When Chen Xu came back this time, he found that there was an automatic newspaper vending machine on the street.

A Daqin Metropolis Daily priced at ten yuan, and this kind of vending machine can only invest ten yuan in Bagua Tongbao.

Each newspaper in the machine is rolled into a scroll. As long as the coins placed at the coin port are of the same size and weight, a gear mechanism will be triggered. A newspaper will fall into a slot. Then the coin puts the handle on the front of the vending machine and the newspaper will fall out.

The internal structure of this machine is not complicated, and the principle is very simple, but it is very thoughtful and creative. This is a craftsman who researched and produced it based on the concept of a vending machine proposed by Chen Xu. There are still some flaws at present. For example, every time, newspapers must be rolled one by one and tied with hemp rope and put them in. Each vending machine can only hold about thirty copies at most, and sometimes it will swallow money and cannot produce newspapers. In order to ensure the safety of newspapers and coins, these coin-operated machines can only be placed in newspaper booths or at the doors of some shops to look for someone to take care of.

But even with so many defects, this novel automatic coin-operated newspaper machine has aroused the interest of a large number of people in Xianyang. A large number of people who buy newspapers will try it curiously. As many people try it, it will naturally break quickly. Therefore, the repair of these machines also caused a headache for the Academy of Sciences that developed this newspaper vending machine. They could only arrange special personnel to inspect and repair it at several sales points every day. Of course, given the success and convenience of this machine, the R&D team is also constantly researching and improving it.

What Chen Xu saw when he came back was already the third generation of products.

According to the rules of the Academy of Sciences, once this machine is improved successfully, it can apply for patents. If the market prospects are relatively good, it can apply for a factory to be built and put into production in large quantities, so that all members of the R&D team can hold shares and make a fortune.

Under this kind of patent and equity stimulation, the Academy of Sciences is now very enthusiastic about R&D.

And the Academy of Sciences is now starting to make no money.

Since the construction of bicycle factories and tricycle factories in Kaichun began to start production one after another, the bicycle orders they received have been arranged two years later. Tricycles were said to be even more popular. When the first batch of tricycles were launched, they were demoed and promoted in Cuju Commercial Plaza, and they heard that the people who were scrambling to buy almost broke the head. In the end, Liu Bang sent hundreds of security guards to suppress the crowd.

Since the tricycle was launched, it has heard that the orders have become even more terrifying. There are more than 800 orders in Xianyang City alone. One of the goods merchants from Luoyang ordered 200 at one time and were ready to be transported to Luoyang for sale. In addition, there are also gentry farmers near Xianyang who are not short of money. This tricycle that can transport goods, carry people quickly and does not use cattle, horses and livestock. It is extremely convenient and practical, and it is so popular that it explodes.

Given that the market demand for tricycles is much greater than the production capacity of factories, Zhang Cang convened a group of supervisors of the Academy of Sciences to discuss and research, and then transferred backbone craftsmen from the Academy of Sciences iron smelting plant, foundry, bearing factory, gear factory, etc., and then transferred more than 100 graduate students from the Academy of Technology to arrange to go to Daliang and Handan to establish the second and third permanent tricycle factory respectively. After several months of preparation, production and assembly have begun one after another.

These things started before Chen Xu returned to the capital. After he came back, Hu Hai's rebellion case occurred one after another. Chen Xu was seriously injured again. These things were delayed again and again. It was not until Ziying's wedding that the supervisors of various departments went to the Grand Tutor's Mansion to report to Chen Xu one after another.

Chen Xu naturally praised Zhang Cang's arrangements and encouraged the Academy of Sciences to train more craftsmen, accelerate the industrial layout in different counties and counties across the country, and promote the original basic industries such as simple steelmaking, ironmaking and cement boiling in various places to high-end manufacturing industries, so as to quickly improve the industrial manufacturing level of Daqin.

In order to achieve this goal, Chen Xu planned to set up a professional technical school in the Academy of Sciences to recruit teenagers with flexible and down-to-earth and hard-working minds to conduct a year of simple cultural knowledge and technical learning. After passing the internship for six to one year in each factory, he sent him to the whole country to form more factories, and also provide repair and after-sales services for the popularization of these industrial machinery in the future.

If the bicycle and tricycle bearing chains and other industrial machinery equipment are damaged, if there is no basic skills, it is probably not repaired properly. In the future, setting up stalls and repairing cars will inevitably be an indispensable profession in cities and towns.

Only those who have experienced the kind of messy things such as tires being tamped, chains being broken, brake failure, etc. can understand the desolation and helplessness of being called "dirty every day" on the road.

In addition to the tricycle that was so hot that it exploded, bicycles were also popular.

A load-carrying truck with cross beams can transport two or three stones of goods at a time as long as it is properly tied, which is similar to a cattle and horse. Even if it does not bring goods, it can still carry people. This kind of car is almost the first choice for civilian families. Having this kind of car is more cost-effective than raising a donkey and a cow.

The other type is a light bicycle, which is designed to be used to carry goods and people. The ones sold the most are the ones, most of which are purchased by newspapers, science, arts and royal nobles.

Eight months have passed since the first bicycle was successfully developed and now. Bicycles can be seen everywhere on the streets and alleys of Xianyang and the streets of towns outside the city, especially inside and outside Xianyang City. Every day, a group of wind-chasing boys can be seen racing on the streets.

Horse riding is no longer popular, and riding a bicycle is the trend-making expert in the new era.

Every dandy with status must have a bicycle of his own.

Meng Yun, the old playboys who had returned from joining the army for two years, were all depressed after riding horses in Xianyang for a few days. The Indian chief horses that made them most proud and bombarded, and the colorful Jinyu have become the target of ridicule of the playboys in the new era. So they all had to admit dejectedly that they were old and had become outdated uncles in the eyes of those boys and girls who were chasing the wind on the streets. The vitality and excitement of the Cuju competition seven or eight years ago has become increasingly outdated with the passage of time and is increasingly unable to keep up with the development of the times.

"Haha, this feels out of date!"

Chen Xu looked at the group of old playboys wearing armor, steel knives, and a bunch of black beards on his chin. He had a bit of handsome and mighty atmosphere. He smiled happily.

"Don't laugh at my sister-in-law. Really, when I came back this time, I found that we were really old, out of date, and couldn't keep up with the times. At the first glance, I almost got scared to the point of seeing the bicycle!"

Meng Yun is still unparalleled in handsomeness, but he is no longer the charming white face of a woman, with much darker skin and beard. With two years of military career, he has become much more mature and steady. He wears the combined armor and is even more heroic and has a mature manly temperament.

However, temperament is due to temperament, it is a big blow to their group of playboys when they come back this time.

"What are bicycles? You play with gliders. The times are developing, and your vision must be higher and farther. Even if you play, you must play high-end, atmospheric and high-end, right? Bicycles can only be toys for women and children. In the future, we will play gliders, airships, steam engines, iron-winged birds, and steel giant ships. Do you still remember the hot air balloons we studied back then? Now that you have time and leisure, you are all back. I decided to re-establish a project to develop hot air balloons and even airships. Don't waste your gliders. I invested millions and it's time to make money. My father-in-law has already thought about it and my ears are almost calloused..."

Chen Xu's words naturally aroused the vitality and enthusiasm of a group of old playboys, and decided to participate in Chen Xu's vast and beautiful science fiction blueprint. So he continued to ride their Indian chief horses and patrol the streets with his armor and knife. When he was free, he would take a large group of soldiers to perform glider flights outside the city. Slowly, they began to attract a large group of enthusiastic boys and girls to chase and cheer. One day at the end of November, the first glider club named Lan Xiang was born among the people of Xianyang. They purchased a venue outside the north of the city to build a runway, and opened glider training to the people of Xianyang.

If you are a real man, just play with a glider.

This is a promotional advertisement for the Blue Glider Club.

As many beautiful little ladies on the streets distribute a large number of exquisite promotional advertisements and gifts, Lan Xiang has become a topic of relish for the people of Xianyang in just a few days, vaguely covering the most coquettish and trendy bicycles in the past six months.
Chapter completed!