"Young Master Zhou, you have to help me, Old Cheng."
"And me, and me~"
The two guys took Zhou Yu to a corner and before they could put him down, they pulled his arms and started begging.
Zhou Yu was originally still wondering what Li Er's obscene smile meant.
Being pulled by these two guys, I became even more confused.
He first struggled to break free from the two guys' pull, then asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What's going on with you? Have you provoked His Majesty Li...?"
"Provoking His Majesty?"
Cheng Yaojin was stunned when he heard this.
Before he could come to his senses, Yuchi Gong beside him shouted in a hoarse voice: "What do you mean by provoking His Majesty? We didn't provoke His Majesty?"
Zhou Yu: ...
"Didn't you provoke His Majesty?"
Zhou Yu's face was filled with suspicion, and he immediately became even more confused. "If you didn't provoke His Majesty, then why did His Majesty smile so obscenely... strangely? If you didn't provoke His Majesty, then why did you yell for my help right away?"
Hearing Zhou Yu's follow-up question, Cheng Yaojin, who was in a daze, finally came back to his senses.
He waved his large hands around randomly, like a palm-leaf fan, and then shook his head and said, "Hey, we're looking for your help because we want you to demonstrate how to ride a bicycle again."
"Yes, we want you to demonstrate how to ride a bicycle to those foreign envoys."
Yuchi Gong also followed suit, muttering at the end: "As for why His Majesty is looking at you and smiling, we don't know."
Zhou Yu: ???
"What the hell? Performing a bicycle ride for those foreign envoys? Do you think I'm a monkey trainer?"
When Zhou Yu heard the two guys' proposal, he immediately rolled his eyes.
No wonder Li Er smiled so obscenely just now. It turned out that he knew what these two guys were going to say in advance.
The reason why I showed Li Er the cycling performance was because of his titles such as General Tiance, Governor of Asia, and Tian Khan.
Let yourself perform for those barbarians?
Did you drink fake wine?
Are they worthy enough to perform on stage?
Don't think that they are all called envoys from foreign countries now. After Li Er has dealt with Japan, these guys will all have to submit to the Tang Dynasty.
By then, given their official positions, it is not certain whether they can see me.
Besides, even if we want to temporarily appease these guys, we must not be so weak.
What if these guys mistakenly think that the Tang Dynasty is afraid of them, and then when we send troops to Japan, they come to the border a few times. Even if the impact is not big, it will be disgusting, right?
Seeing Zhou Yu's expression, Cheng Yaojin understood what he was thinking and quickly waved his hand to explain, "Five thousand taels, that's a five thousand tael deal."
"That's right. An old one costs five thousand taels. If it were new, it would be double that."
Yuchi Gong was also counting on his fingers and nodding excitedly.
When Zhou Yu first heard Cheng Yaojin say five thousand taels, he didn't understand what it meant.
When he heard what Yuchi Gong said about new and old, he was stunned on the spot with a confused look on his face.
My goodness, these two guys want to sell the old bicycle to those foreign envoys for five thousand taels?
Black, really black~
Not only does he look dark, he has a dark heart as well, even darker than those guys who sell things to Shanghai people.
What is the concept of five thousand taels?
It was not certain whether ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty could save five taels of silver in a year!
As soon as these two guys opened their mouths, they asked for five thousand taels.
The most important thing is that they actually sold people used ones.
Tsk tsk, after all, he is a veteran who fought on the battlefield, his conscience doesn’t hurt at all!
If they cheat those foreigners like this, will they make them angry?
Don't let the Tang Dynasty be attacked from all sides just because of a broken bicycle, which would be a waste of time.
Just when he was about to shake his head to refuse, he suddenly remembered Li Er's obscene smile just now.
Judging from that guy's behavior, he clearly knew what these two were going to do.
But he knew it but did not stop it. Did he want to take the opportunity to test those foreign countries?
Yes, it seems that this is really possible.
Although the Tang Dynasty is now strong in military and military power, who can guarantee that those foreign countries do not have other intentions?
If we can detonate the hidden mines before invading Japan, we can nip the danger in the bud.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu, who was about to refuse, immediately confirmed again: "Does Your Majesty know about this matter?"
"I know, I know, we just discussed it."
This time, without waiting for Cheng Yaojin to speak, Big Black Yuchi Gong nodded without hesitation.
Cheng Yaojin was not angry even though this guy got there first.
He nodded in affirmation, then whispered in her ear, "Let's not let the young master work in vain. Let's split the profits 30-70."
As soon as the words fell, before Zhou Yu could even speak, Yuchi Gong next to him immediately refused to listen, "Old Cheng, this is your fault. We asked Young Master Zhou for help, so we should at least give him 40% of the blame."
"I'm talking about giving 70% to Mr. Zhou." Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes, looking at him as if he were a fool.
At this moment, he began to doubt whether it was a mistake to get so close to Yuchi Laohei.
Fortunately, with his brain, he has always been following me.
If he is asked to do anything on his own, he will definitely offend everyone.
Yayada Laohei didn't even think about where these bicycles came from.
If there was no Zhou Xiaolangjun, would you be able to ride a bicycle?
If there was no Zhou Xiaolangjun, would you have an old bicycle to sell?
If Mr. Zhou hadn't shown it to those foreign envoys, could you have sold this junk for five thousand taels?
Giving others 70% is for future business.
After all, there were only a few old bicycles, but the selling price of five thousand taels was proposed by the two of them.
If Mr. Zhou wants to do this business, can he leave me out?
Once the scale is reached, even if we only get 30% for each car, it will still be a huge sum of money.
Besides, how can a new bike be priced the same as those junk?
Even if the selling price doesn't double by then, it should be okay to increase it by 30%, right?
Even though it’s only 30%, there are still many foreign nobles!
I've got one for the king. Do other royal family members want to get one for fun?
Just like the Tang Dynasty today, if it weren't for Mr. Zhou's untimely supply, not to mention the princes and officials, even the wealthy merchants would have to find ways to get one.
Is this thing really more comfortable than a carriage or sedan chair?
Not necessarily.
Whether it's a carriage or a sedan chair, or even riding a horse, you don't have to exert any effort.
But when riding a bicycle, you have to pedal it yourself.
Then why do so many people want to get one even if they are willing to put in the effort?
This brings us to the issue of face.
A bicycle may not be a necessity, but face is!
We are all dukes. You have a bicycle and I don’t. Wouldn’t that make me lose face?
Bicycles are not only expensive, but also have many disadvantages?
This is not a problem, the key is to get one as soon as possible.
Compared with face, those shortcomings are not worth mentioning at all.
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