Chapter 758 The Influence of the Market

Over there, Fiona had just given instructions on purchasing medicinal herbs. Over here, the first batch of buses had been delivered in the blink of an eye, and the location of motor vehicle lanes and traffic lights had been reserved in the urban planning long ago. Linton has saved a lot of time in urban traffic transformation. After installing signal lights and isolation fences, buses can already be on the road.

The emergence of buses will completely change the way people travel in the Illus Empire. Of course, such a huge change cannot wait until the buses are completely produced. This is a step-by-step process. It may take a lot of people to be familiar with traffic laws and regulations. time.

The first batch of 400 buses, 200 for Ellington and 200 for Yalinks. Although the transportation transformation of Yalinx has not been completely completed, it has allowed people to adapt to life with buses in advance. .

Although Nicole Peters lives in Arinks, he is a businessman from Ronitant. Of course, his identity is not only a businessman, he is also a spy of Ronitant, collecting goods for King Oscar. Alexis' information.

As one of the outsiders, his business in Yalinks was oppressed by the Business Alliance, but after the Business Alliance was suppressed to death by Tang En, his spring came. The business is getting more and more prosperous, and sometimes the person who makes money even forgets his real job.

The main means of livelihood that he used to conceal his identity was a carriage and horse shop, which produced carriages and promoted Ronitant's extremely cost-effective and cheap horses. This bundled sales method allowed him to earn a lot of money. It will allow him to return to the country and live the life of a top noble.

The Harley-Davidson motorcycle that Datang Chamber of Commerce suddenly put on the market a while ago aroused Nicole's vigilance. The performance of that lightweight and compact single-person vehicle is very superior. It is much more powerful than riding a horse, and its efficiency is completely different.

The only good thing is that this Harley-Davidson can carry at most one passenger in addition to riding it, and it can't pull cargo, so horse-drawn carriages are still the first choice for businessmen.

Even so, Nicol also bought a Harley motorcycle out of curiosity - he is a two-star member of the Datang Chamber of Commerce.

After a day of simple practice, Nicole was already able to ride a Harley motorcycle very skillfully.

The convenience of Harley-Davidson motorcycles almost completely conquered Nicole.

He couldn't help but sigh - fortunately this Harley-Davidson motorcycle can only carry one person. If it could carry a few more people, I'm afraid the carriage would be completely unsaleable.

Not long after transmitting the information to His Majesty Oscar, he heard new news these days.

"The introduction of traffic law? Temporary urban bus route plan? Is this related to urban transportation upgrades?"

Sitting on the balcony, Nicole looked down at the Datang Daily in her hand, and then looked up at the clanking construction team not far away, her eyes twitching.

Ever since they announced that they would carry out traffic improvements a while ago, the construction team has not been quiet. They have been busy all day long. Nicole could not believe that this was the street closest to the aristocratic district.

If those people hadn't made the road smooth and spacious after the construction, I'm afraid the protest alone would have reached the palace.

But the loud noise was not the real reason that made Nicole irritable. What he cared about at the moment was what the newspaper said was city buses.

On one side of the text, a beautiful picture of a bus is very eye-catching. The shape full of elf art style can attract everyone's attention.

"City buses... follow fixed routes...wait at the stop...you only need to pay a few copper coins to reach every corner of the city quickly and easily...each bus can carry sixty people..."

Nicole stared at the newspaper and read it subconsciously. He didn't react at first, but after a moment, his expression suddenly changed.

Each bus can carry sixty people! ?

Damn it, even the largest eight-horse carriage can only carry a dozen people, and not everyone is capable of driving it!

This damn city bus can carry sixty people! ?

What a joke!

Totally impossible!

If it were used to transport soldiers, wouldn't it be invincible? ?

But - this is a product of Datang Chamber of Commerce!

Since the birth of Datang Chamber of Commerce, there has never been a time when the promises made have not been fulfilled!

This means that city buses are likely to really replace horse-drawn carriages and become people's means of transportation!

At this time, an employee ran into the room in a panic: "Oh no! Chairman! Something bad is happening!"

Nicole's face was filled with impatience: "Why panic? Tell me what's going on!"

The employee stammered: "Customer, customer, customer wants, wants to return..."

Nicole's face changed drastically: "What did you say!?"

"Customers who have placed orders before... suddenly want to cancel their orders!"

The employee's voice became fluent: "Not just one or two, but many people came together and asked to cancel the order!"

"This is impossible!"

Nicole was furious: "They have already arranged production after they placed the order and paid the deposit. If they suddenly return the product, we will lose all our money!"

"But they have already blocked the front store," the employee swallowed. "There are also some people who come to return goods. They said that if they don't return goods, they threaten to destroy our store."

"They dare! There is a guard post next to it. Go call the guard immediately!"

After Nicole finished speaking, she hurried down to appease the customers.

"Bodi, my friend, your carriage will be made tomorrow. I swear in the name of Peters, you will fall in love with that carriage. It is newer and more beautiful, and it runs faster than the old models." More stable!”

Bo Di said with a frustrated look: "Nicole, it's too late to say anything now. Haven't you seen the Datang Daily? It's over, it's all over, and I have no business left."

Damn city buses!

Nicole remained calm and said to the other person with a smile on her face: "Lind, we have been cooperating for a long time, haven't we? You should trust the quality of my carriage. Why do you want to cancel the order?"

Linde works as a merchant and has more opportunities to haul goods. It should have nothing to do with city buses, right?

"Nicole, no need to say more, just cancel the order."

Linde said with a smile: "I don't need a carriage anymore."

"But how do you transport goods between those villages and towns..."

"Don't you know yet?"

Linde looked at Nicole in surprise.

"what do you know?"

"Intercity buses."

After finishing speaking, Linde slapped his forehead: "Look at me, I forgot that this news hasn't been made public yet..."

The group of people around him suddenly became quiet after hearing this, and all stared at him.

"Linde, we are old friends, aren't we? You don't want to share any news with us? Isn't it really embarrassing?"

Being stared at eagerly by a group of people, Linde smiled proudly and said, "Since everyone wants to know so much, I will share it with you."

"I have a friend at Ellington—"

"We don't care what your friend does! We want to hear the news!"

Linde said helplessly: "Okay, that's it. The traffic transformation is to pave the way for city buses. City buses are a large-scale multi-person public transportation vehicle launched by the Datang Chamber of Commerce. You should have learned about this from Datang City. The daily newspapers knew about it, but you didn’t know that city buses are actually the foundation for another bigger plan.”

"After the city buses are officially put into operation at the end of the month, urban passenger transport centers will be built around major cities. The urban passenger transport centers will connect other surrounding cities. Intercity buses will depart from the passenger transport centers and pass through the surrounding cities along the way. Villages and towns, arriving at the passenger transportation center of another city.”

"It is said that this plan is called the one-day transportation network plan."

"I heard from my friend that since the passenger flow will be relatively small in the early stage, the goods allowed to be carried by each person will be appropriately relaxed. This means that I can completely use intercity buses to replace horse-drawn carriages in the early stage. .”

"Perhaps you don't know how fast the bus is? Let me tell you, the bus is four to five times faster than a horse-drawn carriage at full speed!"

"You think, now that we have such convenient transportation, why should I order a carriage?"

"But," Nicole still wanted to try to win back the situation for herself, "you don't know how much the bus charges for carrying goods, do you? What if the price is very expensive?"

"No, on the contrary, I know how it is charged."

Lin De smiled proudly: "According to the new weight standards promulgated by the empire, carrying items not exceeding 20 kilograms are free. If it exceeds 20 kilograms and is less than 50 kilograms, you can purchase a ticket at the adult rate. This This means that for every fifty kilograms of goods, I only need to issue one ticket based on my standard, which is much more cost-effective than a horse-drawn carriage!"

"The ticket price is the important thing! We don't even know how much the ticket price is!"

"Don't worry, since His Majesty Tang En has decided to promote this, and it passes through villages and towns, the price of this intercity bus will definitely not be too expensive. At least ordinary residents in those villages and towns can afford it, otherwise who would take it? "

Lin De spread his hands and said: "I heard from friends that buses are just the first step in advance. After people get used to buses and traffic laws, the Datang Chamber of Commerce will launch new personal transportation vehicles. Not only will the number of passengers on them be more than There are many Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and there are many types of motorcycles to choose from, and by that time, I’m afraid your horse-drawn carriage business will really be out of business.”

When Nicole heard this, she couldn't help but feel chilled and her whole body felt chilly.

At first, he laughed at the new king named Tang En, who foolishly suppressed the domestic aristocratic forces and opened up market competition, allowing them, the Ronitante merchants, to make a lot of money. But only now did he realize that the most ruthless This is the new king.

Others went bankrupt due to failure in business competition, but he, on the other hand, quietly destroyed the entire market!

It was foreseeable that with the advent of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and city buses, the market for horse-drawn carriages would shrink rapidly, and Ronitant's cheap horse business would also be greatly affected.

Obviously, His Majesty Oscar will not like to hear this news.