I want to be emperor

Although bicycles have long appeared in the Dachu Empire, early bicycles basically had no practical value and were at most a toy.

By the time it really matured, the Dachu Empire had already entered the electrification stage, and the internal combustion engine had also been developed... To a certain extent, by the time bicycles in the Dachu Empire had evolved to the stage where they could be used on a large scale, these cars had already been produced. Already...

In addition, the horse-drawn carriages and public transportation systems in the Chu Empire were well-developed. At the same time, people in the middle and upper classes cared about dignity and were unwilling to sweat on a bicycle in the summer or be exposed to wind and rain in the winter. This meant that bicycles could only be used as bicycles. It has become a means of transportation for the middle and lower classes, especially in rural areas... But this thing was quite expensive in the early days. It usually cost tens of Chu Yuan per car. It was only in recent years that it cost more than 20 Chu Yuan. degree.

But when the price of bicycles came down, the cars began to be mass-produced on a large scale with the support of the imperial official policy...

Therefore, in the Dachu Empire, the development of bicycles feels untimely...

In addition, the scale of the industrial chain driven by this thing is much smaller than that of cars.

Not talking about the number of parts, just talking about the selling price, you can tell... One is a small industrial product that costs twenty or thirty yuan, and the other is a large industrial consumer product that costs hundreds or even thousands of yuan. What these two can drive The economic output value of the two countries is very different.

Of course, this is only from a macro perspective. In fact, the Dachu Empire's bicycle production is still rising year by year. In the future, it will be easy to produce tens of millions of bicycles per year, and it will also become the economic pillar of some regions.

The bicycle industry in Hanyang Prefecture is doing very well, producing more than half of the country's annual output and contributing a lot of local employment and tax revenue.

Therefore, although many industries are ordinary, they are not as high as the textile industry and the automobile industry... but they are still very important, especially for some regions, which may only rely on such an industry to make a living.

As the technology continues to mature and the scale of mass production becomes larger and larger, the price of bicycles has gradually dropped. Some ordinary low-end bicycles can be bought for only ten yuan, and ordinary people can buy them with a little savings. Got it.

In Songjiang, Jiao Tiancheng, who was still on vacation, took the time to buy a Hanfu brand bicycle. The price was not expensive, only sixteen yuan, which was less than his monthly salary.

He had been working for a few months and bought this bicycle in the first month after saving money to pay off the loan of tens of dollars he had taken to learn to drive.

It's not that he likes to follow trends... but it's more convenient.

Because the place where he works is the Sun Mansion... and because of the special nature of his work, he needs to be on call at all times, so he also lives in a side building in the Sun Mansion that is reserved for servants... This is actually a kind of work benefit. The salary includes free food and accommodation. This alone can save Jiao Tiancheng several dollars every month.

But the Sun Mansion is a serious suburban manor. The owners here either go out by car or private carriage, and it is also far from the city... This kind of place is for the owners of the manor here. That is, the environment is very good, and the road network is good, so traveling is very convenient...

But for people like Jiao Tiancheng who work here, traveling is honestly very inconvenient, especially if they want to go to the city.

In the past, when he went to and from the city, he had to walk for half an hour, then arrive at the public carriage station, and then take a long ride on the public carriage to arrive... After arriving in the city, he had to transfer to another public carriage.

Very inconvenient.

It is much more convenient after buying a bicycle. It is much more convenient to ride a bicycle to the towns near the manor or directly to the city.

Not just him, many staff working in this area actually bought bicycles for transportation.

Jiao Tiancheng came up with the idea of ​​buying a bicycle after seeing others riding bicycles.

He had just bought this bicycle, but he had learned it before when he was working. In addition, someone in the bicycle shop taught him how to ride it, so he quickly became proficient in riding the bicycle.

However, although he can ride now, he is still more careful. When encountering places with many people or cars, he will get off his bicycle and push the bicycle.

I left home early in the morning and it was already evening when I returned to Sun Mansion.

And when he came back pushing the bicycle, he also attracted the attention of other servants who also worked in the Sun Mansion... Before this, no other staff in the Sun Mansion had purchased a bicycle, although they had all seen it. I’ve even been exposed to it, but it’s still a bit new to me.

Several maids even came up to take a closer look at Momo. One maid, who was usually talkative and lively, even said on the spot that she wanted to try riding a bicycle, which attracted the attention of a group of people!

Although there are many bicycles these days, most of them are men, and there are very few women... This is just like how few women go out riding horses. On the one hand, it is inconvenient to wear skirts, and on the other hand, it is also traditional Influenced by some concepts, many people think this is unladylike.

But in these relatively private occasions, this young and lively maid didn't care about the looks. After all, they were all colleagues, and most of them were female colleagues, so she boldly tied up her skirt and rode directly on, learning from It's pretty fast, and it doesn't take a while to pedal away.

Watching his colleagues riding their bicycles in circles, Jiao Tiancheng looked at the female colleague Chen Linlin next to him. This woman was only eighteen or nineteen years old. She had a beautiful appearance and was wearing a light green skirt. This was the attire of an ordinary maid in the Sun Mansion. .

In Jiao Tiancheng's eyes, Chen Linlin looked at the female colleague on the bicycle with envy. She was shy, but she didn't dare to ride directly like this colleague.

Jiao Tiancheng also noticed it, and then took a step closer: "You can also try riding a bicycle."

Chen Linlin turned around and glanced at Jiao Tiancheng when she heard the sound, then lowered her head slightly and whispered: "No, I can't ride, and I'm also afraid of falling!"

Jiao Tiancheng also lowered his voice and said: "Cycling is very easy. I'll teach you and you won't fall!"

While speaking, he took a slight step closer to Chen Linlin, reducing the distance between them to less than half a meter.

Chen Linlin still looked hesitant.

Jiao Tiancheng naturally knew what she was worried about, and then said: "You will have your day off tomorrow, and I am still on vacation. Tomorrow we will go outside and find a place with no people to ride. We will learn it quickly."

Chen Linlin looked up at him at this time... Although she was shy but not stupid, she naturally knew the meaning behind Jiao Tiancheng's words.

Even she knew clearly that in recent times, Jiao Tiancheng likes to come near her and find topics to talk about whenever he has something to do...

It's just that she doesn't feel disgusted...otherwise, when Jiao Tiancheng approached her just now, she would have consciously moved a few steps to the side to keep her distance, and would not let him get closer than half a meter to her.

So Chen Lin looked up at Jiao Tiancheng...and stared for several seconds before lowering her head again, but did not speak!

Seeing her like this, Jiao Tiancheng continued: "Then let's make an agreement. We will set off tomorrow morning. We can go early and go shopping in the city. I heard that there is a new department store opened on Sixteenth Street. There are a lot of delicious and fun things!”

Chen Linlin still didn't speak, but nodded slightly... After nodding, she turned around and walked towards a female colleague next to her to speak.

When Jiao Tiancheng saw it, a smile appeared on his face!

When he first came to work in the Sun Mansion, he noticed Chen Linlin... This appearance suited him very much, and after a period of time, he gradually understood her character and how she dealt with people. She was a soft-spoken and soft-spoken person. , a relatively shy and introverted girl.

Regardless of her appearance or personality, she is quite to his liking. He can't help but get close to her during these times, and he doesn't have many thoughts. He just can't help but want to get close to her.

And Chen Linlin didn't show any rejection of him... So today when I saw that Chen Linlin was very interested in bicycles, but was too shy to try it, she boldly said the above words.

Chen Linlin's response made him feel relieved... Although no one said it clearly, they were not fools... Chen Linlin knew what Jiao Tiancheng wanted to do... She was just shy and introverted, but not mentally retarded.

Jiao Tiancheng also knew what Chen Linlin's performance meant.

There's something interesting about this!

That night, Jiao Tiancheng had trouble falling asleep... In the past twenty-two years of his life, to be honest, he had never pursued a girl, nor had he even had any real close contact with a girl other than his family.

Now that he wants to ask the girl he likes to go out with him, he is naturally a little nervous.

He fell asleep in a daze until midnight, and the next day he slept until the alarm clock rang and didn't wake up. As soon as the alarm clock rang, he immediately got up and started to wash up.

Then he put on his most decent cashmere business suit. He had ironed this suit in advance last night, and now it looks slim and slim on his body.

Speaking of this suit of clothes, it was a gift from his father before he came to Songjiang... This was also the second set of more formal clothes in his life. The first one was a silk Hanfu dress given by his parents when he graduated from junior high school. He wore Hanfu to the graduation ceremony.

After graduating from junior high school, he first found a job in his hometown, but it didn't go well, so he finally came to Songjiang to work hard.

Before coming to Songjiang, his father took him to a tailor shop and ordered this set of business attire made of cashmere fabric as his formal wear when he went out and looked for a job.

As for this set of clothes, he has always cherished them and worn them very rarely... On the one hand, it has a special meaning, and on the other hand, it is really expensive...

This set of tailor-made cashmere business attire costs thirty-four yuan for a complete set... It is very expensive and cannot be used as daily wear. Even daily cleaning must be very careful.

After putting on a business suit, leather shoes, and a soft gauze hat, Jiao Tiancheng went out.

First, he went to the small restaurant in the annex building to have breakfast... During this period, several colleagues saw him like this and curiously asked him what he was going to do today... Jiao Tiancheng smiled and responded that he was going to meet a friend today.

After breakfast, Jiao Tiancheng pushed his bicycle and left the Sun Manor, but did not go far and waited on the grass outside.

Yesterday evening, Chen Linlin asked him to go out and wait for her outside, while she went out a little later... so that they could go out together, and they were all dressed up beautifully. It was obvious at a glance that they were going on a date. Colleagues see it and gossip about it behind their back, which has a bad influence.

There are more than a dozen staff members in the Sun Mansion, and most of them are women. It is too annoying to gossip.

Jiao Tiancheng waited for more than half an hour and saw Chen Linlin walking slowly over from the small asphalt road...

At this sight, Jiao Tiancheng was stunned!

At this time, Chen Linlin was not wearing a uniform light green maid dress uniform as usual, but was wearing a pink and white underskirt with a gradient sky blue gauze shawl, and was holding a small light brown leather bag in her hand.

Her long hair is shawl, and there is a hairpin with an emerald gold wire pendant on her head.

The face is lightly painted with powder, and the lips are like peach blossoms...

This made Jiao Tiancheng dumbfounded... Although he had seen Chen Linlin almost every day before and knew that she was very beautiful... but to be honest, he had never seen her dressed up like this.

This look almost made him look stupid... He didn't react until Chen Linlin came up to him, and then he quickly took two steps forward while pushing the bicycle... As the two approached, Jiao Tiancheng also looked at Chen Linlin I can see it more clearly. Looking closer, Chen Linlin is even more beautiful!

This is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life...absolutely!

Chen Linlin naturally noticed his gaze... Her eyes almost popped out of her head, and she couldn't help but notice it.

But she wasn't annoyed. Instead, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly... This was the reason why she got up before six o'clock and started putting on makeup... She got up much earlier than Jiao Tiancheng.

No reason, just to put on this makeup that actually looks very light, and at first glance looks like no makeup!

If there is a female best friend here, she will definitely complain that this makeup is too difficult to apply... It took her more than two hours, and she didn't even have enough time to eat breakfast, so she could only eat a steamed bun before going out... After eating the buns, in order to maintain the appearance, I applied lip makeup for more than ten minutes!

In fact, when she was putting on makeup in the morning, she was murmuring in her mind whether she was going too far and seemed to be rushing to sacrifice herself... And although she didn't dislike Jiao Tiancheng, she couldn't really talk about it. Love at first sight.

After all, although both parties work in the same place, they actually don't communicate much on a daily basis... Even in a big city like Songjiang City, young men and women are relatively open-minded, but they still rarely take the liberty of going up and answering questions.

There was no love at first sight from the beginning, and there was not much actual contact later, so naturally there was no relationship.

Of course, there are also good feelings. Jiao Tian is growing up well, and he is a skilled driver with a respectable job. Even Sun Xu is actually quite polite to Jiao Tiancheng in daily life... It is not easy to find drivers who are skilled and know how to repair these days. They are so popular that bosses cannot treat them as ordinary servants, but as technicians.

If you dare to show off your face today, he will dare to change jobs tomorrow... There are a lot of bosses out there vying for it, and they might even get a salary increase, and your car will most likely sit there for a long time, because it's hard for you to find a suitable one in a short time. driver.

Jiao Tiancheng's income is also high, and her overall income is about three times the salary of her ordinary maid...

It can be seen from his daily conversation that he is an educated person.

All in all, she felt good about Jiao Tiancheng... and had a lot of good feelings for him.

That’s why I agreed to play together yesterday...

As for learning to ride a bicycle, everyone knows that’s just an excuse!

It's impossible for her to ride a bike in the outfit she's wearing today... She's beautifully dressed, her skirts are all made of silk, and the hem length is almost touching the floor... This outfit is a more formal female skirt, not for going Learn to ride a bicycle.

But now, seeing Jiao Tiancheng like this...suddenly she felt that the makeup she had worked so hard on, the clothes she had chosen, the hair she had painstakingly tied, the carefully matched handbags and hairpins were all in vain...

He likes it, and he likes it so much that he seems to be dumbfounded...

And the most important thing is that Chen Linlin didn't feel disgusted by his stupid look... If an ordinary man on the street looked at her like this, she would immediately turn cold and turn around and leave.

But now I don’t know why, but I don’t have any resentment, and I even feel a little happy!

So much so that she, who was usually shy, couldn't help but stretch out her hand and wave it in front of him, saying something she would never say on a normal day: "Idiot, have you seen enough?"

Jiao Tiancheng only reacted at this moment, showing a hint of embarrassment, and then said: "I'm sorry, I..."

I didn't say anything for a long time. Finally, Jiao Tiancheng lowered his head and whispered: "You are very beautiful today!"

Chen Linlin pursed her lips and smiled, then pointed to the sky: "It's getting late, let's go, it will be hot when the sun comes out!"

"Are you good at riding? Can you give me a ride?"

When she was talking, Chen Linlin didn't believe what she said... She didn't know what was going on. In front of this idiot, her previous shyness seemed to have disappeared. She had a lot to say, and she wasn't shy at all. , and even dared to turn against the guest...

Jiao Tiancheng said immediately: "Yes, I can ride a bicycle before, and I practiced for most of the day yesterday."

The reason why I practiced driving specifically was because I anticipated today's situation and prepared to ride with Chen Linlin...

Immediately, Chen Linlin sat sideways on the back seat of the bicycle. Jiao Tiancheng in front said: "Hold on, let's go!"

Jiao Tiancheng rode his bicycle forward slowly. In order to maintain balance, Chen Linlin involuntarily reached out and grabbed Jiao Tiancheng's clothes.

Under the sycamore tree, a black bicycle passed by slowly. The man in front stared at the bicycle, but his face was filled with a smile.

The long skirt of the girl in the back seat flew up in the wind, and she stretched out a hand in the air, as if feeling the oncoming majesty... She also had a smile on her face!

When the two young men on the roadside saw this scene, they couldn't help but look envious... One of them said sourly: "Who are they? They must be working nearby, that girl is tall. So handsome, why can’t I meet a girl like this? Is it because I don’t have a bicycle? How about I save up money to buy one?”

An older young man next to him said: "I know the man in front is Driver Sun from the Sun Mansion... I don't know the woman, but she should be from the Sun Mansion too!"

As he said that, he looked back at the young man: "As for you, don't dream. You may not be able to afford one even if you save for half a year, but driver Sun can buy one with half a month's salary... You are just a girl." You’re blind!”

The young man thought about his salary of only seven or eight yuan a month. He was almost at the bottom of Songjiang. He also had to pay rent and food. He couldn't save a few yuan a month. He might not be able to save enough money to afford it in half a year. After riding the bicycle for a while, he expressed sadness and anger: "In today's world, girls have become dissatisfied with the poor and love the rich... Bah!"

The companion next to him was not looking at him, but shook his head and looked at Jiao Tiancheng and Chen Linlin who were gradually moving away... There was envy in his eyes, and he also hoped that one day he could find a girl who would smile for him. !