of silver, they would be able to build a carriage that was tailored to them to show off their status. Lord Marquis and Uncle were just a little lacking, but they had made many contributions to the Great Tang, so they were still worth five hundred taels. However, they could only use carriages that suited their status. Those who went further down contributed less and less to the Great Tang. As for merchants? They are all vampires, two thousand taels!"
"Impossible. You're selling it at such a high price. No one will buy it!”Xiao Tian could fool others, but not her. What cost price of 500 taels? All the materials added up were less than sixty taels!
"Is it expensive?" Xiao Tian thought about it seriously and said,""Now that you mention it, it seems a little expensive. Then double the price!”
"Xiao Tian, are you crazy? Isn't that a thousand taels?"
"That's right, it's a thousand taels. What we want is expensive. If it's really cheap, many people won't be happy!”Xiao Tian promised Empress Zhangsun,"Don't worry. If I can't earn 100,000 strings within three months, I'll pay for it myself!"”
"Alright, I don't need you to pay me back. I just need you to write ten, no, twenty pieces of words for me.”Empress Zhangsun said.
"No problem."
After Xiao Tian readily agreed, the next day, Empress Zhangsun transferred over a hundred carpenters and blacksmiths from the Ministry of Works to build this carriage.
With the effort of over a hundred people and their previous experience, five four-wheeled carriages were built in just three days.
After the five carriages were completed, Xiao Tian was not in a hurry to sell them. Instead, he gave them away.
They were Zhangsun Wuji, Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin, Li Xiaogong, and Qin Shubao. The reason why he gave them to these five people had nothing to do with their status. It was just that Xiao Tian felt that these people were the ones he was most familiar with!
The few families had gotten a new carriage. The family heads were all high officials in the court, so they naturally wouldn't take a carriage to heart. If Xiao Tian hadn't used Empress Zhangsun's name, the few families might not even have accepted the carriage.
However, the young people of the few families felt that this carriage was very novel, and they all drove it out for a walk.
It was the first time that the people of Chang 'an had seen such a four-wheeled carriage. Moreover, the carriage was very tall, so they couldn't help but discuss it.
Every time someone discussed the carriage, a know-it-all would appear at the right time to tell them the benefits of the carriage, as well as the conditions and price to buy it.
The commoners who could not afford such a carriage naturally did not need to be mentioned, and those who could afford a four-wheeled carriage would naturally not be easily persuaded to use such a high price to buy a carriage that only looked good.
However, two days later, a piece of news gradually spread in Chang 'an.
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