She is the manufacturer, the supplier, but also the seller. The market is driven by demand, and demand is the foundation of the market. Once the market demand for her goods is low, and the supply from the four merchants exceeds the demand, it will be difficult for her to sell her goods.
But she had considered the truck route. First of all, the local supply was less than the demand. She would make these fifteen trucks first to test the waters and see how it would go.
Speaking of trucks, in ancient times, all transport vehicles were carried by hand, shoulder, back, or prying. However, with the development of production and social progress, the trade of products has continued to increase, which has created a demand for transportation vehicles. As a result, land transport vehicles with logs, wheels, and axles have been created.
As Zheng Quchi perused books such as "Kaogongji," "Gongshu Tiangong," and "Huitu Jingjiang," she learned about contemporary scientific and technological works in order to realize her current work.
These books were borrowed from Shi He and others; they were not available for sale on the market. They were basic knowledge books that craftsmen were familiar with and professional books used by craftsmen.
After spending some time reading through them, she gained a relevant understanding of the professional skills, ideas, and overall techniques of the folk craftsmen.
But the books on this only recorded the simplest things (for her), and the real core technology was completely absent.
For example, the first volume does not summarize the technical difficulties and problems from logging and material preparation, construction, groundbreaking, leveling, surveying and leveling, and drawing house plans.
As a result, they can only proceed step by step, and it is difficult for them to make breakthroughs and innovations through this book.
Of course, practice makes perfect. With the accumulation of time and repeated practice of skills, people can also gain inspiration and make innovations.
But this undoubtedly creates a huge time gap. A novice could save ten years of hard work with just some guidance from an experienced person, but everyone just works in isolation.
Even when taking on apprentices to teach a profession, many people worry that if they teach their apprentices, they will starve, so they have to grind them down slowly.
This reflects a lack of education, as well as a lack of protection for the patented knowledge that people in the world possess.
Because acquiring knowledge in this era is very difficult, let alone creating something that no one has ever done before, the process of acquiring knowledge is too difficult and too arduous, so no one is willing to sacrifice their own interests to give to others.
This is Zheng Quchi's understanding of the psychology of all craftsmen after working as a craftsman in Fuxian for so long.
Sometimes, even a small contribution of her expertise would amaze and impress them, leading them to either consider her a selfless person or a freak because they couldn't do it themselves.
However, societal progress cannot be achieved by her alone; it requires the collective efforts of the entire society. For example, she currently lacks the resources to manufacture engines, electric vehicles, etc. (mainly due to lack of funds). But if others were to do so, she could purchase some parts to modify the transport vehicles as a whole, which would greatly reduce time and effort.
If she were to develop and implement everything herself, she couldn't possibly do it even if she worked herself to the bone.
"Why don't I publish a book too?"
Looking at the books in her hands, she began to feel a surge of desire.
The primary purpose of publishing a book is, of course, to disseminate knowledge, and incidentally... also to obtain substantial profits.
When she borrowed the book, she heard Shi He and others say that many bookstores had appeared in the kingdoms of Kucha and Xize.
The term "bookshop" is equivalent to today's book publishing company and bookstore. In major trading nations like Kucha and ancient kingdoms with long-standing cultural histories, there was practically a whole street dedicated to bookstores.
The book sellers inside were called "sitting merchants," and there were also itinerant book lovers who went door to door. There were regular book markets, and books were transported by carts and boats. In short, the promotion of culture and knowledge was very advanced.
When Shi Hetong mentioned this to Mu Gaoyi and the others, he expressed his great regret that he did not have the opportunity to visit these two countries and successfully bring back some useful professional books.
"Why didn't you go?" she asked, puzzled.
The two said helplessly, "Given the current state of Ye Kingdom, we'd be unwelcome wherever we go, so why bother inviting the disdain of other nations?"
Zheng Quchi: "..." Before, she only thought that Ye Kingdom craftsmen were treated like this when they were abroad. So all Ye Kingdom people were treated this badly when they were abroad?
Of course, publishing the book is a matter for later; the main task now is to get her delivery truck sorted out.
Her truck conversion was roughly divided into two parts.
First, power; second, load-bearing capacity.
Pack transportation is currently the most widespread mode of transport.
There are wheelbarrows and two-wheeled carts, powered by human or animal power. In some rural towns, wheelbarrows are very popular because they are less strenuous than two-wheeled carts. You know, not every family can afford to buy oxen or horses to pull carts.
She had seen in "Tiangong Kaiwu" that: In the north, a wheelbarrow is pushed by a person and pulled by a donkey, while in the south, a wheelbarrow is pushed by only one person.
The unicycle has an advantage on rugged roads. This is actually due to the application of Newton's laws and the law of inertia. The lower the center of gravity, the less effort is required. The unicycle and the center of gravity are at the same point, so the force is not dispersed but concentrated. With the law of inertia, the unicycle can be easily pushed uphill on rugged mountain roads.
The only drawback of a unicycle is that it is easy to tip over, but if two posts are added to the front of the unicycle, it can be guaranteed that it will not tip over when stopped.
If you want to benefit the people, start with those who do heavy manual labor. So Zheng Quchi first designed her wheelbarrow on paper.
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